Bluey - Dragon

Dragon — Trivia

• The episode was released on Australian Mother's Day 2023, the same day as the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. Kate Miller-Heidke, who voiced Chilli's Mum, represented Australia in Eurovision 2019.

  Real World

• Chilli's mother, who inspired her to draw horses, is mentioned for the first time, and Chilli lets go of her horse drawing in the final scene, symbolizing her making peace with her mother's passing.

  Continuity

• Chilli shows exceptional drawing skills, particularly with horses, which she practiced at age seven with her late mother's encouragement.

  Character

• Chilli and Bingo's art styles were designed by Art Director Alice Walsh, with Chilli's style inspired by Hayao Miyazaki's watercolour work and references to the art of Animation Director Beth Harvey and the Storybots Emotions series.

  Production

• Bandit quotes Tony Montana's famous line from the movie Scarface: 'Say Hello To My Little Friend,' referring to his axe.

  Reference

• Chilli's horse flying away may reference a scene from Jumanji: The Next Level where a character named Milo Walker, who is a horse, flies away at the end.

  Reference

• Bandit's getaway car in the Dragon's Cave resembles cars from George Miller's 'Mad Max' series, particularly the front bumper.

  Reference

• Bandit used to draw cars when he was six, but stopped after Bucky Dunstan said his drawings didn't look like cars.

  Character

• Art Director Costa Kassab designed the art styles for Bandit and Bluey.

  Production

• The Disney+ closed captioning for this episode incorrectly quotes Bandit’s line 'It just needs a bull bar!' as 'It just need some oompha!'

  Production

• Chilli draws the forest with her left hand but holds her right hand, saying she is 'tired.' The characters are not intended to be consistently left- or right-handed.

  Production

• Bandit wears his furry jocks after they were burned off earlier in the scene.

  Continuity

• The official Bluey website displays the characters as drawings in the character section for this episode.

  Production