This is the Character Sheet for the hit animated series Bluey.
All child voice actors are uncredited by the series; those few whose actors are noted have been confirmed elsewhere.
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Immediate Heeler Family
Bluey
Bluey Christine Heeler
Voiced by: Geraldine Hakewill (as an adult in "Surprise!")
- Aesop Amnesia:
- Bluey often learns that she shouldn't ignore Bingo's feelings, or disregard her input during their games, but ends up forgetting this lesson in short order. Justified, considering Bluey is only six years old.
- In "Show and Tell", Bluey openly admits that she completely forgot the lesson she learned in "Tina".
- Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Could be chalked up to her age, but in multiple episodes Bluey has difficulty focusing and remembering what she’s doing, particularly in the episode ‘Hide and Seek’. She is also seen using a stim toy in ‘Magic’.
- Babies Ever After: The ending of 'Surprise!', which is set in the future, shows that Bluey has had a child by an unknown father. The child has Bluey’s fur patterning, but the colors seem to indicate that it could be either Mackenzie's or Jean-Luc's, with this likely having been done to avoid upsetting any fans that shipped Bluey with either of the two.
- Break the Cutie: Happens to her the end of 'Camping'. When she found out from her Mum that Jean-Luc left the campsite, she tearfully breaks down.
- Character Catchphrase:
- "For real life?"
- Only to Bingo - "Come on, Bingo!"
- "How very dare you!" (reserved for moments of deep outrage)
- Cloud Cuckoolander: Seems somewhat eccentric when playing her games.
- Cheerful Child: Bluey is generally upbeat and happy by default.
- Cool Big Sis: Bingo says she's this in the episode 'Easter' when she takes one for the team and goes into their dad's stinky bathroom to find the next scavenger hunt clue.
- Control Freak: She tends to be rather bossy and particular about how she wants her games to be played, sometimes putting her at odds with Bingo and the other children.
- Daddy's Girl: Bluey is very much this towards Bandit. While the Heeler family is generally very close—she and Bingo adore their parents equally, and their parents don't play favorites—it's clear through the way Bandit and Bluey interact that she's very much Bandit's girl and emulates him in many ways, while Bingo gravitates a little more towards Chilli. For example, season three's episode 'Mini Bluey' establishes that Bluey is developing the same brashness and honesty that her father has, while Bingo is developing more politeness like her mother.
- Dr. Jerk: Bluey gleefully invokes this in 'Hospital' while seeing to her "patient", Bandit. She repeatedly jabs him with a "needle" (really a toy cylinder), tries to "operate" on him without putting him to sleep first (and wakes him up by snapping the "mask" over his face), and ultimately abandons him when she can't fix the problem.
- Innocently Insensitive: She tends to unknowingly hurt Bingo's feelings during their games.
- Large Ham: Bluey often behaves dramatically, especially when she gets really into a role during a game.
- A Lizard Named "Liz": Her first name is derived from her breed, a Blue Heeler (a colloquial term for an Australian Cattle Dog
with bluish-gray fur). The name is a common pick for such dogs in real life. - Mean Boss: Bluey plays this role in "Work" after taking over from Bandit during the game. She makes Bandit act as her chair, clean the windows with his bottom, lick the floor clean, then fires him for dancing on the job.
- Ms. Imagination: Most episodes involve Bluey taking whatever vivid imagination she has to an extreme.
- "Near and Dear" Baby Naming: Bluey's middle name is Christine, likely after her grandmother Chris.
- Nice Girl: While she's not without her flaws, she's a generally kind girl and can easily make friends with other kids.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: Downplayed; while she and Bingo are both cheerful and exuberant young puppies who share a lot of the same interests, Bluey tends to be the more vocal and outgoing of the two. "Mini Bluey" also highlights a few more differences, namely that she's less tidy than Bingo and doesn't like to help out with chores as much.
- Singing Voice Dissonance: Starting with the second-season episode "Dance Mode", Bluey has occasionally broken into song, which she does by singing entire lines of dialogue in an operatic soprano voice that sounds much older than her speaking voice.
- Strong Family Resemblance: She takes after her dad the most in terms of appearance, similar to how Bingo takes after her mum the most.
- Stronger Than They Look: She sometimes shows a level of strength that's rather surprising for a small puppy. In "Mums and Dads", she is able to grab and overpower Rusty, despite Rusty being more or less the same size as her, and in "Seesaw" she's able to pick up and carry both Snickers and Pom Pom with very little effort.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: She is the tomboy to a few of her friends' girly girls, like Coco and Indy. Bluey prefers playing sporty games, while Coco and Indy prefer playing house.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: "Movies" reveals that Bluey is very sensitive about storms. The movie she watches helps conquer said fear by the end.
- Vocal Evolution: She sounds older as the series progresses due to her voice actress getting older, hitting a particularly noticeable shift from "Ghostbasket" onward. She sounds even older in Bluey: The Videogame, which was released two years after the third season was recorded.
Bingo
Bingo Heeler
- Break the Cutie: Due to her emotional nature, Bingo's feelings tend to get hurt quite a lot, often unintentionally. Luckily, she usually gets over it by the end of each episode.
- Character Catchphrase:
- "This is outrageous!"
- She often lets out an exuberant "Yahhhh!" when she charges into something.
- And she says “Real!” when she’s excited.
- Cheerful Child: Bingo is just as exuberant and imaginative as her older sister, if a touch more sensitive.
- Cloud Cuckoolander: Like Bluey, she can be eccentric when playing games. She also likes talking to bugs, and can be unpredictable at times.
- The Cutie: Very few people wouldn't want a daughter or little sister like Bingo.
- A Day in the Limelight: Has one in the episode "Bingo", complete with an alternative opening sequence where she wins musical statues instead of Bluey.
- Deuteragonist: Bluey is the title character and protagonist of the series, but as her little sister and near-constant companion, Bingo gets almost as much focus as her.
- Extreme Doormat: Whenever someone wants Bingo to do something, she'll almost always go along with it, even if she doesn't really want to. Some episodes like "Yoga Ball" and "Dance Mode" are about her learning to stand up for herself and be more assertive.
- Friend to Bugs: Bingo loves watching and talking to bugs. "The Weekend", "Butterflies", "Piggyback", and "Slide" all showcase her fondness for them.
- Furry Reminder: Being younger, she has a tendency to slip into more puppyish behavior when she's especially excited (barking for a coin to use the claw machine, chasing the mailman) or upset (hiding under a bench with her tail around herself when her dad plays too rough, howling mournfully when her ice cream melts). "Yoga Ball" is all about finding her "big girl bark".
- Meaningful Name: Apart from the obvious reference to the children's song of the same name, the spot on her back looks like a bingo chip.
- Nighttime Bathroom Phobia: In "Camping", Bingo wakes Chilli up in the middle of the night while they're going camping so that she can accompany her while she pees behind a bush.
- Shrinking Violet: Downplayed; she's usually just as cheerful and exuberant as Bluey and she doesn't have a hard time socializing with others, but compared to her more vocal older sister, she's a bit more sensitive and often has trouble speaking up whenever she feels upset or gets ignored. Justified, since she's younger than Bluey.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: Downplayed; while she and Bluey are both cheerful and exuberant young puppies who share a lot of the same interests, Bingo tends to be the quieter and more sensitive of the two. "Mini Bluey" also reveals that compared to Bluey, Bingo is tidier and more willing to help her parents with chores.
- Strong Family Resemblance:
- Whereas Bluey resembles their father closely, Bingo takes after their mum Chilli.
- In "Onesies", Chilli suggests that she looks a lot like her aunt Brandy. Her head at least resembles Brandy's much more than Chilli's.
- Vocal Evolution: Like her sister, Bingo sounds older as the series progresses due to her voice actress getting older, hitting a particularly noticeable shift from "Ghostbasket" onward. She sounds even older in Bluey: The Videogame, which was released two years after the third season was recorded.
- Wise Beyond Their Years: She's very astute for a four-year-old. In "Fruit Bat", she goes to the toilet before going to bed, despite not needing to, in order to prevent any accidental bed wetting during the night. She also knows that bats sleep during the day, and are awake at night (though she does call them "Octurnal", rather than "Nocturnal").
Bandit
Dr. Bandit Heeler, Ph.D. in Archaeology
Voiced by: Joe Brumm (2016 pilot), David McCormack (series)
Bandit is Bluey and Bingo's father, a Blue Heeler who works as a freelance archaeologist. When he's not too busy and/or tired, he enjoys making up games and playing with his daughters.
