Bluey Is Neurodivergent And I Can Prove It.
If you are anything like my family, you were patiently waiting for season three of Bluey to drop on Disney+. I love that show, we watched season 1 and 2 on repeat ( I found myself watching at night when the kids would be asleep )
So I have been able to gather my evidence from all seasons to show you the proof that Bluey Heeler is neurodivergent. So buckle up and lets begin.
The First Clue is the entire Episode 47 entitled Baby Race in season 2. Here we can see Chili is frustrated because Bluey isn’t meeting all the milestones that other kids her age are meeting. I understood this feeling. Before my first child or myself was diagnosed as neurodivergent I was always wondering why they were not meeting milestones like other kids. Being an Autistic/ADHD parent to two neurodivergent kids I realize that some neurodivergent kids will meet the milestones set by pediatricians and others may take their time and meet them at their own pace. In this episode, Chili learned not to compare Bingo to others. Even when she did crawl it was not in the way that most kids crawl.
Now I can see you reading this and saying. This isn’t proof at all, and I hear you but I have more evidence.
The second clue I am sharing is in Episode 13 entitled Army in season 2. In this episode, we are introduced to Jack who has a very hard time sitting still, forgets his hat, and gets distracted by a goat when his dad is talking to him. (ADHD) he feels bad that he can’t sit still and his brother ask him why can’t you do what you're told.
Poor Jack replies “I don’t know.” He gets introduced to his new teacher and you see Bluey in the background pretending to be a horse. The teacher tells him he shoud play with Rusty. At the 5:54 mark of the episode Rusty ask Jack why did he switch schools? Was there something wrong with his old school and Rusty replies “no, there was something going on with me. I’m not good at doing what I’m told. I can’t sit still and, I can’t remember anything like numbers or letters or my hat“ Sooo this tells me that he had to find a school that works for his neurodivergence and it just HAPPENS to be the same school that Bluey Attends? Oh ok….highly suspicious.
The Third Clue is that Bluey has a vocal stim, she is ALWAYS signing in a silly voice. She does it in numerous episodes and as someone who has had this kind of vocal stim since childhood I am telling ya’ll it is one of the signs of neurodivergence. You can look at two examples by checking out Episode 3 in season 2 entitled Dance Mode at the 0:39 mark. Chili asks “Can we get the bill?” and Bluey Repeats the phrase in sing-song voice. Her dad says “Hey inside voice” So she sings the same thing but in a lower tone. The second example of her vocal stim is in Episode 6 of season 3 entitled Mini Bluey at the start of the episode she is singing ”Where is my toast” (I also do this at restaurants I legit have sung my order at the waitress and yes I get weird looks but oh well, I am who I am and I embrace my different brain. It also makes my day fun. I also don’t plan to do it, it just comes out. ) She also teaches Bingo when she is mini bluey that she needs to sing like her AND she also says at the 2:20 mark that she just makes noises that don’t have to make sense(they both start saying Borp, Borp, Borp over and over) and she moves her body a lot (all those are stims!)
And my Final clue is in Episode 7 of season 3 entitled Unicorse at the 1:11 mark Chilli is obviously tired and Bluey hasn’t gone to bed (a trait that many neurodivergent people share are sleep problems) Chili says “Ok I’ll read you a story” and Bandit replies “you know she CAN’T help it” and Chili replies “I know”
So those are my four clues that let me know that Bluey is Neurodivergent. No wonder my family and I love it so much because we can see ourselves in it. Also, Neurdivergnece runs in the family and you can see it in their cousins’ Muffin and Socks (shout out to Their parents Stripe and Trixie for their patience with their kids as well)
It also makes sense why Bandit and Chili Parent the way they do. Gentle parenting is great for ALL kids but really great for neurodivergent kids especially because social norms just don’t make a lot of sense to us. I love that there is a cartoon out there that show what my little family is like.
Hello, World!