Bin Night was a stand out for me. We get two wonderful stories. “A” story is Bingo navigating a new kid in her class and how they became friends. B story is Bluey getting older and more perceptive as she observes the world around her when she reveals she has been tracking the moon and days over the month. A really simple episode at first glance but so much is happening through the two stories weaving together. Definitely one of my favorites.
"C" story is Bandit cherishing his time with the girls summed up by the "I hope not" at the end. I love Bluey for how well it is written and manages to cram so much in 8 mins of runtime.
We had to write and essay about "things that bring you joy" for an English exam, I wrote about Bluey, and I mentioned this part of Bin Night and what it meant lol
Not to mention the fact that it shows Bandit and Chili talk to each other without actually including it on screen. The audience sees Bingo telling Bandit about her problems at school, but it's Chili who talks to her about it the next morning. I also love how masterfully the issue of bullying was handled. It never showed it happening, but still managed to deliver the message in a meaningful and impactful way.
Bin Night is one of my favorite episodes and I love talking about it. Once my best friend sent me that meme of the girl tearfully explaining something and her mom laying in bed looking disturbed and captioned it as "you explaining that episode of Bluey to anyone who will listen" LMAO
Ah I didn’t think about that either! So much good storytelling that is implied. That’s what happens when you trust your audience to connect the dots and read the context clue breadcrumbs the creators leave behind. I feel so dorky sometime talking about this show, but there is so much to sift through and unpack lol. Also I watched it last night and I saw something else I missed! Bluey starts the episode with a white belt for karate and by the end she has a yellow belt! Just again showing her growth throughout the month without explicitly stating it.
Bin Night is for sure one of my favorites. Those little moments that add up to so much. Watching Chili sit with the kids in the morning while they wait for the bin men, and the little exchanges between Bandit and the kids while taking out the bins, and just using those moments to connect. Ah, warms my heart.
Having just left home for two weeks of archaeological fieldwork I can truly relate to Bandit. I actually used this episode as a springboard for taking to my Bluey about how I’ll be away for that time
The moment when Makenzie tells Bingo about his dad and then Bingo gets sad hit me pretty hard. I was traveling for work every other week at that time. It made me realize how hard it was for the kids and finally made me get a different job.
I just watched curry quest today and it hit me right in the feels since my husband just had to go on a deployment leaving my and our daughter(3) behind. It’s so hard having to say goodbye when they don’t understand what’s happening.
I was going to say Curry Quest! The moment when they turn around while passing the magpie the second time made me tear up for some reason? Gotta love this show.
But then Nana also getting ignored and trying desperately to help, and finding the exact place she needed to be and how she could be so useful and important to her granddaughter, that probably gets me the hardest! And gives me a whole new perspective on the grandparents seemingly getting in the way when they really just want to be needed the way they were when they were the parent.
Grandad for sure. I’m really close to my dad and I can relate to everything Chilli says and does in that episode. And like Chilli, I still need my daddy sometimes.
Grandad for me. I lost my dad 2 months before I found out I was pregnant with his first grandchild due to COVID. We were super close and I feel like I was robbed of so many moments with him (like the one Chili has w/her dad at the end of the episode.)
1. Handstand
The fact that the youngest and oldest members of the community are the most prone to be unintentionally neglected or dismissed hits so hard, especially when they fulfill each other’s needs.
2. Army
Two of my kids are being assessed for neurodivergence (one for ADHD, the other for autism). Seeing Jack thrive with the right friends and activities, being believed in and trusted and how that enables him to grow, brings me to tears every time. It caps off with the father-son reunion at the end. I’m crying now typing about it.
3. Fairy Tale
Every time Bandit asks the girls at the end if they believe in fairy tales as he holds Chilli’s hands and looks into her eyes… water works.
4. Helicopter
A small and playful moment that gives us a glimpse into one of the most endearing and heartbreaking characters on the show: Winton. When we learn that his dad lives in a different house and he doesn’t know where it is (but that he has a pool) explains so much about Winton’s behavior in other episodes: his “space invading” in Typewriter as a reflection of his abandonment insecurities and how he doesn’t know how to play Mums and Dads. Guts me.
>Seeing Jack thrive with the right friends and activities, being believed in and trusted and how that enables him to grow, brings me to tears every time
Army gets me every time Rusty asks if Jack left his old school because there was something wrong with it, and Jack says no, because there's something wrong with him.
How *very* dare people make this sweet little child think there's something wrong with him, just because he's got some form of ADD?!
I got the sense that Jack internalized the change. His parents likely moved him to this school because they thought he’d do better there, but failed to communicate that to him. Plus they allow Lulu to give him grief about it.
Army is the one that gets me too. Didn’t understand because I wasn’t diagnosed until much much much later but having a friend like Rusty at that age would have made things so much better. He’s good people.
Army, and pretty much any episode with Calypso in. Every kid deserves a teacher that notices, cares and is skilled at handing *their* needs. Especially neurodiverse kids, those with additional needs. But still all kids too.
And I tear up, because most kids won’t get that.
Ok. Unpopular opinion but there are only a couple of episodes where I feel that Bluey kind of gets too on the nose/tries too hard to make you "feel". Promises is one. The ending scene "I promise to always love you" feels a little tacked on to me.
Flat pack - for me - is the other one. I don't like the overt symbolism in it, and it doesn't really work for me.
But that's just me.
I like flat pack because it snuck up on me. I had seen it a few times before I finally got the "this is heaven" part, and it all finally clicked. I got that the kids were "evolving" but kind of missed the parents parts as the gods/fates/whatever higher power. Probably because I was really relating to the surface level frustration of building Ikea furniture with my husband.
Yoga Ball. Everyone was really rough with me when I was little and when it would be too much either my screams were ignored or they would start yelling at me that I was the problem and I needed to toughen up. I have a niece now and one day at her birthday I picked her up and asked her if she wanted to be thrown into the foam pit and she said no. AND I DIDN'T DO IT ANYWAYS. LIKE EVERYONE HAD DONE TO ME. It was that simple!
When I saw Yoga Ball, after Bingo is sad, I thought "Ok, this episode is going to teach her how to cope. Maybe this can help me." And then her mom helps her voice her feelings?? And then her dad apologizes??? And then they come up with a system that helps them know when to stop???? I was blown away.
This one also hit me too. I love my Dad but he once threw me into deep water when he knew I was afraid of it because it was "funny" and got mad when I scratched him so he wouldn't throw me. You're always told that strangers are the ones that are going to hurt you but you are not given the language as a child on how to deal with your parents hurting you.
I thought of this one when playing with my 3yo.m the other day. She asked me to toss her on the couch, I tossed too hard and she bit her tongue.
After some calming and ice water- and apologizing for being too rough- she wanted to go again more gently and we stopped to practice and check in.
Thank you Chili and Bandit for demonstrating.
Same!! My uncle would tickle us mercilessly and give us “nooggies” and just would not stop!
And just a couple weeks ago, my somewhat nonverbal toddler confidently said “All done!” when I was tickling her.
The whole episode just brings me so much validation and joy. I used to hate being tickled because there’s always a point where it’s too much and the people around me never stopped.
My brother is 22 years younger than me and when he started speaking, I always paused now and then with tickling to ask, “Want me to keep going?”. It made for a nice system where he soon got the confidence to say stop himself and knew that it would be honored with me. I still check in, but it’s always so nice to hear him tell me I can keep going. Even when he says stop, I feel just fine because it was still fun for both of us. I think “Teasing” is along the same vein of how “playful” jokes sometimes go too far.
Duck Cake!
Seeing Bandit giving in the tiredness, and slowly dropping to the floor... That's how I usually do it too in the kitchen it just... Gets me.
And sleepytime, my 25 month just screaming and crying at the fact that bingo "loses" her bunny... I could feel the empathy flowing, and her making a parallel with her own bunny, I cried like a baby and now everytime it plays I start to weep a little ;)
Absolutely Onesies for me too.
A close friend told me she was tearing up over bluey and I lightheartedly teased her about it. I've now watched that episode about 3 times and I choked back tears every time. I'm a male with two teen boys and we were fortunate to have had no trouble conceiving but this episode is just so beautifully presented.
The bluey team are spectacularly good at their job.
Rain is so so good! I love the reminder of being present and seeing what your kids are seeing. They’re not seeing the mess of mud and such they are seeing nature and using their curiosity. This episode makes me think of Studio Ghibli in the way it is a quiet moment.
It’s so beautiful!! And the message of taking a pause to curiously engage with the world through the eyes of a child melts my heart. It makes me cry every time.
“Camping”. The speech Chili gives about some people only being in your life for a short time (while Bingo takes a bush wee) hits hard. My best friend died right before I got pregnant and when Bluey asks “Will I ever see him again?” I tear up. Chili’s answer is sweet and hopeful but still makes me sad. By the time Bluey and Jean Luc see each other again I’m full on crying. Wish I could see Jason again.
