We've finished season 1! Now were recapping everything that happened, testing my Bluey knowledge, and talking about the best moments in season 1.

Bluey: Season 1 Recap

It is Christmas Eve, and Bluey tries to sneak over and peak at a present. Her dad catches her and tells her that Santa doesn’t give presents to naughty children—setting up the whole episode. Bluey, Bingo, and Muffin, then run off apologizing to people all over the place for knocking into them because they want Santa to know they are good kids. They play a game with Bandit and end up having a great time. But when Socks comes in and bites Bluey, Bluey gets bitter and sets out to teach socks a lesson. Bluey learns the real reason you should be nice to someone…and it’s not because Santa is always watching. It’s a good lesson for parents to not threaten kindness out of your kids, but rather to show that they ought to treat others the way they’d want to be treated.

Bluey: S1E52 - Verandah Santa

Daddy Putdown

Chilli is off to a baby shower, but Bluey does not want her to go. As soon as she leaves, Bluey misses her, so Bandit comes up with some games to distract her, but distraction only goes so far. Bluey asks her dad to call mom and ask her to come back, but as he does it, Bandit describes how much mom was looking forward to this, and Bluey thinks of what her mom wants and asks her dad to hang up. She then mirrors her mom and has a baby shower with some of her toys and it makes her feel much better. This is also a really great episode for the dynamic between Bandit and Bingo. But Bluey learns about missing someone you love and how to cope.

Bluey: S1E51 - Daddy Putdown

Bingo and Bluey want a pet. So Bandit, thinking it’s a wise move, employs the service of his hand to act as an emu named Shaun to show his kids how difficult a pet can be. Bandit takes the girls all over the house and the town and seems to annoy them but also amuse them. And it ends up tiring Bandit out way more, and he crashes in the late afternoon and just sleeps all the way till morning. It also ends up backfiring as both of the girls now use their hands to peck at Bandit because Shaun had babies, and now the girls can annoy Bandit just like he annoyed them. The girls kinda bypass the idea of having a pet anymore and elect to have fun poking dad with Shaun’s babies.

Bluey: S1E50 - Shaun

Bluey is not showing manners at the dinner table, so her dad keeps ragging on the girls and Chilli until Chilli gets a little annoyed and gives Bluey a magic asparagus. The veggie turns people into any animal you want. So Bluey then makes a game of it and starts turning her family into different animals until she is exhausted and learns that dogs are not animals and they need to exhibit manners at the table, because sometimes manners can order life and make is less tiring.

Bluey: S1E49 - Asparagus

Bluey and Bingo are getting ready for bed when Bluey starts to tease Bingo a little bit. Bingo complains and the parents get involved telling them they they should not tease one another. Then the girls launch a campaign against their dad for all the things he does to tease them. After their list comes to a close, Bandit shows them how they are only telling half of the story, and we don’t hear what the difference is between teasing and play, but we know that it involves two people having fun, and we know the girls got a better grasp at what teasing is through this episode.

Bluey: S1E48 - Teasing

Bluey is playing a game of house in the playroom when Bingo comes in. She asks if anyone’s seen the couch cushions, but then joins Bluey building with the couch cushions Bluey has. Chilli enters, asking if anyone’s seen the couch cushions, then joins in the play with the girls. Then Bandit comes in, asking if anyone’s seen the couch cushions, and then joins in at the end of the playroom, to the incredible annoyance of Chilli. Bluey and Chilli learn how to live next to annoying neighbors in Bingo and Bandit, and the whole family learns the valuable lesson of what it takes to be a good neighbor, which is one of life’s greatest questions.

Bluey: S1E47 - Neighbors

It’s bedtime, but Bingo cannot find her beloved floppy. And we all know how kids can get if they don’t have their favorite stuffy to sleep with during bedtime. So Chilli, Bluey, and Bingo retrace their steps story at a time. The story is strange at first, but as they keep retracing their steps, we get more of what happened during this weird and crazy day that the Heelers had together. Bingo learns that she has a bad memory, but if someone says just the right word, it will unleash her memory to be able to remember where she hid floppy.

Bluey: S1E46 - Chickenrat

Bandit brings Bingo and Bluey to the supermarket to get some shopping done. But in the car ride there the two kids have a debate about who is the favorite child—note it’s always the oldest. When Bandit tells them that parents can’t have a favorite, Bluey goes full takeover and plays a game where she is the mom and Bingo and her dad are her two kids. Bingo is clearly her favorite and she ends up saying that out loud and really hurting Bandit’s feelings (in the game). So Bluey learns a lesson about favoritism and treating people equally.

Bluey: S1E45 - Kids

The family comes back from Crazy World, a theme park close by. The parents are exhausted after a long day with the kids, but the kids are still awake and ready to go. The ask to play one more game before bed and Bandit gives a condition that is has to be a game where he doesn’t have to move or speak with his mouth. So as mom and dad collapse on the couch, the girls decide to play Mount Mumandad—a game where they climb on their parents to reach the top (aka, Bandits nose). The girls learn that swiftness is not always as valuable as steadiness as the girls try to get to the top together.

Bluey: S1E44 - Mount Mumandad

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The Heeler family is on a camping trip. And Bluey, playing down by the river, meets a puppy who speaks French and doesn’t know a lick of english. This doesn’t stop Bluey from becoming friends with this dog and spending a lot of time with him over the next three days. Only, Jean Luc has to leave without Bluey getting a chance to say goodbye. Bluey learns that there are people that are in our lives for a little bit and then leave, but it doesn’t mean we can’t remember the good times we had with those people. And as she goes back to that camping spot many years later, Jean Luc finds her as the episode ends and EVERYONE is in tears.

