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"This is confusing."
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Grandad is the twenty-seventh episode of the second season of Bluey.
Synopsis
Grandad is supposed to be resting, but when Bluey and Bingo go to visit him, he makes a run for it with the kids and takes them on a madcap adventure into the bush.
Mort is supposed to be resting, but when Bluey and Bingo go to visit him, he makes a run for it with the kids and takes them on a madcap adventure into the bush.
Bluey, Bingo and Mum are visiting Grandad because he’s been sick and is supposed to be resting up. But when they arrive, Grandad is busy pulling up a tree stump!
Grandad tells the girls to run for it and they head off into the bush pursued by Mum.
On[sic] route Bluey agrees with Grandad that Mum can’t tell them what to do, but Bingo isn’t so sure.
As they hide, Grandad overhears Mum telling his friend he should be resting because she still needs him, and he realises he should be taking it easy. So, he sits at the end of the pier while Bluey and Bingo swim and waits for Chilli to catch up to them.
Episode Recap
Warning Spoilers!
Then the scene cuts to the arrival of the kids and Chilli to the grandad’s abode. While the family vehicle decelerates and stops, Grandad is seen chopping a stump, right in Chilli’s sight. Chilli cries out, “Dad! What are you doing!?”. After noticing the family’s arrived, Grandad calls on the kids, and runs away from Chilli, leaving Chilli behind, who is trying to chase him and put him to bed. Then the episode title cuts in.
While running along from the front yard to the rear of Grandad’s house, Grandad howls. Bingo asks if he's meant to be resting, but he replies that there is nothing wrong with him. Chilli, chasing Grandad and the kids, demands Grandad to get in bed immediately. Grandad, running, says she must catch him first, and the kids shout along with Grandad. As Grandad is being advanced, he approaches a metal water tank, turns on the tap attached to a hose, controlling a sprinkler and sprays Chilli with it, which enabled him to hinder her for a while from the chase. The kids and Grandad see her being sprayed, laugh, and go into a bush.
As Bluey and Bingo are still running in the woods, the yelling of Chilli demanding them to come back yields their attention. They instantly decide to hide, and the scene cuts to Chilli, running into the woods and arriving at where the kids just now have been. Grandad and the kids, meanwhile, are hiding under the roots of a tree. Chilli looks around and claims none have known this scrub better than her and she will eventually find them. Grandad hears this, and whispers to the kids, saying it’s true and adding that this scrub was where Chilli grew up. Bluey then offers a method to escape, whispering close to Grandad’s ear. He doesn't hear, so Bluey proceeds straightaway. She grabs a stone and hurls it away. The crumbling sound distracts Chilli to the upper part of the foothill. Bluey then tells Grandad that Chilli is gone and asks where they should go next. Bingo, by the left side of Grandad, suggests they go to the canoes, which is regarded as a good idea by Grandad. He then says to follow the creek, taking the kids to the lower grounds.
The kids and Grandad slide down from a slope to the creek. Grandad tells the kids he’s going to perform a trick he learnt in the jungle; he digs a handful of mud from the riverbed of the creek, smudging the mud all over his face and saying she can’t find what she can’t see. The kids chuckle, saying it’s a good idea and proceed to follow his trick. After Grandad and the kids camouflage themselves, they continue to run. However, Grandad becomes weary, grunting and breathing heavily, which is noticed by the kids. Bluey stops and asks Grandad whether he is really fine. Grandad, who just stopped and is catching up his breath, straightens himself up and replies that he is fine. Bingo asks if it’s still a long way to the canoes, and adds that she is hungry. Bluey also said so, and asks Grandad if he has any food. Grandad tells the kids to follow him.
The scene then cuts to Chilli, whom meanwhile was tracing them by distinguishing their vestiges. She climbs down by the roots speedily, merges herself in the creek to see the holes in the riverbed dug up by Grandad and the kids, looks to her left doubtfully, stands up, and continued to chase.
The kids and Grandad gather around a wooden plank on the ground. Bluey asks why Grandad buried a backpack underground. He replies that it's in case they need some food. He flips the plank over, opens the backpack, and takes out an energy bar and a can of baked beans, making the kids cheer.
Chilli meanwhile is already on the foot of the very hill where the kids and Grandad now are at. While she is going along the creek, she stops suddenly and goes back as if she discovered something. On the twig in the ground, a cluster of fur of orange, beige, and blue are hanging onto the twig. Chilli picks up the fur and observes it closely. Immediately she realizes where Grandad and the kids are. She then discards the fur and rushes up to the foothill.
