Bandit and Chilli's marriage. Years and two kids later and it's clear their love for each other is still as strong as the day it started.
"Smoochy Kiss" is a good example. Bluey and Bingo claim Bandit as "theirs" and spend the entire morning keeping Chili from kissing him. All the while, Bandit casually demonstrates the things and habits that make him too gross to put up with. When Bluey and Bingo brings up these gross things to Chili, she and Bandit casually affirm these flaws in sync, reflecting that she's no stranger to his flaws. She's not even fazed when she hears the "new" one (peeing on his own foot). Why? Because love is about unconditionally accepting your significant other, warts and all.
'Keepy Uppy' ends with Bluey, Bingo, and Chilli doing another round of the titular game, this time with Bandit acting as a balloon. It ends with Bandit playfully crashing into the girls and, while laying on the ground, Bluey, Bingo, Chilli, and Bandit have a laugh together as they share a group hug.
"Weekend" has Bingo's adorable encounter with a katydid, however brief it was.
Bingo and Bandit having a heart-to-heart concerning how disappointed she feels that he missed out on the katydid she was trying to show him. Not only does Bandit apologize to her, but also cheers her up. The episode ends with Bingo convincing Bandit to leave her window open in hopes her katydid friend will come back.
'Fruitbat' is heartwarming in and of itself. Bluey wants to stay up all night like a fruitbat, even though Bandit tells her of the downsides of being a fruitbat and what the fruitbat does at night. Later, when Bluey has trouble getting to sleep, Bluey comes into the lounge and finds out from Chilli that Bandit (who is dreaming while holding a football) doesn't get to play touch football with his mates that much anymore due to being busy with work and looking after Bingo and Bluey. Then, when Bluey dreams about being a fruitbat and enjoying eating the various fruits in the trees while hanging upside down, she sees Bandit playing touch football with his mates. They chat about how good Bandit's try is and how Bluey being a fruitbat is great before heading off. The next day, Bluey comes into the kitchen and thanks Bandit (who is doing sit-ups for when he plays touch football again) for looking after her and Bingo. It is heartwarming because even though Bluey finds out that Bandit likes playing touch football, she has never heard him complain about it once even though he misses playing with his mates.
After Bluey is urged by Judo to abandon Bingo in 'Butterflies', the two reconcile when Bluey starts singing Bingo's ladybug song.
Judo feels guilty after Bluey calls her out for ignoring her and apologizes to Bingo for running away, promising she won't do it again.
'The Beach'
As Bluey is running after Chilli, she shouts about how in her game she is playing a mermaid who got her legs. Then a surfer runs past and plays along with her, giving her a playful wink and telling her to enjoy her legs because they only last for a day.
When Bluey catches up with Chilli, they run right for each other, and Chilli scoops her up in her arms. Chilli is then amazed that Bluey walked all that way herself and calls her a star. Then, after listening to the shell Bluey brought to show her, they begin walking back to Bandit and Bingo hand in hand.
In 'Pirates', Bandit finally lets go of his embarrassment over looking silly in front of another father while playing the game and is told by Chilli that she now loves him just a little bit more for it.
In 'Fairies', Bandit resolves to dance in front of the whole neighborhood in order to "unfreeze" Bingo. Before he does, he has this to say to her:
Bandit: Hey, frozen Bingo. If I've ever hurt your feelings, I'm sorry. It must feel pretty bad when your dad does that. Just know that I love you, kid. And I'd do anything for you.
'Bumpy and the Wise Old Wolfhound': Bingo's family and friends work together to make an adorably amateurish movie about how being sick is just a part of life, and how you shouldn't let it keep you down.
While the episode is mostly comedic, the ending of the episode gives one final message for Bingo. While we never see the reunion after Bingo leaves the hospital, it's bittersweet for a family to keep in touch with a loved one.
Bluey, Bandit, Mackenzie, Lucky, Muffin, Aunt Trixie, and Uncle Stripe: See you tomorrow, Bingo!
The friendship between Snowdrop the toddler (Bingo) and Ooh-Ooh the baboon (Bandit) in 'Zoo'.
At the end of ‘Early Baby’, Indy gazes at Rusty thoughtfully as he describes how much courage he needed to undertake his mission to rescue the princess (“I’ll have to be the bravest I’ve ever been!”), paralleling the courage required in the girls’ game (caring for an “early” baby in the hospital). When he finishes his story and everyone disperses she approaches him says, “Hey Rusty, want to play mums and dads?”
