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“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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A Christmas to Remember | Bob the Builder Classics | Celebrating 20 Years!
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9, 38, and 46?
9. which do you prefer, hot coffee or cold coffee?
i tend to be a hot coffee person! im getting a whole espresso machine soon so ohhhh BOY im gonna be even MORE of a hot coffee person because itll have a MILK STEAMER!!! (im getting it at a HUGE discount lol)
38. a soap bar that smells good?
i have a honey one that i like a lot! i dont know where i got it but its like a fucking brick. its huge. its lasted like 5 months and i use it daily.
46. favorite holiday film?
hmm... gotta give this one to bob the builder: a christmas to remember. literally has everything. bob the builder. elton john. autistic vehicles. what else do you want
thank you for the ask :D
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Fact: As Tom is Bob's twin, he was born in Bobsville. As a child, he received animal toys for Christmas, including a toy elephant, which he accidentally broke, and that was the first thing Bob ever fixed. In his teen-years, he and Bob often went camping in Sunflower Valley. Unlike Bob, Tom chose different path of life; he became a zoologist and he soon moved somewhere near the North Pole. Because of his job, he can't visit his family very often.
In the Christmas special "A Christmas To Remember", After many years since he left Bobsville, Tom called Bob on a radio and told him that he will visit the town for Christmas. Bob was very happy, as he missed Tom very much.
That very afternoon he started packing, and he also took with him his toy elephant, which had kept since he was little. He then told his husky dog, Pogo, how he got the toy and how it became his most prized possession. Tom was also disappointed that he couldn't take his snowmobile, Scoot, with him.
Late in the afternoon he set out for the harbor, where the boat for Bobsville was waiting for him. While driving, he came across a lost baby deer that got separated from her father. He decided he couldn't leave her alone, and it was getting dark. His husky Pogo sniffed and searched for traces for the baby deer's father. By the time the sun was setting, he spotted the father deer at the bottom of a large pit. Tom knew he didn’t have much time until the ship left, so he carefully climbed into the pit and moored the big deer. He then climbed out without much difficulty and, with Pogo and Scoot's help, dragged the reindeer out.
Shortly afterwards, he hurried to port, and the minute he got there, the ship left. Tom sadly realized that he'll have to cancel his plans to see his brother this year.
The next morning, he called Bob and told him that unfortunately he missed his boat and couldn't visit him this year. At this news, Bob was heartbroken. He told the news to everyone who was preparing the town square for the concert at the time. Lennie, who was interested in this matter, asked Wendy to tell him more about it, and when she said that Tom lived near the north pole, Lenny decided to fly his plane up there to bring Tom home.
They then boarded Lennie's plane and flew north. As the flight drew to a close, Wendy called Tom on the radio and told him she and Lennie were coming. Tom packed up all his luggage again and prepared the landing lights in his yard.
Dizzy, who was hiding in the trunk of the plane all the time, came out and greeted Tom. Then she added with a smile that he looks just like Bob, which amused him.
On the plane, Wendy told Tom that Bob has a Santa costume in which he dresses every year and gives presents to the children in town. Tom found this interesting. Wendy, however, got the idea just at that moment; Bob won’t have time for Christmas shopping, nor for handing out presents. Christmas shopping will therefore be done by her, and gifts will be distributed by Tom in a Santa costume.
After Lennie and the Lazers performed, Tom drove into town square in a Santa sleigh, wearing Bob's Santa costume, to Bob's confusion. He stepped out and took a small bag from the sled. “Is there a Bob the Builder here?” Tom asked. Bob nodded in surprise and stepped forward. Tom handed him the bag. Bob opened it to find that elephant he had repaired many years ago. That’s when Tom took off his white beard and Santa’s hat and greeted Bob. Bob was overjoyed, but he was also confused by how his brother could be here since he missed his boat. He and Tom then admitted that this will be the best Christmas ever.
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Week Eight
Unpacking your chosen elements:
Bob The Builder
Bob the Builder. My favourite show when I was a baby, my parents have said that they could not take pull me away from watching it or I would cry and scream. My first word was Bob, and Bob the Builder was my first birthday cake.
Movie Symbol
Film. My love and obsession with TV and movies has been around ever since I first discovered film. My room is full of posters from my favourite TV shows and I even collect Lego from some of my favourtie movies.
YouTube Symbol
Youtube. Youtube was a creative media that was a big part of my growing up. I remember coming home from school every day and watching any new videos released by my favourite YouTubers.
Apple Logo
Apple. The first ever Apple product I ever owned was an IPod touch 2 that I got for my 10th Birthday. Ever since then I have been a loyal Apple customer. I am technology obsessed and this has only grown since I began studying graphic design.
