Bluey Just Did Something Incredible... 

It doesn't really come up in the show, but canonically Bandit is an archaeologist, and Chili works at airport security. In other words, Bandit digs up bones, and Chili is a drug-sniffing dog.

Bluey hooked me with one single clip, Jack having ADHD and his sibling being like, "Why can't you do what your told?!" and he just responds, "I don't know...." hit me like a truck like he wasn't angry or anything it was such a serious moment of confusion. Like god, having ADHD it's pretty much that for me with my friends. "You weren't paying attention were you?" in something like dungeons and dragon and i'm like, Sorry no I kinda zoned out a bit... and they just get a bit frustrated with me. Bluey is my comfort show for sure.

What made me realized they stayed is Bingo graduating with her best friend she made in school.

As someone who had an abusive set of parents, bluey is cathartic for those of us who didn't have the family dynamic. It makes me warm inside and I cry almost every episode, because it's just so wonderful to see a cartoon giving a generation of children and a family a guide map into how to be kind to one another. I just really feel very specific emotions when I watch this show. A lot of people grow up in healthy or normal homes, and some....just don't know what healthy is. But bluey gives that slice and it's so beautiful. I cry even at the silly non emotional episodes. Because it's living vicariously

You forgot the detail that in season 2 episode 45 Helicopter, Winton not only mentions that his dad doesn’t live with his mum but also the fact that his dad has a pool.

Fun Fact: The Male member of that couple that was buying the Heelers' house is voiced by Brendan Williams, who runs a Bluey fan podcast.

One other thing just from listening to this I noticed, they pointed out how 'pulling out the sign' means it isn't for sale anymore. That wouldn't have been true if they just pulled it out at the beginning of the episode regardless of their child logic, but Bandit pulling it out at the end ended up making it true, and that's kinda beautiful too cause it then instantly translated to both Chilly AND the kids that they where in fact staying, and not leaving. I think that's also really hecken cool.

I'm 24 and i've been living in the same house since childhood. But my grandpa is going to have to sell the house and my mom and I are going to have to move. No matter your age the idea of moving is terrifying once you really think about it. So many memories gathered in one place and eventually it'll all be gone (our house is on a flood zone so the state is gonna tear it down once the sale goes through). The thought that every single moment in that house is gonna be lost hurts and I hate when people say "oh you're an adult you'll be fine" or "stop acting like a child". That's the point! No matter what age you are it doesn't stop it from hurting. All your toys, furniture, even plates, being moved to a new home. One where you don't know each and every sqeaky floorboard to avoid so you can sneak around late at night, one where the kitchen feels smaller than you expect, one where the basement and the attic don't exist, no matter what it is, part of you is going to remember that house, YOUR house. The one where you knew every hiding spot, the one where you had the garden in the backyard, the one where you spent every christmas and halloween up until now. I know it'll eventually be okay but the thought of so many years of my life, so many memories, the place they were created not existing anymore hurts. And it'll always hurt. But that's okay, because it's all apart of growing up.

Fun fact: the name of the episode during production was called “We’ll See”. The episode is also a test basically to see if people would accept a longer format such as a movie. I can’t wait for a movie!

The coin. Bluey's lucky coin in the wrong place which helped the couple planning on purchasing the Heeler household see another house that they would end up buying instead. + Without Bingo making Bandit late in that one episode she wouldn't be friends with Lila, and they wouldn't have helped the butterfly which led them to Frisky, therefore Bingo saved their home.

One of my favorite parts of this episode is when Frisky accuses Bandit of pressuring Chili to move away and Chili immediately jumped to his defense by saying she wanted to do it for the family. It shows how strong Bandit and Chili’s love is for each other.

The fact that Bluey pulls off it's flash-backs and implied future scenarios with planned out deliberation and consistency better than modern Simpsons, which recently retconned Homer as having grown up in the 90's to relate him to the modern adult audience instead of maintaining his 60's childhood and 70's adolescence, speaks to the skill, integrity and passion the show's creators and their writers and artists have for animation and their audience demographic.

