Cubby is the thirty-eighth episode of Season Three of Bluey.
Synopsis[]
Bluey and Bingo build a very special cubby for their stuffed toy Kimjim.[2]
Episode Recap[]
Warning Spoilers!
The episode opens with Bandit watching the cricket on the TV while Bluey and Bingo play with Kimjim in their cubby. It is a blanket placed between a table and settee, and is just big enough for them to fit in together. They are playing a game similar to Snakes and Ladders, to which Kimjim has "won" another game, but now it is time for their nap, but both Bluey and Bingo notice that there isn't enough room for him to sleep.
Chilli remarks to Bandit that she wants to remove the wall, separating the living room and conservatory, as it's too cramped. Bandit replies that the only thing that needs to be bigger is the TV, though Chilli says that it's big enough as it is. Chilli decides to get the tape measure, just as Bluey and Bingo come to their dad and take the cushions of the settee he's sitting on, leaving him on the floor.
Chilli starts measuring in the background as the sisters have now built a bedroom for Kimjim; they put him to bed and decide that a playroom is needed, and so grab towels from the laundry room and a chair from the kitchen. A blanket is thrown as the roof of the playroom, all the while Bandit still watches the TV. Unfortunately for him, Bluey forces him to move, and they take his last cushion to make into a bath, leaving the sisters to now build a bathroom.
Chilli is still measuring the wall, and accidentally walks into the bathroom under-construction. Bingo brings Kimjim in, and the girls decide that he likes the room, though he is now hungry. The girls ponder for a moment, when they decide to build a dining room. A time-lapse now follows, with the girls building a dining room in the living room (using a skateboard and cushions, and equipped with utensils and plates), all while Chilli continues to measure the doorways and walls, and while Bandit sits very close to the television.
Dinner is finished, showing the highly decorated dining room complete with artwork. After this, the three retire to the drawing room, but they realise that there is no fridge to put the drawings on, meaning that a need is made for a kitchen to be built.
Bandit has been watching the television at close range by this point, and now needs to use the toilet. However, he notices the sea of blankets and cushions that are behind him (Chilli is still measuring by this point). He calls to the girls for his requirement, and they give him directions to "head to the dining room, then go past the alpaca farm around the cactus farm, through the star room and out the netball court." Bandit takes the chance, and is warned not to mess anything up.
Bandit goes through a lobby of blankets and cushions, passing many rooms, each uniquely designed and serving a different purpose, including an underwater room, a disco room and a burger room to name a few. Eventually, Bandit runs into Chilli, and she points him into the direction he needs, but asks him to take the tape measure with him.
Bluey has now assembled the penguin room, and goes to find Kimjim, who she thinks is with Bingo. Bluey heads to the library, but then they both realize that they don't have Kimjim, and go running looking for him. They suddenly run into their dad, and explain the situation, with Bingo breaking down that they're bad parents. Bandit isn't quite ready to handle the situation, and simply asks for the toilet (with desperation in his eyes), to which the girls point and soon run off looking for their child. Bandit enters the next room, and finds a flowerpot with a frisbee attached, not quite what Bandit had in mind.
The girls are desperately running through their cubby, and pass a zoo and crocodile room, before each find their way into the star room. They realise that there's too many rooms, and both start howling in desperation. Chilli, who is still working on measurements (and somewhat enjoying the gymnastics involved), despite the cries, measures the room at a comical 36 meters, for Bandit (who still has the other end of the stick), has been going in a loop. Suddenly, the cricket is back on, and Bandit is desperate, he apologises, and says that he'll "take a little peek", to which he completely destroys the roof.
A domino effect now ensues, with the rumbling now taking over the entire cubby, and the girls run before they are entrapped, dodging blankets, toys, cushions and tape, they jump out just in time, just as Bandit runs for the facilities. The girls find Kimjim completely safe and sound, and are very pleased to find him.
The living room is reverted back to its original format, with the girls back in their original one-room cubby, with Bandit lying on the settee just as Chilli comes in and brings them both a drink. Bandit decides that indeed the TV is big enough, and Chilli confesses that the room is large enough as well. The girls are playing snakes and ladders again, with Kimjim winning another time, though the back cushion accidentally falls off. Chilli asks if they need more room, to which they reply, "No, we're fine."
Appearances[]
Trivia[]
- A cubby is an Australian term for a small room, or more commonly a playhouse.
- This episode marks the beginning of the third release of the third season, marked as Season 3C. This is also the first Bluey episode to air directly onto Australian screens after the shows' 9-month hiatus which began in June 2022, with The Decider being the most recent episode which dropped on 23rd June 2022.
- This episode also aired on Easter Sunday.
- This is one of two episodes to be co-written by animation director Claire Renton, alongside Work.
