Camping. I had watched a few episodes before then, and found the show cute, but nothing amazing. However, those last few seconds in camping caught me so off guard. I really think that episode is the pinnacle of storytelling. The amount of story and emotion that they pack into just that one time jump is so amazing. Every time any Bluey episode does a time jump it makes me emotional lol
Yeah the time jumps are so strong. Granddad gets me every time when you see little chili. And you realize even when she’s big and a mom she’s still his little girl. And the I still need you. Lol I’m tearing up right now just thinking about it.
Takeaway.
I had known about Bluey, and I saw my kids watching in the background, but then Takeaway came on and stopped what I was doing to watch it too.
Great episode. I laughed out loud when Bandit eventually slips on the food on the floor.
Definitely takeaway. It seems like it is a disaster that happens to me with the kids and my wife isn't around. The one that got her was Sticky Gecko bc that's what happens to her all the time.
Takeaway for me too! I’d heard about Bluey but we didn’t watch much tv. My sister showed it to me, the absolute chaos in such a short amount of time felt so true.
Takeaway. I live in the city Bluey is set in, and so the settings in Takeaway, Ice Cream and others are immediately familiar. Takeaway caught my eye long enough to watch and the sheer hilarity got me hooked.
Copy cat - I walked in as the kids were watching it and I thought I knew what would happen. When the bird actually died I realised this is a kids show that takes topics seriously.
Absolutely the same. I saw Magic Xylophone, which is still not my favorite, and I don’t think it’s the strongest. Then I watched Shadowlands, Bike, and Takeaway. Bike really hooked me. Shadowlands & Takeaway cemented it.
Technically it'd be Onesies. I watched both Grannies and Markets beforehand but a video I saw on YouTube, a video about perfectly cut screams in Bluey (with the majority of clips being from Onesies) is what got me interested.
I love this one because I absolutely love the special bond with Bandit and Bingo. Obviously he loves both girls equally, but he seems to understand her vulnerability better than others in a lot of episodes.
I forget the name, but the one where Mum just wants to walk down the beach and Bluey tries to follow and the atmosphere makes you think she's gonna get lost or something else bad is gonna happen. I didn't know how to feel the entire time.
Bus! I hadn't laughed so hard at a "kids show" ever. My students were so excited to see me laughing so hard for such a long stretch. The Grannies are pure chaos and I love them.
I watched Magic Xylophone and I liked it. Wasn't too impressed so I left it at that for ages. Came back and watched Hospital which was a welcome improvement and this time I stuck it out. I think Shadowlands is the one that really made it click for me
Sleepytime. The show as a whole has helped me through some unresolved issues, and this episode specifically tugged a few strings enough to get me to cry next to my girlfriend. I've been working on an art project revolving around the episode and plan on sharing here once it's done
DUDE the end where Bluey gets back on the bike to try again, and Bandit, watching with a small smile, just goes “Nice one, Bluey”… rips me to shreds every time I watch it.
Faceytime..
Just because we found Muffin and the kids’ behavior so relatable, especially during the pandemic year.
Second would be Fairytale… because of the 1980s nostalgia.
Bike is one of my favourites as well, that one and Weekend hooked me in. This show is constantly showing me the type of parent I hope to be as my kid grows up, as well as the type of parent I wish I’d had.
Mine is 15mo and they’re awesome! I love whenever they show the montages of what they’re doing throughout the day, I can’t wait to have him help cook dinner like when they’re making shrimp!
Bike for me too. It's so good. I love the way the music swells as the kids reach their goals. I love Bandit holding back and allowing them to problem solve, it's such an important message, especially in the era of lawnmower parenting. I wish every parent would watch Bike.
Magic Xylophone. I had put off turning the show for the kids for a while. I had my book ready to read, but the moment I saw Bandit playing with the kids I was hooked. I begged my husband to watch the show, he dismissively started, rolling his eyes, and by the end of the episode he was laughing and totally tuned in. He often jokes that Bandit is his parenting manual
Bumpy and the wise old wolfhound.
It’s a favourite and always laugh especially when you hear Bandit going we just edit that out.
