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Backpackers is the thirty-sixth episode of the first season of Bluey.

Synopsis

Mum and Dad are going on an adventure for the day, wearing the kids as their cheeky backpacks. Seeing the sights and buying street food, backpacking is a blast - until they lose their passports.

Episode Recap

Warning Spoilers! ->

bestbits: Bandit’s randomly made up and appropriated French, Italian and German exclamations.

lifelesson: Don’t gorge on too much local street food, and don’t forget your passports.

Bluey, Bingo and Cousins Muffin and Socks find a “good luck” trinket that Mum explains she got whilst backpacking. Much to Chilli and Bandits resignation, the kids decide they want to be the backpacks in a game of “backpackers”.

The kids cling to Chilli and Bandit and whisper game commands as they embark on their backpacking adventures. The first whisper-command has Chilli searching for a guidebook to book a hotel - Bluey the backpack eventually gives it up as an “I’m hungry” whisper-command is issued to Bandit.

This leads him to a croissant stall manned by a dog-gnome vendor. After being commanded to buy ALL the croissants, he is pleasantly surprised that the currency accepted is bananas.

Meanwhile, Chilli has found a tuktuk manned by another dog-gnome. He is charging the huge price of 300, but they have to accept as Bandit suddenly develops a tummy ache from too many croissants (and Bingo’s stomach jab) and needs a toilet pronto.

On the scenic tuktuk ride through the garden, Chilli is commanded to stop and take a picture of a(mother) temple, much to Bandits dismay. They eventually come to where they need to get off and through a market place filled with dog-gnomes peddling their wares, Chilli is whisper-commanded to lose the way to the hotel.

Bandit develops another (Bingo instigated) stomach pain, and they settle on a nearby hotel (the garden shed).

The hotel lobby is manned by two dog-gnomes who demand to see their passports. After a scurry of looking through the ‘backpacks’ (who keep hiding the most important travel document of all), Chilli and Bandit decide to empty out their packs. After being shaken upside down in the sandpit, the passports fall out, and they check into the hotel so Bandit can use the bathroom.

As Chilli and Bandit look out over the view from their hotel balcony, a voice calls up to let them know their mountain hike is ready (cue clinging kid / mountain boots).

Recap Credits to @tellitlikeitismumma. - Instagram - Facebook

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Trivia

  • This episode establishes that Bandit and Chilli went backpacking in India.
  • In the scene where the group are trekking through a shopping street, a small Luxo Jr. ball can be seen in the background about 5 times, most prominent the time when Chilli moves out of frame and the ball is clearly seen.
  • On the "Watch" section of the Bluey.tv website, this episode and Teasing are shown in each other's places, listing this episode as episode 48 instead of 37 and vice versa.
  • While pretending to be one of Chilli's backpacks, Socks' body proportions resemble her updated two-legged appearance from Christmas Swim onward.
  • Long Dog: This long dog is light brown with a slightly darker brown spot and nose. It is visible in the center of the foreground when Bandit and Chilli first enter the shed.
    • This is the first time a long dog has appeared in the foreground.
  • When this episode aired on Disney Channel in the US, it was paired with The Adventure and Copycat.
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The Magic Xylophone | Hospital | Keepy Uppy | Daddy Robot | Shadowlands | The Weekend | BBQ | Fruitbat | Horsey Ride | Hotel | Bike | Bob Bilby | Spy Game | Takeaway | Butterflies | Yoga Ball | Calypso | The Doctor | The Claw | Markets | Blue Mountains | The Pool | Shops | Wagon Ride | Taxi | The Beach | Pirates | Grannies | The Creek | Fairies | Work | Bumpy and the Wise Old Wolfhound | Trampoline | The Dump | Zoo | Backpackers | The Adventure | Copycat | The Sleepover | Early Baby | Mums and Dads | Hide and Seek | Camping | Mount Mumandad | Kids | Chickenrat | Neighbours | Teasing | Asparagus | Shaun | Daddy Putdown | Verandah Santa
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