Bumpy and the Wise Old Wolfhound

**Bumpy and the Wise Old Wolfhound** is an episode from the first season of *Bluey*.

## Synopsis

### ABC Kids

Bingo is sick in hospital and wants to go home - “it isn’t fair” she tells Mum. A video message comes through from Bluey - it’s a play she’s put together to cheer Bingo up (note.... grab tissues NOW).

Barnicus (Bluey) in the purple underwear wants a puppy more than anything. She even asks the awkward shopkeeper (Bandit, also in purple undies) for one, and he tells her to wish upon a star. Barnicus wakes up to see her very own puppy (Cousin Socks - as nippy as always) whom she names Bumpy.

Barnicus and Bumpy have a wonderful time together (nipping the shopkeeper), until one day, after many days and nights (hilarious time progression), Bumpy gets sick. Barnicus asks all of her purple underpanted neighbours to help, but none can - including the bandaged shopkeeper.

Barnicus then asks the baker, Cousin Muffin (who is cooking in Mums beautiful vase - which of course breaks much to Chilli’s dismay). The baker tells Bluey/Barnicus to visit The Wise Old Wolfhound (Aunt Trixie).

The Wolfhound tells Barnicus that all she needs to do is find a pair of purple underpants (and THAT’s the purple pant mystery solved) from someone who has NEVER been sick. After realizing she can’t use her own as she’s had a runny nose, Barnicus tries Bandit the shopkeeper - unfortunately he’s got bum worms. Then Muffin the baker - rabies. Barnicus asks everyone, but she can’t find a single person who’s NEVER been sick!

As Barnicus sits on the front step with a sick Bumpy, she realizes the lesson the Wise Old Wolfhound was trying to teach her - yes it’s not fair, but EVERYone gets sick and it’s just a matter of waiting it out.

Barnicus entertains and plays with a sick Bumpy, until one day she wakes up and Bumpy is all better!

Cue bow from all the actors in the play, wearing their purple underpants (and Socks getting one last nip into Bandits bum-wormed bum).

### Disney

At the hospital, Bingo is sick, and the doctor is checking her to make sure she's doing better. When she asks if she can go home, the doctor tells her "We'll see." Chilli tells Bingo that everyone gets sick sometimes, and that it's a matter of waiting it out and taking the right medicine, but Bingo says she wants to go home. As a way to make her feel better, the two use their imaginations to be transported to a fantasized version of their house, and just like that, the hospital room transforms into a fantasy village. Chilli asks the storyteller of he'd be willing to tell her and Bingo a story to cheer the poor pup up, to which he agrees to, and this is the story he tells...

Once upon a time, there was a young dog named Barnicus (really, it's just Bluey). She was very kind and adventurous, but what she wanted in the world more than anything was a puppy. So one night, she wished upon a star for one, and the next day... a puppy (Socks) magically appeared on her bed! Barnicus, now happier than she ever was, decided to name her Bumpy. For the next few days, the two had loads of fun; from playing in the mud, fishing with the fisher lady and her daughter (Chloe’s Mum and Chloe herself) and even trolling the shopkeeper (Bandit), the two seemed as happy as ever. But then, one morning, Barnicus saw something truly horrifying - Bumpy caught Polka Dot Pox! Frightened, she goes to ask all of the village for help, but cannot seem to get any. Then, just as things were about to look hopeless, the baker (Aunt Trixie) told her to take Bumpy to the mountain of the Wise Old Wolfhound, the oldest and wisest dog to ever live.

The Wolfhound told Barnicus that all she needs to do is find a pair of purple underpants from someone who has NEVER been sick. After realizing she can’t use her own as she’s had a runny nose, Barnicus tries Bandit the shopkeeper - unfortunately he once had polio. Then the baker - rabies. Barnicus asks everyone, but she can’t find a single person who’s NEVER been sick! As Barnicus sits on a rock near the seaside with Bingo, Chilli and Bumpy, she and Bingo realize the lesson their elders were trying to teach them - yes it’s not fair, but *EVERYONE* gets sick and it’s just a matter of waiting it out.

Barnicus entertains and plays with a sick Bumpy while the Wolfhound works in his lab and creates a potion to make Bumpy feel better. The main ingredients? Medicine, grape juice and a pair of *his* purple underpants (how he managed to ***not*** get sick, it's best not to ask)! While Barnicus is sleeping, the Wolfhound quietly takes a sleeping Bumpy to his cave and gives her the medicine, then brings her back. The next morning, Barnicus wakes up to see Bumpy, all better from the polka dot pox! The village transforms back into the hospital room, and the nurse comes in to check on Bingo. Bingo tells her about the story she was told, including the part where the Wolfhound used *his* purple underpants to cure Bumpy, much to Chilli's laughter and the nurse's disgust.

### ABC Kids

* David McCormack as Bandit Heeler
* Dan Brumm as Uncle Stripe
* Myf Warhurst as Aunt Trixie
* Jack Simmons as Mackenzie (uncredited)
* Claire Renton as the doctor
* Charlotte Nicdao as the nurse

### Disney

* Brook Jenell Slack as Bingo/Chloe/bats
* Karen Prell as Bluey/Aunt Trixie/Chloe’s Mum/bats
* E.G. Daily as Bluey’s vocal effects/Honey/Daisy
* Amelie Bea Smith as Socks
* Melanie Zanetti, Nancy Cartwright, Nika Futterman, Jim Cummings, Frank Welker, Myf Warhurst, Brian Hull and John Tartaglia as villagers
	+ Cartwright also voices the doctor
	+ Futterman also voices the nurse
	+ Cummings, Welker and Hull also provide the vocal effects of the vultures near and the bats in the Wise Old Wolfhound’s cave.
* Nathan Lane as Bandit
* Ringo Starr as the Storyteller
* Nigel Plaskitt as The Wise Old Wolfhound

## Trivia

* This is the first episode of the Disney version of the show to do three things:
	+ Have Socks appear without Muffin
	+ Have the music be composed only by James Newton Howard
	+ Have more than one guest voice actor; in this case, they are Ringo Starr and Nigel Plaskitt.
* The plot of this episode is likely an allusion to the story of Kisa Gotami which is one of the more famous stories in Buddhism.
* The ABC Kids version is the only episode to have the title card played on a screen in an episode instead of being completely on the screen.
	+ Fittingly, Bluey and the storyteller would say "This story is called..." when introducing the episode's title.
* Running gag: Muffin forgetting to say Bluey's stage name.
* Running gag 2: Bandit constantly fixing the camera or working on the video.
* This marks the only episode where Bluey, her family, Lucky and Mackenzie are shown to wear some form of clothing (even though it’s for the stage video that Bluey made for Bingo), in this case purple underpants and a dress (for Aunt Trixie as the Wise Old Wolfhound).