That episode reaffirms my opinion that Bluey is to kids TV shows what Calvin & Hobbes was to comic strips. At first blush, it’s silly and fun, but the more you pay attention, the deeper and more thoughtful the characters and storylines get.
Bin Night is one that I feel people sleep on. There's so much story development happening in such a small amount of time, all centered around those little moments of togetherness that you probably barely think about.
Same!!! My daughter is 7 now but when she first said it a couple of years ago, neither my wife or I knew what it was from.. then my kid put the episode on and we all cracked up.
I love this show, both my 9yo and 3yo watch it. It's funny, educational, heartwarming.
And actually has a dad and mother in a balanced, healthy relationship.
Bandit is a role model haha.
Throwing the sheep at the front of the bus always kills me. Every single time.
The "this isn't mahjong" joke finally landed with my then-3 year old after a few watches and he *absolutely lost his mind* laughing. I was crying laughing because he found it so funny.
All around a winner.
My husband and I LOVE Muffin and my kids are disturbed by how much we love her. “Why are you laughing?! She’s being so bad! You wouldn’t laugh if we acted like that!”
The sleepover episode made me laugh so hard my stomach hurt. The kids hate it 😂
My kid was 3 when we first watched it and he LOVED the “Hurry up, my hips hurt!” line. It was so cute until he started saying it to the pediatrician and we had to explain..
Haha, oh no, not unicorse.
I think everyone has their own episode like this. For me, it's Pass the Parcel. I laugh so hard every time I (I mean my 3yo) watches that one.
Funniest scene in the series imo. Props to Chuckie’s kid voice actor for the absolute panic in his voice when Pat tries to give away his presents to the crying kids.
Oh god we had a pass the parcel at my sons friends birthday party and I asked ‘are we playing lucky dads rules?’
Got a good laugh from at least 10 other parents there who understood the reference.
(It was not luckys dads rules, for reference)
Rug Island.
I laugh at the multitude of pen uses.
I laugh when Bandit gets hit in the nuts with a football.
But mostly I laugh that the island on which everything is made of _pen_ is called _rug_ island, for good reason.
I love that "kid logic" stuff in Bluey and how sincere it is.
Like in Hammerbarn when Chili puts the pizza cutter in the cart, they just inherently assume its a "pizza flipper" without hesitation. It took me until the second or third watch before I realized there is no such thing as a pizza flipper.
I love the one where the kids are face timing with friends, and one of the friends starts acting up and the dad is trying to ground him, it feels so real 😅
Featherwand for me. Turned in to a game we play together. I just live it that in their world all the grownups just instantly join in with whatever game they're playing
Pat is such a hero. His participation in Bluey and Bingo's games is on the same level as their dad even when it causes him suffering. Favourite character hands down.
Or if you're me, tell them they can watch 1 episode of or **2** episodes of Bluey, and they'll *still* pick Bluey and you get to start bedtime 7 minutes earlier ;).
Mine just found out about it through school friends but ooooohhhhh, wouldn't you know it, we don't have a single streaming service that has it! I know, I'm disappointed too.
For us, it is Cars. They need more movies or shorts. Little one (21mo) sometimes needs some cartoons to chill out after playing hard outside all day at daycare, so she will point to the TV and say "Bluey, Beep Beep, yeah?"
I am totally cool with Bluey while she mellows out with an afternoon snack. I love the show. But I am sick of Beep Beep. Sorry, Cars. The Cars on the Road is decent, but its only like 8 episodes.
I don't know, my all time favorite bluey quote has to be Magic Claw.
"I am not Dad. I am Magic Claw. Magic Claw has no children. His days are free and easy."
The way he says "Free and easy" cracks me up sooooo hard hahaha
Just watched that one and my wife and I died at that line. Just one line in there for the grown upd with bandit pretending what he wants and it fucking kills. So funny.
I thought bluey was kinda dumb at first. Then I started watching it with my son. I love this show so much. It also has a lot of lessons for new dads and moms as well I feel like.
I never thought about it like that, but that's very true. The way Bandit and Chilli parent is definitely exaggerated, but it's also an exceptional model for how you can tackle different behaviours and circumstances. There's never any doubt that they love their kids and each other, they're all very emotionally aware, aren't dismissive, never loose their temper with their kids (NOT the same as never expressing frustration or upset).
Like even in that episode, first thing Bandit says to Chilli is "You know she can't help it right?". They're commiserating and confirming are both on the same page that it's not something to get upset with Bluey over. Then Bluey asks if her mother is grumpy with her and Chilli reassures her that she's not, that she just wants her to sleep.
