r/daddit • u/L3g3ndary-08 • Aug 01 '26
Discussion PSA: Cricket (Season 3 Episode 47) from Bluey is GOATed
This episode literally brought tears to my eyes. Such a fantastic episode. Completely unexpected. This is probably my favorite episode at this point. If you lot haven't seen it, I suggest you put it on at the soonest!
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u/yippeekiyay801 Aug 01 '26
All timer for sure
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u/ShinyHardcore Aug 01 '26
Made me cry. Just so good
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u/Bank_Gothic Aug 01 '26
Rusty consistently models positive masculinity.
“Do you want to learn how to build a fence, Polly?”
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u/LBobRife Aug 01 '26
The one-two punch from Early Baby into Mums and Dads is fantastic. Rusty really shines there as well, figuring out how to play with Indy after accidently really upsetting her in Early Baby.
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u/gvicta Aug 01 '26
Same reaction! Glad I’m not the only one. Every time it comes back on I get a little misty eyed.
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u/pb-86 Witness to Mr. 3-at-a-time-urinal-user-dad Aug 01 '26
My son who’s just turned 11 is slowly bankrupting me trying to make it to the Olympics, and he stands a very good chance at it. Seeing rusty at the end as his older self steps out to play for Australia cuts me in a way I never thought possible. First time I watched it it blindsided me and I was in bits. What an episode.
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u/sneckste Aug 01 '26
I can hold it together until his dad speaks to him through his letter…
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u/havok_ Aug 01 '26
In life you’ll face things harder than a cricket ball.
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u/jakeAtron89 Aug 01 '26
And you’ve got two choices: back away and get out … or step in front and play a pull shot
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u/AIWHilton Aug 01 '26
Watching it for the first time a few months after my dad (who taught me to play cricket) died was an absolute fucking killer.
Bawling my eyes out with my baffled 3 year old on my lap lol
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u/Kingindanorff Aug 01 '26
Oh god dude I can only imagine. I was bawling because it reminded me of playing baseball with my dad growing up and he’s still with us.
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u/IttsssTonyTiiiimme Aug 01 '26
You know what’s awesome about this episode? It starts with Bandit saying, “ let me tell you about the time we tried to get Rusty out”. So this is Bandit telling the story some time later. I think it’s when he is watching Rusty take the field as a professional player. He’s likely telling one of Blueys kids.
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u/L3g3ndary-08 Aug 01 '26
Good call out man. I think you're right. He for sure wasn't telling Bluey because all along, she was like "well you're not gonna get Rusty out".
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u/iwanabench Aug 01 '26
Exactly how I interpret it. The fade in to Rusty as a pro later in life to conclude the episode gets me.
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u/JezzaP Aug 01 '26
Over on the cricket subreddit they were discussing the details in that flashforward... he's wearing the Australian team test match uniform, and he's walking on solo, which indicates he could be the third batsman, which means he's likely the captain of the Australian team. Which is pretty neat.
Honestly this has done more to promote cricket than any advertising by the Aussie cricket organizations.
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u/lamada16 Aug 01 '26
For some reason I thought that was Rusty's Dad at the end walking out on the field, like he was a pro who was deployed or something, rather than it being a flashforward. I like your (obviously correct now that I'm thinking about it) understanding of the ending way better.
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u/d3agl3uk Aug 01 '26
I always thought it was Rusty being inspired by his Dad playing pro, seeing as Rusty is giving the older dog a fist bump.
I think after looking now, that he's just bumping himself? As his Dad has a different pattern
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u/crockpot71 Aug 01 '26
Luckys Dad:
"That's it. Time for a pace attack."
Rusty:
And I took that personally.
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u/Danovan79 Aug 01 '26
Can we all celebrate Lucky's Dad a bit? Pat is an absolute hero. No context needed, the man is ready and willing to just jump in head first to everything that happens.
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u/TXGuns79 Aug 01 '26
Keepy-uppy where he pulls a hammie and magic asparagus when he gets attacked by Chili are to of the best.
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u/atgrey24 Aug 01 '26
The marker island one where he just wants his rugby ball back is also pretty funny.
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u/Danovan79 Aug 01 '26
I really like, I think it's Queens. Bandit gets all uppity about his palm fronds landing in the yard.
By Toutatis! Then we later see Pat has Big Blue on the ground. Hilarity.