The Simpsons
The Simpsons. The Simpsons was a huge inspiration of mine growing up. I loved the show so much it’s the reason the first ever dream job I had was “to be an animator”.
Sunglasses
My sunnies. My favourite pair of sunglasses that barley ever get worn until summer time rolls around. These sunglasses remind me of summer break, Christmas, New Years, and spending time with my friends and family.
Auckland
Auckland. Auckland was where I was born and raised. I’ve moved around a bit growing up, but never left Auckland. I think Auckland will always feel like home to me no matter where I end up in life.
Book
A book. This drawing was based off one of my books from the series ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ or better known as ‘Game of Thrones’. I’m a huge nerd and love all things fantasy. I’ve loved reading for as long as I can remember.
Air Jordans
My favourite pair of shoes that I got for christmas last year. I love fashion and I had my eye set on this pair of shoes for months. I find I’m very specific with my taste and know exactly what I like and what I don’t most of the time.
Koalay teddy
My Koala teddy that is very precious to me. His name is Koalay and he was my aunties when she was a child before he was passed down to me. I remember my Auntie telling me to ‘take good care of him’ and that I have.
Mirror
My desk/makeup mirror. Another object that I use every day. I have had this mirror for years now and it has been very reliable and trusty. I bring it with me whenever I go away as it is just small enough to pack. Perfect getting ready mirror.
Sunscreen
My sunscreen. Ever since a very young age my Mum has drilled into me to wear sunscreen every day, a lesson that I have carried with me into adulthood. I put sunscreen on every day no matter the weather.
Makeup Sponge
My makeup sponge. Probably the most used object in my makeup routine as I use this after ever step to blend everything out smoothly. A sponge will come with me any time I’m traveling or going out.
Makeup Brush
One of my makeup brushes. This brush is from a set I ordered from England from one of my favorite makeup brands. I’ve always seen makeup as another media of art that I’m very passionate about.
Watercolour palette
A watercolour set that my Nana gave me for Christmas one year. My Nana is my only grandparent so I am very close with her, she is a painter and whenever I would visit as a kid we would spend the day painting in her backyard.
Perfume
My favourite perfume. Even though I’m a broke university student I always find enough money to restock on this perfume when I run out. The smell is perfect, not too strong or too sweet. I wear this every day and love having a signature smell.
Pencil
One of my pencils. Pencil drawing will always be my safety net, as it’s what I’ve been doing for the longest. Even as I learn and improve my skills in other areas of art pencil drawing will always be a favourite as that was where it all began.
Headphones
My headphones. I barley ever go anywhere without headphones or air buds. I need my music constantly, on the bus, walking, working out, doing design homework, I’m listening all the time to every genre there is.
Hair brush
My hairbrush. Another gift from my mum. Me and both of my two sisters all have matching brushes and I find it the best brush for my hair. Nothing else has the same effect and I bring it with me everywhere.
Gold necklace
A necklace I got from my Mum for my 16th Birthday. This necklace is real gold with gem in the eye. I treat it very carefully as it is such a beautiful piece of jewelery that I plan of having for the rest of my life.
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All I wanted was to wacth and get into my nostalgia holiday spirits mood by watching Bob The Builder movie (DONT JUDGE) and I just---....
I don’t think I’ll ever see Farmer Pickles the same?
Note to self; Sometimes its best to keep the subtitles caption off!!
#I'M STILL WHEEZING#Bob The Builder#Bob The Builder a Christmas to Remember#Farmer Pickles have to much explaining to do#or his mom???
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compiling a playlist that takes me back to early 2010s is so much fun fuck
there was such good music even though about 95% of them were either euphemisms for sex or they were angsty break up songs.
anyways if y’all wanna hear it heres the spotify link
#shut up danni#the uk hits is interesting to look at sometimes#like that time that bob the builder theme was a uk christmas number one#that was in 2000 if im remembering right#i haven't listened to the uk charts in years lol
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Disney princess asks tiana, nala, and eilonwy
Thank you Amy!
tiana: what’s your dream job?
I would absolutely love nothing more than to be a full-time writer, being published and able to support myself through my writing. Also, possibly being a freelance editor for other people's stories would be great on the side! I'm working towards it!
nala: what is your favorite animal?
Kay this is really weird and pls don't judge me but I adore pigeons. I do not know why, I just have always loved them. I also really love guinea pigs.
eilonwy: name an underappreciated film you love.
Bob the Builder A Christmas to Remember. Listen, it's a great Christmas movie and I used to watch it all the time as a kid (still do ngl lol)
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remember that bob the builder christmas special with elton john in it
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Junetoon ToonJune 28: Festive and Your Own Wacky Races Vehicle
JUNETOON: Festive. Christmas came a bit early for Rudolph! Chose the "Shiny New Year" and "Christmas in July" Rudolph since that design is my favorite.