- Affectionate Nickname:
- Chilli sometimes calls him "Babe".
- Bluey calls him "Big Daddy" on occasion.
- Nana calls him "Bandy" in "Christmas Swim".
- Author Avatar: He is one of creator Joe Brumm, who based the series on his experience of raising two young daughters.
- Badly Battered Babysitter: Whenever he is roped into Bluey and Bingo's games, you can usually expect him to be the brunt of the joke.
- Big Brother Bully: "Fairytale" revealed he was mean to Stripe when they were younger, until getting jinxed by Rad convinced him enough to change his ways. It’s implied that O.O.C. Is Serious Business, as his behavior toward Stripe had only begun during their holiday.
- "Squash" shows that he didn't leave this behind entirely, as during the titular game, Bandit is as boastful as can be while lording his skills over Stripe, to the point that Stripe is moved to tears when Bingo wants to win with him instead of switching to Bandit. Thankfully Bluey gets Bandit to eat a slice of humble pie by throwing the game and he gives Stripe props for winning.
- Big Eater: Shown in a few episodes ("Daddy Robot" "Family Meeting") to be sneaking between-meal snacks, and even though he exercises, he has a bit of Weight Woe.
- Breakout Character: Bandit unexpectedly proved to be the most popular character on the show, appealing to not just kids of the target demographic but older viewers too like parents. In fact, he's currently the only character to have a Wikipedia article of their own. He would eventually get his own
A Day in the Limelight marathon special titled "Cheese and Crackers: The Best of Bandit". - Butt-Monkey: Not terribly so but there's more than one occasion where he'll wind up hurt or embarrassed.
- Bumbling Dad: A very downplayed case; although Bandit can be goofy and act quite brashly at times, a lot of his bumbling comes from him being Born Unlucky than any foolishness. He is overall portrayed as being a lot more down-to-earth and understanding than most other examples of this trope. He's also a highly competent dad and can even be a Stealth Mentor at times through the games he plays with his daughters.
- Character Catchphrase: "Oh, biscuits."
- Characterization Marches On: The early episode "Pirates" sees him a bit embarrassed about going all-in with the pretend play in front of other adults. Given that one of his defining traits through the bulk of the series is throwing himself whole-heartedly into his daughters' games of make-believe (he may open by grumbling about it and trying to persuade the girls to play something else, but once a game is locked in, he commits to the bit one hundred percent) regardless of the potential for public humiliation — this can come across as rather jarring.
- Competition Freak: Bandit is notoriously competitive, perhaps due to growing up the middle child in a family of boys.
- In "Squash", Bandit refuses to throw the game and let Stripe win a round, despite Bluey asking him to.
- "Obstacle Course" is perhaps the clearest example of this, as Bandit cheats when it looks like he might lose the race.
- Deadpan Snarker: It's kid-friendly and playful, but Bandit runs on pure snark. "Teasing" is entirely devoted to this fact, and points out that Bluey and Bingo are quite capable of matching their dad in snarkiness — and that Bandit knows when to apologize after going too far.
- Didn't Think This Through: Happens from time to time:
- In "The Pool", Bandit is such a rush to enjoy the titular pool and to prove he's the fun parent that he doesn't bring sunscreen, goggles, floaties, or towels, so everyone is extremely limited on what they can do in the pool until Chilli brings everything he left.
- In "Promises", he says this nearly word for when Bingo asks if his idea to stop making promises to each other includes his promise to always love them.
- The Dog Bites Back:
- In "Wagonride", when Bluey demands Bandit takes her and Bingo straight to the monkey bars and not stop to talk to his friends, Bandit puts his foot down and bluntly tells her that "I'll do what I want, and you don't tell me what to do". When Bluey tries to reject this idea, Bandit threatens to take them home and Bluey complies.
- In "Mr Monkeyjocks", Bluey, Bingo, and even Chilli spoil the titular toy so much that they tell Bandit that Chilli is now Mr Monkeyjocks' wife and Bandit is his butler instead. Instead of accepting the humiliation like he normally does, Bandit exploits his role as butler to turn Mr Monkeyjocks into even more of a spoiled monster, to the point he throws Bluey, Bingo and Chilli out of the house. This causes them to finally understand the lesson Bandit was trying to teach in the first place.
- Friend to All Children: Bandit gets along well with all of Bluey and Bingo's friends, even stepping into parenting them on occasion.
- Gasshole: Several episodes show that Bandit can be very gassy (to his family's disgust).
- Gentle Giant: Bandit is the largest member of the family, and frequently picks up or even tosses his daughters to play with them. Despite this, he's nothing but gentle and kind, and when he does hurt his daughters he always makes sure to abort the game to comfort and check on them.
- Good Parents: He's a devoted father who enjoys playing games with his daughters.
- His Own Worst Enemy: Bandit's attempts to teach his kids lessons, or simply give them a fun game, often escalate beyond his control, causing pain and humiliation. He actually lampshades this in "Puppets":"The thing is, I do this to myself."
- Hypocrite: In "Obstacle Course", he defends never letting Bluey win by saying if he does, she'll never get better, and calls her out for cheating when she does so on the titular obstacle course. But when she gets better at it and it looks like she'll win on the rematch, Bandit cheats at the last second and sheepishly defends himself cheating.
- Hypocrite Has a Point: Bandit's point in "Obstacle Course" about working at getting better at games instead of someone letting you win, or cheating, is a valid one. It's just a shame he didn't practice what he preached.
- Hypocritical Humor:
- In "The Dump", Bluey mentions how she sometimes ignores Bingo, with Bandit telling her that she shouldn't do that - while Bingo is trying to tell him that the traffic light is now green.
- In "Squash", he says that kids are "silly" - in Mocking Sing-Song.
- In Touch with His Feminine Side: He is shown to enjoy doing various household chores when he's in the mood to do them.
- Jerkass Ball: In "Obstacle Course" he's a lot more boastful and arrogant than usual and is obsessed with beating his then 6-year-old daughter at games, to the point where he calls her out for cheating but defends himself cheating.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Besides his Reformed Bully status towards his younger brother, Bandit is notoriously fast to try to drop impromptu life lessons on his kids or participate in more rowdy and hectic games that even threaten their neighbors.. because he was trying to be lazy or really doesn't realize he's going too far. While he'll always try to apologize and make up if something gets out of hand, Bandit's antics and willingness to be rowdy have gotten him labeled as more of a problem by Chili and the neighborhood than the kids themselves, and occasionally even made his daughters incredibly sad and uncomfortable. There's no shortage of episodes where Bandit's nature causes no small amount of problems for everyone else and he has to learn a lesson just as much, if not more so, than Bluey and/or Bingo, and these are usually when the Laser-Guided Karma strikes. At the end of the day, though, he's just trying to be a well-meaning dad, and kinda fumbles the ball a lot.
- Large Ham: Extremely. In "Perfect" and "Born Yesterday", he loudly announces when he enters a room.
- Laser-Guided Karma: If he's gone too far in his attempts to teach lessons or mess with his kids, you can bet that karma is like a boomerang. There's multiple episodes, like "The Claw" and "Teasing", where he instigates the problem as the show goes at length to show his methods actually make everyone upset, before Bluey and/or Bingo turn it around on him swiftly by episode's end. He never wins these cases.
- Mad Libs Catchphrase: "Oh no, not [X]" whenever a game gets announced.
- Meaningful Name: He's a law-abiding guy, but the black hood marking on his head resembles a bandit mask.
- Middle Child Syndrome: He is the middle amongst his brothers and it shows a lot especially in "Fairytale", with him being the most disruptive of the three and being a mere afterthought by his father.
- The One Guy: Bandit is, naturally, the only male member of Bluey's immediate family.
- One of the Kids: If someone's down for some of the more wacky and intensive play with the kids, it tends to be Bandit, even if begrudgingly when tired. When left to his own devices, he often is the first to get on-board with messing around, and is clearly a bit of a fun-loving guy at heart. Combine that with his work-at-home leaving him in his children's sights more often than Chili, and Bandit is in for many of the house games by default.
- Pushover Parents: Downplayed; he will discipline his kids if it comes down to it, but he's also a big softie who tends to let them get away with more than Chilli does.
