The Dump is the thirty-fourth episode of the first season of Bluey.
Synopsis[]
On a trip to the dump, Dad claims he's the best at everything. But Bluey discovers that Dad's throwing out her old drawing and questions if he really is the best Dad in the world.
Episode Recap[]
lifelesson: Never claim to know everything, and kids drawings aren’t thrown away: they’re recycled into more paper for another kid to draw on.
Bandit starts with a risky proclamation that he knows EVERYTHING. In the car on the way to the dump, the girls play "rainbow cars" (a game involving finding the cars in the colours of the rainbow in order) and Bluey has a lengthy discussion about her elaborate plan to drive the car with Bingo, so they’re not caught by police, which, in the end, Bandit has to admit might work.
The girls agree that Bandit DOES know everything after he answers all their questions (except for Bluey's question on where she was before her birth) and that he’s also the best driver in the world. After a discussion on superheroes, the girls also agree he’s a "goodie" AND the best dad in the world for pushing the "squirty-thing" for the window washer.
Upon arrival at the dump, Bandit begins tossing things into the rubbish piles. As he carries a box towards the paper recycling section, one of Bluey's drawings flutters to the ground. Bluey spots it and accusingly asks why he’s throwing it out. Bingo consoles Bluey and the girls now decide that Bandit is a "baddie" and definitely NOT the best dad in the world.
Bandit sheepishly apologizes and puts Bluey's drawings back in the car, agreeing that he isn’t the best dad, or a good driver (since he earlier didn't realise the traffic light was green), and that he DOESN’T know everything. After he makes the girls laugh by reminding them of their escape-the-police plan, Bluey asks why he was throwing her drawings into the ‘stinky’ dump.
Bandit explains that he was actually going to put them into the paper recycling section, where they’ll get turned into new sheets of blank paper for other kids to draw on. After considering this, Bluey agrees that Bandit can recycle her drawings and on the way home, Bandit takes them through the ‘hairy monster’ attack (the car wash).
As they drive home, past the city skyline, the girls agree that Bandit IS in fact the best, to which he honks the horn and sprays the window washer.
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Appearances[]
Characters[]
- Bandit
- Bluey
- Bingo
- Mackenzie (cameo, no lines)
- Mackenzie's Dad (cameo, no lines)
- Mrs. Retriever (cameo)
- Rocko (no lines)
Trivia[]
- Based on the release date of the episode the ad on the bus was most likely Avengers: Endgame
- Long Dog: There are a number of long dogs in this episode
- The first is green and wearing something orange. It appears under the entrance sign when the dump is first shown.
- The second one is dark colored. It appears on the top right-ish of the screen on a sign when Bandit is throwing the chair into the stinky dump.
- The third is brown. It is the largest and most visible long dog in the episode. It can be seen through the car window when Bingo calls Bandit "a baddie."
- The fourth one is white with a red spot and red nose. It can be seen on the right side of the screen on one of the signs, during the part where Bandit points to the paper dump.
- The last one is yellow with brown spots. It can be seen in the top left of the screen behind a metal column when Bandit throws the balled up drawing into the paper dump.
- This episode currently has the most long dogs in one episode.
- When this episode aired on Disney Channel in the US, it was paired with Trampoline and Zoo.