Indy and Rusty making up and deciding to play together again at the end of 'Mums and Dads'.
In 'Camping', Bluey and Jean-Luc quickly become friends, despite not being able to understand each other. The language barrier doesn't stop them from having all sorts of fun together.
At the end of the same episode, an older Bluey is seen reuniting with an older Jean-Luc. The buildup to that scene is also sweet:
[The seed that Bluey and Jean-Luc planted is seen growing throughout the years, birds fly out of the branches, Bluey now older is approaching the tree carrying a book, an older Muffin is then heard off-screen as the camera zooms in on Bluey] Muffin:[off-screen] Bluey! That book's mine! Bluey: I know it's yours, Muffin. I'm just borrowing it. [Bluey sits down beneath the tree, she opens the book and starts to read it when she hears a voice say...] Male voice: Hello, Bluey. [Bluey looks up from the book in shock and turns her head to the voice with a confused look on her face, wondering who just called her name. The camera then zooms out to reveal that it's an older Jean-Luc standing there waving at her with his tail wagging. Bluey's confused look quickly becomes a happy one as she starts wagging her tail as well.]
"Mum" (Bluey) and "Diddums" (Bandit) reconciling in 'Kids'.
"Veranda Santa" has Bluey realize that hurting Socks with a mean-spirited prank for accidentally biting her was wrong. She approaches her down-trodden cousin and apologize, saying how she felt mad that Socks didn't even say "sorry" for biting. To this, Socks licks Bluey's bitten arm, as though apologizing in the only way she knows. And the cousins reconcile.
In “Squash”, Uncle Stripe is struggling to win against his rival brother, Bandit in Squash as he’s never beaten him once at the game. Both Bluey and Bingo want their uncle to win after the initial match for different reasons, Bingo’s reason is she wants her uncle to feel good about himself and Bluey just wants her sister to have more fun in the game. When Bingo tries to “fix” Uncle Stripe by playing with his tail, he’s nearly moved to tears, giving him the confidence and self-esteem to beat Bandit at the game and feel a lot better about himself overall. Bandit in return has Character Development after the second squash game. He swallows his pride and genuinely congratulates his brother.
In "Stumpfest" girls get attached to stump Bandit, Stripe, and Pat want to chop up despite Bandit telling them not to. Bandit agrees to let the girls put makeup on him and the other dads if they let them keep working, but Bluey tries to renege afterwards anyway, leading Chilli to pull her aside and explain that this is Bandit's way of having fun with Stripe and Pat. Then Bluey realizes that she was the one getting in the way of their fun and stops Bingo and Muffin from interfering further, even getting them to serve lemonade to the dads instead.
In "Daddy Dropoff", Bingo begs Bandit to play a game where he winds her up and she walks through the door of her preschool like a wind-up toy. Despite already being late to drop Bluey off at her school, he does it for her. When Bluey asks him why he did it if they were already late, Bandit just says it's because it was fun. As it turns out, it's only because Bandit did it that allow Bingo to meet and befriend Lila. A glimpse of the future reveals they remain friends all the way through to their high school graduation.
The way Bingo befriends Lila. Without even knowing it, she helps the shy little girl to come out of her shell and have fun. It just goes to show what one small act of kindness can do.
In 'Bingo', the titular character is missing a puzzle piece of New Zealand. She puts up posters for it, a crudely drawn outline of a kiwi bird with a question mark. When Bluey gets home, she sees one and immediately realises what's going on. It shows how in-sync the two sisters are.
"Sticky Gecko" sees Chili finally losing her patience a bit when Bingo and Bluey are proving to be absolutely impossible to get out of the door in order to go on a playdate with Judo and her mom. You'd think Bluey starting a game of asking "why?" to every single thing Chilli says at this point would make her lose her mind completely, but instead, it ends up leading to her and Bluey having a talk about how Bluey is just nervous about seeing Judo because it's been a while since last time, and Chilli not wanting to be late because she appreciates how kind Judo's mother has been to her before. She also comes to realize Bingo wasn't trying to be unruly, but just really had no concept of being late, and was simply too busy enjoying herself.
"Charades":
Half the episode has Muffin throwing a tantrum because she wants to play a ballerina in the titular game, with every obvious ballerina attribute possible from a tutu to a music box. At first it seems like Muffin being a Spoiled Brat - but throughout the episode, Socks is visibly upset that she can't guess anything in the game right, something Muffin notices. In other words Muffin is trying to cheer her sister up in her own way by making it as obvious and easy as possible to guess, and it works!
