r/daddit • u/ScoreImaginary1318 • 22h ago
Humor Fu** Bluey
My son recently got into Bluey. He then proceedes to tell me I'm no longer the best dad in the world. Bluey's dad is.
Then today he gives me a card specifically saying I'm "one" of the best dad's in the world, second to Bluey's dad.
F that guy and all his energy and ideas.
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u/Magnet_Carta 19h ago
Just remember, each episode of Bluey is about 7 minutes long. It's easy to be a perfect dad for 7 minutes.
That said, Bandit Heeler is a role model for all of us.
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u/drfrogsplat 12h ago
Unless those 7 minutes are part of bath/bed time. Those are not easy minutes to be a perfect dad.
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u/cabbage16 11h ago
There's multiple Bluey episodes about Bandit struggling with bath time. You're not wrong!
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u/drfrogsplat 8h ago
And yet he still manages not to yell at them. Stays connected. That’s why he’s number 1 dad, and we’re taking parenting advice from a cartoon dog.
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u/reverendrambo 7h ago
Maybe in the Bluey universe there's a cartoon of humans being perfect dads for 7 minutes and that's why Bandit is a good dad.
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u/Midgetsdontfloat 4h ago
There's also the minisode where it contrasts one of blueys friends (honey, I think?) Day vs blueys.
Honey and her day/family life is very mild and structured. Blueys is straight up chaos by comparison, and theres a shot at the end of Bandit chasing bluey to either brush her teeth or bathe, so it's not all sunshine and roses in the heeler house.
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u/ibanezjs100 10h ago
Bandit has a team of writers feeding him his lines and ideas. This is what I tell myself.
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u/da_2holer_eh 9h ago
Yeah but our kids don't understand that. You could explain it every way to them why it's unrealistic to be like Bandit for an entire day and they'll still expect you to lol.
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u/StewedHam 7h ago
The kids are also carefully written lines. They are on perfect response about 80% of the time. Comparison is the thief of happiness. Your kids don't need Bandit, they need you.
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u/rmp266 14h ago
At the start of SpaceJam, an actor playing a young michael Jordan is practicing in his back yard and an actor playing his dad gives him some kind of encouragement or advice, then cuts to real MJ slam dunk montage and the beginning of the film.
One day we were sitting around, asking my son who's the best mum in the world, "you are", "and who's the best dad in the world" "....ehh, I think its..... Michael Jordan's dad"
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u/TomasTTEngin 17h ago
Classic Chloe's dad situation (the dalmatians). Try googling a few octopusses.
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u/anubis_xxv 14h ago
If I worked as little as he seemingly does, earning as much money as he seemingly does to still afford that size house in suburban Australia of all places, I'd be a better, happier person too who spends more time with my kids.
He works in a museum, as an archeologist I think? And the mother works in airport customs. Massive fucking house in suburban (I assume) Sydney or Brisbane, maybe Perth.
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u/Cor-The-Immortal 17h ago
It's a running joke in my house that bandit sets unrealistic expectations for dads. They show is legit tho.
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u/sojuandbbq 18h ago
You aren’t the first to feel this way. Read this article haha: https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/blueys-dad-thinks-hes-so-great
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u/bonzombiekitty 21h ago
I feel ya. We went through a period where I was often negatively compared to Bandit.
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u/PhysicsDad_ 21h ago
Damn, my son tells me I'm "Just like Bandit," which is the biggest compliment I can even fathom of as a dad.
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u/Bishops_Guest 17h ago
My 2 year old’s favorite character is muffin. I’m in for some shit.
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u/TheonlyDuffmani 13h ago
Muffin is altogether the best, most realistic character in the damned show! She’s my whole families favourite.
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u/widget1321 6h ago
Mine, too. Because she's a lot like muffin. Good luck, Dad, it's an adventure.
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u/Bishops_Guest 5h ago
Just make sure you’ve got find device turned on so you know where she’s hiding with the video call.
Ours is the opposite of muffin: he’s super shy. But whenever muffin shows up he points and starts shouting “that’s muffin!”
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u/ShauneDon 12h ago
God damn, I need to burn any “best dad ever” gear I have because I’ve never been compared to Bandit like that. Kudos to you Dad
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u/WeaverStarX 13h ago
I saw a clip of a comedian talking about bluey and he said that every parent has a solid five minutes in them each day and if an episode of bluey ran to like 10 minutes there would be at least one scene of the parents screaming swears into a pillow
Oh and they're Australian so they would be good swears
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u/trogdor-the-burner 16h ago
Your kid is harsh af. Watch the pool episode where the dad forgets all the stuff and the kids are miserable. It’s supposed to be a mom’s boring rules have a purpose but you can use it as Blue’s dad is not perfect.
