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* CuteMachines: He's a bus, and moments of ToiletHumor aside, he can be very cute. ''Especially'' when he's [[FunSize turned toy-size]] in the episode "Tiny Tayo".

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* CuteMachines: He's a city bus, and moments of ToiletHumor aside, he can be very cute. ''Especially'' when he's [[FunSize turned toy-size]] in the episode "Tiny Tayo".



* FriendToAllChildren: Tayo in general loves playing tour guide and role model to the little kids, as well as to other vehicles younger than him, like a baby van named Bong Bong.

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* FriendToAllChildren: Tayo in general loves playing tour guide and role model to the little kids, as well as to other vehicles younger than him, like a baby van [[TheCutie baby]] [[TokenMiniMoe van]] named Bong Bong.



* Keet: Rogi is this more than him, but he's still pretty energetic.



* NiceMeanAndInBetween: The In-Between one with Gani's Nice and Rogi's [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold (sorta)]] Mean.



* VagueAge: His age isn't ever stated, but he's implied to be the equivalent of someone roughly 7 to 10 years old.



* Keet: The most energetic of the little buses alongside Lani.
* KiddieKid: His voice's sound implies that he could [[VagueAge possibly]] be the equivalent of a young teenager (or, at the least, an older adolescent boy). That being said, he doesn't act any more mature than the other little buses do.



* NiceMeanAndInBetween: The [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold (sort of)]] Mean one to Gani's Nice and Tayo's In-Between.



* VagueAge: It's implied that he could be the equivalent of either a young teenager or an adolescent who had his voice deepen early, [[KiddieKid though he acts no more mature than Tayo, Lani, or Gani]].



* CuteMachines: She's a bus, and she's ''adorable''.

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* CuteMachines: She's a city bus, and she's ''adorable''.



* VagueAge: Seems to be roughly Tayo's age.



* GentleGiant: The largest of the young buses, and also the nicest.



* NiceMeanAndInBetween: The Nice one with Rogi's [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold (sorta)]] Mean and Tayo's in-between.




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* VagueAge: [[ExaggeratedTrope Easily the vaguest in the whole story]]. On the one hand, he doesn't seem to be any more mature than Tayo, Rogi, or Lani, and he certainly sounds like he's roughly Tayo or Lani's age. On the other hand, he was built with the memory chip of an older bus named Wandie, which would technically make him not only the oldest of the young buses, but perhaps older than even Citu.
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* {{Expy}}: He can be considered a [[CompositeCharacter mashup of]] [[WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine Thomas]] and [[WesternAnimation/RoaryTheRacingCar Roary]]. He has the former's [[BlueIsHeroic blue color]], involvement in public transport, and [[IdiotHero occasional dim moments]], and the latter's on-roads physical nature, [[NiceGuy kind]] [[AllLovingHero heart]], [[CuteMachines endearing appearance]], and [[KidHero young age]].

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* {{Expy}}: He can be considered a [[CompositeCharacter mashup of]] [[WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine [[WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends Thomas]] and [[WesternAnimation/RoaryTheRacingCar Roary]]. He has the former's [[BlueIsHeroic blue color]], involvement in public transport, and [[IdiotHero occasional dim moments]], and the latter's on-roads physical nature, [[NiceGuy kind]] [[AllLovingHero heart]], [[CuteMachines endearing appearance]], and [[KidHero young age]].
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* Expy: He can be considered a [[CompositeCharacter mashup of]] [[WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine Thomas]] and [[WesternAnimation/RoaryTheRacingCar Roary]]. He has the former's [[BlueIsHeroic blue color]], involvement in public transport, and [[IdiotHero occasional dim moments]], and the latter's on-roads physical nature, [[NiceGuy kind]] [[AllLovingHero heart]], [[CuteMachines endearing appearance]], and [[KidHero young age]].

