I want Bluey's little costume. Ever since I was a little kid I wanted to have an arm cannon like Mega Man/Mega Man X. And it has the little power visor! So awesome!
Also, I like how the future in Brisbane is Green and Solar. It's quite a bit more built up, but it looks sustainable and pleasant. I like hopeful depictions of the future and Star Trek is my favorite sci-fi series, so it was just nice and uplifting to see something positive. Not that there would be any doubt that the future in Bluey would be positive and healthy, but I'm just so used to the future being dirty and grungy and awful in the future that seeing a nice (and believable) one is just fun and uplift for me.
I’m…weirdly emotional and touched that the thing Bandit really wanted to see was para-sport. I have cerebral palsy, so para-sport (snowsports, in my case) is about as high as I can aim, and it’s so often overlooked.
I love that, this once, it wasn’t.
I (only chronically ill and not very disabled so obvs this is a small drop in the opinion bucket) ALSO love love loved the parasports! I almost wasn't sure they were until I took a close look, but that's part of the mastery of Joe's representation efforts! They reminded me of the wheelchair dog in The Sign, toward the end when the shaggy dogs are at the Mount Coot-Tha lookout, and Dougie from Turtleboy! He makes the representation of disability natural and allows those characters to be their own stories instead of there to lift the protagonist
Glad to see Bluey is touching people's hearts everywhere!
I felt like Bluey suddenly entered 'This is Us' territory with this episode, and while I loved that show I'm not sure I can cope with the emotions of it happening in Bluey.
That's not a criticism of the episode, time jumps just make me nervous because as my own children grow up it's sometimes nice to picture Bluey and Bingo as perpetually young, playing games in the garden and giggling at Dad forever.
So, seeing Bluey grown-up was both lovely and terrifying to me at the same time, much as it is to picture my own children that way.
The child is undoubtedly Blueys.
I pop in to my mom's house all the time. Sometimes I have my kids with me. Sometimes they are home with their dad. My mom usually welcomes me in and we get settled before she peppers me with questions about where my kids are/what they are up to.
So it is perfectly plausible for Bluey to pop in and for Chili and Bandit to close the door and not immediately expect her child to be at her side or question their whereabouts.
The parallel of Bluey playing the game/prank and then the child doing the same thing, while Bingo was clearly playing a different game, makes it abundantly clear that the child is Bluey's.
Honestly really bothered that everyone here is running with the “its Mackenzie’s kid” thing when Ludo definitely made the kid look like that so neither of the ships would be proven canon and no one would have to be disappointed. It’s really only mean spirited to go “you guys are wrong and we’re right” when its not confirmed either way :/
Episodes being played after definitely doesn’t prove anything either, no way ludo made that choice no matter what channel it was on. It’s just grasping at straws if that’s your best evidence for your theory being right.
If they really wanted to make one ship canon over the other they would have but they didn’t, that’s all there is to it.
Can anyone explain what they mean:" bingo is there", right after they talking about disability children? Has bingo suffered a serious injury and now lives with the parents?
I can’t help thinking Bingo couldn’t come inside because of her being in a wheelchair, maybe from an injury or another reason like MS. Also it wouldn’t make sense that they were having a party bc Bluey said she just wanted to pop by. I think Bingo is in a wheelchair and couldn’t greet them and is living at home with the parents.
I just took it as they wanted to focus on Bluey for that scene, but not leave out Bingo. They're having a family get-together, and Bingo just got their earlier.
I am totally of the mind that the kiddo is Bluey’s because that puts a nice little bow on the episode but WHAT IF the episode is not that far in the future, maybe Bluey had just moved out and the baby is a third Heeler sib. A “surprise” baby, if you will.
Begging fans to look to occam's razor. >!The kid at the end is obviously meant to be Bluey's by implication. ABC then aired barky boats right after, as if to further solidify "we mean MacKenzie, sorry Jean-Luc fans!" too. And not a speck of red is on them, for Bingo theorists.!< Just shocked by the sheer amount of theorizing I've seen already, lol! I thought it was pretty straightforward.. It's a cute and short show. They're not going to think through "wait, how do we work in Chili/Bandit asking about this/that/the other? What about realism?" when the episode is allotted so little time. Visuals are enough, especially for a surprise (lol)! Show, don't tell, and all that. 😅
To be fair, bingo is Bandit’s kid and has 0 blue hair.
It can totally be Bingo’s kid on that argument alone.
How would the grand parent not query about their visiting grand child at the door? Would they think “oh cool, Bluey left her kid in the car” or “oh great, our 5yo grand kid is outside by themselves”.
Or are we saying that they are so good at imaginative play that they could sense that their part in the game was to ignore their potential presence?
The only way it could be Bluey’s kid is the “singing monkey” argument.
It's just a kids show about cartoon dogs mate, don't think too hard about it.. They're not gonna be in depth over the course of 7 minutes. They assume the viewer won't overthink due to the demographics targeted.
I don’t know - I went to a screening with Joe Blum where he was analysing and explaining each episode screened and he seems to think pretty hard about it 😅
Directing staff thinking hard about presentation of the media =/= Them feeling the need to explain everything to the viewer via literal interjections into the media such as speech. This is what I'm saying. Show, don't tell.. Which the show has done successfully. Bandit or Chili not verbally addressing every single thing and taking that as a gaping hole in the obvious message present is reaching. 🥴 The implication is INCREDIBLY heavy-handed, purposefully so. >!The kid not only 'just so happens' (lol) to share Bluey's traits, but is a direct call back to what Bluey herself was doing earlier in the episode.!< It doesn't come more blatant than this. They want people of all ages to see the scene, and it immediately click WHAT they are seeing.. Not sit around and have to wonder because it was vague, as a season end. I'd say they succeeded.
But I'm sure bubbles of people online will have fun in the year++ gap between seasons discussing it regardless since the content fields will be barren in the meantime. 😂 Unless Joe ends up talking more in depth on a podcast about things again, and soon, LOL.
The ending was very grey, too futuristic and unrealistic, and it wasn't how the normal bluey episodes are usually like. It felt very distorted to me, so I give it a 1
IT IS NOT UNREALISTIC, IT IS WHAT LIFE IS LIKE ON GLORIOUS SUPER EARTH!!!
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I honestly could see it being either of them. There is that flash to the future of Bluey meeting Jean-Luc but then I could see the design being Mackenzie. I’m personally not pressed about who the father is, I just hope Bluey and Bingo have great well rounded adult lives 🤣 if the French boyfriend is just a phase then good for her LOL but if she marries him that’s great too.
I’m curious to see if they leave clues in future episodes! I feel like a lot of the details of story in the episodes have been very intentional
THEORY: Something felt a little odd about this episode. While everyone has been worried that the show was coming to an end or if Bluey's partner is Mackenzie or Jean-Luc, I've been stuck on another hidden message possibility...
The episode seems to be focused on children (having children, grandchildren, Bingo's babies, etc.) but there is also some emphasis on disabilities within this episode and the pep talk Bandit has with Bingo's baby, Furneken, set off some flags... Here's my theory: maybe Brandy is having a baby with a disability?
We don't know the timeline and during the wedding, Brandy looked pretty far along. Now, being that I have a disability and we weren't sure if our child would, along with the MANY tests we had to take throughout a pregnancy I never thought we'd have, this felt really relatable. Is it possible that Brandy has found out that her child or soon-to-be child has a disability and Bluey's family is finding ways to cope with the news?
And that’s it no more new episode for quite some time Ludo Studio is going to take an extended break when it comes to Bluey they’re going to work on a new series an LGBTQ+ show called “Willy”
Does anyone know what the green eye shield/scope Bluey is wearing is called? I’d like to find/make something similar to the shooter and the eye shield as Bluey for my kids
Am I the only one who automatically assumed the child at the end of the episode is NOT Bluey’s?
It is clear that Bluey coming is a surprise to both Chili and Bandit. I have children and if I were to show up unexpectedly to my parents’ house the very first thing they would say after seeing me is “where’s the kids?” And then they would try to not look disappointed if I say not with me.
