Bluey is rubbish.

Well I didn’t even know that Bluey was a girl!!!

Madame Gazelle locking the glitter away in a safe is hilarious.

Also the United Nations day in nursery 😭

Omg trapdoor!!!! I'd forgotten all about this!!!

People like to slag Peppa Pig off these days, but I remember some bits and characters being hilarious. The Miss Rabbit working all the jobs, and the Brian Blessed character stranded on an island saying "I'm going to make a mark in the sand for every time I think about cheese"

omg my daughter was obsessed with that episode too. The first thing on tv to make her laugh was that suit of armour clanking 🤣 and it still does to this day and she’s two years older* now. We love duggee 🫶🏻

I've watched some Bluey. There are no small children in my home

Bluey is incredible, it’s a hill I’ll die on. It’s encouraged my almost 4 yo twins to play some if the games Bluey and bingo play. And honestly since we started watching it I’ve noticed my partner trying to outdo bandit! It’s a great show! And some episodes have me bawling. My son finds the cinema episode hilarious, it’s worth watching to hear his giggles alone!

Hate it. YANBU

I’m with you on that. Smarmy motherf***s

You obviously haven’t seen the Pass the Parcel episode or The Sign? Both pure genius!

Sleepytime has reduced me to tears about 8 times. I have to leave the room during onesies (also an IVF mom)

Its a great show.

Good summary and I think that’s the problematic nature of it for me. Parents (well, mothers, let’s face it) convincing themselves they are so superior because their child likes Bluey rather than Paw Patrol is tedious.

I'm not a huge fan of Bluey either. My kids will watch it but it's not their favourite. I don't consider it a lot better or worse than most of the other stuff they watch.
Bandit is useless frankly. His learned helplessness in the swimming pool episode is pathetic to watch. No stereotypes are actually being broken here. He's still the fun dad and sensible mum still has to come along and save the day.
We are Hey Duggee fans here. It is properly laugh-out-loud funny and doesn't pull any punches with its non-sequitur humour or quirky characterisation. It is so very clever and parodies things like Apocalypse Now while still appealing to my 3yo (who is obsessed with the Castle Badge episode for some reason). To my mind it is more original in its approach than Bluey and less mawkish.
I also try to encourage them more towards the vintage shows of my day, e.g. Rosie and Jim, old Postman Pat and Fireman Sam episodes (the modern versions of those latter two are awful), and even of my parents' generation (my kids love Mr Benn and Trumpton especially). Sometimes, though, you of course can't predict what they'll like (they're also VERY into Gladiators at the moment).

Bluey is, in my opinion, an educational programme about parenting. The obvious storyline is there to entertain a small child but the actual subtext is for parents and is,. essentially, respectful parenting propagnda.

How has noone mentioned Faceytalk yet!?! That explores parents being at odds in their parenting approaches and the consequences of not communicating with each other.

And to anyone who has said that the parents set unrealistic expectations of playing with their children I give you Stumpfest (where the children want to play with the tree stump but the dads say no and the mums get tipsy on the balcony), The Dump where the whole episode is them in the car before Bandit throws Bluey's drawings in the bin, Whale Watching where Chilli wants to lie on the sofa and eat crisps, and Escape (I think it's called) where again it's all in the car and Bandit and Chilli are explaining why they want a child free day (and shows how you can entertain a child with just words). There's also Mount Mum and Dad where Bandit and Chilli just lie on the floor pretending to be asleep.

I agree that all the adults who profess exaggerated love for it and come up with odd fan theories and extrapolate way too much from inconsistencies and throwaway comments are creepy though

Hah I love Bluey and I am single and childfree.

You don't have to like, it doesn't make you a monster or anything.

Find something you can watch together. Maybe crack out Pingu.

I’ve never cried at a TV show in my life or at many other things that other people would cry at… but Cricket makes me cry EVERYTIME

Bluey is weird because it's they're achieved what Disney did with Disney adults. It's obvious that the creators aimed to create a cartoon which also appeals to the tired adults watching with their children. However the level of obsession by which fully grown adults claim they adore Bluey or are deeply touched by it is fairly juvenile.

The show is really not that deep. It's got some good animation, good writing and some easter eggs designed to trigger fan theories. It's definitely better than many kids content but it's hardly on the level of Studio Ghibli. What is does have is a very transparent attempt to manipulate middle aged women into consuming simplistic content under the pretence of tricking them into thinking they are more intellectual than parents who put on Paw Patrol or Cocomelon.

When in essence, it's all the same. The pacing, character design, sound and animation of Bluey is definitely more overstimulating than Peppa. Each character is made up of so many blocks of colours that it's not comfortable to watch. They use the constant shifting patterns and shapes to capture kids attention the same way Cocomelon does with more obvious colours and camera cuts.

I hate the styling of it, the colours are insipid I just think it’s AI-esque slop for the little soon-to-be screen addicts.

It’s stuff like this which is daft. I know (obviously) you aren’t being serious but even great literature has haters and critics. People are allowed not to like something.

I like Bluey. There is worse stuff out there for sure:l, but it isn’t perfect and it certainly isn’t THAT good!

Are you dead inside?! Bluey is awesome!!

I cannot watch The Baby Race episode without bawling, takes me right back to when DS was late with all his milestones and I was a wreck!

My kids will be a bit old for the Bluey movie (though they still like the odd episode binge!) when it comes out and I may need to bribe them to come with me 😂

Hating Bluey is or should be considered blasphemy or hate speech.

For expressing this abhorrent view at the very least you should be burned at the stake!

One of my NCT mum 'friends' banned Peppa Pig because it was 'too heteronormative'.

I knew then that getting out of London would be great for my sanity 😂

With respect OP, you are not the target market.

Your small child adores it. Job done.

Personally, I say appreciate what you have. I loved Bluey. I also loved Peppa (no hate from me, bits of it are hilarious).

It's only downhill from here. The shite that they watch when they're older will blow your mind. I am knee deep in the Pokemon years. I would do anything to go back to Bluey.

Anything with Brian Blessed in it gets my vote (Grampy Rabbit is #retirementgoals as far as I’m concerned), but as I said earlier, we are laughing at Peppa not with her, and I really didn’t want toddler DS copying (which he did).

Ben and Holly was just as amusing but less mean spirited. And had a better theme tune.

YANBU. I wouldn’t go so far as to say it is rubbish (there’s much worse out there) but it really doesn’t deserve the level of adoration that it receives.