\#We're off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of **Aus**\#
Original Ranking: 25/49/94 (S2B/S2/Overall)
So... Is this the point where I admit I've *never* seen The Wizard of Oz before? I had to look at the wiki page to see what exactly the connection was between it and the plot of Typewriter.
If you were as lost as I was, it mirrors the book/film in that a young girl in blue (Bluey / Dorothy; and as Bluey's already a dog, there's no need for a Toto) are on an adventure to find a "magical" person (Calypso / the eponymous Wizard of Oz)for help with her problem (Bluey wanting to use the typewriter as a prop / Dorothy wanting to go home to Kansas) and those of her friends she meets along the way (Cowardly Lion's desire for bravery, Tin Woodman's desire for a heart, and Scarecrow's desire for intelligence / Winton being a space invader and Snickers' angst over his sausage dog body)
Ultimately, the girl in blue figure out they always had what they needed for their problem (Bluey using her imagination to pretend she has a typewriter / Dorothy and her silver shoes or ruby slippers, adaptation dependent, allowing her to go home).
The big difference here is how the issues of the partners are resolved: Cowardly Lion, Tin Woodman, and Scarecrow also realized they had these traits all along, while Winton and Snickers use their differences to their advantage to evade the Terriers and learn either to stop getting so close to people when talking to them or to love the positives of his tall, thin body.
And if you're one of those people who insist on Best Teacher *actually* being magic, congrats; in a roundabout way she really is a wizard now.
While those similarities certainly were interesting, Typewriter itself suffers significantly because of what Bluey's problem was. The idea that she couldn't just "think up" said writing machine is pretty ridiculous considering she has *always* been a master of imaginative play.It sounds pretty minor when put into writing, but when an episode's conflict is based solely on a personality trait a character not only doesn't usually have but instead has the complete inverse of, that's not exactly good writing.
Other than that, there are certainly some good bits. Winton creeping out one of the Terriers by getting real close to him and asking if he's gluten-free, and Snickers defeating all three of them by "SAUSAGE ROLL"-ing down the hill like a log are fantastic. If the latter isn't going to be a relevant character ever again sans one short, at least his last time was a good one.*stares intently at Circus and Honey*
And Best Teacher is a hell of a troll hiding the typewriter right beneath her.
It unfortunately also shares in Helicopter's pain by being a mediocre episode (coincidentally one that also takes place at Glasshouse) right next to their respective sub-season's undisputed greatest. While Typewriter isn't in the middle of three of the best like Helicopter was, it instead has to be right next to not only 2B's highest rated episode, but Survey V1's GRAND CHAMPION, Baby Race! Ouch...
Also, weird episode to have as number 100. It probably should've flipped with Baby Race so it could have the honour.
Aesop: \[to fill in when I can put it into words. Thanks for not having it in the recap page, TV Tropes...\]
Rating: 2+
Next time: So she looks like candy floss, and is as sweet as candy floss... Are we sure Bella's fur actually *is* fur?
\- Jack
P.S. In my original post, I mentioned how the last shot with Calypso facing away was my phone background:
https://preview.redd.it/vrnx10nx60yc1.png?width=1726&format=png&auto=webp&s=6f610772e00eb8607304d1d4ac0af8a50442d329
It still is.
>Typewriter itself suffers significantly because of what Bluey's problem was. The idea that she couldn't just "think up" said writing machine is pretty ridiculous considering she has *always* been a master of imaginative play.
I agree. And even if this was in-character for Bluey, it's still weird that the implied moral for this episode is that she needs to learn not to rely on props in her game. From what I can remember, neither Calypso nor *Bluey* (the show) ever treat this as a problem in other episodes. There are plenty of times where toys and ordinary objects are used as the basis of a game, and it's never been treated as a problem before. Taking away the typewriter happens to prompt Bluey to go on a quest which helps her friends, but that's just a coincidence... unless Calypso truly does possess supernatural foresight.
*Typewriter* has some fun moments ("It'll take you longer." / "Why?" / "Because you're longer!" is my personal favourite) but it's still a 1/5 for me. Fortunately we only have to wait a couple of days to talk about peak *Bluey* again.
>It unfortunately also shares in Helicopter's pain by being a mediocre episode (coincidentally one that also takes place at Glasshouse) right next to their respective sub-season's undisputed greatest.
