Hospital is the second episode of the first season of Bluey.
Synopsis
Playing 'Hospital' leaves Dad in the needle-happy hands of Doctor Bluey as she and Nurse Bingo diagnose his sore tummy. One x-ray (and a few more injections later) and they discover Dad has a cat in his tummy!
After singing him to sleep, Bluey gets operating! But the bitey cat just won't budge. Feeling bad that they were unable to help their patient, Bingo takes another look at the x-ray and discovers the true culprit.[1]
Together with Bluey, they inform Dad that the Cat is chasing a mouse! Luring it out with a piece of cheese, Dad gets a clean bill of health – and one more needle for the road!
Doctor Bluey is needed for assistance when Dad gets a very curious x-ray from Nurse Bingo. It seems that he has a cat in his tummy, leaving Bluey no choice but for her to operate immediately.[1]
Episode Recap
In the Heeler house, Bandit and Bingo are playing a game when Bandit puts his hand on his aching back and asks "Is there some game where I just lie really still?" leading to a reluctant game of pretend hospital.
Bingo welcomes the patient "Telemachus" referring to Bandit and assures him there's no need to be nervous. However, this fear isn't allayed as Doctor Bluey bursts in and jabs Dad with the first needle "DING!!!" "Ohhhhhh brave boy" coos Nurse Bingo as she smooths on a plaster. Dr. Bluey asks the 'big blue guy' if he's got a baby in his tummy before jabbing in another needle and ordering an X-ray. "Don't worry sweetie" assures Nurse Bingo as she does an X-ray which reveals a possum-shaped cat inside of him.
Dr. Bluey says that the prognosis doesn't look good and that the cat probably went in through Dads belly button. They need to operate straight away, though Nurse Bingo needs to put the patient to sleep first. They operate and remove an octopus by accident. Dr. Bluey can see the cat but even with the help of a hammer she can't get the cat out and it bites her. Bluey tells the 'big blue guy' that there's nothing they can do and leaves to see other patients.
Nurse Bingo reevaluates the X-ray and shows Dr. Bluey that there is a way to help Telemachus, as there is a mouse in his tummy as well. They use some cheese to lure out the mouse and the cat chases him.
Finally, Bandit is "cured" with the exception with one more needle.
Appearances
Trivia
- This is the first episode of a few things:
- Bandit's patient name is "Telemachus," after the son of the titular character Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey.
- It is often attributed as a reference to the show Ulysses 31 - but the statement is unsourced and likely apocryphal.
- This marks the first (and currently only) episode to feature a cappella music.
- The music in this episode is based on the one from a 1989's Pixar short film, Knick Knack.[citation needed]
- The episode's name in the original title card was misspelled as "Hospitals".
- When this episode aired on Disney Channel in the US, it was paired with Early Baby and Daddy Putdown.