Parents weigh in on the 7 most emotional Bluey episodes

“Onesies. Even with my rainbow baby in my arms, I cry every time it comes on.” 

After three seasons, we can all agree that Bluey delivers episode after episode - for kids and parents alike. They make us laugh, and they make us cry! Bluey has found the perfect balance of exploring the all too real moments in life in a way that children understand, while tugging at the heart strings of parents. 

But what is the most emotional Bluey episode of all? A thread in the Adult Bluey Fans Club Facebook group - yes this is a real thing - has revealed which episodes have brought viewers (and some kids!) to tears - so get your tissues ready.  

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Onesies

Synopsis: In this episode, Chilli’s sister Brandy is introduced to viewers, voiced by iconic Aussie actor Rose Byrne. It becomes clear that Chilli and Brandy haven’t been in touch for many years. Brandy gifts her nieces Bluey and Bingo onesies. In that moment, we see Brandy feeling awkward around the kids and her sister and wanting to leave. When Bluey catches onto his aunty’s sadness (and lack of visits) she asks her mum why, Chilli's response sent socials all a flutter. 

"There's something aunty Brandy wants more than anything as well but she can't have it, and there's not really anything anyone can do," she says.

Parents around the world knew that the Heelers were talking about infertility and felt seen! 

“Onesies. Even with my rainbow baby in my arms, I cry every time it comes on,” one mother wrote. 

“ Aunt Brandy wrecked me. It was so hard visiting nieces and nephews and any one who has children without sliding backwards in my depression. My goddaughter helped me through that episode,” one fan shared. 

Finally, “it makes me cry too. I waited 38 years to get my miracle. My older sister never got hers. They even moved away to escape the memory of their loss.”

Cricket 

Synopsis: One for the Dads, this episode follows Bluey's friend Rusty, who loves to play cricket. Rusty is having a bit of trouble overcoming an older pup's "really fast" bowls - that is, until he receives a letter from his dad in the army, reminding him what really counts.  

“Where Rusty walks past his future self heading out to the crease to bat for Australia. How can I have so much pride in him that it makes me emotional? He's a cartoon dog,” one adult fan wrote. 

“Most of them haha, but Cricket really gets me. Great dads are a treasure.”

“Cricket. And I don’t even like cricket!” This said it all! 

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Baby Race

Synopsis: Ultimately, this is about not comparing yourself to others. Chilli boasts when Bluey is the first to roll in their mothers group, but after that it’s the other pups that reach their milestones early, and Bandit and Chilli are thrust into a baby race no one asked for. Add a heartfelt D&M with another mum and a final scene that will tug at your heartstrings, and mums everywhere are blubbering into their couch cushions. 

“Baby Race, due to me feeling like I have failed my boy because he cant talk yet.” 

“Baby race... just typing this out and thinking of it im crying... as a first time mom this episode just wrecked me and my ancestors it hit so hard.”

“Baby race. I cry every single time. the validation of being seen & someone saying 'you're doing great' is always nice but specifically for the representation in the episode.”

Sleepy Time

Synopsis: This episode explores the realities of co-sleeping with toddlers. When Bingo finally falls asleep, her dream transports her into outer space! Her intergalactic travel is great in her slumber but wreaks havoc for those around her, cover stealing, limbs in faces etc. And when the sun finally comes up, Bingo finds herself in her own bed.

There were many reactions to this episode...

“I lost my Mum before I had my son and that line she says about always being there, even when u cant see me, has me thinking about my Mum.”

“When Chilli says ‘Remember, I'll always be here for you, even if you can't see me, because I love you.’ Total breakdown crying now typing it. But so so many I find myself crying even at episodes I have watched a hundred times before because something new hit me.” 

“The first time I watched Sleepytime (real original, I know), I was dealing with our little one's first major sleep regression. It hit me super hard as we were struggling finding ways to get her to sleep, and love was such a big theme of the episode. Never stop loving your kids and they'll be just fine.”

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Grandad

Synopsis: Grandad is supposed to be resting, but when Bluey and Bingo go to visit him, he makes a run for it with the kids and takes them on a madcap adventure into the bush. But Bluey, Bingo and Chilli are visiting Grandad because he's been sick and is supposed to be resting up.

Dealing with the all too confronting reality of ageing parents, Grandad overhears Chilli telling his friend he should be resting because she still needs him, and he realises she's right. 

“Visiting Grandad hit me hard once it came out, I had last my grandpa in November to lung cancer. My heart can’t hearing Chili say he should take care of himself cause I still need him broke me but my grandpa helped raise me when my dad wasn’t around. He taught me all the things a dad should have taught his child. In all honesty I felt like I needed that episode to help me heal from his death.”

“Granddad makes me sob uncontrollably, I've been very close to my sibling for a very long time and watching the passage of time is very bittersweet. 'No, it was yesterday' hits incredibly close to home.”

The Show

Synopsis: It’s mother’s day and Bluey and Bingo are putting on a show about how Bandit and Chilli met. The key moment happens when Bingo, playing Chilli, has a balloon under her shirt to represent Chilli’s pregnancy with Bluey. The girls get carried away horsing around, and the balloon pops. Many parents instantly became obsessed with this moment, because the view turns from showing the balloon popping, to Bandit grabbing Chilli’s hand as her smile fades. Creators confirm that this episode was indeed to show the truth of miscarriage and how as parents “the show must go on.”

This episode really had fans running for the Kleenex… 

“When Bandit grabs Chilli's hand after the balloon pops, I caught onto the inference of that straight away.”

“The look on Chilli's face kicked me right in the gut. I know that face too well.”

“I had 5 miscarriages and those 2 episodes had me right in the heart. Bluey man just gets the real life parents.”

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What starts off as an episode about assembling flat pack furniture, takes on a life of its own. Source: ABC

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Space

Synopsis: The episode centres around Mackenzie, Jack and Rusty playing as astronauts on a mission to Mars. But during their imaginative journey, Mackenzie keeps disappearing and sees himself in flashback scenes as a pup.

It’s revealed that Mackenzie was separated from his mother while on a playground and he feared that she had left him there - until Calypso appears and points out that Mackeznie’s mother is simply on the other side of the playground.

Despite being quickly reunited with his mother, Mackenzie was still affected by the incident and has some unresolved trauma surrounding it.

What fans have to say…

“When Mackenzie confronts his abandonment issues. That episode absolutely destroyed me, and I still tear up every time. Such a masterpiece!”

“Ooof that episode is worth 10 sessions of therapy.”

Did we get them all? Let us know in the comments! 

Originally published as Parents weigh in on the 7 most emotional Bluey episodes