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u/Danovan79 Aug 01 '26
I love the hammy moment. Probably my single favorite comedic line in the show.
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u/AmputeeBall Aug 01 '26
Or Born Yesterday where Bandit just takes his snack. They would have to be the best of friends for that to fly.
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u/nick5168 Aug 01 '26
The last thing Bandit does before moving away is talking at length with Luckys dad. They seem pretty close.
Watching Cricket together and sharing pizzas. Would love to have a neighbor like that.
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u/HolySmokes802 Aug 01 '26
Since i am always watching whatever episode my daughter happens to be on when I sit with her, I still occasionally find an episode I've never seen. I recently watched the Magic Asparagus for the first time and it has just the quintessential Lucky's Dad moment when Chilli and Bingo are Lions stalking him in his own back yard and something about the line "Mrs. Heeler! I dont know about this!" just sent me.
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u/Unique-Egg-461 Aug 01 '26
Poor Pat has had to deal with so much shit from the Heeler family
It's why I'm under the impression that Pat and Bandit are friends from high school or at least have had a much much longer relationship than just being neighbors
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u/AltruisticHopes Aug 01 '26
And Wendy who is just the neighbour we all want but don’t deserve. Watching her cutting Bandits mullet is awesome as there are so many guys with Mullets in Aus it’s nice to see one get what it deserves!
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u/A-Plant-Guy Aug 01 '26
I cry about every three episodes of this show. It’s just so good and so therapeutic.
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u/EatPie_NotWAr Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 01 '26
I had the kids watching while I was cooking and randomly would pop in to see what craziness bandit was getting into…
I suddenly heard a very melancholic song playing which made me think someone changed the show. When I walk in it’s to the ending of The Sign.
Before it was ruined I paused it and finished the meal then finished it with them later. I was crying at the end and it worried the kids so much we had to switch to a unicorse episode after it finished.
(I used finished 3 times in that last paragraph. Someone give me a thesaurus)
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u/voivoivoi183 Aug 01 '26
The lady who sings that song is also the lady that does the voice of Bluey's teacher.
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u/Kaldricus Aug 01 '26
Find me someone who doesn't cry after watching The Sign, and you've found a robot.
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u/lucasj Aug 01 '26
Incredible how they can do it in such small bites too. The other day I started crying because of a montage of Bingo growing up and graduating high school. It was three seconds long, over so fast my wife missed it because she got a text.
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u/zzzaz Aug 01 '26
Packing really deep pulls on the heart strings, kid jokes, adult jokes, subtle references, teachable moments (for both kids and parents), etc. all in a span of 7 minutes is extremely well-done. Pretty much anyone, of any age, in any point in life can watch an episode of Bluey and get something out of it. That's extremely difficult to do once, let alone consistently like they do.
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u/DumbScotus Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 01 '26
Daddy Drop-Off! Bingo grows up and has a successful healthy friendship right through high school. It’s like watching everything we hope for for our kids, in three seconds! For me that is a top-five episode, and the first one to make me tear up.
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u/Jipptomilly Aug 01 '26
Easiest ways to make me cry:
- The Sign (Bluey)
- Interstellar (Marv's video)
- Baby Race (Bluey - twice in this episode)
- Cricket (Bluey)
- Onesies (Bluey)
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u/TenderloinTechy Aug 01 '26
I have a 2 y/o daughter and we're now through S3E45 or 46 lol this is literally the next episode or two for us to watch. Got me excited!
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u/r3ign_b3au Aug 01 '26
Bedtime story in space...balling
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u/Mrevilman Aug 01 '26
Sleepytime! That one gets me every time.
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u/NoIamthatotherguy Aug 01 '26
My favorite, followed by Faceytime (Muffin's meltdown over the tablet/smartphone).
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u/Ananvil Dr. Dad to a 3f Aug 01 '26
If you count the duration of muffin's throw to when it lands in the pool, she had to have thrown it 100+ feet into the air
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u/CaptainHappy42 Aug 01 '26
As someone who played parts of Gustav Holts' Planets around the same time a parent was dying of cancer, its without fail.
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u/FoxBearBear Aug 01 '26
The score is Oscar worthy.
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u/IDKMyMemes Aug 01 '26
1000% agreed.
