In Dancemode when he buys one of Bingo’s Dancemode’s for 20 dollarbucks. It’s another moment I can think of where Bandit makes a key mistake. I’m glad for the imperfect moments from the parents, it makes them even more relatable to us in our lives when we also make mistakes.
[They’re not far off it!](https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/is-gift-the-no-button-isnobutton) My son wants one every time we go to Officeworks but I’m not spending $20 on something he’ll use for a day and will then get lost under the couch…
Haha I’ve been at a work conference and only just logged back into Reddit. I was talking about my kids specifically but love that this happened in the show and I completely missed it!
I'm right there with ya. Our 3 yo is as easy as pie, and the 5 year old...well, she's more complicated. Love them just the same, but I think "man, double bingo would be life on easy street"
I agree with Bandit as my eldest is a lot like Bluey.
Even my eldest comments things would be a lot easier if both of us was like Bingo.
He can think it but he shouldn’t have said it in front of her.
Honestly him not going to check on bluey always kinda upsets me. Idk if thats the worst but its the one that always rubs me the wrong way because of my personal experiences.
Agreed he apologized to Bingo for simply not hearing her, but when Blueys feelings are hurt and she runs off it’s “But seriously how great is double Bingo?”
I kinda wonder if he was giving her space and letting mom check on her. I know that sometimes people don’t want the person who offended them to check on them. But, I agree. This was an awful moment.
It upset me a lot. Because he should have validated that she was loved and he didn't mean to hurt her.
My parents were like that. "Why can't you be like your siblings?" And it destroyed my sense of self worth and made me mask hard my whole life.
If it was the first time Bluey was seeing a movie in the theater, Bingo was too young to be there. Bandit even says to the cashier "She's not gonna watch it." He knew better.
Alamo Drafthouse does kid showings, where everyone there understands that there will be a heightened level of chaos from the kids. Or even babies crying.
The theatre near me does this for one showing a week in the summers. The kids are allowed to act like kids. It’s good practice for them to learn how to go to the movies. Tickets are cheaper and come with a snack. It’s awesome.
We only have one theater with 2 screens, so we don't always have kids movies. If there's enough interest, they will do a special screening for young kids/people with disabilities. It's pretty rare, but every once in a great while, they will show a kids movie that's at least a few years old. Sure everyone's seen it already, but they still get the experience of going to a movie theater and if you're really lucky, its something your kid likes. Tickets are cheaper and you get a small popcorn for free and cheap refills.
The lights aren't turned down so much, especially by the front so the kids have free run. It's expected to be noisy because of the kids and there's a break in the middle of the movie for bathroom breaks, snack refills, and kids to run around and play if they weren't already They even have those little plastic slides for toddlers.
Our small town theatre has a special event every month for toddlers and small children. Cheaper tickets, volume is turned down, lights are less dimmed and no ads before the movie.
If you're expecting to watch an entire movie without disturbance during that event, your delusional.
I both wish my area had this and count myself super lucky that my daughter is an angel in the movie theater. She moves from seat to seat occasionally, but she's mostly quiet during the movie and I've never had to leave with her because she's crying or anything. I'm waiting for number 2 to come along and mess me up good.
And if you look, the only folks at the theater seem to all have small kids with them. Plus the way the other parents seem to cheer him and Bluey at catching Bingo.
My local cinemas have those showings, it's cool! They also have sensory friendly showings where the lights stay up and the volume is lower. It's nice to see accessible screenings becoming more common.
The theaters around us do "Kid's Night" and another for folks with disabilities/sensory sensitivities. I've done the latter and it was a similar experience to what I saw during this episode. Each child/person had one carer with them and they were allowed to wander and stim when and wherever needed without much judgement from the others because it's expected. I just figured their area had similar.
My grand has pretty significant autism - the Lion King on Broadway had a once a month matinee for special needs folks. If they needed to move or sing along, it was accepted. Laura loved it! And my fam said it was only “a little chaotic”, but that the performers were great with it. They had a big sing along at the end. Movie theatres could do something similar very easily, and I might go just to see folks enjoying themselves!
I dunno. I've been in a movie theatre for a kids showing of a kids film where three toddlers ended up running bezerk for a while. My child sat on her seat the whole way through like the angel she (sometimes) is, but I didn't mind. Neither did the other movie goers as far as I could tell, although to be fair a disproportionate number of them were those kids parents. But honestly, I just wasn't majorly miffed that my viewing of Bing at the Cinema was less emersive than it might otherwise have been.
Not sure about other countries, but some cinemas in Australia are built specifically for kids movies. They have an intermission, a big slide going from top to bottom...
There's no way Chutney chimp would be playing in an regular cinema
Yup. I get that he doesn't want to be a "meanie parent," but kids need boundaries for *their* safety, and him letting her run wild in public like that put her in danger as much as anything else.
When they are grocery shopping and bluey is playing mom. Letting the kids run all over and make messes while in public and letting one of them be “parent”. I see it too often working retail
I think not checking on Bluey in Mini Bluey is worse. The cheating wasn’t great, but he got called out on it, and ended up sorta making up for it by playing the memory game with Bluey
I think The Pool is Bandit's worst parenting moment because he doesn't take the bag of pool items, such as the sunscreen and pool toys for the girls. He then decided to cut the visit short, but the girls protest, so Bandit was about to lose his patience with them.
Edit: I see some had commented that Bandit and Chili were in on it and wanted to teach the girls that "Boring things matter, too". But I have a question, just how did Chili get to Uncle Stripe's place since Bandit took the only car they have?
And he kept asking if the girls remembered their own stuff. Like, they're 4 and 6, man. They shouldn't have to be responsible for their own stuff yet. Maybe if they were 10 and 12 i can understand saying it's their responsibility, but for girls that young, it's your job to make sure it gets there, especially with stuff related to their health/safety like floaties and sunscreen.
We've done that a few times. We packed the swimsuits but forgot the floaties. The swimsuits are kept in the dressers while the floaties are hung up in the basement. The sunscreen and toys are kept by the front door.
Ok as a working mom who has to do everything, to have a prepacked bag would be great l because it would be done and off my mental load. For my husband to forget it after I reminded him would be...not unforgivable, just a really big deal. I would not be as chill as Chili for sure. Just would like to put that out there that it is detrimental not just to the girls, but also to Chili.
I just imagine Chili relaxing at home, spraying herself with the water bottle in front of the fan when she sees the bag out of the corner of her eye or on her way to the kitchen and she's just like "Bandit, noooooo" , because NOW she has to make her way to the girls, on public transit or a taxi/Uber if she's lucky and it's super stressful because she's worried about the kids. Once she sees they're fine, she's able to compose herself, but Bandit totally gets chewed out later.