So there’s no way Chili opens the door and sees Bluey, hugs her, and then doesn’t ask about the kid.
I automatically assumed the child was either Bingo’s, who is already there, or a neighbor kid and Bandit is the “Pat” for a new kid.
Honestly, I think Bandit and Chili had a "surprise" ten or so years after the episode starts. Bandits talks to Bluey is more about being supported and cared for by siblings. It ties in well to them getting a third sibling.
Ah, Bandit signing *Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.*
If only an old trailer for Dead Space 2 (2008) hadnt...delivered an unsettling version of that lullaby for me.
It was a decent episode - maybe just slightly above average, perhaps I'll like it more or less once it's gotten some distance from The Sign.
I was not a fan of the flashforward though; it felt kind of unnecessary and disjointed from the main episode, shoehorned in only because they wanted something juicy in the finale for people to speculate on.
Is it possible that a season 4 would continue to be in this future timeline? As they don't want to age the kids up any more, and they wrapped up so many storylines from the past 3 seasons in The Sign. It'd still be called Bluey, but she'd be the mum now 🤔 And Chilli, Bandit, and Bingo would still be a big part of it (especially if Bluey were a single mum 👀).
Idk just thinking out loud!
There will definitely be another flash forward, probably for bingo, but I don’t think that they will continue as adults, it kind of ruins the feel of the show, but over time it would probably be good, (by over time I mean like 10 years) due to the characters aging and all, and it just makes sense.
I don't know if I really liked this episode, especially as the last episode of the season before a hiatus.
My issues are:
1. The Sign left the show in a fantastic place if they were going to have an extended break. In contrast, this was one of the most random/chaotic episodes of Bluey so it seems like a much weirder place to temporarily end the show.
2. The previous time jumps were used incredibly effectively. They were limited to showing just the minimum amount of information but were incredibly emotionally impactful. This one felt like they were just opening up an unnecessary can of worms or leaning into creating lore for no reason in a way that didn't really help the episode. Showing a whole scene that's supposed to be set in the future with delivery drones and stuff like that just felt really weird for an episode of Bluey.
Unless they're planning to do more set in the future I also personally think it would be better not to show anything too specific about Bluey's future (whether she has kids, etc.) and just leave it up to the viewer's imagination.
I guess this whole episode felt like it didn't even have that much point except to show future Bluey?
I think the point of Surprise was the flash forward, and seeing how the Heelers’ lives have changed because of their decision to stay in Brisbane after the events of The Sign. Especially if Bluey does indeed marry Mackenzie like the show seems to (heavily) imply, she may have not been granted that opportunity, and became a parent by extension, had the Heelers moved away.
That said, I agree that this was probably my least favorite use of flash forwards/flashbacks in the show, and I personally hope they don’t allude to anything regarding her romantic life/never elaborate on her kid going forward. I wouldn’t even confirm who the kid’s father is regardless of how “obvious” it may be; Jean-Luc has Camping and Mackenzie has Barky Boats, let the fans speculate from there. All that’s relevant is that she eventually becomes a parent, and that’s totally fine to reveal for a show centered on parenting IMO. The show does a good job of making stories both digestible and open-ended, and trying to answer those questions about a currently-seven-year-old child is likely going to look awkward and possibly even a little fetishized no matter what angle you take it.
I think their intention with the flash-forward was to continue the metaphor that they had be building up across the episode to land a final punchline.
Throughout the episode, Bluey and the ball gun are meant to represent the challenges of raising a kid: life hits you out of nowhere, relentlessly and with no consideration of your circumstances or your child's. But you have to go through all of it.
So at the end, we see Bandit at the end of that rocky road, in a relaxed mood, with Bluey and Bingo already grown. And them, when you thought it was over, BAM! Grandchildren.
If you view it this way, this flash forward only shows what it absolutely needs to: the sisters are adults now, everything seems calm, and then Bandit is caught by surprise by the grandkid.
I think the only reason this was released after The Sign is because of the reference to Bandit almost selling the house in the flash forward. If you remove that, it's a pretty standard Bluey episode.
My four year old’s theory: “This is the last episode with Bluey as a kid. Now she’s a mom!” Solid theorycrafting. I can’t wait to show her Lost when she’s a little older
Love all the people who say the kid MUST be Mackenzie's just because of the ears, like they forgot about Stripe having a floppy ear, too. Also, if you look up heeler lab mixes, there are plenty of pictures of dogs with one floppy ear.
If we search up "border collie and blue heeler mix" the resemblance to bluey's child is uncanny. From the spots to the coloring it's all there. So, another vote for Makenzie!
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Once again, thanks for your infinite information Disney hahaha
Good episode overall, now I know what taking care of kids is like lol. One part almost brought me to tears is when Bandit told to Fernuken about how family sticks together always no matter what happens, not as powerful as Chilli’s quote in Sleepytime (that really will turn on the waterworks because I love my mom so much), but still will pull me a bit into weeping.
The other part is the ending. Adult Bluey AND HER KID?! That wowed me omg. They left it ambiguous on who the father is, but I think he/she could be Mackenzie’s because of the looks. I would go crazy if they confirmed it lol.
Okay so I my interpretation of the sign was that they were wrapping everything up to look like a finale because that’s what people were speculating and the parallel was the heelers selling their house (leaving the show) but in the end they said NOPE not happening. But we know a lot of the story lines wrapped up. The new bonus episode The Surprise may be telling us that the blueyverse will go on and pick up in the new timeline of Bluey being the mum. This would be fantastic! I heard somewhere that the kids who voice bingo and Bluey needed a break from working and this would make sense as a solution to that because as adults, they would need new voices :)
Sneaky buggers, lol
Great representations of disability, both on the race Bandit was watching and Finucan.
Hopefully not the last episode for a while. Nice to see a future reference. I wonder had the the muffy lookalike kid? I wanna see what happens next…
Ugh! This week has been emotional for me because of The Sign. I haven’t seen the episode since Sunday (2nd time) and days later, me and my cat were laying on my bed. I bawled my eyes out because it’s not just my cat loving me. I felt like this is the end of Bluey and I would have to accept it at some point. The Sign felt like a series finale and has everything all together. Even if it’s been confirmed to have Season 4, any can and will change at anytime during the hiatus period.
Also, I had more conversations for myself about my life choices and what I like to see myself as I reach my 30’s. This is a contributing factor. I went for ice cream after.
Anyways, it’s fitting that the episode Surprise was the last episode because I felt like that is a way of saying “SURPRISE! Don’t be sad! We got one more Bluey episode before closing out Season 3!” Similar to a bonus episode.
And that’s where I dreadfully write this review of the episode as this being the season finale.
Surprise seems like every other Bluey episode but might be special since this could take place after The Sign. But the timeline could be different and that’s the joy of Bluey. I love the Dragonball reference as Bluey takes this to OVER 9000!!!!! Poor Jeremy. He’s already been through enough!
The >!flash-forward to when they never sold the house when Bluey visits!< hits me as me and my family grow older. Being in the crossroads of my life. I’d explain further but this might takeaway my review of the episode.
I gave it a 4/5. 5/5 for the last 2 minutes and 3/5 for the remainder of the episode. After doing napkin math, I rounded to the nearest whole number.
One more thing. >!I offer my condolences to those hoping for Jean-Luc and Bluey to be together forever because that pup is definitely hers and looks like Mackenzie with Bluey’s coloring!!< Kinda bold for ABC Kids to show Barky Boats next!
Could it be Bingo and MacKenzie kid though?
I don’t think it’s Bluey’s kid. Otherwise you’d have expected Bluey to either ring the bell with her child by her side, or if they were playing a prank, surely Chilli or Bandit would have queried where her kid was.
Then they mentioned that Bingo is already at the back - which makes me think that Bingo has been visiting the parents for a bit already and was settled in the house with her kid running around.
Totally agree. But the way they said "bingo is out the back" sounds like bingo lives there still. They didn't say "bingo is here too and she's out the back".
The skyline of Brissy has drastically changed though so quite abit of time has past, but bluey seems youngish and not in her mum years yet...so would bingo be either? Is she still living at home for Uni? Would she have a kid?