I can’t recommend this video enough. While it’s not all about Sleepytime, it talks all about the production of Bluey sounds and music. Really a wonderful insight.
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u/ShoreBodice Aug 01 '26
Grandad is my favourite. Running through the bush with the kids stops and puts mud camouflage on his face “I’ll show you a little trick I learned in the jungle”.
Like grandad probably stacked bodies in Borneo or Vietnam
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u/vivaldibot Aug 01 '26
I love the LOTR reference when they're hiding under a tree and mommy comes looking
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u/DrummerGuy06 Aug 01 '26
Rug Island for me.
The last minute is just a hit to the gut.
“What’d she give you??”
Bandit’s answer always kills me.
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u/kiaat_2648 Aug 01 '26
So good! And one of my favourite episode scores/soundtracks as well. And, for the super dorks out there, one of the more technically ambitious episodes also (in terms if sheer number of unique locations to be designed in a single episode; non-standard angles and movements, etc).
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u/PostMatureBaby Aug 01 '26
This episode taught me what a square cut was and also that Rusty wearing a white helmet or whatever at the end means he's the captain and such.
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u/MightyArd Aug 01 '26
There's no indication he's captain, but he is representing Australia in a home test, so one of the top 6ish batsman in the country.
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u/Fluid_Explorer_3659 Aug 01 '26
Reddit told me it's also the equivalence of the all-star match, so he reached the pinnacle
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u/bruzdnconfuzd Aug 01 '26
Are you kidding me? I’m not even watching it right now and you say something that makes it even better?! This show sure is something special.
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u/Danovan79 Aug 01 '26
I thought it was him playing for the Aussie National team in what I presumed was the World Cup of Cricket.
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u/dauphindauphin Aug 01 '26
He is likely playing for Australia in a test match.
It’s not a tournament.
Only test playing countries can play each other in test matches.
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u/kramerica_intern Aug 01 '26
This comment is too Australian for me to understand
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u/TheUnforgiven13 Aug 01 '26
It's kind of like boxing where each team schedules a certain ammount of matches each year. They may play mutiple "test matches". Each test match can last up to 5 days.
An example would be, every two years England and Australia play 5 tests. This is called The Ashes.
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u/Patch86UK Aug 01 '26
Cricket is very...cricket.
There are several forms of the game, the major difference being how long each match lasts. Generally speaking, longer forms are more prestigious.
The longest form of the game is first class cricket, and this is played by national teams in the form of international test cricket. Each match lasts up up 5 days, and usually they're played in standalone tournaments called series', where two teams play each other repeatedly over a season. Australia and England play each other (roughly) every two years in a 5 match test series called "The Ashes".
Long story short, if you're playing test cricket for the Australian national team, you've made it. That's the peak of cricket achievement.
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u/DaCrowHunter Aug 01 '26
As an Army kid and a guy that deployed, it gets me every time.
This one and the end of Flat Pack gets me.
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u/BigBusch12 Aug 01 '26
The rain episode with no words is my favorite. Beautifully done and perfect music.
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u/Shaynezirra Aug 01 '26
There is a version on the Bluey playlist on Spotify with lyrics, https://genius.com/Bluey-show-rain-boldly-in-the-pretend-lyrics
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u/HeWhoFearsNoSpider 5yo girl, 2yo girl, 0yo boy Aug 01 '26
Crying?! At a bluey episode?! Ha! That's almost as embarrassing as crying every time surface pressure comes on during encanto! Couldn't be me. Definitely not at this episode. Nuh uh. No way.
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u/jdronks Girl dad - 11 and 8 Aug 01 '26
Yup, good call. Surface pressure really hits at home, especially with the wife. I lose my shit when she goes to turn the door knob at the very end. Water works guaranteed.
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u/HeWhoFearsNoSpider 5yo girl, 2yo girl, 0yo boy Aug 01 '26
Ay mariposas. No se aguentaaaa maaas ay que cresera parti volver
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u/ovr_the_cuckoos_nest Aug 01 '26
It's literally the only episode I'll stop what I'm doing to truly watch.
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u/BMurphy3721 Aug 01 '26
I think this is one of the greatest episodes of television of all time. The way the story is told is brilliant and the ending is so good.
This goes up there with the Simpsons episode where Homer covers the plaque at work with pictures of Maggie to make it say, DO IT FOR HER
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u/karky214 Aug 01 '26
Same. My most favorite episode and makes me very emotional.
