Bike is the eleventh episode of the first season of Bluey.
Synopsis
At the park with Dad, Bluey is learning to ride her bike. But it’s just too hard. About to give up, Bluey watches as Bingo struggles to get a drink from the water fountain.[2]
Dad tells her that Bingo will figure it out and points out Bentley on the monkey bars. Bentley can't reach the first bar, but she is also determined to keep trying. Then they watch Bluey's cousin Muffin as she struggles to put on her backpack, but keeps trying all the same.
Bluey and Dad cheer them all on until they each succeed in their own way. Inspired by her friends, Bluey decides to have another go at riding her bike.
At the park, Bluey is struggling to learn how to ride her bike. But as she and Dad watch her friends determination with their own tasks, Bluey is inspired to give it another try.[2]
Episode Recap
Bluey is in the park trying to learn how to ride her bike, but gets increasingly frustrated by the difficulty of it and goes to sit next to her dad. She wonders why she can’t just do it the first time and Bandit tells her that the world doesn’t work like that. As this goes on, he and Bluey notice that the other kids in the park are having problems of their own: Bingo tries to get a drink out of the water fountain but is unable to before the timer runs out, Bentley cannot reach the monkey bars, and Muffin struggles to put her second arm through her backpack.
Bandit and Bluey cheer the other girls on as everyone has a second attempt... Bingo misses the water again, Bentley tries jumping for the monkey bars but misses, and Muffin falls over after spinning in circles trying to reach for the arm hole.
Frustration hits... Muffin then has, as Bandit puts it, a "meltdown" and yells out, “why won’t you go on my back!?”, Bentley jumps and misses for a second time, hitting the ground again and yells, “why can’t I do it straight away!?” (which Bluey notices is the same thing she said earlier) and Bingo is out of time for the fountain for a third time, saying sadly, “I’ll never be able to drink water again.” Seeing her sister curl into a ball, Bluey starts to go over to help her, but her father holds her back, telling her to watch them instead.
Each of the kids silently regret the fact that they cannot do what they want, but slowly move back towards the item that they so desperately want. Muffin, after crawling on the floor, is able to attach her bag to her back, Bentley is able to climb onto the frame and so onto the monkey bars, and Bingo is able to get the water to drip from the fountain onto the floor (which is less than ideal, "but still a win").
After the motivation of her friends perseverance, Bluey puts on her helmet and gives the bike another go, where the episode ends.
Appearances
Trivia
- This is the first episode where:
- Bluey struggles to ride her bike in this episode. However in the next episode, Bob Bilby, Bluey is able to ride it with ease. It's possible Bob Bilby took place after Bike.
- Muffin's story, of her trying to get her arm through her backpack, was based on something which Joe Brumm actually witnessed a child doing in real life. [3]
- When this episode aired on Disney Channel in the US, it was paired with Horsey Ride and Hotel.
- On this episode's page on the official website, the character section has Bluey on her bike and wearing a bike helmet.