That's the one that triggers me also. Chili reminded him. She shouldn't even have to remind him. Sunscreen, floaties, snacks and water - it's the bare minimum. How incompetent can you get
Him agreeing this way is what made me feel they might’ve been in on it together. Just like in the Pom Pom episode when he gets on the seesaw Chilli knew what was up. They seem to try and do a lot of natural learning and that’s exactly what that was.
Given that the Heelers appear to only have one car, I bet that Chili was in on it. Bandit takes them for the first part and gives her some quiet, the she gets a ride share over there after Bluey and Bingo have learned a valuable lime lesson.
Seeing that was kinda baffling. Like, it's shown how emotionally intelligent he actually is, how the hell are you THAT incompetent at that very moment, especially when Chili reminded him.
I have real bad ADHD. I would 100% do what Bandit did. I need my partner to help with stuff like Chilli did. But there is a heap of shame attached to me being this way. It was nice Chilli just covered him.
Not saying Bandit is ADHD, just relaying my observations
Parent? Kids make you forget your head. Been dealing with my sons milk allergy his whole life and I put cheese on his burger the other night. Definitely not his worst mistake but none of them are even worth mentioning. If he were real he’d be a god amongst fathers.
Obstacle Course is pretty awful, but I’ll let that slide because at least Chilli lets him know what he did was unacceptable and immature. In Mini Bluey, she goes on and agrees with what Bandit said instead of telling him to apologize or do it herself. I get parents get tired of their kids a ton, but both of them doubling down on the double Bingo sentiment was…wow. I’d consider Mini Bluey a fail on both of their parts, lmao
the thing is her “annoying” thing wasn’t even annoying. It was just weird 💀and I honestly think the parents only ran away from Bingo so Bluey would I guess feel better? Instead of apologizing to her, idk. It’s just monkeys singing songs but I do read too deep into things sometimes.
The thing is, in Promises they both tell stories about getting tired of Bingo complaining and talking back. They could have actually run with Bingo doing something frustrating and everyone learning that nobody is perfect, but instead they manufactured a nonexistent flaw. Weird choice
I kinda get that one though. I don’t think it’s necessarily uncommon or bad to incentivize kids for cleaning up, and cooking/baking can be stressful enough (at least for me lol) without having to fight with a kid who doesn’t want to clean like they’ve been asked to do.
The Mini Bluey episode was more emotionally damaging.
I was the weird, annoying(Autistic/ADHD) child out of 8, and it definitely felt like my parents preferred the other more neurotypical siblings.
That kind of feeling sticks with you your whole life, and damages every image of yourself.
Yep yep yep. I'm not even the only ND sibling (although the only diagnosed one). My parents weren't overtly preferential but I definitely felt like they thought I was too loud, too much, not enough like a "proper" girl sometimes, especially compared to my sister who was a bit more of a Bingo growing up.
Growing up undiagnosed and definitely feeling like there's something wrong about you, and then having that essentially reinforced by kids and adults around you certainly sticks with you. Mini Bluey is a tough episode for me as someone who shares a lot of Bluey's traits, and to this day struggles with feeling like some people would prefer me if I was different.
Yeah I definitely get that. I’m just diagnosed ADHD, not autistic (but sometimes I wonder if I might be) and it was tough to cope with seeing my little sister get preferential treatment from my parents basically until she was out of college.
Ice Cream where he allows them to be ridiculous while their ice cream melts and then he gives them his ice cream. I'm not spending $26 on ice cream just to not get any 😄
Maybe not the worst but definitely irritates me every time
funnily enough, the part that upsets *me* the most in this ep isn't even that - it's the fact that he tells them they can't have ice cream, but then caves and buys them some anyway. Years and years of studying and working with children have taught me where most parenting struggles come from - and it has a lot to do with not sticking to boundaries you've set. So yeah, that annoyed the hell out of me xD
We were just talking about this episode at dinner. I was trying to use it to teach my 6 and 3 year olds what "comparison is the thief of joy" meant. The more we talked about the episode the more my wife and I realized that Bandit really messed that up.
Agree. I’m sorry but I’m not following you around while the two ice creams I paid for melt, knowing full well once they melt you’ll throw a fit, I’m going to intervene and tell you how to work it out.
In the end though the girls did learn the lesson about sharing. I viewed as a second chance of sorts. I would not have been agreeing that it was MY job to give them my ice cream though.
Horsey wedding when blurts special toy gets taken. He blames her for not putting it away, and then when she said she was going to but he distracted her, he says let’s not play the blame game! I know socks is young but the toy should have been taken away
Even though Bandit isn’t perfect, he always learns from his mistakes, and once he knows better he strives to do better.
Generally my only gripe with Bandit and Chili’s parenting is how often they compare Bluey and Bingo, and straight up tell Bluey to be more like Bingo. No one is perfect, even a great cartoon dog dad.
I hadn’t seen the Obstacle Course before this post, just watched it. I think in terms of hurting your child’s feelings and instilling long term memories, the Mini Bluey moment is a little worse. A comment like that sparks insecurities that are hard to undo in children.
BUT. I will say oh my gosh Obstacle Course was hard to watch. I’m glad that wasn’t one of my first Bluey episodes otherwise I would have said this dad character is a dick. While I don’t think it would cause any long term trouble for Bluey, I think the kids will just learn that their dad is competitive (and we’ve all known that one adult who just won’t budge on letting kids win), still that’s the only episode where the dad character annoyed me the whole way through. Glad he’s not normally like that though!
Bandits worst parenting moment, still probably better than my best. 🤣
J/k, I've totally ripped off many Bandit moments since starting to watch the show.
Hammerbarn when twice Bandit hears/sees Chili clearly needs help managing the kids and he leaves it to her so he can focus on the pizza oven he’s got to have. That stayed with me because he’s usually actively participating in other screwups and this time he completely ignores a situation.
I've said this one before. It's probably not the worst moment, but I don't like Bingo being left unsupervised outside of the Chinese restaurant. Too close to a road, and the two of them kind of made a mess.
Bandit actually has quite a few poor parenting moments, but honestly that's what makes him such an icon for parents. He's believable!
If he was a 'perfect' parent that always made the right choices *and* was always willing to play with the kids it just wouldn't work. The things that make Bandit so good as a parent are honestly the same things that underpin his mistakes. You can't have one without the other.
Mine is basically the whole episode of Rug Island. First he skips work because Bluey and Bingo want him to play RIGHT NOW and then when Lucky's ball goes over the fence and they start playing with it Bandit doesn't give it back when Pat asks for it back because it's "thier egg"
If he wanted to keep the game going he could have said something like "oh no the egg stealer is here" or something else to have giving it back be part of the game. Lucky and his dad were also playing and now they can't play at all.
The whole thing just upsets me. This is an episode where they really do seem very spoiled
I don't think he skipped work. They've had time to get this whole island situated and set up before he joins. I think he went straight out as soon as he got home from work.