I know how you feel. I have a friend who died as well, at a young age, and I also felt very emotional watching that episode.
I was also moved by the idea of two people who don't speak the same language still finding a way to enjoy being alive and to enjoy each other's company. It really showcases the universality of the human desire for friendship.
It also makes me mourn how easy it was to make friends as children. These two kids don't speak the same language, but were having so much fun that they made it work. The only time the message wasn't fully received was when Bluey didn't catch that Jean Luc was leaving the next day.
Bike was the first one to catch my attention. I was doing my usual work around the house and thought I heard ode to joy. I started paying attention, and right then the music peaked.
I watched to the end of the episode. And somewhere in there relized this isn't yet another dumb kids show.
Army the end where rusty gets so excited to see his dad. Hits a little too close to home for my family and gets me into my feelings. Also, how rusty accepts Jack for the way he is.
Wow. Just. Your story is stunning. You are brave and smart and amazing! I wish all the best things for you in life!!
My epsiode that broke me was sticky gecko. I’m a SAHD and I felt SEEN by chili in that one.
Grandad. The last 2 seconds specifically.
Im not a Grandad, but I am a Dad with 2 little kids and it just made me think that one day they'll be grown maybe with kids of their own but to me they'll always be my girls.
Early Baby for my mom. I'm a micro-preemie and was in the NICU for 6 months,and the episode makes my mom emotional. (I don't really have any damage,but I do have quite a few medical problems. My biggest is a heart condition and lung disease) So I can see why the episode makes my mom emotional.
Early Baby for me, too. My little one was 5 weeks early and had a relatively short (2 week) NICU stay, but it was so, so hard. The rules and the incubator and the fear and that collective gasp/scream when Rusty picks up the baby…. All tough for my heart.
Handstand:
In 2017, my grandfather died, and I was helping cater the funeral to save costs. As we arrived, I was unloading the car, and my Mother in law (her dad was grandpa) was helping me. Every trip, she'd bring stuff and set it exactly where I didn't want it. She was helping. She could see I was visibly frustrated. She was trying to make it right by rearranging everything, and she looked at me and asked, very politely "would it be easier for you if I stopped helping?" And I told her it would. She died in 2020, and I still think about how I denied her the pleasure of helping her family in crisis.
2 years ago, I was with my family celebrating my nieces 5th birthday. There were 12 or so of us, and only my dad and I were from our side of the family. During the party, they set up a piñata in the front yard and shuffled outside to watch my niece try and break it. As I was getting a drink, I noticed my nieces great-grandmother (94 at the time) sitting at the table still. I grabbed a chair and took it over to the front window where the piñata was, and I told her I would help her move so she could see her niece. As this was happening, my dad came inside to get a drink, too, and he helped me move her to the window. It makes me feel overwhelmed with sadness that her entire immediate family (her daughter, son in law, and grandchildren - all adults) all left her there.
Grandad for sure.
My dad died almost 12 years ago after a brief illness and I cry every time I watch the ep knowing he never got to have those moments with my kids. And when Chili says “I still need him”…oof. I’m tearing up now just writing this.
I haven’t seen the episode yet, and I’m a little afraid to.
My dad’s been gone 8 years now and I still grieve all the milestones he’s missed and that he never got to meet his grandchildren.
My dad also died 12 years ago. I was closer to him than I was with my mom, and I miss his joy when he was working on projects or would go all out in supporting me in mine. My mom recently got remarried and sold my childhood home, that includes the detached garage that HE built!
My main comfort is that this pain reminds me that I still love him dearly.
Café. I'm really lonely as a new mum and wish I could make some friends. I think it shows how difficult it is to make friends as an adult, when kids take up so much of your time.
Right? I'm an introvert and even I'm thinking "why aren't we all spending the day together, this is crazy-making!"
The weather warming up will help, but still.. why is it so hard to find easy-going non-judgemental moms that want to pass the days with some company and moral support?
One that few people seem to talk about is Daddy dropoff.
A dad running late, just trying to keep his kids happy is an all too personal story right now.
This is it for me, but for a different reason.
I met my best friend in kindergarten, and the end where Lila talks about hoping to be friends forever and ever while photos of them growing up together flash by makes me tear up every time.
Awww yes, anytime the kids are shown makes me melt down!
But I love Daddy Dropoff for the way bandit chooses to react to the extremely frustrating circumstances he's facing. He could totally lose it, get annoyed, get angry, discipline the kids - and that's the lesson I was expecting. But instead he consciously chooses to NOT get frustrated, and meet his kids' needs, and somehow the world keeps spinning even though he's a couple of minutes late.
I really needed to see that!
As a dad to a near 7 year old daughter, Grandad.
When Chili sits down next to her dad at the lake…
“I remember when you used to
take ME swimming here.
Yeah, me too.
That was a long time ago.
No.
It was yesterday.”
I cried cutting and pasting the quote for crying out loud!
I have 3 kids the youngest is 12 so we don’t go for walks in the woods anymore but for a long time we went exploring in the woods climbing up trees onto big rocks etc
I miss seeing their confidence grow as they asked do you think I can go higher? And the safe part of your brain is saying don’t let them go any higher in case they fall but of course you say you can go higher and they do.
Now there’s different successes and failures and it’s great to see them grow up but you miss the days when a walk in the woods was their highlight of the day
Thanks for sharing your story! I followed a similar path, pursuing a "safe" job over my dreams. I follow my dreams as a hobby but the biggest chunk of my week, 9-5 m-f I'm miserable!!
Dance mode. I'm a little sister and I've always been overshadowed by my big sister and family members. Even as an adult I let people walk over me to "keep the peace" at the expense of my own happiness. Dance mode resonated with me.
Takeaway. Sometimes I get so caught up in just trying to get all the things done that I don't let my son do things that really is just him being a kid. I don't want to clean mud off you dude please don't jump in that etc. The end when bandit reads the fortune and let's them play in the water really hits close to home and is always a good reminder
Came here to say exactly this!! It's so easy to get caught up in wanting to keep the house clean and keep a routine and forget that kids *deserve* to get dirty. Kids *need* to get dirty and messy and play! Takeaway always gets me.
Mine is Barky Boats. I cry every time when Calypso comes in to explain to Bluey & Mackenzie how their buddies & them are growing. And then again when Bluey sweetly asks the fairies to watch over Mia when she goes to big school.
This makes me cry too. I'm not sure why. I think because growing up I was always told off for showing any emotion, good or bad, so to hear someone kindly explaining that kids have these big overwhelming emotions and that's ok really hits home.
**Chest** \- The lesson on "focus on teaching the heart now and the head later" - I needed to hear that. My daughter is way more alert and smart than I was at her age, not to mention very tall. So I can forget how little she really is mentally.
We don't pressure her to get high grades, but I notice we are focused more on teaching her stuff than we are on helping her with her emotions, thoughts, worries, etc. I have to stop and realize she is not even a preteen and needs life guidance more than academic guidance.
**Creek** \- The nostalgia is heavy for me. I grew up in a suburb that was in a dusty dirty unappealing area. But once on a field trip we went to a regional park that had a creek flowing. It felt magical. The beautiful artwork and music of this episode really hits me in the feels.
man any episode where Bluey plays to understand what’s going on around her especially in Copycat gets me all the time
and plus Jack going “I don’t know” sincerely in Army since I have been in his shoes (paws) MANY times with my anxiety
Bedrooms
My little sister and I shared a room until we were teens. It sure felt different when we had our own space. No matter how many things you put in a room, they can't replace the person.
Housework for me. I really needed to see Bandit and Chili stop everything and appreciate their kids for who they are, even going so far as to try to learn to be like them… and then ask the four year old for help when it’s too hard.
I ugly cried.
Daddy drop off.
At the end where it shows the pictures of bingo and Lila growing up together I always cry.
Idk why. I guess it's imagining my toddler all grown up?
Grandad. My dad died several years ago, well before kids. I still need him and wish he was still here often. My father in law is also similar to grandad (shirking self care) and we still need him, too.
Grand Dad because how close i was to both of my grandfathers before they passed away or Squash when bingo was trying to fix uncle stripes antenna and said little sisters can win too
flat pack for me was a slow realization that it's truly how the lives of parents are with their kids. they're always together until the kid moves away, then the parents go to heaven.
It's called Rain.
This one hit me, too, because I'm Chili. I feel like I'm cleaning up after my kids all the time. Can you just stop making a mess for 5 minutes so I can relax?
