Bluey is an Australian cartoon that aired on October 1, 2018 on ABC Kids in Australia, and aired on September 9, 2019 in the United States on Disney Junior. It also aired on Disney Junior in many countries except in Australia, New Zealand, and China. The show has been censored in the US, UK, Southeast Asia and even in its home country and New Zealand. Disney+ uses the Disney Junior version of the show.
Australian and New Zealand censorship[]
ABC Kids (Australia)[]
TVNZ (New Zealand)[]
Season 1[]
- Episode 46
- Bandit now burps instead of sneezing due to a complaint about using a food allergy as a joke.
- Some of the dialogue was changed. For example: Bluey's line "yeah it makes you sneeze" was changed to "yeah it makes you burp."
- Episode 48
- The episode was banned from TV airings due to Bluey and Bingo naming Bandit "ooga booga" which is a racial term. (Though on September 8, 2020 the episode re aired on TV.)
- The word "ooga booga" was changed to "Shooby-Doowah".
Season 2[]
- Episode 24
- The episode was banned from TV airings due to a complaint about the word "ooga booga" being a racial term. (Though on September 8, 2020 the episode re aired on TV).
- The word "ooga booga" was changed to "ooh-ooh".
Southeast Asian censorship[]
Disney Junior Southeast Asia and Disney+ Hotstar (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand)[]
Season 1[]
(Season 1 is excluding Thailand except Episode 46)
- Episode 2
- The scene where Bingo puts Bandit to sleep and Bluey is doing surgery to Bandit was censored.
- The scene of Bluey pushing the octopus using the remote was censored.
- The scene of Bluey whacking the balloon with the hammer was censored.
- Episode 4
- The scene of Daddy Robot farting was censored.
- Episode 9
- Stripe saying Bandit stinks was cut.
- Episode 10
- Bluey banging Bingo's head at the news scene was censored.
- Episode 11
- Bluey's line "The world is silly!" was cut.
- Episode 12
- The scene cuts to Chilli taking a picture after Bluey and Bingo shout "No!" when watching a cartoon on the tablet.
- Episode 14
- Bandit's line "Is she crazy?" was cut.
- The scene where Bluey makes Bandit get off when playing takeaway with Bingo was censored.
- Episode 19
- The word "Silly..." was cut.
- Episode 21
- All of the scenes containing the words "bored" and "stick in the mud" was cut.
- The line "Big sister told little sister to quiet." was cut.
- Episode 22
- Bandit calling Bluey and Bingo "squirt" was cut.*
- Bluey and Bandit's line "Boring" was cut.
- The "jumping into the pool" scene was censored.
- Episode 25
- Bandit's line "Oh hurry up you old chunks! Old people!" was cut.
- The episode now ends with Bandit saying "Oh..." before the screen fades.
- Episode 27
- The scene of Bingo calling a whale "poo whale" was cut.
- Episode 28
- The scene where Bingo clocks Chilli's knee with her 'walking stick' was censored.
- Episode 30
- Bandit's line "Curse you..." was cut.
- Episode 31
- The scene where Bluey orders Bandit to wipe window with his bottom and mop floors with tongue was censored due to being inappropriate.
- The scene where Bandit says want to help wipe more stuff with his bottom was cut.
- Episode 34
- Bluey saying "Steal the queen." was cut.
- The scene where Bandit says that he was just being silly was cut.
- Episode 35
- Bluey calling Bandit "Big stinky..." was cut.
- Bluey's line "Oi! Get up, you big ape! Our visitors don't wanna see you lying around all day." was cut.
- Bluey hitting Bandit with red long sponge was censored.
- Episode 36
- Bingo making Bandit tummyache was censored.
- Chilli's line "Now who's the ding-dong?" was cut.
- Episode 37
- Terriers doing armpit thing was censored.
- Terriers copying Chloe's word was cut.
- Terriers saying Chloe to run was cut.
- Episode 38
- Bandit's line "I am Bluey and I stink like a monkey's butt. " was cut due to being inappropriate.
- Episode 39
- Muffin's line "I hate plants!" was cut because it promotes cruelty to plants.
- Episode 46
- Bandit burping in Disney+ Hotstar Thailand.
- Bandit sneezing in Disney+ Hotstar Indonesia and Malaysia.
- Episode 47
- Bandit barking sounds muted but scene is still showing. (Disney+ Hotstar Malaysia)
- Episode 51
- The word "stinky" was cut.
Season 2[]
- Episode 2
- All scenes that contain word "husband" was cut.
- Bluey saying that mum is people that told her she can't have everything was cut.
- Episode 5
- Bingo giving suggestion to rake Bandit with rake was cut.
- The scene where Bluey and Bingo throw flour to Bandit and hitting with the rake was censored.
- Episode 23
- Bandit calling Chilli "peasant" was cut.
- Episode 27
- Maynard's line "Well, only an old fool would ignore that." was cut.
- Episode 28
- Bluey and her friends jumping off the seesaw was censored to hide Bandit that fell off the seesaw.
- Episode 29
- Bingo unplugging red barrier ribbon and hit Bandit censored.
- Episode 32
- Bluey agreeing with Dad that Mum is meanie was cut.
- Bandit trying to pull tab plug was censored.
- Episode 34
- All jumping into the pool scene was censored.
- Bluey calling Bandit "big grub" was cut.
- Episode 38
- Bluey calling Bandit "floor boy" was cut.
- Kids shoot Bandit with ball scene was censored.
- Episode 40
- Bingo throwing laundry basket and playing with the toilet paper roll censored.
- Episode 48
- Chilli's line "You're both crazy" was cut.
Season 3[]
- Episode 1-26
- Same censorship as US and not readded.
