Bluey is rubbish.

God it’s awful, and the whole parents weeping over it is so weird.

Disagree. I think it transcends kids TV.

Also Jack Russell has ADHD, not Bluey. His episode makes me cry every time.

I think Bluey is absolutely brilliant.

When we were deep in the Bing phase I recall an ongoing theory that all the kids were dead (possibly from very very young, so no memories of anything else) and the show was set in an afterlife which existed so that they could grow up. The adults weren't their parents but beings assigned to tend them, hence the supernatural levels of patience.

I suspect it is more that for children in the audience the parents are the least interesting aspect of the show, so they are made small and blobby while the kids are large and detailed because it centres the actual main characters that way.

Sacrilege! Bluey is God!

I love the science in Octonauts and happily encourage my child to watch it, but not how they all resemble teddy bears (including the Octopus) nor how they interfere with nature and ward off predators with fish biscuits!

Are you watching whole episodes or just clips?

I wouldn’t go as far as calling it a masterpiece but I do think it is ambitious and it explores more interesting ideas than most cartoons.

Is it cool to hate on Peppa Pig too?

I have seen multiple people say they hate it/have banned it and it’s usually because she is apparently fat shaming her dad and is bossy. or daddy pig being a bad bumbling dad, not true- just overestimates himself. I don’t think they’ve ever watched it.

Ring ring, suzy, can you whistle?! - 😗 - Peppa’s expressionless hang up

mr fox watching the chickens and all the bargains

vegetarian pizza at the picnic

who fixed this roof?

Miss rabbit has fainted

the practice parachute jump

showing up to the kangaroos house in Australia uninvited

everything about the Italian holiday

king alfonso not getting his juice and coffee

everyone’s loves it when they dig up the road!!

suzy sheep’s mum not getting her job

candy cat at the aquarium

‘My house is made of bricks mr wolf so don’t even think about it’

I’ve have two young adult children so have never watched it, but just watched Best of Bluey season 1 on YouTube…jeez, it’s like, so basic.

I can’t believe a PP was calling it a masterpiece!

I can't stand Bluey -- it's overly sentimental and the accents are annoying.

Don't come for me, Bluey fans.

I love the episode where Bluey and Bingo make a romantic restaurant for Bandit and Chilli and are trying to get them to “smoochy kiss”. They make a revolting meal for Chilli - and bandit eats it for her, pretending to the kids that it’s delicious. Every time I watch it I think “that’s love” !

It's the one with the recycling bins!

This is one of the reasons I liked Octonauts. More than one female character and one of them was the chief engineer who could fix anything!

Totally not the point of the thread (sorry OP!) but my 2 year old keeps asking for what sounds like "the banjo one". I have no idea which one she means! Any ideas? I think there's another character called Banjo but I'd be surprised if she knows its name.

I've just watched Onesies on YouTube. I'm not crying 😭

i am relating hard to every parent on this threat and their love for Bluey! The heelers are the parents we all aspire to be x

Yes to all those things.
There's an episode of them procrastinating housework, an episode where dad teaches Bluey not to interrupt him talking to other adults, and an episode of them obviosuly hungover wanting to lay on the sofa eating crisps. Dad is also seen laying on the sofa on his phone or trying to watch cricket/racing.

Got to disagree! Bandit is a top notch dad and my boys absolutely love it as do DH and I. It is the best cartoon of this day and age in my humble, humble opinion. I grew up with ed, edd, and eddy and dragonball z. Bluey surpasses them both x

Oh, I also love that it experiments with form and style within its own framework eg Rain has no speech at all; episodes like Bingo and Rusty put other characters at the centre; Dragon is in a totally different style of animation as if the characters are drawing it etc etc. It never condescends to its audience.

We love Bluey, loathe Bing and have never allowed Peppa in the house.

I love that Bluey and Bingo make imaginative games out of nothing, that the parents get to be fully rounded people and that they often use classical music for the soundtrack.

My husband got THE biggest compliment from our 5 yo daughter over the weekend...she said "Daddy - you're an even funner dad than Bandit!"
Wowser! Compliment indeed.
Apparently she said it after he'd been doing Daddy Robot for ages!
Tbf I was rather proud of him - not bad considering he's an older dad (50) ❤️

Watch Bing and then come back to me…Bluey is a delight compared to that whining little wetter.

I've been trying to strength train myself to watch Sleepytime just once without crying. I'm getting better, but still haven't made it through a full watch yet!

It doesn't take psychiatrist to work out that it's because my mum died, before any grandchildren were born, and the bit where Bingo is at the sun and hears her mum saying 'Remember, I'll always be here for you, even if you can't see me, because I love you' gets me every single time.

I love Kiri and Lou. Do you watch Puffin Rock because you just like it or because that child psychologist wrote about it being better for development? (Just curious as I know a couple of people who watch it for that reason)

I will probably get blasted for this but we are watching a lot of Rock, Paper, Scissors atm. It’s probably too American to watch for a long period of time but it’s absolutely hilarious and a nice break from Paw Patrol which kids love but I find unwatchable as an adult. (Usually watch the English dubbed version from Channel 5) It’s like Aqua Team Hunger Force but for kids.

Bluey is a national treasure here in Aus.

If we could make her Prime Minister we would.

Yeah but how many episodes do you need to watch to catch on 😆 I could understand if it was people who just see the character on T-shirts etc