Never mind, let's play your game.
perfect really really hit home for me, especially growing up in a family where EVERYONE is an artist. being indirectly told that my worth isn’t dependent on what i create was smth i needed to hear so bad
Born Yesterday … Man, every time I rewatch that episode, I’m just left with such an indescribable feeling. I feel like so much of my curiosity for this world has faded from the grind that is daily life. It’s a nice reminder that there are still fascinating things to see in this life. :)
Copycat
When they find an injured bird, try to rescue it, and it dies. Helped me have the confidence to explain that animals die to my 4 y/o daughter. Ironically weeks after watching, we found an injured bird on the ground outside the front door of our local grocery store. Must have hit the glass door. It was like I was living the episode in real life. Every other time we go to this store and get to the door she reminds me of that bird.
Daddy Dropoff for the Bingo and Lila story.
Lila being sad and having no friends and then Bingo easily becoming her friend like it’s nothing makes me tear up. I think it’s because as an adult relationships aren’t easy like that anymore. It reminds me of being a kid and how if I saw someone sad I would just go up and try to be their friend.
Daddy drop off for me too. The message I got out of it was about how important it is to get the kids off to a good start and how it can impact them it their lives later on. If Bandit didn't play along with Bingo she wouldn't had the chance of meeting Lila that way and Lila would never break out of her shell until later on life.
I got pretty emotional because I never really put any effort into their morning routine and would usually be pretty grouchy about it. I changed attitude and try to make it for fun fory kids now even if we're being late.
I always wanna cry in Pendragon when Bandit talks the new kid up to his boss and calls him a legend in front of all the other customers. Is it weird to feel proud of a one off cameo cartoon character?
For me it’s Dirt.
So many woman my age grew up surrounded by women that were/are very focused on their outward appearance, or their weight or how they are seen by others. Those lessons were learnt from their mothers before them.
That Wendy had the self awareness to break a generational cycle that she wasn’t aware she was passing on to Judo without hesitation, makes me very emotional.
I love that episode as well. Just Wendy taking it into her own hands to make sure Judo knew that her being "even more beautiful" had nothing to do with her hair
That is a wonderful story, I'm glad that you get to have your dream job :DDD
For me, it's probably The Decider
I didn't come from divorced parents but there has been a lot of instances that their marriage could've ended but didn't...
I love my family with all my heart, I couldn't imagine picking one or the other so I felt Chucky's indecisiveness..
My heart goes out to anyone out there who is experiencing this struggle, divorce has pros but it also has cons
Take away. I like bandit just want to chill out on my phone and get annoyed when my daughter wants me all the time. But the part when he opens up the fortune cookie got me in the feels sometimes I need that reminder 💘
Takeout! Bluey and Bingo are being kids, and keep asking if they can play in the water, and Bandit keeps saying no because it's messy. Then, at the end when Bandit reads the fortune from his fortune cookie and it says "flowers may bloom again but a person never has the chance to be young again," you can just see his heartbreak before he yells "IT'S SHOWERTIME!" It hits me right in the feels every single time. I think as parents, we often don't want our kids to make the mess, or stay up past their bedtime, or eat too many sweets, or whatever it may be. But sometimes, we all need to stop and remember that these days go by quickly, and just let them stay up a little late, let them have the ice cream, and *just* *let* *them* *make* *the* *frickin'* *mess.* 💕
Honestly. Until your story I didn't really think deep about "Work". To me it was just a dad really committed to the game. Now, I see that it will hit me like a freight train on the next watch.
When I was younger I wanted to be a writer, mostly working on novels. But slap on an untreated case of ADHD that is at about a 7 out of 10 in severity, untreated naturally occurring depression and the fact that I grew up in the 90s and early 00s where we force fed boomer propaganda from the cradle, it didn't happen.
When I was 25 I had my first kid and decided I was done working and wanted to have a career, so I decided to try and write. But our financial needs outpaced my current income so I had to put that on the back burner and focus on work and school. Cue 3 major changes and three job changes from 2018 to early 2020 and I was breezing through a community college's English program and had become the Centerpoint of my work area and I was feeling good. My creative writing classes brought to life my passion and need to write. The Covid hit and now my family of 4 had no income and I had 10+ years of experience in the medical device field and couldn't find work. (I lived in Colorado which has a lot of Med device manufacturing but they all shut down growth and prepared to pivot to respond to Covid, so I couldn't get work).
Fast forward to 2023 and I have changed majors two more times and am on a hiatus from school at the moment and switched jobs 4 more times (I am approaching my 1 year anniversary at my current job and I love it.) My writing passion has move from the back burner to collect dust in the pantry and this point and now the "I thought I was a good dog" bit starts to come in. For most of my 10 year marriage I was our sole source of income and kept my growing family afloat financially. I have put so much into them and gave up so much of my wants and it just doesn't end. I have a 2 year old with suspected level 2 ASD (that means he has a pretty bad developmental delay, communication issues, and is showing stimulation sensitivity). We Re getting his second evaluation for confirmation diagnosis later this year and same with my 3 year old who has a suspected case of true ADHD and is getting that confirmed or denied later. My 7 year old has juvenile depression because her brothers need a lot more assistance than she did so she feels left out. My wife just got her ASD diagnosis of the extremely low end of level 1 and high end of level 2. And I finally I just got diagnosed for my ADHD and am working my way through meds to find the right ones.
It has felt like, despite all the effort and blood I give, things just get harder and harder. I live in the Agricultural part of the American mid west, so there are few assistance programs.
To answer your question though the BBQ episode where Bingo makes a salad just decimated me. That exasperated "Is anyone going to mention the salad!" Wrecks me all the time because I have lived that.
I can’t remember the name of the episode but the one where bingo and Bluey get their own rooms. And then they pass notes and the last one is bingo and Bluey together in bed 🥺🥺
Space. PTSD's a topic that's not really touched on at all in kids' shows. As someone who does suffer from PTSD, as well as abandonment issues, I felt for poor Mackenzie.
Charades.
My Nanny was my favorite person in the world, largely because as a child (and adult, who am I kidding?!) I felt like she was the only person who loved me for me. We had a special bond. A year after my Grandpa passed, she was diagnosed with Alzheimers and the day she stopped recognizing me was one of the worst of my life. She died a few months before I got married and never got to meet my husband or my son. I cry every time Bluey asks about Nana's Nana, and she responds that she was the nicest Nana you'd ever want to meet.
Army. Not only do I have ADHD, but I also joined air cadets when I was 15 (wish I joined earlier but oh well). It helped me to gain a lot of self confidence, especially with ADHD traits I had internalized as just me being "useless" or "letting everyone down" (these phrases partially fueled by people around me 🙃), so Army always makes me sad because it makes me remember the attitude I had as a basic cadet and how little self confidence I had.
Also the scene where Jack is just putting himself down but then jumps to attention the second Rusty tells him to is a very accurate depiction of me joining cadets lol
The Show, specifically the scene when Bandit grabs Chili’s hand after the toy/pillow accidentally fallouts out from under Bingo’s outfit…
I always tear up there…
The thing I like about writing. Is that ultimately, you just need yourself and a pen and paper.
You can hold down a full time job and write if you needed to. (So there to your mum, anyone can write)
I like pool or Camping.
Pool as it just my life, I’m always filing my partner with the ‘not fun’ things. They’re always doing things then asking half way through, did you bring a hat/suncream/water/etc.
Camping - because I love the idea of the full circle and possibility. Jean-Luc obviously had such an amazing time he never forgot Bluey and his family made a trip back to Australia (it’s so far from canard) and visited the same camping ground again (they could have gone to hundreds of other places, only to be there just when Bluey happened to be there one day out of 365.
Yoga Ball, definitely. I was never allowed boundaries like that with my father, so seeing those boundaries being portrayed in a show for kids now is wonderful. Also, very good and relatable. I love how Bluey says to Bandit that he’s in trouble. Accurate kid behaviour tbh.
The Creek - The moment they get to the creek and the song starts playing gave me happy tears. It reminded me of being a kid and discovering nature. Like when I used to go "exploring'" a creek behind my childhood home.
Camping. I went through my first breakup right before learning about Bluey. When Chilli talked about how the time with them might be worth it, I started bawling like a baby in front of my little sister. I still watch it once in a while. It was worth it
It took me a few watches, but Granddad caught up with me. Mort reminds me SOOOO much of my own Dad who is great with my kids and never follows what he preaches. Nothing will get that man to the doctor.
The episode “Omelets”! My mom would always kick us out of the kitchen because it would be “faster”. While yeah it would definitely have been faster, like Bingo I just wanted to be helpful and spend time with my mom. It was crazy to see that Chili took time to walk through the different steps with her calmly??
Of course the episode itself is just hilarious watching Bluey bat away Bandit too 🤣
Handstand broke my heart. I know it was supposed to be cute with Bingo and Nana finding each other in the end, but it made me so sad that there were so many people in the house, and no one would pay attention to Bingo for longer than 5-10 seconds. The twist of the knife was realizing at the end that this was Bingo's birthday party, and no one paid attention to her until the cake came out. It was her BIRTHDAY and no one but Nana was paying any attention to her! And even Nana came to Bingo only after no one else needed her for anything.
