Neighbours is the forty-seventh episode of Season One of Bluey.
Synopsis
Bluey builds herself the perfect make-believe playhouse out of the couch cushions and is delighted when Bingo, Mum and Dad all build their own houses next door![1]
Their new neighbourhood is fantastic, until Bingo takes over Bluey’s reading nook with her growing menagerie of farm animals!
Unsure how to resolve the situation amicably, Bluey reaches out to Mum (who’s having issues of her own dealing with a constantly noisy Dad).
When Mum demonstrates the power of being firm yet polite with Dad, Bluey is able to find a compromise with Bingo that restores peace to their tiny neighbourhood.
Bluey needs Mum’s advice on dealing with a troublesome neighbour, when the serenity of her couch cushion playhouse is threatened by Bingo’s growing stable of animals.[1]
Episode Recap
Bluey has decided to build a house out of couch cushions with her two important things: a bookcase and a reading room.
Bingo decides to join in and be Blueys neighbor, building her house to accommodate all of her pets and animals. Chilli is next to join the girls game as their neighbor, and finally Bandit arrives... watch Chili mutter “please say no” and “there goes the neighborhood”
Bluey visits Chilli to have Book Club, but they are interrupted by Chillis neighbor, Bandit, (who is obviously the town bogan) revving tout of his hot rod car which is up on the ‘blocks’.
They disband and upon returning to her house, Bluey finds Bingo has expanded her house/zoo into her own living/reading room. Bluey calls Chilli for advice but Chilli is having trouble with the neighbors feral dog (Bandit. Again.) barking like a rabid Rottweiler.
Bandit then moves onto playing drums before stage diving onto the drum kit. Bluey takes Chilli back to her house to show her that Bingo has now taken over the front yard with her animals.
In an attempt to demonstrate “asking someone nicely to do something for you” Chilli address’s Bandit, who is now on the pretend chainsaw and has cut down a tree and put a hole in her roof. She asks Bandit nicely to fix the roof, and he responds in true bogan style: “Nah, I don’t reckon luv”. They then have a stare off until Chilli delivers ‘the glare’ and Bandit relents, apologizes and offers to fix the roof.
Bluey returns to her house to find Bingo’s penguins in her living room and decides to try Chillis “ask nicely” (and ‘the glare’) method with her neighbor: it works! The excess animals from Bingo’s house are delivered to noisy Bogan Bandit in exchange for his chainsaw, drum sticks and hot rod car. It turns out that Bandit was just lonely and wanted a friend: “Oh you’re sooooooo bewdiful” he coos to his ponies and penguins.
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Trivia
- Running Gag: Each member of the family, except Bluey, entering the room and saying, "Has anyone seen the couch cushions?"
- The book that Chilli talks about could be a reference to The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
- The episode's title surprisingly wasn't changed to "Neighbors" for American audiences.
- Bluey gives their street the name 'Mulberry'. This is a reference to the first book by Dr. Seuss called And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street. The book tells the story of the wild antics on an imaginary Mulberry Street a boy comes across.
- When Chilli is setting up her house, she is humming the intro theme.
- She also hums the transition jingle while watering her plants.
- The toy on the bookshelf in Bluey's "house" resembles the Pokémon Oshawott.
- Long Dog: This long dog is metallic or has a metallic appearance. It can just barely be seen on the logo of the book that is revealed, when Bluey removes one from the shelf.
- When this episode aired on Disney Channel in the US, it was paired with Pirates and Chickenrat.
- This episode's page on the official website has Bandit in the character section wearing a blond wig and playing the drums.[2]