Socks: Ballerina!
The music box Nana uses to give Muffin some "proper ballerina music" to dance to was given to her by her own Nana (who would be the kids' great-great-grandmother), as she reveals to Bluey and Bingo. It's clear that she has some fond memories of her grandmother even though she passed away a long time ago, as Nana says she was "the nicest Nana you'd ever hope to meet".
When Bandit pretend gives birth to Bingo and is told to name her by Bluey, does he give her a goofy name like he did to the girls in "Teasing". Nope! Instead, he looks at her with pride in his eyes (surely same way he did the first he saw her when she was born), and names her Chilli.
'Army':
Jack and Rusty's friendship throughout the episode. Seeing them work together, with laughs in-between, is wholesome.
One key moment was when Jack tells Rusty about his issues with paying attention, Rusty completely understood what Jack is going through and told him he's good at playing the titular game, implying that playing a game helps Jack occupy himself.
'Fancy Restaurant' sees Bluey and Bingo setting up a pretend dinner date for their parents in the hopes of seeing them be romantic. When the kids duck out, however, Bandit apologizes for not really remembering how to be as romantic as they once were. Chilli also shares the blame, as she admits that she doesn't remember either; they agree that raising two young kids will do that to you. Then Bluey and Bingo bring out the "special" meal, a horrific concoction of everything in the fridge, and Bingo makes it obvious she'll be crushed if Chilli doesn't take a real bite. Bandit low-key comes to her rescue by asking if they can swap meals — and just for a moment, they share a look of pure and utter adoration.
By the end of the episode, Chili brings poor Bandit to the backyard to vomit out the "special meal", never leaving his side so he can vomit in comfort. Just goes to show, sometimes, romance isn't always about the big heroic gestures, but the small caring ones too.
"Piggyback" has a blink-and-you'll-miss-it shot of two background dogs sitting together on a bench, presumably a couple sharing a sweet moment by the water. The taller, red-furred dog even has a heart-shaped marking on their back.
On the surface, "Flat Pack" is a cartoon about putting together Ikea furniture while your kids play with the packaging. Somehow, it rapidly spirals into a sweet meditation on evolution, faith, spirituality, upbringing and responsibility, that moistens the eyes of any parent who watches it.
The end of Bingo's dream in 'Sleepytime', paired with Jupiter by Gustav Holst.
Bingo: I have to go... I'm a big girl now. Dream Sun/Chilli: Remember I'll always be here for you, even if you can't see me... because I love you.
Throughout 'Grandad', Chilli's father gradually takes his daughter's worries about his health to heart and settles on a dock to watch Bluey and Bingo play in the water. When Chilli catches up to him, she's genuinely touched by the sight and sits next to him. She reflects how he took her here "a long time ago", as a little girl. He simply hugs her and says it was "only yesterday". To cap it off, the episode ends with the two appearing as their younger selves to further establish his sentiment.
Fridge-Heartwarming: The image of Chili's father hanging out with her younger self on the dock is a visual testament of why he's taking better care of himself now; because of what Chili said about still needing her father. Despite that she's a grown, independent mother, he's regarding his health because in his eyes, she's still the little daughter who needs her father the most.
"Seesaw":
While it's subtle, it's still heartwarming how Bandit handles the episode's conflict of Pom Pom's Height Angst. He sees how sad Pom Pom is about being too small to play any of the kids' games and immediately decides to do something about it. What does he do? He sets himself up as an antagonist to all the kids by not getting off the seesaw and gives Pom Pom a chance to be the hero. Just another example of how Bandit really gets kids.
At the end of the episode, Judo tells Pom Pom that she's too small to be the spider in the game they're playing. Bluey is quick to jump to Pom Pom's defense and helps her much smaller friend onto the play structure, echoing Pom Pom's earlier sentiment that "Pomeranians are a small but hardy breed".
