“You know how to say ‘I missed you’ in elephant language?”
A year or so ago I was remembering the Bob the Builder special A Christmas To Remember. When doing that, I just couldn’t help but compare the story role of Bob and Tom’s toy elephant, Jumbo, with that of Rick’s wooden moose in one of my all-time favorite movies, The Mitchells vs. the Machines (I gave that moose the fan-nickname of “Gulpi” by the way, considering the elephant had a name).
Firstly, both toy animals symbolize the connection (ba-dum-tss) that the main pair —Bob and Tom on one hand, Rick and Katie on the other— had on the past. They also symbolize that said connection, no matter how far away one of them might be in the present (whether at the North Pole or at film school), will still be present among the two pairs.
On another note, Jumbo and Gulpi are also presented to the viewer in similar ways. When they first appear in a video recording, one thinks they're just a simple toy (case of the elephant) or an object that a main character has just forgotten about over the years (case of the moose, as Katie first thought of giving it away forgeting how it had helped her back at camp). However, when they appear on another recording later, the view towards them changes drastically: an accident with Jumbo led to Bob conning his famous “Can we fix it?” phrase and Rick took Gulpi as a reminder of the wooden house he had to sacrifice in order to raise Katie. In other words, both elephant and moose represent objects that, at first, don't seem to be that relevant story-wise, but become so via a revelation done through recordings.
It was based on the previous thoughts that I made these two memes, which I publish here before Christmas comes to a close these days.
Oh, and before I forget, both Mitchells and A Christmas have another similarity. The two have renowned Mexican voice actor José Antonio Macías (known for voicing James in Pokemon, Captain America, Bert in Sesame Street and many other characters) doing a secondary role. In Mitchells, he's Mark Bowman, and on Bob, he's non-other than Elton John.
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Incorrect Ttte Quotes 164:
Man Vs Train: Cartoon Nightmares be like:
Postman Pat: Y-You ran over my cat Jess....
Thomas: Well, it was an accident!!!! Clearly, its YOUR fault that you let her on the rails to begin with!!!!
Postman Pat: You don't know me laddy...I will CUT you right now-
Thomas: *Mocklingly* OoOoOoHhHh~
Thomas: C'mon, TRY IT. MOTHERFUCKING BASTARD-
Postman Pat: FUCK YOU HOE!!!!!
Thomas: JUST TRY IT!!!!!
Bob the Builder: Pat no-
Postman Pat: LEMME AT HIM-
Thomas: C'MON BITCH!!!!!!
Postman Pat: SKANK-
*Postman Pat then starts chasing Thomas angrily*
Thomas: *A bit nervous* JUST TRY IT MOTHERFUCKER-
Postman Pat: I'M GONNA GET YA-
*Bob the Builder suddenly restrains Pat*
Postman Pat: *Struggling* LET ME GO!!!!
Thomas: *Running for his life* TRY IT!!!!
Postman Pat: COME ON!!!!!!!
Thomas: *Smug* TRY IT!!!!!!!
Postman Pat: BITCH C'MON!!!!!!
Bob the Builder: *Holding Pat* Calm the fuck down!!!!!
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