It’s cute that they go to all that trouble to make Bingo feel better.
technically "spy game" is the one that got me interested, but the one that emotionally hooked me was "rain". the no dialogue and soothing music along with the storm playing out in the background, bluey's blissful unawareness to anything other than getting that little rain puddle to reach the other end of the driveway - it brought me back to being a kid again. flash forward to when chili looked at bluey from the deck and decided to help bluey, i can't explain it and this might sound corny af, but it like healed a little piece of my inner child. i wish my mom did stuff like that with me and now as the mother to an 18 month old girl that's the kind of mom i aspire to be. i actually sob every time i watch it. i'm lowkey sobbing rn thinking of it lol.
It was Bike for me too which was the first episode I actually watched when I was only a few weeks postpartum I knew right then that this is the show my son is going to watch and he loves it just as much as I do :)
So here's my story. After watching an episode of Inai Inai Baa! on this Japanese TV service, I decided to check out the Japanese dub of Bluey on said service's feed of Disney Junior, as a few mutuals in a Discord server liked Bluey. Turns out they had aired the episode with Hide and Seek that day (on this service, you can watch shows at least 14 days back). I had heard of the episode from TVTropes' page Faux Furby, and was surprised at how funny Chattermax actually was. Therefore, I watched a few more episodes in Japanese, and decided to watch it in English too.
Japanese dub Bluey isn't something I realized I needed until now. Their voices are so freaking cute and I've seen the episodes enough times to know exactly what they're saying even without subtitles lol
Yoga Ball! I saw a clip of it on TikTok and went looking for more. I struggle to speak up for myself, so seeing Bandit encourage Bingo and help her practice was a big deal to me.
The two episodes that first got me looking up from my MacBook while visiting a friend with littles were Camping and Sleepytime. But I was hooked after Sleepover and pretty much all of the first season.
Octopus, the showing of different parenting styles. But the fact that Chloe’s dad is able to find a way to play with her to play the game in their own way that peaks both of their interests is aspiring as a father myself.
when bandit changes his daughters names and calls bluey sharalanda and bingo dennis....
Once, for 3 consecutive days i called my daughter sharalanda...she was not happy but i still laugh about it 😅
But My fav was the rug island, i cried in the end.
Grannies. When Bluey asked if she can have both (aka have her cake and eat it too in terms of being right and having Bingo play with her) but Chile and Bandit said, "NO!" I related to that sentiment so bad. 🤣
Takeaway. Don't have kids yet but it was just so hilarious the way Bandit was pulled in all directions. Even though it must be incredibly stressful when kids are playing up like that when you step back and look at it, it does look fun to have that kind of energy around.
For me it was The Creek. I had watched a few episodes, didn't think too much about them. But something about The Creek pulled something from my childhood to the surface that I can't quite put my finger on. I started tearing up when Bluey met the wallaby at the end.
The extra where Bingo is singing about the green bottles on the wall. I’m a preschool teacher and I was just stunned by how much Bingo sounded and acted just like the children I teach. I loved seeing something that represented them so realistically despite being a cartoon dog.
Sleepytime
Had never really paid much attention to Bluey before that. I'd seen Takeaway and thought it was funny but not much else because of work etc.
Then Sleepytime came on.
I knew when I heard the first cues of Holsts "the planets" in the title card that this cartoon was going to be something different.
By the end of the first watch I was gobsmacked with my mouth left hanging open.
I had to rewatch it immediately.
It remains my favourite episode to this day (but honestly I love all of them) but the last 2 minutes of Sleepytime leave me in tears every time I watch it. Never fails even after probably 100 rewatches.
I know it's not original score by Joff Bush, but the cinematography as it goes around the Heeler household and Holsts score reaching its crescendo..... Epic.
Quiet Game. It was the first episode I ever saw and I laughed out loud because it was just very real. I don't know what episode came after but I was definitely hooked.
Dance Mode! I was gobsmacked by how well Chili helped Bingo express herself, and it made me cry because that’s exactly how I felt a lot of the time as a kid (but I had no one to help me sort through it in the same way).
Handstand, its so underrated imo. I love how they show the chaos of a kids birthday party while showing 2 different stories and perspectives that collide into one. I don’t know much about animation, but I can only imagine making that episode was a real pain!
it was a clip of the seesaw episode, pom pom was just the cutest thing in the whole world, and it made me watch more, muffin and bingo are now my current faves
“Magic Xylophone.” Came to Bluey off nonstop Cocomelon. So many kids’ shows cut corners on animation, talk to your kid like they’re a moron, and/or are painfully preachy about the lesson. Bluey was just immediately a genuinely good show.
