Bluey - Army

Army — Trivia

• Joe Brumm says the episode is inspired by Lev Vygotsky's experiment, which showed that children perform better in tasks when given a playful context.

  Production

• The episode introduces Jack and his family.

  Character

• Rusty and Jack encounter an Australian brushturkey while on patrol, which looks similar to North American turkeys but is not related.

  Real World

• Rusty's line 'Get to the chopper!' references Arnold Schwarzenegger's iconic quote in the movie Predator.

  Reference

• In the Disney+ version, Jack says 'There's something going on with me' instead of 'There's something wrong with me'.

  Production

• The episode airs on April Fools' Day, exactly one year after 'Pirates'.

  Continuity

• The music playing during the scene where Rusty and Jack are in the helicopter (treehouse) resembles Buffalo Springfield's 'For What It's Worth'.

  Reference

• Bluey has no lines in this episode.

  Production

• Princess Chloe rides Bluey as a horse in the background, hinting at a game of 'The Adventure,' though Bluey's bindle is missing, suggesting it might be a different game of Princess.

  Continuity

• The episode focuses on Bluey's friends Jack and Rusty.

  Continuity

• Jack, a child other than Bluey or Bingo, says the episode title on the title card.

  Production

• The Disney+ closed captioning for this episode incorrectly quotes Rusty saying 'LZ is no good!' as 'Owl's Head is no good!' and mistakenly calls Jack 'Chuck.'

  Production

• A dull-colored long dog toy wearing an army hat appears on the table with the vase of flowers at both the start and end of the episode.

  Continuity

• When 'Army' aired on Disney Channel in the US, it was paired with 'Fancy Restaurant' and 'Stumpfest'.

  Production

• On the official website, Rusty is shown wearing his play military uniform.

  Production