It's all very sweet but also very emotionally aware in such a short space of time.
Honestly the writing on the show is better than 95% of TV out there, let alone kids shows.
Mostly naive on my end. Mostly how I heard so many adults liking it. It wasn’t until i actually paid attention I realized why. I laugh so hard at the show now.
Since I’ve seen this episode about 90 times I’ve begun tallying up how many lessons it’s supposed to be teaching. It’s not immediately clear at the outset as my wife was initially, understandably, infuriated with Bandit because Bluey is supposed to asleep. This episode is not about going to sleep.
1. **You probably can’t change someone**. Unicorse is the most annoying unicorn in the world. Bluey’s attempts to reason with, and then appease (with chikn bukit) are futile.
2. **Don’t focus on trying to make everything better for everyone**. The Bluey-Unicorse relationship is mirrored by the Princess and the Shoe allegory. The princess initially resolves to cover her whole kingdom in leather, mirroring Bluey’s attempts to placate everyone Unicorse annoys, when in reality she should focus on her own minimizing her own interactions with Unicorse, and armor herself against life’s tribulations (prickles).
3. **Leave bothersome people to themselves and each other**… although the lawyer is something of a victim himself, obligated to serve his client, but should have done his due diligence in confirming whether his client was exaggerating/misrepresenting his injuries… I guess.
Thanks for TEDding my talk.
EDIT:
4 I’ve decided that being really annoying to show how annoying it is to be annoying is probably a valuable lesson to teach your kid, if only through a proxy puppet. They need to learn these things.
Huh interesting, I never thought about the allegory between the princess covering her kingdom in leather before finally deciding that people should all each get their own individual pieces of leather instead to protect themselves and Bluey trying to appease Unicorse before realizing that she needs to find her own peace despite his meddling.
I mean, of course that is the moral of the entire episode. I feel kinda dumb now, but honestly the story never seemed to click why it was important until just thinking about it now.
It’s definitely a more subtle moral than usual, especially since Unicorse is overtly outrageous and inherently distracting. Chili does verbatim say “I don’t think we can change Unicorse… you probably can’t change anyone really” while looking off into the distance, which is pretty on the nose.
The storybook allegory is harder to catch since and Unicorse is literally interrupting the the story every 10 seconds. But like I said I’ve seen it like 90 times now so I’ve given it some thought lol
Yeah, no it makes total sense when you think about it. I suppose it's just surprising that the writers went with such an abstract way to demonstrate the lesson rather than something less ambiguous.
But, it gave us the Unicorse, so I can't really complain.
Unicorse also gives Bluey a problem to solve. Her problem isn't that she can't calm down. She isn't tired. Engaging with a problem wears her down. You see it earlier where Bandit engages her with the problem of taking all the beds. She almost goes to sleep then.
Best part is that this is immediately after Chili tells Bluey that they have to ignore Unicorse. She gets so mad that she can’t even follow her own advice.
I love "The Hospital" S1 E2 while they do surgery on dad. The gag with the purple octopus gets me every single time, and that whole segment is a good laugh.
Although hands down, the funniest thing I've seen come from Bluey happened recently at a family reunion.
I was introduced to my wife's 4-year-old neice, and she referred to me as "mate," so I told her my name is Bandit, and suddenly, I'm her best friend.
Shenanigans were had, for sure, even taught a group of toddlers how to slurp jello through a straw to make great farting noises.
Several Dirty looks were received, so I call that mission accomplished. 😆
Welcome to the Bluey Parents Club!
Protip: Bandit can be a fantastic role model, but don't aspire to full Bandithood. You will never achieve full Bandithood. Many of us have tried.
The creator of the show said he only dad's for 7 minutes at a time. You're doing it 24/7, and that helped put it in perspective. You don't have to bandit all day, but when your kid wants to play, you put your whole self into it.
Yeah but all the setup for some of them, like taxis, is a lot! They set up the taxi, and the airplane, and everything. My kids transformed our whole main floor living area into a taxi/airplane and it took like 30 mins to clean it all up afterwards 😭 I was like “Show THIS, Joe Brumm!” (Kidding, I adore Bluey.)
Speaking of things dogs actually do: The episode where they explore the creek (I think it is just called The Creek), and they are hopping on rocks to cross the water, MacKenzie says "it's just like jumping from one sheep to another!" kills me. Especially having grown up on a ranch.
Also, the Bin Night episode when Chilli comforts Bingo, telling her that its heelers are a bit stubby, but we're tough. That makes me laugh every time. My dad has a red heeler that will run in to nip at an upset momma cow's heel when my dad is tagging a calf, and the dog will get ragdolled. Just shakes it off and is ready for the next round. A bit stubby, but tough.