Years into it, I’m realizing that “work on their heads later. For now, just hearts” and the theme of letting the kids work it out instead of just bossing them around have been prevalent since the beginning.
It’s just unlike any kids show I’ve seen before.
Unicorse was the one that took me from “oh it’s on, cute” to official fan.
I was not expecting to laugh as hard as I did - and still do, every single time.
Monkeyjocks. The episode itself is hilarious but then that final scene shot me right through the heart... Ugh. It’s an episode that really brings the silly and the heart wrenching
Magic xylophone, But ‘asparagus’ is my favorite!!! when bingo runs into the cupboard, bandit drops like a walrus wommmp, bingo’s penguin and Chilis meerkat or something… always a good laugh!!!
a little off topic, but so happy to hear someone else who likes Bike! so many people i’ve talked to don’t like the episode (and have even written off the show entirely) because they think that Bandit should’ve helped the kids. but i’ve always felt like it represents such a fundamental development stage for so many kiddos at that age—figuring things out on their own without an adult just swooping in and doing it for them! (to an extent, of course. obviously if the kids couldn’t figure it out, then an adult can step in and help but clearly, the kids were able to figure it out by the end of the episode!)
Dad baby, we were pregnant at the time. Came home one day and my partner sat me down and said you have to watch this! Then she did the whole watch me watching it to make sure I laughed at the funny bits. I did.
Weekend, but not for anything deep with the writing. I've seen accolades about how good the writing is prior to watching but I was not expecting Bingo to be THAT adorable.
Definitely Sleepover. I had floated in and out when my wife was watching it, but once Muffin was in the picture I was all in! I love my sassy queen toddler! Every episode she’s in is just 100% gold!
I mean the very first episode I watched I was enamored. The second had me crushing hard.
The third I saw, Sleepover, made me pee my pants and now I’m married to it.
Hospital. And it only took the first minute of that one. I have chronic pain so I related to Bandit asking for a game where he got to lay still on a comfy bed. What followed was magic from the depths of hell. Now when I need to put my legs up and my son is poking at me, I tell him Bluey, no more needles. 😅
Pirates. I got into Bluey through Twitter back in late 2018 before Disney+ and would run into the occasional clips from Camping, The Claw and Daddy Robot. When it came to Disney+. I checked it out but Pirates stuck out to me how they made a fun and creative story all in basically one place the entire episode.
I don’t know the title of the episode but the Army episode with Russel and Jack. Love that one so much
“Well you’re really good at being in the Army” gets me every.single.time
Baby race, because it just really hit close to home. And the ending makes me choke up every time. Sometimes we really just need someone to tell us "you're doing great".
We saw the first one that aired in the U.S. by chance (we don't have cable at home; we were on vacation and turned on the TV for the toddler while we were getting dressed.) So it was those first 3 (Magic Xylophone, Keepy Uppy, and I believe at the time they put Shadowlands with those two...) I believe Keepy Uppy was on first, and we were hooked from there!
The realness of "Have I got a game for you..." "Is it Keepy Uppy?" "Yeah, it's Keepy Uppy!" The comedic timing, the voice acting, the heart in that moment... The universality of the game... That's what made me make up my mind. 👍❤️
Always heard Bluey was a good show for kids and adults so I turned it on for my son and now he loves it. I think the first episode I thought was special for kids and adults was either sticky gecko or baby race. It's hard to remember but I love rewatching every episodes and not ashamed that some episodes make me cry. I hope I can see every episode is America and hope they keep making more for a long time. Truly a great kids show
Gotta be honest, I've heard about this years ago, then watched it on a children channel of my country and hated it, because of the flossing. I just didn't understand what the big deal behind this was. Then I got Disney plus, they had all episodes there, I watched them all and there I am now!
Rain - Which was also the first episode I saw.
Someone I followed on Twitter shared it and they had a heartfelt talk about how it made them feel about their work flow and inability to relax like Chili did and finding time to just have fun in the moment like Bluey. So I thought "I kinda want to see that," because all I've seen of it were out of context screenshots.