The ending of "Movies". Throughout the story, Bluey has had conflicting messages from the movie she was watching, about whether to be like everyone else or whether she wants to "Be Herself". All the while, she's been struggling with her resolve to watch the whole movie despite her fear of storms. But just as the "scary part" comes on, Bingo runs around the theater and distracts Bandit from leaving, much to her inconvenience. Just as Bluey says she can't face her fears, the protagonist (Chunky Chimp) also says the same thing verbatim. As Chunky wishes he had stayed in the trees with all the other chimps, it's the magic pine cone that tells him he left the trees to save a village. "Because there's no one else quite like you". As the pine cone says these words, we're treated to a cinematic shot of Bluey as she's quietly inspired to finish the movie of her own volition. This feels like a love letter to movies, how they can share good messages, inspire personal growth, or simply speak to the audience on a personal level.
In "Library", after learning he's indirectly responsible for Muffin disrupting Bluey and Bingo's game, Stripe takes the time to fix his mistake. He goes to Muffin and gently explains that while sheisspecial to her parents, she's not "the most special kid in the world". Although slightly bummed out, Muffin takes the news surprisingly well, as she adopts a new sense of humility. She approaches her cousins once more, gives them the good news (that she's not special anymore) and resumes playing with them under the promise she will play by the rules. What follows is a redo of the game, as Muffin does indeed follow the rules, and the collective girls have more fun than before. It just goes to show that a little humility can go a long way.
'Barky Boats':
Just the setup: A group of twelve year olds volunteering to spend time with kids half their age. While the only ones we see are Mia and Captain, they clearly enjoy interacting with Bluey and Mackenzie, playing games with and encouraging their little buddies.
While dictating a letter to the "fairy" for Mia to write, Bluey asks her to look after Mia when she goes to "big school" the following year, and make sure she's happy. Mia is brought to tears by Bluey's words, and hugs her.
'The Quiet Game': Once Alfie deciphers Bingo and Bluey's silent cues regarding which toy Bandit needs to get for Muffin's birthday, the watching crowd cheers for him. Bandit even calls him a "legend", and praises Alfie to his boss.
"Mr Monkeyjocks" is all about Bandit and Chili making Bluey and Bingo have a "chuckout" to get rid of some of their old toys. While the kids protest at first, they eventually learn to accept it - but they don't just throw out the toys. Bandit and Chili make a point to donate them to other kids, and just after Bluey says goodbye to the titular Monkeyjocks, and that she "hopes he makes someone else feel special", we cut to a mother giving the toy to her overjoyed son in the hospital.
'Double Babysitter':
When Chilli says that Uncle Rad's last-minute arrival means Frisky won't have to babysit, Bluey and Bingo plead for her to stay and babysit them alongside Rad. It shows just how much they adore Frisky.
When Frisky gets flustered over Bluey and Bingo asking questions about her ex-boyfriend, Rad is quick to see what's going on, and suggests that they play another game.
Despite how uncomfortable the game makes the two, there's a couple questions Uncle Rad and Frisky are happy to answer, namely these two:
Bluey: Why is your hair so pretty? Rad and Frisky:Almond milk shampoo. Bluey: Do you want to have children? Rad and Frisky:Yes.
Uncle Rad and Frisky find out that Bluey's last babysitter putdown was with Nana, and she did not like it due to Nana watching something scary on the TV and having the volume up really loud because she could not hear very well. When Bluey asks them how can she know that this babysitter putdown would be different, Frisky — again, stinging from a recent breakup — tells Bluey that she can't, and that the only thing to do is give it a go. It's really sweet to see Rad and Frisky reassuring Bluey and looking after Bluey while she sleeps in bed. Later, Bluey wakes up late at night to see Rad and Frisky talking quietly outside on the balcony. She smiles when she sees them do that and goes back to bed.
After encouraging Bluey to trust them, Frisky holds Bluey's hand till she falls asleep while Rad cuddles the dragon plush they were playing with earlier.
'Bin Night': Over the course of several bin nights, Bingo talks about how the new kid at kindy, Banjo, keeps calling her names. On the final night, she mentions how Banjo called another kid names, with the kid retaliating by taking Banjo's hat and throwing it into water, making him cry. Bingo retrieved Banjo's hat and gave it back to him, and she happily reveals that they are now friends.
'Muffin Cone': Bluey and Bingo find a way to incorporate Muffin's Cone of Shame into their games to make her feel better about wearing it.
Bandit spends "Duck Cake" struggling to make the titular duck cake — "The hardest of all cakes" — while simultaneously trying to get Bluey to clean up her toys. He eventually resorts to bribing her, much to her delight, and it's at this point that he accidentally knocks the duck's head to the floor while trying to attach it to the body. He sinks to the floor for a moment of silent despair, and Bluey, completely unprompted, rushes to clean up the splattered cake. Bandit's visibly touched when he realizes this and thanks her warmly, causing her tail to wag.