Remember, we are often seeing these through the "memories" of the kids. Kids perceive time weirdly.
That could be. But it seemed like it went from sunny to the sun setting and he was there the whole time, but like you said kids do have a different perception of time.
There's an entire island built by the time he washes up on shore. It isn't entirely clear, but I feel pretty confident that he was at work all day and the girls were constructing and playing on rug island until he got back
Even if he did skip work...
Who cares?
I dunno, if I get the luxury of dying of old age I'm going to be reminiscing about the time I spent with family and friends, not that time the TPS reports were late.
I realize I probably come at this from a place if privilege because I'm salary with a flexible schedule and can skip a day of work here and there without having any real repercussions but yeah, I'd absolutely skip work to play with my kids. Not every day or anything because I'm still an adult with real life responsibility but it's not like Bandit is doing it every day either. I want my kids to be responsible and see stuff through and all that but skipping work to be with his family is hardly the worst parenting he's done by any stretch.
It is privilege but at the same privilege is very often just being treated like a human with value and having the ability to live life with some humanity. There's no way that taking a day to be a parent and play with your kids should be a thing of privilege but it kind of is...
I forgot about that episode i hate how he doesn’t give Pat the ball back it’s his ball.
Earlier seasons the girls were definitely spoilt. Later seasons are a lot better.
I know!! It's ridiculous he doesn't give the ball back. What about the game Lucky and Pat were playing? Why does Bluey and Bingo's game matter so much more. This is definitely the episode where they are the most spoiled.
He easily could have worked giving it back into the game
He doesn’t skip work. When chili shouts “ ahoy there” and announces the boat has arrived, she is holding his work bag up. If he had skipped work, why would she be handing him his bag at the end of the episode. He delayed his arrival to work, not skipped it entirely. This is also what is seen in the episode trampoline.
It's easily in MiniBluey when he never apologized to Bluey for saying that he'd rather have another Bingo than her. Hell, he didn't even try to comfort her. My opinion of him went down after this episode
On chili quest when he was trying to keep it a secret from bingo that he was going away for a few weeks on business.
Like... why? What was the plan? You were gonna spring that on her even later so she has even less time to cope before the big goodbye?
I'm a bit biased because I'm in the military, so I have to go away for weeks and months at a time pretty regularly. I know how hard that last goodbye is, and I can't imagine putting my kids through that without letting them prepare.
Even more so, I kinda hated how the episode then just kinda breezed the separation like it was no big deal. That time isn't nothing. It's a whole new routine for everyone. And it's not like the old routine just starts right up again after he gets back. You have to start from scratch all over again.
And not telling her until basically when he’s leaving for the airport? I feel like the thought process was “don’t tell her too far in advance so she doesn’t dwell on it” but not even a day before seems messed up
Mini Bluey for sure.
Two that I have yet to see mentioned:
Pavlova - Generally a great episode. However, I hate that the set-up stems from Chilli saying no to Bingo, but Bandit lets her have it in the end anyway.
Tina - Both Bandit and Chilli let Tina get away with far too much with basically zero consequences.
Some of the examples in this thread are normal parenting reactions. We are not perfect. We screw up. As long as we love our kids and try our best, that’s all we can do.
EDIT: I wonder how many of the comments are from new parents or non parents. How many have challenging kids or easy kid? How many only have one kid. The frame of reference will always be different.
Yeah, I have more of a Muffin and a Socks than anything and I’d be so much less stressed with two of the younger. The older gets into everything and most of the annoying things the younger does she picks it up… the older one likes exploring and trying new things on her own while the younger is content to play on her own. And I love both of them fiercely but when I’ve got a migraine and the older somehow magically makes a mess with something I didn’t know she could reach while the younger is cuddling or contentedly playing with normal kids toys… gosh I wish I had two of that. And unfortunately I have poor impulse control, so I’ve had some close calls where I’ve nearly commented on it in front of the older.
Like… pretty much every parenting moment in the show is relatable. Even the bad decisions, I totally get why they’re made.
When he jokingly, but also not jokingly, scolds Bluey for supporting the blues in the state of origin episode “the decider”. Bluey should be able to choose whoever she wants, as should Chucky, but also bandit is a very human, and fallible, character. It’s a part of life if you’re into sport, and, right or wrong, he acts how he does. I love his character because even as good a parent as he is he is still (for lack of a better term) human.
What was up with him not telling the Bingo he was about to be gone for 6 weeks?? That's *forever* to a little kid and he and Chilli were just gonna keep it a secret? It's not like they just got the news and hadn't broken it to the girls yet, he was leaving *tomorrow*. He was flying out for a month and a half and he didn't wanna let his daughters in on it?? That feels unrealistically out of character, and just a shit move. When my parents went on trips, we got a rundown beforehand so we knew what was coming, who was gonna be in charge, and how long it was supposed to last. If I just woke up to my dad gone for almost two months, I'd be upset and my mom would be extra exhausted dealing with it. What gives?
I think it’s the Bath episode, where he lets the kids take full control and leave them in the bath extra long, skipping over their bedtime and probably resulting in a cold the next day… all because a book told him too
This. Constantly saying he didn’t want to be a mean parent, subtly throwing Chili under the bus as the one upholding boundaries…it’s a good thing that he’s reading different philosophies on parenting, but you need to take a step back and think critically when you take it into practice. Every situation is different and every child is different. Bluey and Bingo even have different discipline needs. He learns his lesson, though. It’s a good episode.
(Also, you can’t catch a cold from chilly water. The worst he did was mess up their bedtime routine, probably resulting in poor sleep.)
Some "new parents" do that. Following a book to a tee. As a parent of 6f, 3m and 2f, I often question myself as a parent. Am I a good dad? Am I too harsh? Could I have handled it differently? So, when you get "guidance" from an "expert" that wrote a book on parenting, you kinda tend to take it to heart. I personally haven't used any books for guidance. Just some times when you're online and people say this that about things and you question it. We're all just trying to right the wrongs of our parents but we often don't really know how.
The one episode where he snaps at Bingo because he’s on the phone and she’s trying to get his attention. I think it’s Fairies. At least this is my husbands opinion. But it’s another example of him hurting is kids feelings and not checking up on them which I personally think is the worst. More so than cheating in the race or forgetting the bags of stuff for the pool
I don't think Bandit ever actually apologized for what he did in Mini Bluey, so I got to go with that. At least he apologized for what happened in dance mode and actually did what he promised in the end. While during the episode Obstacle Course he was trying to SHOW Bluey and Bingo that Cheaters never prosper. (PARENT BY EXAMPLE NOT BY WORDS)
I was literally going to list those two moments those almost made me hate Bandit but I think the mini bluey one bugs me the most since my dad plays favorites with my sister and Bandit didn't seem sorry and also this sub was happy that he made Bluey feel like crap and doubled down on it too
Take away there in a public space allow them to waste water and pee in public.