- Rich Sibling, Poor Sibling: Downplayed, but certain facts (such as Stripe's house having its own pool, and him being able to afford a big camper van in "Camping" while Bandit and his family use a tent) imply that Bandit isn't quite as well-off as his brother.
- Sibling Rivalry: He has a friendly one with his younger brother Stripe, which is highlighted most prominently in "Squash".
- Smarter Than You Look: Considering how often he plays the Bumbling Dad card, goofs around a lot, and once spelled the word "holder" wrong, it would be hard to believe Bandit actually has a doctorate in archeology.
- Standard '50s Father: Reconstructed version for The New '10s. He's a sensible, hard-working, hard-playing guy who always makes time for his kids and who loves and is loved by his family. He's not perfect, but he's far from the typical Bumbling Dad.
- Stealth Mentor: He can be this to his daughters and their friends at times through the games he plays with them, such as in "Seesaw" where he acts like he's hogging the playground's seesaw in order to encourage Pom Pom (who feels insecure about her small size) to help the other kids take it back from him.
- Teasing Parent: He has a habit of playing jokes on his daughters and mildly teasing them. The episode "Teasing" actually lampshades how often this happens, while at the same time proving that the kids can both respond in kind and even beat him at his own game.
- Temporarily Exaggerated Trait: He was shown to be a Gasshole in a few season 1 episodes, but the season 3 episode "Family Meeting" was entirely dedicated to him "fluffing".
- Throw the Dog a Bone:
- In "Hammerbarn", Bandit buys a pizza oven after seeing Pat with one. At the end, when he actually makes the pizza, it looks unappealing. However, when Chilli actually tries it, she says it tastes amazing, with Pat even giving him a high-five afterward.
- In "Born Yesterday", despite being apprehensive toward it beforehand, Bandit ends up immensely enjoying the titular game, even saying that he "feels like a new dog" afterward. Additionally, Bluey and Bingo don't make him do anything embarrassing as part of the game and instead actually try to keep him from being embarrassing in public while he stays in-character and acts completely clueless.
- Took a Level in Kindness: As shown in "Fairytale", Bandit often teased and mocked Stripe in their youth. After getting jinxed by Rad, Bandit was encouraged by his mother to reflect on how he'd mistreated Stripe, leading to Bandit helping his little brother when he was stuck. While he still sometimes teases Stripe in the present, it's far more good-natured.
- Weight Woe: In "Grannymobile", he doesn't take it well when the granny pug tells him he needs to "lay off the biscuits". He spends the next few minutes looking at himself in a mirror, and buys some exercise equipment from Doreen. A deleted scene from the start of "Exercise"note has Bandit weigh himself, sigh, and declare he needs to do more exercise.
Chilli
Chilli Heeler (née Cattle)
Voiced by: Melanie Zanetti
Chilli is Bluey and Bingo's mother, a Red Heeler who works in airport security and juggles this with raising her two little pups. Chilli is often seen commenting wryly on things, consoling unhappy children, joining in on her family's games, and laughing at comical situations.
- Acquired Situational Narcissism: As she recalls in "Baby Race", she became overly proud of her parenting skills after baby Bluey learned to roll over much earlier than she was meant to.
- Alliterative Name: Before she got married, her maiden name was Chilli Cattle.
- Character Catchphrase: "Wackadoo!"
- Country Mouse: "Granddad" reveals that she grew up out in the countryside.
- Deadpan Snarker: Chilli is pretty sarcastic at times.
- Death Glare: She frowns at people sometimes whenever somebody argues with her.
- Happily Married: To Bandit. She tells her daughters that despite the less desirable things he does (leaving the fridge door open, having sweaty armpits, and making smelly "fluffies"), she still loves him dearly.
- Hidden Depths: It's revealed in "Dragon" that she's a very talented artist, especially with drawing horses. She also owns her own set of markers.
- Hypocrite: In "Magic", Chilli lectures Bluey and Bingo for using their (pretend) magic for cheekiness and tells them they shouldn't force people to do things for them. However, when the pizza boy is at the door, Chilli tells Bandit to get it and threatens to use her magic on him if he doesn't. Thankfully, she is immediately called out and forced to get it by Bingo.
- Laser-Guided Karma: In "Mr Monkeyjocks", Chilli gets in on humiliating Bandit by telling him she has married the titular toy. When Bandit is made his butler, he plays up Mr Monkeyjocks as a spoiled egomaniac to the point he throws Bluey and Bingo out of the house. When Chilli tries to appeal to Mr Monkeyjocks, Bandit throws her out as well.
- Missing Mom: Her mother died sometime before the present, and only appears in a flashback in "Dragon".
- Not So Above It All:
- She doesn't approve of her daughters' excessive technology use in "Bob Bilby", secretly snapping a picture every time they get engrossed in a screen. That is, until she encounters a store TV that's playing a sports game, and it's Bandit who snaps a shot of her glued to it.
- When Bandit tells Bluey and Bingo that he is going to sell them to the monkey house at the zoo in "Teasing", you can very clearly see an amused look on Chilli's face.
- In "Seesaw" she plays along with Bandit's Jerkass Façade and shows the children No Sympathy when they ask for help to get Bandit off the titular Seesaw, even giving him food to make him heavier (this is most defiantly because she understands Bandit is just faking it so the girls will be forced to include Pom Pom in the game).
- In "Mr Monkeyjocks" Chilli goes along with Bluey and Bingo's overzealous spoiling of the titular toy (thus negating the lesson Bandit was trying to teach them in the first place) by claiming to have left Bandit for Mr Monkeyjocks. This comes back to bite her when Bandit exploits his turn with Mr Monkeyjocks.
- Earlier in the episode, when Bandit is trying in vain to get rid of some of Bluey and Bingo's unreasonable number of toys, Chilli is quick to grab the next toy (Lady Sparkle Hound) Bandit tries to toss after Bluey and Bingo stop him from tossing the first two.
- When Bandit accidentally hurts Bluey's feeling in "Mini Bluey" by saying how great it is to have double Bingo's (due to Bluey acting like a larger Bingo at the time), Chilli sounds at first like she's ready to get on to him, but after Bluey and Bingo both leave the room, she agrees with Bandit that it's great.
- In "Housework", when Bandit stops the titular work to watch Bluey and Bingo do their funny walks, Chilli derides him at first, but quickly becomes just as intoxicated and amazed at all the effort Bluey and Bingo put into their different walks. A bit later, she's just as enthusiastic as Bandit to learn how to do Bingo's beeeeeop walk.
- "Whale Watching" sees her — hungover alongside Bandit after a New Year's party — gorging on corn chips, sour cream, and lemon-lime soda, all while telling Bluey and Bingo that these things are bad for them and they shouldn't eat them.
- Odd Name Out: She's the only member of the main Heeler family whose first name doesn't start with "B".
- Only Sane Woman: She usually acts as the voice of reason in the Heeler household but is still willing to join in with their games as much as her husband does.
- Passionate Sports Girl: She likes to play hockey in her spare time.
- Punny Name: Her name is Chilli, and she's a dog. In fact, in the episode "Library", it's revealed that Stripe calls her "Chilli Dog". Get it?
- Unknown Rival: When baby Bluey was learning to get around, Chilli was jealous of the developmental milestones baby Judo seemed to be hitting before her, believing it made her an inferior mother to Wendy. Thus, she tried to train Bluey to hit milestones like crawling and walking earlier than Judo. Unfortunately (in Chili's eyes) Bluey hit...somewhat more unusual milestones. It took a pep talk from Coco's mom for Chili to get over it.
- Younger than She Looks: She is younger than her sister Brandy, but has gray hairs under her eye unlike her, possibly due to aging from having kids.
Other Family Members
Heeler Clan
Uncle Stripe
Stripe Heeler
Voiced by: Dan Brumm
Bandit's younger brother, a Blue Heeler who is husband to Trixie, and father to Muffin and Socks.
- Badly Battered Babysitter: Like his brother, he tends to struggle with looking after both his kids, and his nieces. It doesn't help that his daughter Muffin is particularly hard to handle sometimes.
- Beta Couple: With Trixie, they form a secondary couple to the main couple of Bandit and Chilli.
- The Dog Bites Back: In the flashback shown in "Fairytale". After being picked on by Bandit all through their holiday, he took great delight in taunting his older brother over being jinxed.