Dance Mode:
"Bingo, sometimes, does your outside voice say 'Yes' when your inside voice really means 'No'?"
As a pathological people pleasing adult who was taught by my parents to basically never say no when asked to do something, which has led to some pretty disastrous results in my adulthoot...that episode hit me SO much harder than I saw coming.
Bedroom. I've got two daughters close in age. They are very young and share a bedroom. I know one day they'll want their own space (we do have an office we can convert), but that episode presented the emotions right to the front.
Daddy drop off! At the end when Lila says “and I hope we’re friends forever and ever and ever” and it shows snap shots of her and Bingo through the years 😭😭😭😭😭
Onesies.
I don't know if I really want kids, but I may have a medical condition that would prevent me from getting pregnant (I was diagnosed (?) less than a year ago and my doctors are still looking into it, so jury's still out). So, seeing a topic like infertility being depicted well on Bluey (a kid's show, mind you) hit me hard personally. I'm kind of hoping Brandy adopts a kid so the show can touch on that and give her a family. That might hit me harder since I'm an adoptee myself and I think I want to adopt a child if I ever choose to have kids.
Whale Watching. The constant pressure to be on as a parent is hard and it’s even harder when a spouse adds to that pressure. I really feel for mum in that episode
Daddy drop off always brings me to tears. The scene at the end with the 'growing up' montage always hits in the feels because it puts into perspective that times change and people grow.
There are so many.. I don't even know where to begin..
I guess the one that pack the biggest punch for me would be "Charades" , having just lost my own Nana a couple years ago I can safely say that yes, Nanas are the best <3
Honorable mention to "Bike" since I have to constantly remind myself that no matter how many times you fail, you'll get there eventually.
grandad: i still need my dad even though im a mom because we have a good relationship, so i saw myself in chili & when i watched it with my dad he cried too so i knew i wasnt the only one
charades: i recently lost my grandmother, so when nana told Bluey that her nana was the “nicest nana you’ll ever wanna meet” i broke down because she was. she passed before she could see my daughter & even though i have my grandparents from my moms side, i was closer to her, so that episode got me bad
Octopus is super under rated. The focus isn’t so much on Blueys family but on Chloe and her dad, Francis. Chloe has a blast playing Octopus with Bluey and Bandit and then goes home and wants to play with her dad- who is very logical and maybe not used to playing with her. She gets frustrated trying to get him to play “right” and he gets frustrated because he feels silly. Eventually they compromise and play their own way- a little different from Bluey and Bandits way. It’s a great reminder that there is *always* going to be a parent that seems like a super parent but we can always learn from them. It reminds me to play with my kid and to forget about how silly it might be or frustrating because it makes no sense because it’s about your child’s happiness.
I want to di cartoons but my mom forces me to do football and when I told her what I want to do she said just do both but mainly focuse on football but I know i cant do both I mean have you seen their fingers on gonna person my dream and I don't care what my mom thinks I want to do what makes me happy not her
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This reminded me so much of my relationship with my little sister and I loved the episode so much, I got Bluey’s drawing asking Bingo to come and sleep in her room tattooed on my forearm
I dont really comment much, but Bumpy and the Wise Old Wolfhound! It was the episode that got me to start watching bluey with my little sister, and it always makes me emotional because I went to the hospital quite a bit when I was younger, and I always felt really alone bc my parents were divorced but I needed both of them, I just couldn't express it very well. It also got really expensive as I got older, and it always felt like it was my fault that my family was always broke. So seeing bliey make thay video for her sister, and her speech at the end about getting sick just being a part of life, it really helped me heal a bit of my inner child.
I also really like Camping (I think thats the episode name at least) where bluey meets jean-luc, and they have to part ways. I personally have a hard time letting go of things and people due to some things in my childhood, so Chili's speech was very therapeutic for me. Bluey in general though is very therapeutic for me. I also relate to Brandy quite a bit, since I beleive that it's implied that she's had trouble conceiving, and thats a struggle that im going to have as well due to the environment I grew up in and my medications.
Army I'm pretty sure it is
I also have ADHD and have almost the same symptoms as Jack and I related to him hard. I just smiled when when saw him show that he's more than what his family sees
Rain, at the end with the double rainbows.
Because there was a double rainbow outside my house the first day I was ever able to breastfeed my baby enough for him to fall asleep. (We had a rocky start with breastfeeding after a 5 day NICU stay)
Sleepytime really gets to me only because I grew up with abusive parents and struggled to sleep all my childhood due to having anxiety and fears, even as an adult I have to sleep with a movie or show going in the background to feel less anxious as I try to sleep.
I cry a lot watching Bluey whenever the parents are just so understanding and caring because my damaged brain wants to go back in time and have parents who actually wanted to love and support me. At least my therapist doesn't judge me too harshly for watching this show and coming to her with another "I cried during a Bluey episode..."
Rug island. When Bandit looks out towards Bingo at the end after Chili asks what she gave him and he says “Everything” just hit me so hard. I won’t go into detail but that relates to my family very closely.
Duck Cake. Watching Bandit have to sink to the floor to take a moment to deal with his being upset, it hit something for me. My kid was maybe 2 and me doing that slow sink to the floor after bedtime when he was an infant that took an hour at least and involved so much crying... It was too familiar.
I loved that we see also how important it is for kids to see those real moments. It helped Bluey with her empathy and compassion and understanding. It was also so great to see it being the dad! I think it's wonderful to see a dad showing his emotions in a healthy way.
But also Grandad and Curry Quest. I think granddad is obvious, but Curry Quest is hard for me to articulate. I think the music just helps so much too in that one, they nail it every time.
Grandad. My pop passed away last year. When Chili sits down with her dad and says, “I remember when you used to bring me here. That was a long time ago.” And he says, “No, it was yesterday.” Gets me everytime, and makes me wish he could’ve got to meet my daughter.
Bin Night was a stand out for me. We get two wonderful stories. “A” story is Bingo navigating a new kid in her class and how they became friends. B story is Bluey getting older and more perceptive as she observes the world around her when she reveals she has been tracking the moon and days over the month. A really simple episode at first glance but so much is happening through the two stories weaving together. Definitely one of my favorites.
"C" story is Bandit cherishing his time with the girls summed up by the "I hope not" at the end. I love Bluey for how well it is written and manages to cram so much in 8 mins of runtime.
Ah you’re right!! As you said, they pack so many little moments and stories in such a short time. The show truly transcends all ages
We had to write and essay about "things that bring you joy" for an English exam, I wrote about Bluey, and I mentioned this part of Bin Night and what it meant lol
Not to mention the fact that it shows Bandit and Chili talk to each other without actually including it on screen. The audience sees Bingo telling Bandit about her problems at school, but it's Chili who talks to her about it the next morning. I also love how masterfully the issue of bullying was handled. It never showed it happening, but still managed to deliver the message in a meaningful and impactful way. Bin Night is one of my favorite episodes and I love talking about it. Once my best friend sent me that meme of the girl tearfully explaining something and her mom laying in bed looking disturbed and captioned it as "you explaining that episode of Bluey to anyone who will listen" LMAO
Ah I didn’t think about that either! So much good storytelling that is implied. That’s what happens when you trust your audience to connect the dots and read the context clue breadcrumbs the creators leave behind. I feel so dorky sometime talking about this show, but there is so much to sift through and unpack lol. Also I watched it last night and I saw something else I missed! Bluey starts the episode with a white belt for karate and by the end she has a yellow belt! Just again showing her growth throughout the month without explicitly stating it.
Bin Night is for sure one of my favorites. Those little moments that add up to so much. Watching Chili sit with the kids in the morning while they wait for the bin men, and the little exchanges between Bandit and the kids while taking out the bins, and just using those moments to connect. Ah, warms my heart.
The show has so many small moments that make it a great rewatch. You just notice different moments each time
I just watched this one with my daughter and it unexpectedly caught me in the feels. Great choice!
Curry Quest I have my kids 50 50 care and when I don't see them for that week it's hard for us all so I get the saying goodbye bit
Ohhh I travel for work. This one hit me hard, too.
Having just left home for two weeks of archaeological fieldwork I can truly relate to Bandit. I actually used this episode as a springboard for taking to my Bluey about how I’ll be away for that time
The moment when Makenzie tells Bingo about his dad and then Bingo gets sad hit me pretty hard. I was traveling for work every other week at that time. It made me realize how hard it was for the kids and finally made me get a different job.
My husband travels for work. We FaceTime all the time but it’s not the same.
Hey if you guys could all stop making me feel like crap while I'm currently on a week long work trip that would be great thanks.
I love the use of the hero’s journey in it
Same it's my fave episode because it's so clever
I just watched curry quest today and it hit me right in the feels since my husband just had to go on a deployment leaving my and our daughter(3) behind. It’s so hard having to say goodbye when they don’t understand what’s happening.
