Bulgy

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“Yah! Boo! Snubs!”

― Bulgy, Oliver the Western Engine

Bulgy

Registration number: BLG 1

Bulgy, a nickname given to him by Oliver, 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. He has a sign on his left side reading "Railway Bus" and an opposing sign on his left side reading "JOIN THE ANTI-RAIL LEAGUE". He also has a sign on his front and back, reading "FREE THE ROADS".

Appearances

Railway Series

Oliver the Western Engine

Television series

Season 3 - Bulgy
Season 4 - Train Stops Play (cameo) and Mind that Bike (cameo)
Season 6 - Harvey to the Rescue (mentioned)
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)

A poster of Bulgy was seen at Kellsthorpe in the tenth season episode, Topped Off Thomas.

Bulgy also appeared in a tenth season learning segment.

Magazine stories

1994 - The Nature Bus!
1998 - The Greenhouse Bus!
2003 - Playbus and Broken Bridges (does not speak)
2004 - Bulgy's Back!
2006 - Sow and Grow, Bulgy's Back, and Stop and Shop
2011 - Market Day and Pecking Order
2013 - Bulgy's Back

Bulgy also appeared in the magazine stories, Bulgy's Bridge, Bulgy's Dream, Holiday Havoc!, Special Bus Service, The Best Bus, and The Open Top Bus.

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. His front bumper had been removed.
Bulgy uses Dunlop brand tyres.
In the UK narration, Bulgy develops a lisp in the seventh season.
According to the magazine story, Playbus, Bertie and Bulgy are cousins.

Quotes

The bus watched the passengers happily milling round the Small Railway.

"Stupid nonsense! I wouldn't had brought them if I'd known. I'd of had a breakdown or something."

"I'm glad you didn't," smiled Duck. "You'd of spoilt their fun. Look how their enjoying themselves."

"Pah!" snorted the bus. "Enjoyment is all you engines live for. Taking the petrols and tanks of us workers. Come the revolution!" he went on fiercely. "Railway's will be ripped up. Cars and Coaches (buses) will trample their remains. Free the Roads!" he growled. "Free the Roads from railway tirony!"

- Bulgy argues to Duck about the 'Road Revolution', Bulgy, Oliver the Western Engine.