Born Yesterday is the sixth episode of the third season of Bluey.
Synopsis[2]
Dad pretends he was born yesterday. Bluey and Bingo have to guide him through his second day on Earth, especially when he discovers food is delicious and steals Lucky’s Dad’s pie.
Bluey and Bingo are pretending to be tourists when Mum tells them taking a picture of her bottom is ‘rude’.
Bluey doesn’t understand why, so Mum explains that they just need to trust her because she’s been on this planet longer than them. When they approach Dad instead, he says ‘I wasn’t born yesterday’.
The kids are intrigued and ask him to pretend he actually was. Dad’s memory gets wiped so Bluey and Bingo have to take charge, especially when he tries to steal Lucky’s Dad’s pie.
They tell Dad to just ‘trust them’ and he accepts, appreciating the world anew under their gentle guidance.
Episode Recap
Warning Spoilers!
Chilli is trying to follow along with TV Yoga, when Bluey and Bingo, playing some very rude tourists, come up and start taking pictures of her bum. She redirects Bingo easily, but Bluey wants to know why she can't take pictures of people's bums— eventually Chilli falls back on "I've been on this planet longer than you." Dad enters, and Bluey asks him to bend over— but he says that he wasn't born yesterday. Bingo doesn't know what that means, so Bandit explains it. That gives Bluey an idea for a game - Dad's going to pretend he was born yesterday.
Born Yesterday Bandit needs a lot of things explained to him - what are those little blue and red things, why are they making noises, what's a name? Bandit discovers a stool, and introduces himself. Bluey and Bingo have to explain that it's not alive. Bandit picks up a strawberry and asks if it's alive. Bluey isn't sure, actually. Bingo declares that it's food, and he should try putting it in his mouth. It's a big hit, an he loves food now.
Chilli comes in, and introduces him to the concept of "wives", "putting away the dishes" and the relationship of the second thing to keeping the first. Bandit declares that he's got so much to learn, and wanders off to the back yard. He finds the Sun very troubling—Bluey explains that it's supposed to be there. Bingo asks him to push her on the swing, and it takes him a few tries to get the hang of it... before he badly hurts himself.
Walking down the street, the kids introduce him to cars, birds, and rubbish. At the bus stop, Bandit very intensely explains to a stranger that the Sun is "meant" to be there, and she doesn't have to worry about it. The kids drag him away, and Bluey explains that he doesn't need to tell people about the Sun. Bandit asks why, and she can only say it's hard to explain.
No time for that, Bandit's spotted food. Pat approaches singing, with a meat pie, which Bandit snatches and takes a big bite out of. Bluey and Bingo get it off him and return it to Pat, but Bandit's already eaten all the sauce. Bandit's still going for the meat pie, so Bluey advises Pat to make a run for it. Bluey tells him he can't just take people's food - "Why?" Bingo tries to explain private property, but it goes over Bandit's head. Unable to explain to his satisfaction, Bluey settles for telling him to just trust them, they've been on this planet longer. Rocko greets Bandit - and gets told, very intensely, that Bandit has nothing to say about the Sun.
Bluey and Bingo take Bandit to a park. He asks what a leaf is called - and Bluey decides that explaining things to him is just causing trouble. They should let him look around, for now. Bandit holds the leaf up to the sun, and the camera zooms in, showing the increasingly fine structure of the leaf. Awed, Bandit declares it's alive.
Back in the kitchen, Bluey declares that Bandit can stop playing now. Bluey and Bingo decide to unpack the dishwasher, to Chilli's approval. Chilli asks the kids if Bandit has stopped playing, which he has. Bandit is out in the backyard, happily examining another leaf.
Appearances
Trivia
- This is the first time Bandit's close-up is in 3D.
- The Yoga Instructor is voiced by Eva Mendes.
- This is the first occurrence where a character is voiced without an Australian accent.
- This is the first episode where any of the characters (Bluey and Bingo, in this instance) wear socks.
- Long Dog: This long dog is a dull brown and lying down with it's eyes shut, and holding a pie. It can be found behind the bush to the right of Bluey, and is visible only when Bluey is explaining why Bandit needs to just trust them.
- Interestingly, it disappears when the bush is seen from the street.
- The reoccurring magnet long dog can also be seen on the fridge.
- When this episode aired on Disney Channel in the US, it was paired with Unicorse and Curry Quest.
- This episode's page on the official website has Bandit sitting down and holding a leaf in the character section.[3]
Censorship
- In the Disney version of this episode, the scene where Bandit is hit in the groin with the tree swing was cut.
- This edit is not shown in the DisneyNOW nor Disney TV prints of the episode, and was reverted on Disney+ on January 12, 2024.