I feel like Bluey was made to be the type of show that the writers and creators wished they had growing up. Learning basic academics is all well and good, but there weren't many shows dealing with big topics that affect kids in everyday life.

That last line hit me. My sister made fun of me for still watching cartoons at 10 years old, so I stopped. When I met my husband, I realized it was okay to enjoy cartoons. Now I'm 38 and loving Bluey more than any other show out there!

Bro the moving part when bluey was sad was actually me. I was 10 in california when I met this kid a year later after moving there. He became my best friend. But after less than a month. I had to move. I wasn't as sad as I really could be, I was still prossessing that I had to move. I went to his house to play with him one last time. I took a picture with him and it was framed. I took the picture with me. I sat in my car. look at him. All of the sudden I got sad and then I was told that he was crying. Then my eyes started watering. I couldn't hang on to the fact that I wouldn't see him again, and that this was my last time seeing him. Years later, I still have the picture with me. Getting emotional everytime I see it. I haven't really heard from him in a while, but I hope he's okay.

This episode hit so hard to me mainly because growing up i was a military brat and if you dont know what that is i was the son of someone who was in the military so moving was common every vew years. My first time moving was when I was 7 as well, and i can wholeheartedly say these were the exact emotions i felt. The fact that i can relate to this so much made this special hit just too much harder and made me genuinely so happy when they didnt move.

Most people probably don't know this but the Heeler's canonically live in Brisbane, which is where the studio that makes Bluey is based.

I feel like Bluey will go down as the best childhood cartoon. It just does it all that no other cartoon could even compare to in the modern age.

I am a totally blind person, and I'm going to say this: The Sign is one of my favourite pieces of any media, not just tv, any, media, I have ever experienced. That goes for films, video games, tv, books, you name it, this is up there with my very, very favourite things ever.

One of the reasons why bluey is 10x better than peppa pig, is because they know that old episodes exist and use them to add emotion, while peppa pig doesnt care and makes an episode not even talking about the past, acting like it never happened

i wouldnt have noticed the INSANE detail of Bingo playing parkour with her fingers in the window if i didnt watch this video, wow

So we might not be getting a season 4 for a long time. We will be getting mini 3.5 minute episodes and a possible movie. But the creator voiced his concerns with the child actors growing up and not wanting to leave them behind if the show moves forward, so if we do get a season 4 it might feature aged up version of the characters. That’s why The Sign and Surprise kind of feel like a series finale because it kind of is the end of series 1 and the start of series 2

Going back to the season 2 episode Daddy Drop Off, when Bingo met Lila (who then helped her save the caterpillar that turned into the butterfly), we saw another flash-forward montage of them growing up and graduating school together, so I knew that the Heelers weren't going to move once Bingo asked Chili if Lila was going with them. SO MANY CALL BACKS!

i think i view bluey as the internet-equivalent to thomas the tank engine/the railway series; before the 2000s the series very much appealed to kids but also tackled adult themes and real life events like death, the decommissioning of steam engines, the loss of a family member, etc. with top-tier music, stellar presentation and great writing. it's such good stuff.

The best part is, like in a lot of modern animation, there is an overarching story in Bluey, but in Bluey its subtle and used more as a setpiece then a compelling narrative, which I haven't seen before, at least not done nearly this well. Remember when we had a whole episode about Bandit and his friends removing a stump, and Chili says "I want to put in a duck pond", and then half a dozen episodes later we have a whole episode about the duck pond being put in, Such a throw away line, that they could have never followed through with and nobody would have noticed. Bluey does this all over the place, it truely is a masterfully written animated series, one of the best in it's genre.

Muffin also had some character development too as an older sister as she helped strap Socks into the car seat. It's the small details like that that make me love this show.

