Why Is Everyone Saying Bluey's Cricket is the Best Piece of Media Ever Made? (Favorite Episode)

last night I was having trouble falling

asleep because of how I couldn't stop

thinking of the episode cricket and how

much it meant to me on a personal level

to the point that I actually started

tearing up multiple times throughout the

night Cricket is a classic tale of

perseverance and what happens when you

face your fears and has quickly become

my new favorite episode in Bluey because

of the messages shown Cricket's just

about hitting a bowl around the grass

Cricket's about more than that kid

Jack's reappearance got him Rusty's

family reveal but a large part on why

this episode is so special to me is

actually because of sentimental reasons

largely in part of actually the people

who are watching the video right now you

buddies are the reason why this episode

is so incredibly important to me but I

want to save all that juicy stuff later

on in the video I started talking about

Bluey due to my history of working with

kids in a therapeutic setting which has

inspired me to start this series and I

might spend the majority of this video

just gushing over the episode because of

how incredible it is but it's still

going to be analytical because frankly

that's just my personality in fact the

episode is so good that it's on the

records that Dan Brum the voice of

stripes

and sound director of Bluey said that

this is his favorite episode yet and at

the time of writing this this episode is

the highest rated Bluey episode on IMBD

what so I'm not alone in saying that

this episode is special actually it's so

special to me that I decided to do

something that I've never done before

it's going to be a nice step in the

right direction for the people who have

noticed my well some people have called

it a depressing wall so I decided to get

this this is a screenshot of the episode

that we're talking about today that I

printed and put on a wood panel for all

to see in the background of all my

videos because of what this episode

means to me but before we get into the

cricket bats and wickets of the video

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like you and let's talk about my new

favorite episode of Bluey but Cricket's

just about hitting a bowl around like

more than that kid sometimes Rusty would

play with his older brother's mates but

he was so scared of time

maybe wait till you're a bit older

Rusty didn't want to give up

day A letter came

look as you grow up you'll face harder

things than a cricket ball and you'll

have two choices

back away and get out or

step in front

and play a full shot

just keep your eye on the ball and take

care of your little sister for him love

Dad

oh you got me

that's what Cricket's about kid

foreign

[Applause]