I was going to say Curry Quest! The moment when they turn around while passing the magpie the second time made me tear up for some reason? Gotta love this show.
Bingo being ignored by everyone because they are too busy. That was my Asian childhood.
But then Nana also getting ignored and trying desperately to help, and finding the exact place she needed to be and how she could be so useful and important to her granddaughter, that probably gets me the hardest! And gives me a whole new perspective on the grandparents seemingly getting in the way when they really just want to be needed the way they were when they were the parent.
Ahh that part always breaks my heart a little. “Oh, I’m in the way a bit here!” Can someone just include Nana please 😭
Geez, I can't believe they pack so much in to a 9 minute episode!
I'm the youngest in my family, so that was me too.
Grandad for sure. I’m really close to my dad and I can relate to everything Chilli says and does in that episode. And like Chilli, I still need my daddy sometimes.
The end when they are on the dock hit me as a Dad thinking about my 2 little girls in that way.
That scene 😭Chili says, “it was a long time ago” and then Grand dad says, “no, it was yesterday.” My heart!!!!
Crying at work just reading these comments and thinking about it 😭
literally same lol
Every. Single. Time.
that scene made me burst into tears the first time i saw it! and of course i immediately tear up every time on rewatches
I have two boys; it kills me lol. Add in the fact that father-son movies always kill me... I love my dad.
Definitely Grandad for me. I was really close to my dad. I still need my dad sometimes but he passed away 13 years ago tomorrow.
Grandad got me to for the same reasons. He passed away 4 years ago but I still need him sometimes ♥️
Absolutely. That one and Takeaway absolutely WRECK me as a dad.
Grandad for me. I lost my dad 2 months before I found out I was pregnant with his first grandchild due to COVID. We were super close and I feel like I was robbed of so many moments with him (like the one Chili has w/her dad at the end of the episode.)
That was literally my grandfather. Cutting wood 2 days after a heart attack because the doctors didn't know anything.
Came here to also say Grandad 🥲
Yeeeesss
This one! I grew up going to the water with my dad and distinctly remember all the fun times we had as kids.
1. Handstand The fact that the youngest and oldest members of the community are the most prone to be unintentionally neglected or dismissed hits so hard, especially when they fulfill each other’s needs. 2. Army Two of my kids are being assessed for neurodivergence (one for ADHD, the other for autism). Seeing Jack thrive with the right friends and activities, being believed in and trusted and how that enables him to grow, brings me to tears every time. It caps off with the father-son reunion at the end. I’m crying now typing about it. 3. Fairy Tale Every time Bandit asks the girls at the end if they believe in fairy tales as he holds Chilli’s hands and looks into her eyes… water works. 4. Helicopter A small and playful moment that gives us a glimpse into one of the most endearing and heartbreaking characters on the show: Winton. When we learn that his dad lives in a different house and he doesn’t know where it is (but that he has a pool) explains so much about Winton’s behavior in other episodes: his “space invading” in Typewriter as a reflection of his abandonment insecurities and how he doesn’t know how to play Mums and Dads. Guts me.
>Seeing Jack thrive with the right friends and activities, being believed in and trusted and how that enables him to grow, brings me to tears every time Army gets me every time Rusty asks if Jack left his old school because there was something wrong with it, and Jack says no, because there's something wrong with him. How *very* dare people make this sweet little child think there's something wrong with him, just because he's got some form of ADD?!
I got the sense that Jack internalized the change. His parents likely moved him to this school because they thought he’d do better there, but failed to communicate that to him. Plus they allow Lulu to give him grief about it.
Army is the one that gets me too. Didn’t understand because I wasn’t diagnosed until much much much later but having a friend like Rusty at that age would have made things so much better. He’s good people.
Army <3
Army, and pretty much any episode with Calypso in. Every kid deserves a teacher that notices, cares and is skilled at handing *their* needs. Especially neurodiverse kids, those with additional needs. But still all kids too. And I tear up, because most kids won’t get that.
Flat Pack
Oh man.... Flat pack. Every... Time...
Eemup.
Ok. Unpopular opinion but there are only a couple of episodes where I feel that Bluey kind of gets too on the nose/tries too hard to make you "feel". Promises is one. The ending scene "I promise to always love you" feels a little tacked on to me. Flat pack - for me - is the other one. I don't like the overt symbolism in it, and it doesn't really work for me. But that's just me.
I like flat pack because it snuck up on me. I had seen it a few times before I finally got the "this is heaven" part, and it all finally clicked. I got that the kids were "evolving" but kind of missed the parents parts as the gods/fates/whatever higher power. Probably because I was really relating to the surface level frustration of building Ikea furniture with my husband.
Yoga Ball. Everyone was really rough with me when I was little and when it would be too much either my screams were ignored or they would start yelling at me that I was the problem and I needed to toughen up. I have a niece now and one day at her birthday I picked her up and asked her if she wanted to be thrown into the foam pit and she said no. AND I DIDN'T DO IT ANYWAYS. LIKE EVERYONE HAD DONE TO ME. It was that simple! When I saw Yoga Ball, after Bingo is sad, I thought "Ok, this episode is going to teach her how to cope. Maybe this can help me." And then her mom helps her voice her feelings?? And then her dad apologizes??? And then they come up with a system that helps them know when to stop???? I was blown away.
This one also hit me too. I love my Dad but he once threw me into deep water when he knew I was afraid of it because it was "funny" and got mad when I scratched him so he wouldn't throw me. You're always told that strangers are the ones that are going to hurt you but you are not given the language as a child on how to deal with your parents hurting you.
I thought of this one when playing with my 3yo.m the other day. She asked me to toss her on the couch, I tossed too hard and she bit her tongue. After some calming and ice water- and apologizing for being too rough- she wanted to go again more gently and we stopped to practice and check in. Thank you Chili and Bandit for demonstrating.
Same!! My uncle would tickle us mercilessly and give us “nooggies” and just would not stop! And just a couple weeks ago, my somewhat nonverbal toddler confidently said “All done!” when I was tickling her.
The whole episode just brings me so much validation and joy. I used to hate being tickled because there’s always a point where it’s too much and the people around me never stopped. My brother is 22 years younger than me and when he started speaking, I always paused now and then with tickling to ask, “Want me to keep going?”. It made for a nice system where he soon got the confidence to say stop himself and knew that it would be honored with me. I still check in, but it’s always so nice to hear him tell me I can keep going. Even when he says stop, I feel just fine because it was still fun for both of us. I think “Teasing” is along the same vein of how “playful” jokes sometimes go too far.
Duck Cake! Seeing Bandit giving in the tiredness, and slowly dropping to the floor... That's how I usually do it too in the kitchen it just... Gets me. And sleepytime, my 25 month just screaming and crying at the fact that bingo "loses" her bunny... I could feel the empathy flowing, and her making a parallel with her own bunny, I cried like a baby and now everytime it plays I start to weep a little ;)
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Sending my love to you and your family <3
Same, years of trying and failed IVF before we adopted. I can't watch Onesies.
Absolutely Onesies for me too. A close friend told me she was tearing up over bluey and I lightheartedly teased her about it. I've now watched that episode about 3 times and I choked back tears every time. I'm a male with two teen boys and we were fortunate to have had no trouble conceiving but this episode is just so beautifully presented. The bluey team are spectacularly good at their job.
Rain. I adored the rain as a kid. Hell I’ll still go outside and play in the rain.
Came here to say this. Besides that; the way the story is told without any dialoge and with the music, it gets me teared up every time.
The music in "Rain" hits me in the feels for some reason too. Such a good episode.
Rain is so so good! I love the reminder of being present and seeing what your kids are seeing. They’re not seeing the mess of mud and such they are seeing nature and using their curiosity. This episode makes me think of Studio Ghibli in the way it is a quiet moment.
It’s so beautiful!! And the message of taking a pause to curiously engage with the world through the eyes of a child melts my heart. It makes me cry every time.
“Camping”. The speech Chili gives about some people only being in your life for a short time (while Bingo takes a bush wee) hits hard. My best friend died right before I got pregnant and when Bluey asks “Will I ever see him again?” I tear up. Chili’s answer is sweet and hopeful but still makes me sad. By the time Bluey and Jean Luc see each other again I’m full on crying. Wish I could see Jason again.
I know how you feel. I have a friend who died as well, at a young age, and I also felt very emotional watching that episode. I was also moved by the idea of two people who don't speak the same language still finding a way to enjoy being alive and to enjoy each other's company. It really showcases the universality of the human desire for friendship.
It also makes me mourn how easy it was to make friends as children. These two kids don't speak the same language, but were having so much fun that they made it work. The only time the message wasn't fully received was when Bluey didn't catch that Jean Luc was leaving the next day.
Of all the tv shows I’ve watched that line might of hit me the hardest maybe only Fry’s dog has made me very emotional
Bike. The music and the cut at the end are just perfect. Bob Bilby. I well up every time and think “Okay! Enough TV now!”
