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"Well, that wouldn't make my boss very happy."
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Chickenrat is the forty-sixth episode of the first season of Bluey.
Synopsis
It's bedtime and Bingo can't remember where she left her beloved Floppy. Retracing their steps, Bingo and Bluey lead their Mum through their bizarre day in the hope of tracking her down.
Episode Recap
Bandit is clucking around the bedroom (pretending to be a chickenrat) with the girls when Mum comes to tell them it’s bedtime. Bingo can’t find her toy bunny Floppy though, so Mum gets them to retrace their steps.... They first visit the balcony where a toy campfire is ready...
The episode cleverly runs in reverse as the girls take Mum through their imaginative day, so I’m going to recap it in chronological order for fun.
Dad comes to sit at the lunch table proclaiming he’s so hungry he could eat everyone... Bingo hides her bunny Floppy in the Bingo-version of the famous Tupperware shape sorter (appears to be wood - awaiting Tupperwares remake...).
Dad then hoes into some sauerkraut, despite his allergy, which makes him sneeze. The girls decide to play “Restaurants” and nominate Dad as their customer.
Dad lies on the couch with his newspaper as Bluey comes to take his order. In an attempt to extend their cooking as long as possible, Dad asks for a “Chickenrat” egg for breakfast.
Bluey takes the order to Chef Bingo who proclaims they don’t have any Chickenrat eggs, so they go to the fridge in search of one.
Bluey has an idea which needs her magic wand - the girls run outside to fetch it and make a plan to sneak up in Dad to turn HIM into a Chickenrat. To do this they need to dress up as Ninjas.
They sneak into the lounge room but Dad escapes to hide upstairs. The girls look for him and his sneezes (from the sauerkraut) give him away - he is turned into a Chickenrat.
Chickenrat Dad is then hustled into the bathroom to lay an egg in the nest - Mums laundry basket. After a beautiful song and much grunting, the egg is laid - the Tupperware shape sorter.
The girls then build a campfire from toy blocks on the deck to roast their Chickenrat Egg and here we are at the beginning of the episode and the search for Floppy!
Bingo realises that by retracing her steps she’s remembered that Floppy is actually IN the Chickenrat egg they’ve been playing with all day.
Appearances
Characters
Trivia
- 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.[1]
- However, Disney continues to broadcast the original version of this episode on its television channels, but with subtitles for the updated episode.
- 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 the Eric Hill’s Spot book “Where's Spot?”
- The episodes 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.[2]
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.