TOONJUNE: Your Own Wacky Races Vehicle. I never watched Wacky Races - just drew Muttley in there to stress the Wacky Races part - but I DID watch Bob the Builder before it became creepy AF. Dizzy was the craziest vehicle I remember, so why not drive her as your Wacky Races car?
#junetoon#junetoon 2019#junetoon2019#toonjune#toonjune2019#drawing#festive#your own wacky races vehicle#wacky races#muttley#bob the builder#dizzy#rudolph the red nosed reindeer#rudolph
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Fact: In the Bob the Builder special episode "When Bob Became a Builder", Bob and Wendy first met each other while he helped his dad build a house and she's rollerskating around Bobsville since their childhood.
Wendy is a very good worker, as noted by Bob. She handles a handful of other work while Bob handles building. She has shown to excel in craft-based jobs, such as putting up wallpaper or designing things. She runs the office and keeps the business in order, and often organizes tools and equipment. She is also seen doing construction work in many episodes.
She is also very kind and often concerned over Pilchard, as shown several times during the series. She also often worries about her in the episode "Pilchard in a Pickle" and the song "Find That Cat". Wendy can also be stubborn for some reasons when it comes to doing things herself. She'll claim she can handle doing the work, despite how badly it may be going until she finally realizes she needs help and can't do everything by herself.
It was hinted in a few episodes and the special A Christmas To Remember that she has a crush on Bob. It's hinted in Bob's Big Plan that she does.
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Valid - in australia we learnt this song Steps (my boot scootin baby is drivin me crazy) and like the bob the builder version of mambo no. 5 for dancing
Also like nutbush
I think it's like learning the recorder to improve breathing and lung capacity
No way I learned the dance to 5, 6, 7, 8 by Steps by myself bc it's a great song and I bring it out at parties every so often 😂😂
At my school they called it "social dancing" idk if maybe part of it was a tradition left over from like when the school was first founded in the 1700s or something?? We would make 2 circles in the gym hall the boys would make a circle and the girls would make a circle around the boys circle and then the boy and the girl that align start as partners (although I think my school year had more girls than boys so it didn't always work out lol) and then I'll use the dance to Last Christmas for an example bc it's the one I remember most clearly, so you start dancing with your partner and the dance we did for Last Christmas was 32 beats iirc and obvs the song itself has more than 32 beats so when you finish the dance the girls move forwards and the boys stay where they are so everyone changes partners and the dance starts again from the top so you're just doing this like 4 step dance over and over again for the duration of the song it was sooo awful for the last 2 years I genuinely pulled a sickie bc I hated it so much lmao
I actually distinctly remember in the last year I was talking to my friends at the time about how much I didn't want to do it and they were like omg why don't you want to hold hands with the boys?? And I was like wait you want to hold hands with the boys???? Gross. Anyway I was not heterosexual sfdjdsghdkl
#if anyone is actually interested in this i'll try to recreate the dance with one of my friends 😂😂😂#also if anyone else in the uk or really anywhere had a similar thing at school i'd love to hear about it!!#slime answers#anonymous
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pls my dad has to put a lock on the cbeebies channel because i kept watching it and to be honest those shows were so good if they still had the ones from when i was a kid i’d still watch it now
BOB THE BUILDER OMG i remember in primary school i’d be that annoying kid who wouldn’t tidy up with everyone and i used to stand in the middle and just sing the bob the builder song
my mom threw the elmo christmas movie behind the tv and only found it about 6 years later... so locking and throwing seems to be our parents default
BOB THE BUILDER! have you seen the new design? i am absolutely appalled by how...modern he looks. but gorl, i feel that. i was never any help bc i was singing the clean up song and biting kids when they tried to take my leggos 🥴
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7 Comfort Movies Tag!
Thank you @make-me-imagine for the tag! :)
1) Lord of the Rings (all of them)
2) Tangled
3) Star Trek (2009)
4) One Direction This Is Us
5) Bob the Builder A Christmas to Remember (one of my favourite holiday movies from my childhood) (also surprise surprise there are no gifs of that on here lmao)
6) Wonder Woman
7) Harry Potter (all of them, but fuck jkr)
Tagging @nikkzwrites, @space-helen, @soft-for-them, @reedalert, @katethewriter, @wonderlandsandi, and @android-spock
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I hate to be an asshole and shit on something that someone worked hard to create, but I can't find it in myself to respect Mambo No. 5.
It's not even the song itself, it's the glut of covers and derivative works. In primary school, my teachers taught us to sing a version of Mambo No. 5 about Christmas with a very Christian bent. The two lyrics I remember are "A little bit of Santa, just for fun / a little bit of Mary, she's God's mum".
