He is voiced by Dave McCormack, the front-man of Australian '90s Indie rock band Custard.
This is also the debut of McCormack in animated television, The next character to be voiced by a member of a band is Postie.
Joe Brumm, creator of Bluey revealed that he had a Blue Heeler growing up called Bandit.[1]
Just like Bandit, Joe is also the second oldest of three boys in his family tree.
While not shown in his work office, it is known that Bandit is an archaeologist, inspired by Joe's older brother Adam, who has been involved in archaeological discoveries such as the fossilized remains of Homo Floresiensis (the 'Hobbit').
Part of the inspiration for Bandit's occupation was a concept character his brother created called "Professor Fleagle, who is an archaeologist and likes digging up bones."[2]
He used to play touch football, as mentioned in Fruitbat. He wants to do it again, but has been too busy with parenting and his job.
In the original version of Chickenrat, the sauerkraut made Bandit sneeze. The ABC changed it to burping, in response to a complaint that said episode shows food allergies as harmless.[3]
However, Disney continues to broadcast the original version of this episode on its television channels, but with subtitles for the updated episode.
In "Family Meeting", the girls claim that it makes him fart, along with baked beans and nut roast.
As of Season 2, he doesn’t do “dad-jokes” as much, but he still has his cheekiness in some episodes in Season 2. But in series 3, Bandit is able to do "dad-jokes" again, most notably in Family Meeting and Turtleboy.
He is the only male member of the main cast.
A younger version of him can be seen in the flashback of the episode Baby Race, wherein he lacks grey hairs.
Before the title cards when Bluey and Bingo decide what game to play, Bandit can often be seen saying “Oh no, not [NAME OF GAME]” after Bluey and/or Bingo says the name of the game.
However, in Dragons, he is seen drawing with his right hand.
He will get cranky when he is hungry, as revealed in Omelette.
A ten-year-old version of Bandit can be seen in Fairytale.
In Fairytale, a cassette for the song "Bad Medicine" by Bon Jovi can be seen. This song was released in 1988, meaning that the events of Fairytale would have taken place during 1988 or 1989. Because Bandit was 10 years old in Fairytale, he would have been born some time between 1977 and 1979.
His current age all depends on one's guess. If we assume season 3 happens still around the time the series first aired, then Bandit is between 39 and 41. However, if we consider the series adapts to the current times and we assume Season 3 takes place between 2020 and 2022, this would place him somewhere between around 41 and 43 years old in Season 3.
Bandit is revealed to have a doctorate in archaeology in Archaeology.
He has a knowledge of and apparent enthusiasm for mythology, as seen on multiple occasions:
His use of the name Telemachus, the son of the Greek hero Odysseus.
Addressing Bingo as Cassiopeia, after the mythological queen of Ethiopia and mother of Andromeda.
Referencing Teutatis, a Celtic deity.
In the Polish dub, his name is "Bandżi" (pronounced "bungee"), while in the Swedish dub he is called "Billy" and in the Dutch dub, he is named "Buster."
Backpackers and Pavlova reveals that both Bandit and Chilli can both speak French; as Bluey and Bingo don't speak French, Bandit takes advantage of that to speak nonsense French to them, as if teasing them.
The word "bandit" is refers to a sentence like robberies, which performs a law that pursuits from stealing resources, this is also a nod to how his front patch on his face resembles a stereotypical domino mask, which is what many cartoon burglers are shown wearing
In Bob Bilby and The Beach, Bandit is seen with a skateboard. But after The Beach, the skateboard is rarely used.
He revealed in Dragon that he used to draw lots of art featuring cars when he was six, but stopped after receiving harsh criticism from a classmate.
"Perfect" reveals that, unlike Chilli, he isn't very sure about the idea of having a third kid.
In Tradies, he is revealed to swear when irritated. However, this is done off-screen.
