Bluey Heeler

Bluey Christine Heeler
Bluey Christine Heeler
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First appearance	"Magic Xylophone"; (2018);
Created by	Joe Brumm
In-universe information
Race	Blue Heeler
Gender	Female ♀
Nationality	Australian
Age	6 (S01E01 - S03E14); 7 (as of the ending of S0314)
Eyes	Black
Fur	Light blue, blue, dark blue and tan
Family	Bandit (father); Chilli (mother); Bingo (younger sister); Radley (paternal-uncle); Frisky (godmother/aunt); Brandy (maternal aunt); Stripe (paternal-uncle); Trixie (paternal-aunt); Muffin (cousin); Socks (cousin); Bob (paternal-grandfather); Nana (paternal-grandmother); Mort (maternal-grandfather); Chilli's Mum † (maternal-grandmother)
Friend(s)	Lucky (next door neighbour); Rusty; Indy; Coco; Snickers; Honey; Mackenzie; Chloe (best friend); Judo (next door neighbour); Jean-Luc; Winton; Buddy; The Terriers; Pretzel; Bentley; Winnie; Fido; Mia; Hercules; Pom Pom; Maynard; Jack; Missy

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External Article[edit source]

This article was originally taken from BlueyPedia, you can find the original article here.

Bluey Christine Heeler is the titular protagonist, daughter of Bandit and Chilli, the older sister of Bingo, and niece of Uncle Stripe and Aunt Trixie.

Bluey.tv Description[edit | edit source]

Bluey is an inexhaustible blue heeler puppy, who lives with her mum, dad and little sister Bingo. She likes to laugh and have fun but more than anything else she loves to play games with her family.
Bluey takes the everyday events of her family’s life and transforms them into extraordinary adventures. This means role play, and whether it’s a taxi driver, hotel manager or a mermaid, she loves to pretend she’s a grown-up doing grown-up things herself.
Bluey is endlessly curious too. Even when she’s nervous about trying something new, like walking to the creek or going to the movies, she always discovers something wonderful about the big wide world around her.
The most important thing in Bluey’s life is her family and friends and she loves to share her new games, songs and wild adventures with them.

Bluey is a seven-year-old Blue Heeler pup who loves to play. Her parents and teacher give her lots of time to practice, which means she’s become very good at inventing games, helping everyone choose their roles and deciding on the rules. Her favourite games are ones that involve lots of other kids and grown-ups (especially her dad) and she likes to pretend she’s a grown-up doing grownup things herself.

Appearance[edit | edit source]

Bluey is a Blue Heeler with light blue, blue, dark blue and tan fur. She has a rectangular shaped body, and has light blue paws, outer muzzle, eyebrows and chest, blue legs, arms, torso, head and tail stem, dark blue torso spots, tail tip, outer ears and head spots, and yellow inner ears and muzzle. She also has a black nose.

Personality[edit | edit source]

Bluey, in general, is an energetic character who loves to play, as described on the official page. She can be a bit too bossy when she plays games, as seen in the Magic Xylophone episode and some other episodes. She can be easily distracted as seen in Hide and Seek. She really likes to play with her friends too.

At one point, zebras were Bluey’s favorite animal, but she later switched to cheetahs. She seems to dislike the idea that she resembles her father, Bandit^[1], but does enjoy imitating him.^[2] She also has picked up some of his mannerisms, such as expressing surliness or exasperation in a similar manner.^[3]

Biography[edit | edit source]

Bluey is one of the Heeler's family members. She's a daughter of Bandit and Chilli and has a younger sister called Bingo. Her neighbourhood friends include Lucky and Judo. She's also friend with most students at Calypso's School and best friends with Chloe.

Bluey may have been born before or after her mother, Chilli, suffered a miscarriage.^[4] In either case, Chilli became greatly excited when Bluey learned to roll over early in her infancy. Chilli became anxious for Bluey to progress just as quickly through other stages leading to walking. However, she later learned-with some help-not to stress over the matter and to simply enjoy Bluey’s development. This saw Bluey roll, bum shuffle, and even crawl backwards before eventually learning to walk in the Heeler Family's House kitchen.^[5]

Approximately two years after Bluey was born, Chilli gave birth to another daughter, Bingo.^[6] When Bluey was still quite young, her mother and aunt Brandy became estranged; as a result, Bluey spent a number of years not remembering or knowing she had an aunt on her mother’s side.^[7]^[8] A relative she did see-albeit rarely, due to his working on an oil rig-was her father’s older brother, Radley Heeler. At some point, Frisky was named her godmother.^[9]

In her teenage years, Bluey and her family would go camping at the same place where she met Jean-Luc. While reading a book borrowed from Muffin under a tree grown from a seed that she and Jean-Luc planted, she was unexpectedly greeted by someone. To Bluey’s surprise and pleasure, it proved to be Jean-Luc.^[10]

Nicknames[edit | edit source]

The following is a list of Nicknames used for or by Bluey throughout the series.