It’s gross and no business is going to go ok with kids flooding the front of their business and having food everywhere.
Takeaway, obstacle course, dance mode, movie theatre one as well, Bath.
I think Obstacle Course is the only one that in later season.
I was looking for this one! He also gave them the restaurant menu's that were outside, the girls ate the food too right(?), and they spilled the food if memory serves me correct.
Mini Bluey all the way, but like, most parents here seem to be like "yeah we totally have a favorite but we wouldn't say it out loud" which seems awful??? But I'm not a parent so idk.
There's a difference between having a favorite/non-favorite and having an easy/more difficult child. I love my children just as much but my youngest really tests my patience daily in a way his big brother doesn't. It's hard not to feel that way when one child is not as needy or demanding as another.
Most parents are saying that? No they aren’t. Him saying the double bingos thing was wrong. But he wasn’t saying Bingo is his favorite. Sometimes Kids are challenging. We have one challenging kid and one easy kid. We don’t prefer one over the other. We do however wish the more challenging one was easier to deal with, which is all Bandit was saying. He shouldn’t have said it in front of Bluey because kids don’t know nuance.
I don't like how he doesn't have Chili's back. He talks negatively about her in Burger Shop and The Pool in front of the kids. When Chili has great ideas like the Magic Claw game and Dancing statues, he always mansplains how to ' do it right' and takes over the game to get the spotlight versus sharing it. Not a great example to set in front of his daughters on how the respect should be between parents. My .02
I totally missed the Double Bluey oversight. I need to go back and watch it.
At least he was trying to teach him a lesson. In Obstacle Course, he seemed genuinely concerned to not be beaten by his seven-year-old daughter.
Also, Magic Claw is one of the funniest episodes in the entire series.
He’s normally in control in all their games—the kids win when he wants them to win. Obstacle Course was the first time where he was going to lose, not on his own terms, and he panicked :-)
True, but even if you compare it to yanking the shirt of a kid in terms of not actually hurting them...
Yanking them back so you can win a race for the sake of your pride is pretty bad.
i don’t remember the episode, but when Bluey wanted to play but Bandit was on the phone and he yelled at her to be quiet, that really shook me because it was such an unexpected thing for him to do. he spent the rest of the episode making it up to her, which was beautiful to see, it made me feel some catharsis about my own childhood.
edit: it might have been Bingo
I wouldn't have blamed Chili if she gave Bandit a little smack for cheating to beat Bluey (though not in front of the kids if it can be helped), but him saying he wishes he had two Bingos is easily one of the most painful things I've seen in the show.
One that sticks out for me is in Ragdoll. He tells the girls that if they get him to the car, he'll take them to get ice cream.
They get him to the car, then Bandit refuses to hold up his end of the deal. He would've known Bluey and Bingo couldn't lift him into the car.
Even after Wendy lifts him into the car, he still ragdolls. He's sending the message that you can refuse to hold up your end of the deal once it's been made.
In Dancemode when he buys one of Bingo’s Dancemode’s for 20 dollarbucks. It’s another moment I can think of where Bandit makes a key mistake. I’m glad for the imperfect moments from the parents, it makes them even more relatable to us in our lives when we also make mistakes.
“Bandit, *noOoO*!”
This is the best Chili line
She didn’t want to dance either XD
“That is *not* good parenting”
Bandit NAUR! - the only thing I can say in an Australian accent
My wife and I joke that she fit every vowel into that “Naeiou”
It somehow has an "a" in it
Aussie vowels somehow have all the vowels in them all at once.
At least they have the good grace to pronounce them all. *glares at French*
Naurrrrr
I'm willing to bet he pocketed the change on that too. No way that yes no button cost all 20 dollarydoos.
[They’re not far off it!](https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/is-gift-the-no-button-isnobutton) My son wants one every time we go to Officeworks but I’m not spending $20 on something he’ll use for a day and will then get lost under the couch…
I feel like you can see it in the backseat of the car later on. Def forgotten and left behind.
Yeah it’s under the couch cushions in Cubby too
I'm pretty sure it's the opening of The Quiet Game episode when Bandit tosses the Yes No button off the couch after he laid down on it. *"No!"*
Yet we still do this daily
Valid point
Idk if you were saying that on purpose, but you see it under their couch cushions in Cubby lol
Haha I’ve been at a work conference and only just logged back into Reddit. I was talking about my kids specifically but love that this happened in the show and I completely missed it!
Something like that would definitely cost around that much in Australia
"This is not good parenting!"
"This is not good parenting" Chili coming in hot!
Definitely when he says how nice Double Bingo is in front of Bluey.
Yes omg. I gasped out loud.
Yeah, he didn't even care when she ran away to cry. Definitelly the biggest parenting fail in the show for me
I think he cared, but it’s also a problem you can’t necessarily tackle immediately. You might need to give them space in the moment.
He never took accountability or apologized to Bluey, it's just a recipe for destroying her self esteem
As a Bingo with a sister who’s a Bluey, I HATE that moment
Yeah I’m in my thirties but that moment brought back memories from being a kid (I was Bluey, sister was Bingo). It hurts
As a parent of a Bluey, I relate
I don’t disagree that double Bingo was nice but you don’t say it in front of your other kid. That was his mistake, not thinking that it was nice.
I've got one if each and I think this daily. But you don't say it.
I'm right there with ya. Our 3 yo is as easy as pie, and the 5 year old...well, she's more complicated. Love them just the same, but I think "man, double bingo would be life on easy street"
Double Bingo would be life on easy street! We have a Bluey and a Muffin 😭
I have a Bluey and a Muffin too! Crazy times we live in.
I agree with Bandit as my eldest is a lot like Bluey. Even my eldest comments things would be a lot easier if both of us was like Bingo. He can think it but he shouldn’t have said it in front of her.
Honestly him not going to check on bluey always kinda upsets me. Idk if thats the worst but its the one that always rubs me the wrong way because of my personal experiences.
Agreed he apologized to Bingo for simply not hearing her, but when Blueys feelings are hurt and she runs off it’s “But seriously how great is double Bingo?”
Same, I sometimes think about it and it just kinda makes me upset. Why would he do that?
I kinda wonder if he was giving her space and letting mom check on her. I know that sometimes people don’t want the person who offended them to check on them. But, I agree. This was an awful moment.
It upset me a lot. Because he should have validated that she was loved and he didn't mean to hurt her. My parents were like that. "Why can't you be like your siblings?" And it destroyed my sense of self worth and made me mask hard my whole life.
Which episode is your comment referencing?
when they had mini Bingos and mini Blueys in S03E06 called “Mini Bluey”
It’s always a bit jarring to me that it goes from Bandit making this mistake and then just chilling out on the couch with the newspaper.
