The Machines (Bob the Builder, 1998)

Scoop, Muck, Dizzy, Roley and Lofty are characters from Bob the Builder.

They are voiced by Neil Morissey, Rob Rackstraw and Kate Harbour.

Generally

 * 1) They are all beautifully animated with fluent stop-motion.
 * 2) They are all voiced by great actors, such as Rob Rackstraw, Neil Morrissey  and Kate Harbour.
 * 3) Each character has their own distinct personality with their own traits.
 * 4) They make the building sequences very enjoyable to watch.
 * 5) They all are caring towards Bob and Wendy and they all know when to tell the truth if they did anything wrong.

Scoop

 * 1) He is passionate about getting building jobs done.
 * 2) Although he is mostly the leader in a lot of episodes, he is never too bossy or too mean to the other machines.
 * 3) He has a good relationship with the other machines.

Muck

 * 1) While he has a silly personality, he is silly but in a good way.
 * 2) Much like Scoop, he has a great relationship with the other machines, most notably Dizzy.

Dizzy

 * 1) She is excitable, fun and a know-it-all.
 * 2) Her design and her voice is adorable.
 * 3) Her moments where she gets excited about certain things are pretty cute to watch.

Roley

 * 1) He his pretty chill and calm compared to all the other machines.
 * 2) What makes him unique compared to the other machines is the fact he has a strong love for music and singing.

Lofty

 * 1) He is shown to be friendly to the other machines and he also has a soft side to him.
 * 2) His voice is pretty cute.
 * 3) Even though is a coward, he is shown to stand up for himself at certain moments in the show.
 * 4) He is the most well behaved machine in the whole show and he never causes trouble (although he does make mistakes sometimes).

Generally

 * 1) All of the machine (with the exception of Dizzy) were all flanderized beginning with the 2015 reboot.
 * 2) Since Ready Steady Build, the machines' grill mouthes now move when they talk which looks jarring and rather unsettling.

Scoop

 * 1) He can have a fair amount moments where he is unlikable, the best example where he is pretty unlikable is in the special Snowed Under
 * 2) *He once insulted Roley for accidently crushing a small hill, calling him a "Clumsy Lump".
 * 3) *He called Muck a show-off when he criticised Scoop for being bossy.

Muck

 * 1) He does have a fair share of moments where he is unlikable, much like Scoop.
 * 2) His love for getting muddy can be rather weird.
 * 3) For some reason, he was changed to a female in the US dub, which is confusing and is also unnecessary.

Dizzy

 * 1) She can come across as a typical Genki Girl character, even though her excitable personality is pretty adorable.
 * 2) Along with Roley, she was pushed over as a side character in the 2015 reboot for no apparent reason and barely even gets any spotlight anymore.

Roley

 * 1) Along with Dizzy, he was pushed to a side character in the 2015 reboot and ghee never gets the spotlight, as mentioned earlier.
 * 2) Even before he became a side character in the reboot, he has the least focus in the whole show and he barely gets the spotlight in quite a few episodes of the show, though there are still episodes that focus on him.

Lofty

 * 1) His voice, while cute, can be somewhat annoying depending on your view.

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