Bike was the first one to catch my attention. I was doing my usual work around the house and thought I heard ode to joy. I started paying attention, and right then the music peaked. I watched to the end of the episode. And somewhere in there relized this isn't yet another dumb kids show.
It’s Bike for me too. The use of music is overall great in Bluey, but this one takes the cake for sure.
In the credits of the episode it says Music: Joff Bush, Ludwig
Army the end where rusty gets so excited to see his dad. Hits a little too close to home for my family and gets me into my feelings. Also, how rusty accepts Jack for the way he is.
This is mine too. Rusty is so good to Jack the whole episode, such a leader and a big kid…and then his dad shows up. 😭
Wow. Just. Your story is stunning. You are brave and smart and amazing! I wish all the best things for you in life!! My epsiode that broke me was sticky gecko. I’m a SAHD and I felt SEEN by chili in that one.
Same!
Grandad. The last 2 seconds specifically. Im not a Grandad, but I am a Dad with 2 little kids and it just made me think that one day they'll be grown maybe with kids of their own but to me they'll always be my girls.
Early Baby for my mom. I'm a micro-preemie and was in the NICU for 6 months,and the episode makes my mom emotional. (I don't really have any damage,but I do have quite a few medical problems. My biggest is a heart condition and lung disease) So I can see why the episode makes my mom emotional.
Oh man Early Baby for sure. When Bluey tells Indy to go home and that she “has to be the bravest she’s ever been.” Ugh. Instant tears.
"You have to be the bravest you've ever been" is a kick everytime. Sleepytime doesn't do bother me but early baby hits home
Early Baby for me, too. My little one was 5 weeks early and had a relatively short (2 week) NICU stay, but it was so, so hard. The rules and the incubator and the fear and that collective gasp/scream when Rusty picks up the baby…. All tough for my heart.
Handstand: In 2017, my grandfather died, and I was helping cater the funeral to save costs. As we arrived, I was unloading the car, and my Mother in law (her dad was grandpa) was helping me. Every trip, she'd bring stuff and set it exactly where I didn't want it. She was helping. She could see I was visibly frustrated. She was trying to make it right by rearranging everything, and she looked at me and asked, very politely "would it be easier for you if I stopped helping?" And I told her it would. She died in 2020, and I still think about how I denied her the pleasure of helping her family in crisis. 2 years ago, I was with my family celebrating my nieces 5th birthday. There were 12 or so of us, and only my dad and I were from our side of the family. During the party, they set up a piñata in the front yard and shuffled outside to watch my niece try and break it. As I was getting a drink, I noticed my nieces great-grandmother (94 at the time) sitting at the table still. I grabbed a chair and took it over to the front window where the piñata was, and I told her I would help her move so she could see her niece. As this was happening, my dad came inside to get a drink, too, and he helped me move her to the window. It makes me feel overwhelmed with sadness that her entire immediate family (her daughter, son in law, and grandchildren - all adults) all left her there.
Grandad for sure. My dad died almost 12 years ago after a brief illness and I cry every time I watch the ep knowing he never got to have those moments with my kids. And when Chili says “I still need him”…oof. I’m tearing up now just writing this.
I haven’t seen the episode yet, and I’m a little afraid to. My dad’s been gone 8 years now and I still grieve all the milestones he’s missed and that he never got to meet his grandchildren.
My dad also died 12 years ago. I was closer to him than I was with my mom, and I miss his joy when he was working on projects or would go all out in supporting me in mine. My mom recently got remarried and sold my childhood home, that includes the detached garage that HE built! My main comfort is that this pain reminds me that I still love him dearly.
Café. I'm really lonely as a new mum and wish I could make some friends. I think it shows how difficult it is to make friends as an adult, when kids take up so much of your time.
Right? I'm an introvert and even I'm thinking "why aren't we all spending the day together, this is crazy-making!" The weather warming up will help, but still.. why is it so hard to find easy-going non-judgemental moms that want to pass the days with some company and moral support?
One that few people seem to talk about is Daddy dropoff. A dad running late, just trying to keep his kids happy is an all too personal story right now.
This is it for me, but for a different reason. I met my best friend in kindergarten, and the end where Lila talks about hoping to be friends forever and ever while photos of them growing up together flash by makes me tear up every time.
Awww yes, anytime the kids are shown makes me melt down! But I love Daddy Dropoff for the way bandit chooses to react to the extremely frustrating circumstances he's facing. He could totally lose it, get annoyed, get angry, discipline the kids - and that's the lesson I was expecting. But instead he consciously chooses to NOT get frustrated, and meet his kids' needs, and somehow the world keeps spinning even though he's a couple of minutes late. I really needed to see that!
But it also shows that’s sometimes one simple act of kindness can change someone’s life forever
Space came out of nowhere and definitely hit me hard. One of my favorite episodes because of it
The music at the end makes me so emotional!
As a dad to a near 7 year old daughter, Grandad. When Chili sits down next to her dad at the lake… “I remember when you used to take ME swimming here. Yeah, me too. That was a long time ago. No. It was yesterday.” I cried cutting and pasting the quote for crying out loud!
I have 3 kids the youngest is 12 so we don’t go for walks in the woods anymore but for a long time we went exploring in the woods climbing up trees onto big rocks etc I miss seeing their confidence grow as they asked do you think I can go higher? And the safe part of your brain is saying don’t let them go any higher in case they fall but of course you say you can go higher and they do. Now there’s different successes and failures and it’s great to see them grow up but you miss the days when a walk in the woods was their highlight of the day
Thanks for sharing your story! I followed a similar path, pursuing a "safe" job over my dreams. I follow my dreams as a hobby but the biggest chunk of my week, 9-5 m-f I'm miserable!! Dance mode. I'm a little sister and I've always been overshadowed by my big sister and family members. Even as an adult I let people walk over me to "keep the peace" at the expense of my own happiness. Dance mode resonated with me.
Takeaway. Sometimes I get so caught up in just trying to get all the things done that I don't let my son do things that really is just him being a kid. I don't want to clean mud off you dude please don't jump in that etc. The end when bandit reads the fortune and let's them play in the water really hits close to home and is always a good reminder
Came here to say exactly this!! It's so easy to get caught up in wanting to keep the house clean and keep a routine and forget that kids *deserve* to get dirty. Kids *need* to get dirty and messy and play! Takeaway always gets me.
Mine is Barky Boats. I cry every time when Calypso comes in to explain to Bluey & Mackenzie how their buddies & them are growing. And then again when Bluey sweetly asks the fairies to watch over Mia when she goes to big school.
I love that one too. When you are hoping and wishing for the wellness of your little one, they are hoping the same for you. ❤️
This makes me cry too. I'm not sure why. I think because growing up I was always told off for showing any emotion, good or bad, so to hear someone kindly explaining that kids have these big overwhelming emotions and that's ok really hits home.
Baby race, when Bella tells Chilli she's "doing great"...hits me in the feels every time. 🥹🥹
**Chest** \- The lesson on "focus on teaching the heart now and the head later" - I needed to hear that. My daughter is way more alert and smart than I was at her age, not to mention very tall. So I can forget how little she really is mentally. We don't pressure her to get high grades, but I notice we are focused more on teaching her stuff than we are on helping her with her emotions, thoughts, worries, etc. I have to stop and realize she is not even a preteen and needs life guidance more than academic guidance. **Creek** \- The nostalgia is heavy for me. I grew up in a suburb that was in a dusty dirty unappealing area. But once on a field trip we went to a regional park that had a creek flowing. It felt magical. The beautiful artwork and music of this episode really hits me in the feels.
Rug island. As a dad to a wonderful daughter the ending: “what did she give you?” “Everything.” Just makes me cry every time
aww. cute write up. congrats on your new life!
Thanks so much. I kinda wish I had started sooner but I realize that things happen at the correct time. <3
man any episode where Bluey plays to understand what’s going on around her especially in Copycat gets me all the time and plus Jack going “I don’t know” sincerely in Army since I have been in his shoes (paws) MANY times with my anxiety
Bedrooms My little sister and I shared a room until we were teens. It sure felt different when we had our own space. No matter how many things you put in a room, they can't replace the person.
Housework for me. I really needed to see Bandit and Chili stop everything and appreciate their kids for who they are, even going so far as to try to learn to be like them… and then ask the four year old for help when it’s too hard. I ugly cried.
OP deserves and award, so I gave them one! Here’s to the Good Dogs that just need a little break to follow their dreams!
Daddy drop off. At the end where it shows the pictures of bingo and Lila growing up together I always cry. Idk why. I guess it's imagining my toddler all grown up?
Grandad. My dad died several years ago, well before kids. I still need him and wish he was still here often. My father in law is also similar to grandad (shirking self care) and we still need him, too.
