![]() ![]() ![]() When Bluey and her friends, Snickers (a sausage dog) and Coco (a poodle), establish a rule that you can only walk in the shade, they are stuck in the middle of a field until the sun clouds over. The show takes the alternative reality of small children extremely seriously. The dad, less stretched, effortlessly falls in with his children’s make-believe worlds, while trying to persuade them that his crafty nap or sidelong glance at the cricket (“how is that lbw?!”) is part of the game. In Bluey, the mum is always engaging with her children while doing a million other things. Bluey is so acutely well observed, within such a tight domestic landscape, it might as well be Mrs Dalloway.įor the kids, it is an early exposure to the deep pleasures of seeing aspects of their interior life externally represented. Both circumscribe the action, signalling to parents that they are in the hands of a Well-Made Show with no need for superheroes or space travel. Both position themselves in opposition to louder, flashier rivals. This would imply that that is their family surname.The story of Bluey and its runaway success – since launching in 2018 it has gone on to broadcast in 60 territories – is reminiscent of the early days of Peppa Pig, another animated show aimed at nursery-age children that became one of the few things that parents could tolerate. In "Curry Quest", when Bandit is saying goodbye to Mackenzie and his parents, he refers to them as the "Border Collies" or perhaps a variation such as "Border-Collies".In Polish dub, his name is "Kołnierzyk" which means "Collar".At the end of the episode, he is able to find closure and move on. In Space, it's revealed that Mackenzie used to have an abandonment issue stemming from a time when he was little where he found himself separated from his mother.MacKenzie's family name was revealed in Curry Quest. ![]() In the first season of the Latin American dub, he is incorrectly portrayed as female, this is fixed in the following of said dub.This has even led to some international dubs of the show incorrectly portraying Mackenzie as a girl. Like Bluey and Bingo, many fans at first thought that he was the opposite gender because of the name "Mackenzie" usually being a girl name.He is 6 years old as revealed in Barky Boats.He calls Bandit "Bluey's Dad" ( The Creek).In Barky Boats, both Mackenzie and Bluey blew raspberries at each other.Mackenzie and Bluey do have disagreements when playing games, as prominent in Shops.Mackenzie with Bluey appear to show some friendly rivalry.He can be seen in the pilot episode in the theme song, but with a different design, as his left leg and foot are the same as his right leg and foot, instead of having a white left leg and black left foot.He is one of very few kids that have a known voice actor along with Chloe, Judo, and Snickers.Mackenzie's appearance was inspired by "Dog" from the New Zealand comic Footrot Flats.S1E32 - Bumpy and the Wise Old Wolfhound.He can be a bit rude and upset at times but he is easy to cheer up as seen in Barky Boats. He is impatient, as shown in the episode Shops, and prefers to get to the point. Mackenzie is an enthusiastic and friendly character in general. He has a black left foot, a black right leg, black arms, torso, tail, head and ears, and a white right foot, a white left leg, white hands, muzzle, face and inner ears. Mackenzie is a Border Collie with white and black fur. "Quick, sociable and from New Zealand." Appearance
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