Bluey and Bingo teach Unicorse good manners so he can ask Mum on a date, but things go awry when Unicorse eats a tick.
Tropes:
- Abhorrent Admirer: Unicorse decides that he wants to marry Chilli, but Chilli is so disgusted by his behavior and lack of hygenie that she turns him down flat. The kids attempt to clean him up to make him more likeable, but he botches his second try by eating a tick in front of Chilli, causing her to gag.
- Anti-Role Model: The episode suggests this is how Bandit uses the Unicorse puppet; the reason he's so obnoxious is so that it's clear that Bluey and Bingo know that his behavior is bad and shouldn't be emulated.
- Breaking the Fourth Wall: Towards the end, while Unicorse puts Bluey to bed, he wonders how she knows she's not also a puppet. Bluey shrugs it off that such a thought is silly and goes to sleep. What follows is a timelapse demonstration by the animator on how Bluey is animated on computer, all framed as a dream sequence.Bluey: Wow, that was a weird dream.
- Continuity Nod: Unicorse repeats the catchphrase "annnnnnd...whyshouldicare?". He first uttered the phrase in an earlier episode.
- Lampshade Hanging: Before the title credit comes up, Bandit laments the fact he's adding more onto his problems with bringing Unicorse up.Bandit: The thing is, I do this to myself.
- Love at First Sight: As Chilli walks into the kitchen, Unicorse is so entranced by her beauty that she announces to the kids that she's going to marry her. Played with, in that they've obviously encountered each other before, this is just the first time he's seen her that day.
- Pelvic Thrust: Unicorse makes one toward Chilli after she asks if he has chili sauce on him.Unicorse: It's sweet chili sauce. Care for a lick?note
- Space Whale Aesop: A rather sweet variation. Even if you're a puppet who's not real and has no free will of their own, you can still matter to someone.
- Stealth Pun: Bluey being animated at the end of the episode, specifically, is an example of an animation "puppet". In digital 2D animation, a puppet is a character model that's rigged to be able to move.
- Tomato in the Mirror: Unicorse goes through one when he discovers that he's actually a puppet and not a real unicorn. The Heelers help him come to terms with it.
- Visual Innuendo: Unicorse makes several of these in the kitchen to a not-especially-pleased Chilli.
- You Are Better Than You Think You Are: While Unicorse is having an existential crisis about being nothing but a puppet, Bluey, Bingo and Chilli cheer him up with how being a puppet means he's versatile with whoever controls him.