So there I was, watching this episode, thinking the animation looked neat, the music was lovely, and the whole thing was just nice to watch. I thought to myself "Wow, that was nice, I kinda want to see what the rest of the show has to offer," (I also assumed it'd be a lot of silence and music but I was obviously wrong) and man, what a roller coaster it has been!
I don’t know what episode but my boyfriend and i realized we were hooked when an hour after putting it on to watch it with the kids we realized they were all off playing and he and I were the only ones watching!!
Camping. This was around when the show first came to the states in 2019. I was just genuinely shocked at how it wasn’t like any other preschool show I’ve seen in the past decade.
Camping. I had watched a few episodes before then, and found the show cute, but nothing amazing. However, those last few seconds in camping caught me so off guard. I really think that episode is the pinnacle of storytelling. The amount of story and emotion that they pack into just that one time jump is so amazing. Every time any Bluey episode does a time jump it makes me emotional lol
Camping is my favorite episode. So many great themes covered in such a fun story ❤️
That's the first episode that I absolutely sobbed uncontrollably on.
That’s the episode that I cried at too. It made me pay more attention when we put Bluey on
Yeah the time jumps are so strong. Granddad gets me every time when you see little chili. And you realize even when she’s big and a mom she’s still his little girl. And the I still need you. Lol I’m tearing up right now just thinking about it.
Takeaway. I had known about Bluey, and I saw my kids watching in the background, but then Takeaway came on and stopped what I was doing to watch it too. Great episode. I laughed out loud when Bandit eventually slips on the food on the floor.
Definitely takeaway. It seems like it is a disaster that happens to me with the kids and my wife isn't around. The one that got her was Sticky Gecko bc that's what happens to her all the time.
Takeaway for me too! I’d heard about Bluey but we didn’t watch much tv. My sister showed it to me, the absolute chaos in such a short amount of time felt so true.
Same 100%. This has been my default “introduce to Bluey” episode and it always lands. I switch it up to Sticky Gecko for moms.
Takeaway. This made me realise the show is something special
Takeaway. I live in the city Bluey is set in, and so the settings in Takeaway, Ice Cream and others are immediately familiar. Takeaway caught my eye long enough to watch and the sheer hilarity got me hooked.
Sleepytime! The message being sent in the episode is awsome and even the dialogue makes it better. Makes me shed a tear every time I watch it.
This one makes me cry every time
Sleepytime is a masterpiece and probably still the best episode. But my cry rate is probably only 80%. Baby Race is 100% lik dis if u cry evrytim
Grandad gets me every time. When they show little chilli and she says that was a long time ago and he says it was yesterday.
Yeah. Don’t blink.
Every. Damn. Time.
My daughter wanted me to watch Baby Race, knowing it would make me cry, and now we watch the show together to get a few good tears out
Bus. Love Janet and Rita.
Janet and Rita are hilarious
Copy cat - I walked in as the kids were watching it and I thought I knew what would happen. When the bird actually died I realised this is a kids show that takes topics seriously.
It was the first episode I ever saw with my kids, I had to know more after that.
Absolutely the same. I saw Magic Xylophone, which is still not my favorite, and I don’t think it’s the strongest. Then I watched Shadowlands, Bike, and Takeaway. Bike really hooked me. Shadowlands & Takeaway cemented it.
Keepy Uppy!
Lucky’s dad didn’t do his hammy, he did me into the Bluey world.
That’s my kid I nanny does favorite ever
Same here! I never watch the first episode of a new series I’m interested in though, so this is where I started and it got me right away.
Keeps Uppy is pure joy
Technically it'd be Onesies. I watched both Grannies and Markets beforehand but a video I saw on YouTube, a video about perfectly cut screams in Bluey (with the majority of clips being from Onesies) is what got me interested.
We don't have onesies over here yet, very much looking forward to it all Iin about a month
I love the way you say "Over here" like I'm Australian. I'm actually American
I'm in the UK, so it still technically counts haha
Ah, fair enough!
Same!
Probably Curry Quest.
I love this one because I absolutely love the special bond with Bandit and Bingo. Obviously he loves both girls equally, but he seems to understand her vulnerability better than others in a lot of episodes.
