No matter your age, there’s something incredibly comforting about kicking back and watching a few (or a few dozen) episodes of Bluey. The hit Australian animated series consistently ranks at the top of the streaming charts. Viewers all around the world simply can’t get enough of the Heeler family.
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“I think Bandit and Chili ‘accidentally’ double-booked babysitters on purpose to set up Rad and Frisky because they knew they needed to meet someone and would be perfect for each other.”
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“The reason all the adults are so quick to play along is because they’re dogs, and that’s how dogs socialize.”
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“Bandit wasn’t actually leaving to take a new job in ‘The Sign,’ but he was supposed to go into witness protection. The popular fan theory that Bandit has been stealing artifacts and selling them on the black market is true. As is the theory that Chilli helps to smuggle them through airport security. What wasn’t as widely known is that their neighbor Pat has been working undercover and the reason he’s so close to the Heeler family is he was gathering evidence which he used to flip them to get them to testify against the ringleader.”
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“Imagination is real in Bluey’s world. By ‘is real’ I mean the characters, things, effects, and rule systems imagined manifest and take hold of reality. It explains why everyone is always willing to play along, even when it seems like it’s a game they really don’t want to play, and also why they know exactly how to play along.”
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“Dad was stressed during ‘Stickbird’ because he was contemplating the potential of moving.”
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“The whole show is just future Bluey telling her own kid/s stories of how she grew up. That’s why there’s actual magic (see ‘Fairies’ and ‘Magic’), why all the grown-ups are always kind and play along with the games the kids play, why Calypso has this mystic aura about her, why the family is always having wild adventures, and why every story has a happy ending. Also explains why the house is endlessly big and always has room for their weird shenanigans.”
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“Chilli is a massive fan of Star Wars. ‘Magic’ was something she, Brandy, and Mort came up with after watching the movies and seeing the Force.”
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“Bandit, Chilli, and Pat were all in an improv comedy troupe while in university, or sometime shortly after. This explains why Pat is, without question, ALWAYS down to get in on whatever game invades his lawn. Bandit and Chilli (to a lesser extent) have been pulling him in on shenanigans for over a decade, and at some point, ‘Yes, and’ is just second nature.”
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“Chippy had a DUI, and that’s why Cherry had to drive him.”
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“Judo isn’t around half the time because her parents are divorced and she’s with her dad sometimes.”
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“Judo has two moms, and they are divorced. The Heelers say ‘Wendy’ and ‘Judo’s mom’ and some instances (like in ‘Baby Race’) I think it’s interchangeable, and then some instances (like ‘Sticky Gecko’), I wonder if it’s not.”
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“Nana and Bob are LOADED. They bought Bandit the house as a gift when he achieved his PhD.”
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“Neither Jean Luc nor Mackenzie is the father of Bluey’s future daughter. The kid’s features are easily found in other members of the Heeler family, and the dad is probably someone she met in university or something.”
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“The child at the end of ‘Surprise’ is Bandit and Chilli’s adopted daughter.”
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“I believe that Stripe and Trixie are heading for a divorce.”
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“Stripe either a) works in real estate, or b) his family moved not too long before the show takes place, which is why Muffin knows what the ‘For Sale’ sign is.”
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“I like the theory that [the Heeler house] was the house Bandit grew up in, and Nana and Bob sold it to Bandit and Chilli for a reasonable price when they got married. Nana living in a condo tracks really well to a retirement downsizing, plus Bandit says he visited the creek by their house as a young kid.”
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“All the kids that are in Calypso’s daycare have some sort of neurodivergence (ADHD, autism, etc.) and she’s a behavioral specialist of some sort.”
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“Bluey is set in the 2010s.”
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“Bandit’s [new] job was in Perth, so he assumed Rad would be there to help out.”
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“It was Brandi who freed Bandit from the jinx curse.”
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And finally: “Bluey grows up to be Blue from Blue’s Clues.”
Bluey is available to stream on Disney+.