Bluey: S1E43 - Camping

Bluey has ADHD. And she cannot focus long enough on a task to be able to play a game with her family. The game they want to play is hide and seek, but Bluey loses her focus and ends up getting sidetracked by another toy. It’s only when she’s able to calm her mind and remember what she was doing a few minutes ago, that she goes off to find her family who are hidden all over the house. The family has a fun moment of games, but Bluey learns a lesson that focus can sometimes show another person that you care for them.

Bluey: S1E42 - Hide And Seek

Rusty and Indy are playing mums and dads (mum with a u, not an o). They end up getting in a small little tiff about who goes to work, the mum or the dad. And when they can’t resolve it, Calypso, in her wisdom, plots and tells them to go play with Bluey and Mackenzie. But those play partners end up being even more miserable and they don’t play the game how Rusty and Indy do. So they meet up again, and resolve their issues with the other person, and then take it one step further, compromising and saying rather than it being a weekday, it’s the weekend and no one has to go to work! Problem solved. The two realize they are destined for each other, and they really just learn about compromise, how to work together, and how some of the gender roles we have in our society are just made up things.

Bluey: S1E41 - Mums and Dads

Rusty interrupted Bluey, Indy, and Honey’s game…or did he. Calypso acts as the mediator here as Bluey tells her story of how they were playing early baby and hospitals and Rusty came in with the baby when he shouldn’t have. But Rusty tells his side of the story where he battled a sausage dragon because it was eating villagers, and he bravely fought it to get the princess back for the king. And then did a swap with the baby the girls were playing with and the girls saw it and flipped out! And all it took for both of them to calm down was to understand the story of what each of them were doing. A great little episode about how perspective can change our attitudes toward another person.

Bluey: S1E40 - Early Baby

It is time for a fun sleepover party. The girls are anxiously awaiting their cousin, Muffin, to come over and they have big plans to stay up later past their bedtime. But when Muffin comes over, they find that she’s skipped her nap and is exhausted. The girls still try to play with her and avoid going to bed early, but when Muffin is barely able to make it, Bluey hatches a plan to get Muffin into bed so that she can get the rest that she needs. The episode is all about consideration and how we should think about others in their need.

Bluey: S1E39 - The Sleepover

Bandit wakes up to find that Bluey is copying him in everything he does. So Bandit gets real funny and weird and tries to get Bluey to do some really funny and weird stuff. But as they are walking like speed walkers down the sidewalk, Bluey stops because she notices a budgie, or a bird, laying in the grass. It’s hurt. And Bandit grabs it and pops it in a shoebox to bring to the vet. Fully expecting the vet to heal them, the viewer is shocked when the doctor comes out and tells Bluey that the little budgie has died. The rest of the afternoon as Bluey goes home, she asks Bingo to help her play a game, and they essentially relive the day, with Bingo acting as the bird here, until they get to the part where the bird has died again. Chilli delivers the news, but Bingo comes popping out of the house and flies around all over the place. It helps to lighten the mood, but the emotional pull of this episode still stays true.

Bluey: S1E38 - Copycat

Bluey and Chloe are having an adventure at school. While some of the other kids are playing different games, Chloe and Bluey are playing princesses. But it’s not the kind of princess game you’d think. There is a famine in the land, so the princess needs to go to the outside world to get food. And the adventure begins as the princess battles, rivers, terriers, a sorcerer who freezes things, and many many other obstacles on their way to a farm to find food. The kids employ their imagination and learn to be brave and to persevere through difficult times.

Bluey: S1E37 - The Adventure

Bluey, Bingo, Muffin and Socks are all hanging out. Not sure where Stripe and Trixie are, but Bandit and Chilli seem to be watching over the whole gang. The kids learn what backpacking is and want to play a game where they are the backpacks and mom and dad are the backpackers. So the game is on, and the parents walk around from the markets, to the hotels and eventually to the bathroom where Bandit really needed to go. The kids look like they are having a blast as they make it more and more difficult for Bandit and Chilli to get stuff and do exactly what they want. Eventually the parents get to their room and are able to take a breather before they go for a hike (with the kids now as their boots) and the kids learn a lesson about what it means to go backpacking and to prepare for any and every circumstance.

Bluey: S1E36 - Backpackers

It’s time to play zoo. Chilli is the mom, Bingo is the kid, Bluey is the zookeeper, and Bandit is the gorilla. Bandit is less than enthusiastic to play so Bluey prods him with a pool noodle to try to get him to move a little bit for the guests. It doesn’t work too much so they move on. But Bingo is intrigued and climbs into his cage where they develop a relationship. After the zookeeper notices, she grabs the hose and hoses Bandit down to try to stop him, but Bandit grabs Bingo and hops the fence in a beautiful slow motion masterpiece. The two end up on the run before a banana lures Bandit out of hiding and into captivity. The zookeeper recognizes the bond that they share though and while Bingo is sad as she goes to bed, Bluey brings the gorilla back to Bingo so they can share the love they have for each other. A strangely beautiful episode where the kids learn about the beautiful possibilities of what could have happened had Harambe lived.

Bluey: S1E35 - Zoo

Bandit needs to go to the dump to throw out some stuff, so Bluey and Bingo join in. On the car ride there, they have a ton of fun, Bandit convincing Bluey that he not only knows everything, but that he’s the best dad in the whole world. When they get to the dump, Bluey discovers that Dad is throwing away Bluey’s drawings, and Bandit quickly falls from being the best dad in the world, to the worst. Bluey is hurt, but Bandit lets her know a lesson about recycling that fixes everything, and when he distracts them by going through the car wash, the girls then change their tune again from worst dad ever, back to best dad ever. The girls learn about recycling, Bandit learns about vulnerability, and this episode had me wishing that my city had a dump like this.

Bluey: S1E34 - The Dump

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