- Life of the Party:
- In "Whale Watching", Bluey relays Muffin telling her Stripe did a cannonball into his pool during a New Year's party (to which Bandit chuckled, "Classic Stripe").
- In "The Sign", he proves to be very rowdy during Rad and Frisky's wedding reception, even starting off the festivities with a loud "Let's get on it!"
- Meaningful Name: His name refers to the distinctive horizontal stripe he has through his middle.
- Rich Sibling, Poor Sibling: Downplayed, but certain facts (such as Stripe's house having its own pool, and him being able to afford a big camper van in "Camping" while Bandit and his family use a tent) imply that Stripe is a little more well off than his brother.
- Sibling Rivalry: He has a friendly one with Bandit, which is the focus of "Squash".
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom:
- At the start of 'Library', he calls Muffin "the most special kid in the world", unknowingly starting off the conflict of the episode.
- In "The Sign", he almost ruins Frisky and Rad's wedding by innocently revealing to Frisky that Rad expects her to move out west with him afterwards.
Aunt Trixie
Trixie Heeler
Voiced by: Myf Warhurst
Trixie is Stripe's wife, a grey-coated Heeler who is mother to Muffin and Socks.
- Beta Couple: With Stripe, they form a secondary couple to the main couple of Bandit and Chilli.
- Big Eater: In "Muffin Cone", she eats an entire bowl of potato chips while Chilli's back is turned.
- Passionate Sports Girl: She likes to play hockey with Chilli.
Muffin
Muffin Cupcake Heeler
- Acquired Situational Narcissism: In "Library". Being called "the most special kid in the world" by her father leads her to believe she doesn't need to follow the rules of Bluey and Bingo's game, and can do whatever she wants.
- Affectionate Nickname: Stripe calls her "Muffy" in "Library", and Trixie calls her "Muffles" in "Muffin Cone".
- Annoying Younger Sibling: Downplayed. She usually gets along well with her cousins, but her bratty attitude sometimes leads her to play this role for Bluey and Bingo, as seen in the episode "Charades" and "Library".
- Bratty Half-Pint: Downplayed; while she's not a bad kid deep down, she tends to show bratty behavior at times, since she's prone to tantrums when things don't go her way and has a bit of an attitude problem. This is especially prominent in "Faceytalk", where she refuses to let Socks have her turn with the drawing function on their tablet during a video call, makes a fuss when Stripe puts her in a time-out for hogging, and retaliates by stealing Stripe's phone and leading him on a chase throughout the house before accidentally dropping the phone in the pool. Probably justified as Muffin is three, an age where it's not uncommon for children to be somewhat tantrum-prone and hard to control.
- Cone of Shame: She's forced to wear one in the episode "Muffin Cone" when she doesn't stop sucking her thumb.
- Cute, but Cacophonic: Muffin is adorable, but also prone to yelling loudly whenever she's happy or angry.
- Drives Like Crazy: In "Pizza Girls", she drives her electric toy car right into Bluey's pedal car, and when Bluey and Bingo get on, races around the garden as fast as possible.
- Edible Theme Naming: Not only is her name Muffin, her middle name is Cupcake.
- Elmuh Fudd Syndwome: Muffin talks like this, pronouncing R's as W's, most likely to reflect that she is younger than her cousins.
- Fish Eyes: In "The Sleepover", her eyes regularly lose focus due to Sleep Deprivation.
- Genki Girl: She is VERY hyper. This is best shown in "The Sleepover" after she misses her nap, she ends up running around the house saying Non Sequiturs.
- Hypocrite: In "Faceytalk", she accuses Socks of hogging the video call, only to do the very same thing for much longer, even ignoring their father's demand that she give Socks her turn.
- It's All About Me: When Frisky momentarily calls off her and Rad’s wedding in "The Sign”, all Muffin can think of is not getting to be a flower girl.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She can be downright bratty at times, but she is a caring girl who loves her family beneath it. In "Granny Mobile", she's concerned that the Grouchy Granny character she's playing "is a bit too grouchy", and she ultimately helps Doreen's yard sale by aggressively haggling with an actual grouchy granny and later giving Doreen the money.
- Mirror Character: She's practically a toddler version of Bluey, being the elder of two sisters who can be excitable and rather bossy.
- No Indoor Voice: More often than not, she yells out her words as loudly as possible.
- Non-Answer: She's prone to this when asked to agree to something she doesn't want to do. For example, when prompted in "Muffin Cone" to promise not to suck her thumb, she remains silent, and when told in "Faceytalk" to acknowledge the time limit before giving Socks a turn, she replies with a curt "Buh."
- The Perfectionist: It's subtle but it's there, Muffin likes things to be done a particular way and will not settle for anything less than that. For one, in "Charades", she demands for her cousins and Nana to give her a tutu and ballerina music to go with her ballerina act so it can fit the card perfectly, and another example is in "Faceytalk", where she hogs the tablet in order to finish drawing her cowboy hat the way she wanted it.
- Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: In "Faceytalk", after she refuses to give Socks her turn in favor of finishing her cowboy hat drawing.Stripe: If you say "cowboy hat" one more time, you'll be in time out.
Muffin: Cow. Boy. Hat!! - Spoiled Brat: While it's not clear if her parents really spoil her that much and she does have a nicer side, she's still prone to bratty and entitled behavior at times; this can be seen in "Camping", "Charades", and "Library", and alluded to in "The Quiet Game" and "Pass the Parcel". If the ending to "Camping" is any indication, she never really grows out of this.
- In the episode "Camping", Muffin interrupts Bluey's game of pretending to be a rich lady on holiday by kicking her out of the camper van, saying that everything inside is hers. After the Time Skip, she nags Bluey about stealing her book, to which Bluey clarifies that she's just borrowing it.
- In "Charades", Muffin gets quite cranky while playing the titular game. She demands to see the card that Bingo drew, even though it would give away what she was supposed to act out, and she refuses to act as a frog like the card she drew and complains that she wants to be a ballerina like Bingo. Instead of acting out the card like the game is supposed to go, she forces Bluey, Bingo, and Nana to get her a tutu and play ballerina music.
- In "Library", Muffin is told by her father Stripe that she's "the most special kid in the world." She takes this as to mean that since she's special, she doesn't have to follow the rules, as she explains as she refuses to wipe her muddy feet on the doormat, tracking mud into the house. She also ruins Bluey and Bingo's game of Library by driving her noisy toy motorbike through the library, stealing a book from Bingo and using the book to attack her plush toy, and borrowing all of the books and refusing to return them. The situation is ultimately resolved by Stripe telling Muffin that although she's special to him and her mother, she still has to follow the rules like everyone else. This results in her playing library properly with Bluey and Bingo.
- "The Quiet Game" has Bluey and Bingo pantomiming Muffin's reaction to getting a Moonlight Unicorn toy that she already has, which is a violent temper tantrum including throwing the gift on the ground, yelling and stomping around, and kicking her arms and legs on the floor. "Pass the Parcel" also partially shows this same reaction to Muffin getting a stack of books as the parcel prize, but it cuts to the next scene just as she throws one of the books in the air and starts screaming.
- Strong Family Resemblance: She closely resembles her mother Trixie.
- Suddenly Shouting: She's prone to sudden bouts of yelling her words as loudly as possible.
- Tantrum Throwing: She begins the series as a textbook three-nager, making her prone to tantrums where she throws things around.
- In "Bike", repeated failures to get her arm through one of her backpack's straps causes her to have a "meltdown" (as Bandit puts it), screaming and stomping on her backpack.
- In "The Quiet Game", first Chilli, then Bluey and Bingo (the latter through pantomime), tell Bandit that Muffin will throw a tantrum if she gets a "Moonlight Unicorn" toy that she already has.
- During the montage of prize winners in "Pass the Parcel", Muffin is less than happy when the prize turns out to be a stack of books. The episode smash cuts to the next scene the second she angrily throws one of the books up in the air.
- Temporarily Exaggerated Trait: She tends to show bratty behavior from time to time, but it's still clear that she does have a nicer side. However, a few episodes exaggerate her brattiness:
- Taken to an extreme in the Season 2 episode "Charades" where she throws a tantrum because she wants to be a ballerina. She even yells at her cousins and nana to give her a tutu and music, despite the whole point of charades being guessing.
- She gets even worse in the Season 3 episode "Faceytalk". She hogs the phone from Socks to draw her cowboy hat despite her dad Stripe repeatedly telling her not to. Then she takes away Stripe's phone and runs away with it, only to then drop it into the swimming pool.
