Duck Cake is the 44th episode of the second season of Bluey.
Synopsis
Bluey wants to help Dad make Bingo's birthday cake, but first she must put away her toys. But nothing can tempt her to clean up, until Dad drops the cake.
Episode Recap
Bluey and Bingo are playing with a memory matching game, surrounded by a city made of blocks, as Chilli calls them over to the kitchen - it's Bingo's birthday soon, and they're deciding the cake! In her excitement, Bingo momentarily trips over a block. Chilli shows Bingo a great many designs she can peruse, but she takes a particular interest to the duck cake - as it makes her tail wag. However, it's rather hard to make... Chilli appoints Bandit as the cake baker while she and Bingo head out to mini-hockey (it also makes Bingo's tail wag). Oh, and they must NOT make it look like that clown cake Chilli once had. That fella was not a funny clown.
However, Bluey has to tear down the entire city. Bluey doesn't want to clean up both sides, so Bingo will do hers when she gets back. As they exit the house, Bingo asks Chilli how animals with no tails would know if they're happy. Bandit gets to work - first, slicing the base - as Bluey pops in, wanting to lend a helping hand with the cake. She wants to help, for the fun stuff's more fun. Bluey decides to clean up the city anyway on the preface of she'll get stickers - she cleans up the monkey house, and gets a star with some frosting. Bandit cuts a bit too rough on the base, bisecting the cake - well, the duck head doesn't have to be rough.
Bluey pops back inside to show him her progress. Nope, no progress. Bluey decides that she wants the sole star she's got, licking the frosting, and points to Bandit to clean it up. ...right. Bandit, already in another mess of his own, tries to gaod Bluey into cleaning with the promise of two dollarbucks. Monies! Indeed, she lights up, wanting a star pony, but she has to clean it up first (well except Bingo's half). As Bluey cleans away, Bandit puts the icing on the cake a bit too early as Bluey pops in once again - asking how many star ponies she could get with two dollarbucks. That's a zero, kid - they cost fifty dollarbucks. She asks him if he could give her enough for a star pony if she cleans up her area - that's a nope. Bandit sends Bluey off with the promise of letting her lick the beater. Once done, she indeed gets the beater as promised.
Now Bandit has to attach the head - Bluey now realises why she should do jobs: free icing! As she licks the beater, Bandit is at work - he needs the precision of the task at hand! Bandit finally puts the head on the duck... this is a great success!
The duck's head falls off.
Utterly defeated and stressed beyond belief, Bandit slumps; seeing this, Bluey decides to clean up the mess herself, adding an idea - making the duck's neck into a head. As Bandit moves to clean up the mess, he finds it's already cleaned. Bluey tells him she cleaned it up herself, with Bandit thanking her; she soon finds her tail is wagging. Bluey leaves the room to try something - she'll clean up Bingo's side too! Soon, both Blue Heelers are at work, with the little Heeler girl cleaning hard and the big Heeler man baking hard.
Soon, Chilli and Bingo return, and she realises Bluey has cleaned everything up - and Bluey's tail wags once again. Bingo charges in but trips over the box of blocks Bluey had to clean up earlier. In the kitchen, Bandit shows off the now-iconic duck cake, and Bingo loves it! Chilli asks Bluey if she helped make it - but Bluey is busy cleaning up the mess Bingo inadvertantly made earlier.
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Trivia
- The cake was reused in the episode, Handstand, when Chilli explained to make the cake for Bingo's birthday.
- Chilli tried to make a clown cake, but the family shudders at remembering it with Bluey saying, "He was NOT a funny clown." This might be a possible reference to either the Joker or Pennywise.
- The cookbook is a pastiche of The Australian Women's Weekly Children's Birthday Cake Book. The cakes from this book were a staple of Australian kids' birthday parties in the 80s and 90s and remain popular today. Women's Weekly has published the recipes online - including the Duck Cake.
- This is Bingo's final episode as a four-year-old.
- Long Dog: This long dog is tan with a dark brown spot and nose. It appears to be holding something. It is located on top of the dining room cabinet and is only visible after Bandit gives up after messing up the cake.
- When this episode aired on Disney Channel in the US, it was paired with Dunny and Handstand.