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* Expy: {{Expy}}: He can be considered a [[CompositeCharacter mashup of]] [[WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine Thomas]] and [[WesternAnimation/RoaryTheRacingCar Roary]]. He has the former's [[BlueIsHeroic blue color]], involvement in public transport, and [[IdiotHero occasional dim moments]], and the latter's on-roads physical nature, [[NiceGuy kind]] [[AllLovingHero heart]], [[CuteMachines endearing appearance]], and [[KidHero young age]].



* Hot-Blooded: Can be pretty passionate.

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* Hot-Blooded: HotBlooded: Can be pretty passionate.

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* CuteMachines: He's a bus, and when he's not {{Gasshole passing a cloud}}, he can be very cute. Especially when he's [[FunSize turned toy-size]] in the episode "Tiny Tayo".

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* CuteMachines: He's a bus, and when he's not {{Gasshole passing a cloud}}, moments of ToiletHumor aside, he can be very cute. Especially ''Especially'' when he's [[FunSize turned toy-size]] in the episode "Tiny Tayo".



* IdiotHero:[[DependingOnTheWriter It generally depends on the episode]], but thanks to a [[NaiveNewcomer fair]] [[CuriosityKilledTheCast few]] [[ChronicHeroSyndrome faults]] [[LeeroyJenkins of]] [[ATragedyOfImpulsiveness his]], Tayo does tend to be a a rather dim bulb on at least a few occasions. Though, to be fair, he's [[KidHero pretty young]].

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* IdiotHero:[[DependingOnTheWriter IdiotHero: [[DependingOnTheWriter It generally depends on the episode]], but thanks to a [[NaiveNewcomer fair]] [[CuriosityKilledTheCast few]] [[ChronicHeroSyndrome faults]] [[LeeroyJenkins of]] [[ATragedyOfImpulsiveness his]], Tayo does tend to be a a rather dim bulb on at least a few occasions. Though, to be fair, he's [[KidHero pretty young]].


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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: He and Rogi are generally the Manly Men to Gani's Sensitive Guy.


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* Hot-Blooded: Can be pretty passionate.


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* LargeHam: Definitely has his moments of this.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: He and Tayo are generally the Manly Men to Gani's Sensitive Guy.


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* SensitiveGuy: The Sensitive Guy to Tayo and Rogi's Manly Men.

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* FatalFlaw: His [[NaiveNewcomer naïveté]] is his biggest one early on, though later episodes throw in other flaws like his [[CuriosityKilledTheCat curiosity]], [[ChronicHeroSyndrome his over-eagerness to help]] [[DidntThinkThisThrough without thinking things through]], and his [[LeeroyJenkins impatience]] and [[ATragedyOfImpulsiveness impulsiveness]].

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* CuteMachines: He's a bus, and when he's not {{Gasshole passing a cloud}}, he can be very cute. Especially when he's [[FunSize turned toy-size]] in the episode "Tiny Tayo".
* Expy: He can be considered a [[CompositeCharacter mashup of]] [[WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine Thomas]] and [[WesternAnimation/RoaryTheRacingCar Roary]]. He has the former's [[BlueIsHeroic blue color]], involvement in public transport, and [[IdiotHero occasional dim moments]], and the latter's on-roads physical nature, [[NiceGuy kind]] [[AllLovingHero heart]], [[CuteMachines endearing appearance]], and [[KidHero young age]].
* FatalFlaw: His [[NaiveNewcomer naïveté]] is his biggest one early on, though later episodes throw in other flaws like his [[CuriosityKilledTheCat [[CuriosityKilledTheCast curiosity]], [[ChronicHeroSyndrome his over-eagerness to help]] [[DidntThinkThisThrough without thinking things through]], and his [[LeeroyJenkins impatience]] and [[ATragedyOfImpulsiveness impulsiveness]].



* IdiotHero:[[DependingOnTheWriter It generally depends on the episode]], but thanks to a [[NaiveNewcomer fair]] [[CuriosityKilledTheCast few]] [[ChronicHeroSyndrome faults]] [[LeeroyJenkins of]] [[ATragedyOfImpulsiveness his]], Tayo does tend to be a a rather dim bulb on at least a few occasions. Though, to be fair, he's still young.

