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"I like capsicum salad!" |
BBQ is the seventh episode of the first season of Bluey.
Synopsis
It's Sunday lunch on Blueys back deck! But every BBQ needs side dishes!
Bingo's relaxing sit-down has to wait when her cousins task her with finding every colour capsicum for the world's best pretend salad.
Run off her feet to gather the ingredients, she finds green leaves from the succulents, yellow petals from the hanging plants, and red flowers from the Poinciana tree.[2]
But wait, she can’t relax yet, she forgot about the dressing! One out-of-control hose later and Bingo’s a muddy mess!
And by the time she's finished, Bingo will have a newfound respect for how much work goes into a good meal.
It's lunchtime on Bluey's back deck! But every BBQ needs a side salad, so Bingo's relaxing sit-down will have to wait until she finds every colour of capsicum/pepper her cousins ask for![2]
Episode Recap
A barbecue gathering is happening at the Heeler house, with Bandit and Bluey setting up their respective BBQs (a real one and a pretend one).
Cut forward a short while and the gathering is in full swing. Bandit tells his brother Stripe a story of a dog while they have a drink and cook the sausages, while their wives, Chilli and Trixie respectively, talk about a shampoo. Meanwhile, at the kids' play BBQ, Bluey is cooking pretend sausages for her cousins Muffin and Socks, while Bingo brings over her ‘relaxing chair’ to relax in, tired because she had just set the table. Chilli brings a salad to the main table, to which Muffin and Socks decide they want salad too. Bandit's hat becomes the salad bowl, but an empty bowl isn't enough, and the kids demand a green capsicum salad, leaving Bingo to the work.
After trying all Chilli's succulent plants (and discarding one with a bug that hits Bandit on the face, making him spill his drink, much to Uncle Stripe's amusement), Bingo adds some green capsicum (actually leaves) to the bowl. Bluey adds that she’d like yellow capsicum, so Bingo drags a bench over to reach a hanging pot of flowers - Bandit again spilling his drink as he goes to place it on the (moved) seat - but Chilli doesn't allow this due to the lack of safety. Instead, a tennis ball is thrown to the hanging basket, allowing for some petals to fall, though the ball rebounds, which once again knocks over Bandit's can. Muffin hasn't had enough yet, saying that she likes red capsicum the most, so Bingo bats down some blossoms off the poinciana tree, this time knocking Bandit's drink over with a flying seed pod.
A disheveled Bingo tries to relax in her relaxing chair again, but now the kids want salad dressing. Bingo steals Bandit's new drink (a bottle of water) and goes to make some mud. She loses control of the hose which squirts Uncle Stripe in the face (much to Bandit's amusement) before she manages to turn it off and deliver a bottle of muddy-water salad dressing to the table. Chilli then makes her clean up the muddy footprints on the deck.
Finally, Bingo can relax in her ‘relaxing chair’ until Bandit calls that the real sausages are ready. Amongst much excitement and congratulations at the lunch table over the sausages, Bingo loses her patience and reminds everyone to appreciate the salads too, to which all the family thank Chilli for her hard work on her salad, and Chilli thanks Bingo for her thanks.
Appearances
- The Heeler Family
- Bingo
- Bluey
- Bandit
- Chilli
- Aunt Trixie (debut)
- Uncle Stripe (debut)
- Muffin (debut)
- Socks (debut)
- Auntie Mary (mentioned, debut)
Trivia
- This is the first episode where Bandit and Chilli's names are used, by Chilli and Trixie respectively.
- It would not be until The Show that Bluey herself would address her parents by their first names.
- This is the first episode to name a character who does not appear in the episode (or in subsequent episodes): Auntie Mary.
- For international viewings of this programme, outside of Australia & New Zealand, the word "capsicum" has been replaced by "pepper."
- BBQ and Bus are tied for having the shortest episode title.
- A recurring joke, in this episode, is that Bandit keeps spilling his drink, due to Bingo's mission to make a salad, and Stripe laughs at him. The last time Bandit fails to finish his drink, he's drinking a bottle of water, implying Bingo has spilled all of their beverage. Though, the last spill of the episode is ironically Stripe spilling his cola, and Bandit got the last laugh, both figuratively and literally.
- When this episode aired on Disney Channel in the US, it was paired with The Weekend and Fruitbat.
- On this episode's page on the official website, the character section has Bingo in her "relaxing chair", Bandit at the BBQ, and Chilli holding a spatula and a loaf of bread.
Errors
- When Bluey, Muffin, and Socks are running to see Bingo, Socks' body is layered underneath her snout and front leg.