Spy Game

**Spy Game** is an episode from the first season of *Bluey*.

## Synopsis

All the neighboring families are at the local park having a bbq. The parents are relaxing as the spies, Bluey and Mackenzie, steal ‘samples’ of hair from the adults.

They return to the secret lair and pass the guards, Chloe and Honey. The samples go to Sparkle Shot (Bingo) who is in charge of collecting the potion-grass to make the adult-controlling potion.

As the spies go out to collect more samples, a disgruntled Bingo finds Bandit as she needs to do a wee. Bluey informs Bingo she can’t play with them anymore if she doesn’t do her job.

Bluey returns to tell the spy team that they’ve lost Bingo so someone else will have to get the potion-grass. Neither Honey nor Chloe want to, so Mackenzie suggests they use an old chip packet.

There is a kerfuffle over whose taking on what role now and Bluey is stressed as the game isn’t going to her plan.

When the spell is complete and Mackenzie attempts to make Bluey's mum dance, it’s obviously not working as Honey's mum gets up instead! This results in a squabble over the potion controllers as Bluey runs off to find Dad and complain to him.

Bingo is in the looonnnngggg process of doing a wee that turned to a poo and washing her hands with copious amounts of soap. Bluey tells Dad that no one is doing the right thing so Dad attempts to explain (via rock allegory) the dog-pack-hierarchy. This goes straight over Bluey's head, so Bandit just tells her to do her best.

In an attempt at reconciliation, Bluey asks Bingo (Sparkle Shot) to rejoin the game.

The spy team cheer at Bingo’s return to the game and Bluey tasks them all to complete their missions so the potion can be completed.

Mackenzie, Chloe and Honey start squabbling again as to whose turn it is to operate the potion controls, but Bluey announces that it’s Bingo’s turn, “for real life!”.

Bingo controls all the parents into turning crazy - at which point the bbq catches on fire, causing mayhem / crazy parents!

Mission successful (and pizza for dinner)!

## Cast

### ABC Kids/Disney

* Melanie Zanetti as Chilli
* Francis Stanton as Frank

### ABC Kids

* Dave McCormack as Bandit
* Charlotte Stent as Chloe (uncredited)
* Jack Simmons as Mackenzie (uncredited)
* Sam Moor as Daisy
* Charlie Aspinwall as Marcus
* Richard Jeffrey as Mackenzie's Dad

### Disney

* Brook Jenell Slack as Bingo/Chloe
* Karen Prell as Bluey
* E.G. Daily as Bluey's vocal effects/Honey/Daisy
* Nathan Lane as Bandit
* Frank Welker as Marcus/Mackenzie's Dad
	+ Welker also reads the title of the episode.
* Nancy Cartwright as Mackenzie/Mackenzie's Mum

## Trivia

### General

* This is the first episode of the entire show to ***not*** be directed by Tim Lagasse. Instead, creator Joe Brumm takes the director's chair.
* There is a fourth wall break when Bingo sings the line "One man and his dog..." in the bathroom.
* The barbecue location is based on the real world public barbecues in New Farm Park, next to the Brisbane Powerhouse.
* This is the first appearance of Honey, Chloe’s Dad, Marcus, Daisy, and Mackenzie’s Mum.

### Errors

* When the kids try to make Chilli dance, Bandit is at the barbecue when he should still be at the bathroom with Bingo.
* During the end when the bbq is on fire, the borwn patch on Chilli's face starts to glitch. In addition, she is smiling the whole time despite there being a literal fire!
* Despite none of her characters appearing in this episode, Nika Futterman is listed in the credits as a voice performer.
	+ This applies for all of the episodes where none of her characters appear, yet some of Nancy Cartwright's do, and vice versa.