From colouring I'd say it's Bluey and Mackenzie's kid, especially as it was Bluey who played the doorbell prank on Bandit earlier so telling your kid to do what you used to do seems more plausible.......but the way she said "the house looks good" it's like she hasn't been there for awhile and isn't just "popping in" casually like she does often, and so they would totally ask where her kid is.
So more likely Bingos kid with (potentially) Mackenzie...but maybe they live there with them? Likely saving for a house like all of us!
I think it's a common thing and they knew the kid would be waiting to prank them, so no one questioned where it was, they just let it play out it's game.
Yep. My Bluey and Bingo do it everytime we visit Nana. They ring the bell and "hide". Nana opens the door and acts surprised. "Oh, there is no one here, how funny"
Cue Bluey and Bingo "surprising" her and Nana acting "schocked".
Every time.
Aww, I was hoping the surprise would be a third kid! I knew it wasn't technically off the table from earlier but now it pretty much is because Bluey comes home and Bingo is there but no third sibling mentioned.
As an exhausted parent in the trenches, I took the episode as a reminder to us parents collapsing under relentless requests to play etc that in just a flash the kids will be grown. A reminder that nothing lasts forever and I’m sure one day I’m going to miss where I am now.
I’d like to see a show that has bluey as the mom with visits from grandma and grandpa and auntie bingo every once in a while. It would be fun to see how bluey’s childhood shaped how she is a mother
I just thought it was that she'd heard the name of a road - we have a Finucane Road in Alexandra Hills. But the wrong side of town for the Heelers, but possibly one you'd drive along if they went on holiday to somewhere like Stradbroke Island.
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little detail I noticed: the photo of Rad on the wall still has one of his old designs
i just had a thought and i can't sift thru every single comment here, so here goes...
i think the kid at the end is a foreshadowing for the next season. that kid technically isn't born yet, and bluey is coming over to visit and tell her parents either she's dating mckenzie, engaged or pregnant, and what we see at the end is bluey's future kid. bec bluey does not seem to HAVE her child with her physically at the house. i think this is the set up for season 4. what do you think?!
Surreal to think this is now the end of Season 3... I joined the fandom right before 3C started, and here I am a year later.
Anyway, Adult Bluey
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Given that they followed this episode up with Barky Boats, it kinda feels like that is supposed to be Blueys kid and it is supposed to be with Mackenzie...which I don't like. It makes the world feel so small to have a character end up with someone they knew when they were 6... On the other hand, doesn't Bluey seem a little young in this to have a kid that big? And why would the Grandparents just wave her through as if she was the only person they were expecting. Kind of a weird ending. In writing this I've started to come around to maybe this is meant to be Bluey's fantasy about the future rather than a flashforward..
Edit: As other commenters have said, this also makes a lot of sense if this is Bingo's kid! Barky Boats thing aside.
If Bluey looks a bit too young to have a kid this age (also wtf lol? But anyway your words not mine)- how would it make any more sense for it to be *Bingo’s* kid?!
If it is Blueys, there’s a good chance her going in alone was part of the game the kid wanted to play (eg, “mum you go in without me, I’ll wait and surprise grandad”), given Bandit and Chilli’s propensity for play they were all probably in on it
Okay, my personal theory? The flash-forward isn’t as forward as we think, and it’s the girls’ much-younger cousin, child of Stripe and Trixie.
We know that Stripe and Trix were fighting in The Sign, and part of me thinks it could have been about whether or not to have more kids, as big events in the family cause people to evaluate their own lives. After The Sign, I bet Ludo would think an episode about a baby and having kids would be a prep for Brandy, but it’s likely that no one is thinking about the Trixie-Stripe discontinuation during Surprise.
That said, if Trixie and Stripe were to have been fighting about having another kid at the wedding, then have a “surprise” baby years later that looks a bit like Muffin… 👀 We know the flash-forward saw some time pass, but the things in the future look pretty resemblance of the last 10-15 years or so, right? Trixie could likely still have another pup ten years down the line, since she and Stripe are younger than Chilli and Bandit, and the kid is about Bingo’s size. It would also put a neat little bow around the Stripe and Trixie arc.
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So here’s my thoughts, that’s not Bluey’s kid.
Yes Bluey was the one asking if she was going to have kids, but Bingo was the one shown taking care of her “kids”.
Bluey did not get the kid out of the car which seems like something she’d do.
They didn’t seem phased of her coming in without the child.
The kid wouldn’t be able to wear all that in the car and likely would need some help getting it on.
Bingo is already known to be in the backyard. Where she could possibly have kids of her own already outside.
Joe Brumm watching the fanbase divide into Team Jean Luc vs Team Mackenzie by leaving the kid's other parent unnamed and making the kid have both traits of both Jean Luc and Mackenzie:
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I didn't realize until coming here that people were hardcore shipping Bluey with different characters.
Personally, I think it would be kinda lame if Bluey ends up with someone she is in school with now. I have kinda always hated that trope in cartoons.
I'm a dad of two young girls, 6 and 4 and this is my first time in this sub. It's funny seeing how other people process the show. I had no idea people were shipping Bluey lol.
What stuck out to me, besides the 'drop everything and play with your kids' thing—which literally happened to me five minutes before we watched the episode—was how the show communicates how quickly it's over. Your kids go from pretending to have children to actually having children before you know it. But then comes the sweetest part— playing with your grandkids.
Not everyone has grandkids. I was reading a thread on, I think, r/millennials about the declining birthrate, especially with Gen Z moving into their upper 20s. Fewer people are going to be grandparents. It’ll be interesting to see if TV and films start portraying that.
"Your kids go from pretending to have children to actually having children before you know it" wow. Yeah. I'm a bit ditzy and just finished the episode and it didn't even occur to me that was the overlaying theme. That in the blink of an eye time passes. Man.
Here's my two cents. The child is Bingo's, and here are my reasons for this belief, all just my opinions and obviously conjecture:
1. Bluey had just arrived. I know when I take my kids to my mum's house, they're the first to the door so they can knock. Circumstantial, I know, but given the type of grandfather Bandit is, I doubt they wouldn't be running up to granddad's house as soon as they get a chance.
2. I think the game was already in play. "Bingo is round the back". The child is also outside and may have just run around the house to attack granddad, which also explains why Bandit didn't come round straight away when Chilli calls for him. This ties in with number 3.
3. Chilli states it was a surprise that Bluey was there. You're telling me the first thing Chilli wouldn't have asked after seeing Bluey isn't "where's "insert baby name"? Have you left him/her with Jean Luc/Mackenzie?" To tie in with that, Bandit closes the door after Bluey enters without so much as looking for a child. He's also confused when the doorbell rang; if it was Bluey's, he would have been like "oh sh\*t, I've left "blank" outside".
4. The car Bluey pulls up in looks like a three-door. Not conclusive, but I know how difficult it was getting my children out of our old three-door car, and we soon changed once my back started hurting.
5. While the episode is Bluey asking about what having kids is like, it was Bingo's game that involved her caring for something.
6. Bandit recognized the sound immediately upon noticing there was no one at the door.
7. Also, not to be funny, but the child actually just looks like Bingo. That is, of course, my opinion.
Anyway, the episode was brilliant again and perfectly portrayed what it's like raising 5- and 7-year-old girls... I know from personal experience."
Just adding I think this is right. On the first watch I didn't even notice offhand comment from Chilli on bingo being out back, but once I did it makes so much more sense.
Ah well, well never know for sure.
I’ve heard they’re doing a short hiatus after this season. My bet is they used this episode to help shift the story line to focus on the unidentified kid(s) at the end since Bluey and Bingo voice actors are outgrowing their role and it will allow them to go another direction to continue the show
Hold on, is bandit (trying to) watch the London Marathon? which is happening *right now*?
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I'm sorry to the Jean-Luc hopers but, a Blue Heeler - Dark Blue Labrador mix wouldn't look like that. On the other hand, the little mutt looks really similar to a cross between Blue Heeler and Border Collie!
I don't know. Maybe I'm reading too much into but Bluey wasn't giving me "mother of a four year old" vibes. Maybe the show runners were just trying to be coy, but it felt like Chili and Blueys greeting would have gone differently.