the episode has a rather unique

perspective in the form of Bandit

narrating in the past tense let me tell

you about the time we tried to get rusty

out as if he's telling the story to

someone who is interested in Rusty's

past which automatically tells the

audience that this story will be

focusing on the ever carrying red Kelby

Rusty and as they call up Rusty the bat

Rusty hasn't there's a very small

interaction he has with his little

sister Dusty of him showing his sister

the optimal hand positioning for

catching a ball in case one ever flies

towards her which ties into a super

sweet moment near the end but in this

episode we actually learn about Rusty

being frankly an amazing Cricket player

which was not expected at all there are

moments with Rusty in previous episodes

that are now clear foreshadowing tools

Joe grum the regular Bluey was doing to

give us hints towards Rusty's athletic

abilities that totally flew over my head

like in the episode fairies where he is

playing Cricket in the cul-de-sac with a

couple of Doom's neighbors as well as

the episode handstand where he is seen

kicking a football through the healer's

window perfectly every single time

Bullseye and what's even more incredible

is that this episode Cricket actually

was in production since season one which

makes these small little athletic

moments for Rusty even more special

because it's clear that Joe was wanting

to tell the story with Rusty for a

really really long time and we even know

with some interviews with Joe Brum that

Rusty was originally going to be the

main character of the show I will say

however that the original script for the

episode qriket was going to be called

Red Rover focusing not on Rusty this is

crazy even though that would be a

incredibly clever reference to his color

but instead the healer's younger brother

Strife set back in the 80s which was

something Joe was really proud of but

was rejected and eventually turned into

this amazing episode that we have today

Cricket credit to me machine for telling

me this and as we transition back over

to Rusty we get an amazing reveal in

literally just the first 30 seconds of

the episode which is Rusty's house in a

real welcome surprise reveal of his big

brother which was so completely

unexpected and I might be saying that a

lot because we've had an expectation for

the episode for a little bit now with

some leaks and all we really knew was

that we're going to learn about Rusty's

little sister Dusty and him being a rock

star at Cricket but when watching this

episode for the first time I got chills

and honestly still do thinking about how

incredible of a reveal this is for

Rusty's character and how it only gets

better as it goes along because now we

get told about how much Rusty loves

Cricket by Bandit Rusty loved cricket

and we really get to see how special it

is to his whole family with a dedicated

Cricket field in his front yard and how

his special interest in cricket would

give him time to bond with Dusty and his

brother Digger we play all day with his

brother and sister and even his mother

and father later on but for now we get

another small interaction with Rusty and

Dusty that you should take a mental note

of for that special scene I keep him can

you hit me

not yet Dusty and because of all this

practice he would get with his family

the adults spend the majority episode

trying to find a way to be rusty man

this kid's good what I really love about

this episode is that they could have

easily just shown Rusty being good

without any explanation but time and

time again as the adults come up with a

plan on how to beat him they have these

special flashback scenes with him and

his family on how different

circumstances help Rusty improve his

game it's making him the self-made

Cricket player he is today and these

flashback scenes goes from being

hilarious

oh man

with Rusty learning how to perfect his

Aim so he doesn't hit his mom in the

face since he had a tendency to hit the

ball to the right to being extremely

emotional with the hardships he had to

experience when one would play with his

brother's friends but my absolute

favorite one is the very next scene

because a certain reappearance of a

character

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already failing to get rushy out three

times now stripe steps up to pitch get a

spin okay Rusty as the adults devise a

plan to get rusty out by spinning the

ball in a way that is rather unfair to

Rusty put a rod on that crack this eh oh

yeah good pull luckily Russ C also knows

how to handle unpredictable pitches as

well because of his time spent playing

Cricket with his best friend Jack and

before I talk about this next part I

just want to say before watching this

episode I had no idea Jack was gonna be

in it me and a couple of my buddies on

Twitter were hoping to see him show up

even briefly because of how much we love

Jack and after seeing Rusty's house his

sister in Big Brother revealed I was

already feeling major hype and Joy from

these new addition to Rusty's family

clearly on my face during the live watch

party of this episode that I had the

pleasure of doing with Aussie go Margie

herself still can't believe that I was

able to do that but man as soon as I saw

Jack I freaked out

Jack's my absolute favorite character in

Bluey so whenever he shows up I tend to

have that reaction and jack isn't a

character we get to see a whole lot of

he only has speaking rules in four

different episodes with this one being

the fifth but this showcasing of him is

phenomenal because of the fact that

whenever we see Rusty and Jack together

it's always at Calypso's School except

for that quick background Cameo and

Curry Quest but this time we get to see

them hanging out at Jack's house

solidifying their friendship outside of

school this is the first time we ever

get to see them together hanging out at

one of their houses but also we get to

finally see what Jack's house looks like

on the outside which is so freaking cool

the background art for Jack's house was

actually leaked by accident by one of

the artists for Bluey a few months prior

so I knew this was coming up but I did

not expect to see it so soon let alone

in this episode and I remember actually

seeing this art for the first time

reposted by a movie fan artist on

Twitter that I'll remain anonymous

because after we had an exchange of

extreme excitement

they decided to delete their post of it

to respect the artist's decision to

remove the leak but we also get to see

them in the car together which is just

everything to me the car scene is only

about three seconds however if you

really look closely we get another

subtle nod to Jack's eluded near

developmental condition of either ADHD

or Autism I have an entire video

dedicated to the subject and how the

studio uses him to represent people with

these conditions in an extremely

positive light so I'll try my best not

to rehash it too much here but in every

episode Jack is featured in they hint

towards him having these conditions and

this episode is no different as the

animator showcase subtle body movement

of him slightly fidgeting with his feet

as well as him having a fidget popper

next to his car seat and this is opt

topic but just look how happy he and

Rusty are in the scene it just melts my

heart and it's so extremely special to

me because as a blue artist myself I

actually had this exact scene written

down to draw in my book of art I ideas

minus Lewis since February but I don't

have to draw it anymore because it's in

the freaking show I mean I got this wall

decoration for a reason but this wall

decoration really means a lot more than

just that to me it symbolizes a major

milestone for me that makes me feel

extremely sentimental but let's discuss

that near the end of this video

back on topic which was how Rusty

learned how to overcome unpredictable

pitches and it's all because of Jack's

home field advantage

and he gets plenty of time mastering

this because of how often Rusty's dad

was on deployment when Rusty's dad was

away he'd get a lift him with his mate

Jack Rusty plated Jacks a lot that year

and it's a really small detail but when

we do see Rusty succeed yeah there's

already two other tennis balls on Jack's

roof really showing his Mastery over

this and I just adore them celebrating

together here it's clear that Jack

wasn't playing to win but instead they

probably made a shared goal on getting

rusty better at this particular skill

which makes the small celebration so

incredibly sweet as well as his success

over Striker how did he hit that all the

skills he's accumulated thus far have

all been due to different past

experiences with Cricket but this next

one is so incredibly compelling and

emotional as Pat suggests a pace attack

and after hearing this Rusty is seen

with a sad face reminding him of the

time he encountered tiny you can fall

really fast

oh he was never brave enough to bet

who's that

one day he was

[Music]

