Flat Pack is the Twenty-Fourth episode of Season two of Bluey (TV series).
Synopsis
While Mum and Dad struggle to build new flat-pack furniture, Bluey and Bingo transform the empty boxes into their own new world.
Episode Recap
Bandit and Chilli set out to build a new swing for the back porch, with Chilli being more concerned than Bandit over following the assembly instructions with exact accuracy. Meanwhile, the girls amuse themselves with the packing materials, starting as fish swimming on bubble wrap. The game, in which Bluey plays a mum and Bingo is her daughter, progresses to them playing “frog-dogs” on cardboard, and then lizards with cardboard tube tails. They progress to dinosaurs, followed by birds, as “baby” Bingo grows older.
After a brief stint as creatures living in snow and monkeys, the two become cave dogs with a large box serving as their cave. Bluey creates felt pen “cave paintings” depicting their game so far, while depicting their parents as the divine source of all their play materials. Touched by the display, Chilli and Bandit decide to finish their own project without further bickering. Succeeding, they throw the remaining packaging to the girls.
Bluey and Bingo construct a city, with Bingo declaring that she has now reached adulthood. Aged “Mother” Bluey bids her farewell as she takes off in her new spaceship, but then wonders what to do with herself. Bandit and Chilli welcome her onto the completed porch swing, and all three rest as Bingo zooms around the yard. Enjoying the day's successes as the sun sets, Bandit peacefully remarks “This is heaven!”
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Trivia
- Like with Teasing, the episode was pulled from ABC iview due to derogatory terms and copyright issues due to the storyboard artist. However, an edited version with the relevant scene redubbed can be watched on ABC iview. This edit is also present on the Disney distributed version of the episode. It was redubbed to "Ooo-ooo".
- Bluey and Bingo's games throughout the episode is an allegory to Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution and the evolution of Earth and life in general. In addition, "Mother" Bluey (now acting old with a cane) walking to the porch swing is suppose to represent a person passing away and entering/ascending to Heaven (according to Christianity) with Bandit's remark hinting this.
- This is the second time death is mentioned in the series, the first being "Copycat".
- The furniture that Bandit and Chili build throughout the episode is most likely a reference to IKEA. The manual also has the furniture name "SÄL" on it, like an IKEA brand.
- Bandit makes a subtle 4th-wall break when he exclaims "I'm not taking advice from a cartoon dog!" Despite he himself being a cartoon dog from whom viewers regularly take parenting advice.
- Long Dog: This long dog is made of polystyrene and as a result is notably more cuboid in shape. It can be seen on the left side of the screen on the ground when Bluey is waving goodbye to Bingo.
- When this episode aired on Disney Channel in the US, it was paired with Queens and Trains.