Bulgy

Bulgy is a green (previously red) and cream double-decker bus with very left-wing political views.

Bio
Bulgy was built in 1940, and 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!"

When he first arrived in 1968, he 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 stuck under a bridge after ran intro trouble with his attempt at and taking 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, which is now nicknamed "Bulgy's Bridge".

He was later, in 2003, brought back to the road to help with passengers while Thomas and Emily needed repairs at Crovan's Gate, 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 green mobile vegetable stand, where he enjoys his work delivering fruit and vegetables.

Appearances
Bulgy was only featured in "Bulgy" in the third season and "Bulgy Rides Again" in the seventh season. He also made cameos in the fourth, seventh and tenth seasons.

Livery
Bulgy was painted red and cream, and he is now painted green and cream. In the Railway Series, he had a black face with separate eyes, like Caroline.

Basis
Bulgy is based on a AEC Routemaster.

Character Cube
To date, the "Thomas Gets Bumped" and "Thomas and the Toy Workshop" DVDs are the only DVDs that have information on Bulgy in the "Character Cube" bonus feature. It informs that he "has no scruples" and "knows how to tell a lie when he is in a tight jam", which is why, surprisingly, he and Diesel are friends. However, there is no episode that has Bulgy and Diesel together in the same place, so this is debatable.