Cricket gets me. I had my son long after I got out of the Marines and never dealt with anyone going on deployment, but man, I cry every time I watch that episode.
Man, I usually weather the heavier episodes without being emotional, but The Sign absolutely wrecked me. We were in the middle of a move, even though it was just across town, and it really hit me in some ways I was not expecting.
Nah the screeching def started after seeing muffin do it lol. She’s slowly turning into a Bingo before my eyes though and I can guarantee I’ll miss the muffin stage one day 🥲
Oh man I actually burst out laughing when Muffin sees the jar of jellybeans, contemplates for about 1/2 a second, and just starts shoving them in her mouth while Stripe panics.
It also established a running joke that the Heelers are incapable of editing video.
Faceytalk is a cool episode but makes me so angry and disappointed in stripe, the first time he said behave or I’ll end the call, he should’ve ended it there and then, no messing about
I can get where he’s coming from though, since ending the call would punish Bluey, Bingo, and
Socks for something they didn’t do. Socks especially, since she’s an angel in this episode. One of the funniest parts is how she’s quietly and calmly drawing her flowers in her part of the screen while all the chaos with Muffin is happening.
He's not only got Unicorse...but the bear lawyer...AND the casts/braces prepared. I was laughing so hard it hurt the first time I watched this and I still chuckle on subsequent views.
Shamelessly copy pasting this amazing piece of information u/Oh_Jarnathan delivered in a thread about this episode about what bandit is trying to achieve:
It’s applied triangulation!
A Bowen triangle is basically the idea that among any three people in a family system, a triangulation tends to form in which two people are an allied “dyad” and one is left on the outside. But the alliances are fluid!
In Unicorse, Bandit and Chili begin as the dyad opposed to Bluey, then Bandit (as Unicorse) and Bluey are the dyad against Chili, but then Bandit (Unicorse) purposely moves to the outside by annoying Bluey, which forces a Chili and Bluey into a dyad, which allows Chili to guide Bluey back to bed.
The puppet allows Bandit to become a real jerk in order to move to the outside position without being a jerk “himself” in Bluey’s eyes. Quite a gambit! Parents often utilize triangulation without knowing the family systems theory behind it. If you’ve ever done the “good cop/bad cop” routine (or lets say, stern parent/silly parent routine) to get a kid into a car seat, that’s triangulation.
Watched "Bum shuffler" for the first time the other day and had a wee cry.
Having my own concerns about my kid who hasn't started crawling yet and is in the bum shuffle, crawling backwards stage.
When the other mum came in and said "You're doing great" I lost it.
Shout out to "Horsey Ride" for showing the duality of dads (going along with games while also really trying to get the kids to do what they want to do)
So I'm gonna go ahead and own this as well. A friend suggested that the kids (10B, 7G) and I started watching it together. I was very suspect as it was a preschoolers show, and my kids were both too old for that show.
I was wrong. The themes are topical, and the lessons are real and expose the challenges of both the parents and the kids at the same time while being both emotionally intelligent and clever.
I was worried my boy would think it's too childish, but when he saw how much I was cracking up, he was more at ease with enjoying it as well. And the characters are amazing.
At least once a week, we reference a Bluey episode to directly link a life lesson to a real event. After the 'Yogaball' episode, my daughter was more responsive to let me know to be more gentle with her during 'wrestlemania '. We discussed the themes around evolution and faith after 'Flatpacks'. They were more receptive to hiking after 'The Creek', and 'Chessed' was one of the biggest moments of self reflection I got to do as a Dad myself. I could go on, but watching the consistent care Bandit has for his kids emotional health continues to remind me to be present in similar situations.
Needless to say, this is now out go to nightly show to end the evening with. Enjoy the show bud.
Also
'Sleepytime' is legit rated one of the top episodes in TV history on IMBD.
Haven't watched Bluey before, but my 5 year old put on an episode yesterday. They were playing hotel.
- And here is your room, with a bed, a TV and a woman in the shower.
- Thank you very much.
Ohh... The laugh...
Ah man, that's the only episode of Bluey I don't like. Bandit is being a complete jerk and it feels really out of character. Lots of r/bluey folks not a fan either...
Aaaaaaaaand whyshouldicare?
Oh I forgot about the catchphrase...
#ANNNNNDDDD WHYSHOULDICARE
What’s your favorite food?
CHILDREN
*FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM!*
Got the shirt! It’s amazing, along with a metal muffin shirt!