- The episode aired inside The Russian Federation months prior on the 13th December 2022. This was a few days before Disney shut down it's services in Russia, owing to numerous companies boycotts of the country in 2022.
- This episode features Anglo-Australian comedian Adam Hills as a guest, who voices the cricket commentator.
- Numerous Toys are seen from previous episodes:
- Chattermax (Hide and Seek, Sticky Gecko among others).
- The wind-up bath toys seen in Burger Shop.
- The small playhouse used in Rain.
- Greydancer from The Claw.
- The octopus in Hospital.
- The Queen (Queens and The Show to name a few).
- The teddy which Muffin shouts at in The Sleepover.
- The Teddy has a bandage to the eye, and the frog next to it ("Sir Frogdog") also has a bandage to the arm. The last episode both were seen in was Queens).
- A handful of gnomes (Grannies, Backpackers, Hammerbarn etc.).
- The wand used in Chickenrat.
- The hat which Agatha wears (Driving).
- Chutney Chimp (Featherwand and Mr Monkeyjocks).
- The doll from The Weekend (plus the ball from said episode)
- The crocodile from The Doctor and Phones.
- The Yes/No buttons which were first seen in Dance Mode and later The Quiet Game.
- The Fox, Koala and Owl plushies seen in numerous episodes, most notably Queens.
- A penguin can be also be seen in Queens, as opposed to a minimum of nine in Cubby.
- Stars found in, and most likely borrowed from Bluey & Bingos’ Bedroom.
- The cards used for snap from Obstacle Course are in the drawing room.
- There are also blocks which are of a similar design to Lego which can be found throughout the episode.
- The "yes-no button" from Dance Mode.
- 55 inches (around 1.3 metres) is still a common size for televisions, both in Australia and globally, and is around average.
- On the TV, a shot of St Peters Basilica can be seen. The Cathedral is located in Adelaide, South Australia, and marks only one of two places within Australia outside of Queensland, alongside The Blue Mountains in the episode of the same name, to be portrayed in the show.
- There are three shots where the clock is just out of sight of the camera, first just after the girls have built the bedroom, second when the time-lapse of the bedroom is under-construction (blocked by Bandits ear), and third when Bandit asks the girls how to get to the toilet.
- When the sisters and Kimjim have finished eating dinner, Baked Beans can be seen on Bingos plate, while cheese and a carrot are found on Blueys. These are probably references to the episodes Fancy Restaurant and Muffin Cone. Alongside this, there is a drawing of a burger which was used in Burger Shop.
- The clock on the wall to the start of the episode starts at a time of roughly quater-to-eleven for a few shots (though it is shown from a distance as showing roughly 11:43), all the way through to showing the kids leaving the dining room. From when the kitchen is to be built to when there is a break in cricket, the clock goes from quarter-to-eleven to ten-past-one. The clock then shows around twenty-to-two after the collapse, before finally showing twenty-to-three to the end of the episode.
- There are two shots where the clock is just out of sight of the camera, first just after the girls have built the bedroom, and second when the time-lapse of the bedroom is under-construction (blocked by Bandits ear).
- When Bandit enters the disco room, in the far right a tea towel of The Big Peanut is seen.
- The girls go to draw on paper on “The Drawing Room”. A drawing room is another term for a living room, as a place to entertain either the family, guests or both. In this situation, the term can be used for either context.
- In the TV stand, the book which was borrowed in Promises, and Unicorse tried to read in said episode is seen underneath the television.
- The other book from the same episode, The Queen and The Shoes, can be found in the collapsed Cubby next to the inflatable palm tree.
- Although this episode premiered in 2023 on ABC Kids, it was produced in 2021 according to the end credits.
- Long Dog: There are three Long Dogs seen in this episode:
- A longdog can be found in the first room which Bandit passes to the right, in the same room as a clown.
- After the cubby has collapsed, a lighter blue long dog can be seen underneath a cushion and next to the toilet paper.
- The third, golden Long Dog is in the next shot, underneath some yellow cushions, partially obscured by Bluey.
- In the USA, this episode airs with Granny Mobile and Space.
Errors[]
- When Bluey says, "I'm glad we have a art room.", this is grammatically incorrect, and it should instead be "I'm glad we have an art room", though given her age this could just be excused for phonics.
- There is an error in the credits of the episode: the storyboards were done by Sarah Rackemann[3][4]
References[]
- ↑ not credited for episode
- ↑ https://www.bluey.tv/blog/updated-brand-new-bluey-more-series-3-episodes-are-coming-to-abc-kids-and-iview/?fbclid=IwAR2DXXmMdejaDLfQrclLV64NdNI3CkcCZh8uvBksq5b899aPG6mfDLX9-YI
- ↑ https://twitter.com/_rackemann/status/1647119301172948993
- ↑ https://twitter.com/CosmicGl0w/status/1645243016603664385