- “"Whack-a-doo!"”
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Chilli Heeler (née Cattle) is a main character, the wife of Bandit, mother of Bluey and Bingo, and aunt of Socks and Muffin.
Bluey.tv Description[]
Chilli is Bluey and Bingo’s mum! She’s really good at teaching her girls about the world and how to navigate its challenges. She needs to remain level-headed when the Heeler house gets out of control or caught up in a new game!
But Mum can also be just as silly as Dad when it comes to playtime and she loves dancing around the house to her favourite song.
She often has a wry comment or a wise word for her kids, but she’s just as comfortable throwing herself into a game with them. And she’s always able to see the humorous side of her and Bandit’s missteps.
When she’s not with Bingo, Bluey or Bandit, Chilli loves playing hockey, going on little adventures and spending time with Aunt Trixie and Frisky.
"After having the kids, Mum's recently gone back to her job working at Airport Security and juggles this with raising her two little kids. Mum often has a wry comment about the kids' antics or a kind word for an overwrought child, but she’s equally at home throwing herself into a game and always able to see the funny side."[1]
"After having the kids, Mum's recently gone back to her job working at Airport Security and juggles this with raising her two little pups. Mum often has a wry comment about the kids' antics or a kind word for an overwrought child, but she’s equally at home throwing herself into a game and always able to see the funny side."[2]
"After having the kids, Mum's recently gone back to her job working at Airport Security and juggles this with raising her two little pups. Mum often has a wry comment about the kids antics or a kind word for an overwrought child, but she’s equally at home throwing herself into a game and always able to see the funny side."[3]
"After having the kids, Mum's recently gone back to her job working at Airport Security and juggles this with raising her two little pups, which means sometimes she falls a bit short of what her other mother friends are able to pull off."[4]
Appearance[]
Chilli is a Red Heeler with cream, light orange and brown fur. She has cream feet, hands, tail spots, back spots, chest, muzzle and eyebrows, light orange legs, arms, tail, torso and head, brown outer ears and right head and light brown inner ears. She also has a dark brown nose.
Personality[]
Chilli is a caring and comforting mother. Like her husband, she will fully commit to any games that her daughters set up, acting as a balance to their often chaotic nature.
Biography[]
Chilli is a member of the Heeler family. She's the wife of Bandit, the mother of Bluey and Bingo, the aunt of Muffin and Socks, the daughter-in-law of Bob and Nana, and the sister-in-law of Trixie, Rad, and Stripe. Her father is Mort, and her older sister is Brandy.
Chilli works part-time in airport security.
As a child, Chilli spent a lot of time playing in "the scrub" near her father’s home[5]. Her family would go on vacation at a caravan park where Bandit would recall meeting as children; Chilli does not remember this, but admits it could be the case[6]. She and her sister Brandy would also entertain their mother with a dance they made up.[7]
She recalls their first meeting being a party in London[8]. Chilli would later recall that Bandit had a finger up his nose when they first met[9].
The two began dating, and eventually went on a backpacking trip to Italy. While there, Bandit proposed to Chilli, and she accepted. The pair were later married[10]. Among the guests at the wedding were Frisky, who would later become Bluey’s godmother, and Bandit's brother Rad. The venue included a pool, which Rad "probably" fell into[11].
Later, Chilli became pregnant, giving birth to Bluey[12]. When Bluey was a baby, Chilli attended a mother's group, consisting of herself, Bella, Wendy, and Snickers's mother. When Bluey was the first of those mothers' babies to roll over but Judo was the first to sit up, Chilli became determined to get Bluey to walk before Judo. She failed, which made her worry that she was a bad mother, but Bella reassured her that she was "doing great". Bluey then learned to walk when trying to hug Chilli in the kitchen.[13]
Bingo, their youngest daughter, would be born a couple of years later[14].
Chilli had a miscarriage[15] which affected her deeply[10], but the timing is unknown.
Chilli currently lives with Bandit and her daughters in the suburbs.
Absences[]
Episodes[]
- S01E02 - Hospital
- S01E11 - Bike
- S01E14 - Takeaway (with the exception of her voice)
- S01E15 - Butterflies
- S01E17 - Calypso
- S01E23 - Shops
- S01E29 - The Creek
- S01E34 - The Dump
- S01E37 - The Adventure
- S01E40 - Early Baby
- S01E41 - Mums and Dads
- S01E45 - Kids
- S02E04 - Squash
- S02E11 - Charades
- S02E16 - Army
- S02E29 - Movies
- S02E31 - Barky Boats
- S02E41 - Octopus
- S02E47 - Ice Cream
- S02E49 - Typewriter
- S03E15 - Explorers
- S03E25 - Ragdoll (mentioned only)
- S03E28 - Stories
- S03E30 - Turtleboy (mentioned only)
- S03E34 - Space
- S03E44 - Wild Girls
- S03E46 - Slide
Others[]
- SN/AEN/A - Silent Night (before Christmas)
- SN/AEN/A - Crazy Christmas Lights
- SN/AEN/A - Jingle Bells
- SN/AEN/A - Tea Party with Bluey
- SN/AEN/A - Pea Pod Sausages
- SN/AEN/A - Tongue Twister
- SN/AEN/A - Honk
- SN/AEN/A - Highball
- SN/AEN/A - K9 News
Nicknames[]
The following is a list of Nicknames used for or by Chilli throughout the series.
| Nickname | Episode |
|---|---|
| Pavlova | Work |
| Lady Gaberdine | Zoo |
| Madge | Trains |
| Chilli Dog | Library |
| Sharon | Swim School |
Trivia[]
- Chilli plays field hockey with her sister-in-law and excels to the point of winning awards.