My 8yo after watching The Sign: "that made my eyes feel funny"

IIRC Bandit in Stickbird was said to be thinking of anything that troubles adults in life. The creator said it could be finances, workplace issues, or any other big issues. Joe even added a line about how putting something out in the world means its not necessarily yours anymore (which I think was a result of censorship or being told to change a scene or episode from how he was originally going to say it.) So my interpretation was that Bandit put something into the world, like a workplace discovery or paper, and someone else got the credit or the thing was ripped to shreds in talks. Though now it can be seen as him thinking about the job offer, before it most definitely felt like something else.

Im not invested in bluey but even i saw Twitter going insane over this string of episodes. Clearly the creators of this show have a lot of passion for it.

As someone who has been following Bluey for years now, as well as someone in their late teens , I needed this show. I needed to hear that I wasn’t alone, that people felt lonely and sad and angry no matter who or where they were. I needed this so much, even if i’m just one person, during my early and mid-teens. I turn sixteen in a week and I’m scared, but if these cartoon dogs can move on with their lives and deal with big emotions, so can I. Thank you, Bluey. Thank you for everything.

Fun Facts: 1.) 6:30 They actually played that same game in the episode "Roadtrip" (I think that'swhat it was called) 2.) 10:00 In the episode "Helicopter" Winton actually mentions to Bluey that his house has a pool.

Don't forget that greeny the balloon returns. Even tho it did not pop after more than 30 episodes

1:23 The mom couldn’t parent, so that’s why they never got to make that episode

I hope Bluey becomes a big influence for "kids shows" in the future

You had to know they weren't going to move because in the episode where Bingo met Lila, the ending montage showed Bingo and Lila growing up together

If I hadn't watched this video, I never would have noticed the INCREDIBLE detail of Bingo performing parkour with her fingers in the window.

Bluey had been a big part of my life since it came out. I'm really glad they made it and Disney let the creators put the deep concepts that they did

Did calloui mom ever worry about her parenting- she should have is one of the hardest lines

The idea that dropping a single coin wrong saves how you live as a whole is crazy

16:53 IM GONNA CRY IMSO HAPPY FOR HER??? 😭😭😭

another big important callback to Stickbird most people miss while watching the episode is the way Bandit rips the sign from the ground and throws it away in the same way Bluey taught him and Bingo to throw away what upsets them, it's even the same camera angle. also another thing that separates Bluey from most family shows is how it allows the adults to actually express real emotions. through the entire episode we can notice both Bandit and Chili trying to keep themselves together and not let their true feelings about moving out leak so the girls wouldn't get concerned, yet from time to time we could see their doubts and genuine sadness about it. it is until the very end when both finally break, Bandit feeling anger towards the sign as we can tell by his body language and expression, and Chili crying her eyes out in happiness. there's something really special about the facts it's _them_ the ones having the strongest emotional reactions at the end instead of Bluey and Bingo. (also something funny but even the fact Winton's dad had a pool was foreshadowed back in the episode _Helicopter_ in season 2 as he mentions it while playing with Bluey. it didn't play any relevant role in the episode back then, but it sure did a HUGE comeback in The Sign)

Bandit is such an are archeologist that he constantly references Indiana Jones with Raiders and the NO TICKET bit

10:04, 0.25x, its just a frame of the binoculars.

Wait, isn’t Bandit canonically an archaeologist? There’s even a short where he’s talking about the femur bone of a primitive cave dog, and they refer to him as “Dr. Bandit Heeler” in the short. 3:42 Edit: oh nvm

17:34 “This episode of Bluey is called: ‘Divorce’”

16:13 is anyone gonna talk about how Bluey’s headphones aren’t even on her ears?

They specifically live in fortitude valley, Brisbane lol I’m a train ride away. Any episode with them in the city is wild and nostalgic because I grew up a 40 minute drive away from the city.