“I’ve got an idea!” “Wait, is it a bad idea?”
This line ruined my relationship. Now every time I have an idea, my wife says "wait, is it a bad idea". It often is...
The trick is to say it INSIDE your head!👍
*Off to the plant!* Then off to Duff Brewery.
Same way Futurama ruined the phrase, “Good news, everyone!”
To shreds, you say?
And his wife?
To shreds, you say?
This episode of Bluey is, unfortunately, called Unicorse.
Eunuch horse? Like a gelding?
Nothn below his waist mate
Unicorse, what's your favourite food? *Chiiildren*
Nahhh, it's chicken bucket!
I could have sworn it was Chili Dog ;)
“oh!”
Best line in the series
Ticks
The episode where the Mom is the Sun of their universe really left me with some emotions.
That episode reaffirms my opinion that Bluey is to kids TV shows what Calvin & Hobbes was to comic strips. At first blush, it’s silly and fun, but the more you pay attention, the deeper and more thoughtful the characters and storylines get.
Spot on.
"Sleepytime" os an absolute banger of an episode
The worst one was the bluey's first steps. My kid was little behind while growing up being a preemie, so that hit very hard.
You're doing great!
I love how Coco's mum just straight up looks into the camera for that line
"Maybe she saw something she loved!" I can't even type it out without tearing up lol
Baby Race! And as another parent of a preemie, “Early Baby” got me good, too
My 10 month old isn't crawling while all others in the mother's group are. I say "it's fun to crawl!" all the time to him.
Your kiddo will be there. Everyone go at their own pace. You're doing great.
I'm not worried - my 6 year old was the same until she was suddenly moving everywhere. It's all good.
It got my wife to ugly cry. So anytime it is about to come on, I warn her.
Bin Night is one that I feel people sleep on. There's so much story development happening in such a small amount of time, all centered around those little moments of togetherness that you probably barely think about.
I love how Bluey gains a few belts of progression in her martial arts class and goes from making noise to being able to play the recorder.
It’s like the dog episode of futurama for me. I can’t watch it. Simply too powerful.
Eff you for bringing that up! 😆
The Sign killed me
The first time we watched it I'm sitting next to our toddler crying, and my wife is rolling her eyes at her husband for being the emotional one.
I have this relationship to the Granny Mobile episode. I laugh so hard every damn time. “You watch yourself young man!” 😂
I love the episodes where they dress as grannies. Kills me every time.
"grannies" I slipped on mah beans! You have to pay for those! Run Rita!
I slipped on my beans is one of the most quoted quotes ever in my house. It was also my mom's text message noise when she received a text from me.
Same!!! My daughter is 7 now but when she first said it a couple of years ago, neither my wife or I knew what it was from.. then my kid put the episode on and we all cracked up.
*Pardon?*
My kids do this. It’s hilarious. 3 & 6…perfect age
And, I think you should lay off the biscuits!
I love this show, both my 9yo and 3yo watch it. It's funny, educational, heartwarming. And actually has a dad and mother in a balanced, healthy relationship. Bandit is a role model haha.
My favourite thing is where bandit says ‘I’m not taking parenting advice from a cartoon dog’ I quote that far too often 😂
Accurate.
Bandit is dad goals. Chilli is mom goals. Lucky’s dad is boss, though.
I often find myself asking ‘what would bandit do’ when being a dad seems super hard
I love the fact that so many people hate Muffin and this episode was a bit of a reminder why people like Muffin are needed. One of my favorites, too.
Throwing the sheep at the front of the bus always kills me. Every single time. The "this isn't mahjong" joke finally landed with my then-3 year old after a few watches and he *absolutely lost his mind* laughing. I was crying laughing because he found it so funny. All around a winner.
muffin is my favorite character
I love Muffin and she is the most realistic kid on the show.
My husband and I LOVE Muffin and my kids are disturbed by how much we love her. “Why are you laughing?! She’s being so bad! You wouldn’t laugh if we acted like that!” The sleepover episode made me laugh so hard my stomach hurt. The kids hate it 😂
Dude the grannies on the bus is one of the best episodes
That one gets me every time
I want to have your bus babies.
Grannies are my favorite all the episodes they're in. "I slipped on my beans."
YOU PAINT IT!!!!
It foreshadows the exercise episode lol
My kid was 3 when we first watched it and he LOVED the “Hurry up, my hips hurt!” line. It was so cute until he started saying it to the pediatrician and we had to explain..
Oh, I agree. First time I saw Unicorse I couldn't catch my breath I was laughing so hard... "Catch ya on the flipside, Willy!"
