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Fruitbat (also known as Fruit Bat) is the eighth episode of the first season of Bluey.
Synopsis
Bluey doesn't want to go to bed, wishing she could stay up all night like the nocturnal fruit bats instead. After trying and failing to get to sleep, she goes downstairs to find Dad asleep on the floor, dreaming about playing touch football.
Mum explains that Dad doesn't get to play much anymore, so he dreams about it instead. Bluey has an idea. Maybe if she dreams about being a fruit bat, she'll be able to stay up late too![2]
As Bluey finally gets to sleep, she finds herself flying through the night sky to the sports ground, where she meets up with Dad as he plays football with his mates.
Not wanting to go to bed, Bluey tries to dream about being a nocturnal fruit bat so she can stay up all night long, and soon she finds herself flying through the night sky.[2]
Episode Recap
The Heelers have just finished a game of Pop-Up Croc when Chilli announces that it's time for bed. In protest, Bluey, followed by Bingo, runs outside where they say goodnight to the frogs, kangaroos and bilbies, before Bandit says goodnight to the fruitbats. Bingo informs him that they are "octurnal" (a mispronunciation of "nocturnal"). After learning this, Bluey wishes she could stay up all night like a fruitbat.
Bandit has to pull out every trick in his book to get Bingo, and especially Bluey, to bed: 'rocketship' to go up the stairs (having the girls pretend to be on a rocketship as he carries them), 'penguins' (allowing Bluey to slide on her belly on the bathroom floor) to have a shower, and "story game" for a bedtime book (he pretends to fall asleep when reading a story).
Bluey complains again that it's not fair as her parents say goodnight. Bingo falls asleep instantly, while Bluey tosses and turns. She eventually gets up and heads downstairs. Dad is having a nap on the floor and flailing about mid dream with his football. Chilli explains he is probably dreaming about playing touch football with his mates as he doesn't get to do it much anymore, being too busy with work and parenting. Bluey thinks maybe she could dream about being a fruitbat and rushes upstairs to bed.
In a dream sequence, Bluey goes outside to try to find Bandit, and takes off from the deck to fly with the fruitbats in the sky. She flies past houses and hangs upside down in numerous trees to eat fruit with the fruitbats. Bluey hears Bandit and flies to find him on the footy field with his mates, scoring a try. They say hello before Bluey flies off again and wakes in her bed from the dream.
The next morning, Chilli greets Bluey in the kitchen, while Bandit is doing sit ups on the floor and Bluey jumps on him to say thank you for looking after them, recalling from what Chilli said the previous night. Chilli offers Bluey her favorite breakfast: Fruit salad, which she declines, asking for toast instead, with both Chilli and Bingo taken aback by this change of heart.
Appearances
- Bluey
- Bingo
- Chilli
- Bandit
- Stripe (dream sequence, cameo)
- Rocko (dream sequence, debut)
- Mackenzie's Dad (dream sequence, debut)
- Pat (dream sequence)
- Mackenzie (dream sequence, debut, does not speak) (cameo)
Trivia
- This is the first episode to:
- show a non-Heeler character's bedroom.
- have a fantasy sequence in an episode.
- feature Mackenzie's Dad, Rocko (both unnamed) and Mackenzie (who both does not speak and is unnamed).
- feature Lachlan Nicholson as co-composer.
- This episode revealed Bluey's favourite food, which is fruit salad.
- The "Pop-Up Croc" featured in this episode is based off a popular 90s's toy, Pop-Up Pirate.
- This is one of five season 1 episodes to have sneak peaks in 2018, alongside The Magic Xylophone, Keepy Uppy, Daddy Robot and Shadowlands.[citation needed]
- The main musical theme to this episode features on Bluey: The Album.
- This is one[3] of thirteen[4] full-episodes available on the Bluey YouTube Channel.[5]
- This episode was adapted to the book of the same name.
- A copy of said book is on display in a bookstore in the episode The Quiet Game.
- The scene where Bluey plays penguins in the bathroom was removed from CBeebies in the UK, as the game could be considered dangerous.
- Six dogs can be seen playing touch football during the dream sequence. However, only five as seen closely enough to be identified: Bandit, Stripe, Rocko, Pat, and Mackenzie's Dad.
- Bandit's celebration dance, which he performs after scoring in the football scene, is repeated again in Squash.
- Long Dog: This version of the long dog is purple with a dark purple spot on it's back. It can be seen on the far side of the back porch handrail during Bluey's dream.
- When this episode aired on Disney Channel in the US, it was paired with The Weekend and BBQ.
- On this episode's page on the official website, the character section has Bluey flying.
Errors
- During Bingo's tactical wee, the daytime sky can be seen through the window.
- Chilli's hockey stick gets wrapped in tape in the first shot it appears in, but the tape disappears after the following shot.
References
- ↑ https://dcba.fandom.com/wiki/September_11,_2019
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.bluey.tv/watch/season-1/fruitbat/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_GMwkf2UM4&list=PLbtUQWldWkKjFcPqDd_XI3QQ_3IBqaoV7&index=10&t=5s
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbtUQWldWkKjFcPqDd_XI3QQ_3IBqaoV7
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/@BlueyOfficialChannel