- Ungrateful Bitch: In "Faceytalk", she continues to be rude to her dad after he lets her have a little more time to draw her cowboy hat.
- Vocal Evolution: In "The Sign" and Bluey: The Videogame, Muffin's voice sounds older and her Elmuh Fudd Syndwome is far less prominent.
Socks
Socks Heeler
Click here to see her younger appearance
Socks is Stripe and Trixie's youngest daughter, a one (later two)-year-old Blue Heeler.
- Affectionate Nickname: Stripe calls her "Rock-Socks" in "Horsey Ride" and the short "Honk".
- Break the Cutie: A very, very soft version. In "Verandah Santa". When Bluey doesn't leave a present under her pillow (as punishment for Socks biting her), Socks runs out of the room, heartbroken.
- Everyone Has Standards: Despite being so young, even she seems to dislike some of her sister Muffin's brattier moments (i.e "Charades", "Faceytalk").
- Furry Reminder: Initially, Socks acts more like a real-life puppy than an anthropomorphic dog, moving on all fours, yapping, and chewing on random objects. While she starts acting more anthropomorphic from "Christmas Swim" onward due to getting older, she still has some puppy-like habits such as licking things.
- Innocently Insensitive: Due to her age, she doesn't understand the consequences of her actions most of the time, such as in "Verandah Santa" when she instinctively bites Bluey during the titular game and Bandit points out that she's too young to know better. Inverted in later seasons however, where she's much more mellow than her older sister.
- Meaningful Name: Her name likely refers to how her paws are a lighter shade of blue than the rest of her coat and have stripes above them, making her look like she's wearing socks.
- Mirror Character: Once she becomes old enough to talk, she's essentially a younger Bingo, being the younger of two sisters who is calmer than their excitable older sibling.
- Not Allowed to Grow Up: Averted; by "Christmas Swim", she has begun walking upright and talking more often.
- She's a Man in Japan: She's a boy in the Dutch dub.
- Strong Family Resemblance: She closely resembles her father Stripe.
- The Unintelligible: In the first season, she only ever speaks in the episode "BBQ", and her dialogue is just baby gibberish due to being just a year old. Otherwise she just makes sounds like yapping, growling and shrieking. Season 2 onward has her speaking more clearly, showing how she's growing older and developing more of a vocabulary. In "The Sign", Socks now speaks full sentences.
Nana Chris
Chris "Nana" Heeler
Voiced by: Chris Brumm
Bluey, Bingo, Muffin and Socks' paternal grandmother, a Blue Heeler who lives on the coast with her husband, Bob.
- '80s Hair: She had a perm back in the 1980s, as shown in "Fairytale" during Bandit's flashbacks to his childhood.
- Accidental Misnaming: In "Christmas Swim", she calls Bluey's new toy Bartleby "Bartleboy" and "Bumblebee".
- Cool Old Lady: In "Grannies", she manages to learn the flossing dance with only a little direction from Bluey.
- Deliberate Values Dissonance: "Baby Race" shows that Chris' plan to get baby Bluey to walk was to put olive oil on her knees, preventing her from crawling, to Bandit and Chilli's horror.Bandit: This isn't legal anymore!
- Gender-Blender Name: Downplayed, her name is short for Christine.
- Informed Flaw: In "Double Babysitter", Rad claims that Chris can't hear very well, so she needs the sound turned up when she watches TV. Yet she's never shown any problems with her hearing before or after that episode.
- Obnoxious In-Laws: Downplayed, but "Christmas Swim" shows her annoying Trixie by offering to help her make the gravy for Christmas dinner "properly".
- Technologically Blind Elders: When Bluey and Bingo call her via videochat to settle an argument, the first few moments of the conversation is taken up by Nana struggling with her camera, giving them a view of the top of her head, then her feet, and finally a close-up of her eye.
- Took a Level in Kindness: "Fairytale" reveals she was a lot stricter as a mother to her sons in the past, refusing to lift Bandit's jinx and at one point implied to whack him with a sandal, compared to her more loving, affectionate current self. Bandit jokes that mothers were allowed to be mean in the '80s.
Grandpa Bob
Bob Heeler
Voiced by: Ian McFadyen ('Grannies'), Sam Simmons ('Fairytale' onward)
Bluey, Bingo, Muffin and Socks' paternal grandfather, a grey-coated Heeler and husband of Nana.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Outside of appearing in a family photo in his wife's home and a flashback sequence in "Fairytale", Bob hasn't been seen since his debut in "Grannies", despite his wife appearing without him many times. While many fans take this as evidence of his death, Joe Brumm insists he is still alive and will eventually reappear. He finally turns up in "The Sign" during Rad and Frisky's wedding, where it's revealed that he was on a solo trip in India to "find himself".
- Ear Notch: He is missing much of the top of his left ear. His appearance in "Fairytale" shows his ear being whole back when Bandit was ten.
- Humanlike Animal Aging: A possible case. He has a few red spots, which may indicate that his coat may simply have gone gray with age (as human hair does) rather than being naturally that way (and might help explain Rad's coloration).
Uncle Rad
Radley "Rad" Heeler
Voiced by: Patrick Brammall
Bandit's eldest brother, a blue-and-red colored Heeler who works on an oil rig. He babysits Bluey and Bingo alongside Bluey's godmother Frisky in "Double Babysitter".
- Amazing Technicolor Wildlife: In comparison to other dogs, his fur is noticeably more vibrant.
- Big Brother Instinct: A rather odd example that also overlaps with Big Brother Bully. In "Fairy Tale", he jinxes Bandit to stop him from picking on Stripe.
- Commonality Connection: He and Frisky connect over their mutual adoration of Bluey and Bingo, and the end of "Double Babysitter" shows them discussing the brand of shampoo they both like.
- Cool Uncle: To Bluey and Bingo. He loves to show them a great time whenever he visits them.
- Early-Bird Cameo: He first appears in "Featherwand", in a small portrait hanging in the Heelers' home. Later in "Charades" and "Escape", he can be seen in a family picture in Nana's home.
- Informed Attribute: While playing a "prince rescues the princess" game with Frisky, the "princess" declines the "prince's" offer of marriage by claiming he's "a bit too muscly" for her tastes. Uncle Rad has more-or-less the same character model as most adults in the show, so we only have her word for it.
- In Touch with His Feminine Side: He is a very kind and sensitive man, and enjoys talking about almond milk shampoo with his implied girlfriend, Frisky. He also likes acting out Disneyfied Fairy Tale stories, a trait that became stereotypically feminine in the 21st century. In "Fairytale", he expresses disapproval over Bandit's attitude toward Stripe in an early scene.
- Noodle Incident: When they first meet, Frisky mentions him falling into a pool during Bandit and Chilli's wedding.
- Older Than They Look: Despite being the oldest out of his brothers, he can be easily mistaken as the youngest due to his lack of grey hair and vibrant colours.
- Poor Communication Kills: He didn't mention to Frisky that marrying him would mean having to move out west with him (due to his job on an oil rig), believing she was already aware of it. This almost leads to the wedding being called off after Stripe unknowingly mentions this to Frisky during the preparations.
- Remember the New Guy?: A justified example; he doesn't visit often due to being busy working on an oil rig in Western Australia most of the time.
- Ship Tease: With Frisky.
- When they first see each other, they share a moment of Held Gaze.
- He is visibly irked when Bluey mentions Frisky's ex-boyfriend, Bosco.
- When Bluey asks if they wanted children, both he and Frisky share a quick glance before saying yes.
- After putting Bluey to bed, they sit out on the balcony outside the kids' room, looking at the stars together.
- The two of them are seen together in a video call to the other Heelers in "Christmas Swim". It is implied that they have gotten engaged since we last saw them and are on holiday together, as they seem to be at a tropical resort, and Frisky mentions being "new" to the Heeler family.
- They officially get married in "The Sign".
Aunt Frisky
Frisky Heeler
Voiced by: Claudia O'Doherty
Bluey's godmother and honorary (later real) aunt, a cocker spaniel who first appears in "Double Babysitter".
- Commonality Connection: She and Rad connect over their mutual adoration of Bluey and Bingo, and the end of 'Double Babysitter' shows them discussing the brand of shampoo they both like.
- Ears as Hair: Implied, as her ears are nowhere to be seen and her "hair" is the same color as her fur.
