![]() The planets book that Bingo gives Chilli to read isn’t a bedtime story, it might not even be a children’s book at all (slightly foreshadowing the theme of growing up from the stage of being a little kid in the episode). After Chilli finishes with the chick book, Bingo immediately pulls out a book that discusses the planets of the solar system. Even though Bandit was taking care of Bluey and Chilli was taking care of Bingo, Bandit made sure to say “Good night” to Bingo as well, a quick reminder that he was there for her as well. One of the major themes of the episode is why both of these parenting methods are necessary to a child’s development, tying together the series so far where Chilli’s been the parent that mostly uses her words (a standout example being her words to Bluey near the end of Camping), and Bandit’s been the parent that opts to get physically active instead (which immediately proved its worth as Bluey fell asleep instantly).īoth of the books that Chilli reads to Bingo have a massive amount of relevance to the dream that Bingo has, which combines the two concepts of space and motherhood into a single story that Bingo is the main character of. ![]() It starts with immediately contrasting Bandit and Chilli’s two parenting styles: Chilli is calmly reading a story to Bingo (using words), while Bandit is physically dragging Bluey to bed (getting active). The Bluey team deserves all the awards they can get.This episode is 7:30 instead of the usual 7 minutes long, which I greatly respect because not a single moment of this entire episode should be cut. ![]() Without a shadow of a doubt, this is the most emotive piece of media I have ever seen. We’ve watched it 4 times now and STILL I end up crying. I think about how much I love my own mother, and how much I don’t want to leave my son when my time comes, no matter how old her is. I started to cry when Floppy left, then when Chilli turned up as the sun, I ‘had to go to the toilet’, where I just utterly broke down. I don’t know if it’s being a parent, but it seems to explain the enormous amount of love I feel for my child and the pains of loss I felt growing up/watching him grow, so precisely. It’s difficult for me to be involved so much that it would elicit a reaction that I really don’t do very much of. Some back story, I don’t cry at TV, or movies. I had to search for somewhere to process my feelings after watching this episode. ![]() Of course the actual story was elegantly simple with the kind of emotional pay-off that is a hallmark of Bluey-at-its-best. The animation on this show is consistently gorgeous and brilliantly designed, but today's episode went above and beyond in taking us on a tour of the solar system the 'lighting' added so much - check out the part late in the episode where we're taking around the quiet Heeler house at night, with the moonlight streaming in through the windows revealing microscopic motes of dust - just wonderful. always deliver with music that elevates the material, but today's effort was one of their very finest moments the score was positively cinematic and as is often the case it elicited a real emotional response from me. I've always rated Fruit bat as being one of the very best episodes due to it's imaginative dream logic, 'Sleepytime' picks up that thread and weaves something truly original and memorable in depicting Bingo's dream a 'mash-up' (as my daughter described it) of her two bedtime stories. Spectacularly beautiful episode of Bluey (or was that Bingo E2!?) this morning surreal and magical. ![]()
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