- Chilli loves a good problem, as shown and explained in "Bingo" when she was fixing the toilet.
- Chilli has the most episode absences out of the immediate Heeler Family.
- Younger versions of Chilli can be seen in Grandad, Baby Race and Dragon.
- If Bandit is correct on how the two first met, a kid version of Chilli can also be seen in Fairytale.
- If his version is indeed correct, Chilli was a fan of She-Ra as seen by the costume she wore in the aforementioned episode.
- If Bandit is correct on how the two first met, a kid version of Chilli can also be seen in Fairytale.
- She is the only member of the show's main family whose first name does not start with a B.
- She is named after food, just like with Muffin, Coco, Honey and Snickers. Specifically, she is named after the hot-tasting spicy vegetable of the same name; the Chilli Pepper.
- In Sticky Gecko, Queens, Grandad and Perfect; Chilli displays a “very angry face”.
- This indicates that Chilli is especially annoyed or irritated.
- In Sticky Gecko, Chilli was assumed to say, "Damn it. Really stuck!" as she struggles to free the titular toy using a Chattermax. This has since been attributed to a captioning error, with the actual line being "This thing is really stuck!".
- The episode Tradies implies that Chilli tends to swear (albeit off-screen) when agitated.
- This indicates that Chilli is especially annoyed or irritated.
- In Bin Night, she reveals that when they are little, heelers are a bit stubby, but tough.
- In Library, Stripe reveals her nickname: Chilli Dog.
- In the Weekend Pilot, she is at one point drawn without her brown fur patch on her face. Despite this, her pilot design did have the brown patch.
- She was called by the zoo visitor name "Lady Gaberdine" in Zoo.
- Chilli is voiced by Australian actress, model, artist, journalist, and performer Melanie Zanetti.
- Her maiden name may be Cattle, although this depends on whether or not Brandy is married. Brandy's last name was confirmed by Nick Rees on Twitter (@N1ckBee5) who made a poster for the Onesies episode and credited her last name as "Cattle”.[16]
- She seems to enjoy eating sardines, as revealed in Smoochy Kiss.
- Her job as airport security might be a reference to sniffer dogs, and she might even be one.
- Chilli is known to frequently hum the show's theme song, doing so across multiple episodes.
- She has an aversion to certain toilet-related words: in "Dunny", she wants her daughters to say, "toilet" instead of "dunny" (claiming that if they used the term "dunny", others wouldn't see the Heelers as "nice"), while in "Family Meeting", she wants them to say, "fluffy" or "fluff" instead of "fart".
- According to Bandit in "Perfect", she is open to having a third child, though Bandit isn't sure of the idea.
- Chilli is talented in drawing, especially horses, all because her mother motivated her to keep practicing, as revealed in "Dragon".
- The episode also confirms that her mum had passed prior to the events of the series.
- The episode marks her mum's first speaking appearance, having been pictured in "Obstacle Course".
- In the Japanese dub, Bluey and Bingo refer to Chilli as "Mama" instead of "Mum."
- Joe Brumm has confirmed that Chilli had a miscarriage[15]:
- "The Show indeed does point at Chilli having a miscarriage. In fact, this is what the episode is about essentially, Chilli is passing down her method of coping to Bingo."
- The timing of the miscarriage is unclear.
- In the interview, Joe Brumm said that the person he based this episode on had to keep going for the sake of her other children.
- The discussion of "keeping their options open" in Perfect and keeping the bedroom baby-ready in Bedroom may indicate that Bandit and Chilli continued trying for another child after Bingo but were unsuccessful.
- The Show implies the miscarriage took place before Bluey's birth.
- The symbolism of the un-hatched Mercury in Sleepytime, with Bluey hatching from Venus and Bingo from the Earth matches this timeline.
- The symbolism of the double rainbow in Rain may also match this timeline of events - a baby born after a miscarriage is sometimes called a rainbow baby.
- In the interview, Joe Brumm said that the person he based this episode on had to keep going for the sake of her other children.
- Chilli's design changed slightly in season three - the spot between her right shoulder and muzzle is gone (though it appeared one final time in Sheep Dog).
- This makes her (currently) the only one of the four main characters to have their design modified during the show's run.
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References[]
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210517183215/https://www.bluey.tv/characters/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20200507004719/https://www.bluey.tv/characters/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20191203024914/https://www.bluey.tv/characters/
- ↑ Not captured by the wayback machine. https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/a-rare-bluey-blunder-chilli-isnt-falling-short-because-she-returned-to-work/
- ↑ Grandad
- ↑ Fairytale
- ↑ Onesies
- ↑ The Show
- ↑ The Magic Xylophone
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 The Show
- ↑ Double Babysitter
- ↑ The Show
- ↑ Baby Race
- ↑ Yoga Ball
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Oderberg, Isabelle. Hard to Bear: Investigating the science and silence of miscarriage, pp 47-48. ISBN 9781761152160
- ↑ https://mobile.twitter.com/N1ckBee5/status/1537639499391348736