History Recap / BlueyFairytale

* EntitledBastard: Averted. Bandit is glad Stripe didn't forgive him just because Bandit did one good deed- probably because he knows it couldn't make up for multiple instances of bullying, and might have been seen as an attempt to manipulate Stripe.

* UsedToBeASweetKid: Inverted with Bandit. Although he's a kind in the present, Bandit used to be a horrible big brother to his younger brother Stripe, which is understandably shocking to his daughters. Whenever young Bandit wasn't teasing Stripe, he was shown to be soft-spoken and thoughtful. His experience with the jinx made him become an even better person.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Rad, who was established as very protective of Stripe when they were kids, jinxes Bandit to punish him for upsetting their youngest sibling.

* TheEighties: The decade where this flashback story takes place, IT WAS TAKEN AROUND THE YEAR OF 1989.

* AmbiguousSituation: Bandit claims that he and Chilli first met when they were kids. Chilli refutes this, stating that while she and her family ''did'' holiday at the same caravan park as Bandit's, she has no recollection of their meeting. Whether Bandit was simply embellishing for the sake of the story (since he does call it
a fairy tale), he was telling the truth and Chilli simply [[ForgottenFirstMeeting forgot this encounter]], or he ''thinks'' he was telling the truth but [[MistakenIdentity mistook another girl for Chilli]], is left up in the air.

* AnAesop:
** Don't be mean to your siblings.
** The trope is also discussed. When Bingo wonders if fairytales really happened, Bandit tells her that while fairytales didn't happen in real life, it doesn't make their lessons any less real. Some examples are "Don't be greedy" and "Being honest and brave pays off".

* AbusiveParents: Downplayed. While the audience isn't shown corporal punishment, Bandit's parents are implied to have punished him and his brothers physically off-screen and act emotionally aggressive.

* AmbiguousSituation: Bandit claims that he and Chilli first met when they were kids. Chilli refutes this, stating that while she and her family ''did'' holiday at the same caravan park as Bandit's, she has no recollection of their meeting. Whether Bandit was simply embellishing for the sake of the story, or he was telling the truth and Chilli simply [[ForgottenFirstMeeting forgot this encounter]], is left up in the air.

* MessianicArchetype: Chilli, of all characters, acts as one. She's a kindly "princess" who is a total stranger to Bandit, but intervenes unexpectedly to save him from a curse he deserved.

* TheEighties: The decade where this flashback story takes place. Supposedly between December 1988 and February 1989.

* RiddleForTheAges: Was the girl who broke Bandit's jinx Chilli?

* EightiesHair: Nana is shown to have had a perm during Bandit's flashback to his childhood during the 80s.

* AbusiveParents: Downplayed. While the audience isn't shown corporal punishment, Bandit's parents are implied to have punished him and his brothers physically off-screen and are portrayed acting emotionally aggressive.

** As a kid, Bandit was rather mean to his younger brother Stripe. He would demean him, trick him, and overall disrespected him. More or less just a [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness phase, as he had only begun to tease Stripe during that holiday for some reason]], while seemingly trying to [[BigBrotherWorship flatter and impress his big brother Rad]].

* GenerationXerox: One could imagine Christine’s going along with her kids’ curse game - instead of dismissing the whole thing as childish nonsense - as sweet, in a way, and helped to pave the way for the way Bandit’s own parenting techniques. For all of her “old school” ways, she knows that her children can learn valuable life lessons by just being kids. That is, being allowed to use play and imagination to process the world around them.

* KarmicJackpot: Zigzagged. Young Bandit had a chance to end the "curse" on him by getting young Stripe to say his name, while the latter was under the duress of being trapped by a lawn of prickles. Instead, he threw his hat out so his younger brother could step over the prickles to safety. The young Stripe is grateful. ...''[[BaitAndSwitch but]]'' [[UngratefulBastard not grateful enough to end the Jinx]]. Nonetheless, something better does come along. Because young Bandit was nice to his little brother for once during their vacation, it set off a chain reaction. A young Chilli (at least it's [[AmbiguousSituation implied]] to be), who happened upon the hat [[ChekhovsGun with Bandit's name on it]], found the hat and unwittingly broke the "curse". Not only did Bandit's kindness towards Stripe lead to him meeting the one person who could remove the jinx, but also his future wife and the loving mother of their children.

** In one scene, Bandit and Stripe are seen playing a dog version of the video game, ''{{VideoGame/Double Dragon}}''.

* UsedToBeASweetKid: Inverted with Bandit. Although he's a kind, thoughtful father in the present, Bandit used to be a horrible big brother to his younger brother Stripe, which is understandably shocking to his daughters. Whenever young Bandit wasn’t teasing Stripe, he was shown to be soft-spoken and thoughtful. His experience with the jinx made him start to become an even better person.