"Icecream" has Bandit decide to share his own chocolate ice cream when his daughters are distraught that their own icecream melted in the sun while they were busy squabbling. Bonus points in that, by his example, this act of kindness is rewarded when Bluey and Bingo decide to share of their own volition. Looks like his daughters got icecream and the valuable life lesson.
'Baby Race':
Coco's mum helps Chilli feel better about her parenting skills, assuring her that she's "doing great".
The very end, where Chilli sheds Tears of Joy when Bluey starts walking by herself for the first time.
Bluey wonders why the kitchen was the room where she started to walk. We then see from baby Bluey's POV as she toddles towards a smiling Chilli, and Bingo remarks, 'Maybe you just saw something you wanted!' The implication is that Bingo was right and what Bluey wanted was to hug Chilli.
'Christmas Swim': When Bluey tells Frisky that her new toy "Bartleby" isn't enjoying his first Heeler family Christmas, Frisky tells him that while the Heelers can be "a bit crazy", he should give them another chance. What follows is a Montage of the family with Bartleby; Bingo bandages his "broken" arm (and Socks licks him), Trixie lets him "taste" the gravy she's making for Christmas dinner, and the others include him in their games. Frisky caps things off by telling Bartleby that the Heelers are "full of love".
Frisky calls from a resort with Rad and mentions being new to the Heeler family too when talking with "Bartleby", explicitly implying that, in the time since 'Double Babysitter', Frisky and Rad have gotten engaged and are away on holiday celebrating.
"Perfect":
Bluey struggles with how her drawings aren't, well, perfect, especially after Chili unwittingly planted the idea in her head. To help her daughter overcome her insecurity, Chili brings up how Bandit has previously injured Bluey by accident whenever he played a bit too rough. And she encourages Bluey to come to the conclusion: What does he always say after each accident? "It's a good thing you're tough." Therefore, Bluey realizes that even if learning to draw is tough, she's tough too. Not only is it sweet to see that Bandit indirectly helped Bluey overcome her insecurity, but his influence on her is a loving tribute to Father's Day, which this episode happens to be set in.
It's even better when you consider the flashback in "Dragon" - young Chilli was also worried that her drawings weren't perfect, and her mother was there to make sure she didn't give up. Now Chilli is doing the same thing for her own daughter.
One of the pictures on the fridge is of Rad and Frisky holding hands, with hearts around them.
"Promises" exploring towards the end the true reason for promises: to build trust. Chili demonstrates to Bluey that her promise to Bingo that she'd catch her without fail prompts the little one to get off the playground dome. And later, while his daughters sleep, Bandit solemnly makes this earnest promise:
Bandit: I promise I'll always love you.
"Unicorse" has a brilliant one, depending on how one views it. The episode starts with Chili being exasperated that Bluey can't get to sleep, despite Bandit's reassurance that their daughter can't help it. Chili even admits how guilty she feels for having frustrated feelings. Bandit's idea (of bringing Unicorse into the mix) may seem counterproductive on the surface. But in reality, Bandit purposefully risks Chili being frustrated at Unicorse and him, just so his wife has someone to vent her angry feelings to proper. The entire episode is one big effort on Bandit's part to keep Chili and Bluey's relationship from being strained, and instead helping Chili work through her feelings while bonding with Bluey. This analysis video describes it best.
Also a subtle one, but it's consistent across the series (he also does it in "Fruit Bat" and "Sleepytime") that Bandit's method of getting Bluey to sleep involves winding her up. Just how implicitly he understands her is very sweet.
This line in "Curry Quest":
Bandit: Bingo, you're my hero.
'Sheepdog':
When Bluey fears that Chilli wishes she didn't have children, Bandit bluntly tells her that's not true.
To give Chilli time to relax, Bandit agrees to play the titular game with the girls despite hating it.
When Bluey runs off to apologize to Chilli, Chilli calmly assures Bluey that she didn't do anything to upset her and that sometimes she just need time to herself because it hard work looking after them, but that she still loves them. While she doesn't understand at first, Bluey later repeats these same words to Sheep Bandit, show that she is starting to understand.
While Wendy is at first angry at Sheep Bandit for trashing her laundry and headbutting her rear, when the girls explain that he is trying give Chilli alone time, she becomes much more understanding.