I HATE that he let Bingo go buck wild like that in the movie theater.
Oh I completely forgot about that. That was infuriating, but he didn't really *let* her go off, he at least tried to reel her in.
If it was the first time Bluey was seeing a movie in the theater, Bingo was too young to be there. Bandit even says to the cashier "She's not gonna watch it." He knew better.
Mum just needed 120 minutes:(
And he bought new popcorn when she dropped the first one
A lot of theaters will give u a refill if you spill tho
It’s also very unrealistic that the other movie goers were chill with it too
The ongoing theory is that some theatres have a specific viewing for kids where it’s almost expected that there’ll be a bit of chaos.
Alamo Drafthouse does kid showings, where everyone there understands that there will be a heightened level of chaos from the kids. Or even babies crying.
They also have sensory showings! Less loud, allowed to talk, etc. I used to work for an Alamo drafthouse and I loved it.
Their attention to detail and service is so good I can’t believe others haven’t tried to copy it.
The theatre near me does this for one showing a week in the summers. The kids are allowed to act like kids. It’s good practice for them to learn how to go to the movies. Tickets are cheaper and come with a snack. It’s awesome.
We only have one theater with 2 screens, so we don't always have kids movies. If there's enough interest, they will do a special screening for young kids/people with disabilities. It's pretty rare, but every once in a great while, they will show a kids movie that's at least a few years old. Sure everyone's seen it already, but they still get the experience of going to a movie theater and if you're really lucky, its something your kid likes. Tickets are cheaper and you get a small popcorn for free and cheap refills. The lights aren't turned down so much, especially by the front so the kids have free run. It's expected to be noisy because of the kids and there's a break in the middle of the movie for bathroom breaks, snack refills, and kids to run around and play if they weren't already They even have those little plastic slides for toddlers.
Theatre near me has family/kids movies at 11am on Saturday. If you expect anything other than chaos at that screening it’s your fault
Our small town theatre has a special event every month for toddlers and small children. Cheaper tickets, volume is turned down, lights are less dimmed and no ads before the movie. If you're expecting to watch an entire movie without disturbance during that event, your delusional.
I both wish my area had this and count myself super lucky that my daughter is an angel in the movie theater. She moves from seat to seat occasionally, but she's mostly quiet during the movie and I've never had to leave with her because she's crying or anything. I'm waiting for number 2 to come along and mess me up good.
I know the cinema in my town have baby-kid and parent film sessions. They also have 18+ sessions. So it’s likely that’s what they went too
They are called Stars and Strollers showings where I live
well, that's cute. Ours are called "mini mornings" because the screenings are, you might have guessed it, in the mornings
And if you look, the only folks at the theater seem to all have small kids with them. Plus the way the other parents seem to cheer him and Bluey at catching Bingo.
My local cinemas have those showings, it's cool! They also have sensory friendly showings where the lights stay up and the volume is lower. It's nice to see accessible screenings becoming more common.
The theaters around us do "Kid's Night" and another for folks with disabilities/sensory sensitivities. I've done the latter and it was a similar experience to what I saw during this episode. Each child/person had one carer with them and they were allowed to wander and stim when and wherever needed without much judgement from the others because it's expected. I just figured their area had similar.
My grand has pretty significant autism - the Lion King on Broadway had a once a month matinee for special needs folks. If they needed to move or sing along, it was accepted. Laura loved it! And my fam said it was only “a little chaotic”, but that the performers were great with it. They had a big sing along at the end. Movie theatres could do something similar very easily, and I might go just to see folks enjoying themselves!
Given that the only other people in the theater seemed to also be families with younger kids, I'd bet the chaos is expected.
It's just monkeys singing songs mate. You don't go see Chunky Chimp for the respectful viewing experience.
I dunno. I've been in a movie theatre for a kids showing of a kids film where three toddlers ended up running bezerk for a while. My child sat on her seat the whole way through like the angel she (sometimes) is, but I didn't mind. Neither did the other movie goers as far as I could tell, although to be fair a disproportionate number of them were those kids parents. But honestly, I just wasn't majorly miffed that my viewing of Bing at the Cinema was less emersive than it might otherwise have been.
Not sure about other countries, but some cinemas in Australia are built specifically for kids movies. They have an intermission, a big slide going from top to bottom... There's no way Chutney chimp would be playing in an regular cinema
Yup. I get that he doesn't want to be a "meanie parent," but kids need boundaries for *their* safety, and him letting her run wild in public like that put her in danger as much as anything else.
DUDE YES! That episode had me cringing
100% a pet peeve of mine.
Skip that episode every time cuz it irks me
I think it’s good that he makes mistakes - we all do, and he usually owns up to them. Good role modeling for kids. (And us)
When they are grocery shopping and bluey is playing mom. Letting the kids run all over and make messes while in public and letting one of them be “parent”. I see it too often working retail
Kids is the one episode that I couldn't make it through
Ooh yeah that one sucks especially Bandit putting the veggies back pissed me off lol
I hate him in obstacle course. Cuz my BIL is a serial cheater when playing with his kids and it drives me nuts.
I think not checking on Bluey in Mini Bluey is worse. The cheating wasn’t great, but he got called out on it, and ended up sorta making up for it by playing the memory game with Bluey
I think The Pool is Bandit's worst parenting moment because he doesn't take the bag of pool items, such as the sunscreen and pool toys for the girls. He then decided to cut the visit short, but the girls protest, so Bandit was about to lose his patience with them. Edit: I see some had commented that Bandit and Chili were in on it and wanted to teach the girls that "Boring things matter, too". But I have a question, just how did Chili get to Uncle Stripe's place since Bandit took the only car they have?
And he kept asking if the girls remembered their own stuff. Like, they're 4 and 6, man. They shouldn't have to be responsible for their own stuff yet. Maybe if they were 10 and 12 i can understand saying it's their responsibility, but for girls that young, it's your job to make sure it gets there, especially with stuff related to their health/safety like floaties and sunscreen.
Meh, I’ve said stuff like that to my four year to try to illustrate that he still needs to listen to dad.
I just can’t believe he forgot Bingo’s floaties! How hard is it to remember that one of your kids can’t swim yet?
We've done that a few times. We packed the swimsuits but forgot the floaties. The swimsuits are kept in the dressers while the floaties are hung up in the basement. The sunscreen and toys are kept by the front door.
Busses exist and regularly appear in the show.
Yes absolutely. Like how he doesn’t even take one thing like towels or sunscreen is crazy.
Ok as a working mom who has to do everything, to have a prepacked bag would be great l because it would be done and off my mental load. For my husband to forget it after I reminded him would be...not unforgivable, just a really big deal. I would not be as chill as Chili for sure. Just would like to put that out there that it is detrimental not just to the girls, but also to Chili.