Nickname	Episode
Piano	The Magic Xylophone
Ding Dongs	The Magic Xylophone
Garden Gnome	The Magic Xylophone
Doctor	Hospital
Dr. Bluey	Hospital
Janet	Grannies and Bus
Barnicus	Bumpy and the Wise Old Wolfhound
Dennis	Teasing
Rhonda	Hammerbarn
Marjory	Daddy Dropoff
Karen	Swim School
Margaret	Swim School
Louis	Musical Statues
Blue Cheese	TV Shop

Trivia[edit | edit source]

Being the main protagonist, Bluey has appeared in almost every episode. The only exceptions are Turtleboy and Slide.
- She has only been absent in four shorts, namely Pea Pod Sausages, Green Bottles, Mower and Honk.
Viewer gender confusion: Bluey has frequently been mistaken as a male by many viewers, mainly due to her looking like her father, having some traits of a young boy and her being blue, a stereotypical "boy color". In fact, when the show first aired, nearly all initial viewers assumed Bluey and Bingo were male, as their gender had not been said in the first few episodes, though a few episodes later, it was stated that Bluey and Bingo were female dogs. Even after this, many people who have only seen small things from the show tend to think Bluey is a boy, it has even got to the point where plush toys of Bluey nearly always get put in the "boys toys" aisle of stores, and in some cases, the plush is even straight up listed as a "boy dog plush" in online listings of it. The confusion was further fueled in Kids, when a cashier says to Bluey, "What a nice young boy you have there!" (refering to Bandit), as many people believed that the cashier was talking to Bandit.
- Fandom nod: This is later referenced in a few episodes, in Double Babysitter when Uncle Rad said, "cause he's blue," after which Bluey corrects him, saying that she is a girl.
Bluey's favourite animal is a fruit bat, as seen in Fruit Bat.
- In Onesies cheetahs were established as her favorite animal, while four years previously zebras were her favorite animal.
Bluey's favourite colour of capsicum (bell pepper) is yellow, as mentioned in the episode BBQ.
Bluey's favourite breakfast is fruit salad, as mentioned in the episode Fruit Bat.
Bluey's older version can be seen at the end of episode Camping.
Bluey's family is the first to have a known surname.
Bluey once played as a cameo, as seen on episode Army.
Bluey and Bingo have unlockable Emojis on the DisneyNOW app and website that can be used on the user's profile. These emojis use the art style of Disney Emoji Blitz, a match-3 puzzle game for mobile phones.
She may be unable to read as seen in Takeaway and Bus, although in some episodes as well as in the short Crazy Christmas Lights, she can be seen presumably reading a book. However, she might just be looking at pictures.
- She is also intrigued by the fact that her buddy Mia can write, which could mean that she is unable to either.
- In Library, she can be seen reading aloud, which could mean that Bluey is starting to be able to read. Though again, she could just be trying to retell the story through the pictures.
Throughout Bin Night, she is shown to have a white belt on an unspecified martial art.
- Later in the episode, she can be seen advanced to the yellow belt.
Bluey plays the recorder, as shown in Queens and Bin Night.
Baby Race features Bluey when she was still a baby.
In Baby Race, Chilli confirms that Bluey is still two years older than Bingo, although she might just be approximating (either by default or excess).
- It is possible while Bingo's fifth birthday happened in Handstand, Bluey’s seventh birthday is shown in Pass the Parcel
- The long distance between her birthdays is somewhat noted by Bandit in Chest, being confused as to why Bluey is still six (she tells him she’s almost seven)
In Burger Shop, it is mentioned that she is in preschool, more specifically a preparatory school as stated in Calypso's bio.
In Jingle Bells short, this marks the first short where Bluey speaks.
Bluey is the first charcter to have their middle name revealed
In Family Meeting it is revealed her middle name is "Christine"
In the ABC Kids Listen app's Story Time promo, she briefly cameos as a drawing on a smartphone.
Even though she has the physical appearance of a Blue Heeler, she is technically a Red/Blue crossbreed.
It is likely that she is named after a real dog in Australia named Bluey, who lived to be nearly thirty years old and was the oldest dog to ever live. ^[11]
To protect their privacy and for "safety reasons", the identity of Bluey's voice actor is kept a secret from the public unlike many other children's TV shows which reveal actual names of children actors and actresses. And to this day, their identity is still a mystery. The same also goes for the other voice actors for many of the other children, including Bluey's sister, Bingo.
In Onesies, Bluey reveals that she does not like the fact that she looks similar to Bandit.

Cameos & Absenses[edit | edit source]

Being the main character for the entire show, Bluey has appeared in all but three episodes:

Episodes[edit | edit source]

S02E16: Army (appears with Chloe on her back, suggesting The Adventure happens at the same time as this episode).
S03E30: Turtleboy (Bluey, alongside Chilli, are mentioned in this episode by name, plus are pictured in the background)
S03E45: Slide

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Gallery[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

[1] Onesies

[2] Copycat

[3] Musical Statues

[HardToBear-4] Oderberg, Isabelle. Hard to Bear: Investigating the science and silence of miscarriage, pp 47-48. ISBN 9781761152160

[5] Baby Race

[6] Yoga Ball

[7] Bluey's Big Play

[8] Onesies

[9] Double Babysitter

[10] Camping

[11] ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluey_(dog)

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