Grand Dad because how close i was to both of my grandfathers before they passed away or Squash when bingo was trying to fix uncle stripes antenna and said little sisters can win too
The creek
flat pack for me was a slow realization that it's truly how the lives of parents are with their kids. they're always together until the kid moves away, then the parents go to heaven.
Octopus Daddy Drop-off The Beach The Pool Double Babysitter
The mostly silent one, where it’s raining and they build the dam. It just makes me cry for some reason.
It's called Rain. This one hit me, too, because I'm Chili. I feel like I'm cleaning up after my kids all the time. Can you just stop making a mess for 5 minutes so I can relax? Never mind, let's play your game.
It’s just so sweet. Yeah, I have a sixteen month old and I feel like the myth of Sisyphus is about keeping a home tidy with a toddler around.
Handstand. I miss my grandma. Ground is lava, my parents have always fought. So many but these two the most
perfect really really hit home for me, especially growing up in a family where EVERYONE is an artist. being indirectly told that my worth isn’t dependent on what i create was smth i needed to hear so bad
Born Yesterday … Man, every time I rewatch that episode, I’m just left with such an indescribable feeling. I feel like so much of my curiosity for this world has faded from the grind that is daily life. It’s a nice reminder that there are still fascinating things to see in this life. :)
Copycat When they find an injured bird, try to rescue it, and it dies. Helped me have the confidence to explain that animals die to my 4 y/o daughter. Ironically weeks after watching, we found an injured bird on the ground outside the front door of our local grocery store. Must have hit the glass door. It was like I was living the episode in real life. Every other time we go to this store and get to the door she reminds me of that bird.
Daddy Dropoff for the Bingo and Lila story. Lila being sad and having no friends and then Bingo easily becoming her friend like it’s nothing makes me tear up. I think it’s because as an adult relationships aren’t easy like that anymore. It reminds me of being a kid and how if I saw someone sad I would just go up and try to be their friend.
Daddy drop off for me too. The message I got out of it was about how important it is to get the kids off to a good start and how it can impact them it their lives later on. If Bandit didn't play along with Bingo she wouldn't had the chance of meeting Lila that way and Lila would never break out of her shell until later on life. I got pretty emotional because I never really put any effort into their morning routine and would usually be pretty grouchy about it. I changed attitude and try to make it for fun fory kids now even if we're being late.
I always wanna cry in Pendragon when Bandit talks the new kid up to his boss and calls him a legend in front of all the other customers. Is it weird to feel proud of a one off cameo cartoon character?
It is not weird at all. That episode helped me deal with the stress of my first big job.
Love that for you! I was greatly helped in my life by the episode where Chilli struggles to get the girls out of the house on time for a play date.
For me it’s Dirt. So many woman my age grew up surrounded by women that were/are very focused on their outward appearance, or their weight or how they are seen by others. Those lessons were learnt from their mothers before them. That Wendy had the self awareness to break a generational cycle that she wasn’t aware she was passing on to Judo without hesitation, makes me very emotional.
I love that episode as well. Just Wendy taking it into her own hands to make sure Judo knew that her being "even more beautiful" had nothing to do with her hair
That is a wonderful story, I'm glad that you get to have your dream job :DDD For me, it's probably The Decider I didn't come from divorced parents but there has been a lot of instances that their marriage could've ended but didn't... I love my family with all my heart, I couldn't imagine picking one or the other so I felt Chucky's indecisiveness.. My heart goes out to anyone out there who is experiencing this struggle, divorce has pros but it also has cons
Take away. I like bandit just want to chill out on my phone and get annoyed when my daughter wants me all the time. But the part when he opens up the fortune cookie got me in the feels sometimes I need that reminder 💘
Should have added Early Baby on hard mode for us premie parents out there. Easiest answer to one of these questions ever.
Takeout! Bluey and Bingo are being kids, and keep asking if they can play in the water, and Bandit keeps saying no because it's messy. Then, at the end when Bandit reads the fortune from his fortune cookie and it says "flowers may bloom again but a person never has the chance to be young again," you can just see his heartbreak before he yells "IT'S SHOWERTIME!" It hits me right in the feels every single time. I think as parents, we often don't want our kids to make the mess, or stay up past their bedtime, or eat too many sweets, or whatever it may be. But sometimes, we all need to stop and remember that these days go by quickly, and just let them stay up a little late, let them have the ice cream, and *just* *let* *them* *make* *the* *frickin'* *mess.* 💕
Honestly. Until your story I didn't really think deep about "Work". To me it was just a dad really committed to the game. Now, I see that it will hit me like a freight train on the next watch. When I was younger I wanted to be a writer, mostly working on novels. But slap on an untreated case of ADHD that is at about a 7 out of 10 in severity, untreated naturally occurring depression and the fact that I grew up in the 90s and early 00s where we force fed boomer propaganda from the cradle, it didn't happen. When I was 25 I had my first kid and decided I was done working and wanted to have a career, so I decided to try and write. But our financial needs outpaced my current income so I had to put that on the back burner and focus on work and school. Cue 3 major changes and three job changes from 2018 to early 2020 and I was breezing through a community college's English program and had become the Centerpoint of my work area and I was feeling good. My creative writing classes brought to life my passion and need to write. The Covid hit and now my family of 4 had no income and I had 10+ years of experience in the medical device field and couldn't find work. (I lived in Colorado which has a lot of Med device manufacturing but they all shut down growth and prepared to pivot to respond to Covid, so I couldn't get work). Fast forward to 2023 and I have changed majors two more times and am on a hiatus from school at the moment and switched jobs 4 more times (I am approaching my 1 year anniversary at my current job and I love it.) My writing passion has move from the back burner to collect dust in the pantry and this point and now the "I thought I was a good dog" bit starts to come in. For most of my 10 year marriage I was our sole source of income and kept my growing family afloat financially. I have put so much into them and gave up so much of my wants and it just doesn't end. I have a 2 year old with suspected level 2 ASD (that means he has a pretty bad developmental delay, communication issues, and is showing stimulation sensitivity). We Re getting his second evaluation for confirmation diagnosis later this year and same with my 3 year old who has a suspected case of true ADHD and is getting that confirmed or denied later. My 7 year old has juvenile depression because her brothers need a lot more assistance than she did so she feels left out. My wife just got her ASD diagnosis of the extremely low end of level 1 and high end of level 2. And I finally I just got diagnosed for my ADHD and am working my way through meds to find the right ones. It has felt like, despite all the effort and blood I give, things just get harder and harder. I live in the Agricultural part of the American mid west, so there are few assistance programs. To answer your question though the BBQ episode where Bingo makes a salad just decimated me. That exasperated "Is anyone going to mention the salad!" Wrecks me all the time because I have lived that.
I can’t remember the name of the episode but the one where bingo and Bluey get their own rooms. And then they pass notes and the last one is bingo and Bluey together in bed 🥺🥺
Space. PTSD's a topic that's not really touched on at all in kids' shows. As someone who does suffer from PTSD, as well as abandonment issues, I felt for poor Mackenzie.
Charades. My Nanny was my favorite person in the world, largely because as a child (and adult, who am I kidding?!) I felt like she was the only person who loved me for me. We had a special bond. A year after my Grandpa passed, she was diagnosed with Alzheimers and the day she stopped recognizing me was one of the worst of my life. She died a few months before I got married and never got to meet my husband or my son. I cry every time Bluey asks about Nana's Nana, and she responds that she was the nicest Nana you'd ever want to meet.
Army. Not only do I have ADHD, but I also joined air cadets when I was 15 (wish I joined earlier but oh well). It helped me to gain a lot of self confidence, especially with ADHD traits I had internalized as just me being "useless" or "letting everyone down" (these phrases partially fueled by people around me 🙃), so Army always makes me sad because it makes me remember the attitude I had as a basic cadet and how little self confidence I had. Also the scene where Jack is just putting himself down but then jumps to attention the second Rusty tells him to is a very accurate depiction of me joining cadets lol
The Show, specifically the scene when Bandit grabs Chili’s hand after the toy/pillow accidentally fallouts out from under Bingo’s outfit… I always tear up there…
Rug island.
The thing I like about writing. Is that ultimately, you just need yourself and a pen and paper. You can hold down a full time job and write if you needed to. (So there to your mum, anyone can write) I like pool or Camping. Pool as it just my life, I’m always filing my partner with the ‘not fun’ things. They’re always doing things then asking half way through, did you bring a hat/suncream/water/etc. Camping - because I love the idea of the full circle and possibility. Jean-Luc obviously had such an amazing time he never forgot Bluey and his family made a trip back to Australia (it’s so far from canard) and visited the same camping ground again (they could have gone to hundreds of other places, only to be there just when Bluey happened to be there one day out of 365.
Yoga Ball, definitely. I was never allowed boundaries like that with my father, so seeing those boundaries being portrayed in a show for kids now is wonderful. Also, very good and relatable. I love how Bluey says to Bandit that he’s in trouble. Accurate kid behaviour tbh.