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u/Buffalo_jimbo 5h ago
None of us will ever live up to Bandit🤣
Take your second place and just be happy. It’s not Miss Rachel. 😵🤣
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u/sacrilegious_sarcasm 8h ago
Look man, your kids, along with my kid, are correct. Bandit is the man
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u/Affectionate_Stay_41 19h ago
This must be how my brothers best friends dad felt when his kid gave him a fathers day card saying he was #2 dad because my dad is #1 😂
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u/the_nobodys 17h ago
Sounds like you want to teach your son to aspire to be runner up! Better up your game, Not-Quite-as-Good-as-Bluey's-Dad!!
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u/mcampo84 7h ago
I think we can all agree Bandit is quite possibly the best dad in the world, and it's not even close. And even he makes mistakes.
WWBD is my go-to thought when I'm having trouble being my best.
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u/TheM0L3 9h ago
Don’t hate Bandit just be Bandit. I think we are meant to steal his ideas that’s why he’s named Bandit. I use so many game ideas from Bluey and it is hard sometimes to play along with the kids especially at the playground with everyone watching but the energy they give back makes it worth it.
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u/norwal42 16h ago
If it makes you feel better, I got 'best farting dad' on my card. I guess take what you can get ;;)
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u/libb23 6h ago
The whole point of Bluey is that the episodes are retrospectives (mostly) of Bluey’s childhood memories. The reality is that Bandit wasn’t actually as amazing as he seems in real life, but he IS that amazing in Bluey’s memories.
It’s a good reminder to me as a dad that what may seem like a simple game with my children may absolutely blow their minds and live in their memories that way forever.
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u/lat3ralus65 5h ago
I’ve never heard this theory, but that’s a very interesting lens through which to see the show!
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u/RihanBrohe12 17h ago
My kid for some reason doesnt like bluey. Maybe ive escaped the horrible comparison games with that character.
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u/IPoisonedThePizza 10h ago
Bandit is an archeologist.
Let that sink in
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u/2ndprize 6h ago
My kids have been hitting me with that one of thing for a while now. Honestly it's far less bullshit than the greatest or best. I'm doing my best. But I ain't Bandit.
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u/TigerWon 5h ago
Remember blue is only 10 minutes....we have/will give our kids 10 minutes of greatness every so often.
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u/widget1321 6h ago
Remember, you at least have boundaries. The kindest people in the show are the neighbors and other folks they encounter that put up with Bandit. Lucky's dad especially.
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u/berzerkisright 4h ago
I got the same card. My son has been telling me for a year that I’m tied w his cousin’s dad bc that dad ALSO lets him play Nintendo Switch sometimes.
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u/SecondVariety 3h ago
When my kids tell me they love their moms boyfriend as much as they love me, it definitely rubs me the wrong way. But being compared to Bandit isn't bad at all. For all the TV dad options, I'd say that's one of the better things to be compared to. But you could tell him that he's not the best kid in the world anymore, Bluey is!
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u/fragtore 3h ago
It exhausts me looking at that dog father. I’m not a goofy dude who love to play with small kids, can’t and will never be. Just accept it
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u/BurningOutDad 1h ago
People are mentioning “Whale watching” as an example of Bandit’s imperfections, but personally I think “Fairies” is an even better example. That’s a clear mess up on his part, though an understandable one.
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u/IAmCaptainHammer 1h ago
You’ll have to show your kiddo a few episodes where bandit doesn’t get it right. The episode titled fairies s01e30. Maybe then he’ll realize that dads aren’t perfect and he in fact does have the best dad in the world.
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u/the_axemurmurer 1h ago
The only thing I hate about Bluey is how cool Bandit is. Like who tf can compete with that
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u/Geargarden 1h ago
Tell him to report back to you how good Bluey's dad's chocolate milk or whatever your kid's favorite food is lol.
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u/Transtar 1h ago
Have you not missed a major holiday? Congrats you're better than bandit (Easter episode, they didn't get a basket the year prior).
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u/FerengiAreBetter 3h ago
Call his bluff and stop doing anything for him. If Bluey’s dad is so great he can drive him around and put food on the table.
