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Dad Baby is the thirteenth episode of season two of Bluey.
Synopsis
When Dad shows the kids how to use their old baby-harness, a new game is born: Dad Baby! But dad is unprepared for the harsh realities of giving birth to a baby Bingo.
When Bingo finds her old baby-harness, Dad puts it on to show her how it works. Bingo climbs in and a new game is born: Dad Baby!
Much to Mum’s bemusement, Dad claims to know all about being pregnant, but he’s not prepared for how heavy baby Bingo is or for when she starts to kick![1]
Dad is ready to stop the game, but Bluey refuses to let him before he’s given birth.
In the backyard paddling pool Dad starts to go into ‘labour’, but Bingo’s really hanging in there, so they call on Lucky’s Dad to help for one last push! Finally, as baby Bingo comes out, she shares a tender moment in Dad’s arms.
Episode Recap
The episode begins with Chilli and Bandit relaxing in the back living room while Bluey is cleaning up some spilled orange juice. She asks Bandit if she must clean everything up, to which her father responds "If you're going to do something, do it properly." As this is said, Bingo walks in with a papoose. Bandit explains that they wore this to take the children around the park instead of staying indoors. Bluey, noticing a chance for a joke, encourages Bingo to get into the papoose, to which she just fits into. Bluey has another idea, and she knows what to play next: Dad Baby.
Bluey explains to her father that he is pregnant with a baby Bingo, so he has to act pregnant. Bandit, decides that if he's going to play dad baby, he might as well do it properly, so he must fully act pregnant. Chilli, who fully knows what is coming, stops reading her magazine and wraps it up, knowing what is about to come next: Bandit jokingly complains about his back and feet, that he must sit down, is very hungry and needs his vitamin E cream. Chilli is mortified, and starts attacking Bandit with the magazine. Bandit, with Bingo in the papoose, and Bluey run away, though Bandit is out of breath, and tells Bluey that he is hungry.
Once the fridge is opened, Bandit surveys what food is on offer, and says that he has cravings for dim sims. However, as Bandit tries to eat these dim sims, Bingo reaches for them and places them in the papoose, leaving none for Bandit. After this, Bluey leads her father into the garden, being that "pregnant people need excercise too". Bandit, complaining how uncomfortable the papoose is, says he needs to sit down, but raises immediately as Chilli approaches. As she asks how it's going, Bandit says that its very easy for him, to which Chilli responds "Oh good. Well, soon you'll start feeling the baby kicking." Cue Bingo who decides to start kicking her father from withing the papoose straight onto his belly. As Chilli leaves, Bandit has had enough, and tries to take the papoose off. However, Bluey interjects, saying that Bandit hasn't had the baby yet, and reminds him of his own words, that "if you're going to do something, do it properly", though Bandit says that this advice doesn't apply to him. At this very moment, Bingo emerges from underneath the pappose, with her older sister and father taking aback, as it seems now that he is having a baby.
In the next scene, Bandit is lying in the swimming pool, taking frequent deep breaths. Bluey asks what will happen next, but it turns out that there is no midwife around to deliver the baby. Suddenly, the three Heelers hear Pat singing in his garden. With a look between each other, Bluey and Bandit know what to do. Bluey asks if Pat can give them a hand with something to which he obliges, though he doesn't realise what the something is until it is too late. Bandit tells Pat to harden up, though he protests as he doesn't know how to deliver a baby. Lucky, Pats' son, shouts to his father from his house that the cricket has started. Pat says that hes busy, and to say only if theres a wicket. Pat, after stating this won't be hard at all, looses Bingo as she goes back inside of the papoose and is adament that she isn't going anywhere. Pat puts his hand inside of the papoose after her, and after grabbing a leg, starts to pull. Lucky interupts stating the cricket score, and Pat starts to become distracted until Bandit and Bluey interupt them and the pulling resumes. Suddenly, the butt is shown and is encouraged to keep pulling, though dim sims are starting to fall out.
To no avail, Bingo is not budging, and is not able to be pulled out any further. Bluey has another idea, saying to Pat that she'll pull, while he pushes. This is starting to work as Bingo is being pushed out further and further. Lucky interupts again, stating that a star cricket player is now out. Pat is really annoyed that he's missed this, and tries to flee, but not before Bandit grabs him and says he's not going anywhere. As the final moments of the delivery arrive, Pat is holding Bandit's hand and starts singing to him, though Bingo is tickling her father while this happens. At last, Bingo is released, though grabs onto some of Bandit's hairs as he yells out in pain. As Bluey and Pat chant Hooray, Bandit gives a much more tired sound, exhausted from the experience.
Later on, as Bandit lies in the swimming pool cradling his newborn child, Bluey says that a name has to be given. Bandit agrees, and decides on naming his child Chilli. Pat, watching aside, states to the three that they don't muck around. To which both Bandit and Bluey respond, "If you're going to do something [...] do it properly." Chilli, watching from the top floor cheers congratulations to her husband, to which he responds that it was easy. Bluey, though, decides that it is her turn, with the camera focusing on a panicked Bandit as the episode ends.
Appearances
Characters
Trivia
- Lucky’s Dad is referred to as Pat for the first time.
- The song Pat was singing is John Williamson’s "True Blue", which was an Australian folk song released in 1982.
- The song Wendy sings is "I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside" a popular British music hall song, written by John A. Glover-Kind.
- When Lucky updates Pat on the cricket score, he calls out "It's none for six, Dad!" This follows normal Australian practice, where wickets (outs) are listed first, and runs are listed second (this can be seen in that Lucky indicates the run total is one four and two singles). However, outside of Australia, it is more usual to reverse the order, with runs coming before wickets so that "none for six" would mean no runs scored for six wickets lost.
- Australian practice is shown again by the television commentator in The Weekend ("7 for 279").
- This is the first episode to have been entirely skipped over in Disney's release of the series. While no official reason was given, it is likely that Disney found the themes and content of the episode too inappropriate for the age demographic.
- This would also happen to Family Meeting as well, though this decision was later reversed.
- Despite this, however, the episode would end up being approved by BBC Studios for worldwide distribution. As such, despite not being featured on Disney networks and platforms, the episode is available on the Bluey: Seasons 1 & 2 DVD set as a bonus, and on DVD in select other nations, and has also aired on other regional broadcasters (CBeebies, France 5, TV5 etc.).
- It is now available on the official Bluey YouTube Channel. The episode can also be purchased on iTunes or Amazon.
- This is currently the first and only episode to end with an iris out.
- Long Dog: There are two different long dogs in this episode:
- The first is the original fridge magnet version. It can be seen during the scene in which Bandit attempts to eat Dim Sums.
- The second long dog is grey with a dark grey spot. It can briefly be seen on top of the playroom bookshelf when Bandit is walking down the steps into the backyard.
- This long dog disappears in the long shot when Bluey asks Pat to help. It then later reappears after Bingo is "born" (albeit this time as a dark oblong shadow.)
- The Polish title for this episode is "Tata w ciąży" (Pregnant Dad).
Errors
- If one goes frame-by-frame as Bluey manages to pull Bingo out, she is missing the white patch on her stomach.
- An error with the iTunes subtitles reveals that Chilli's exclamation of Bandit's name is "[inaudible] Heeler".