"Morning Wendy!" ― The Heelers meeting with Wendy
Wendy is a secondary character that has appeared in multiple episodes of Bluey.
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Wendy is Judo’s mum and Bluey’s next-door neighbour.
She is a chow chow who takes tremendous pride in her appearance, particularly her luxurious white fur, which takes forever to clean.
Wendy enjoys keeping fit and loves her power walks, but all too often she’ll bump into Bluey and Bandit during one of their games, leading to all kinds of funny misunderstandings.
Wendy is originally from England and enjoys singing old British music hall songs.[1]
Biography
Wendy is Judo’s mother and Bluey and Bingo’s next-door neighbour. Her grandfather was known to have worked as a sheep shearer.
After Bluey was born, Wendy made the Heeler family five lasagnas. Chilli was greatly impressed by this kindness, remembering it even years later.[2] Judo was born around the same time, and Wendy took part in a mother’s group with her that also included Chilli and Bluey, Snickers and his mum, and Bella and Coco. Wendy was both pleased and amused by Judo's accomplishments, but was also dismissive of the idea that the children were in any sort of competition.[3]
Appearance
Wendy is a Chow Chow with curly beige fur. She wears a blue and gold brooch, usually on the right side of her chest. She’s also notably one of the few female characters to have eyelashes, alongside Coco.
When she's exercising, she wears light yellow wristbands, and a matching headband shown in Sheep Dog and Ragdoll.
When trimmed, she appears slimmer.
Personality
Wendy has the air of a proper, elegant woman on many occasions, in sharp contrast to the antics of several of her neighbors. By turns alarmed, confused, or appalled by such goings on, she remains on good terms with them. It appears as though she gets along better with her female neighbors and their children than with the husbands in the area. Indeed, she can be quite no-nonsense at times, which comes in handy when dealing with Bandit.
Though she seems to put a great deal of stock in appearance, she is not especially competitive. Despite her somewhat aristocratic attitude, Wendy is also kind and understanding. Wendy is a decorous mother and kind-hearted towards her daughter, even trimming her own beautiful fur so that Judo could play in the dirt with Bluey and Bingo. She also evidences great affection for her friends, embracing Chilli when it looked as though they would no longer be neighbors.
Appearances
- S01E30 - Fairies (debut, background only)
- S01E31 - Work
- S01E38 - Copycat (does not speak)
- S02E01 - Dance Mode (does not speak)
- S02E03 - Featherwand (not seen, does not speak)
- S02E12 - Sticky Gecko (mentioned)
- S02E13 - Dad Baby
- S02E33 - Circus (cameo)
- S02E36 - Postman (cameo)
- S02E50 - Baby Race
- S03E05 - Omelette (cameo)
- S03E12 - Sheep Dog
- S03E21 - Tina
- S03E25 - Ragdoll
- S03E36 - Dirt
- S03E49 - The Sign
Trivia
- She was initially voiced by Beth Durack, an animator of the TV show. Starting with Sheep Dog, she is now voiced by Emily Tehany.
- She speaks with an upper class English accent (despite both her voice actors' natural accents being Australian) as she originated from the UK. Her daughter, however, does not.
- Her car is featured in Dance Mode. It is blue and has a custom number plate that reads “W3ND73”.
- In Dad Baby, she sings I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside, a popular British music hall song, written in 1907 by John H. Glover-Kind and made famous by music hall singer Mark Sheridan who was first recorded it in 1909.[4]
- She made five lasagnas for the Heeler family when Bluey was born, as revealed in Sticky Gecko.
- She possesses great strength, as shown in Ragdoll, when she lifts Bandit into his car.
- In the same episode, it is revealed that she has done 10 years of pilates.
- She is also revealed to be a talented singer when she sings Down by the Banks of the Hanky Panky with Bluey and Bingo as she drives them to the shops.
- In Dirt, despite having pride on her breed's long coat, Wendy is shown to have a dislike for her long hair, finding it annoying how much work it required to get cleaned and how it would get in the way during some of her chores. After noticing how Judo wouldn't have fun with her friends because of her long hair, Wendy gets the courage to finally cut it, inspiring her daughter to do the same.
- Unlike actual Chow Chows, which have blue tongues, both Wendy and Judo's tongues are red.
- Wendy appears to live alone, with Judo only living with her part-time. Which Judo's father has never been mentioned so far.
- Wendy is the only parent that Bluey and Bingo call by first name.
- She is sometimes disturbed by the antics of her neighbours (usually Bandit's) as a recurring joke in the series. Her disturbance and annoyance has lessened in Season 3 however, even joining in, signifying that she's gotten used to them.
- In Polish dub, her name is "Lena", which is a real given name.
Gallery
- See Wendy/Gallery