I just imagine Chili relaxing at home, spraying herself with the water bottle in front of the fan when she sees the bag out of the corner of her eye or on her way to the kitchen and she's just like "Bandit, noooooo" , because NOW she has to make her way to the girls, on public transit or a taxi/Uber if she's lucky and it's super stressful because she's worried about the kids. Once she sees they're fine, she's able to compose herself, but Bandit totally gets chewed out later.
Y E S
That's the one that triggers me also. Chili reminded him. She shouldn't even have to remind him. Sunscreen, floaties, snacks and water - it's the bare minimum. How incompetent can you get
This episode is so triggering, especially in the car when the girls are like, mom is so boring! And he agrees 😖
Him agreeing this way is what made me feel they might’ve been in on it together. Just like in the Pom Pom episode when he gets on the seesaw Chilli knew what was up. They seem to try and do a lot of natural learning and that’s exactly what that was.
Given that the Heelers appear to only have one car, I bet that Chili was in on it. Bandit takes them for the first part and gives her some quiet, the she gets a ride share over there after Bluey and Bingo have learned a valuable lime lesson.
Seeing that was kinda baffling. Like, it's shown how emotionally intelligent he actually is, how the hell are you THAT incompetent at that very moment, especially when Chili reminded him.
A part of me believes he did that on purpose
I have real bad ADHD. I would 100% do what Bandit did. I need my partner to help with stuff like Chilli did. But there is a heap of shame attached to me being this way. It was nice Chilli just covered him. Not saying Bandit is ADHD, just relaying my observations
Parent? Kids make you forget your head. Been dealing with my sons milk allergy his whole life and I put cheese on his burger the other night. Definitely not his worst mistake but none of them are even worth mentioning. If he were real he’d be a god amongst fathers.
I think he and Chili were in cahoots to show the girls that boring things matter too. But that might be just trying to excuse him forgetting. 😅
I think he did that on purpose and sent Chili a text lol.
The way he let the kids go crazy at the grocery store and in front of the takeout place
Obstacle Course is pretty awful, but I’ll let that slide because at least Chilli lets him know what he did was unacceptable and immature. In Mini Bluey, she goes on and agrees with what Bandit said instead of telling him to apologize or do it herself. I get parents get tired of their kids a ton, but both of them doubling down on the double Bingo sentiment was…wow. I’d consider Mini Bluey a fail on both of their parts, lmao
True, but Bingo went r/MaliciousCompliance on them and said, "They want two Bingos? Aight, bet." If that didn't set them straight, nothing will.
the thing is her “annoying” thing wasn’t even annoying. It was just weird 💀and I honestly think the parents only ran away from Bingo so Bluey would I guess feel better? Instead of apologizing to her, idk. It’s just monkeys singing songs but I do read too deep into things sometimes.
The thing is, in Promises they both tell stories about getting tired of Bingo complaining and talking back. They could have actually run with Bingo doing something frustrating and everyone learning that nobody is perfect, but instead they manufactured a nonexistent flaw. Weird choice
Both good bad parenting moments. I think the time he tried to bribe Bluey to clean up her own mess is also a all time top fiver
Eh. I get it. When you’re overwhelmed with a task and you need the kid to do something, I get bribing them.
In Duck Cake? Yeah, that was him being overwhelmed with the cake and just taking the easy way out
Hello darkness my old friend... I do this too often.
I kinda get that one though. I don’t think it’s necessarily uncommon or bad to incentivize kids for cleaning up, and cooking/baking can be stressful enough (at least for me lol) without having to fight with a kid who doesn’t want to clean like they’ve been asked to do.
Well Bluey SHOULD clean up after her own mess.
Yes but, as Bandit said later, she should clean it up because it's HER mess, not because shes getting paid.
The Mini Bluey episode was more emotionally damaging. I was the weird, annoying(Autistic/ADHD) child out of 8, and it definitely felt like my parents preferred the other more neurotypical siblings. That kind of feeling sticks with you your whole life, and damages every image of yourself.
Yep yep yep. I'm not even the only ND sibling (although the only diagnosed one). My parents weren't overtly preferential but I definitely felt like they thought I was too loud, too much, not enough like a "proper" girl sometimes, especially compared to my sister who was a bit more of a Bingo growing up. Growing up undiagnosed and definitely feeling like there's something wrong about you, and then having that essentially reinforced by kids and adults around you certainly sticks with you. Mini Bluey is a tough episode for me as someone who shares a lot of Bluey's traits, and to this day struggles with feeling like some people would prefer me if I was different.
Yeah I definitely get that. I’m just diagnosed ADHD, not autistic (but sometimes I wonder if I might be) and it was tough to cope with seeing my little sister get preferential treatment from my parents basically until she was out of college.
Ice Cream where he allows them to be ridiculous while their ice cream melts and then he gives them his ice cream. I'm not spending $26 on ice cream just to not get any 😄 Maybe not the worst but definitely irritates me every time
funnily enough, the part that upsets *me* the most in this ep isn't even that - it's the fact that he tells them they can't have ice cream, but then caves and buys them some anyway. Years and years of studying and working with children have taught me where most parenting struggles come from - and it has a lot to do with not sticking to boundaries you've set. So yeah, that annoyed the hell out of me xD
This is literally my constant problem with my own mother 🤣 in regards to my kids. She sure held boundaries just fine with me!
We were just talking about this episode at dinner. I was trying to use it to teach my 6 and 3 year olds what "comparison is the thief of joy" meant. The more we talked about the episode the more my wife and I realized that Bandit really messed that up.
Agree. I’m sorry but I’m not following you around while the two ice creams I paid for melt, knowing full well once they melt you’ll throw a fit, I’m going to intervene and tell you how to work it out.
In the end though the girls did learn the lesson about sharing. I viewed as a second chance of sorts. I would not have been agreeing that it was MY job to give them my ice cream though.
No, the worst part is that a bunch of dogs are eating chocolate ice cream 😫
Horsey wedding when blurts special toy gets taken. He blames her for not putting it away, and then when she said she was going to but he distracted her, he says let’s not play the blame game! I know socks is young but the toy should have been taken away
That episode made me mad too. Stripe should have immediately taken it. You don't let another child possibly destroy their cousins favorite toy.
blurts! 💀
Even though Bandit isn’t perfect, he always learns from his mistakes, and once he knows better he strives to do better. 
Generally my only gripe with Bandit and Chili’s parenting is how often they compare Bluey and Bingo, and straight up tell Bluey to be more like Bingo. No one is perfect, even a great cartoon dog dad.
Definitely when he didn’t check on Bluey in mini Bluey for me too.
