Tradies is the thirty-second episode of the third season of Bluey. It is the 136th episode overall.
Synopsis[]
Bluey and Bingo hide under the house and spy on two mysterious tradies in the backyard.
Bluey and Bingo form a secret spy ring under the house to spy on their new enemies, two mysterious tradies working in the backyard.[2]
When Bluey catches the older tradie scolding the apprentice for being on his phone, Bluey believes the two are each other’s enemies! But Bluey’s suspicion turns into curiosity – how can two enemies be friendly and work together?
When the older tradie offers Bluey and Bingo an ice cream, the kids start to warm up to their adversaries.
And as the job’s finished, Bluey and Bingo befriend the tradies and learn that sometimes enemies can become friends.
Episode Recap[]
Warning, Spoilers!
The Heeler sisters are playing on the lawn, when two cars pull up, and men in work uniforms exit. The girls think that the men are intruders and try to scare them away by barking at them, but this doesn't work, so they flee under the porch. Chilli talks to them, while the girls watch through the stairs, and they reveal that they will finish something in three to four days and much to Bingo's surprise, they know Chilli's name.
As the men get to work, the girls call Chilli over and ask who they are. Chilli explains that they're tradies building a fishpond. She then asks the girls to "keep an eye" on the tradies and make sure they're working hard, since she wants the pond to be complete within the next three days.
As the tradies dig the hole for the pond, the girls spy on them and nickname them "Big Belt" and "Chocolate Milk". They then tell Chilli about how "Chocolate Milk" is on his phone a lot, and label both tradies their "enemies". They go back to do more spying, with Bluey sneaking up on "Chocolate Milk" behind a kiddie car and Bingo following "Big Belt". He sees Bluey, scaring both girls into the house.
The girls tell Chilli that they've found out who "Chocolate Milk" (whose real name is revealed to be Chippy) keeps texting and calling: a girl named Cherry. They see him out the window talking to a woman, but notice that they seem to be "enemies" due to her angry expression. This confuses them, since usually no one would phone-call their enemy. Chilli wonders if perhaps Chippy is trying to apologise after an argument with Cherry.
The next day, the tradies come back, but Chippy isn't in his car; he is in "Big Belt's" car. Bingo spies on them while Bluey draws Bingo's observations on the wall under the porch with chalk. They find out many things about the tradies, including that "Big Belt" has a "missus" who won't let him eat pie, and that Chippy isn't allowed to drive his car anymore. An ice cream truck drives up, exciting both the girls and the tradies, but Chilli doesn't let her daughters have any ice cream.
When the tradies buy ice cream, Chippy leaves to answer another phone call, so the girls take his ice cream cone. They strike up a conversation with "Big Belt" and reveal that they've been spying on him and Chippy since they don't like them digging up the grass. He reveals that the "missus" is his wife Jules, and that Chippy and Cherry are indeed enemies, but they were once friends and are trying to become friends again. Chilli snaps at her daughters for eating ice cream and reveals that "Big Belt's" real name is Sparky. When he returns to work, he tells the girls that they will be enemies again, but Bluey isn't so sure.
The next day, the tradies complete their work on the pond (during which Sparky eats a pie the Heelers gave him). The girls think the new pond is "amazing", then the tradies leave that evening. As Chilli and the girls say their goodbyes, they notice that Chippy and Cherry have made up.
Appearances[]
Characters[]
- Bluey
- Bingo
- Chilli
- Chippy (debut)
- Sparky (debut)
- Ice Cream Lady
- Cherry (debut; does not speak)
- Jules (mentioned)
- Bandit (mentioned)
Trivia[]
- This episode is based on when Chilli said she wanted a pond from the episode Stumpfest.
- It was implied in this episode that Chilli has been known to swear when annoyed, however, this was done offscreen.
- When Chilli was using the computer in the Study, the wallpaper on the screen may be a reference to the Windows XP one.
- This reveals that Chilli doesn’t like the Ice Cream Lady, the first was Bandit.
- This episode is tied with "Pass the Parcel" as the second longest episode, as both of them are 8-minutes long, instead of the usual duration of 7 minutes.
- Mick Molloy, an Australian comedian and media personality, features in this episode as Sparky.
- Sparky fixes the crooked letterbox after eating his ice cream and talking to Bluey and Bingo, after Bingo crashes into the letterbox on her bike in Onesies.
- Sparky's wife Jules is a reference to a Joule, a measurement of energy or work, either in physical work or electronics.
- On this episode's page on the official website, the character section has Chilli holding a hockey stick.
- In Disney+, when Bluey and Bingo are spying on the tradies, Chippy (Chocolate Milk) leaves to go take a call, but when Bingo says “Where’s Chocolate Milk going?”, the subtitles read in error, “Where’s Coconut Milk going?”