Roley Brings the House Down (Bob the Builder)

"Roley Brings the House Down" is the third episode of the fifteenth season of Bob the Builder (sixth season of Project Build It).

Why It Brings YOU Down

 * 1) To start off, the episode uses a tiresome cliché of two characters falling out over an argument and then they make up with each other in the end. Whilst this trope is not as explicitly bad as the Liar Revealed trope or the Love Triangle trope, as there are a few episodes of different other shows that use the cliché and bring something new to the table, this episode on the other hand brings absolutely nothing new to the table and it is a poorly executed way of using this cliché.
 * 2) *In fact, it seems like a shameless copy of the Cyberchase episode, "The Halloween Howl," in which 2 characters of the same gender get into a fight and someone of the opposite gender tries to get them to stop fighting, as is the case in the UK dub and as for the US dub, its similarity is a black character and a white character get into a fight that separates them, and another white character tries to get them to stop fighting.
 * 3) Roley is very unlikable in this episode, as he completely blames Muck for "making him" do a skidzee. Although Muck did tell Roley to do one, he didn't force him to do one and it was technically Roley's fault as he technically was the one who destroyed the old shelter.
 * 4) *In addition to Roley playing the blame game on Muck, he also complained about Muck not getting told off for accidentally dropping some metal sheets, despite the fact that Muck dropping the metal sheets was completely beyond the scope of his control since a rabbit got in his way while heading back to the construction job.
 * 5) It tries way too hard to make the viewer sympathise with Roley and to side against Muck, but due to Roley playing the blame game on Muck and also the fact that Muck didn't really do anything to cause the shelter to get destroyed aside from telling Roley to do a skidzee, the episode will most likely make you side with Muck instead.
 * 6) The acting in the US dub version of the episode is rather poor this time, with the characters having less emotion compared to the UK version of the episode, most notably when Dizzy gets angry at Roley for destroying the shelter. Kate made Dizzy sounded angry when she says, "Roley! I KNEW skidzees were dangerous!" but Emma doesn't make her sound very angry at all. Instead, when she says this sentence, she just sounds mildly annoyed with Roley more than anything Also, Lorelei King is severely miscast as Roley. Not only does the performance for him really sound flat, dead, and completely bone-dry, but it truly sounds like that either she wasn't trying to replicate Maria Darling's voice for Roley or that no one gave her any memo to give her any sort of energy when recording.
 * 7) *Even the (arguably) superior UK dub has flaws, as when Dizzy says "dangerous," Mrs. Harbour slips and says "strangerous."
 * 8) *Speaking of the US dub, the audio editing is really off at one point. When Muck says "I did a very stupid thing", the word "stupid" was edited out to "silly" from another audio clip from Muck because parents (at least most of them from the US) found it an inappropriate word for a kid's show. It's not like it is a swear word, but it was still edited out regardless. In fact, it's really noticeable.
 * 9) While nowhere near as likeable as Roley, Dizzy kind of acts like a Mary Sue in this episode.
 * 10) The scene where the machine shelter falls apart drags on for too long.
 * 11) Near the end of the episode, there is an extremely irritating scene where Muck and Roley constantly bicker to each other about who is going to sleep without a door, and they keep arguing about who's fault it would be if one of them did sleep without one.
 * 12) The episode was a very pathetic attempt at trying to create a new machine shelter for the Can-Do Crew, not helping by the fact that the new shelter isn't really seen that much in episodes after this one, and although it does occasionally appear in episodes after this one at times, it doesn't appear very often (unless the episode takes place before the old machine shelter was knocked down).
 * 13) *In addition to this, it seems like the only purpose that this episode served was so that HiT Entertainment and the rest of the team behind Bob the Builder could create a new machine shelter just to sell toys and merchandise for the heck of it, which messes up the continuity of the original Bob the Builder show.
 * 14) Although the episode tried to tell a good moral about not taking blames on others, the way that it was handled was very poorly, and it could most likely cause a couple children who watched the episode to start playing the blame game on other people, even if they barely contributed to the accident that other person caused.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Although the US dub of the episode is very poor with some of the characters being casted, the UK version is slightly better, with the characters having more emotion when it comes to their voices.
 * 2) *And, when Bob says, "You need to be careful, Roley. You're a big, heavy, machine! We'll just have to build a new shelter, and make it skidzee proof!" Neil made him sound too maltempered and enraged, but Marc made him sound more understanding, like, "You need to be careful, Roley. You're a big, heavy, machine. We'll just have to build a new shelter, and make it skidzee proof."
 * 3) *When Lofty complained about the metal sheets being muddy, Mr. Morrissey made him sound weird, but Mrs. Tate fixed it and made him sound more normal.
 * 4) *And Roley does sound like a cute teenager when he says, "Boi, it's not dangerous," "Rock and roll, Muck," and "Oh, okay." When he screams while doing a skidzee, he just sounds like a congested woman.
 * 5) With the exception of Roley, all of the characters are still likable as usual.
 * 6) *Muck comes across as likable and sympathetic in the episode due to him being blamed by Roley. He also comes across as very selfless in the episode, as seen when he accidentally destroys the door to his shelter, in which he actually takes the blame all to himself instead accusing Roley of "making him" do it.
 * 7) The ending was not too bad, despite the annoying scene where Muck and Roley bicker about who is going to have the door, Muck and Roley thankfully do make up with each other in the end.
 * 8) *Roley also apologised for playing the blame game on Muck and realised that he was technically at fault for destroying the shelter as he was the one who did it.
 * 9) The scene where the machine shelter getting destroyed was well-animated and is an amazing watch. In fact, the entire episode's animation is as good as always.

Reception

 * Whilst the episode doesn't have a rating on IMDb, Roley Brings the House Down was generally not very well-received amongst Bob the Builder fans, many criticised it due to Roley acting extremely unlikable towards Muck and the poorly executed moral on not playing the blame game.

Trivia

 * AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE Fan 2017 (also known as Jordon or @Jordy_Porgie on Twitter), one of the administrators of the Bob the Builder Wiki, admits that he hates this episode.
 * In the US dub, there are a few switch-arounds. When Bob says, "Now don't panic anyone," WNET changes it to "Now don't anyone panic!" Lorelei King also changes "Bad luck, Muck" to "That's bad luck" to avoid offending (or making fun of) people named Muck. Also, Rob made Muck say "I didn't MAKE you!" whereas Lachele made Muck say, "I didn't make you skid."