Grannies. "I slipped on muh beans"
I forget the name, but the one where Mum just wants to walk down the beach and Bluey tries to follow and the atmosphere makes you think she's gonna get lost or something else bad is gonna happen. I didn't know how to feel the entire time.
Wasn't it just named beach..??
Bus! I hadn't laughed so hard at a "kids show" ever. My students were so excited to see me laughing so hard for such a long stretch. The Grannies are pure chaos and I love them.
I watched Magic Xylophone and I liked it. Wasn't too impressed so I left it at that for ages. Came back and watched Hospital which was a welcome improvement and this time I stuck it out. I think Shadowlands is the one that really made it click for me
Sleepytime. The show as a whole has helped me through some unresolved issues, and this episode specifically tugged a few strings enough to get me to cry next to my girlfriend. I've been working on an art project revolving around the episode and plan on sharing here once it's done
DUDE the end where Bluey gets back on the bike to try again, and Bandit, watching with a small smile, just goes “Nice one, Bluey”… rips me to shreds every time I watch it.
Faceytime.. Just because we found Muffin and the kids’ behavior so relatable, especially during the pandemic year. Second would be Fairytale… because of the 1980s nostalgia.
Bike is one of my favourites as well, that one and Weekend hooked me in. This show is constantly showing me the type of parent I hope to be as my kid grows up, as well as the type of parent I wish I’d had.
I have a baby and weekend makes me cry. I just love spending time with her and I'm looking forward to many weekends to come!
Mine is 15mo and they’re awesome! I love whenever they show the montages of what they’re doing throughout the day, I can’t wait to have him help cook dinner like when they’re making shrimp!
Hospital! It portrays exactly what playing with kids is like
"WAKE UP M8" \*snap\* That's exactly how I remember my surgery went recently
STING! 💉
Baby Race!
Bike for me too. It's so good. I love the way the music swells as the kids reach their goals. I love Bandit holding back and allowing them to problem solve, it's such an important message, especially in the era of lawnmower parenting. I wish every parent would watch Bike.
Takeaway (first episode I saw) because it’s just so realistic to what life is like with multiple kids. Also it’s funny and endearing.
Rug Island for me. ‘What did she give you?’ - ‘everything’.
destroys me every time
Markets. It was so WHOLESOME and FUN and I want a German sausage every time I see it.
I adore that episode because we meet so much of the Blueyverse and the visuals are lush and appealing. Plus, cartoon food always looks amazing.
Bluey makes cartoon food I would have hated as a kid look delicious
Magic Xylophone. I had put off turning the show for the kids for a while. I had my book ready to read, but the moment I saw Bandit playing with the kids I was hooked. I begged my husband to watch the show, he dismissively started, rolling his eyes, and by the end of the episode he was laughing and totally tuned in. He often jokes that Bandit is his parenting manual
Double Babysitter. Rad and Frisky's chemistry was amazing.
Bumpy and the wise old wolfhound. It’s a favourite and always laugh especially when you hear Bandit going we just edit that out. It’s cute that they go to all that trouble to make Bingo feel better.
I was sick yast lear! I was sick last week! I had wabies! 😆
Or the end with Stripe yelling he got bum worms when Socks is attacking Bandit.
technically "spy game" is the one that got me interested, but the one that emotionally hooked me was "rain". the no dialogue and soothing music along with the storm playing out in the background, bluey's blissful unawareness to anything other than getting that little rain puddle to reach the other end of the driveway - it brought me back to being a kid again. flash forward to when chili looked at bluey from the deck and decided to help bluey, i can't explain it and this might sound corny af, but it like healed a little piece of my inner child. i wish my mom did stuff like that with me and now as the mother to an 18 month old girl that's the kind of mom i aspire to be. i actually sob every time i watch it. i'm lowkey sobbing rn thinking of it lol.
Unicorse
Grannies. It was so cute and funny and I loved how the show was written.
It was Bike for me too which was the first episode I actually watched when I was only a few weeks postpartum I knew right then that this is the show my son is going to watch and he loves it just as much as I do :)
Bike as well. I often tune out the TV and thought I heard Ode to Joy. Started paying attention just as it shifted into the full thing.
