Faceytalk

**Faceytalk** is an episode from the third season of *Bluey*.

## Synopsis

Bluey and Bingo run into the kitchen and convince Chilli to let them do "Faceytalk" with Muffin and Socks so they can all draw pictures, she agrees only on the condition that Bluey doesn't hog the tablet. When Muffin answers, she is holding their tablet firmly while not letting Socks anywhere near the screen and brushing off her parent's pleas to let her younger sister have a turn, an instance which also happens to Bluey and Bingo, except Muffin objects in a usual instance of bratty behaviour. Aunt Trixie reminds the girls that she doesn't have time for their shenanigans as she has to be "Somewhere", a commotion which causes Uncle Stripe to put his phone down and assure her that he is prepared to do some actual parenting, telling Muffin that if she doesn't share then he will turn the tablet off, but shy's away when this causes protest between all the girls and corrects himself to ending the video chat, and sets a timer on his phone telling Muffin that when the timer goes off it will be Socks' turn.

Some time passes, and said timer goes off; Stripe prompts Muffin to let Socks have a turn on the tablet, an act of parenting that is met with immediate resistance from a defiant Muffin in another display of bratty behaviour, prompting Stripe to put her in a time-out and relinquishing the tablet to Socks. As he sets about explaining her wrongdoings to Bluey and Bingo, she appears once again on the video chat using Stripe's phone to begin drawing another Cowboy hat, and runs away when he comes to reclaim his phone, taking Bingo's advice to hide under a bed, who is immediately scolded by Bluey for helping Muffin even though she is supposed to be in a time-out; Uncle Stripe then offers Muffin a last chance to hang up and return his phone, while once again threatening to terminate the video call completely, and shying away when this causes the girls to protest.

With some reluctant help from Bluey and Bingo, Muffin attempts to navigate the house while avoiding her dad, who is at this point relentlessly pursuing her, when he finally catches up to her, she barely manages to escape by unleashing an ear-piercing scream, and a chase ensues, meanwhile Muffin uses Stripe's phone to make him sport a rather unflattering Gorilla filter, and ends when Muffin runs into the bathroom, disturbing Aunt Trixie who it has now become apparent that when she needed to be "Somewhere" earlier, it was sitting on the toilet reading a magazine.

After both her and Stripe restrain Muffin (Or at least attempt to), an argument ensues over Trixie's sudden decision to not use time-outs without informing Stripe, who complains that he should be allowed to parent in his own way; afterwhich, Bandit makes Bluey and Bingo mute the call while they talk things over (cue some Dad-related technical incompetence) and hug it all out at the end.

When Bluey and Bingo unmute the call, they tell Muffin to look behind them as Stripe and Trixie attempt to apprehend her in a double effort, Trixie sneaking off to hide behind a couch in an ill-fated attempt to apprehend Muffin, only for Stripe to trip over her as she fails to catch her rogue daughter; Muffin takes a victory stance and yells "I'm free!", but her victory is short lived as she trips over a toy and loses Stripe's phone over a balcony, which then lands in the pool, Stripe and Trixie then simultaneously put Muffin into time-out as Stripe's phone fizzles out and short-circuits, becoming non-operational.

Amidst all the commotion and chaos, Socks has drawn a lovely flowery scene on the tablet, and Bluey gives Bingo a turn on the tablet, because they know what happens when you hog.

### ABC Kids

* Dave McCormack as Bandit
* Dan Brumm as Uncle Stripe
* Myf Warhurst as Aunt Trixie

### Disney

* Brook Jenell Slack as Bingo/Muffin
* Karen Prell as Bluey/Aunt Trixie
* Amelie Bea Smith as Socks
* Nathan Lane as Bandit
* Dave McCormack as Uncle Stripe

Additionally, E.G. Daily provides Bluey's vocal effects, and Frank Welker provides the robotic voice of Stripe's phone.

## Trivia

* The "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" sound clip from Charades is reused in this episode.
* Muffin's full name is revealed to be Muffin Cupcake Heeler, making this the second episode in which a middle name is revealed. The first one was Bluey's in the episode Family Meeting.
* In the Disney version of this episode, Uncle Stripe reads the title.
* This is the second time in season three where Bandit says "Classic Stripe", with the first being the previous episode.
* CGI effects are used during the first chase scene, and partially the second.
* The app the pups use to draw may may be a reference to Snapchat, particularly In the scene where Muffin turns Uncle Stripe into the gorillaman by using a filter just like a Snapchat filter.
	+ The app the girls use to talk to each other is similar to Facetime, it has similar names
* This is the first time that Muffin was shown punished on-screen.
* The music playing during the chase scene is Prelude from Carmen by Bizet
* This was the third season three episode to premiere on Disney Junior and Disney Junior Canada, as well as the third overall episode to premiere in both Australia and the United States, the first being Stumpfest and the second being Easter.