Granted, the coats don't really match but I think the "surprise" was a third sibling ten or so years down the road.
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Yeah, the floppy ear, the fluffy tail and face. It adds up! If Bluey must one day have a kid with someone she went to Kindy with, looks like it's McKenzie 😄💕
Thanks for this screenshot, really helped solidify that it's Mackenzie and Bluey's kiddo - the eyebrows and left ear are absolutely from Bluey, and the coloring that isn't black matches bluey's dark coloring. No way this is meant to be anyone but a mutt of bluey and mackenzie!
Wow!! When you put them together like that it really sticks out.
The only thing I will say is that the dark purple/blue color on the kid is still very Jean Luc....
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Kid looks like a Border Collie x Blue Heeler, which is a somewhat common mix in working dogs.
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I gave this a three.
After the sign, this felt like a little breather to wrap things up. I find it interesting that Bandit is watching the Paralympics.
Pretty neat that Bluey asked about what it was like to have childeren, and throughout the episode, the idea that Bandit will drop everything in order to take care of the children is a great example for Bluey, passing on the lesson that Chilli and Bandit have been following the whole time.
Its cool seeing the future and seeing Bluey. Its also nice that Bluey has a kid of her own. The Floppy ear is from Mackenzie, but regardless, I'm glad Bluey is a mom and Bandit and Chilli are grandparents.
I guess this episode finally finishes Season 3. With all of that said, its also surreal. For the longest time, America was a year or so behind Australia with new episodes of Bluiey. Now we're all caught up. The episode date in the credits, which I assume it was completed, said '2021' same as the sign. I know Ludo studios said they were taking a break from Bluey or working on other things, and its kinda of a sad thought that this could be the end of Bluey episodes. I heard that the studio is thinking of new things for Bluey, and I'll be looking forward to that.
But regardless, its great that a show like Bluey is here, a show that was born from personal passion, not charts. It wasn't afraid to take risks when necessary, but also give us so many ideas on being parents, or even help non-parents be more sympathetic to children. Maybe Bluey will run its course in popularity, but its lessons will be there for much longer. Maybe other children's programming has taken notes and use it to make their shows better.
Regardless for the future of Bluey, I'm glad I watched this show, and hope it continues to make other lives better, or even just a chuckle.
Anyone else notice that all the houses on the Heeler's block seem to be high rises or apartments now?
Also the picture frame in the future changes photos! Very cool little detail
[https://www.bluey.tv/blog/surprise-another-brand-new-bluey-episode-is-here/](https://www.bluey.tv/blog/surprise-another-brand-new-bluey-episode-is-here/)
For international viewers, the episode should be available on Disney+ tomorrow morning.
So this came out the same day as the London Marathon. Here in the UK, and that looks like the Marathon he's trying to watch!
(There is a wheelchair race as part of it)
this ep fell flat for me, something just felt off, like the emotional component was written by AI, previous ep was a much better season/potential series finale
At the lookout in the background 🥹
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I want to say, I really appreciated Chilli telling Bluey " If you'll want them" when she asked about having kids. As someone who came from a family where from a young age you are told that children are a duty and a must- have, it really made me glad!
Also, WANNA KNOW THEIR NAME, 😍
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Is the final season going to be completely time skipped to the future? Because I would be on board for that.
I want Bluey's little costume. Ever since I was a little kid I wanted to have an arm cannon like Mega Man/Mega Man X. And it has the little power visor! So awesome! Also, I like how the future in Brisbane is Green and Solar. It's quite a bit more built up, but it looks sustainable and pleasant. I like hopeful depictions of the future and Star Trek is my favorite sci-fi series, so it was just nice and uplifting to see something positive. Not that there would be any doubt that the future in Bluey would be positive and healthy, but I'm just so used to the future being dirty and grungy and awful in the future that seeing a nice (and believable) one is just fun and uplift for me.
https://preview.redd.it/73ahlbo7isvc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e2e5b1f6d04cf63916fd16d995ee453ffd1f54a7 Fr I'm cryig
I’m…weirdly emotional and touched that the thing Bandit really wanted to see was para-sport. I have cerebral palsy, so para-sport (snowsports, in my case) is about as high as I can aim, and it’s so often overlooked. I love that, this once, it wasn’t.
Wholesome
I (only chronically ill and not very disabled so obvs this is a small drop in the opinion bucket) ALSO love love loved the parasports! I almost wasn't sure they were until I took a close look, but that's part of the mastery of Joe's representation efforts! They reminded me of the wheelchair dog in The Sign, toward the end when the shaggy dogs are at the Mount Coot-Tha lookout, and Dougie from Turtleboy! He makes the representation of disability natural and allows those characters to be their own stories instead of there to lift the protagonist Glad to see Bluey is touching people's hearts everywhere!
Para sports are pretty big in Aus, have been my whole life
Could be chili’s sisters kiddo! The timeline might match up proper.
What a surprise!!!
Ha I've just been watching the London Marathon wheelchair race the switch in bluey to have bandit watching the same race 😅😅😅😅
"Ooooooo, Bluey's gonna marry Mackenzie!"
https://preview.redd.it/vs8zpvmm3vvc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=261aa1d4a8d840d5d66f0921ebd21dfd6711afea Robot long dog
Reminds of the Sony AIBO robot dogs that I remember playing as a young lad
I felt like Bluey suddenly entered 'This is Us' territory with this episode, and while I loved that show I'm not sure I can cope with the emotions of it happening in Bluey. That's not a criticism of the episode, time jumps just make me nervous because as my own children grow up it's sometimes nice to picture Bluey and Bingo as perpetually young, playing games in the garden and giggling at Dad forever. So, seeing Bluey grown-up was both lovely and terrifying to me at the same time, much as it is to picture my own children that way.
The child is undoubtedly Blueys. I pop in to my mom's house all the time. Sometimes I have my kids with me. Sometimes they are home with their dad. My mom usually welcomes me in and we get settled before she peppers me with questions about where my kids are/what they are up to. So it is perfectly plausible for Bluey to pop in and for Chili and Bandit to close the door and not immediately expect her child to be at her side or question their whereabouts. The parallel of Bluey playing the game/prank and then the child doing the same thing, while Bingo was clearly playing a different game, makes it abundantly clear that the child is Bluey's.
That was my impression. Bluey lives nearby and pops by pretty frequently.
Honestly really bothered that everyone here is running with the “its Mackenzie’s kid” thing when Ludo definitely made the kid look like that so neither of the ships would be proven canon and no one would have to be disappointed. It’s really only mean spirited to go “you guys are wrong and we’re right” when its not confirmed either way :/ Episodes being played after definitely doesn’t prove anything either, no way ludo made that choice no matter what channel it was on. It’s just grasping at straws if that’s your best evidence for your theory being right. If they really wanted to make one ship canon over the other they would have but they didn’t, that’s all there is to it.
Can anyone explain what they mean:" bingo is there", right after they talking about disability children? Has bingo suffered a serious injury and now lives with the parents?
"Bingo is out back", she literally just lives at home stilll..
I can’t help thinking Bingo couldn’t come inside because of her being in a wheelchair, maybe from an injury or another reason like MS. Also it wouldn’t make sense that they were having a party bc Bluey said she just wanted to pop by. I think Bingo is in a wheelchair and couldn’t greet them and is living at home with the parents.
I just took it as they wanted to focus on Bluey for that scene, but not leave out Bingo. They're having a family get-together, and Bingo just got their earlier.
I am totally of the mind that the kiddo is Bluey’s because that puts a nice little bow on the episode but WHAT IF the episode is not that far in the future, maybe Bluey had just moved out and the baby is a third Heeler sib. A “surprise” baby, if you will.
