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Mackenzie Border Collie

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"It's too dangerous. I'll go in alone." ― Mackenzie[source]

Mackenzie Border Collie[1] (also known as Mackenzie Collie[2]) is a secondary character that has appeared in multiple episodes of Bluey. A student of Calypso's class, Mackenzie, who originates from New Zealand, is one of Bluey, Jack and Rusty's close friends.

Bluey.tv Description

Mackenzie is Bluey’s friend from school. He and his family are border collies who moved to Australia from New Zealand.

His mum and dad still root for the Kiwis in football, much to the chagrin of the neighbours and the confusion of Mackenzie.

Mackenzie likes to get to the point and will usually give a straightforward answer to any question.

Herding and jumping on sheep are talents that run in his family and come very naturally to Mackenzie. At school, Mackenzie has a big buddy named Captain and the two share a secret handshake.

"Quick, sociable and from New Zealand."

Biography

Mackenzie, who originates from New Zealand having moved to Queensland, has a mother and father, a member of Calypso's class, and one of Bluey and Bingo's friends. He has a big buddy named Captain, who Bluey indirectly introduced her big buddy Mia to.

While he often hangs out with his friends, the two most significant being Jack and Rusty[3][4], it has been established that Mackenzie is close friends with Bluey, with the two sharing a friendly rivalry.[5][6][7] Bluey has also gotten Mackenzie to help her with certain tasks, such as being a background character in her movie while Bingo was sick[8], and his parents are shown to be good friends with Bluey's parents Bandit and Chilli, with Mackenzie himself also being friends with her sister Bingo[9]. However, despite their close friendship, Bluey and Mackenzie will still have disagreements regarding certain things; during some games, Bluey's constant interruptions drive him away from playing before she apologises to him, promising that she won't interrupt the game anymore.[10]

It is implied that he suffered from a traumatic event as a result of feeling abandoned by his mother in a shopping centre. However, he eventually came to terms with this, however Calypso calmed him down, reassures that his mother didn't abandon him after all.[4]

Being from New Zealand, his family barracks for the Kiwis, though he's confused by the sports rivalry.[11]

Appearance

Mackenzie is a Border Collie[12] with white and black fur. He has a black left foot, a black right leg, black arms, torso, tail, head and ears, and a white right foot, a white left leg, white hands, muzzle, face and inner ears. He also has a black nose. His left ear is pointed up, while his right ear droops. Like Rusty, he appears top-heavy, with a slimmer waist.

Other designs

Pilot designs

  • In the 2016 pilot, his design is identical to his 2018 appearance, but both of his legs are black and white. His tails' colours are also reversed. He also lacks his white marking.

Different ages

  • As a toddler ("Space"), Mackenzie retains much of his current design traits, but is much shorter. He shares the same height as Dusty and older Socks.

Personality

Mackenzie is a playful, enthusiastic and friendly kid who speaks his mind at times. He has a big heart and will lend it to his friends whenever they need help.[13] He is sometimes impatient,[14] and prefers to get to the point. Mackenzie can come off as rude at times, but is easy to cheer up.[15]

Appearances

Trivia

  • Mackenzie is originally from New Zealand.
    • Unlike other child characters whose parents have accents not native to Australia (Honey with her English parents [16][17] and Judo with Wendy for example), Mackenzie has kept his accent of New Zealand, suggesting that he and his parents (who also both retain their accents) have moved to Queensland recently.
    • In The Decider, Mackenzie (despite his confusion) and his family barracks for the All Blacks, New Zealand's national rugby union team.
    • Additionally, Mackenzie himself and his prototype colouring were inspired by "Dog" from the New Zealand comic Footrot Flats.[18][19]
      • His line "It's just like jumping from one sheep to another." in The Creek is a direct reference to the aforementioned comic, although it isn't an impossibility for agile herding dogs in real life to run atop of sheep especially when there is congestions in chutes, raceways, crowding, and gathering pens.
  • He and Rusty both appear in the 2016 pilot and are the only characters outside the Heeler family to appear. As such, they're the first of Bluey's friends to appear.
    • He appears with a different design, as his left leg and foot are the same as his right leg and foot, instead of having a white left leg and black left foot.
    • In the 2016 Pilot, he was nameless.
    • Despite not appearing during the 2017 pilot proper, he can be seen in the theme song. This is due to using recycled animation from the 2016 pilot.
  • While they're friends, Mackenzie and Bluey appear to show some friendly rivalry.
    • Mackenzie and Bluey do have disagreements when playing games, as prominent in Shops.
    • In Barky Boats, both Mackenzie and Bluey attempt to avoid each other the entire episode. Later on, they are brought together by their buddies' disappearance and eventually have fun playing the titular game.
    • In "Handstand", they have a friendly race.
    • Despite their differences and mild, friendly rivalry, Mackenzie was invited to Bluey's birthday party in Pass the Parcel.
    • Overall, the two are depicted as close friends.
  • Being a Border Collie, he tends to jump on, and herd, sheep. This trait of his is referenced in "The Creek" and "Helicopter".
    • Relatedly, Australian Cattle Dogs - the Heeler family's breed - herd cattle.
  • Much like Judo, he calls Bandit "Bluey's Dad" (The Creek).
  • Like Bluey and Bingo, many fans at first thought that he was the opposite gender because of the name "Mackenzie" usually being a girl name. This has even led to some international dubs of the show incorrectly portraying Mackenzie as a girl.
    • In the first season of the Latin American dub, he is incorrectly portrayed as female, this is fixed in the following of said dub.
    • He was also referred to as female in the first season of the Russian dub, and in the Brazilian dub of the episode Movies.
  • In "Curry Quest", when Bandit is saying goodbye to Mackenzie and his parents, he refers to them as the "Border Collies" or perhaps a variation such as "Border-Collies". This would imply that that is their family surname.
  • In Space, it's revealed that Mackenzie used to have an abandonment issue stemming from a flashback when he was younger where he found himself separated from his mother. At the end of the episode, he is able to find closure and move on.
  • In Polish dub, his name is "Kołnierzyk" which means "Collar".

Gallery

See Mackenzie Border Collie/Gallery

References

  1. ↑ Revealed by Bandit Heeler in "Curry Quest" and appeared in Mackenzie's updated Bluey.tv description (under "Full Stats"), which had since been changed.
  2. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CG51zaTjh-Q/
  3. ↑ Explorers
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Space
  5. ↑ The Creek
  6. ↑ Barky Boats
  7. ↑ Handstand
  8. ↑ Bumpy and the Wise Old Wolfhound
  9. ↑ Curry Quest
  10. ↑ Shops
  11. ↑ The Decider
  12. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/OfficialBlueyTV/posts/happy-internationaldogday-/1037355510411906/
  13. ↑ The Creek
  14. ↑ Shops
  15. ↑ Barky Boats
  16. ↑ Marcus
  17. ↑ Daisy
  18. ↑ https://blueypod.podbean.com/e/joe-brumm-aka-the-interview/ starting at 11:00
  19. ↑ https://www.bluey.tv/blog/letter-to-fans/
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