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"Yah! Boo! Snubs!"

— Bulgy, Oliver the Western Engine

Bulgy
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Registration number: BLG 1

Bulgy is a double-decker bus, who was once very opposed to railways.

Bio

Bulgy hated railways, and believed that some day they would all be replaced by roads. He even carried a poster on his side telling people to "JOIN THE ANTI-RAIL LEAGUE". His favourite phrase is "Free the roads!"

Bulgy tried to steal Duck and Oliver's passengers by pretending to be a railway bus. Bulgy was determined to get the passengers to Tidmouth before Duck, but got stuck under a bridge after attempting to take a short cut. His lies were exposed, and soon "nobody would believe his destination boards". Eventually he was turned into a henhouse and placed near the bridge, now nicknamed "Bulgy's Bridge".

Bulgy was later brought back to the road to help with passengers while Thomas and Emily needed repairs, but the chickens who had lived in him nestled in his luggage racks and caused trouble the following morning. He was then turned into a mobile vegetable stand. Bulgy enjoys his work delivering vegetables, because they do not lay eggs and they never complain.

The Official Website states that he is now a refreshment stand. However, this could be a mistake.

In magazines, he has been converted into a playbus and a greenhouse.

Persona

Bulgy was a very rude and bad-tempered double-decker bus. After being restored, he saw the error of his ways and changed his attitude.

According to the "Character Cube" bonus features in the "Thomas Gets Bumped" and "Thomas and the Toy Workshop" DVDs, Bulgy "has no scruples" and "knows how to tell a lie when he is in a tight jam", and is friends with Diesel.

Basis

Bulgy is based on an AEC Bridgemaster bus.

Livery

Bulgy was previously painted red and cream, but after becoming a vegetable bus he was painted green and cream. He has since gone back to his old livery.

Appearances

Railway Series

Oliver the Western Engine

Television series

Season 3 - Bulgy
Season 4 - Train Stops Play (cameo) and Mind that Bike (cameo)
Season 7 - Bulgy Rides Again and Best Dressed Engine (cameo)
Season 10 - Follow that Flour (cameo)
Season 12 - Excellent Emily (cameo)

Specials:

Thomas and the U.K. Trip (does not speak)

Bulgy also appeared in a tenth season learning segment.

Magazine stories

1998 - The Greenhouse Bus!
2003 - Playbus
2004 - Bulgy's Back!
2006 - Sow and Grow, Bulgy's Back, and Stop and Shop
2011 - Market Day and Pecking Order
2012 - Bulgy's Back

Voice Actors

Daisuke Gōri (Japan)

Trivia

Bulgy and Diesel are apparently good friends.
Bulgy's model (in original red livery) has been put on display at Drayton Manor.
Bulgy uses Dunlop brand tyres.
In the UK narration, Bulgy develops lisp in the seventh season.

Merchandise

ERTL (discontinued)
Wooden Railway (reissued 2010; discontinued)
TOMY/TrackMaster (both liveries)
Take-Along (discontinued)
Tomica
My Thomas Story Library (discontinued)
Wind-up (green livery; Japan only)
Nakayoshi (red and green; only available with Caroline; red discontinued)

Gallery

Merchandise Gallery


Road vehicles
Terence • Bertie • Trevor • George • Caroline • Bulgy • Bulgy's friend • JTK 62 • Willie's tractor • The Farmer's Tractors • The Mail Van • The Caterpillar Crane
Butch • Thumper • Elizabeth • The Pack • Madge • Kevin • The Horrid Lorries • Sir Topham Hatt's Car • The Other Buses • Dyson Lorries • Soft-sided Lorries • Taxis • Fire Engines • The Ambulance • The One-eyed Truck • The Bakery Van • Miss Jenny's Land Rover • Blue Mountain Quarry Vehicles
Algy • Angus • The Green Bus • The Wedding Car • The Digger • The White Van • The Special Bus Service • The Ice Cream Van • The Open-topped Omnibus • The Police Car • The Excavator • The Combine Harvester • The Milk Float • The Coalman's Lorry • The Racing Cars • The Float Lorry • The Rally Cars • The Signwriter's Van • The Sodor Wildlife Park's Buggy • Simon's Express Sandwich Service Van