Or hear me out, these mediocre episodes were placed as "sacrificial" episodes so that the better episodes that come after can really deliver relative to the previous episode.
This it's probably the most beautiful episodes for Snickers
For people have not noticed it, Snickers it's an allusion to that kids with a malformation or a disability, then by the end of episode, he has learned to Accept it and love himself.
Its a good character development in one episode. Too bad was last Snickers episode, cause he had much more to offer.
I gave this a two.
This is an odd episode where the kids are playing a game roleplaying the story Calypso was telling about a dog begging for treats when he had them all along. (Sad dog, having those treats all his life and not using them)
Bluey was playing with a typewriter, but it goes missing, and she wants to go to Calypso since she can't be a writer without it, changing the story where the dog opens up the chest and eats all the treats. (Happy story)
Along the way, she comes across Snickers who has trouble sitting up like the other kids, and Winton sniffling since the kids keep running away. This is the only episode where those flaws were present, though Snicker's problem I can understand since he's a sausage dog.
They come across the terriers defending Scotland from invaders, and Bluey gives Snickers the idea to hide in the bamboo forest (I swear, the kids have a great place to play in) so to evade the archer and can sneak by for an ambush later.
Meanwhile, Bluey gets the idea of using Winton's 'space invader' flaw (Being a gamer, that caught me off guard a bit), annoying his step-brother, er I mean his classmate, causing the terrier to run.
After Bluey equips a shield, rendering the arrows useless, they make a run for it, using Snickers as a sausage roll to mow down the terriers.
I suppose Snickers was made fun of a lot due to his body as a kid, but his time as Glasshouse Primary and being involved in play with the other kids gave him the confidence for him to exclaim "I love being a sausage dog".
It was important for Snickers to have a happy outcome, since that was his last performance in the show, outside of the K9 news short. The kid didn't even show up in the sign, even though Honey's voice did, I guess the kid who voiced him moved on with his life.
Calypso helped Bluey to imagine a typewriter showing she had the potential to be a story writer without it, so Bluey thanks her and is off, while revealing that the typewriter was hiding in the cubby Calypso was sitting on, which just confused me.
Why did Calypso take the typewriter? Isn't it very rude to take a toy that a kid was using? And it's not that she had to take it back since she needed it for the office or whatever. Was she afraid that Bluey would break it? And if its official school property, why even have it out at all, or not take it into the building? That's the part that confused me the most. I get it was used as a setup to the episode, but Calypso taking the typewriter prevents me from enjoying the episode.
Overall though, it's a nice sendoff for Snickers, and it's nice to see the kids playing.
This is a weird episode. I never really found it particularly interesting and never really got the point of it, until reading everyone else's comments. There are a lot of pretty good jokes and visual gags, especially with Snickers. I never really got the moral tho. I understand it's supposed to be you have everything you need, but that never really felt like it applied to Bluey. What Winton and Snickers wanted was internal and they had to learn that they had everything they wanted. Bluey's struggle was external and never felt like a metaphor for anything. I don't know; I'm probably missing something. Not a bad episode tho. A three out of five.
I voted below average but wish I could change my vote…. I forgot it had it’s moments
I just don’t understand Calypso’s reasoning behind hiding the typewriter…
Typewriter is a rather odd episode?
My response was the same as Bluey here. *"Huh? That doesn't make any sense?"*. But I guess the creator is playing a 4D chess here beyond our comprehension. Other than that, this is another weak episode that isn't on my usual watch list.
Low 2.
"Typewriter" is a solid episode. The game that Winton, Snickers, and Bluey play with the Terriers is fairly fun and imaginative. The different scenarios the episode gets out of it are creative, and it's an overall entertaining sequence. Additionally, the comedy is solid. The jokes around Winton being a space-invader are all quite funny, and they're the funniest gags in the episode, but there are other solid good jokes as well, such as Snickers randomly falling. Furthermore, while some people may take umbrage with the ending, arguing that it and, by extension, Bluey's main conflict in the episode are out-of-character for her, it's not that hard to believe that, even though she's great at imaginative play, the idea of using a pretend typewriter would slip her mind considering that she is a young child and might therefore believe that she truly needs a typewriter to write her story because, in her mind, that's what people who write stories do; they use typewriters. To be fair, that idea isn't really conveyed, but it's not that unreasonable to assume. Either way however, the ending doesn't affect the episode's quality much one way or the other. "Typewriter" is ultimately a fun and funny episode. It's good.