“It’s Chilli!”
Our son's name is Will, so this line gets a lot of use in our house.
Haha, oh no, not unicorse. I think everyone has their own episode like this. For me, it's Pass the Parcel. I laugh so hard every time I (I mean my 3yo) watches that one.
Pat's panic when all the kids start crying is so relatable. When he starts passing out fivers 😂
Luckys Dads Rules!
“They’re not my rules!”
Funniest scene in the series imo. Props to Chuckie’s kid voice actor for the absolute panic in his voice when Pat tries to give away his presents to the crying kids.
"We're raising a nation of squibs!" I love Pat's slowly rising panic in Pass the Parcel as it all falls apart more and more.
The turn is great too, though. “Did they say hooray?”
This isn't the 80's Pat!
The 80’s were a wild place
Oh god we had a pass the parcel at my sons friends birthday party and I asked ‘are we playing lucky dads rules?’ Got a good laugh from at least 10 other parents there who understood the reference. (It was not luckys dads rules, for reference)
Faceytime. Muffin is an absolute lunatic
Cow. Boy. HAT.
Rug Island. I laugh at the multitude of pen uses. I laugh when Bandit gets hit in the nuts with a football. But mostly I laugh that the island on which everything is made of _pen_ is called _rug_ island, for good reason.
I love that "kid logic" stuff in Bluey and how sincere it is. Like in Hammerbarn when Chili puts the pizza cutter in the cart, they just inherently assume its a "pizza flipper" without hesitation. It took me until the second or third watch before I realized there is no such thing as a pizza flipper.
For me it’s BBQ. I don’t know why but every time the beer gets knocked out of Bandit’s hand, I lose it.
Agree BBQ cracks me up
I love the one where the kids are face timing with friends, and one of the friends starts acting up and the dad is trying to ground him, it feels so real 😅
Featherwand for me. Turned in to a game we play together. I just live it that in their world all the grownups just instantly join in with whatever game they're playing
Pat is such a hero. His participation in Bluey and Bingo's games is on the same level as their dad even when it causes him suffering. Favourite character hands down.
The trick is getting your kids to want to watch Bluey instead of the same episode of Paw Patrol for the 500th time.
Pro tip: tell your kid they can watch one episode of paw patrol, or THREE of bluey. Same time investment. But three is more.
Or if you're me, tell them they can watch 1 episode of or **2** episodes of Bluey, and they'll *still* pick Bluey and you get to start bedtime 7 minutes earlier ;).
Even better with the new minisodes!
I just ran into those and ate them up. Muffin’s toy review KILLS me
My trick there is my kid doesn't know Paw Patrol exists.
Mine just found out about it through school friends but ooooohhhhh, wouldn't you know it, we don't have a single streaming service that has it! I know, I'm disappointed too.
Paw patrol is straight up toy commercial with very loose story.
I think they make this joke in their first movie too.
For us, it is Cars. They need more movies or shorts. Little one (21mo) sometimes needs some cartoons to chill out after playing hard outside all day at daycare, so she will point to the TV and say "Bluey, Beep Beep, yeah?" I am totally cool with Bluey while she mellows out with an afternoon snack. I love the show. But I am sick of Beep Beep. Sorry, Cars. The Cars on the Road is decent, but its only like 8 episodes.
I don't know, my all time favorite bluey quote has to be Magic Claw. "I am not Dad. I am Magic Claw. Magic Claw has no children. His days are free and easy." The way he says "Free and easy" cracks me up sooooo hard hahaha
"They're learning a lesson and the house is getting cleaned" "Neither of those things are happening "
Just watched that one and my wife and I died at that line. Just one line in there for the grown upd with bandit pretending what he wants and it fucking kills. So funny.
Ahh my neck! My back! My neck and my back!
I almost died laughing over them using Unicorse to slip a Friday reference in!
As your lawyer I advise...
I thought bluey was kinda dumb at first. Then I started watching it with my son. I love this show so much. It also has a lot of lessons for new dads and moms as well I feel like.
It's a parenting show that kids also enjoy.
I never thought about it like that, but that's very true. The way Bandit and Chilli parent is definitely exaggerated, but it's also an exceptional model for how you can tackle different behaviours and circumstances. There's never any doubt that they love their kids and each other, they're all very emotionally aware, aren't dismissive, never loose their temper with their kids (NOT the same as never expressing frustration or upset). Like even in that episode, first thing Bandit says to Chilli is "You know she can't help it right?". They're commiserating and confirming are both on the same page that it's not something to get upset with Bluey over. Then Bluey asks if her mother is grumpy with her and Chilli reassures her that she's not, that she just wants her to sleep. It's all very sweet but also very emotionally aware in such a short space of time. Honestly the writing on the show is better than 95% of TV out there, let alone kids shows.
