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Chickenrat is the forty-sixth episode of Season One of Bluey.
Synopsis
At bedtime, Bingo panics when she can’t find her beloved toy, Floppy. With Mums help, they retrace their steps backwards through the game they played that day to help Bingo remember.[1]
Starting with the balcony where they cooked a chickenrat egg, then the bathroom where Dad laid the egg in the laundry.
Further back is the Living Room where they turned Dad into a chickenrat in the first place!
But the trail goes cold as they can’t find Floppy anywhere. On the verge of losing hope, Bingo suddenly remembers and races to the balcony to find that her toy was hidden in the chickenrat egg all along.
As the girls get ready for bed, Bingo can’t remember where she left her favourite toy, Floppy.[1]
Episode Recap
In the Heeler house as it's evening, while Bandit is clucking around the bedroom (pretending to be a chickenrat) with Bluey and Bingo. Chilli comes to tell the girls as it's their bedtime. Bingo can’t find her toy bunny Floppy though, so Chilli gets them to retrace their steps of their long game.
18:00 - On the balcony, Ninja Bluey and Ninja Bingo were making a fire with building blocks to cook the chickenrat egg (shape puzzle toy). Once Bluey lit the fire with her wand, Chilli said it's bedtime.
17:30 - Ninja Bluey and Ninja Bingo sent Chickenrat Bandit to the bathroom to lay an egg in the laundry basket! Bluey sung him a birthing song to help him lay an egg. Once he screams like a chickenrat, he lays an egg! Bluey and Bingo uncover the basket to reveal a chickenrat egg! They start to plan to cook the chickenrat egg.
16:45 - Bluey and Bingo search for Bandit. Bandit was hiding behind a room, but they didn't notice, until they heard him burp! Bluey transform Bandit into a chickenrat! The kids walked him to eat and get a laundry basket for him to lay a chickenrat egg!
16:15 - Bluey and Bingo sneak in the lounge room to turn Bandit into a chickenrat, but he escapes!
16:00 - In the playroom, Bluey and Bingo gets their ninja masks in the costume bag and wear them.
15:50 - In the backyard garden, Bluey gets her special wand to turn anyone into an animal! Bingo says that they should dress up as ninjas.
15:45 - Bluey and Bingo look in the fridge, there is chicken eggs and avocado pits, but no chickenrat eggs. Bluey has an idea! She decides to get her wand.
15:40 - Waitress Bluey tells Chef Bingo that Bandit wants a chickenrat egg, Bingo questions what a chickenrat. Bluey says that it's an animal that is Half-chicken and Half-rat. Bingo says that she hasn't got any chickenrat eggs. They both decide to look in the fridge.
15:35 - Waitress Bluey takes Bandit's order. While he reads the newspaper, he wants a chickenrat egg. Bluey says she will check with Chef Bingo.
12:45 - The Heeler Family are having a having a BBQ lunch. While Bluey and Bingo almost finished their meals, Bandit after mowing the lawn is so hungry, he could eat everyone on the table! Bingo hides Floppy in the shape puzzle toy and puts it in the laundry basket. Bandit gets the salad bowl and puts some sauerkraut in it. Bluey and Bingo says to him that it makes him burp! Bluey and Bingo want to play café with him in a few hours. As the kids leave the table, Bandit burps!
Eventually, Chilli, Bluey and Bingo find floppy in the shape puzzle toy! Hooray!
Appearances
Characters
Censorship/Controversy
- In the original version of this episode, the sauerkraut made Bandit sneeze. The ABC changed it to burping, in response to a complaint that the episode shows food allergies as harmless.[2]
- However, Disney continues to broadcast the original version of this episode on its television channels, but with subtitles for the updated episode.
Trivia
- The headbands that Bluey, and Bingo wear is a reference to the Naruto headbands.
- When Bluey, Bingo, and Chilli search for Floppy, parts of the plot are similar to Eric Hill’s 1980 Spot book “Where's Spot?”
- The episode’s plot is told in reverse order. This could be a homage to the psychological thriller film "Memento" as the film's plot is told similarly.
- Long Dog: The original long dog. It appears under the playroom table when the girls are shown dressing up as ninjas.
- When this episode aired on Disney Channel in the US, it was paired with Pirates and Neighbours.
- On this episode's page on the official website, the character section has the Heeler girls wearing masks, with Bluey holding a toy wand and Bingo holding a vase.[3]
Errors
- Despite Floppy being female, Chilli refers to her as "him" at the start of the episode.
- When Bingo opens the door to reveal Bandit, the spot on her back is gone.