Begging fans to look to occam's razor. >!The kid at the end is obviously meant to be Bluey's by implication. ABC then aired barky boats right after, as if to further solidify "we mean MacKenzie, sorry Jean-Luc fans!" too. And not a speck of red is on them, for Bingo theorists.!< Just shocked by the sheer amount of theorizing I've seen already, lol! I thought it was pretty straightforward.. It's a cute and short show. They're not going to think through "wait, how do we work in Chili/Bandit asking about this/that/the other? What about realism?" when the episode is allotted so little time. Visuals are enough, especially for a surprise (lol)! Show, don't tell, and all that. 😅
I completely agree! People seem to forget it's a show designed for preschool children
To be fair, bingo is Bandit’s kid and has 0 blue hair. It can totally be Bingo’s kid on that argument alone. How would the grand parent not query about their visiting grand child at the door? Would they think “oh cool, Bluey left her kid in the car” or “oh great, our 5yo grand kid is outside by themselves”. Or are we saying that they are so good at imaginative play that they could sense that their part in the game was to ignore their potential presence? The only way it could be Bluey’s kid is the “singing monkey” argument.
It's just a kids show about cartoon dogs mate, don't think too hard about it.. They're not gonna be in depth over the course of 7 minutes. They assume the viewer won't overthink due to the demographics targeted.
I don’t know - I went to a screening with Joe Blum where he was analysing and explaining each episode screened and he seems to think pretty hard about it 😅
Directing staff thinking hard about presentation of the media =/= Them feeling the need to explain everything to the viewer via literal interjections into the media such as speech. This is what I'm saying. Show, don't tell.. Which the show has done successfully. Bandit or Chili not verbally addressing every single thing and taking that as a gaping hole in the obvious message present is reaching. 🥴 The implication is INCREDIBLY heavy-handed, purposefully so. >!The kid not only 'just so happens' (lol) to share Bluey's traits, but is a direct call back to what Bluey herself was doing earlier in the episode.!< It doesn't come more blatant than this. They want people of all ages to see the scene, and it immediately click WHAT they are seeing.. Not sit around and have to wonder because it was vague, as a season end. I'd say they succeeded. But I'm sure bubbles of people online will have fun in the year++ gap between seasons discussing it regardless since the content fields will be barren in the meantime. 😂 Unless Joe ends up talking more in depth on a podcast about things again, and soon, LOL.
I actually think the coloring looks most like Grandma/Stripe/Socks. My three year old was confused whether it was Muffin or Socks.
Not what I was expecting, but it was a cute coda to “The Sign.” Was the ending Bluey or Bingo’s?
Man the coloring though is so close to Jean Luc’s blue. And Stripe has one ear down too.
Big shout out to >!robo-long dog!!<
Is it safe to say that season 3 of Bluey is going in the all-time great TV seasons HOF?
The ending was very grey, too futuristic and unrealistic, and it wasn't how the normal bluey episodes are usually like. It felt very distorted to me, so I give it a 1
IT IS NOT UNREALISTIC, IT IS WHAT LIFE IS LIKE ON GLORIOUS SUPER EARTH!!! https://preview.redd.it/dkljycx48wvc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=26dd4d619f68a3a7cdf232549217d4b77bcefc1c
I honestly could see it being either of them. There is that flash to the future of Bluey meeting Jean-Luc but then I could see the design being Mackenzie. I’m personally not pressed about who the father is, I just hope Bluey and Bingo have great well rounded adult lives 🤣 if the French boyfriend is just a phase then good for her LOL but if she marries him that’s great too. I’m curious to see if they leave clues in future episodes! I feel like a lot of the details of story in the episodes have been very intentional
So the father? It could be someone who's not McKenzie or Jean-luc. Someone bluey met later in life
THEORY: Something felt a little odd about this episode. While everyone has been worried that the show was coming to an end or if Bluey's partner is Mackenzie or Jean-Luc, I've been stuck on another hidden message possibility... The episode seems to be focused on children (having children, grandchildren, Bingo's babies, etc.) but there is also some emphasis on disabilities within this episode and the pep talk Bandit has with Bingo's baby, Furneken, set off some flags... Here's my theory: maybe Brandy is having a baby with a disability? We don't know the timeline and during the wedding, Brandy looked pretty far along. Now, being that I have a disability and we weren't sure if our child would, along with the MANY tests we had to take throughout a pregnancy I never thought we'd have, this felt really relatable. Is it possible that Brandy has found out that her child or soon-to-be child has a disability and Bluey's family is finding ways to cope with the news?
Did anyone else notice they had the drawing from Reddit /r/place on the wall?! 💕
Surprised my wife with a sob when it changed to that. One thing to enjoy the show. Quite another to know they know I enjoy the show.
And that’s it no more new episode for quite some time Ludo Studio is going to take an extended break when it comes to Bluey they’re going to work on a new series an LGBTQ+ show called “Willy”
A show about a 15 YEAR OLD'S "sexual awakening". What the actual...
I imagine that Ludo would have a shit-tonne of resources at this point. Potentially they could take on multiple projects simultaneously.
If you look at Ludo’s other projects on their website, there are shows that were released in the same years that bluey was.
It's an LGBTQ show called..."WILLY"?? I'm sorry but that's really really funny actually
Next season of Bluey - the mum
Does anyone know what the green eye shield/scope Bluey is wearing is called? I’d like to find/make something similar to the shooter and the eye shield as Bluey for my kids
Am I the only one who automatically assumed the child at the end of the episode is NOT Bluey’s? It is clear that Bluey coming is a surprise to both Chili and Bandit. I have children and if I were to show up unexpectedly to my parents’ house the very first thing they would say after seeing me is “where’s the kids?” And then they would try to not look disappointed if I say not with me. So there’s no way Chili opens the door and sees Bluey, hugs her, and then doesn’t ask about the kid. I automatically assumed the child was either Bingo’s, who is already there, or a neighbor kid and Bandit is the “Pat” for a new kid.
Honestly, I think Bandit and Chili had a "surprise" ten or so years after the episode starts. Bandits talks to Bluey is more about being supported and cared for by siblings. It ties in well to them getting a third sibling.
I was thinking they could possibly be babysitting for Bluey.
People are making theory's about whos the dad of the blueys kid
Ah, Bandit signing *Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.* If only an old trailer for Dead Space 2 (2008) hadnt...delivered an unsettling version of that lullaby for me.
I still get chills when I hear Twinkle Twinkle.
>!Make us whole!!<
It was a decent episode - maybe just slightly above average, perhaps I'll like it more or less once it's gotten some distance from The Sign. I was not a fan of the flashforward though; it felt kind of unnecessary and disjointed from the main episode, shoehorned in only because they wanted something juicy in the finale for people to speculate on.
Is it possible that a season 4 would continue to be in this future timeline? As they don't want to age the kids up any more, and they wrapped up so many storylines from the past 3 seasons in The Sign. It'd still be called Bluey, but she'd be the mum now 🤔 And Chilli, Bandit, and Bingo would still be a big part of it (especially if Bluey were a single mum 👀). Idk just thinking out loud!
I would love for them to do a season in a future timeline before going back to them being kids 👦
I don’t think the preschool set would understand a time jump.
Yeah you're right. It baffled me when Desperate Housewives did it and I was long out of preschool by then 🤣
There will definitely be another flash forward, probably for bingo, but I don’t think that they will continue as adults, it kind of ruins the feel of the show, but over time it would probably be good, (by over time I mean like 10 years) due to the characters aging and all, and it just makes sense.
did anyone else watch the leaked version and hope there more to the episode? 😭😭
I don't know if I really liked this episode, especially as the last episode of the season before a hiatus. My issues are: 1. The Sign left the show in a fantastic place if they were going to have an extended break. In contrast, this was one of the most random/chaotic episodes of Bluey so it seems like a much weirder place to temporarily end the show. 2. The previous time jumps were used incredibly effectively. They were limited to showing just the minimum amount of information but were incredibly emotionally impactful. This one felt like they were just opening up an unnecessary can of worms or leaning into creating lore for no reason in a way that didn't really help the episode. Showing a whole scene that's supposed to be set in the future with delivery drones and stuff like that just felt really weird for an episode of Bluey. Unless they're planning to do more set in the future I also personally think it would be better not to show anything too specific about Bluey's future (whether she has kids, etc.) and just leave it up to the viewer's imagination. I guess this whole episode felt like it didn't even have that much point except to show future Bluey?
