# A Bluey question **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** cartoons-animation\ **Created:** [July 14, 2026, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bluey-question/1031653 "2026-07-14T00:06:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bluey-question/1031653/1 "2026-07-14T00:06:18Z")
I’m visiting family this week and I’m being exposed to more children’s television than I usually am. So are all of the talking characters on Bluey dogs? Or are there characters on the show who are talking cats or talking pigs or talking kangaroos? I feel I may have seen other talking species on the show but I may have them confused with characters on Peppa Pig. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bluey-question/1031653/2 "2026-07-14T00:10:14Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > are there characters on the show who are talking cats or talking pigs or talking kangaroos? Not quite “characters on the show,” but there’s an episode where Bandit takes the kids to see a movie where all the characters are talking monkeys. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bluey-question/1031653/3 "2026-07-14T00:18:09Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > Not quite “characters on the show,” but there’s an episode where Bandit takes the kids to see a movie where all the characters are talking monkeys. So other intelligent species exist in Bluey’s world. But Bluey’s family lives in a community that is dog-only. That seems like a disturbing message. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bluey-question/1031653/4 "2026-07-14T00:31:08Z")
Hey, it is only a movie. There is obviously no such thing as a talking monkey! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bluey-question/1031653/5 "2026-07-14T03:13:40Z")
Good point. I was watching a show that featured talking dogs. But I live in a community which is humans-only. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bluey-question/1031653/6 "2026-07-14T04:38:14Z")
I wonder if it was as close as they felt they could come to having the movie be talking people? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bluey-question/1031653/7 "2026-07-14T06:13:43Z")
Sometimes they all behave like dogs, with barking and tail wagging, and sometimes they are more human. But all other animals and birds are animals and birds, including references to pets. However I do like little touches like them all having the kind of names a pet dog would have. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bluey-question/1031653/8 "2026-07-14T11:31:31Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > Not quite “characters on the show,” but there’s an episode where Bandit takes the kids to see a movie where all the characters are talking monkeys. “Chutney Chimp” is animated in Bluey’s world. Bandit says something like “it’s cartoon animals on the screen, mate - don’t think about it too hard.” I’m under the impression that in-world, only dogs have evolved. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bluey-question/1031653/9 "2026-07-14T12:43:26Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > I’m under the impression that in-world, only dogs have evolved. That seems like the textbook definition of “think[ing] about it too hard.” 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bluey-question/1031653/10 "2026-07-14T12:49:31Z")
I dunno - they’ve never met another type of animal that talks, they frequently see birds that are just birds, the dogs have regular jobs, they meet dogs from other countries, and the sports world is comprised of only dogs. They also see koalas, fruit bats and other Aussie-type animals that aren’t anthropomorphic. There’s an episode where they make up a talking horse, and everyone seems to react to it like it’s super weird that a horse would talk.