Shops

**Shops** is an episode from the first season of *Bluey*.

## Synopsis

### ABC Kids

Bluey, Chloe, Honey and Mackenzie decide to set up for a game of shops - they make Bluey promise not to take ages deciding stuff (obviously a regular occurrence).

Once the bench, till, scanner and doorbell are set up, MacKenzie enters (Take#1) as the customer ready to play... however Bluey still wants to discuss roles (with her as the shopkeeper).

Take#2 results in Honey being a kitten and Take#3 results in the store becoming a store to buy things for kittens.

Take#4 sees Bluey and Chloe getting stock for the shop, Take#5 calls on the need for dollarbucks to spend, and Take#6 is the introduction of a kitten birthday cake.

Take#7 Bluey decides that kittens shouldn’t talk which results in all practicing their meowing.

Take#8 is when the roles get mixed up with Bluey wanting to be the kitten, Chloe jumping into the role of shopkeeper, Honey wanting to remain a kitten (or be the kitten owner) and McKenzie not happy with being removed from customer/kitten owner to be assigned the role of shop assistant.

They all have a time out practice the coveted shopkeeper role of scanning (“doot”ing) and Mackenzie finally agrees to be the assistant just to get the game started (even though he doesn’t get to doot).
However... Take#9 sees the game paused as now they don’t have a customer! This is the last straw for Mackenzie who walks off in a huff.
Bluey and Mackenzie eventually resolve their differences, but they are still stuck without an assistant - until Rusty appears and is happy to be any role!

Finally, everyone has a role and the game can begin - there is almost a Take#10 when Bluey realizes she doesn’t have a lead, but luckily Rusty the assistant finds one to save the game.

After exactly one successful (and short) game of shops, the friends happily decide to play Bus drivers. Bring on Take#11, Take#12...

### Disney

Bluey plays a mother who owns a pet shop, and Chloe is her daughter/assistant. It's her first day on the job, so Bluey explains what she has to do. This list includes which treat is for which pet (the round berries are the doggy treats, the bumpy ones are the kitten treats, etc.), what to do if the customer gets mad, and even how to care for the pets in the store. Once all of that is taken care of, the first customer (Rusty) comes in and asks if he could have a fish. Chloe then heads to the fish section and finds an angelfish (really, it's a piece of bark shaped like a fish), some fish food (seeds) and a bowl for it to swim in. Once that's settled, Rusty pays $10 AUD and leaves happily with his fish.

Next, Mackenzie comes in with his kitten (Honey) and asks if he could have some kitten treats. Honey then moos like a cow, causing Bluey to pause the game and remind Honey she's a kitten, not a cow. This results in the two to practice their meowing, while Mackenzie obviously wants his kitten treats, so he angrily demands he get kitten treats. Chloe then politely tells him to leave, while Honey stays to be cared for. Honey misses her owner, but Bluey and Chloe reassure her that he'll come back a much calmer individual, and Rusty checks on Mackenzie. Rusty tells him that sometimes it helps to not get too mad, because it can ruin the enitre game ands even leave others scared.

Mackenzie soon comes back politely asking for kitten treats. This time, he recieves them and apologizes for getting mad. Bluey and Chloe accept his apology, and he leaves with his happy kitten. After that's all done, Bluey is proud of Chloe for doing everything accordingly and asks if she'd like to do it again someday. Chloe declines, but thanks her for the offer and showing her how to run the store. The two happily hug each other in the end.

## Cast

### Disney

* Brook Jenell Slack as Chloe
* Karen Prell as Bluey
* E.G. Daily as Bluey's vocal effects/Honey
* Nancy Cartwright as Mackenzie
* Nika Futterman as Rusty

Additionally, Frank Welker provides the vocal effects for the bird seen in the beginning, and reads the title of the episode.

## Trivia

### General

* This is the only episode in the ABC Kids version to have no cast in the credits since it featured all kids and no adults.
* Jacques Offenbach's *Infernal Gallop (Can-Can)* is used during this episode.
* In the ABC Kids version, Chloe is the shopkeeper, Mackenzie is the customer, Honey is the cat, Rusty is the assistant, and Bluey is Mackenzie's other cat. In the Disney version, Bluey is the shopkeeper, Chloe is her daughter/assistant, Rusty and Mackenzie are the customers, and Honey is Mackenzie's cat.
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### Goofs

* In the Disney version of this episode, when Mackenzie looks at the viewer while Bluey and Honey meow like kittens, his right leg turns white, as opposed to being black, similar to what happened (would happen in the ABC Kids airing order) in The Creek. However, *unlike* that episode, his leg has the correct shading.