Butterflies is the fifteenth episode of the first season of Bluey.
Synopsis
When Dad sets up a cloth swing in the yard, the girls can finally play 'Butterflies' – taking turns in the makeshift cocoon before hatching into beautiful butterflies.[1]
It's shaping up to be a fun afternoon, until the girl's bossy neighbour Judo takes charge. Wanting to play with Bluey by herself, Judo convinces Bluey to play a new game instead; running away from Bingo.
Now poor Bingo's heartbroken at being abandoned. With her little sister's happiness on the line Bluey needs to find a way to make it better, reaching out to both Judo and Bingo as they all find a way to be kinder friends.
Playing Butterflies in the backyard is great fun, until Bluey runs away with Judo leaving Bingo all alone. Now poor Bingo's heartbroken and Bluey needs to make it better.[1]
Episode Recap
Bandit has just made a fabric swing from the tree for the girls to play on when Judo arrives. The three decide to play "Butterflies", which Bluey demonstrates as being a caterpillar - then hopping into the swing/cocoon and emerging as a butterfly before trying to escape the butterfly catchers. Bingo volunteers to go first but has to take an awkward side step as Judo jumps in. The sisters go off to hide as butterfly catchers, but Bingo notices a bug and makes up a song about it.
Once Judo emerges as a butterfly the sisters catch her, and now Bingo takes her turn. Judo complains that she takes too long, but Bluey defends her as she has little legs. However, Bingo now starts to sing her "little bug" song and both of the elder children start to get impatient, to which Judo suggests that the run away. Bluey agrees, but is unsure.
Bingo emerges as a butterfly, and she flutters around the garden, but no butterfly catchers are there to catch her. Bluey and Judo are playing together but are found by Bingo. Judo tells Bluey to run away with her away from Bingo. Bluey is unsure, and is put on the spot, but runs after Judo, with regret with her eyes. Hurt, Bingo goes back to her cocoon and sings her little bug song to herself. Meanwhile, Judo insists that Bluey plays "phones" with her, but Bluey wants to check on Bingo. Now Judo focuses the game entirely on herself, not letting Bluey have a word in edgeways; Bluey gets tired of this and sneaks away, going to find her sister.
Bluey apologises to Bingo for leaving her, but she sister remains in her cocoon; this causes Bluey to start welling up in tears, and she sits beside the tree. Bluey starts to sing the bug song, but Bingo starts to join in, taking her out of her cocoon. The two hug and make up, but are interrupted as Judo rings. They both hide in the swing, but Judo finds them eventually. Accusations fly from all sides, but eventually the three make up with one another. They decide to play Butterflies again, but all three decide they want to be the catcher, which leaves Bandit (and his washing) as their next victim.
Appearances
- Casper (mentioned)
Trivia
- This is the second time a character was shown in a detailed close-up - the first being The Weekend. Both instances were Bingo.
- "Poor Little Bug On The Wall" sung by Bingo and Bluey was based on an existing children's camp song (Sample). Some inspiration for this piece is attributed to the works of Wes Anderson and French film composer Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat.[citation needed]
- Instruments included in the arrangement are: piano, cello, voice and accordion.
- While it is debatable what the voice actors actually sang, the lyrics in the script are "Jing Jing".[2]
- When this episode aired on Disney Channel in the US, it was paired with Kids and The Creek.