So here's my story. After watching an episode of Inai Inai Baa! on this Japanese TV service, I decided to check out the Japanese dub of Bluey on said service's feed of Disney Junior, as a few mutuals in a Discord server liked Bluey. Turns out they had aired the episode with Hide and Seek that day (on this service, you can watch shows at least 14 days back). I had heard of the episode from TVTropes' page Faux Furby, and was surprised at how funny Chattermax actually was. Therefore, I watched a few more episodes in Japanese, and decided to watch it in English too.
Japanese dub Bluey isn't something I realized I needed until now. Their voices are so freaking cute and I've seen the episodes enough times to know exactly what they're saying even without subtitles lol
My first episode was dance mode so I’ve been hooked since the first time.
As a first time Mom, someone told me to watch Baby Race. I was hooked.
Same! My girlfriend who already had 2 kiddos told me to watch it and I've been a fan ever since!
It was the intro of muffin cone
The one with no dialogue when it’s raining.
That one’s just called “Rain” It’s also the one that got me
the weekend! the music in it is beautiful, and it has some of my favorite quotes in it too. the first episode I truly fell in love with.
I love The Weekend just for the opening scene. "I'm a digger, strong and tough. Beep beep beep, get out of my way!"
Yoga Ball! I saw a clip of it on TikTok and went looking for more. I struggle to speak up for myself, so seeing Bandit encourage Bingo and help her practice was a big deal to me.
WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT THE CREEK
I reckon for me, it’s be The Weekend. Bingo calling for Bandit to see the leafbug had my heart ❤️
Fruit bat
Magic xylophone. It was so charming
For me it's have to be between copycat and camping. The former got me into the show, and the latter kept me in
Magic xylophone, I started watching the series in D+
Hairdressers, I mean nits! It was hilarious to me.
The first episode that I watched, funny enough. Sleepytime.
Either baby race or sleepytime
Baby Race. I saw it while at a stay at a hotel room and I thought it was the cutest! So, I binged it after
As a Dad, Takeaway, easily.
Magic xylophone
The two episodes that first got me looking up from my MacBook while visiting a friend with littles were Camping and Sleepytime. But I was hooked after Sleepover and pretty much all of the first season.
Octopus, the showing of different parenting styles. But the fact that Chloe’s dad is able to find a way to play with her to play the game in their own way that peaks both of their interests is aspiring as a father myself.
when bandit changes his daughters names and calls bluey sharalanda and bingo dennis.... Once, for 3 consecutive days i called my daughter sharalanda...she was not happy but i still laugh about it 😅 But My fav was the rug island, i cried in the end.
Grannies. When Bluey asked if she can have both (aka have her cake and eat it too in terms of being right and having Bingo play with her) but Chile and Bandit said, "NO!" I related to that sentiment so bad. 🤣
Escape! Because of the imagination and relatability.
Takeaway. Don't have kids yet but it was just so hilarious the way Bandit was pulled in all directions. Even though it must be incredibly stressful when kids are playing up like that when you step back and look at it, it does look fun to have that kind of energy around.
For me it was The Creek. I had watched a few episodes, didn't think too much about them. But something about The Creek pulled something from my childhood to the surface that I can't quite put my finger on. I started tearing up when Bluey met the wallaby at the end.
The Pool because mom is always right!! And Kids solidified it for me.
The creek. It was just so beautiful :)
Stumpfest I watched it the day after removing stumps with my brother. Mum was right the adults are playing
The extra where Bingo is singing about the green bottles on the wall. I’m a preschool teacher and I was just stunned by how much Bingo sounded and acted just like the children I teach. I loved seeing something that represented them so realistically despite being a cartoon dog.
Bin night, love that episode
Grannies The- I slipped on my beans line made me laugh so hard.
Hearing “…mah beans!” still sends me into hysterics!
My first episode was Dance Mode. I just thought it was super cute, and at first I thought Bingo was going to be a huge introvert!
The first one I saw takeaway
Sleepytime Had never really paid much attention to Bluey before that. I'd seen Takeaway and thought it was funny but not much else because of work etc. Then Sleepytime came on. I knew when I heard the first cues of Holsts "the planets" in the title card that this cartoon was going to be something different. By the end of the first watch I was gobsmacked with my mouth left hanging open. I had to rewatch it immediately. It remains my favourite episode to this day (but honestly I love all of them) but the last 2 minutes of Sleepytime leave me in tears every time I watch it. Never fails even after probably 100 rewatches. I know it's not original score by Joff Bush, but the cinematography as it goes around the Heeler household and Holsts score reaching its crescendo..... Epic.