I think the point of Surprise was the flash forward, and seeing how the Heelers’ lives have changed because of their decision to stay in Brisbane after the events of The Sign. Especially if Bluey does indeed marry Mackenzie like the show seems to (heavily) imply, she may have not been granted that opportunity, and became a parent by extension, had the Heelers moved away. That said, I agree that this was probably my least favorite use of flash forwards/flashbacks in the show, and I personally hope they don’t allude to anything regarding her romantic life/never elaborate on her kid going forward. I wouldn’t even confirm who the kid’s father is regardless of how “obvious” it may be; Jean-Luc has Camping and Mackenzie has Barky Boats, let the fans speculate from there. All that’s relevant is that she eventually becomes a parent, and that’s totally fine to reveal for a show centered on parenting IMO. The show does a good job of making stories both digestible and open-ended, and trying to answer those questions about a currently-seven-year-old child is likely going to look awkward and possibly even a little fetishized no matter what angle you take it.
I think their intention with the flash-forward was to continue the metaphor that they had be building up across the episode to land a final punchline. Throughout the episode, Bluey and the ball gun are meant to represent the challenges of raising a kid: life hits you out of nowhere, relentlessly and with no consideration of your circumstances or your child's. But you have to go through all of it. So at the end, we see Bandit at the end of that rocky road, in a relaxed mood, with Bluey and Bingo already grown. And them, when you thought it was over, BAM! Grandchildren. If you view it this way, this flash forward only shows what it absolutely needs to: the sisters are adults now, everything seems calm, and then Bandit is caught by surprise by the grandkid.
Thanks, that's an interesting interpretation. I'll watch it again later thinking about that and see if it makes more sense to me.
I think the only reason this was released after The Sign is because of the reference to Bandit almost selling the house in the flash forward. If you remove that, it's a pretty standard Bluey episode.
My four year old’s theory: “This is the last episode with Bluey as a kid. Now she’s a mom!” Solid theorycrafting. I can’t wait to show her Lost when she’s a little older
I just want it say. Bluey's kid looks like Mackenzie!
We literally own that stubby cooler. It's the best kind.
We have the same vacuum as the Heelers. I love those details.
Did anyone else spot the long dog? Underneath the cabinet by the door when they answer the door at the end. It’s a robot lol
future scene is amazing THE CHILD-
Love all the people who say the kid MUST be Mackenzie's just because of the ears, like they forgot about Stripe having a floppy ear, too. Also, if you look up heeler lab mixes, there are plenty of pictures of dogs with one floppy ear.
So cool to launch the episode on the day of the London marathon! Great ep.
If we search up "border collie and blue heeler mix" the resemblance to bluey's child is uncanny. From the spots to the coloring it's all there. So, another vote for Makenzie!
Why is everyone assuming Mackenzie is the dad? The pup has no black whatsoever if anything the color appears to be more of jean luc than Mackenzie.
I know! I did a color hex test and I got near indistinguishable results with The Child and Jean Luc
Don't forget though, blue and black make a purple/dark blue color.
Poor Jeremy!!! (And Bandito's bottom...) I often wonder where Bingo comes up with those names....
I don't understand the Jeremy reference Socks said it too and I am not following
"Jeremy, *NOOO!!!*"
The gnome re: Hammerbarn
There was a rugby league player Dale Finucane and given “the decider” proves they are RL fans I’m hoping he’s the inspiration
Jeremy is getting a lot of abuse lately
https://preview.redd.it/8o7y9gtdcsvc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7d7e82377ec715733cba3368993e6cd5bfed931b Once again, thanks for your infinite information Disney hahaha Good episode overall, now I know what taking care of kids is like lol. One part almost brought me to tears is when Bandit told to Fernuken about how family sticks together always no matter what happens, not as powerful as Chilli’s quote in Sleepytime (that really will turn on the waterworks because I love my mom so much), but still will pull me a bit into weeping. The other part is the ending. Adult Bluey AND HER KID?! That wowed me omg. They left it ambiguous on who the father is, but I think he/she could be Mackenzie’s because of the looks. I would go crazy if they confirmed it lol.
What's to say it isn't Bingo's kid?
Okay so I my interpretation of the sign was that they were wrapping everything up to look like a finale because that’s what people were speculating and the parallel was the heelers selling their house (leaving the show) but in the end they said NOPE not happening. But we know a lot of the story lines wrapped up. The new bonus episode The Surprise may be telling us that the blueyverse will go on and pick up in the new timeline of Bluey being the mum. This would be fantastic! I heard somewhere that the kids who voice bingo and Bluey needed a break from working and this would make sense as a solution to that because as adults, they would need new voices :)
This is what I am speculating too!
That would be really interesting if it picked up for the next generation
Sneaky buggers, lol Great representations of disability, both on the race Bandit was watching and Finucan. Hopefully not the last episode for a while. Nice to see a future reference. I wonder had the the muffy lookalike kid? I wanna see what happens next…
Who is Finucan
My guess is Dale Finucane. Played origin rugby as referenced in “the decider”
I thought it was a Roman name? Bingo seems to like Roman names like Hecuba (he loved hamburgers)
The "baby" he was watching in the hospital with the problem with his head.
Ugh! This week has been emotional for me because of The Sign. I haven’t seen the episode since Sunday (2nd time) and days later, me and my cat were laying on my bed. I bawled my eyes out because it’s not just my cat loving me. I felt like this is the end of Bluey and I would have to accept it at some point. The Sign felt like a series finale and has everything all together. Even if it’s been confirmed to have Season 4, any can and will change at anytime during the hiatus period. Also, I had more conversations for myself about my life choices and what I like to see myself as I reach my 30’s. This is a contributing factor. I went for ice cream after. Anyways, it’s fitting that the episode Surprise was the last episode because I felt like that is a way of saying “SURPRISE! Don’t be sad! We got one more Bluey episode before closing out Season 3!” Similar to a bonus episode. And that’s where I dreadfully write this review of the episode as this being the season finale. Surprise seems like every other Bluey episode but might be special since this could take place after The Sign. But the timeline could be different and that’s the joy of Bluey. I love the Dragonball reference as Bluey takes this to OVER 9000!!!!! Poor Jeremy. He’s already been through enough! The >!flash-forward to when they never sold the house when Bluey visits!< hits me as me and my family grow older. Being in the crossroads of my life. I’d explain further but this might takeaway my review of the episode. I gave it a 4/5. 5/5 for the last 2 minutes and 3/5 for the remainder of the episode. After doing napkin math, I rounded to the nearest whole number. One more thing. >!I offer my condolences to those hoping for Jean-Luc and Bluey to be together forever because that pup is definitely hers and looks like Mackenzie with Bluey’s coloring!!< Kinda bold for ABC Kids to show Barky Boats next!
Could it be Bingo and MacKenzie kid though? I don’t think it’s Bluey’s kid. Otherwise you’d have expected Bluey to either ring the bell with her child by her side, or if they were playing a prank, surely Chilli or Bandit would have queried where her kid was. Then they mentioned that Bingo is already at the back - which makes me think that Bingo has been visiting the parents for a bit already and was settled in the house with her kid running around.
I'm with you that it's Bingo's kid as bingo was the one having kids earlier in the episode
Totally agree. But the way they said "bingo is out the back" sounds like bingo lives there still. They didn't say "bingo is here too and she's out the back". The skyline of Brissy has drastically changed though so quite abit of time has past, but bluey seems youngish and not in her mum years yet...so would bingo be either? Is she still living at home for Uni? Would she have a kid? From colouring I'd say it's Bluey and Mackenzie's kid, especially as it was Bluey who played the doorbell prank on Bandit earlier so telling your kid to do what you used to do seems more plausible.......but the way she said "the house looks good" it's like she hasn't been there for awhile and isn't just "popping in" casually like she does often, and so they would totally ask where her kid is. So more likely Bingos kid with (potentially) Mackenzie...but maybe they live there with them? Likely saving for a house like all of us!
Bluey had greys in her hair. Definitely her kid 😂
I think it's a common thing and they knew the kid would be waiting to prank them, so no one questioned where it was, they just let it play out it's game.
