"What happened to raisin' a nation of squibs?" ― Janelle[source]
Janelle is a secondary character that appears in Bluey.
Bluey.tv Description[]
Janelle is Pat’s wife and Lucky and Chucky’s mum. She lives next door to the Heelers but, thankfully, doesn’t get swept up in their loud and chaotic games quite as often as Pat does.
Janelle is kind, warm and softly-spoken. However, as an avid supporter of the New South Wales ‘Blues’, she is capable of becoming very loud and boisterous when it comes to following their live games, even if she does have to watch them alone.
Janelle keeps up with the times on most things and is great at planning kids’ birthday parties.[1]
Appearance[]
Janelle is a slim Labrador Retriever[2]. She has light cream fur; from the waist downwards, her fur is slightly darker.
She has long, furry ears - a trait she shares with her family as a whole - that end in slightly darker cream-yellow tips, as does the bottom side of her tail. She has a rounded muzzle (a bit familiar to Bingo's muzzle, but bigger) and a light brown nose.
Biography[]
The next-door neighbour of the Heeler family, Janelle is Pat’s wife and has two sons. She is known to barrack for the New South Wales Blues, given she originates from the region, though she is the only person in her immediate family who supports them as the rest of her family all barrack for the Queensland Maroons. However, she does barrack for the Australia national rugby union team alongside the rest of her family and the Heelers, too.
Personality[]
Despite her appearances in numerous episodes, Janelle may seem timid on the outside, but she's a soft-spoken and kind mum of two who wants the best for her children.[3][4]
While soft-spoken and kindly, Janelle is shown to be a hardcore sports fan; during matches, she gets passionate, dropping her aforementioned soft-spoken nature and getting loud and rowdy - placing the game up top her relationship with her family in her good-natured banter (given she's the only one in her family who supports the Blues). However, despite this, she retains her familial love and is visibly heartbroken when Chucky departs for the Maroon squad, who would go on to crush the Blues during the State of Origin.[4]
Appearances[]
- S01E49 - Asparagus (mentioned)
- S01E50 - Shaun (mentioned)
- S02E10 - Rug Island (mentioned)
- S03E14 - Pass the Parcel (physical debut)
- S03E37 - The Decider
Trivia[]
- She is originally from New South Wales, and as such barracks for their rugby team.
- She and Chucky are so far the only Labradors to have not participated directly in the Heelers' imaginative games. However, in Shaun, Pat called out to Janelle, implying that they may all have been involved in a previous iteration of the game (Additionally in the episode Surprise, Chucky lent Bluey a foam ball blaster).
- There was confusion regarding how her name was spelled.
Gallery[]
- See Janelle/Gallery