- Honorary Aunt: Despite being Bluey's godmother, the credits for 'Double Babysitter' refer to her as "Aunt Frisky", and the Heelers definitely treat her like a member of the family. "Christmas Swim" implies that she and Rad have gotten engaged, which would make her a soon to be actual aunt to Bluey and Bingo. The two are officially married in "The Sign", meaning that the "honorary" part has officially been dropped.
- Nonstandard Character Design: Unlike most of the cast, she has a humanlike head of hair (which may or may not actually be her ears) as well as visible dewclaws on her feet.
- Ship Tease: With Rad. They grow closer over the events of "Double Babysitter" because of tham sharing a brand of shampoo they use and them both looking out for Bluey and Bingo. It's heavily implied in "Christmas Swim" that she and Rad got engaged and are absent due to being on holiday. They later officially get married in "The Sign".
Cattle Clan
Grandad Mort
Mort "Grandad" Cattle
Voiced by: Laurie Newman
Bluey and Bingo's maternal grandfather, a Red Heeler who lives in the country.
- Cool Old Guy: As shown in "Grandad", he loves running around and having fun with Bluey and Bingo, despite having recently had heartworm.
- Early-Bird Cameo: A picture of him when he was younger is seen in "Sticky Gecko".
- My God, What Have I Done?: When he realises how much his playing around has worried Chilli, he decides to slow down and relax with her.
- Signature Headgear: His green bucket hat, which he's rarely seen without.
- Technologically Blind Elders: As with Nana, he too has trouble understanding modern tech like smartphones and apps. The episode "Phones" is about his granddaughters teaching him to be more tech-savvy.
- Too Dumb to Live: Played for Drama. He's not only managed to contract heartworm, which is as nightmarish as it is absurdly preventable, but he's running around and ripping up stumps while recovering from it. Chilli is very frustrated with his refusal to take proper care of himself.
- The Vietnam Vet: In "Grandad", he mentions that he could've used the kids' help in the jungle, and has hidden caches in the bush around his home. He's first mentioned to be a veteran in "Sticky Gecko", where we also see his portrait in full uniform as well as what appears to be the Victoria Cross displayed on the wall.
- War Hero: Potentially. In the front room of the Heeler household, a framed medal can be seen hanging on the wall next to two photos of a dog in silhouette. The medal looks almost exactly like the Victoria Cross, which is the most prestigious military award one can earn serving the British Empire (which includes Australia). The only member of the Heeler/Cattle family who’s confirmed to be a veteran is Mort.
Aunty Brandy
Brandy Cattle
Voiced by: Rose Byrne
Chilli's older sister, a Red Heeler who has been estranged from her sister for years.
- Aloof Big Sister: Zigzagged. She's Chilli's older sister who hasn't visited the Heeler family for several years; it's heavily implied that she's mainly kept her distance from Chilli because she can't have children and seeing her sister with children of her own is too painful for her. However, in "Onesies" she makes an effort to reconnect with Chilli's family and later apologizes to Chilli for staying away for so long, and towards the end it's shown that they're still capable of having fun together.
- Early-Bird Cameo: She was first seen as a child in a photo of Chilli's family during "Obstacle Course".
- Earn Your Happy Ending: After years of struggling with fertility problems, in “The Sign” she’s visibly pregnant with her long desired child.
- Law of Inverse Fertility: It is heavily implied that Brandy wants children but can't have any of her own due to infertility, and this is the reason why she has kept her distance from Chilli and her family, as she can't bear to be reminded of what she can never have.
- Locked Out of the Loop: In "Onesies", she got Bluey a zebra onesie because it was her favorite animal the last time she visited, and didn't know her niece had changed her mind in the meantime.
- Older Than She Looks: She's Chilli's older sister, but has no gray hairs, making her appear younger.
Chilli's Mum
Voiced by: Kate Miller-Heidke
Chilli's mum as she appears in her memory in "Dragon"
Bluey and Bingo's deceased maternal grandmother.
- Good Parents: From the little we saw of her in "Dragon", she was a supportive mother, encouraging a younger Chilli to keep drawing horses.
- No Name Given: In the credits she's just referred to as "Chilli's Mum".
- Posthumous Character: She's currently dead in the present time. The way Bluey talks about her from Chilli's flashback implies she died either when Bluey was very young or before Bluey was born.
Recurring Characters
Bluey's Classmates
Coco
- Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: She wears two blue butterfly hair pins.
- Control Freak: Both "Shadowlands" and "Wild Girls" show that Coco prefers to control the games she plays.
- Massive Numbered Siblings: "Baby Race" reveals that she has eight older brothers and sisters.
- Moving the Goalposts: In "Shadowlands", Coco repeatedly tries to alter the rules of the eponymous game to make things easier, despite Bluey's objections.
- Pink Is Feminine: She has pink-colored fur and is generally girly.
- Tertiary Sexual Characteristics: One of the only characters in the show to have these, in the form of visible eyelashes and two butterfly hairclips.
Rusty
- The Ace: At cricket. Practice makes perfect, so much so that none of the adults trying their hardest can take his wicket.
- A Father to His Men: While playing "army", he reassures a new recruit's insecurities, compensates for his mistakes (by loaning Jack his spare hat), and acknowledges that said recruit is better than him at running.
- Ambiguously Related: At one point, the official website stated Rusty was one of Bluey's cousins. But for whatever reason, the description was changed to Rusty being one of Bluey's friends instead. Within the series it has never been explicitly said that Bluey and Rusty are related, but the theory is up in the air.
- Brutal Honesty: In "The Sign"; when Pretzel mentions his pet guinea pig running away, Rusty bluntly suggests that a snake ate him.
- Cool Big Bro: On the giving and receiving end of this trope. His older brother has no problems (aside from warning him that they might be a bit rougher than he's used to) with Rusty playing cricket with him and his friends. And Rusty himself is nothing but loving to his younger sister.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Jack as of "Army".
- Large Ham: In "Helicopter", he begs Bluey to roleplay a dramatic scenario where she extracts a wounded soldier from danger and her helicopter gets shot down. When the latter happens, he scratches his face while screaming, "We're going down!"
- Military Brat: His father is in the army.
- Nice Guy: In "Army", he quickly takes new kid Jack under his wing, and encourages him when he fears he won't be able to play the game properly.
- Palette Swap: He has the exact same character model as Bluey apart from the shape of their tails and Rusty being slightly more top-heavy, a relic of the first pitch of the series which featured Rusty as the main character and Bluey as his cousin.
- Stay in the Kitchen: A non-malicious example; he is a young child who is clearly just mirroring how things work at home for him, but he gets in an argument with Indy in "Mums and Dads" over which parent stays behind to look after the baby while the other goes to work. He's VERY insistent that "mums stay at home and take care of kids". Hilariously, Indy throws it back at him, insisting that "mums go to work and dads stay at home and mow the lawn."
Jack
- Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: He has a hard time focusing or sitting still, with the creators confirming that he has ADHD. Fortunately, playing army games with Rusty helps him.
- Brutal Honesty: In "Helicopter", he bluntly tells Bluey that her idea for a game they're playing is less fun. Elsewhere, he is the first to admit that his ADHD limits him (even exaggerating those limitations by accident).
- A Day in the Limelight:
- He and Rusty are the primary focus of the episode "Army".
- He's also the main focus of "Explorers", in which his family gets some focus as well.
- A Dog Named "Dog": Exaggerated. He's a Jack Russell terrier named Jack Russell.
- Determinator: In "Explorers", he assumes the role of a ship's Sole Survivor sailing back to Australia. He stays committed to the bit even after all the other players leave and the game's subject matter gets depressing, but eventually gets home."I didn't give up..."
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Rusty as of "Army". The two bond over playing Army together; going on patrol, eating condensed milk, and calling in a helicopter evacuation after their patrol goes awry.
- Hidden Depths: "Space" reveals that he has knowledge of space phenomena, as he corrects Mackenzie's use of "meteor" by pointing out that it's actually an asteroid.
- I Just Want to Be Badass: He enjoys acting as a 'sentry', a role in which other soldiers depend on him to protect them. Earlier, he doesn't object to Rusty's game requiring very real pushups.
Chloe
Voiced by: Charlotte Stent
A Dalmatian who is one of Bluey's classmates, as well as her best friend.
- A Day in the Limelight: She's the most dominant character in "The Adventure" and "Octopus".
