Bluey is emotional terrorism for parents.

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ZaziGuado
04/14/2024
02:44 PM
#1
It finally made me straight up cry with the most recent episode. But it's truly one of the best shows ever created.
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Bane_Of_Despair
04/14/2024
02:46 PM
#2
I haven't watched The Sign yet, waiting to watch with some fellow Bluey friends, but I've already cried from multiple previous episodes (Onesies and Dragon in particular) so I'm fully ready
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Leonhart4
04/14/2024
02:47 PM
#3
I'm not all caught up on the show yet, but it's definitely got me a few times.
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Obellisk
04/14/2024
02:47 PM
#4
this episode had my wife and I bawling.

kids are like "we don't get feels "
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swordz9
04/14/2024
02:48 PM
#5
Its quite possibly the best show for young kids ever made while also being entertaining for older audiences as well. Like its genuinely good. Its colorful, creative, funny and the dad is a great role model even when hes playing a dummy to entertain his kids instead of just being a stereotypical idiot fat dad character like most cartoons.
Zigzagoon
04/14/2024
02:51 PM
#6
I watched the first four or five episodes and didn't really see what people were talking about. I was like, yeah this is pretty cute and definitely better than most of the trash kids are watching these days. But I definitely didn't consider it better than the shows I grew up with at all.

I'm guessing by how much praise it gets, that the episodes get better? But I find that a bit hard to believe considering how short they are.
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Bane_Of_Despair
04/14/2024
02:56 PM
#7
Zigzagoon posted...
I watched the first four or five episodes and didn't really see what people were talking about. I was like, yeah this is pretty cute and definitely better than most of the trash kids are watching these days. But I definitely didn't consider it better than the shows I grew up with at all.

I'm guessing by how much praise it gets, that the episodes get better? But I find that a bit hard to believe considering how short they are.
No yea it's definitely further in they start hitting with the harder episodes.

Also Bandit is also an idiot fat dad but in a good way
You were the cancer, that's all you'll ever be
I really messed up this contest, but azuarc gave it a Breath of fresh air
ZaziGuado
04/14/2024
03:00 PM
#8
Yeah the first ten or so episodes set up the family dynamics and then they start throwing the life lessons and emotional resonance around.

I haven't been watching things in order, but Season 3 seems to have gone hard on making parents emotional.
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Leonhart4
04/14/2024
03:03 PM
#9
I would say if you don't have kids of your own, it's not going to hit as hard. Some of Bluey is childhood nostalgia and some of it is parenting reality.
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Bane_Of_Despair
04/14/2024
03:07 PM
#10
I'm not a parent and undecided if I want kids with my partner (he doesn't want kids atm) and it still absolutely hits me but maybe I'm a lil bitch
You were the cancer, that's all you'll ever be
I really messed up this contest, but azuarc gave it a Breath of fresh air
Zigzagoon
04/14/2024
03:08 PM
#11
I think part of the problem for me is that because episodes are like 7 minutes long, it's really difficult to get invested in the message each episode is giving. But maybe I'll try and give it another shot at some point.
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Bane_Of_Despair
04/14/2024
03:09 PM
#12
Good news for you then, the new one is 28 minutes long!
You were the cancer, that's all you'll ever be
I really messed up this contest, but azuarc gave it a Breath of fresh air
Leonhart4
04/14/2024
03:10 PM
#13
I think the fact that they can boil an episode down to 7 minutes so consistently is pretty impressive!
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Xeybozn
04/14/2024
03:14 PM
#14
Zigzagoon posted...
But I definitely didn't consider it better than the shows I grew up with at all.

When's the last time you actually sat down and watched some preschooler-targeted shows from your childhood?
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Zigzagoon
04/14/2024
03:16 PM
#15
Last week.
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redrocket
04/14/2024
04:25 PM
#16
I definitely agree that I am not generally a fan of the 7 minute format at all.

But I think Bluey has figured out how do as much with it as humanly possible.
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Obellisk
04/14/2024
04:28 PM
#17
dogly possible
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ZaziGuado
04/15/2024
07:05 PM
#18
My dad called Bluey a Communist. Is Bluey political?
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NFUN
04/15/2024
07:23 PM
#19
ZaziGuado posted...
My dad called Bluey a Communist. Is Bluey political?
Well the show is apparently terrorism, so I'd say so!
List the ominous stern whisper from the delphic cave within:
They enslave their children's children who make compromise with sin
Aecioo
04/15/2024
07:30 PM
#20
Put this man in purg
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Bane_Of_Despair
04/15/2024
07:33 PM
#21
ZaziGuado posted...
My dad called Bluey a Communist. Is Bluey political?
Ah, so your dad is a Chip Chilla fan
You were the cancer, that's all you'll ever be
I really messed up this contest, but azuarc gave it a Breath of fresh air
Leonhart4
04/22/2024
08:33 PM
#22
They dropped a surprise bonus Bluey episode!
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Bane_Of_Despair
04/22/2024
08:59 PM
#23
I haven't watched the newest drop but I did watch The Sign and the one before it. And yep, I cried. What an absolute banger of a song god damn. Brandy got pregnant! And Winton's dad got with the Terrier's mum! So many payoffs in The Sign, god damn god damn. And because Bluey episodes are usually 7 minutes, it's wild to see how MUCH they can put in with 28 minutes, felt like a movie's worth of stuff happened!
You were the cancer, that's all you'll ever be
I really messed up this contest, but azuarc gave it a Breath of fresh air
foolm0r0n
04/22/2024
09:39 PM
#24
I only just watched Daddy Dropoff, and yeah that one is straight up terrorism. It's like the inverse of the tarantula Breaking Bad episode, but set up and delivered in 7 minutes. Absolute megaton.

My favorite by far though is Copycat, though no one really talks about it. I get the appeal of the most popular ones like Camping and Sleepytime, but they don't really have the parent-seeking-missile effect that the subtler episodes have.
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xenosaga
04/22/2024
09:45 PM
#25
I can't tell if I should check this show out or avoid the emotional terrorism...
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foolm0r0n
04/22/2024
09:57 PM
#26
Zigzagoon posted...
I'm guessing by how much praise it gets, that the episodes get better? But I find that a bit hard to believe considering how short they are.
The episodes are super varied, so eventually a couple hit you, and then you get it.

But also, the show is almost entirely for parents. I would say like 70% for parents, 20% for kids, 10% for animation nerds. I don't really get watching it otherwise. To be fair I did watch Friendship is Magic as an adult. But that's just a nice slice of life comedy cartoon, while this is a series of brutal parenting lessons. Many episodes aren't even comedic. I guess if you have unresolved childhood trauma it would also apply, and who doesn't.

Also among my friends with kids, about half of them didn't get into the show at all. Whereas 100% of kids are into actual kid shit like Cocomelon and Paw Patrol (god that show sucks)
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PIayer_0
04/22/2024
11:17 PM
#27
So good, it's made me cry multiple times and I'm not even through half the episodes. Will probably sneak-watch The Sign with all the buzz it's getting!
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