To tack onto your point on Character Growth, I think another great example during 'The Sign' of this is 'Socks'. Here we start to see her actual character and personality and hear her talk more. Like I think Socks in The Sign has more dialogue for her than the entire series. P.S. Anyone else think Socks was a boy until they referred to her as a girl? Like they're dogs so it's easier to have ambiguous designs but yeah, also it's interesting how the two heeler brothers have had only daughters, kind of contrasting with Chris and Bob only having boys.

This was such a beautiful episode, it’s gotta be my new favorite in the series Also, how Bingo was completely fine with moving until she heard Lila wasn’t coming with them absolutely destroyed me 😭

Another thing I noticed: the house that Winton’s dad and the terriers mom sell is Wintons house. We know this because of the episode “Helicopter” where when he’s about to fall out the helicopter he tell Bluey to drop him in his dads pool. Helicopter is another episode about accepting change and understanding when things don’t go your way.

I kinda liked how they didn't say what Bandit was upset about in the beach episode. So it felt like it could apply to ANY situation that made you upset.

My dad is ex-military (didn’t fight in wars, he was in Cold War + a medic) so we had to move houses ALL the time, so this had me hooked seeing how bluey and bingo would deal with it 🙂

Also Stripe caught the wedding bouquet and cheered as if he wanted to be the next person getting married…

I really did like this episode, I'm A lot older than the age demographic for this show and I still enjoy and genuinely find myself enjoying this show

When I was 13 my family had to move across the country for my dads new job. How Bluey tackled the feeling of having to move out of a home you’ve been in for years, a city you’ve always been in, and a town full of everyone you know and love is exactly how it feels. The dread, the anxiety, the unknowing-ness is all exactly what everyone in my family felt when we had to move. I’m so glad that unlike us, they actually stayed where they were! I will be honest tho, moving here was one of the best thing that could have happened to me!

just FYI for anyone wondering about Bandit's/Chili's jobs at 4:55. Bandit is the Director of Archaeological Studies at the local University. (The university was never named, but we're assuming its the University of Queensland, since the Heeler's live in Brisbane, Australia) And Chili is the Chief of Security at the local airport (Again, airport is never named but we're assuming its Brisbane Int'l) According to google, the Average salary of a Education Director in Austrailia can range between 78k - 180k/yr, and the average salary of a Security Chief/Supervisor can range between 63k - 270k/yr. So on the low end, the heeler's household income is anywhere around 141k/yr. The median household income for a family of 4 in Brisbane is 1791/wk, or 87k~/yr So the heeler's are pretty well off, and they might be even more so if they are closer to the high end of the salary range in their respective fields.

I love that Winton actually says that his dad has a pool in Helicopter, so it's even hinted at so early on! This show's continuity is amazing and I love how the heelers and their friends actually feel like they live within a world, and not just a pastel void like Peppa Pig did back when I was a kid.

the auto-captions wrote "Bluey blore" instead of bluey lore; we now have an official name for it (blore)

14:03 "But I don't want a valuable lime lesson!"

You forgot about one thing that I have thought while watching this whole video, there’s a part where the screen goes up and while it’s going up, you get a clip of greeny the balloon (From the episode “Mum School”) flying around in the the air. And that was just my favorite part of the episode.❤😊

Soooo... I watched The Sign about two weeks after attending my grandma's funeral. I was already spoiled on what happened and what the plot was, but i knew i'd still get teary eyed at the end. I did not just teary eyed at the end. I was straight up bawling, the grief i was still holding spilling out of me. I was a mess bcuz i missed my grandma and it hit me that i might probably never go back to her home, my childhood home, bcuz they sold the house to afford her medical treatments. Im crying right now just typing this. The Sign now has a very special place in my heart bcuz at least these cartoon dogs will keep their home for a very long time 😭

👁️👁️ in the Bluey shorts it’s confirmed bandit is indeed a Dr. Bandit Heeler, who happened to discover the first bones of two legged up right walking dogs 😂

I feel like this is going to be for a lot of kids what the movie Holes was for me when I was young - I remember how exciting it was, seeing all these different events setting up and connecting to one another and for the first time in my life, being able to point them out without anyone else explaining them to me. I can tell that's what the Bluey team was going for here and I really hope they succeed, I'd love to see a new generation of kids grow up with that memory

Not me crying over a YT recap of a Bluey episode.