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* {{Gasshole}}: Seems to blast a cloud of white stuff out his exhaust at least a few times a season.
* IdiotHero:[[DependingOnTheWriter It generally depends on the episode]], but thanks to a [[NaiveNewcomer fair]] [[CuriosityKilledTheCast few]] [[ChronicHeroSyndrome faults]] [[LeeroyJenkins of]] [[ATragedyOfImpulsiveness his]], Tayo does tend to be a a rather dim bulb on at least a few occasions. Though, to be fair, he's still young.[[KidHero pretty young]].
* KidHero: Very clearly a 'kid', and the main protagonist of the story.



* NaïveNewcomer: Initially. He gets better.

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* NaïveNewcomer: NaiveNewcomer: Initially. He gets better.



* SpotlightStealingSquad: [[AvertedTrope Averted, surprisingly]]. While Tayo is the main character of the show and as such gets the most appearances of any character, plenty of episodes, especially later on, feature other characters either as well or instead.



* CollectorOfTheStrange: Has a thing for collecting random stuff he finds. Much to the consternation of the others.



* CuteMachines: She's a bus, and she's ''adorable''.



* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Well, "paint of gold", but she definitely fits this with her very friendly, fun-loving personality.

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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Well, "paint of gold", but she definitely fits this with her yellow paint and her very friendly, fun-loving personality.



* RedIsHeroic: Again, like with [[BlueIsHeroic

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* RedIsHeroic: Again, like with [[BlueIsHeroic[[BlueIsHeroic Tayo]], kinda obvious.

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Tayo, the show's namesake. As the series progresses, episodes feature him less and focus on other characters. This can be confusing for new viewers who watch the later seasons.

* FriendToAllChildren: When Bong Bong the baby van is separated from his babysitter, Tayo finds him and takes him under his wing (or wheel) for the day. Tayo loves playing tour guide and role model to the little kids. When Bong Bong has so much fun and doesn't want to go home, Tayo tells Bong Bong he has the skills now to be a big kid and get home.
* RookieRedRanger: Was this at the beginning of the series but very quickly progresses.

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Tayo, Tayo is a young blue bus who is the show's namesake. As the series progresses, episodes feature him less and focus on other characters. This can be confusing for new viewers who watch the later seasons.

* AllLovingHero: Generally-speaking, he doesn't have a real mean part in his body for most anyone.
* BlueIsHeroic: Obviously.
* CheerfulChild: To a lesser extent than Lani, but definitely still this.
* FatalFlaw: His [[NaiveNewcomer naïveté]] is his biggest one early on, though later episodes throw in other flaws like his [[CuriosityKilledTheCat curiosity]], [[ChronicHeroSyndrome his over-eagerness to help]] [[DidntThinkThisThrough without thinking things through]], and his [[LeeroyJenkins impatience]] and [[ATragedyOfImpulsiveness impulsiveness]].
* FriendToAllChildren: When Bong Bong the baby van is separated from his babysitter, Tayo finds him and takes him under his wing (or wheel) for the day. Tayo in general loves playing tour guide and role model to the little kids. When kids, as well as to other vehicles younger than him, like a baby van named Bong Bong has so much fun and doesn't want to go home, Tayo tells Bong Bong he has the skills now to be a big kid and get home.Bong.
* IdiotHero:[[DependingOnTheWriter It generally depends on the episode]], but thanks to a [[NaiveNewcomer fair]] [[CuriosityKilledTheCast few]] [[ChronicHeroSyndrome faults]] [[LeeroyJenkins of]] [[ATragedyOfImpulsiveness his]], Tayo does tend to be a a rather dim bulb on at least a few occasions. Though, to be fair, he's still young.
* LordErrorProne: Very well-meaning, but there are times where his attempts at helping often do anything ''but'' help.
* NaïveNewcomer: Initially. He gets better.
* NiceGuy: While he does have his moments of selfishness or insensitivity, he's still generally friendly and eager to help.
* NoSenseOfDirection: Gets lost quite a few times at the beginning of the series. He grows out of it, though.
* RookieRedRanger: Was Starts out as this at the beginning of the series but very quickly progresses. progresses.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Rogi.



