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"This is confusing."
This article is about the episode.
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Bingo is the ninth episode of the second season of Bluey.
Synopsis
When Bluey has a playdate at Chloe's, Bingo must learn how to play by herself. But all the games she knows need more than one person! Luckily, Dad has a problem that needs solving.
Episode Recap
Bluey has to leave for a playdate with Chloe, and her mum Chilli has to fix the toilet that won't flush. Bingo has nobody but herself to play with. She tries out a few games she likes, like "Doctor" and "I Spy", but those don't work. She tries playing along the railings, but her foot gets stuck and Chilli has to help her out. Chilli thinks that Bingo might be hungry, so she goes to the fridge for some treats: either blueberries or raspberries. After an long time to decide, intermitted with the fridge timer's beeping which she thinks is "rude", she goes for blueberries. A serving of berries later and she finally seems to figure out a game for herself.
Chilli continues to try to fix the toilet when she hears a door shut. She asks Bingo if she's okay, then asks her what she's doing. Bingo tells her that she's playing hide and seek. Confused, Chilli asks her who would find her, and a disappointed Bingo realises that she can't play this either. Chilli walks to the kids' bedroom to find a saddened Bingo. Bingo tells Chilli that she misses her sister (and the fridge doesn't like her as Bingo puts it). After bargaining with her mum if she can play with her just for a while, Bingo is told that her mum thinks that fixing the toilet is fun for herself despite Bingo arguing that it isn't, for she likes a good problem - so Chilli tells Bingo she could use a problem to get herself entertained.
The time is right as Bandit returns home from Chloe's place, and he has a problem for Bingo: Bluey wants to know what color kiwis (the New Zealand animal) are and neither of the parents seem to know. Bingo has a solution: a puzzle of the world map. So she runs off in front of the toilet to finish it as Bandit has another problem for himself, which is to fix a broken tile. So everybody works to solve their problem. Bingo is almost finished as it turns out she has lost a piece: New Zealand itself. She looks around to find it (it's on her bottom), but when she finds nothing, she decides to make "missing" posters for it.
She puts the posters everywhere, in the living room, on the railings, on the fridge (as the fridge timer "permits"), on the balcony (where she witnesses an ant carrying a single blueberry), and even outside the house, returning back to the hallway in the hopes that the piece will come. When Bandit offers to help her, she declines; Chilli smiles, proud that Bingo is able to play by herself.
Bluey returns from Chloe's and finds one of the missing posters. She runs to her sister, hugs her and tells her that she lost a missing puzzle piece. She then tells her that it's on her bum. "The posters worked!" So the last piece is placed, a piece of New Zealand with a brown kiwi on it. Now Bluey knows what color it is - hurray for Bingo! - Chilli is able to get the toilet flushed - hurray for Chilli! As Bluey and Bandit thank them, they look at each other: "No problem!"
Appearances
Trivia
- This episode is a one-time spin-off of the entire series, and for that matter the entire show, as it focuses primarily on Bluey's sister, Bingo.
- Bingo gets her own title card, intro and outro in this episode. She says "This episode of Bingo is called 'Bingo'" instead of "This episode of Bluey is called 'Bingo'". The opening song is also altered to end on Bingo, rather than Bluey.
- The end credits are also changed: instead of Bluey doing her dance, Bingo does hers.
- Chilli says “sweet as, Bingo”, in a Kiwi accent, a reference to what country the Kiwi animal lives in.
- Bingo breaks the fourth wall when she looks at the camera and tells her answer for "I Spy", which in this case, is a rug.
- It is revealed that Bingo loves to eat raspberries and blueberries, that hunger makes her indecisive, that she thinks the fridge has feelings, and that Chilli enjoys solving problems.
- The soundtrack that plays throughout this episode is Mozart's Sonata No. 16.
- This episode's inspirational poster is based on a movie poster for Home Alone.
- Bandit's response "Not again!" to the missing New Zealand piece is a possible reference to the countless times NZ has been left off world maps.
- Long Dog: There are three long dogs found in this episode.
- The first version of the dog is teal with a purple nose and is reading a newspaper. It can be seen on the right side of the screen during the scene where Chilli comforts Bingo in the playroom closet.
- The second long dog is blue with a dark blue nose. It can be found on the second playroom shelf when Bingo first gets the map of the world puzzle from the playroom.
- The third is the reoccurring magnet long dog, although this one is further down on the fridge than it typically is.
- This is also the first episode with the magnet long dog where a character interacts with it, meaning this is also the first long dog to be interacted with by a character.
- When this episode aired on Disney Channel in the US, it was paired with Squash and Charades.