14:39 "my mom likes your dad"

The reason I love this episode so much is because how it actually made me second guess myself and genuinely made me sad, i didn’t cry or anything but i was close to it and no other show has done that other than when I was like 5 and ash let his butterfree go lol. The emotional roller coaster of this epic was crazy as well. Usually in shows it’s just like, “ this is a kids show/movie it will be fine,” but in this episode there where moments where I believed that they where throwing away all the world building they had made for this show. So cg ludo studios for making such a wonderful episode.

I didn't have any of the connections that would have led to me discovering Bluey, if not for the way it's become discussed in videos like these. As somebody who works regularly with adolescents and sees and interacts with the process of their developing emotional intelligence, I am so glad to see media like this combining good storytelling with these insights for kids to look back on and consider through new lenses as they become available (as well as the way shared enjoyment between generations can foster healthier conversations and interactions between them).

Also, I forgot to mention, and I don’t want to edit the other comment I made because it’s probably long enough, at the end, when all the characters are dancing, it shows that bluey’s grandma and grandpa are seen flossing, which is a reference to the episode “Grannies” when at the end grandma and grandpa are flossing.

‘Shockingly empty beach’ That’s pretty much standard for any beach outside a major city in Australia, especially if it’s less than 30c.

As someone who doesn't watch Bluey, it was pretty interesting to see people treating this like Avengers Endgame, complete with people being intentionally vague when talking about the episode.

I think my new favorite episode of the show is this one since it was so well done. Furthermore, the fact that Bingo was totally okay with going until she found out Lila wasn't coming with them simply broke my heart.

As someone who remembers being Bluey's age, I can confirm that kids can definitely pick up on the parents argument thing. They won't understand the deeper layer to it the way parents themselves would, but the general feelings of seeing people you care about not getting along isn't hard to understand.

6:27 This is yet another reference to an earlier episode when Chili teaches them this game. The consistency within Bluey is off the charts.

OMG the crunched "AUSTRALIA" after you said they call it a chemist absolutely destroyed me XD

18:19 “only old people wear those” My mom who wears them because she keeps losing them and is not old:

14:46 Not to mention that Winston’s dad’s house was established to have a pool back in the episode “Helicopter” because it was literally the only feature the Winston could recall about his Dad’s house.

19:23 I love how the outro's in the style of Bluey, similar to his Mario confession video it was N64 themed.

5:04 Chilli is an airport security officer bandit Was a archaeologist

4:36 *Important note:* The actual runtime of the episode is about 28 minutes exactly. The Disney+ versions of Bluey are played about 4% slower than the originals due to playing at 24 fps rather than the original 25 fps. It’s strange that that’s the case even when streaming platforms are not beholden to NTSC (probably because of also being broadcast on Disney Channel and Disney Junior). But thankfully other non-Disney versions available outside Australia play at full speed, such as the versions available through Apple Shows/iTunes and the official Bluey RU-vid channel. And it is perceptible. Listening to the intro song from Disney+ vs any other version, it’s perceptibly slower. It also explains some subtle audio artifacts I have heard throughout the Disney+ versions resulting from the speed and pitch adjustment, which are not present elsewhere. The pacing in general of the Disney+ versions just feels slightly slower. It’s worth considering if you are even a mild audiophile like me.