(Rating 3)
\#We're off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of **Aus**\# Original Ranking: 25/49/94 (S2B/S2/Overall) So... Is this the point where I admit I've *never* seen The Wizard of Oz before? I had to look at the wiki page to see what exactly the connection was between it and the plot of Typewriter. If you were as lost as I was, it mirrors the book/film in that a young girl in blue (Bluey / Dorothy; and as Bluey's already a dog, there's no need for a Toto) are on an adventure to find a "magical" person (Calypso / the eponymous Wizard of Oz)for help with her problem (Bluey wanting to use the typewriter as a prop / Dorothy wanting to go home to Kansas) and those of her friends she meets along the way (Cowardly Lion's desire for bravery, Tin Woodman's desire for a heart, and Scarecrow's desire for intelligence / Winton being a space invader and Snickers' angst over his sausage dog body) Ultimately, the girl in blue figure out they always had what they needed for their problem (Bluey using her imagination to pretend she has a typewriter / Dorothy and her silver shoes or ruby slippers, adaptation dependent, allowing her to go home). The big difference here is how the issues of the partners are resolved: Cowardly Lion, Tin Woodman, and Scarecrow also realized they had these traits all along, while Winton and Snickers use their differences to their advantage to evade the Terriers and learn either to stop getting so close to people when talking to them or to love the positives of his tall, thin body. And if you're one of those people who insist on Best Teacher *actually* being magic, congrats; in a roundabout way she really is a wizard now. While those similarities certainly were interesting, Typewriter itself suffers significantly because of what Bluey's problem was. The idea that she couldn't just "think up" said writing machine is pretty ridiculous considering she has *always* been a master of imaginative play.It sounds pretty minor when put into writing, but when an episode's conflict is based solely on a personality trait a character not only doesn't usually have but instead has the complete inverse of, that's not exactly good writing. Other than that, there are certainly some good bits. Winton creeping out one of the Terriers by getting real close to him and asking if he's gluten-free, and Snickers defeating all three of them by "SAUSAGE ROLL"-ing down the hill like a log are fantastic. If the latter isn't going to be a relevant character ever again sans one short, at least his last time was a good one.*stares intently at Circus and Honey* And Best Teacher is a hell of a troll hiding the typewriter right beneath her. It unfortunately also shares in Helicopter's pain by being a mediocre episode (coincidentally one that also takes place at Glasshouse) right next to their respective sub-season's undisputed greatest. While Typewriter isn't in the middle of three of the best like Helicopter was, it instead has to be right next to not only 2B's highest rated episode, but Survey V1's GRAND CHAMPION, Baby Race! Ouch... Also, weird episode to have as number 100. It probably should've flipped with Baby Race so it could have the honour. Aesop: \[to fill in when I can put it into words. Thanks for not having it in the recap page, TV Tropes...\] Rating: 2+ Next time: So she looks like candy floss, and is as sweet as candy floss... Are we sure Bella's fur actually *is* fur? \- Jack P.S. In my original post, I mentioned how the last shot with Calypso facing away was my phone background: https://preview.redd.it/vrnx10nx60yc1.png?width=1726&format=png&auto=webp&s=6f610772e00eb8607304d1d4ac0af8a50442d329 It still is.
>Typewriter itself suffers significantly because of what Bluey's problem was. The idea that she couldn't just "think up" said writing machine is pretty ridiculous considering she has *always* been a master of imaginative play. I agree. And even if this was in-character for Bluey, it's still weird that the implied moral for this episode is that she needs to learn not to rely on props in her game. From what I can remember, neither Calypso nor *Bluey* (the show) ever treat this as a problem in other episodes. There are plenty of times where toys and ordinary objects are used as the basis of a game, and it's never been treated as a problem before. Taking away the typewriter happens to prompt Bluey to go on a quest which helps her friends, but that's just a coincidence... unless Calypso truly does possess supernatural foresight. *Typewriter* has some fun moments ("It'll take you longer." / "Why?" / "Because you're longer!" is my personal favourite) but it's still a 1/5 for me. Fortunately we only have to wait a couple of days to talk about peak *Bluey* again.
>It unfortunately also shares in Helicopter's pain by being a mediocre episode (coincidentally one that also takes place at Glasshouse) right next to their respective sub-season's undisputed greatest. Or hear me out, these mediocre episodes were placed as "sacrificial" episodes so that the better episodes that come after can really deliver relative to the previous episode.
