Bluey is coming in once again with the episodes that just tug at your heartstrings just a little bit to where it sticks with you after the credits roll.
Starts off happy and joyful as always, that leaves you feeling completely different by the end of it.
notes about the sign after my second watch in no particular order
SPOILERS AHEAD‼️
When it dropped at midnight where I was (I was obsessively checking Disney+) I immediately dropped my paper to watch it and ohhh my god.
When Pretzel mentions his guinea pig I am almost certain he says "moms" as in two mothers despite the captions apostrophe, because "my mom's said he would come back" makes no sense to me and it's not the kind of weirdly written kid-speak Joe usually writes. Delightful!! My boyfriends been saying for ages they gotta put gay dogs in bluey lol
WINTONS DAD AND THE TERRIERS MOM‼️ I think theyre so cute even if theyre a tiny speck by the house with a pool at the end. And, of course it has a pool. I'm so glad Winton's dad found love :3
Lazarus Drug was THE song choice ever. Oh my god. I cried so hard. And I think choosing such a mature (and I don't mean that bc it's a drug metaphor I mean it bc it's a metaphor at all) song really gives kids something to grow into. Sure those kids who love bluey will only sorta remember it, but when they get older and relisten it'll blow their minds. I also just like the song lol it's very White Rabbit meets Laura Stevenson. Anyways. I also noticed they're credited on a few other bluey tracks according to Google, including some of my favorites like It Was Yesterday, Wagon Ride, and Rain!
Didn't notice any pretty dust particles in the episode, which was interesting because they save those for the most touching episodes and moments. Lmk if you see them anywhere!! I have a theory there's some during the butterfly hiking sign scene so hmu if they are there
Wheelchair dog spotted on the birds eye shot of the lookout before the shaggy dogs use the binoculars! I just love how Joe seems to understand the difference between representation, where diverse people are coexisting and living their own lives, sometimes as the focus of the story sometimes just existing as people, and that performative representation where you only see a minority when their story is being used to uplift the protagonists. Another great example of this is obviously Turtleboy where Dougie and Bingo's stories coexist, and one is not inferior to the other but instead we end up rooting for both of them. Bit of a tangent but my point is Joe is always putting disabled and neurodivergent and MORE types of characters into his show and it's delightful
That's all I noticed in my first two watches but I'm sure there will be more 😭
Edit:
When Bingo gets stuck in the railing Bluey goes to help her because, I presume, it's happened so often that even she can deal with it now
None of u were gonna tell me Meg Washington was Calypso cmon man
Probably my favorite Bluey scene (and episode - and season) so far lol, she's so skrungly it's adorable look at her squeeze in there like a feral beast
Got to sit down and watch ‘The Sign’ with my mum today and it was excellent! Everything I could have hoped from a Bluey episode and more. Joe Brumm, Ludo Studio and everyone involved did such a phenomenal job 🤩
I have no doubts that they could take Bluey to the big screen next!
P. S. Frisky has to be one of my favourite characters for sure 🥰