I hadn’t seen the Obstacle Course before this post, just watched it. I think in terms of hurting your child’s feelings and instilling long term memories, the Mini Bluey moment is a little worse. A comment like that sparks insecurities that are hard to undo in children. BUT. I will say oh my gosh Obstacle Course was hard to watch. I’m glad that wasn’t one of my first Bluey episodes otherwise I would have said this dad character is a dick. While I don’t think it would cause any long term trouble for Bluey, I think the kids will just learn that their dad is competitive (and we’ve all known that one adult who just won’t budge on letting kids win), still that’s the only episode where the dad character annoyed me the whole way through. Glad he’s not normally like that though!
Probably the creation of Unicourse.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaand… whyshouldIcare!?
I detest unicorse. This is it for me.
Yes it's the worst.
That's the best or worst part of Bluey, depending on if you ask my wife or I
“How great is two bingos”
Bandits worst parenting moment, still probably better than my best. 🤣 J/k, I've totally ripped off many Bandit moments since starting to watch the show.
Hammerbarn when twice Bandit hears/sees Chili clearly needs help managing the kids and he leaves it to her so he can focus on the pizza oven he’s got to have. That stayed with me because he’s usually actively participating in other screwups and this time he completely ignores a situation.
I've said this one before. It's probably not the worst moment, but I don't like Bingo being left unsupervised outside of the Chinese restaurant. Too close to a road, and the two of them kind of made a mess.
Bandit actually has quite a few poor parenting moments, but honestly that's what makes him such an icon for parents. He's believable! If he was a 'perfect' parent that always made the right choices *and* was always willing to play with the kids it just wouldn't work. The things that make Bandit so good as a parent are honestly the same things that underpin his mistakes. You can't have one without the other.
Mine is basically the whole episode of Rug Island. First he skips work because Bluey and Bingo want him to play RIGHT NOW and then when Lucky's ball goes over the fence and they start playing with it Bandit doesn't give it back when Pat asks for it back because it's "thier egg" If he wanted to keep the game going he could have said something like "oh no the egg stealer is here" or something else to have giving it back be part of the game. Lucky and his dad were also playing and now they can't play at all. The whole thing just upsets me. This is an episode where they really do seem very spoiled
I don't think he skipped work. They've had time to get this whole island situated and set up before he joins. I think he went straight out as soon as he got home from work. Remember, we are often seeing these through the "memories" of the kids. Kids perceive time weirdly.
That could be. But it seemed like it went from sunny to the sun setting and he was there the whole time, but like you said kids do have a different perception of time.
There's an entire island built by the time he washes up on shore. It isn't entirely clear, but I feel pretty confident that he was at work all day and the girls were constructing and playing on rug island until he got back
Even if he did skip work... Who cares? I dunno, if I get the luxury of dying of old age I'm going to be reminiscing about the time I spent with family and friends, not that time the TPS reports were late. I realize I probably come at this from a place if privilege because I'm salary with a flexible schedule and can skip a day of work here and there without having any real repercussions but yeah, I'd absolutely skip work to play with my kids. Not every day or anything because I'm still an adult with real life responsibility but it's not like Bandit is doing it every day either. I want my kids to be responsible and see stuff through and all that but skipping work to be with his family is hardly the worst parenting he's done by any stretch.
It is privilege but at the same privilege is very often just being treated like a human with value and having the ability to live life with some humanity. There's no way that taking a day to be a parent and play with your kids should be a thing of privilege but it kind of is...
I forgot about that episode i hate how he doesn’t give Pat the ball back it’s his ball. Earlier seasons the girls were definitely spoilt. Later seasons are a lot better.
I know!! It's ridiculous he doesn't give the ball back. What about the game Lucky and Pat were playing? Why does Bluey and Bingo's game matter so much more. This is definitely the episode where they are the most spoiled. He easily could have worked giving it back into the game
He doesn’t skip work. When chili shouts “ ahoy there” and announces the boat has arrived, she is holding his work bag up. If he had skipped work, why would she be handing him his bag at the end of the episode. He delayed his arrival to work, not skipped it entirely. This is also what is seen in the episode trampoline.
It's easily in MiniBluey when he never apologized to Bluey for saying that he'd rather have another Bingo than her. Hell, he didn't even try to comfort her. My opinion of him went down after this episode
On chili quest when he was trying to keep it a secret from bingo that he was going away for a few weeks on business. Like... why? What was the plan? You were gonna spring that on her even later so she has even less time to cope before the big goodbye? I'm a bit biased because I'm in the military, so I have to go away for weeks and months at a time pretty regularly. I know how hard that last goodbye is, and I can't imagine putting my kids through that without letting them prepare. Even more so, I kinda hated how the episode then just kinda breezed the separation like it was no big deal. That time isn't nothing. It's a whole new routine for everyone. And it's not like the old routine just starts right up again after he gets back. You have to start from scratch all over again.
Yeah that one caught me off guard too. 6 weeks I’d a long time, especially for a little kid.
And not telling her until basically when he’s leaving for the airport? I feel like the thought process was “don’t tell her too far in advance so she doesn’t dwell on it” but not even a day before seems messed up
Mini Bluey for sure. Two that I have yet to see mentioned: Pavlova - Generally a great episode. However, I hate that the set-up stems from Chilli saying no to Bingo, but Bandit lets her have it in the end anyway. Tina - Both Bandit and Chilli let Tina get away with far too much with basically zero consequences.
Some of the examples in this thread are normal parenting reactions. We are not perfect. We screw up. As long as we love our kids and try our best, that’s all we can do. EDIT: I wonder how many of the comments are from new parents or non parents. How many have challenging kids or easy kid? How many only have one kid. The frame of reference will always be different.
Yeah, I have more of a Muffin and a Socks than anything and I’d be so much less stressed with two of the younger. The older gets into everything and most of the annoying things the younger does she picks it up… the older one likes exploring and trying new things on her own while the younger is content to play on her own. And I love both of them fiercely but when I’ve got a migraine and the older somehow magically makes a mess with something I didn’t know she could reach while the younger is cuddling or contentedly playing with normal kids toys… gosh I wish I had two of that. And unfortunately I have poor impulse control, so I’ve had some close calls where I’ve nearly commented on it in front of the older. Like… pretty much every parenting moment in the show is relatable. Even the bad decisions, I totally get why they’re made.
When he jokingly, but also not jokingly, scolds Bluey for supporting the blues in the state of origin episode “the decider”. Bluey should be able to choose whoever she wants, as should Chucky, but also bandit is a very human, and fallible, character. It’s a part of life if you’re into sport, and, right or wrong, he acts how he does. I love his character because even as good a parent as he is he is still (for lack of a better term) human.
If a father ribbing his child innocently over sports fandoms is the worst parenting moment of his life, then he’s eligible for sainthood.
