Seesaw is the twenty-eighth episode of season two of Bluey.
Synopsis
Bluey and Bingo are playing with their friend Pom Pom, but Pom Pom is small and finds it hard to keep up.
Bluey and Bingo decide to play seesaw together instead, but when Dad rudely plonks himself at the end of the plank, the only way to get rid of him is to out weigh him.[1]
Bluey rounds up the kids in the playground to help, but even Coco's fluffy fur isn't heavy enough to budge Dad. They are all out of kids, until they remember Pom Pom.
She struggles and struggles, but finally makes it up the plank. Now they can flip Dad off the seesaw! Pom Pom may be small, but Pomeranians area hardy breed.
Dad has rudely plonked himself on one end of the seesaw. So Bluey and Bingo round up the entire playground to help flip him off, but they still need to find one more friend.[1]
Episode Recap
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One day at the park, Bluey, Bingo, their friend Pom Pom, and Chilli are playing "Laundry", with the three kids pretending to be the washing, hanging onto a bar. Then, all the sudden, Bluey and Bingo get off and run, pretending to be blown off the line as Chilli chases after them. Unfortunately, it's a long way down for the tiny Pom Pom, who Chilli helps getting down. "Pomeranians are a small breed" as the former puts it. So they continue playing, and yet again Pom Pom struggles over a ledge due to her size. She then says that it's best not to play because she's too small and sadly runs to her mum.
Bingo then spots the seesaw and she and her sister play on it. Seeing Pom Pom so gloomy, Bandit does something about it. He walks to Bingo, knocks her off, and sits on her side of the seesaw, refusing to get off, classic playground bully style. The girls try to get him off by getting on the other end, but they're not heavy enough.
Fortunately, Chloe comes along. Bluey asks her to help, and she agrees, getting on, but they're still too light. Bluey then calls Chilli, hoping she'll sort him out. She helps Bandit instead by feeding him sausages, which the girls think makes him heavier and leaves them shocked and betrayed. Bluey then finds Coco and gets her to help, and it seems to be working... but Bandit just puts more force; they're still too light. So, Bluey brings along Snickers (after snatching him off the duck he was riding), only to find that Bandit has picked up a random rock, made it his pet, and named it Rodney. Bluey and Snickers pile onto the other side, it works until Bandit picks up a pebble so Rodney can have a pet rock. To their dismay, they've run out of kids. All except one...
The kids call for Pom Pom and ask her to help them. She enthusiastically answers this call. After climbing on the seesaw and nearly slipping to Bandit, Pom Pom is determined that she is what they need. "Pomeranians are a small but hardy breed!" Thus, they finally lift Bandit up off the ground, leaving him stuck in the air. After demanding to be let down, the kids get off seesaw... at the same time, so the fall will be swift. What follows is that they swarm him in an onslaught of tickles.
Later that sunset, Bingo, Bluey and Pom Pom are playing flies and spiders, with Judo playing along. When Pom Pom asks Bingo whether she can be the spider, Judo says that Pom Pom is too small for this. Bluey defends her, saying that Pomeranians are a small but hardy breed.
Appearances
- Pom Pom (debut)
- Bluey
- Chilli
- Bingo
- Bandit
- Pom Pom's Mum (debut)
- Chloe
- Coco
- Snickers
- Judo
- Grandad (mentioned)
Trivia
- The soundtrack in this episode is based on Handel's Concerti a due cori No.2 - specifically the Allegro ma non troppo theme.
- The title translates to "Concerto for two choirs", referring to the division of the wind instruments into two groups. Allegro ma non troppo means "lively but not too fast."
- This is the first appearance of Pom Pom and Pom Pom's Mum.
- Bluey is seen doing a cartwheel when running away from Chilli. Her ability to do cartwheels comes up again in Barky Boats
- The blanket shown is the same one from Blue Mountains.
- Chilli and Pom Pom's Mum discuss the cliffhanger ending of season 3 of a TV show. From the details of their discussion, they appear to be discussing the Netflix original series Stranger Things. Chilli references the From Russia with love... teaser, which means the events of this episode takes place after February 14, 2020.
- Bandit references Thai-style massage when Bluey attempts to pull him off the swing. Rather than kneading the recipient's muscles like in most massage techniques, Thai massage focuses on stretching and rocking motions, assisted by the masseuse's body weight.
- Chilli mentions that her dad has had heartworm, and they're going to visit him next week - which would place this episode before Grandad chronologically.
- Long Dog: This long dog is seemingly made of concrete. It can be found under the picnic park bench after the seesaw full of kids calls to Pom Pom.
- Bandit is revealed to weigh about as much as Bluey, Bingo, Chloe, and Coco combined (since he needed to weigh the seesaw down more when the four of them were on the other side).
- When this episode aired on Disney Channel in the US, it was paired with Movies and Grandad.