The Quiet Game

**The Quiet Game** is an episode from the second season of *Bluey*.

## Synopsis

After getting a bit too much of Bluey and Bingo’s noise-Bluey having invented a game in which a large cushion serves as her “big bum” much to Bingo’s hilarity and her own-Bandit suggests a new game. Both girls must avoid making noise as long as possible. Unfortunately, right after the girls start, Mum-who is to go in to work to cover for a sick coworker-tasks Dad with going to the store to get Muffin a birthday present. Moreover, the girls know what to get Muffin but aren’t talking.

Bandit takes the girls to the store, amusing himself with some aspects of the quiet game. At the same time, a nervous young employee named Alfie is dropped off for his first day of work. Bandit’s efforts to stop or even pause the game prove fruitless, and he winds up resorting to interpreting the girls’ charades. His initial misunderstanding leads him to send Allie off on a search for a nonexistent toy. Finally he determines that Muffin wants another Moonlight Unicorn toy, but has no idea what one to get her.

Dad tries to convince himself that it won’t matter if Muffin gets a duplicate toy, but another charade from the girls reminds him of his niece’s volatile temper. Returning to the display, he is unable to decipher their new actions. Alfie returns at this point, and Bandit pleads with him to help figure it out. Determined to be helpful, Alfie carefully considers their pantomime as a small crowd of onlookers is drawn in. Eventually he is able to guess what they are trying to say.

Bandit is thrilled by Alfie’s success, and the girls inadvertently end their game with excited outbursts. Bandit praises Alfie to the store manager, much to the younger dog’s delight. Back at home, the girls sing their words as they and Bandit collaborate to wrap Muffin’s present. Mum returns and comments on the noise, but Bandit has gained a new appreciation for being able to hear his daughters loud and clear.

## Cast

* Melanie Zanetti as Chilli
* Terri Irwin as Alfie's Mum

### ABC Kids

* Dave McCormack as Bandit
* Robert Irwin as Alfie
* Marc Fennell as Alfie's Boss
* Anne Pearson as Shop Assistant

### Disney

* Brook Jenell Slack as Bingo/onlookers
* Karen Prell as Bluey/Snickers’ Mum/Jack and his mum/onlookers
* Melanie Zanetti, Nancy Cartwright, Nika Futterman, Frank Welker, Myf Warhurst, Joe Brumm, Brian Hull and Robert Irwin as onlookers
	+ Zanetti also voices the Shop Assistant.
	+ Welker also reads the title as usual.
* Nathan Lane as Bandit
* Monica Ray as Ice Cream Lady
* Layne Beachley as Surfer
* Edward Glen as Alfie
* Seán Barrett as Alfie's Boss

Additionally, E.G. Daily provides Bluey's vocal effects.

## Trivia

* Bluey doesn't do her dance from the opening sequence in the credits. Instead, she dances with a bean bag bottom.
	+ However, in the Disney version, she does her dance from the opening sequence in the credits.
* In the Disney version, the ice cream lady gives Bluey and Bingo free ice cream, for she feels bad that Bandit purposefully ignored their chardes.
* There is a scene that shows a bookstore featuring a book with a cover similar to "Fruitbat" on its window.
	+ The book, FruitBat, breaks the fourth wall because it's a book with Bluey's name on it.
	+ In cartoons, the characters shouldn't know they're in a TV show. Understandably, this is not present in any releases of the Disney version.
* The unicorns on the shelves of a wall look like *My Little Pony* toys
	+ The name of the franchise/brand is *Moonlight Unicorn*
* The names of a few unicorns mentioned also bear resemblance to the names of *My Little Pony* characters
	+ **Moonlight** likely comes from **Moon Dancer** and **Twilight Sparkle**
	+ **Appledale** likely comes from **Applejack** and the common suffix for place names, *-dale*, meaning *valley*
		- The use of the suffix likely comes from the city of **Cloudsdale**
	+ **Pebbledasher** likely comes from **Rainbow Dash**
	+ The other characters mentioned were **Bramblehop** and **Pendragon** (the one they bought for Muffin)
* As a callback to the episode Markets, the Busker can be seen giving Bluey's tooth fairy money to buy some ice cream.