11 Times ‘Bluey’ Episodes Leaned Way Too Hard Into the Fact That They’re Dogs

Adam Campbell-Schmitt
3 min readApr 9, 2024
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“New Tricks”
Bluey and Bingo don’t find playing “grannies” as much fun anymore when they find out that, based on the average 12- to 16-year life expectancy of a blue heeler, they themselves are middle-aged. The girls soon realize that their new pretend play games of “Unnecessary Sports Car” and “Co- Worker Love Affair” don’t bring them joy either.

“Wee-wee Pads”
Bingo is still wetting her bed, but she really wants to have a sleepover party. Chili and Bandit put down a little path of grass-scented pee pads leading from her bed to the bathroom. Each morning, they measure how many pads Bingo was able to skip over before peeing all over the floor. Bingo goes into a funk when, despite insisting she made it to the toilet, the evidence suggests otherwise. That is, until the whole family reveals that they’ve all been peeing on the wee-wee pads.

“Snip Snip”
Dad Bandit is depressed about losing some of his mojo after being neutered. Bluey and Bingo pretend to be the awful, misbehaved children he could have fathered to cheer him up. Chili pulls out the family photo album to remind Bandit that he doesn’t need to sire any more kids because he’s already fathered two of the best. A misty-eyed Bandit agrees, and adds that he’s also saving a lot of time…

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Adam Campbell-Schmitt

A writer and editor living, laughing, and loving in the NYC suburbs. Twitter: @adamcswrites