When Bluey repeats her fear that Chilli wishes she didn't have children to Wendy, Wendy puts her hand on Bluey's shoulder and softly tells her that isn't true, even affectionately calling her "my love".
After they explain what's going on, Wendy tells the girls to go upstairs and play with Judo while she looks after Sheep Bandit and cuts his hair.
When Chilli comes out to check on everyone, Wendy happily asks her how she's doing (even calling her "doll") and tells her to go back to relaxing and that she'll send Bandit home after his hair cut.
A more subtle example is that, even before the girls explain what's going on, Wendy calls Bandit "Sheep" instead of by his name. Despite constantly being subjected to the Heelers oddities, she still willing to play along with the girls' games.
'Pass the Parcel':
While the kids initially dislike Pat's "version" of the game (where only one of them gets something), they start to like it, even requesting that they play this version over the other.
What started off the trend of Pat's "version" getting popular was thanks to one kid, Jasper, requesting that his mom do the version at his birthday. He was the one who ended up with the gift at the end of "Pass the Parcel" and wanted to do it because the gift at the end was apparently much better than the smaller gifts used in the past. It was thanks to Jasper appreciating the gift he won that the other kids started enjoying Pat's way to play and turned everyone from being pissed at Pat to praising him.
Bingo and Lila's friendship is shown to be very strong; When Bingo tearfully runs to Chilli over not getting anything, Lila has a tear in her eye over Bingo's heartbreak. And later, Bingo admits that she's not that disappointed over not winning the most recent game, because Lila did.
Bingo: If Lila's happy, then I'm happy.
Bingo and Lila's close friendship appears to extend to Shelia (Lila's mum) as well. When Bingo is the first one to lose the first attempt to play by Pat's rules and she runs to Chilli crying, not only doesn't Chilli shoot Pat a Death Glare, but Shelia does too.
"Explorers":
After getting lost trying to find the school, Jack's Dad and his sister Lulu meet some backpackers working in a strawberry field. They are unable to help with directions but give the pair of them a basket of (presumably free) strawberries.
After getting even more lost, they bump into Maynard (Grandpa Mort's friend) and, in exchange for a single strawberry, he draws them a map to the school.
Lulu's excitement at seeing Kangaroos while they drive through the shortcut.
As part of the titular game, Jack has to sail back to Australia from Antartica after Rusty names him captain. Despite Bluey and Coco dying at sea (read: getting picked up by their parents), Jack sees the game through to the end and his character makes it home to Australia (signified by his dad arriving at the school).
When Jack says he didn't give up trying to get back, his dad softly says, "Well done mate".
When Jack asks if he has made it back to Australia, Lulu silently offers him a strawberry while his dad turns to a beautiful view of the grassy hills and clear sunny sky and says, "Yeah mate, this is Australia".
'Faceytalk': While we don't hear any of it, it's still sweet to see Stripe and Trixie reconcile after their brief argument.
"Phones" ends with Grandad Mort shaking things up in his granddaughters' game in order to prompt them to socially interact in-character. What began as a somewhat unimaginative game of using apps to order food quickly becomes a memorable antic of throwing a crocodile at Pat, and a good time is had by all.
Although it's Played for Laughs, the fact that Chili made her father's favorite meal for dinner (despite her daughters think it's gross) hints that she planned to make it before-hand in order to be a gracious host to her father.
'Ragdoll': Wendy shows genuine concern when Bandit is pushed down the front steps, worried that something's wrong. And after being informed of the situation, she takes it upon herself to make sure Bluey and Bingo get their ice cream.
'Fairytale':
After a jinx curses him not to talk until someone says his name, 10 year old Bandit finally has it broken by a much younger Chilli... possibly. She admits her family spent their holidays at the same park, but has no memory of this occurring, while Bandit remains adamant it was her. The truth of the matter, he concludes, depends... "Do you believe in fairy tales?"
Chilli: See ya later! Bandit, watching her run off: Yeah... see ya later.
After spending most of the episode as a Big Brother Bully, the young Bandit (with some prodding from Chris) realizes how wrong he was, and helps Stripe out of trouble. He doesn't even mind that Stripe still made fun of him rather than break the jinx, with present Bandit admitting that he was proud of his little brother.
While Bluey and Bingo are initially horrified to learn that Bandit used to bully Stripe, they're quick to sympathise with him getting jinxed, to the point where they show outrage over Stripe not breaking the jinx after Bandit helped him.