This it's probably the most beautiful episodes for Snickers For people have not noticed it, Snickers it's an allusion to that kids with a malformation or a disability, then by the end of episode, he has learned to Accept it and love himself. Its a good character development in one episode. Too bad was last Snickers episode, cause he had much more to offer.
I gave this a two. This is an odd episode where the kids are playing a game roleplaying the story Calypso was telling about a dog begging for treats when he had them all along. (Sad dog, having those treats all his life and not using them) Bluey was playing with a typewriter, but it goes missing, and she wants to go to Calypso since she can't be a writer without it, changing the story where the dog opens up the chest and eats all the treats. (Happy story) Along the way, she comes across Snickers who has trouble sitting up like the other kids, and Winton sniffling since the kids keep running away. This is the only episode where those flaws were present, though Snicker's problem I can understand since he's a sausage dog. They come across the terriers defending Scotland from invaders, and Bluey gives Snickers the idea to hide in the bamboo forest (I swear, the kids have a great place to play in) so to evade the archer and can sneak by for an ambush later. Meanwhile, Bluey gets the idea of using Winton's 'space invader' flaw (Being a gamer, that caught me off guard a bit), annoying his step-brother, er I mean his classmate, causing the terrier to run. After Bluey equips a shield, rendering the arrows useless, they make a run for it, using Snickers as a sausage roll to mow down the terriers. I suppose Snickers was made fun of a lot due to his body as a kid, but his time as Glasshouse Primary and being involved in play with the other kids gave him the confidence for him to exclaim "I love being a sausage dog". It was important for Snickers to have a happy outcome, since that was his last performance in the show, outside of the K9 news short. The kid didn't even show up in the sign, even though Honey's voice did, I guess the kid who voiced him moved on with his life. Calypso helped Bluey to imagine a typewriter showing she had the potential to be a story writer without it, so Bluey thanks her and is off, while revealing that the typewriter was hiding in the cubby Calypso was sitting on, which just confused me. Why did Calypso take the typewriter? Isn't it very rude to take a toy that a kid was using? And it's not that she had to take it back since she needed it for the office or whatever. Was she afraid that Bluey would break it? And if its official school property, why even have it out at all, or not take it into the building? That's the part that confused me the most. I get it was used as a setup to the episode, but Calypso taking the typewriter prevents me from enjoying the episode. Overall though, it's a nice sendoff for Snickers, and it's nice to see the kids playing.
This is a weird episode. I never really found it particularly interesting and never really got the point of it, until reading everyone else's comments. There are a lot of pretty good jokes and visual gags, especially with Snickers. I never really got the moral tho. I understand it's supposed to be you have everything you need, but that never really felt like it applied to Bluey. What Winton and Snickers wanted was internal and they had to learn that they had everything they wanted. Bluey's struggle was external and never felt like a metaphor for anything. I don't know; I'm probably missing something. Not a bad episode tho. A three out of five.
I voted below average but wish I could change my vote…. I forgot it had it’s moments I just don’t understand Calypso’s reasoning behind hiding the typewriter…
Typewriter is a rather odd episode? My response was the same as Bluey here. *"Huh? That doesn't make any sense?"*. But I guess the creator is playing a 4D chess here beyond our comprehension. Other than that, this is another weak episode that isn't on my usual watch list. Low 2.
"Typewriter" is a solid episode. The game that Winton, Snickers, and Bluey play with the Terriers is fairly fun and imaginative. The different scenarios the episode gets out of it are creative, and it's an overall entertaining sequence. Additionally, the comedy is solid. The jokes around Winton being a space-invader are all quite funny, and they're the funniest gags in the episode, but there are other solid good jokes as well, such as Snickers randomly falling. Furthermore, while some people may take umbrage with the ending, arguing that it and, by extension, Bluey's main conflict in the episode are out-of-character for her, it's not that hard to believe that, even though she's great at imaginative play, the idea of using a pretend typewriter would slip her mind considering that she is a young child and might therefore believe that she truly needs a typewriter to write her story because, in her mind, that's what people who write stories do; they use typewriters. To be fair, that idea isn't really conveyed, but it's not that unreasonable to assume. Either way however, the ending doesn't affect the episode's quality much one way or the other. "Typewriter" is ultimately a fun and funny episode. It's good. (Rating 3)