At the same time, the kids and Grandad are having snacks. When Grandad tries to open a pack of snacks, he fails due to his flared-up thumbs. Bluey notices and offered help. Grandad tells the kids his thumbs have been flaring up recently. Bluey asks if this is the reason Chilli has required Grandad to rest; to make his thumbs better. Grandad replies that it's probably so. Bingo then questions why Grandad didn’t do so. Grandad answers that to rest or not should have been up to him, adding humorously that he owns his thumbs. Bluey says indeed it should, proudly. However, when Grandad took a pack of pumpkin seeds out of the backpack, asking Bluey to have some, she refuses. Grandad tells her it’s necessary to eat some, giving the same reason as Chilli did, to make her "big and strong". Bluey says her mother once stated so too, so Grandad says that she was right. Bluey asks if it shouldn’t be up to her, putting Grandad into a dilemma. Bingo, in contrast, is willing to take some pumpkin seeds, saying that she wants to grow big and strong to paddle the canoe. Suddenly, Chilli sights them and shouts. Grandad rapidly packs up the food and the kids continue on the flee.
The chase continues. As Grandad approaches an intersection, he hesitates for a jiffy, wondering if he has lent it to Maynard. Bluey, seeing Chilli catching up, shakes Grandad’s arm and says she’s coming. Grandad gives up recalling and chooses the path to Maynard’s.
Arriving at Maynard’s, a cabin and a pier are seen by the bank, with a canoe berthed aside. As Grandad is steeping onto the cabin corridor, he grabs on the fence and looks back, when Maynard, who is fishing and sitting on a bench, notices them and asks what’s going on. The kids greet him, and Grandad tells Maynard they have to hide them. Maynard asks if it's the aliens, leaning out and looking upward, and Grandad replies that it’s actually Chilli. Bluey adds that Grandad won’t do what Chilli told him to do. Maynard, hearing this, sighed and asks why Grandad wouldn't do what he was told. Grandad once more demands Maynard to hide them instead of answering his question. So Maynard puts down the fishing rod, gets off the bench, and opens the door of the shed. Bingo asks him if he has got the canoe before she hides in, however Maynard doesn't answer her as Chilli’s voice interrupted.
Chilli now is running towards the bank, panting. When she arrives, Maynard is seen sitting on the bench, holding up the mug and pretentiously greeting Chilli. Chilli instantly figures out Maynard has the kids and Grandad hidden adjacently, so she tells Maynard to stop pretending and tell where they are. Maynard, still trying to pretend, asks who "they" are, even asking if she had a haircut to distract her. Simultaneously, Grandad, who is curled up with the kids in the narrow shed, grunts, hoping Maynard to successfully prevaricate Chilli. The kids chuckle.
Chilli steps onto the cabin corridor, saying to Maynard that Grandad should accept that he is getting older and need to take care of himself. Maynard, however, says if he was here, he would merely say, “it should have been up to me”, with an imitated voice and posture of Grandad. Immediately, she answers that it shouldn’t, stating seriously that she is his daughter and he should take care of himself for her. When she is about to give a reason, she halts for a moment, then says that she still needs him.
The scene cuts inside the cabin. As Grandad hears those statements, he looks with a sensation of hesitation. Maynard, now knowing Chilli’s initials, looks towards the inside of the cabin and says that only an old fool will ignore that. Suddenly the fish rod pops, as if being dragged by the fish on the hook. Chilli, seeing this, teasingly tells Maynard it could be a barra on the hook. Maynard, however, is still sitting on the bench, hindering the door, until the fish rod is dragged down into the water. He runs and to retrace the rod, Chilli moves the bench and before she enters the cabin, Grandad and the kids come out onto the pier, with Grandad scolding Maynard for not distracting Chilli well enough. He tells the kids to run. Bingo notices the canoe berthed at the end of the pier, so they run to it, with Chilli chasing behind.
Eventually Grandad and the kids get onto the boat before Chilli captures them. Chilli, however, standing at the very end of the pier, looks between the drifting away canoe and the lake surface several times, and dives into the water. As she is approaching the canoe, swimming, Bluey asks what they should do. Bingo grabs the paddle and says, "We canoe". So Grandad takes one paddle and tries to paddle the water but fails with his flared-up thumbs, saying the kids will have to paddle instead. Bluey takes over the paddle and says that’s why Grandad needs to rest. Grandad adds that this also explains why the girls have to be big and strong. Meanwhile, Chilli is seen merely dozens of feet near the ship, so Bluey and Bingo paddle the water together and accelerate the canoe until the boat is eventually out of Chilli’s reach, who is soaked in the water, shouting to the fleeing Grandad and kids that she will find them.