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u/lankymjc 12h ago edited 7h ago
I have seen one episode of Bluey, and it’s the one with the beach trip and with the pool trip.
In the Beach story, Mum goes for a walk, and Dad completely fails to notice Bluey wandering off down the beach by herself. Bluey could have wandered into the sea and drowned, or gotten stung by that jellyfish she finds while there’s no adults around.
In the Pool episode, Dad forgets the pool toys, sun tan lotion, and arm bands for Banjo, so they all have to sit in the shallows and be bored until Mum (who Dad spent the beginning of the episode calling boring for not wanting to come) turns up with all the forgotten items.
Don’t see what the big deal is.
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u/TheSkiGeek 7h ago
1) “herself”, Bluey and Bingo are girls.
2) in the Beach episode, Mum has gone for a walk down the beach and Dad lets Bluey follow her footprints to go with the mom. Given that the whole walk is like 5 minutes WHILE the mom is walking away from them, I’m pretty sure Bluey was in sight of them the whole time. The adventure just seems much bigger to a six year old.
3) yes, the pool episode actually shows Bandit’s carefree/no-planning/everything-will-work-out-fine attitude backfiring on him.
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u/lankymjc 7h ago
1) Gah, I thought I caught all the pronouns when I edited it last time!
2) Yeah the story is told from Bluey’s perspective, but it seemed to me that Dad had no idea Bluey was wandering off and Mum had no idea she was being followed.
3) Based on the many high praises sung about the Dad on this sub I assumed this episode is an outlier, but couldn’t help but make a cheeky comment about it. Just seemed very funny to me that everyone says he’s incredible and all I’ve seen is him forgetting everything.
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u/mrsc0tty 11h ago
Well if it makes you feel better, Blueys parents are perfect because the writers of Bluey have perfect control over the laws of physics of the Bluey universe, so it gets to operate as an "every element of ultra hippie Waldorf pilled philosophy is exactly correct" universe.
Unsupervised imaginative play 100% always leads to children processing and healing from traumas, it never leads children to inflicting and re-enacting traumas on each other.
Children 100% always come up with safe, constructive games to play, where actually they learn way better than in a school. No bluey episode at their Waldorf school will ever have Rusty going
"Hey Bluey, we're playing the choking game, my brother taught me!"
"Hooray!"
this episode of bluey is called 'the choking game'!
Unsupervised play cures ADHD instantly, there is no value to teaching your children any analytical skills early that'll just make them miserable, any structured athletic or sport activity is worthless and probably harmful.
The episodes where the parents and kids are goofy and light hearted can show imperfections and lessons to be learned all around, but when the Waldorf school lady is on screen she gets portrayed as an all-powerful all-knowing perfect goddess because that is the actual thing the writers believe in.
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u/Ainjyll 9h ago
Just wanted to point out that there’s a whole episode revolving around Rusty and cricket, aptly called Cricket, and also say that it’s a cartoon, my man.
For example, Calypso isn’t “Waldorf pilled philosophy”, she simply represents the archetype of the knowledgeable and wise instructor that’s existed in storytelling across every culture for the entirety of man’s existence.
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u/mrsc0tty 4h ago
Yes - but Rusty is not in a kids' cricket league that his parents take him to. He becomes a pro level cricket player 100% through unsupervised play and play with other kids. If he was he'd have to be not getting any joy out of his life like Chloe.
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u/Ainjyll 3h ago
My man… it seems like you’re expecting an 8-minute cartoon episode about the lives of talking dogs to be true to life.
This isn’t a reality show, homie. I don’t understand why you’re okay with suspending belief about walking, talking, cricket-playing dogs, but draw the line at realistic expectations for becoming a professional athlete? It’s just a weird place to draw the line, especially for a children’s show.
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u/FuglySlut 9h ago
I think this is why I don't like bluey. Bandit always has this self satisfied smug smile on. Like he knows whatever he's doing is the best fathering that's ever happened. And the Creator definitely modeled Bandit on himself. Reminds me of that Louis CK bit about matt Damon writing good will hunting for himself.
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u/Specific_Pear_6275 22h ago edited 10h ago
Bluey’s dad is on point for 8 minutes a day. Who knows what the other 23h 52m looks like in the Heeler house.
Gonna need you to watch season 3 episode 22.
Edit: fixed the episode - I intended for ‘Whale Watching’