Bluey - Copycat
Dad starts his day to discover Bluey mimicking his actions. As they head outdoors to play, Bluey spots a wounded budgie. They rush the bird to the vet, only to receive the sad news that it has not survived. Once back home, Bluey retells the day's events to Bingo, helping her process the loss of the budgie.
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Copycat — Trivia
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Wild budgies have green and yellow feathers, indicating that the blue budgie Bluey found was likely domesticated.
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Bluey imitates various incidents, such as finding a hurt budgie, getting bitten by it, using a shoebox, performing 'Light as a feather', yelling at another driver, watching out for cars, and a bear with a cap holding a blue-tongued skink toy, but her attempts do not go as planned.
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Bluey continues her copycat game by reenacting the day's events with Bingo.
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On March 1, 2020, 'Copycat' aired on ABC Kids with a bumper promoting Floogals instead of Bluey.
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Wendy is mentioned by name for the first time, starting the 'Morning, Wendy' running gag.
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A bird is seen on the power line when the family travels to the vet with the budgie, but it is not there when they return after the budgie's death.
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When the vet enters the waiting room after surgery, Bandit nudges Bluey and looks at the vet, signaling her to focus.
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A cream-colored long dog with dark green ears, spot, and nose sits on top of packages in the vet's office, matching the color palette of the packages.
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In the United States, Disney Channel aired 'Copycat' alongside 'Backpackers' and 'The Adventure'.
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In the reenactment scene, Bluey and Chilli use male pronouns for the budgie, but Chilli later refers to the budgie as 'she.'
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