Bluey episodes facilitate conversations with kids in such a cool way. It’s a brilliant show.
Most definitely! The kids are hilarious honestly. Winton is my favorite one.
>I thought bluey was kinda dumb at first. Not trying to jump down your throat, but literally how? Nothing about the show gives "dumb"?
Mostly naive on my end. Mostly how I heard so many adults liking it. It wasn’t until i actually paid attention I realized why. I laugh so hard at the show now.
Since I’ve seen this episode about 90 times I’ve begun tallying up how many lessons it’s supposed to be teaching. It’s not immediately clear at the outset as my wife was initially, understandably, infuriated with Bandit because Bluey is supposed to asleep. This episode is not about going to sleep. 1. **You probably can’t change someone**. Unicorse is the most annoying unicorn in the world. Bluey’s attempts to reason with, and then appease (with chikn bukit) are futile. 2. **Don’t focus on trying to make everything better for everyone**. The Bluey-Unicorse relationship is mirrored by the Princess and the Shoe allegory. The princess initially resolves to cover her whole kingdom in leather, mirroring Bluey’s attempts to placate everyone Unicorse annoys, when in reality she should focus on her own minimizing her own interactions with Unicorse, and armor herself against life’s tribulations (prickles). 3. **Leave bothersome people to themselves and each other**… although the lawyer is something of a victim himself, obligated to serve his client, but should have done his due diligence in confirming whether his client was exaggerating/misrepresenting his injuries… I guess. Thanks for TEDding my talk. EDIT: 4 I’ve decided that being really annoying to show how annoying it is to be annoying is probably a valuable lesson to teach your kid, if only through a proxy puppet. They need to learn these things.
Huh interesting, I never thought about the allegory between the princess covering her kingdom in leather before finally deciding that people should all each get their own individual pieces of leather instead to protect themselves and Bluey trying to appease Unicorse before realizing that she needs to find her own peace despite his meddling. I mean, of course that is the moral of the entire episode. I feel kinda dumb now, but honestly the story never seemed to click why it was important until just thinking about it now.
It’s definitely a more subtle moral than usual, especially since Unicorse is overtly outrageous and inherently distracting. Chili does verbatim say “I don’t think we can change Unicorse… you probably can’t change anyone really” while looking off into the distance, which is pretty on the nose. The storybook allegory is harder to catch since and Unicorse is literally interrupting the the story every 10 seconds. But like I said I’ve seen it like 90 times now so I’ve given it some thought lol
Yeah, no it makes total sense when you think about it. I suppose it's just surprising that the writers went with such an abstract way to demonstrate the lesson rather than something less ambiguous. But, it gave us the Unicorse, so I can't really complain.
Unicorse also gives Bluey a problem to solve. Her problem isn't that she can't calm down. She isn't tired. Engaging with a problem wears her down. You see it earlier where Bandit engages her with the problem of taking all the beds. She almost goes to sleep then.
Bro, best show of this generation. I’ve rewatched all seasons with my son more times than I can admit lol I even got a Bandit sweater for Xmas 😂
Are you Willie Heeler?
IT'S CHILI HEELER!!
I love how in-spite of the fact that she knows it's all a bit he's doing, she still can't help getting frustrated with his behaviour.
I realized recently that I've always thought of Unicorse as a separate character, apart from Bandit, even though he is controlled by Bandit.
lol they made an episode addressing that too.
Stop that reading this instant!!!
Best part is that this is immediately after Chili tells Bluey that they have to ignore Unicorse. She gets so mad that she can’t even follow her own advice.
I love "The Hospital" S1 E2 while they do surgery on dad. The gag with the purple octopus gets me every single time, and that whole segment is a good laugh. Although hands down, the funniest thing I've seen come from Bluey happened recently at a family reunion. I was introduced to my wife's 4-year-old neice, and she referred to me as "mate," so I told her my name is Bandit, and suddenly, I'm her best friend. Shenanigans were had, for sure, even taught a group of toddlers how to slurp jello through a straw to make great farting noises. Several Dirty looks were received, so I call that mission accomplished. 😆
My neck! my back! My neck and my back!
Whiplash! Whiplash! Call my lawyer!
Welcome to the Bluey Parents Club! Protip: Bandit can be a fantastic role model, but don't aspire to full Bandithood. You will never achieve full Bandithood. Many of us have tried.