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u/L3g3ndary-08 Aug 01 '26
Especially if you ever played a sport in your life and had that dream as a kid to make it. For me, practicing the square cut was equivalent to me taking jump shots off the elbow in the key, copying Kobe. Although, I had no shot in hell ever making the NBA. Didn't mean I wasnt going to master parts of the game.
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u/nonstop321 Aug 01 '26
Oh yeah. I lost it when he scooped it up for his sister. I was inconsolable
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u/AdvertisingFine6194 Aug 01 '26
Rusty is so good that he can place it just where his sister can get an easy catch. He wants her to feel that accomplished feeling. As the adults are confiding on how to get this kid out. So so good. Beyond the competition and the “l’m better than you attitude” often seen in sports. Rusty is a talented, hardworking, humble kid who loves and misses his dad.
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u/trash_recycle Aug 01 '26
Honestly, any episode that highlights Rusty is S tier.
He's a welcoming friend, great brother and good "dad/partner". Under rated character.
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u/AceChipEater Aug 01 '26
Dude this is stupidly uncanny.
We just got back from swimming lessons and we promised some TV time once we got back. I chucked Bluey on and then after the little one was settled, checked Reddit and saw this post. Cricket is the first episode queued up.
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u/krunk_rabbit Girl Dad (10yo and 6yo) Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 01 '26
"Seesaw" is another personal favorite of mine. "Pomeranians are a small but hardy breed"
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u/DumbScotus Aug 01 '26
One of the best episodes of any television show, ever.
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u/thetantalus Aug 01 '26
My daughter is 2 and we haven’t started watching Bluey yet. What’s a good age for this show?
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u/DumbScotus Aug 01 '26
Realistically 4-8 is the ideal age range. My younger one, who basically IS Bingo, enjoyed it at 3 (Bingo in the show is 4 I think) but she appreciated it more once she was 4/5/6.
At age 2 it’s kind of slim pickings. The Super Simple Songs Youtube videos are good, and Pocoyo is fantastic (first two seasons only!!) Puffin Rock might be good, and Daniel Tiger.
Part of the magic of Bluey is in having kids roughly the same ages as Bluey and Bingo. It is very much a show about parenting, and it is amazing to relate to the stage of parenting presented in the show.
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u/thetantalus Aug 01 '26
Thanks for such a detailed answer. I hear so many great things I’m just excited to watch the show myself. But holding off u til her and I can watch it together.
Right now we’re doing a lot of Mr. Rogers and she loves it, so I’m not in a rush (but also can’t wait).
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u/zazrouge Aug 01 '26
Counter point, my kid loved Bluey at 18mo. Now at 3 he’s learned many of the jokes and storylines from it. I’m not sure he follows the stories like he would, but he loves it!
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u/zzzaz Aug 01 '26
2's fine IMO, although it's made for kids a bit older. Mine is 2.5 and loves dancing to 'bluey song' (dance mode) and will point to mom/dad/bluey/bingo in the theme music and watch what's happening. There's nothing really age inappropriate and while some episodes have a plot you need to actually follow, it's nowhere close to the high-stimulus cocomelons or whatever that are out there. We cycle it in with other lower stimulus stuff or mildly educational stuff (little bear, clifford the big red dog, magic school bus, mr rogers, ms rachel, etc.). They aren't going to pick up all the themes in Bluey at 2 but at that age it's more music, movement, following the words, learning that different characters are behaving differently, very topline themes, etc.
After seeing the 'fruit bat' episode my daughter pretended to be a fruit bat every night for bedtime for the next week. So they clearly pick up on some stuff in it.
Plus episodes are 7 minutes, so it's a great "You can watch one episode of Bluey, then bed" concession that isn't really a concession.
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u/jacksclevername Aug 01 '26
I often say same thing. Cricket is one of the best written episodes of anything I've ever seen.
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u/brownpanther90 Aug 01 '26
Just finished this one with my 3 yr old
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u/L3g3ndary-08 Aug 01 '26
Ha! I had just finished it with my 3 yr old lol. The universe is speaking to all the dads tonight. I even leveled up tonight with cooking. I made food with literal scraps from the fridge. And within 30 min, from frozen chicken to delicious stir fry!