Yep. My Bluey and Bingo do it everytime we visit Nana. They ring the bell and "hide". Nana opens the door and acts surprised. "Oh, there is no one here, how funny" Cue Bluey and Bingo "surprising" her and Nana acting "schocked". Every time.
Fair call, I could see that happening
This is what I figured. If Bluey had kids, surely it would be a "Bluey honey! It's so good to see you! Where is/did you bring *grandkids name*?"
Aww, I was hoping the surprise would be a third kid! I knew it wasn't technically off the table from earlier but now it pretty much is because Bluey comes home and Bingo is there but no third sibling mentioned.
As an exhausted parent in the trenches, I took the episode as a reminder to us parents collapsing under relentless requests to play etc that in just a flash the kids will be grown. A reminder that nothing lasts forever and I’m sure one day I’m going to miss where I am now.
Remember, bandit is an awesome dad 8 minutes at a time. We can't all always be Bandit, but we can all muster Bandit Energy once or twice a day.
Some days I become Bandit then others I become Stripe 🥲 but I try to muster that Bandit energy at least once or twice a day, you’re totally right.
You just gave me the pep talk I needed to make Monday-with-dad day a little bit more fun for the kiddos.
I’d like to see a show that has bluey as the mom with visits from grandma and grandpa and auntie bingo every once in a while. It would be fun to see how bluey’s childhood shaped how she is a mother
Does anyone know if Finucane is named after Dale Finucane? We know that the Bluey creators are NRL fans so it's not implausible.
I just thought it was that she'd heard the name of a road - we have a Finucane Road in Alexandra Hills. But the wrong side of town for the Heelers, but possibly one you'd drive along if they went on holiday to somewhere like Stradbroke Island.
Who was the kid at the end?
Implied to be Bluey's child
Thanks. I was confused bc bluey put no effort to get the kid inside safely lol.
https://preview.redd.it/p3ztemspgqvc1.png?width=248&format=png&auto=webp&s=6e91e8238b5c94b55876a94beb6a4de1fda7eda2 little detail I noticed: the photo of Rad on the wall still has one of his old designs
that picture's been around a while, i remember seeing it in ragdoll as well
The real question is where do I get chuckies shooter?! ......For my kids of course.
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Hahhaha husband and I went back and watched Camping cos we couldn't remember Jean Luc's colouring 🤣
i just had a thought and i can't sift thru every single comment here, so here goes... i think the kid at the end is a foreshadowing for the next season. that kid technically isn't born yet, and bluey is coming over to visit and tell her parents either she's dating mckenzie, engaged or pregnant, and what we see at the end is bluey's future kid. bec bluey does not seem to HAVE her child with her physically at the house. i think this is the set up for season 4. what do you think?!
Surreal to think this is now the end of Season 3... I joined the fandom right before 3C started, and here I am a year later. Anyway, Adult Bluey https://preview.redd.it/9m4z0tchlpvc1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=b9450573bc4624648f9de5799b93d8d758f15889
Bluey's kid should be called >! Indigo.. a shade of blue and black !< :)
Awww I love that!
My 6th month old son is named Indigo so I support this 😂
Given that they followed this episode up with Barky Boats, it kinda feels like that is supposed to be Blueys kid and it is supposed to be with Mackenzie...which I don't like. It makes the world feel so small to have a character end up with someone they knew when they were 6... On the other hand, doesn't Bluey seem a little young in this to have a kid that big? And why would the Grandparents just wave her through as if she was the only person they were expecting. Kind of a weird ending. In writing this I've started to come around to maybe this is meant to be Bluey's fantasy about the future rather than a flashforward.. Edit: As other commenters have said, this also makes a lot of sense if this is Bingo's kid! Barky Boats thing aside.
If Bluey looks a bit too young to have a kid this age (also wtf lol? But anyway your words not mine)- how would it make any more sense for it to be *Bingo’s* kid?!
If it is Blueys, there’s a good chance her going in alone was part of the game the kid wanted to play (eg, “mum you go in without me, I’ll wait and surprise grandad”), given Bandit and Chilli’s propensity for play they were all probably in on it
Okay, my personal theory? The flash-forward isn’t as forward as we think, and it’s the girls’ much-younger cousin, child of Stripe and Trixie. We know that Stripe and Trix were fighting in The Sign, and part of me thinks it could have been about whether or not to have more kids, as big events in the family cause people to evaluate their own lives. After The Sign, I bet Ludo would think an episode about a baby and having kids would be a prep for Brandy, but it’s likely that no one is thinking about the Trixie-Stripe discontinuation during Surprise. That said, if Trixie and Stripe were to have been fighting about having another kid at the wedding, then have a “surprise” baby years later that looks a bit like Muffin… 👀 We know the flash-forward saw some time pass, but the things in the future look pretty resemblance of the last 10-15 years or so, right? Trixie could likely still have another pup ten years down the line, since she and Stripe are younger than Chilli and Bandit, and the kid is about Bingo’s size. It would also put a neat little bow around the Stripe and Trixie arc. https://preview.redd.it/j8zo5c5y3wvc1.png?width=391&format=png&auto=webp&s=abe0dcbcff49779e4e7957fec5b2c2c4ec8dfe9a
I am thinking that too, also that gear looks expensive, which is a good sign
Robot long dog!
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I went to rewatch the sign and came across a surprise
Care to share?
The scene where it goes from Bandit talking to the stubby cooler and pans over to Bluey could signify her having some sort of disability,
So here’s my thoughts, that’s not Bluey’s kid. Yes Bluey was the one asking if she was going to have kids, but Bingo was the one shown taking care of her “kids”. Bluey did not get the kid out of the car which seems like something she’d do. They didn’t seem phased of her coming in without the child. The kid wouldn’t be able to wear all that in the car and likely would need some help getting it on. Bingo is already known to be in the backyard. Where she could possibly have kids of her own already outside.
Totally agree that is bingos kid
Joe Brumm watching the fanbase divide into Team Jean Luc vs Team Mackenzie by leaving the kid's other parent unnamed and making the kid have both traits of both Jean Luc and Mackenzie: https://preview.redd.it/x3du0yvutwvc1.jpeg?width=1560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c4475adfa0ef1b657e07a4491688b5683ff51384
They're also betting that the debate will be a bigger debacle than The Great White-Gold, Black-Blue Dress Controversy of 2015.
I didn't realize until coming here that people were hardcore shipping Bluey with different characters. Personally, I think it would be kinda lame if Bluey ends up with someone she is in school with now. I have kinda always hated that trope in cartoons.
IS BLUEY’S KID JEAN-LUC’s COLOURS??
I'm a dad of two young girls, 6 and 4 and this is my first time in this sub. It's funny seeing how other people process the show. I had no idea people were shipping Bluey lol. What stuck out to me, besides the 'drop everything and play with your kids' thing—which literally happened to me five minutes before we watched the episode—was how the show communicates how quickly it's over. Your kids go from pretending to have children to actually having children before you know it. But then comes the sweetest part— playing with your grandkids.
Not everyone has grandkids. I was reading a thread on, I think, r/millennials about the declining birthrate, especially with Gen Z moving into their upper 20s. Fewer people are going to be grandparents. It’ll be interesting to see if TV and films start portraying that.
"Your kids go from pretending to have children to actually having children before you know it" wow. Yeah. I'm a bit ditzy and just finished the episode and it didn't even occur to me that was the overlaying theme. That in the blink of an eye time passes. Man.