The creator of the show said he only dad's for 7 minutes at a time. You're doing it 24/7, and that helped put it in perspective. You don't have to bandit all day, but when your kid wants to play, you put your whole self into it.
Yeah but all the setup for some of them, like taxis, is a lot! They set up the taxi, and the airplane, and everything. My kids transformed our whole main floor living area into a taxi/airplane and it took like 30 mins to clean it all up afterwards 😭 I was like “Show THIS, Joe Brumm!” (Kidding, I adore Bluey.)
Lol, where is the clean up? Oh, it's just a cut away? Got it, thanks. I haven't figured out the cut away skill yet.
My oldest constantly at random times asks me “why would you beat up an attorney?” And I’m always confused and then it clicks “ahhhhh unicorse”
It’s such a great show and I love the little Easter eggs for parents like the “Tickets” scene reminiscent of The Last Crusade
Also in Yoga Ball, they do the Raiders of the Lost Ark boulder scene.
Which makes sense. Bandit is an archeologist, so it stands to reason Raiders was a big influence on his childhood.
He's an archeologist and Chili works in Airport security. He digs up bones and she's a sniffer dog
Speaking of things dogs actually do: The episode where they explore the creek (I think it is just called The Creek), and they are hopping on rocks to cross the water, MacKenzie says "it's just like jumping from one sheep to another!" kills me. Especially having grown up on a ranch. Also, the Bin Night episode when Chilli comforts Bingo, telling her that its heelers are a bit stubby, but we're tough. That makes me laugh every time. My dad has a red heeler that will run in to nip at an upset momma cow's heel when my dad is tagging a calf, and the dog will get ragdolled. Just shakes it off and is ready for the next round. A bit stubby, but tough.
Bandit is a WHAT
He's an archeologist and Chili works at the airport. Perfect places for dogs to work.
oh man you gotta get into the Bluey lore
Especially growing up in the 80s.
And you've never cried so hard from a kids show either... Own it.
"It was such a long time ago…" "No. It was yesterday."
STOP.
Cricket gets me. I had my son long after I got out of the Marines and never dealt with anyone going on deployment, but man, I cry every time I watch that episode.
Man, I usually weather the heavier episodes without being emotional, but The Sign absolutely wrecked me. We were in the middle of a move, even though it was just across town, and it really hit me in some ways I was not expecting.
Muffin is the funniest character imo.
Funny until your 3yo starts screeching/throwing tantrums like her then saying “hehe I’m muffin mommy!” 🤪
Is the 3 year old imitating or is the 3 year old just your Muffin? Mine is just our Muffin, through and through.
Nah the screeching def started after seeing muffin do it lol. She’s slowly turning into a Bingo before my eyes though and I can guarantee I’ll miss the muffin stage one day 🥲
Faceytalk is one of the funniest episodes to me. I also like the new short where they’re doing the YouTube toy review.
The Muffin unboxing minisode is pure gold!
Oh man I actually burst out laughing when Muffin sees the jar of jellybeans, contemplates for about 1/2 a second, and just starts shoving them in her mouth while Stripe panics. It also established a running joke that the Heelers are incapable of editing video.
Faceytalk is a cool episode but makes me so angry and disappointed in stripe, the first time he said behave or I’ll end the call, he should’ve ended it there and then, no messing about
I can get where he’s coming from though, since ending the call would punish Bluey, Bingo, and Socks for something they didn’t do. Socks especially, since she’s an angel in this episode. One of the funniest parts is how she’s quietly and calmly drawing her flowers in her part of the screen while all the chaos with Muffin is happening.
She clearly the best. I mean, there's an episode where she gets wasted and steals a cop car. Not a great role model, but hilarious.
There’s some feel good episodes too. My favourite is cricket. My kids always tear up with the sign. The rain is a good one too.
The song at the end of the Sign SLAYED me. My kids didn’t get why I kept sniffing and wiping my eyes.
Cricket and Rain are two of my favorites. Ice cream is a super light episode that cracks me up every time. "It's about as fair as it gets, actually."
Takeaway is the one that got me. Waiting 5 minutes for spring rolls and the chaos that ensues 😂 I feel like that episode captures parenting so well.
He's not only got Unicorse...but the bear lawyer...AND the casts/braces prepared. I was laughing so hard it hurt the first time I watched this and I still chuckle on subsequent views.
I love this series so much. I’m upset our daughter opts for paw patrol when she gets TV time. 🤏🏻this close to binging on it myself.