As the kids and Grandad arrive at another pier, Bingo asks whether Chilli will find them here. Grandad answers that she will be here soon. Then the scene cuts to Chilli, running in the woods, panting, as Grandad says this was her favorite place when she was young. The kids add that they should flee in the canoe if Chilli arrives. Grandad, however, rejects the idea to run away, instead saying that it’s time for him to take a rest. As he walks to the end of the pier and sits down, he then suggests the kids have a swim, so Bluey and Bingo jump into the water cheerfully.
Chilli, meanwhile, is on her way to where Grandad and the kids are. As she approaches the bank, she stands and sees Grandad sitting on the pier, laughing and watching the kids playing in the water. Chilli, gratifiedly smiles seeing this scene. She sets her hand on Grandad’s shoulder and sits down along with him. Chilli is seen on the pier, Bluey thus swims along and takes some pumpkin seeds, showing that she is having them. Chilli replies with a hooray, then Bingo comes after and points toward Grandad, saying he is resting, so Chilli again replies with a hooray, as she puts her hand on Grandad, looking at him with an expression of gratification. The scene after that turned to a back view of Grandad and Chilli, as Chilli first says that she remembers Grandad used to take her here to swim, adding that it’s a long time ago. Grandad replies that it was "yesterday". Then they lean on each other, with Grandad holding Chilli’s back. The scene then gradually shifts to a young Chilli leaning on Grandad, as they are facing towards a majestic landscape. The episode ends.Appearances
Trivia
- This is the first episode to air after a six-month break in 2020. The block of episodes from Grandad to Easter is referred to as "Season 2B."
- This episode is the first appearance of Mort (or to the kids "Grandad") in the flesh, as he appeared via a photograph and mentioned numerous times in Sticky Gecko. This is also the first appearance outright of Maynard.
- Sean Choolburra, Maynard's voice actor, is the first voice actor to be a First Nations person on the show (Choolburra is a man of the Pitta Pitta, Kalkadoon, Gugu Yalanji and Girramay Nations, all of which are in area of present-day northern Queensland).
- This episode aired on Australia's "Grandparents Day", which is the last Sunday in October, and for 2020 was the 25th of the month.
- The music for this episode focuses mainly on the banjo, and gives a "country" genre vibe.
- The beginning of the episode immediately after the intro is played, uniquely to this episode, with a banjo.
- Two tracks play throughout the episode, firstly titled "Grandad" with the second "It Was Yesterday". Both are found on the second Bluey Album, Dance Mode!.
- Mort has had heartworm surgery, which is an issue that many dogs tend to have at least once in their life.
- Mort's first line, both in episode and on screen overall is "Oh, strewth!". "Strewth" is an Australian term used to express surprise or negativity, similar to "crikey" or "bother."
- The scene where Mort and the girls hide from Chilli in the roots of a tree was directly inspired from a similar scene from Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring where the four Hobbits hide from a Ringwraith.[1]
- Next to the spot where Mort and his granddaughters mask their face with mud, there is a tree root which has Chilli's name carved into.
- Chilli is shown to be a practiced tracker, as she able to spot mud tracks and small tufts of hair to keep on the pursuit. This is perhaps influenced from her father's career in the Army.
- Along with the photo and references spoken in Sticky Gecko stating he was in the army when he was younger, Mort reveals he served in an armed conflict in a jungle. Considering his age at the time of conflicts, it is likely Mort had done service in either The Vietnam War or The Borneo Confrontation, both of which were conflicts Australian Armed Forces took part in.
- Numerous places in this episode were inspired by real life locations, mainly around the Moogerah Dam area.[2]
- This is the second time a flashback is seen on screen (albeit partial), as a younger version of Chilli is seen hugging Mort on the jetty as the episode ends.
- During the episode credits, Mort's hat and crowbar lie on a tree stump, instead of Bluey dancing.
- In Seesaw, which aired the following day to this episode, Chilli mentions how Mort just had heart worm surgery and they will be visiting him next week. It is therefore directly implied the events of Grandad occur after said episode, despite it airing in Australia the day beforehand.
- Phones, the next and so far only other episode Mort appears in (in season three), Mort wears a fedora hat (one usually used for traveling), rather than a fisher hat which he does for this episode.
- Long Dog: This long dog is completely brown like the background. It can be seen in the top right when Mort, Bluey and Bingo are hiding in Maynard's closet. It is slightly obscured by a fishing pole.
- When this episode aired on Disney Channel in the US, it was paired with Seesaw and Movies.
References
- ↑ https://twitter.com/samtheangelfox/status/1320225479337545730?s=46&t=zf088mQ0oslyFizEU0lVnQ
- ↑ https://player.captivate.fm/episode/ddfc9d8b-64b8-4f09-8174-f46af8a7bcb7Bluey's Brisbane interview with Costa Kassab, section relating to Grandad begins around 21:20.