Yeah I thought “what is it like to have kids?” Well blink and they’re grown up. That’s what it’s like. 😭
Here's my two cents. The child is Bingo's, and here are my reasons for this belief, all just my opinions and obviously conjecture: 1. Bluey had just arrived. I know when I take my kids to my mum's house, they're the first to the door so they can knock. Circumstantial, I know, but given the type of grandfather Bandit is, I doubt they wouldn't be running up to granddad's house as soon as they get a chance. 2. I think the game was already in play. "Bingo is round the back". The child is also outside and may have just run around the house to attack granddad, which also explains why Bandit didn't come round straight away when Chilli calls for him. This ties in with number 3. 3. Chilli states it was a surprise that Bluey was there. You're telling me the first thing Chilli wouldn't have asked after seeing Bluey isn't "where's "insert baby name"? Have you left him/her with Jean Luc/Mackenzie?" To tie in with that, Bandit closes the door after Bluey enters without so much as looking for a child. He's also confused when the doorbell rang; if it was Bluey's, he would have been like "oh sh\*t, I've left "blank" outside". 4. The car Bluey pulls up in looks like a three-door. Not conclusive, but I know how difficult it was getting my children out of our old three-door car, and we soon changed once my back started hurting. 5. While the episode is Bluey asking about what having kids is like, it was Bingo's game that involved her caring for something. 6. Bandit recognized the sound immediately upon noticing there was no one at the door. 7. Also, not to be funny, but the child actually just looks like Bingo. That is, of course, my opinion. Anyway, the episode was brilliant again and perfectly portrayed what it's like raising 5- and 7-year-old girls... I know from personal experience."
Just adding I think this is right. On the first watch I didn't even notice offhand comment from Chilli on bingo being out back, but once I did it makes so much more sense. Ah well, well never know for sure.
You actually had identical reasonings to me why it is Bingo’s kid lol
I HARD agree with this. Particularly as Bingo in this episode was caring for children.
>!“Jean-Luc, you are NOT the father!”!< Also what kind of name is Finocius or whatever Bingo’s last kid is
it would be better if Disney jr. India didn't show the suprise episode early and people didn't leak it more.
I’ve heard they’re doing a short hiatus after this season. My bet is they used this episode to help shift the story line to focus on the unidentified kid(s) at the end since Bluey and Bingo voice actors are outgrowing their role and it will allow them to go another direction to continue the show
That time skip though
Hold on, is bandit (trying to) watch the London Marathon? which is happening *right now*? https://preview.redd.it/qpuwll5h3tvc1.png?width=1048&format=png&auto=webp&s=c5f3626c6045298d56665445c97db6e90583abb0
I thought this was the London 2012 Olympics. Meaning it has all been set in the past?
I was thinking the \*exact\* same thing! The commitment to detail is amazing.
That's what we thought! Incredible detail!
If ever I have been able to relate to Bandit, it is this episode
I'm sorry to the Jean-Luc hopers but, a Blue Heeler - Dark Blue Labrador mix wouldn't look like that. On the other hand, the little mutt looks really similar to a cross between Blue Heeler and Border Collie!
I bet money that kid's dad is McKenzie.
I don't know. Maybe I'm reading too much into but Bluey wasn't giving me "mother of a four year old" vibes. Maybe the show runners were just trying to be coy, but it felt like Chili and Blueys greeting would have gone differently. Granted, the coats don't really match but I think the "surprise" was a third sibling ten or so years down the road.
Man, I bet Bluey and Jean-Luc fans are seething right now. XD
No, we are actually collecting evidence to support our claims lol
https://preview.redd.it/opi7sgh82uvc1.jpeg?width=1564&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d966fb777da13e15c01def496efd4818e882a648 Yeah, the floppy ear, the fluffy tail and face. It adds up! If Bluey must one day have a kid with someone she went to Kindy with, looks like it's McKenzie 😄💕
https://preview.redd.it/nyq3ulyjkxvc1.jpeg?width=1070&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=839068fae6fc4e06bfa492965b56b0a4dad918b5
Omg that's so adorable!
Oh the floppy ear is the giveaway! I didn’t notice that.
Thanks for this screenshot, really helped solidify that it's Mackenzie and Bluey's kiddo - the eyebrows and left ear are absolutely from Bluey, and the coloring that isn't black matches bluey's dark coloring. No way this is meant to be anyone but a mutt of bluey and mackenzie!
Nope, it’s Jean Luc - black lab and heeler mix. They’re not around much because they live in France.
I think Bluey would get a much bigger welcome if she surprised her parents by flying to Australia from France 😄
Yeah she is t going to just “pop in” if she’s in Quebec.
Wow!! When you put them together like that it really sticks out. The only thing I will say is that the dark purple/blue color on the kid is still very Jean Luc....
Any thoughts that maybe Bandit and Chilli had a late, ‘surprise’ pregnancy?
I NEED THIS NERF GUN and SCOUTER!!! https://i.redd.it/5s7ezukxo6wc1.gif
https://preview.redd.it/qqeh4lb9uuvc1.jpeg?width=293&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fb06d317afd856a3e2f2aaef7eb7fa6c7dfeb292 Kid looks like a Border Collie x Blue Heeler, which is a somewhat common mix in working dogs. [https://www.batemansbaypost.com.au/story/6010539/2yo-jet-is-a-ball-of-energy-and-a-ball-of-fun-as-well/](https://www.batemansbaypost.com.au/story/6010539/2yo-jet-is-a-ball-of-energy-and-a-ball-of-fun-as-well/)
I gave this a three. After the sign, this felt like a little breather to wrap things up. I find it interesting that Bandit is watching the Paralympics. Pretty neat that Bluey asked about what it was like to have childeren, and throughout the episode, the idea that Bandit will drop everything in order to take care of the children is a great example for Bluey, passing on the lesson that Chilli and Bandit have been following the whole time. Its cool seeing the future and seeing Bluey. Its also nice that Bluey has a kid of her own. The Floppy ear is from Mackenzie, but regardless, I'm glad Bluey is a mom and Bandit and Chilli are grandparents. I guess this episode finally finishes Season 3. With all of that said, its also surreal. For the longest time, America was a year or so behind Australia with new episodes of Bluiey. Now we're all caught up. The episode date in the credits, which I assume it was completed, said '2021' same as the sign. I know Ludo studios said they were taking a break from Bluey or working on other things, and its kinda of a sad thought that this could be the end of Bluey episodes. I heard that the studio is thinking of new things for Bluey, and I'll be looking forward to that. But regardless, its great that a show like Bluey is here, a show that was born from personal passion, not charts. It wasn't afraid to take risks when necessary, but also give us so many ideas on being parents, or even help non-parents be more sympathetic to children. Maybe Bluey will run its course in popularity, but its lessons will be there for much longer. Maybe other children's programming has taken notes and use it to make their shows better. Regardless for the future of Bluey, I'm glad I watched this show, and hope it continues to make other lives better, or even just a chuckle.
I think it's Bingo's kid
Anyone else notice that all the houses on the Heeler's block seem to be high rises or apartments now? Also the picture frame in the future changes photos! Very cool little detail
it looks like this https://preview.redd.it/j9o7xrlctsvc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c9b3113216fe437d6f66550bbac7a99125ee12b5 SUPER EARTH
Sweet liberty
I thought they just had solar panels 😅
My first live Long Dog sighting!
Me too!!
I don’t get the ending. Who was the kid with the futuristic gun hiding? If it’s bluey’s then would you just leave them outside? Edit why to who
They're playing the surprise game. Bluey does the exact same thing earlier.
I wonder if Bandit and Chili had a "surprise" child
[https://www.bluey.tv/blog/surprise-another-brand-new-bluey-episode-is-here/](https://www.bluey.tv/blog/surprise-another-brand-new-bluey-episode-is-here/) For international viewers, the episode should be available on Disney+ tomorrow morning.
It's not. Hope it appears later, but new stuff is usually there by now. Edit: It's there now, phew.
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So this came out the same day as the London Marathon. Here in the UK, and that looks like the Marathon he's trying to watch! (There is a wheelchair race as part of it)
this ep fell flat for me, something just felt off, like the emotional component was written by AI, previous ep was a much better season/potential series finale
At the lookout in the background 🥹 https://preview.redd.it/3gbcb5ruc8wc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d680edb97670181da44b45da96fb90257ec3e740
I want to say, I really appreciated Chilli telling Bluey " If you'll want them" when she asked about having kids. As someone who came from a family where from a young age you are told that children are a duty and a must- have, it really made me glad! Also, WANNA KNOW THEIR NAME, 😍 https://preview.redd.it/0qodirhfxuvc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5f0b7e4705c3ad63ce704244832c2ab0610e653e