Bob the Builder: The Movie/Trivia

Here are some trivia facts about Bob the Builder: The Movie.

Trivia

 * The film uses the original designs for the Bob the Builder characters, as well as the movie-exclusive characters.
 * This is the first time in Bob the Builder history since Bob's Big Bounce that the original designs for the Bob the Builder characters were used.
 * This movie marks the very first time Scratch (from Ready, Steady, Build!) was seen in stop-motion.
 * The film confirms that Ready, Steady, Build! is indeed non-canon to the stop motion series, as Scratch is seen interacting with Benny, even though Benny doesn't appear at all in the CGI series.
 * CHF Entertainment and Gigglefish Animation Studios provided stop-motion animation for the film, using the original character designs from the original era and emulating the same stop-motion style as that of Seasons 4-16 (while using the multi-camera technique used in the Project: Build It! spin-off/continuation) as close as possible.
 * A video game known as Bob the Builder: The Game was released a few weeks after the movie. It was based on the events of the film and is the first Bob the Builder video game to be released since Festival of Fun! in 2009.
 * This is the first Bob the Builder production to be filmed in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio; previously, Bob the Builder was filmed in 1.33:1 (Season 1 and 1st two music videos) and in 1:85:1 (Season 2 onward).
 * This is Mattel's first feature film to be based on a HIT Entertainment property.
 * This is the first (and only) time that Keith Hopwood had collaborated with someone on the score.
 * A soundtrack and a novelization were released to promote the movie.