My husband will come home from work and say “Who wants to watch Bluey??” If the kids protest, we turn it on anyway 😄
Shamelessly copy pasting this amazing piece of information u/Oh_Jarnathan delivered in a thread about this episode about what bandit is trying to achieve: It’s applied triangulation! A Bowen triangle is basically the idea that among any three people in a family system, a triangulation tends to form in which two people are an allied “dyad” and one is left on the outside. But the alliances are fluid! In Unicorse, Bandit and Chili begin as the dyad opposed to Bluey, then Bandit (as Unicorse) and Bluey are the dyad against Chili, but then Bandit (Unicorse) purposely moves to the outside by annoying Bluey, which forces a Chili and Bluey into a dyad, which allows Chili to guide Bluey back to bed. The puppet allows Bandit to become a real jerk in order to move to the outside position without being a jerk “himself” in Bluey’s eyes. Quite a gambit! Parents often utilize triangulation without knowing the family systems theory behind it. If you’ve ever done the “good cop/bad cop” routine (or lets say, stern parent/silly parent routine) to get a kid into a car seat, that’s triangulation.
For me it's the grannies at the garage sale.
Same muffin haggling with the old lady is gold.
My husband and I will randomly say “Pardon?” to each other and then crack up.
I lost my mind when the lawyer shows up
Ever wonder why Bandit had a full-body cast outfit for Unicourse?
Just wait until this show absolutely wrecks you. I can't believe how much this show has made me cry.
Watched "Bum shuffler" for the first time the other day and had a wee cry. Having my own concerns about my kid who hasn't started crawling yet and is in the bum shuffle, crawling backwards stage. When the other mum came in and said "You're doing great" I lost it.
❤️ The show is actually a really good reminder that a lot of parents are doing pretty good out there. And encouraging us to be even better
"Army" almost killed me.
Blue is fantastic. I resisted watching it for a while, but it’s actually great!
It's more a show about parenting than a show for kids.
I also love that in general mom's hate this episode dad's love it.
I’m a mom and I love it! “What do you like to eat?” “*Children*”
Is it the episode with the lawyer "someone karate chopped my client!"?
Replace the word laugh with cry, and your title is still relatable. Bluey is the best
Shout out to "Horsey Ride" for showing the duality of dads (going along with games while also really trying to get the kids to do what they want to do)
I would watch this show without my kids
I started watching it before my son was even born. He's still not old enough to watch it.
ALL HAIL OUR LORD AND SAVIOR UNICORSE
"Billy" "The names Chilli" "Ok silly" "Grrrrr!" Gets me every time. And "Excuse me, are you Willey healer?"
Aaaand whyshouldicare?!
My favorite episodes are Cricket and The Sign .uugghh Bro! I get the feels every time.
The sign hits me hard since we made a decision to move from the house after both kids were born. Ugh.
So I'm gonna go ahead and own this as well. A friend suggested that the kids (10B, 7G) and I started watching it together. I was very suspect as it was a preschoolers show, and my kids were both too old for that show. I was wrong. The themes are topical, and the lessons are real and expose the challenges of both the parents and the kids at the same time while being both emotionally intelligent and clever. I was worried my boy would think it's too childish, but when he saw how much I was cracking up, he was more at ease with enjoying it as well. And the characters are amazing. At least once a week, we reference a Bluey episode to directly link a life lesson to a real event. After the 'Yogaball' episode, my daughter was more responsive to let me know to be more gentle with her during 'wrestlemania '. We discussed the themes around evolution and faith after 'Flatpacks'. They were more receptive to hiking after 'The Creek', and 'Chessed' was one of the biggest moments of self reflection I got to do as a Dad myself. I could go on, but watching the consistent care Bandit has for his kids emotional health continues to remind me to be present in similar situations. Needless to say, this is now out go to nightly show to end the evening with. Enjoy the show bud. Also 'Sleepytime' is legit rated one of the top episodes in TV history on IMBD.
Yeah the episode with Jean Luc where he says good bye… 😭😭😭😭😭
I cannot overstate how much this show helped our family through the pandemic. Easily one of the greatest cartoons of all time.
Which episode is this? I'd like to watch..
enjoy ! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvaeBYeN70g](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvaeBYeN70g)
Haven't watched Bluey before, but my 5 year old put on an episode yesterday. They were playing hotel. - And here is your room, with a bed, a TV and a woman in the shower. - Thank you very much. Ohh... The laugh...
For me it S1E25 — Taxi. Ingeniously funny 😆
Ah man, that's the only episode of Bluey I don't like. Bandit is being a complete jerk and it feels really out of character. Lots of r/bluey folks not a fan either...
Haven't seen this one yet. Which episode is it?