- Episode 28
- All poo scene changed to booger.
- First scene booger change colour from yellow to blue.
Additional Info[]
- Episode 39
- First scene is censored on global but not on Hotstar, the first "controversy" scene in this episode shown on Hotstar and dubbed too. https://www.reddit.com/r/bluey/comments/1ayjekw/exercise_not_censored_on_hotstar/
UK censorship[]
Disney Junior UK[]
Season 1[]
- Episode 7
- The word "capsicum" is replaced with "pepper".
- Episode 20
- The scene were the pony poops, and Bluey, and Indy run away was cut.
- Episode 51
- The scene were Bingo asks Bandit how do babies get in the mother's belly was cut due to being too inappropriate.
BBC[]
Season 1[]
- Episode 8
- The scene where Bluey plays "Penguins" was cut, even though it is still mentioned.
USA censorship[]
Disney Junior[]
Season 1[]
- Episode 4
- The episode and Shaun was banned from TV airings due to it being paired with Teasing (Though on September 5, 2020 the episode re aired on TV).
- Episode 7
- [2:38] The word capsicum is replaced with pepper.
- Episode 20
- [3:00] The scene where the pony poops, and Bluey, and Indy run away was cut.
- Episode 25
- [6:43] In the US the episode ends with Bandit saying "oh biscuits" before the screen fades. In the Australian version the ends with Bingo as Millicent pretending to barf on Dad. (Has since been uncensored on Disney+)
- Episode 46
- [6:49] In the Australian version bandit sneezes when he eats the sauerkraut, but in the US version he burps when he eats the sauerkraut.
- Episode 48
- The episode was banned along with Shaun, and Daddy Robot due to Bluey and Bingo naming Bandit "ooga booga" which is a racial term (Though on September 5, 2020 the episode re aired on TV).
- [4:48] The word "ooga booga" was changed to "Shooby-Doowah".
- Episode 50
- The episode and Daddy Robot was banned from TV airings due to it being paired with Teasing (Though on September 5, 2020 the episode re aired on TV).
- Episode 51
- [5:17] The scene where Bingo asks Bandit how do babies get in the mother's belly was cut due to being too inappropriate.
Season 2[]
- Episode 13
- Disney Channel and Disney Junior refused to air this episode for being too inappropriate.
- Episode 15
- [3:22] Bluey’s line "It's a piece of poo" was changed to "It's a slug!"
- Episode 16
- [6:00] Jack’s line "No. There's something wrong with me." was changed to "No. There's something going on with me."
- Episode 21
- [2:27] The word "axe" was changed to "pick".
- Episode 24
- [3:58] The word "ooga booga" was changed to "oohhoohoop".
- Episode 38
- [5:10] The word "crazy" was changed to "bananas".
- [3:04] The word "lover boy" was found inappropriate to Disney and they changed it to more appropriate name, "sweetheart".
Season 3[]
- Episode 1
- In the original version, Bandit says, "look, I'm keen to get it done, but Chili, she wants to keep her options open. But I don't know. Do we want any more of these things running around?" but in the Disney-distributed version, the line is changed to "yeah, I know. I probably should get it done. But I love my dog teeth! What if one day I just want to bite someone?" His mouth movements also reanimated to fit with the new dialogue.
- Episode 6
- The scene where Bandit is hit in the groin with the tree swing is cut.
- This scene was cut until August 2023, when Disney Channel readded the scene.
- Episode 7
- The scene where Bluey tells Bingo she looks crazy and Bingo telling Bluey to follow her is cut.
- Episode 13
- The scene where Chili spins and falls and Bandit catches her was removed. (Later Uncensored)
- Episode 14
- The pile of poo from the pony Buttermilk is removed.
- Episode 15
- The French Backpacker says that he and the Argentinean Backpacker are backpackers instead of saying he is from France. (Has since been uncensored)
- Episode 20
- In the Disney-distributed version of this episode, every mention of the cat toy Agatha peeing on the curtains is replaced with mentions of her scratching them up.
- Episode 23
- Family Meeting is omitted from the Disney Channel and Disney+'s lineup. (This has since been added to Disney+ in the U.S.).
- Episode 27
- When Muffin runs by Trixie, who is on the toilet, Muffin's face is zoomed in on so Trixie is no longer visible. (Later uncensored.)
- Episode 29
- [2:00] Unicorse’s line "Care for a lick?" was changed to "Do you want a bit?"
- Episode 37
- The word "flog" is replaced with "beat".
- Episode 40
- [0:34] Bandit’s line "Alright, dingleberries." was changed to "Alright, super troopers."
Indonesian censorship[]
GTV Indonesia[]
Season 1[]
- Episode 52
- The scene where Socks bites Bluey and Bluey says "Ow! Socks!" was cut.
Where to find it uncensored[]
- In the United States, Target sells an exclusive DVD for seasons 1 and 2 with all of the Australian originals, including BBQ, Markets, Chickenrat, Daddy Putdown, Dad Baby, Trains, and Army.
- On the Portuguese version of Disney+, the episode "Markets" is uncensored.
- You can only find Chickenrat, and Taxi uncensored in the Disney Now app in the US, the rest are censored in TV airings, and the Disney Now app in the US and the UK.
- For Southeast Asia, you can watch on CBeebies Asia or BBC Player.
- In Poland, the episode "Dad Baby" aired on CBeebies Poland. However, Disney Junior Poland refused to air the episode.
References[]
- Bluey Season 3 Disney Plus Censorship Comparison by INTL♡, YouTube. 2022-08-10.
External links[]
- Bluey (TV series) and episode list at the Bluey Wiki
- Bluey (2018 TV series) and list of episodes at Wikipedia