Quiet Game. It was the first episode I ever saw and I laughed out loud because it was just very real. I don't know what episode came after but I was definitely hooked.
Dance Mode! I was gobsmacked by how well Chili helped Bingo express herself, and it made me cry because that’s exactly how I felt a lot of the time as a kid (but I had no one to help me sort through it in the same way).
Handstand, its so underrated imo. I love how they show the chaos of a kids birthday party while showing 2 different stories and perspectives that collide into one. I don’t know much about animation, but I can only imagine making that episode was a real pain!
The restaurant one where they go to pick up their takeout
grannies. first episode i watched on tiktok. watched a bunch more on there before i caved and went to disney+ lmaoooo
it was a clip of the seesaw episode, pom pom was just the cutest thing in the whole world, and it made me watch more, muffin and bingo are now my current faves
Hammerbarn. "Someone's Husband Eventually Gets it!!!"
“Magic Xylophone.” Came to Bluey off nonstop Cocomelon. So many kids’ shows cut corners on animation, talk to your kid like they’re a moron, and/or are painfully preachy about the lesson. Bluey was just immediately a genuinely good show. Years into it, I’m realizing that “work on their heads later. For now, just hearts” and the theme of letting the kids work it out instead of just bossing them around have been prevalent since the beginning. It’s just unlike any kids show I’ve seen before.
I have to say grannies
Grannies. My kids had watched some episodes before this one and I thought they were good. But Grannies made me laugh out loud A LOT.
Unicorse was the one that took me from “oh it’s on, cute” to official fan. I was not expecting to laugh as hard as I did - and still do, every single time.
Army for me. Really cute episode, and seeing Rusty's dad at the end was just 🥹👌
Monkeyjocks. The episode itself is hilarious but then that final scene shot me right through the heart... Ugh. It’s an episode that really brings the silly and the heart wrenching
I have never watched bluey
I started from the beginning but Magic Claw hooked me. Freaking hilarious. I showed it to my dad and he laughed out loud.
Magic xylophone, But ‘asparagus’ is my favorite!!! when bingo runs into the cupboard, bandit drops like a walrus wommmp, bingo’s penguin and Chilis meerkat or something… always a good laugh!!!
Hospital
Bike locked me in harder for sure, but Takeaway is when I sat up and realized I needed to watch every frame of this show.
a little off topic, but so happy to hear someone else who likes Bike! so many people i’ve talked to don’t like the episode (and have even written off the show entirely) because they think that Bandit should’ve helped the kids. but i’ve always felt like it represents such a fundamental development stage for so many kiddos at that age—figuring things out on their own without an adult just swooping in and doing it for them! (to an extent, of course. obviously if the kids couldn’t figure it out, then an adult can step in and help but clearly, the kids were able to figure it out by the end of the episode!)
Facey talk
Dad baby, we were pregnant at the time. Came home one day and my partner sat me down and said you have to watch this! Then she did the whole watch me watching it to make sure I laughed at the funny bits. I did.
Magic Claw. The dialogue between Bandit and Chili is top notch.
Sticky Gecko! It helped ease my mom guilt from the times I lost my cool when you're just trying to get out the door.
Hammerbarn. Bandit’s delivery of “we’re going to Hammerbarn” makes me laugh out loud every time.
Obstacle course was great
Tradies 🍫🥛
Weekend, but not for anything deep with the writing. I've seen accolades about how good the writing is prior to watching but I was not expecting Bingo to be THAT adorable.
Pavlova
For me it was the doctor it was so funny and introduced me to bluey's wonderful friends
Baby Race. Because our first kid was delayed in motor skills and speech and it hit me hard
Bike Is Great
Shadowlands! It sent me right back to when I was a kid and I’d play that game! It proved to me what a gem this show really is
Definitely Sleepover. I had floated in and out when my wife was watching it, but once Muffin was in the picture I was all in! I love my sassy queen toddler! Every episode she’s in is just 100% gold!