'Puppets' shows the whole family helping Unicorse through his existential crisis.
Chilli: (to Unicorse) You know what's good about being "no one"? (...) You'reeveryone.
'Onesies':
While there are a few bumps along the way, Chilli and Brandy finally talk through their issues, and even revive the dance they made up as children to calm down cheetah Bingo (she's pretending to be a cheetah because of her onesie).
While she's obviously sad about it, Chilli never seems angry or bitter that Brandy hasn't visited her family much over the years. It's heavily suggested that she understands the reasons why Brandy can't bring herself to visit her nieces.
'Tradies':
Bluey and Bingo go from seeing Sparky and Chippy as "enemies" to being friendly with them, and leaving a pie for Sparky to enjoy.
Chippy and Cherry finally reconciling after their disagreement.
From "Granny Mobile." After Muffin goes toe-to-toe with a rude old lady and successfully nets $1,200 for the Heelers' gentle neighbor, Doreen, Doreen offers Muffin her pick of anything she'd like from the yard sale, proclaiming her one in a million. The episode seems to conclude that the world needs an equal pour of both Muffins and Doreens.
And with every item at the yard sale to choose from, all Muffin wants is a tea towel, so she can be a proper granny like her cousins.
Towards the end of 'Space', after Mackenzie places himself in a flashback, in an effort to cope with a childhood incident where his mom seemingly disappeared, Calypso, as a vision, comforts and reminds him that his mom never left him, leading to a shot of Mackenzie's mom calling out to him from the other side of the slide, causing young Mackenzie's tail to joyfully wag.
The ending of the episode sees Jack and Rusty rescuing Mackenzie from "the black hole". Upon rescuing him, Jack and Rusty give Mackenzie a joyful hug relieved that he's alright. Later, when they do a roll call before heading to Mars, Mackenzie tells Jack and Rusty that he's here, ready to move on. This shows that no matter what rough patch Mackenzie's in, Jack and Rusty will be there to help him.
In 'Dirt', after inadvertently making Judo feel that keeping her fur clean was more important than having fun with friends, Wendy gives herself a full summer cut right in the middle of the lawn. Judo eagerly requests one too, and goes on to have a blast playing in the dirt with Bingo and Bluey.
'The Decider': Chucky going over to join his mum, despite being part of the supporters of the other side.
Generally, when it comes down to choosing just one side, both parents assure that whatever Chucky chooses, they will support him. He ultimately chooses his dad, to which is mom gives a hug and wishes him good luck.
The ending of the episode is the cherry on top: although Lucky's parents were previously on opposing teams, the next day has them on the same side for a golden team. So Chucky doesn't have to pick a side: he'll have his family cheering as a whole!
"TV Shop" features Bluey and Bingo trying to find Coco and get her attention through the security monitors at a pharmacy. Winton and the Terriers are there to help, and the moment they succeed in finding Coco, it's such a joyful moment as all the kids dance happily. Even Bandit wiggles a bit at the monitors with a smile on his face.
"Cricket" has a flashback for Rusty where he's revealed to have spent a lot of time with Jack, getting a ride home with Jack when Rusty's dad wasn't around. Having a friendship like that with Jack after Jack was worried a bit about making friends is quite touching.
Later in the same episode a flashback shows Rusty playing cricket with his older brother and his older brother's friends, with one of the friends who plays bowler throwing the ball really hard and fast. Rusty cowers and gets hit, and Rusty's brother says maybe to not play until he's older. However, Rusty's dad finds out about it and writes in a letter about how growing up is about facing hardships and either backing out or stepping in front and powering through. Rusty took the advice to heart and persevered with the teens.
Possibly the crowning moment of heartwarming for the episode is when Rusty hits the ball to his little sister so she can get him out. Her joy and him praising her are both a crowning moment of heartwarming and a nice tearjerker.
"Surprise!" ends with the reveal that in the future, Bluey had a child.
There's also a Heartwarming Freeze-Frame Bonus: as the older Bandit walks to the door, the virtual portrait fades to an image of Bluey sitting cross-legged and holding an orange heart - the exact same pose she was pictured in for r/place 2022. It's really sweet of Ludo to acknowledge the show's community like that. And because r/place 2022 took place in early April - the same month production on Bluey's third season ended, this appears to have been a last-minute change.
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