- Informed Attribute: The original description for Chloe stated that she was Bluey's best friend, but it isn't nearly as obvious as Bingo and Lila or Jack and Rusty. While she does appear often among Bluey's lineup of friends, the same can be said for several other characters (Mackenzie, Honey, Coco, etc). The new description refers to her as "one of" Bluey's best friends.
- Innocently Insensitive: In "Octopus", she hurts her dad's feelings by pointing out he doesn't make the game as fun as Bluey's dad does.
- Nice Girl: A very sweet and caring pup.
Mackenzie
A Border Collie from New Zealand who is one of Bluey's classmates/close friends.
- A Day in the Limelight: He is the primary focus of the episode "Space", along with Jack and Rusty.
- The Eeyore: Many of his appearances involve him being uncomfortable or frustrated with the pace other children set during games. He is prone to running off on his own when things don't go his way, and generally comes across as shyer and more sensitive than the other boys.
- Fast Tunnelling: In "Mums and Dads", he digs multiple holes to the bottom of the kindergarten sandpit.
- Friendly Rivalry: He often has disagreements with Bluey as seen in "Shops" and "Barky Boats" but they are good friends.
- Gender-Blender Name: While the name can be for either gender, Mackenzie is more commonly a girl's name in the 21st century.
- Leeroy Jenkins: As shown in "Shops", he has a habit of wanting to start games as quickly as possible, even before everyone else has worked out who they want to be.
- She's a Man in Japan: He is a girl in the Mexican Spanish dub. This was possibly a mistake due to his name since he is a boy later on.
- Stealth Pun: Want to know his origin? It's his name's last two syllables: Mack-EN-ZIE.
- Trauma Button: Downplayed, but in the episode "Space", the idea of a black hole in outer space triggers a traumatic memory from the pup’s childhood when he thought his mother abandoned him. The rest of the episode sees Mackenzie self-isolating and struggling to process what happened.
Indy
An Afghan Hound who is one of Bluey's classmates/close friends.
- Early Installment Character-Design Difference: Downplayed. Indy has longer ears/braids in the earlier episodes, but they're shorter in her later appearances since her earlier hairstyle made her harder to animate. Her design has largely stayed the same otherwise.
- Ears as Hair: Her ears are tied off at the ends to look like pigtails; in earlier episodes her ears are much longer and resemble braids, before they were made shorter in order to be easier to animate. Truth in Television, since real Afghan hounds have ears that look a lot like hair.
- Granola Girl: Her hippie-like clothing and diet (she is not allowed wheat, gluten, sugar, dairy or food with added ingredients) heavily implies that she's being raised as one. Her mother has a very hippie-like fashion sense as well.
- Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal: She wears a vest and necklace, but no pants.
- Meaningful Name: "Indie" is a term that typically refers to anything outside of the mainstream, which is fitting for a Granola Girl character.
- Out of Focus: She has fewer speaking appearances in Season 2 than she did in the previous season.
Honey
A mindful Beagle who is one of Bluey's classmates/close friends.
- Accents Aren't Hereditary: While Honey speaks with an Australian accent, her parent's are confirmed to be from the U.K. and have British dialects.
- Bespectacled Cutie: She's a sweet kid, and she wears green glasses.
- Lack of Imagination: In "The Doctor', she has trouble coming up with an amusing ailment for the game she and her friends are playing.
- Nice Girl: She is one of Bluey's kindest friends.
- The Smart Girl: Her website description calls her "thoughtful and mindful."
Snickers
Voiced by: Samson Hyland
An energetic Dachshund who is one of Bluey's classmates/close friends.
- Height Angst: Downplayed; it's not so much his height that Snickers has an issue with, it's his long "sausage dog" body that doesn't let him even sit properly at first, which gives him a bit of grief in "Typewriter". He finds a way to enjoy it later, at least.
- Intrepid Reporter: Playing news anchor seems to be one of his favorite things to do. "Helicopter" has him act out an on-scene news segment with Bluey as his helicopter pilot, and the "K9 News" short is all about him playing anchorman.
- Signature Headgear: He wears a yellow legionnaries cap with a green Australia symbol on the front and green tips, and he has yet to be seen without it. Flashbacks in "Baby Race" show that he wore a very similar hat when he was a baby, and his mother is heard joking that it was "like he was born in it."
Winton
A bulldog who is one of Bluey's classmates.
- Ascended Extra: Went from having one minor speaking role in Season 1 to being a regular character in Season 2.
- Class Clown: In "Stories" at least, Winton enjoys playing around and trying to amuse people, which Calypso says is typical behavior for him.
- Desperately Needs Orders: In "Mums and Dads", Winton is recruited by Indy to play the eponymous game with her. He agrees to take care of the "baby" Polly, while Indy goes to "work"... only to keep pestering her by asking exactly what he's supposed to do in his role.
- Missing Mom: Implied. We see Winton's dad, but never his mom. In the episode "Helicopter", he says that his mom and dad no longer live together, and the episode "TV Shop" shows that his father has tried to scratch out a decal on his car representing her.
- No Sense of Personal Space: In "Typewriter" where he keeps getting right up close to others. Bluey points this out, calling him a "space invader".
The Terriers
- All There in the Script: Their first names as given by Word of God are presumably in the scripts, as one of them being named Joe made it into the French dub before being officially revealed, and are used to identify them in the animation files, though those also give them the surname Grumm rather than Terrier.
- Disappeared Dad: "The Sign" reveals this, with their mother getting together with Winton's father.
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": So far, the individual brothers have all gone unnamed. Everyone just refers to them collectively as "the Terriers". According to creator Joe Brumm in the Behind Bluey podcast, they're named Joe, Dan, and Adam after himself and his two brothers.
- Informed Species: They're called "The Terriers", but they actually look closer to schnauzers.
- Last-Name Basis: It's implied that "Terrier" is their last name. In "Early Baby", one of the only occasions in which one of the three is singled out from the others, Indy addresses Adam as "Terrier".
- Same-Sex Triplets: All three of them are boys and nearly identical to each other save for fur color and height.
- Single-Minded Twins: Single-Minded Triplets, in this case; the three are rarely seen apart from each other, either playing the same game or doing the same thing together. They also essentially share the same personality and interests, aside from one instance in "Typewriter" when they start arguing with each other.
Other Kids
Judo
Voiced by: Charlotte Stent
A Chow Chow, and Bluey's next-door neighbor.
- Accents Aren't Hereditary: Judo's mother Wendy speaks with a British accent, but Judo herself doesn't.
- Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: She wears a blue-and-yellow headband. "Baby Race" shows that when she was a baby, she wore a pink hair bow.
- Always Someone Better: In "Baby Race", Chili recounts how as a baby Judo reached many developmental steps before Bluey did (sitting upright, crawling, standing, walking). That said, it's downplayed as the crux of the story is Chili talking about her own doubts as a new mother from seeing Judo learn faster than Bluey makes her wonder if she's a poor mother, until Coco's mom (who had eight kids before Coco) assured her she was doing fine, which made Chili confident in Bluey's own development.
- Canine Confusion: She has a red tongue like the other dogs instead of a bluish-black one like a real Chow Chow.
- Important Haircut: In "Dirt", she has her fur trimmed so she can fun with Bluey and Bingo without worrying abut getting dirty.
- It's All About Me: In "Butterflies". After forcing Bluey to abandon Bingo, she has them play a game of "telephone" - where she talks about herself nonstop.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She can be blunt and uppity but is a good kid deep down.
- Out of Focus: Despite being the Heeler's next-door neighbor, she is prone to disappearing for huge swathes of episodes at a time, to the point where her mum Wendy is in way more episodes than she is. Lampshaded in "Sticky Gecko" where Bluey mention she hasn't seen Judo for some time.
- For reference, she has only been in 7 episodes, only speaks in 3 of them, and of the 2 of the she has a starring role in ("Butterflies" & "Dirt") there are 124 episodes between them.
- Took a Level in Kindness: She initially looks down on Bingo, encouraging Bluey to leave her out of their fun. After seeing the error of her ways, she gladly lets Bingo join in on their games.
- Toxic Friend Influence: In "Butterflies", she drives Bluey into abandoning Bingo.
- Tuft of Head Fur: She has a big tuft of fur on her head.
Lucky
- Obsessive Sports Fan: A big fan of Rugby League like his dad, and cheers for the same team as he does.