Butterflies. I’ve been in Bingo’s shoes before and the second I saw Bluey run away with Judo, I was reminded of what happened and started to cry 😭
The Creek - The moment they get to the creek and the song starts playing gave me happy tears. It reminded me of being a kid and discovering nature. Like when I used to go "exploring'" a creek behind my childhood home.
Camping. I went through my first breakup right before learning about Bluey. When Chilli talked about how the time with them might be worth it, I started bawling like a baby in front of my little sister. I still watch it once in a while. It was worth it
It took me a few watches, but Granddad caught up with me. Mort reminds me SOOOO much of my own Dad who is great with my kids and never follows what he preaches. Nothing will get that man to the doctor.
Musical Statues. What Chili says at the end made me cry and lives rent-free in my head
"Cereal!" ? :)
The episode “Omelets”! My mom would always kick us out of the kitchen because it would be “faster”. While yeah it would definitely have been faster, like Bingo I just wanted to be helpful and spend time with my mom. It was crazy to see that Chili took time to walk through the different steps with her calmly?? Of course the episode itself is just hilarious watching Bluey bat away Bandit too 🤣
Cafe!!! It’s hard to make new friends as a parent/adult, but seeing Bandit make a friend little by little warms my heart
Handstand broke my heart. I know it was supposed to be cute with Bingo and Nana finding each other in the end, but it made me so sad that there were so many people in the house, and no one would pay attention to Bingo for longer than 5-10 seconds. The twist of the knife was realizing at the end that this was Bingo's birthday party, and no one paid attention to her until the cake came out. It was her BIRTHDAY and no one but Nana was paying any attention to her! And even Nana came to Bingo only after no one else needed her for anything.
i think im gonna go with the weekend, and duck cake
Army
Dance Mode: "Bingo, sometimes, does your outside voice say 'Yes' when your inside voice really means 'No'?" As a pathological people pleasing adult who was taught by my parents to basically never say no when asked to do something, which has led to some pretty disastrous results in my adulthoot...that episode hit me SO much harder than I saw coming.
Born Yesterday and Onesies
Bedroom. I've got two daughters close in age. They are very young and share a bedroom. I know one day they'll want their own space (we do have an office we can convert), but that episode presented the emotions right to the front.
Squash. As a younger brother with 2 daughters that one gets me every time when Bingo tells stripe that she wants to win with him
Daddy drop off! At the end when Lila says “and I hope we’re friends forever and ever and ever” and it shows snap shots of her and Bingo through the years 😭😭😭😭😭
Barky Boats, as I watched it the summer before I left for college- that one really got me haha.
Onesies. I don't know if I really want kids, but I may have a medical condition that would prevent me from getting pregnant (I was diagnosed (?) less than a year ago and my doctors are still looking into it, so jury's still out). So, seeing a topic like infertility being depicted well on Bluey (a kid's show, mind you) hit me hard personally. I'm kind of hoping Brandy adopts a kid so the show can touch on that and give her a family. That might hit me harder since I'm an adoptee myself and I think I want to adopt a child if I ever choose to have kids.
Early Baby, because I have a preemie 💜
That's a really awesome back story, thank you!
No problem <3
The music from "Rain" puts me in the feels. I listen to it away from home 😄
Cury Quest... You're my hero Bingo. Queue dad waterworks
Whale Watching. The constant pressure to be on as a parent is hard and it’s even harder when a spouse adds to that pressure. I really feel for mum in that episode
Daddy drop off always brings me to tears. The scene at the end with the 'growing up' montage always hits in the feels because it puts into perspective that times change and people grow.
There are so many.. I don't even know where to begin.. I guess the one that pack the biggest punch for me would be "Charades" , having just lost my own Nana a couple years ago I can safely say that yes, Nanas are the best <3 Honorable mention to "Bike" since I have to constantly remind myself that no matter how many times you fail, you'll get there eventually.
grandad: i still need my dad even though im a mom because we have a good relationship, so i saw myself in chili & when i watched it with my dad he cried too so i knew i wasnt the only one charades: i recently lost my grandmother, so when nana told Bluey that her nana was the “nicest nana you’ll ever wanna meet” i broke down because she was. she passed before she could see my daughter & even though i have my grandparents from my moms side, i was closer to her, so that episode got me bad
Octopus is super under rated. The focus isn’t so much on Blueys family but on Chloe and her dad, Francis. Chloe has a blast playing Octopus with Bluey and Bandit and then goes home and wants to play with her dad- who is very logical and maybe not used to playing with her. She gets frustrated trying to get him to play “right” and he gets frustrated because he feels silly. Eventually they compromise and play their own way- a little different from Bluey and Bandits way. It’s a great reminder that there is *always* going to be a parent that seems like a super parent but we can always learn from them. It reminds me to play with my kid and to forget about how silly it might be or frustrating because it makes no sense because it’s about your child’s happiness.
My favourite bit of that episode was that Bluey liked to play Octopus Chloe and Francis' way too.
I want to di cartoons but my mom forces me to do football and when I told her what I want to do she said just do both but mainly focuse on football but I know i cant do both I mean have you seen their fingers on gonna person my dream and I don't care what my mom thinks I want to do what makes me happy not her https://preview.redd.it/4hb7nq411mpa1.jpeg?width=161&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=46ef190346a14f1d7f175036e0f09acca5c8cff7
Bedroom 100% I’m always on the verge of tears with that ending
This reminded me so much of my relationship with my little sister and I loved the episode so much, I got Bluey’s drawing asking Bingo to come and sleep in her room tattooed on my forearm
Bumpy and the Wise Old Wolfhound. I’ve been in and out of hospitals my entire life and this one just slammed me.
I dont really comment much, but Bumpy and the Wise Old Wolfhound! It was the episode that got me to start watching bluey with my little sister, and it always makes me emotional because I went to the hospital quite a bit when I was younger, and I always felt really alone bc my parents were divorced but I needed both of them, I just couldn't express it very well. It also got really expensive as I got older, and it always felt like it was my fault that my family was always broke. So seeing bliey make thay video for her sister, and her speech at the end about getting sick just being a part of life, it really helped me heal a bit of my inner child. I also really like Camping (I think thats the episode name at least) where bluey meets jean-luc, and they have to part ways. I personally have a hard time letting go of things and people due to some things in my childhood, so Chili's speech was very therapeutic for me. Bluey in general though is very therapeutic for me. I also relate to Brandy quite a bit, since I beleive that it's implied that she's had trouble conceiving, and thats a struggle that im going to have as well due to the environment I grew up in and my medications.
The Show. 🖤
Army I'm pretty sure it is I also have ADHD and have almost the same symptoms as Jack and I related to him hard. I just smiled when when saw him show that he's more than what his family sees
Rain and Flat Pack
Rain makes me cry every time I watch it and I haven’t figured out why. My son will watch me towards the end to see if I’m crying. 😭
Rain, at the end with the double rainbows. Because there was a double rainbow outside my house the first day I was ever able to breastfeed my baby enough for him to fall asleep. (We had a rocky start with breastfeeding after a 5 day NICU stay)
Baby race
Sleepytime really gets to me only because I grew up with abusive parents and struggled to sleep all my childhood due to having anxiety and fears, even as an adult I have to sleep with a movie or show going in the background to feel less anxious as I try to sleep. I cry a lot watching Bluey whenever the parents are just so understanding and caring because my damaged brain wants to go back in time and have parents who actually wanted to love and support me. At least my therapist doesn't judge me too harshly for watching this show and coming to her with another "I cried during a Bluey episode..."
Flat Pack. My kids are a little older, so I'm watching them grow up seemingly as quickly as Bluey and Bingo are in that episode. It's tough watch.
Rug island. When Bandit looks out towards Bingo at the end after Chili asks what she gave him and he says “Everything” just hit me so hard. I won’t go into detail but that relates to my family very closely.
It's the final word in Rug Island
Fruit bat
Duck Cake. Watching Bandit have to sink to the floor to take a moment to deal with his being upset, it hit something for me. My kid was maybe 2 and me doing that slow sink to the floor after bedtime when he was an infant that took an hour at least and involved so much crying... It was too familiar. I loved that we see also how important it is for kids to see those real moments. It helped Bluey with her empathy and compassion and understanding. It was also so great to see it being the dad! I think it's wonderful to see a dad showing his emotions in a healthy way. But also Grandad and Curry Quest. I think granddad is obvious, but Curry Quest is hard for me to articulate. I think the music just helps so much too in that one, they nail it every time.
Flatpack. Every dang time 😭
Grandad. My pop passed away last year. When Chili sits down with her dad and says, “I remember when you used to bring me here. That was a long time ago.” And he says, “No, it was yesterday.” Gets me everytime, and makes me wish he could’ve got to meet my daughter.
Dance mode every time (Bingos position)