Conrad is the main antagonist of the Bob the Builder special Mega Machines: The Movie. He was a construction foreman who was jealous of Bob.
In both the UK and the US versions, he was voiced by Brian Cox, who also played Hannibal Lecktor in Manhunter, Killearn in Rob Roy, Hermann Goering in Nuremberg, Ward Abbott in the Jason Bourne film series, Dark Yabu in Vexx, William Stryker in X2: X-Men United, Lionel Starkweather in Manhunt, Agamemnon in Troy, Scolar Visari in Killzone, Pariah Dark in Danny Phantom, General Hemmer in Battle for Terra, Mr. Kreeg in Trick 'r Treat, Jack Denham in Syndicate, Logan Roy in Succession, Kostas Becker in The Simpsons and Niander Wallace, Sr. in Blade Runner: Black Lotus.
Biography[]
Conrad is introduced as another construction foreman who was contracted to help Bob and his team clear out a quarry to build an artificial lake. He is the owner of the three "mega machines": Ace, Thud and Crunch.
Conrad is portrayed as something of a bully, in that he yells at his machines and insults them when they do something wrong. Thud and Crunch do the same to Muck, until Lofty shows them the error of their ways.
As the plot goes along, it’s revealed that Conrad lost the dam-building contract to Bob and is resentful. Conrad plans on getting revenge on Bob and forces Ace to mix the concrete for the dam wrong. As a result, the dam isn’t strong enough to hold back the water in the artificial lake and bursts. The water flows toward Spring City but is headed off thanks to Bob's team's actions.
Conrad offers to fix the dam, stating that he knows how to do the job, but then Ace reveals that Conrad purposely ruined the dam to make Bob look bad and so that he would become the number 1 builder in Spring City, which Mayor Madison replies that won't happen. Thud and Crunch confront Conrad and Thud asks him if what Ace said is true, to which Conrad rudely replies that they move, then Crunch growls and Conrad says that he hopes that was an apology, but Thud tells him that's not what Crunch said and they both advance towards him. Conrad gets scared and tells Thud and Crunch to back off and that without him, they'll be back on the scrappy, but the Mega Machines tell Conrad that he's nothing more than a bully and that they wouldn't obey him never again.
Major Madison tells Conrad that what he did will be punished, Conrad declares that no one can stop him and that he is a better builder than Bob in Spring City, but then Tiny grabs Conrad with his grappling hook and throws him in Ace's shovel. Major Madison and Mr. Bentley tell Conrad that they will leave him there until he tells them how he will pay for what he did and tell him that they will think about what to do with him, making Conrad realize that his career is ruined.
Bob, the Machines and the Mega Machines team up, repair the dam and the Mega Machines join Bob's team.
During the credits, it's revealed that Conrad's punishment was to work jobs that he hates:
- Clean the zoo habitats (where an elephant starts to put its trunk in his face)
- Wash cars (where he washes Phillip and Mr. Bentley points out that there is a stain left)
- Clean the Milkshake Café (where Bob and his friends celebrate with milkshakes)
- Feed the zoo animals (where he stumbles with a squeaky fish and falls into the penguin pool; then Conrad is surrounded by the penguins, he collapses from his humiliating defeat and sinks into the water).
Appearance[]
Conrad is a tall overweight bulky man with fair skin, stubble around his jaw line and short brown hair. He wears a dark spearmint green jumper with gray accents alongside an orange construction vest with yellow accents, a dark green helmet, navy blue jeans, and brown boots.
Personality[]
At first, he seemed to be kindly and helpful, but when he revealed his true nature, he was shown to be selfish, arrogant, hypocritical, tough, strict and abusive towards his machines.
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Trivia[]
- Conrad is the first and only actual villain to appear in any Bob the Builder series.
- It was revealed that Conrad saved his mega machines from the scrap heap.
- He was only seen in the movie and later never seen again, he's possibly alive and none of the jobs selected for him worked, so he had to leave to find more.