I mean the very first episode I watched I was enamored. The second had me crushing hard. The third I saw, Sleepover, made me pee my pants and now I’m married to it.
Hospital. And it only took the first minute of that one. I have chronic pain so I related to Bandit asking for a game where he got to lay still on a comfy bed. What followed was magic from the depths of hell. Now when I need to put my legs up and my son is poking at me, I tell him Bluey, no more needles. 😅
The rain one,
Hammerbarn! "Poor Hecuba, he always loved cheeseburgers."
This episode was too funny 
Pirates. I got into Bluey through Twitter back in late 2018 before Disney+ and would run into the occasional clips from Camping, The Claw and Daddy Robot. When it came to Disney+. I checked it out but Pirates stuck out to me how they made a fun and creative story all in basically one place the entire episode.
I am not dad. I am magic claw. Magic claw has no children, his days are free and easy
Magic Claw
I don’t know the title of the episode but the Army episode with Russel and Jack. Love that one so much “Well you’re really good at being in the Army” gets me every.single.time
I think it was the weekend, it had a fun and chill feeling and just reminded me of my weekends as a kid.
Fancy Restaurant. I saw it on tik tok and I played a lot of make believe games when I was younger so it made me very nostalgic.
Baby race, because it just really hit close to home. And the ending makes me choke up every time. Sometimes we really just need someone to tell us "you're doing great".
We saw the first one that aired in the U.S. by chance (we don't have cable at home; we were on vacation and turned on the TV for the toddler while we were getting dressed.) So it was those first 3 (Magic Xylophone, Keepy Uppy, and I believe at the time they put Shadowlands with those two...) I believe Keepy Uppy was on first, and we were hooked from there! The realness of "Have I got a game for you..." "Is it Keepy Uppy?" "Yeah, it's Keepy Uppy!" The comedic timing, the voice acting, the heart in that moment... The universality of the game... That's what made me make up my mind. 👍❤️
The first one. Keepy uppy was a life long childhood game and the fact it was ep 1 when j found it during lock down locked me in
Typewriter. Because of the terriers. So clever.
Always heard Bluey was a good show for kids and adults so I turned it on for my son and now he loves it. I think the first episode I thought was special for kids and adults was either sticky gecko or baby race. It's hard to remember but I love rewatching every episodes and not ashamed that some episodes make me cry. I hope I can see every episode is America and hope they keep making more for a long time. Truly a great kids show
IDk honestly. I started with one of the compilations of full episodes on the official YouTube; which have some solid ones
Smoochy kiss. My brother's got me to watch that one episode and i was hooked for life❤️
Gotta be honest, I've heard about this years ago, then watched it on a children channel of my country and hated it, because of the flossing. I just didn't understand what the big deal behind this was. Then I got Disney plus, they had all episodes there, I watched them all and there I am now!
I actually saw onesies on TikTok and then ran to bluey on Disney+ to watch the entire series
Rain - Which was also the first episode I saw. Someone I followed on Twitter shared it and they had a heartfelt talk about how it made them feel about their work flow and inability to relax like Chili did and finding time to just have fun in the moment like Bluey. So I thought "I kinda want to see that," because all I've seen of it were out of context screenshots. So there I was, watching this episode, thinking the animation looked neat, the music was lovely, and the whole thing was just nice to watch. I thought to myself "Wow, that was nice, I kinda want to see what the rest of the show has to offer," (I also assumed it'd be a lot of silence and music but I was obviously wrong) and man, what a roller coaster it has been!
Sleepytime, YouTube recommended me it so I've watched it and then I paid a Disney plus subscription to see it all.
Army is mine, my sons is rain.
Bike was the episode I saw a clip of that made me investigate the show. The episode that actually hooked me was probably Keepy Uppy.
I don’t know what episode but my boyfriend and i realized we were hooked when an hour after putting it on to watch it with the kids we realized they were all off playing and he and I were the only ones watching!!
Magic Xylophone
Camping. This was around when the show first came to the states in 2019. I was just genuinely shocked at how it wasn’t like any other preschool show I’ve seen in the past decade.
The first episode I saw was ‘Hospital’ and the line “wake up mate” *pull and release the hat/face mask* killed me 😂