History Recap / BlueyUnicorse

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Throughout the story, Chili and Bluey struggle to finish the story despite Unicorse's best efforts to be disruptive and obnoxious. It's only once mother and daughter make the effort to focus more on finishing the book that things start looking up. In the end, everyone goes home happy: Bluey gets to finish the story, Chili gets to see her daughter go to bed, and Bandit got to keep the peace between them both.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Bluey declaring that she'll try to change other people so not going to sleep is normalized sets up the framing of the story where she (and Chili) learn that changing other people is difficult.

* HateSink: InUniverse and invoked. Bandit takes on the role of the rude and annoying unicorn puppet Unicorse in order to deliberately give Chili someone she can channel her ire and irritation towards, without lashing out at Bluey for not going to sleep. [[{{Reconstruction}} It works]]! Not only is Chili able to vent her anger properly without straining her relationship with her daughter, but Bluey gets a life lesson from the experience.

* NoSympathy: When Chili reads the part in the story where the Queen steps on a prickle and hurts her foot, Unicorse's reaction is a shameless laugh at her expense. Bluey tries to elicit Unicorse to show the storybook character some empathy for how it would feel, but he instead insists he'd "[[BlatantLies feel good]]" stepping on a prickle and would dance instead.

* SheatheYourSword: After many attempts to get Unicorse to behave himself for story time, Chili and Bluey come to the conclusion that perhaps they can try ignoring him instead. Although it takes a couple tries, Bluey and Chili manage to finish the story in peace while Unicorse not only fumes for attention, but grows preoccupied with [[MakesSenseInContext getting confrontational with his lawyer]].

* {{Symbolism}}: Reflecting their reality, the storybook is about a Queen (Chilli and Bluey) trying to deal with prickles in her kingdom (Bluey refusing to stay in bed, Unicorse's obnoxious personality). She tries covering her kingdom in leather (telling Bluey to just go to bed, adjusting Unicorse's personality) but to no avail (Bluey simply isn't able to fall asleep right away, Unicorse refuses to change). It's only once Bluey and Chili make an effort to try to tolerate Unicorse that they start reading the part where the Queen comes the resolution: instead of covering her entire kingdom in leather, she should focus on covering her subjects' feet to protect them from the prickles. This reflects what both parties are learning: you can't control everything and should focus on the things within your control.

* AnAesop: Sometimes, you can't ''make'' someone change their nature. Like it or not, that falls on the other person to change themselves. On that note, some things you just can't control, and all you can do is make due with what ''is'' within your control.

* TheUnreveal: We never get to see what was in Unicorse's book with the unicorn in it.
-->'''Unicorse''': ''My'' story was nice! It had a unicorn in it!

* BarefootCartoonAnimal: It's a plot point, as everyone in the Queen's kingdom goes shoeless. Because of that, it hurts when they step on prickles, forcing the Queen to come up with a solution, and eventually leading to the invention of shoes.

* {{Corpsing}}: Bluey's voice actress sounds like she's trying not to laugh after Unicorse says his favorite food is children.

* SimpleMindedWisdom: The Queen can't cover the entire kingdom in leather no matter how hard she tries. But, then, the Jester suggests that instead of trying to cover the whole kingdom in leather, she should just cover her feet. This leads to her inventing shoes, so nobody will ever have to step on prickles ever again.

* LargeHam: Unicorse is both loud and dramatic.

* LargeHam: Unicorse.

* AgonyOfTheFeet: In the story Chilli is reading to Bluey, the queen steps on a prickle when she gets out of her litter to have a walk. Unicorse cackles hysterically and flips the page insert up and down to make the queen step on the prickle again and again.

* AnAesop: Sometimes, you can't ''make'' someone change their nature. Like it or not, that falls on the other person to change themselves. On that note, some things you just can't control, and all you can do is make due with what ''is'' within your control

* StealthPun: The Queen appears to be a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.