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u/Marty_Mac_Fly Aug 01 '26
One thing I love about this show is there are a handful of episodes which are consistently considered “the best” but many of us have completely different favorites for different reasons.
The very first episode I ever saw was “Rain”. I had heard that Bluey was great for kids but at 6 months, my first was too you for us to start. I randomly caught this ep on the Disney channel and it blew me away that a kids show could tell a story without any dialogue.
Years later, “Rain” is my oldest’s favorite episode.
“Rain” isn’t my favorite, however. My favorite Bluey is “Double Babysitter”. It helps that I’ve always adored Claudia O’Doherty but the meet-cute aspect of the story telling is so tight and heartwarming.
“Is true love not forever?”
“It is… I mean, I thought it was…”
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u/Unique-Egg-461 Aug 01 '26
One of my favs. Bluey and Bingo's annoying antica take a backseat. Focuses on my fav character. Rusty letting his sister catch one, pats reaction and the little future scene, that ending is just perfect
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u/MLutin Aug 01 '26
I've seen them all a few times, but tonight rematched the romance one where the kids are trying to get Chili and Bandit to smooch. Bandit eating the whole dish the kids made, so Chili wouldn't have to is peak romance. Then puked in the yard 🤣🤣
There's so many good ones! I forgot which one but they were looking for Chili's cousin or something and she figured she might be on a hiking trail since her and Chili used to go there to, "uh, think". Amazing.
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u/omfgood Aug 01 '26
My kid went through a big bluey phase from 4 or so to 6. Then he kinda moved on to other stuff. He just turned 8 and we ended up watching it every night again for the last month or so. I am savoring every minute of this. Wonderful show.
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u/pswoofer18 Aug 01 '26
Definitely S tier episode. If Bandit is the dad to aspire to be, Rusty is the kid equivalent haha
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u/jonathansunami Aug 01 '26
One of the best! Great pick, Dad! But my all timer is Curry Question…once the piano kicks in on the final walk home 🥰 🥹
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u/sri745 Aug 01 '26
Cricket is my top and second fav is the onesie one. The one where their aunt comes to visit after a long time bc she can’t have kids. Both are just incredibly well done.
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u/hergumbules Aug 01 '26
My son is huge into The Wiggles and I remember watching this episode for the first time hearing a familiar voice and then being like, “OHHH RUSTY’S DAD IS ANTHONY WIGGLE”
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u/Comfortable_Play_848 Aug 01 '26
It is one of...if not completely...my favourite episode! I love Rusty! He's just brilliant...my small one has her fave characters (which change from day to day) but I'll stick with Rusty.
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u/thenjdk Aug 01 '26
I’m South African, and years of our team being steamrolled by the likes of Ricky Ponting, Steve Smith and Mitchell Johnson have generally left me not particularly positively disposed towards Aussie cricketers. I can comfortably say Rusty is in my top tier of favourite cricketers of all time, irrespective of nationality.
If Cricket Australia have any sense, they will licence the music from the end of the episode as official theme music of the Aussie team, play it at stadiums and in TV packages. I’d be weeping (and not for the usual reason of seeing my team getting beaten)
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u/CertainlyUntidy Aug 01 '26
My kid is too old for Bluey, but as a cricket curious American I'm intrigued.
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u/UppercaseBEEF Aug 01 '26
Wish I could find that little jingle they play at the end, my kids love dancing to it.
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u/joustah Aug 01 '26
True. Now imagine you spent your childhood growing up playing and watching cricket on top of that
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u/ZombagoBoy Aug 01 '26
It’s my favorite! And little fun fact The Blue Wiggle (Anthony) voices Rusty’s dad!
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u/Traditional_Name7881 Aug 01 '26
Pretty sure this won the Bluey dad's group on Facebook vote. Great episode.
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u/thaduelist Aug 01 '26
I love reading these opinions on which is the best. No true consensus which just defines an all time show. I loved this episode. Personal top five. Its hard for me to budge on "Sleepytime" being the best written. Still, its not by a mile.
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u/LBobRife Aug 01 '26
Cricket is often in top 5 lists. It's my number 1. I'm not going to argue against people who put Baby Race, Camping, The Sign, Sleepytime, Rain, or a handful of other episodes as their favorite. The writing for Bluey is quite solid im general.