Film Theory: Bluey is a WITCH?!

I love the fact that the entire episode was “They’re either magic, or they’re the absolute worst neighbors possible”

Matpat retiring really brought out the most wild theories and I’m all here for it.

Their is a giant thing you missed which is a HUGE theory in the community of Bluey. In the episode magic you talked about how mom can do magic, why, well there’s a reason for this. Mom, specifically her side of the family is related to fairies, we learn in the show that there is two types of magic, cheeky and good. The fairies are also described with, “cheeky or good” magic. Part of this theory is also that Mum is secretly a peace keeper in the world, and must pass her magic on to her kids. Also someone you didn’t put in the episode is Calypso. Calypso is said to be a very wise magic user and that is why she is so smart and in some episodes tells the future. I hope you look at this please

As an Australian I always love it when our culture is shown and discussed by a much wider audience. Feels nice

Even during his last few theories, MatPat is still completely insane. Respect

I'd never have thought in a million years that MatPat, one of the giants of the internet, would make one of his last 9 theories on Bluey, and Bluey being a witch of all things.

I think the whole show isn’t Bluey happening in the present but the childhood the kids remember. It seems magical to them just as our childhoods seem to us. There are also multiple points in the show where the kids are either shown as grown adults or teenagers or the parents are recalling a memory. It’s not that there is magic it’s that the children recall their childhood experiences in these creative, fun, magical ways.

It is magic, the magic of imagination. I do think that chilli is the heart of it. It’s clear that she was raised with loving fun parents (like her dad running with the girls and hiding). The latest episodes added include one where chilli speaks about her late mom. How she encouraged her and helped her get better at drawing. I think her mom and dad played similar games with her and Brandi when they were kids before their mom passed away. Chilli grew up without a mom (it’s unclear when she dies but it’s after chili turns 7) She wants her girls to experience all the joys of childhood and to have an active imagination. Honestly one of the best parts of being a parent is making magic for your kids. Helps make up for when they are being terrors 😂 But I do have to say, nearly every episode I feel sorry for Wendy and Pat (lucky dad). They really get caught up in some crazy shenanigans.

My thoughts on this: Considering that we've seen multiple glimpses of the future versions of Bluey, Bingo, Rusty, and many other characters, I've always felt that this series could in fact be a perpetual flashback, much like "How I Met Your Mother." What we're seeing in these episodes are not 100% factual events, but rather just how Bluey remembers them happening from when she was 7 years old. In her young memory, she believed that these magic moments actually happened, so we are seeing them from her perspective as if they did. In reality, her parents were always still super catering and accommodating to her and Bingo's imaginations, but a lot of the questionable moments are simply just Bluey remembering it wrong.

We’ve probably learned more from Matpat than we actually do at school, thanks Mat for all the great years. We’re all going to miss you

I did wonder how Bandit and Chili were so darn good at playing with their kids, to the point of doing solid animal impressions and performing acrobatic feats in some episodes.

I thought it was commitment. Cause if the magic xylophone episode Bandit freezes bluey and he repeatedly tries to freeze bingo but she is so nervous she completely ignores the rules and keeps running. If it where true magic it would apply. Second, on the feather episode when bingo says heavy to bandit holding the cereal he doesn't hear her at first and wonders what she said, after repeating herself then he starts playing

I like that despite being comfortable playing with his kids and involving the neighbors he knows, Bandit is still nervous to play like that in front of dads that he doesn't know well

MatPat's really been pumping out a load of theories lately. And that just reminds me that soon it won't be him in these theories anymore

As a fellow parent of a 4 year old, I too love this show and watch it with my son all the time, and try to use lessons and examples from the show to make our shared experience of his childhood so much better. I am sure this was pointed out elsewhere, but there are also examples in the show where the people dont realize the game immediately and take a second to join in. For example (and I am pulling these from memory so I may be partially mis remembering) but in the heavy episode, when she first tries to heavy Bandit's breakfast, he first responds with a "what?" like he didnt actually hear, or register what Bingo said, and it was only when she said it again that he actually responded. Furthermore, while Bluey is great at playing into the games, Bingo can sometimes be a bit slow to join in. For example there is a part when Bandit gets the magic xylophone and freezes Bluey immediately, but he tries like 3 times to freeze Bingo and she just runs off and is never affected. I just watched the other episode you did on Bluey and you tried to address a lot of the counter examples, but I didnt see mention of them here. But for the above reasons, I think some of the things we see in the show that try to prove magic are just artistic intpretations, and I am team pretend games instead of team magic. TLDR, there are times when the magic just doesnt work, therefore I am team pretend games.

Honestly when I saw your "Bluey is dark" theory I originally thought it was gonna be about the weird magic stuff that the characters do in this series given how bizarre it seemed. My personal theory was that maybe because they're dogs they're just trained to respond accordingly to the games they play. Similar to how you can get a trained dog to sit simply by waving your hand The kids and presumably the parents have grown up playing make believe and using their imagination so it's naturally built into their instincts as time goes on. Before they eventually teach it to their children. And the children after that. And eventually it becomes completely normal in society for a random mom to start dancing in the street regardless of how road raged drivers will feel

A classic MatPat move by releasing his wildest theories before he leaves us. We’ll miss you MatPat

first time ive seen matpat bring magic into a childrens show rather than take it out. we will all miss you

I love that the other Bandit parallel is the commitment to the bit. MatPat out there being an amazing dad and human.

6:30 You know Bandit breaks character for a sec, and stands up when answering the door in that same episode right?