10:54 hey, this is the one memory that i have of moving out of my house :3 everything is out the door, you dont have a table or chairs, so you sit on the floor or a rug and eat there. i dunno, it struck me in a way i wanted to share, so have a random memory from my childhood

Reminds me of a classic russian show Smeshariki (Смешарики). The first few (and best in my opinion) seasons were just about several funny animal characters and their lives in their village. It was fun to watch for kids cus of the colours and shaps and stuff but man, it was extemely philosophical for adults. Nearly every episode had some complex themes and deeper meaning about life, dealing with depression, differences in relationships, growing old. A lot of sad themes now that i think about it... Fun for kids, philosophical for adults and scaring for teens. Loved it. I'd recommend looking into it and watching some popular clips. Hell, this had made me want to rewatch the entire thing. I might just do it

As someone who’s just watched the whole series in like 3 days, I can say, Correction, Bluey is seven as of “Pass the Parcel” where it cycles through a lot of the kids birthdays, ending on Blueys seventh.

Loved the video! I just wanted to say as some one who was born and lived there whole life in Australia I feel like it really resonates with Australian kids with all those little details to Australian life style and slang it’s really nice to see as growing up I always watched American kids shows like Aruther I was never able to relate to the culture in those shows I feel like bluey can give Australian kids something to relate too such as the sausage sizzles and the grey Norman’s and a lot more! Lol

3:49 as an Australian, the Chemist is simply a better word 😔🙏

When i saw bandit tear the sign off the ground in the actual episode, i fucking “YEAAAH LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO”-ed.

4:00 for some reason, my mind registered that as “to pimp a butterfly” lol

Ordinary kids shows: We learn kids important life lessons- Bluey: Well we learn kids actually important life lessons and we revolutionized animatied kid shows in general. Ordinary kids shows music: cheery,happy,normally made Bluey's music: orchestral,emotional,well-made Ordinary kids shows animation: normal Bluey's animation: simple yet well made Ordinary kid show plots: seriously dum Bluey plots: exetremely well written. Ordinary kid show's lessons: to common Bluey's lessons: tackles serious subjects

bandit is an archaeologist and chili is airport tsa I think 4:50

The DJ from the wedding actually first appeared in dance mode

All I can imagine now is MatPat just sitting straight up out of bed the second Foafy says "lore"

"the heelers are STAYING in... Australia" Queensland, they live in Queensland. Chilli said after Bluey said "is that allowed?" she said "Queensland Law (something something)" so yeah, Queensland

this episode made me sob so much because I relate to the absolute agony of moving away growing up as a military kid

This episode hit harder than it found hit for anyone else, need proof? Like the day before the sign came out I leaned that I was moving, switching schools, needing to say goodbye to my friends. And I’m the oldest sibling and my little sister, after hearing the news got so upset. And I have switched schools many times but the first time I switched, I was just a little younger than her. This episode hits 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃

I agree, this episode made me cry! I just can’t believe how amazing this is, and I think Bluey is modern television at its greatest!

Bluey is actually set in Brisbane! Bluey is already a fantastic show with so many layers that I love to pick apart, but also being from Brisbane myself makes the show way more special. Sometimes they'll visit places which I've been to heaps of times, like the boardwalk near Brisbane River, but then there are little things like specific flowers they have growing in their garden that I have in my garden too, or just quintessential Brissy experiences, like the waterslide episode. Point is, I really wish I had Bluey growing up, would've loved to see and catch all the references.

Blues has become so incredible of a show it’s amazing. It is not only beautiful, but it covers topics that other shows don’t even dare to discuss. And now they are adding these intricate details that make it thousands of times better.

You know it's a serious episode when chilli doesn't check in on the more emotional sides, and bandit doesn't take jokes

fun act the creator of Bluey said the line :"what day is it?" was originally supposed to be "where is my Trixie?"

15:42 She actually had a Birthday Party a couple of episodes ago in Pass the Parcel, released more than a year or so, where she was already 7. which is a very nice detail too~ Bingo's birthday party was in Handstand, the sequel to Duck Cake so shes 5 now canonically

When I watched this episode, I literally cried at the ending. I just graduated highschool and the theme of not knowing what is happening going forward has never felt more real for me. This episode really taught me something