Questions I have about Hey Duggee

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Is he a childminder? If so, I am concerned because his ratios are off, and also he is a dog.
Why are all the children animals apart from one who seems to be a lower-case 'r'?
Is Alexander Armstrong being sarcastic when he says at the end of the episode 'well that was fun, wasn't it Duggee?'
Why do I sometimes end up watching to the end of the episode even though my toddler never does? Also, where do I send off for all the badges I have thus accumulated?

Wait, you can get adult hey duggee clothes?! Where?
My favourite is the tadpoles, although I haven’t seen the river episode yet

What I don't get is why the octopus needs a submarine to get to the club house?

Oh god Catie has got to be one of the worst presenters. It all feels very forced

Haha I know! it's like she's memorised every word and is forcing the sing songy voice. Mine love it for the machines obviously!

Maddie is great she's so watchable, nothing seems scripted. She was on about how hair brushes were made before and she seemed genuinely fascianted by it .

There's the girl who does "Down on the farm" too, I think she's good, but mine get bored of that.

Also I love it when Duggee and narrator are laughing together at the end and he says 'Oh do stop it, Duggee.' GOD, WHAT A SHOW. Off to watch some now.

TROJAN CHEESE!

Oh I sorry hadn’t thought about it like that @drspouse that’s actually really great. And better than using species as an analogy for race when you think about it.

I love hey duggee. DS goes nuts when it comes on. I love the humour thrown in for the adults.

Grandparents badge is funny, the fact it's a doily cracks me up (and reminds me of my nan!)
The one with the stunt devil mole and his glasses is funny too.

I LOVE IT. And so does DH. I think we like it more than DD.

I do love the music they use and the adult Easter eggs are tremendous. Particularly ‘I’m going to work in the CITY’ from the Tadpole Badge.

YY, the stunt mole is adorable and the Welsh accent just makes it perfection.

I love duggee. Bing on the other hand is a shit and I haven't got a clue what's happening there. And baby jake? Why can he suddenly starts singing - he's a baby!!

Also I love it when Duggee and narrator

You know that narrator actually is Alexander Armstrong, he doesn't just sound like him, right? If you didn't know that: you're welcome!

We figured out that on the "looking after the baby" one, the baby's laugh at the end is the same as the baby laugh in the book "pirate Pete is a new big brother". And probably loads of other baby sound effects.

Yes I did know that, but it felt weirdly like breaking the fourth wall by using his real name for some reason!

Also, on the inclusivity front, is Roly supposed to have a speech delay? Because I like that if so, but wasn't sure and have been wondering.

Oh god, I fear a new obsession is about to take hold... My DS I mean me really loves Tee and Mo but haven't really watched Hey Duggee. Clearly I'm going to have to rectify that! I did always wonder though why the little animals weren't absolutely terrified of a dog the size of a house.

Bing is annoying, especially when he does that droopy ear thing when he was told not to do something but does it anyway and something bad happens. And how come they all have random names except the panda is Pando?!

Bing is set on one of the levels of hell. The weird sack creatures like flop are the souls of the damned who murdered children. They are doomed to spend eternity looking after incredibly annoying child-demons (bing and the other animals). The souls cannot express anger, no matter how dickish the little animals are.

Best Bing theory ever!

Forget Hey Duggee, I'm more worried about Miss Rabbit. Why does she need so many jobs?

No lisa it’s a day off badge where duggee isn’t running the club and he’s having a bath and doing his ironing and having a nap on settee with Enid and it’s all good...then he gets bored. And the squirrels are all out with their parents and then individually have reason to come to the clubhouse and everyone’s glad to be reunited.

Best character is Chew Chew the panda. “Chew Chew loves biscuits!!”.

I thought the children were big in Bing to appeal to the kids watching as they’re usually smaller than the parents and in Bing it’s reversed so it appeals to them? Flop and Amma are amazing parents/carers. I try to imagine when my toddler is being insane: what would Flop do 😅?

Wasn't there a thread a while back about how horses are standard horses in the Sylvanian world? THAT'S dark.

Jeeeesus.

My DS (who is adopted) spotted that he was, aged about 4. We like that they have him.

Love this for exactly the same reason. It’s a brilliant way of opening the conversation.

Duggee is definitely the best of all the current toddler programmes. I’m off to see if I can find the badge stickers...

I love Hey Duggee. Glad of the explanation about why they are called the squirrels while none of them are actual squirrels though, this makes a lot more sense now.

DD only ever wants to watch Peter fucking Rabbit at the moment. It’s karma from making my dad read Beatrix Potter books over and over when I was little.

Duggee can't even talk!

How is he supposed to look after 5 vulnerable animals, as well as Enid an chickens when HE CAN'T EVEN SPEAK TO THEM?!

I love that Roly shouts everything (reminds me of DD!) and I can fully embrace the random weirdness of it all because it's hilarious.

Bing though, that shit makes me angry. Why is he always being such a dick? Why is flop so patient? The only thing I can think is, can you imagine how terrifying it would be if your screaming, bonkers, fearless toddler who gets angry when you try to help them with their shoes was twice your fucking size!! No wonder he's so compliant! 😳

Interesting debate started with DH after reading this,
he reckons duggee is either a puppet or the club leaders pet and the club leader (Alexander) is talking through him to persuade them to do the activities.
That's why he just woofs and doesn't really seem to have anything planned