- Out of Focus: Lucky arguably has the least amount of focus of all the recurring characters. His apparencies are very sporadic and the few times he does appear he is a background character or gets sidelined in favor of the rest of his family. Even his mum Janelle and his younger brother Chucky have arguably gotten more focus than him despite only appearing in 2 episodes.
Chucky
A Golden Retriever pup and Lucky's little brother.
- A Day in the Limelight: He is the focus of "The Decider" with his difficulty and insecurity in choosing between his parents (even if only over which sports team to root for) being the emotional crux of the story.
- The Baby of the Bunch: The youngest of the Heeler family's immediate neighbors.
- Obsessive Sports Fan: The only member of his family to avert the trope, as a big part of "The Decider" is him deciding which team he wants to root for between the one his dad cheers fornote and the one his mom cheers fornote , purely based on how sad they look when their teams are losing. By the end, though, he manages to find a common ground by rooting for the "gold" team,note which his entire family supports.
Pom Pom
- The Baby of the Bunch: Of Bingo and Bluey's friends, Pom Pom is the youngest (turning 5 in "Pass the Parcel") and is also the shortest.
- Character Development: "Seesaw" has Pom Pom initially self-conscious over her small height but by the end she learns that she can still do great things even while small.
- A Day in the Limelight: "Seesaw", her debut episode no less. The episode focuses on her Height Angst and coming to embrace her small stature.
- Height Angst: Pom Pom is initially self-conscious about her small size, as she can't do some things bigger-sized dogs can. She grows out of it.
- Little Professor Dialog: Downplayed, but she's quite verbose and polite in speech for her age, emphasized by her tiny size and squeaky voice.
- A Lizard Named "Liz": A Pomeranian named Pom Pom.
- Ridiculously Cute Critter: She's small enough that Bluey can lift her over her head despite being about Bingo's age, so fluffy as to be nearly spherical, and has an adorable squeaky voice.
Lila
A young Maltese puppy and Bingo's best friend from Kindy.
- Best Friend: She is Bingo’s best friend and will remain so through to at least graduating university.
- A Day in the Limelight: She is the central focus on her debut "Daddy Dropoff" and later with Bingo in "Slide".
- Shrinking Violet: She was extremely shy when she first joined kindergarten and couldn't make friends. Thankfully, her meeting Bingo helped her overcome this fear.
Jean-Luc
A French-speaking black Lab from Canada that Bluey befriends while camping.
- Does Not Speak Common: He understands very little English and can’t speak it at all, but he and Bluey still get along swimmingly, their language barrier simply being a fun challenge to coordinating their play. Unfortunately, this means he couldn’t properly say goodbye to her, breaking her heart.
- Freeze-Frame Bonus: Episodes such as "The Show" has drawings of him and Bluey.
- Never Got to Say Goodbye: At least, not in a way Bluey could understand.
Grown-ups
Pat
Pat (AKA "Lucky's Dad")
Voiced by: Brad Elliot
A Golden Retriever who is Lucky's father, and a neighbor to the Heelers.
- Butt-Monkey: He often ends up getting caught in the crossfire of the Heeler family's games.
- Character Catchphrase: "Aw yeah righto!" whenever he needs to leap into action.
- Country Mouse: "Dad Baby" reveals that he grew up on a sorghum farm.
- A Day in the Limelight: He's the main focus of "Pass the Parcel", which revolves around his efforts to see the titular game played the "right" way.
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Even the adults like to call him "Lucky's Dad" on occasion. Even when having a birthday for his other son Chucky, the children still specifically call him Lucky's Dad.
- Given Name Reveal: His first name isn't mentioned until "Dad Baby".
- Irony: Despite his moniker, he actually appears in more episodes than Lucky himself.
- Nice Guy: Pat is a good sport about it whenever he gets swept up into the Heeler girls' games. Also, in "Pass the Parcel", when his method of playing the titular game makes the children cry the first time they try it, Pat is visibly guilty and tries calming them down.
- Obsessive Sports Fan: Hardcore supporter of the Queensland Maroons and Australian Wallabies. Even when roped into the events of "Dad Baby", he gets Lucky to call out the events of the cricket match on the TV.
Janelle
Voiced by: Anna Daniels
A Labrador retriever and Pat's wife, Lucky and Chucky's mom, a neighbor to the Heelers as well.
- Happily Married: Despite the sports team divide, she's cheerfully married to Pat.
- Opposing Sports Team: Roots for the "blue" teamnote in Rugby League while Pat and Lucky both root for "purple"note . This causes friction for Chucky, who thinks that the team preference is driving a wedge between the two.
- Unseen No More: For most of the first two seasons, she was never shown onscreen, with her husband often calling for her. She finally makes her first appearance in "Pass the Parcel".
Wendy
Voiced by: Beth Durack (Seasons 1-2), Emily Taheny (Season 3)
A Chow Chow, another neighbor of the Heelers, and the mother of Judo.
- Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: She wears a silver brooch.
- Ascended Extra: She's gone from being a minor character whose only role was to be mortified by the Heelers' antics to a supporting character with some focus of her own, as well as serving as the agent of Bandit's comeuppance on several occasions.
- British Stuffiness: She's notably the only character with a British accent, and she tends to be uptight and stuffy.
- Butt-Monkey: She often finds herself being mortified by the Heelers' antics.
- Friend to All Children: "Sheep Dog" and "Ragdoll" show that, in addition to Judo, she cares deeply for the Heeler Girls. In the latter she even gets huffy at the idea that Bandit is "bossing around young children".
- Hidden Depths: If her dialogue in "Sheep Dog" is to be believed, she has experience shearing sheep. She is also a dedicated weightlifter.
- Important Haircut: In "Dirt', she has her fur trimmed to show Judo that playing with her friends is more important than keeping her fur clean.
- Innocently Insensitive: Very downplayed, as she never actually said anything wrong, but Wendy's light bagging in "Baby Race" when baby Judo reached developmental milestones quickly made Chilli feel really insecure about how good a mum she is when baby Bluey couldn't keep up and hit more unusual milestones. As this was more of a problem of how Chilli felt about herself than anything that Wendy did, Wendy is never made aware of Chilli's feelings and the latter is snapped out of it when Coco's mum tells her that she is doing great, allowing Chilli to praise Judo without any resentment.
- Irony: While not as noticeable now that the Heeler girls have started to call her Wendy in season 3, for the first two seasons she was called "Judo's Mum" just like how Pat is called "Lucky's Dad". And just like Pat with Lucky, she is in way more episodes than Judo is.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She can be uptight and haughty, but she can also be a good friend to the Heelers. In "Sticky Gecko", Chilli mentions how she made five lasagnas for her after Bluey was born, and in "Omelette", she gives Chilli and Bingo some eggs to make Bandit his birthday breakfast.
- Not So Above It All: In "Sheep Dog" and "Ragdoll", she actually plays along with Bluey and Bingo's game.
- Phrase Catcher: "Morning, Wendy!"
- Schedule Fanatic: She dislikes others being late; In "Sticky Gecko", Chilli fretted over the family being late for a playdate with her and Judo.
Calypso
Voiced by: Megan Washington
An Australian Shepherd who is Bluey's kindergarten teacher.
- Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: She wears a blue bandana around her neck.
- Cool Teacher: A kind and caring teacher to her students, who is always patient with them, and encourages them to do their best.
- Hippie Teacher: Played positively; the kids call her by her first name and her approach to teaching is very laid-back and focused on play, introspection, emotional intelligence, and appreciation for nature. Justified in that she works at a Waldorf/Steiner school, where this kind of teaching method is the entire point.
- Offscreen Teleportation: In "Wild Girls", she appears out of nowhere when she hears Coco howling sadly.
Doreen
Voiced by: Kelly Butler
An elderly Great Pyrenees who is a neighbor of the Heeler family.
- Cool Old Lady: Doreen is very lively and friendly with the Heeler family and seem to be good friends as much as being good neighbors.
- Extreme Doormat: In "Grannymobile"; she takes to selling some of her old things to raise the money for a holiday, but is unable to be firm with prospective buyers, instead allowing them to pay what they think the items are worth.
- Random Passerby Advice: As Bandit and Bingo head toward Mackenzie’s house in "Curry Quest", they pass Doreen at the bus stop. Doreen warns the two of the Magpie protecting its nest and attacking any who come close when they break eye contact.