The same school also had these "concert" performances where different classes had to sing and dance to different songs, and my class got the Bob the Builder version of Mambo No. 5. I was put up the front for the finale, and I never understood what I was meant to do - I think I was meant to slide in from the side, but I could never slide so I just kinda got confused and took a knee.
I hated the repetitive movement, I felt shitty because I clearly wasn't meeting expectations, and on top of that I was listening to Bob the fucking Builder's Mambo No. 5 on loop, possibly daily, for weeks.
I can respect Lou Bega for getting that money in royalties and licensing fees, but at the same time, fuck Lou Bega for spawning those atrocities and giving me these negative memories.
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The Formative Years
There’s a powerful memory within the folds of my brain that I had blocked out for a very long time. I won’t do that again; I won’t forget.
It was me, and Daddy, and Mommy; a rare occurrence, since Mommy had been working late every night that month. Mommy was lying in the tub. Her legs were laying on the floor eight feet away.
I don’t remember how old I was, but I was young enough not to know that blood belonged in the body, and to see it spilled anywhere else – say, the walls of a dingy motel bathroom, dripping down the grimy tiles and pooling in the porcelain tub – was an absolute oddity that did not phase me.
The room was green from the tinted fluorescent lightbulb that hung loose from the ceiling, and red from the blood. It reminded me of Christmas time.
Daddy had a big saw, like Bob the Builder. He used it to take away Mommy’s arms and legs, and with a spurt of blood and a shudder, he began to cut away at her torso. It looked like a tough job, but my Daddy was handier than Bob the Builder ever was. Can he do it? Yes he can.
I was sitting cross-legged on the peeling linoleum floor with my LeapPad and my animal crackers, half hidden in the shadows behind the sink where the dim green light didn’t reach. Freddie Frog was enthusiastically reciting his ABC’s, but for once I didn’t chant along; the sound of the sing-song amphibian was too faint to be heard above the sickening grinding screech of metal on bone, as Daddy broke through the final layer of flesh and began sawing at Mommy’s exposed spine.
I remember speaking to Daddy at one point; asking him why Mommy had to die. It was not a question riddled with tears or sorrow. It was posed with the same genuine childish curiosity as if I had asked him why the sky was blue. My Daddy only looked at me at first, then he took Mommy’s hand and began sawing off her ring finger. He handed the finger to me, and I took it and examined the big diamond wedding ring that was still attached.
“Do you see what this is?” Daddy asked. My head bobbed up and down with enthusiasm, and he continued:
“Mommy made a promise to Daddy a long time ago. She promised not to keep any secrets, and to not break Daddy’s heart. But promises are just words, and women are wolves. The world is full of people who only care for themselves, and those who make vows are just playing the game. So don’t you dare trust a promise maker, Ben. Not for a damn second.”
His words made so much sense to me back then. I remember carrying them around with me for years after. He made everything seem so justified. But I’ve grown up since then, and somewhere along the line I realized that psychopaths are often extremely capable of rationalizing.
My father was arrested shortly after that night, and three months into his stay at a federal penitentiary he was murdered by an inmate. I was raised by my aunt.
The rest of my childhood was exceptionally ordinary. After I graduated high school, I moved away and went to college and found a job and married a beautiful woman.
I thought I had put my past behind me, until one night I walked into the kitchen for a glass of water and overheard my wife whispering sweet nothings over the phone to a mystery lover, and in that moment, my father came back to me after all these years. At first I felt shame for having gone against his teachings, but he assured me in my head that everybody makes mistakes, and together, right now, we could fix it. Oh yes we could.
I stepped out of myself and let him take over. Together we took the largest kitchen knife we could find, and we thrust it into the back of my wife’s neck so hard that it tore through her throat on the other side. The phone fell to the floor, and a chorus of “hello? Hello? Samantha?” rang out as she gurgled and choked on her own blood.
It wasn’t hard, it didn’t take long, and afterwords I went to the fridge and made myself a snack. I sat across the table from my deceased wife, and I knew somehow my father was sitting there too. I suppose he had always been there somewhere in the back of my mind.
I loved that woman, but she was the physical embodiment of everything I had allowed myself to believe about my father, and of everyone who had told me to do so. But they were so wrong. I ignored the lesson from that night so many years ago. I trusted too easily, and now look where I was. For years I had convinced myself that he was a monster, and I forgot how smart he was.
Together, we carried my wife upstairs and placed her in the bathroom tub, and like a father and son reunited, we shared a loving embrace before I went downstairs towards the garage to fetch a saw.
#late night writing#horror#horror short#short story#prose#writers on tumblr#poets on tumblr#spilled ink#spilled words#spilled prose#twcprose#writeblr#gothic#dark#my writing
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