* ButtMonkey: Tends to get into embarrassing situations more often than the other buses do.



* GreenAndMean: [[DownplayedTrope Sort of,]] but he's the only one of the four little buses [[AvertedTrope not to be]] [[PrimaryColorChampion colored with a primary color]], and while he's still generally well-meaning, he can be rather selfish and insensitive, and has more of a tendency of such than the other buses do.
* HiccupHijinks: Gets put through the wringer with this trope [[LaserGuidedKarma after hogging a lot of fuel to himself]].
* IdiotHero: Similarly to Tayo, though his is specifically because of his [[ATragedyOfImpulsiveness impulsiveness]], [[LeeroyJenkins impatience]], and [[InnocentlyInsensitive lack of tact]].
* InnocentlyInsensitive: He tends to have a bit of a problem with this trope, often being more self-centered than he intends to be.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[DownplayedTrope Okay, so he's still generally nice]], but he has a somewhat more notable frequency to be insensitive and self-centered than the other buses do.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Tayo.




* CheerfulChild:

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** GenkiGirl: And very energetic, too.
* TheCutie: Can certainly be this, being the smallest and cutest of the four little buses.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Well, "paint of gold", but she definitely fits this with her very friendly, fun-loving personality.
* NiceGirl: Usually, though she does have her moments of being insensitive and selfish.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: While having her girly moments (like wanting to be a princess in one episode), she's otherwise very much OneOfTheBoys with the other little buses.




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* BrokenAce: He's very good at being a city bus and doing his job at one, but he tends to get his nerves afray if under particular pressure.
* FatalFlaw: His [[NervousWreck neurotic]], [[LovableCoward fearful nature]] that he often displays tends to get him into trouble whenever it surfaces.
* NervousWreck: He tends to be a fair bit more fearful and neurotic than the other buses. This often leads to problems for him and others. [[LovableCoward He's still very sweet, though, and it doesn't stop the other from liking him]].
* NiceGuy: Generally the most consistently nice of the four buses.
* TheQuietOne: He's generally the least vocal of the little buses.
* RedIsHeroic: Again, like with [[BlueIsHeroic
* ShrinkingViolet: Compared to the other buses, he can be rather shy.
* SociallyAwkwardHero: Tends to have more issues with social interactions than the other buses do.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Gani shows a couple of moments of this, ESPECIALLY in his two introductory episodes, "Our New Friend Gani" and "Hana and Gani". In those, he's seen avoiding eye contact, speaking very quietly and flatly (even through the rest of the series he doesn't talk a lot and has issues with social interaction), not changing much in facial expression. Most of these sort of are forgotten by later episodes, but are still there. There's too many to list almost.. Even in the first episode he shows up in, this conversation is seen:
--> '''Tayo:''' There's something strange about Gani. He's new, but he does everything perfectly and knows everything.
--> '''Hana:''' You know Tayo, he seems like an ordinary bus to me. Just like the rest of you.
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* Determinator: Exemplifies this when playing detective.

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* FriendToAllChildren: Not initially, but after babysitting Bong Bong the baby bus, he warms up. He eventually is shown enjoying being a leader to the littler buses.

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Tayo

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Tayo, the show's namesake. As the series progresses, episodes feature him less and focus on other characters. This can be confusing for new viewers who watch the later seasons.

* FriendToAllChildren: Not initially, but after babysitting Bong Bong the baby bus, he warms up. He eventually is shown enjoying being a leader to the littler buses.

Rogi is a green bus who often argues with Tayo. Despite their conflicting personalities, they're best friends.

* Determinator: Exemplifies this when playing detective.
* GreatDetective: Fancies himself as one and even gets an entire episode to do detective work.

Lani, a sweet young yellow bus who was at the bus garage before Tayo.



Gani is the oldest bus of all the foursome. He's red, quiet, and a hard worker.

Hana is the human mechanic who looks after the buses.
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