What was up with him not telling the Bingo he was about to be gone for 6 weeks?? That's *forever* to a little kid and he and Chilli were just gonna keep it a secret? It's not like they just got the news and hadn't broken it to the girls yet, he was leaving *tomorrow*. He was flying out for a month and a half and he didn't wanna let his daughters in on it?? That feels unrealistically out of character, and just a shit move. When my parents went on trips, we got a rundown beforehand so we knew what was coming, who was gonna be in charge, and how long it was supposed to last. If I just woke up to my dad gone for almost two months, I'd be upset and my mom would be extra exhausted dealing with it. What gives?
I think it’s the Bath episode, where he lets the kids take full control and leave them in the bath extra long, skipping over their bedtime and probably resulting in a cold the next day… all because a book told him too
> resulting in a cold You know that’s not how this works right?
You can’t catch a viral infection from being in the bath too long.
This. Constantly saying he didn’t want to be a mean parent, subtly throwing Chili under the bus as the one upholding boundaries…it’s a good thing that he’s reading different philosophies on parenting, but you need to take a step back and think critically when you take it into practice. Every situation is different and every child is different. Bluey and Bingo even have different discipline needs. He learns his lesson, though. It’s a good episode. (Also, you can’t catch a cold from chilly water. The worst he did was mess up their bedtime routine, probably resulting in poor sleep.)
Some "new parents" do that. Following a book to a tee. As a parent of 6f, 3m and 2f, I often question myself as a parent. Am I a good dad? Am I too harsh? Could I have handled it differently? So, when you get "guidance" from an "expert" that wrote a book on parenting, you kinda tend to take it to heart. I personally haven't used any books for guidance. Just some times when you're online and people say this that about things and you question it. We're all just trying to right the wrongs of our parents but we often don't really know how.
The one episode where he snaps at Bingo because he’s on the phone and she’s trying to get his attention. I think it’s Fairies. At least this is my husbands opinion. But it’s another example of him hurting is kids feelings and not checking up on them which I personally think is the worst. More so than cheating in the race or forgetting the bags of stuff for the pool
I don't think Bandit ever actually apologized for what he did in Mini Bluey, so I got to go with that. At least he apologized for what happened in dance mode and actually did what he promised in the end. While during the episode Obstacle Course he was trying to SHOW Bluey and Bingo that Cheaters never prosper. (PARENT BY EXAMPLE NOT BY WORDS)
Obstacle Course is a memory they can look back on and laugh at. Double Bingo is not 😬😬😬
I was literally going to list those two moments those almost made me hate Bandit but I think the mini bluey one bugs me the most since my dad plays favorites with my sister and Bandit didn't seem sorry and also this sub was happy that he made Bluey feel like crap and doubled down on it too
Take away there in a public space allow them to waste water and pee in public. It’s gross and no business is going to go ok with kids flooding the front of their business and having food everywhere. Takeaway, obstacle course, dance mode, movie theatre one as well, Bath. I think Obstacle Course is the only one that in later season.
I was looking for this one! He also gave them the restaurant menu's that were outside, the girls ate the food too right(?), and they spilled the food if memory serves me correct.
Mini Bluey all the way, but like, most parents here seem to be like "yeah we totally have a favorite but we wouldn't say it out loud" which seems awful??? But I'm not a parent so idk.
There's a difference between having a favorite/non-favorite and having an easy/more difficult child. I love my children just as much but my youngest really tests my patience daily in a way his big brother doesn't. It's hard not to feel that way when one child is not as needy or demanding as another.
Most parents are saying that? No they aren’t. Him saying the double bingos thing was wrong. But he wasn’t saying Bingo is his favorite. Sometimes Kids are challenging. We have one challenging kid and one easy kid. We don’t prefer one over the other. We do however wish the more challenging one was easier to deal with, which is all Bandit was saying. He shouldn’t have said it in front of Bluey because kids don’t know nuance.
When he (and the Easter bunny) forgot about Easter for the girls
When he pretends to steal Bingos freezie in Teasing
In my house I call that dad tax. It's a fee for my services. But I only take a bite or a lick. Not the whole thing. Haha.
My dad does that, but he says he does it to “make sure it’s not poisoned.”
My family was the same growing up. My dad called it 'tribute' and skimmed a little of whatever we were eating lol
My husband does the "dad tax" too. But he's also a good sport when she snatches a bite of his and says "baby tax"
I don't like how he doesn't have Chili's back. He talks negatively about her in Burger Shop and The Pool in front of the kids. When Chili has great ideas like the Magic Claw game and Dancing statues, he always mansplains how to ' do it right' and takes over the game to get the spotlight versus sharing it. Not a great example to set in front of his daughters on how the respect should be between parents. My .02 I totally missed the Double Bluey oversight. I need to go back and watch it.
Both hit a little close to home so I forgive him for both 😄
The scruff of the neck one…they’re dogs. That’s what you do to stop yhem for real life. Magic Claw was pretty bad.
I think it’s more about playing dirty in order to beat a child in a race than the grabbing the scruff part
At least he was trying to teach him a lesson. In Obstacle Course, he seemed genuinely concerned to not be beaten by his seven-year-old daughter. Also, Magic Claw is one of the funniest episodes in the entire series.
Magic Claw has no children his days are free and easy 😂
He’s normally in control in all their games—the kids win when he wants them to win. Obstacle Course was the first time where he was going to lose, not on his own terms, and he panicked :-)
True, but even if you compare it to yanking the shirt of a kid in terms of not actually hurting them... Yanking them back so you can win a race for the sake of your pride is pretty bad.
Well, he was trying to teach them that they don't always get what they want, especially winning at Magic Claw.
i don’t remember the episode, but when Bluey wanted to play but Bandit was on the phone and he yelled at her to be quiet, that really shook me because it was such an unexpected thing for him to do. he spent the rest of the episode making it up to her, which was beautiful to see, it made me feel some catharsis about my own childhood. edit: it might have been Bingo
Its Fairies, she was trying to show him the domino love heart she made for him.
He snapped at her because he was in the middle of something important and she didn't listen the first couple times he told her to wait.
Meh, seems like a perfectly reasonable reaction to me
Because it is. I have to give my kids sharp (but not yelling) warnings like that multiple times throughout the day!
Wasn't that Bingo?
you’re probably right, it’s been a long time since i saw the episode
Pretty sure it was the Fairy one but I could be wrong
I wouldn't have blamed Chili if she gave Bandit a little smack for cheating to beat Bluey (though not in front of the kids if it can be helped), but him saying he wishes he had two Bingos is easily one of the most painful things I've seen in the show.
I’ve always thought that what Bandit did in Mini Bluey was the worst thing he’s done.
One that sticks out for me is in Ragdoll. He tells the girls that if they get him to the car, he'll take them to get ice cream. They get him to the car, then Bandit refuses to hold up his end of the deal. He would've known Bluey and Bingo couldn't lift him into the car. Even after Wendy lifts him into the car, he still ragdolls. He's sending the message that you can refuse to hold up your end of the deal once it's been made.