him with a limp as he walks back home

but still filled with determination to

never give up as he still works up the

courage to bat against Tiny But mentally

scarred from the event that he actively

Dodges the ball instead of trying to hit

it and it's clearly still a sore subject

for him considering after just hearing

Pat say the type of pitch tiny is known

for he makes that sad face but as we

know Rusty does overcome this fear after

getting a very special letter in the

mailbox

now this next scene is so extremely

special and I know it keeps saying this

but there's just so many good parts in

this episode which is why it's such a

masterpiece but as the family gathers

reading the letters from their dad you

can see everyone's different Expressions

on full display which is just so

extremely emotional and wholesome

especially when you see the way Rusty

reacts to hearing the part that says

I'll see you all soon miss your heaps

dad

the way his face lights up here is so

freaking cute and I love how Digger and

his mom immediately looks at him since

we all know how much Rusty's dad means

to him

but the real kicker is the PS letter

attached specifically addressed to Rusty

can you

as we get to finally hear Rusty's dad's

voice accompanied by an incredible

musical swell and well it can speak for

itself as you grow up you'll face harder

things than a cricket ball and you'll

have two choices

[Music]

finally seeing Rusty succeed and face

his fears is so incredibly compelling

since it was his dad's words that

motivated him to finally reach that

point and the word said here is

something I resonate with a lot because

it's something I've had to tell a lot of

people in my life professionally as well

as close friends and not to mention even

myself to help push them towards doing

what their heart wants and those words

are fine success is often thinking about

what scares you the most and just doing

it anyways and the show really just

sucker punches you again and again

emotionally because directly after this

we finally get to see what Rusty's dad

looks like with these amazing parting

words just keep your eye on the ball and

take care of your little sister for me

love Dad there is just so much build up

for everything that has been showcased

in this episode and it's so hard not to

just Rave over each little detail but

believe it or not there's even more

because those last words take care of

your little sister for me transitions

perfectly into what happens next not to

mention the subtle things seen from

Rusty and his sister earlier in the

episode with Dusty asking

and the way Rusty helps her position her

hands earlier in the background to show

her how to catch one if it ever goes her

way so when Pat asks for one more we get

this next scene that is nothing short of

amazing Lucky's dad with everything he

had in

and Rusty could have smashed it into

next week if you wanted to

instead

[Music]

catch Dusty celebrates her win with

rusty rusty shows his ever caring nature

that we know him for and celebrates with

her clearly making her day

earlier in the episode Bandit tells

Bluey there's a lot more to Cricket than

that for Rusty it means so much more

than hitting a ball around the park it's

sentimental for Rusty it connects him to

his family as a whole it connects him to

his mom

to his dad

his brother to his friends his past

hardships and most importantly right now

his sister take care of your little

sister falling so when Bandit says that

last line that's what Cricket's about

kid it makes it that much more impactful

as he looks into his past as he goes

into the professional field remembering

his younger self and everything that has

led him to that moment

[Music]

this episode is perfect in just about

every single way there is so much

information details being thrown at you

at once with all of these key details

being anticipated by fans for almost a

year now

but finally seeing Rusty's family

Dynamic let alone his dad's face and

this episode holds a very sentimental

place in my heart because it marks a

couple different milestones for me and

is the entire basis on why I got this

decoration and what it truly means to me

not only did I get the honor to have

this episode be my first ever collab on

the channel it also got to be my first

ever livestream watch of Louie which

allowed me to experience it all with you

buddies and it's all because of the

opportunity Aussie girl Margie presented

to me to join the watch party last

Saturday all accumulating into an

experience that I wouldn't trade for the

world being bombarded with joy as I

watched this for the first time with

Rusty's tale of perseverance and facing

what scared him after that amazing

letters from Rusty's dad seeing Jack

again with subtle nods of confirmation

from the animators with the fidget toy

in him kicking his feet and while just

Jack being there was a real big treat

since he's my favorite character I mean

if anybody saw us live you would have

seen my raw emotions bleeding through

but just seeing all you buddies coming

in as we watched even if it was just to

say hi is just what makes it so special

for me so let me just say thank you all

from the bottom of my heart especially

Margie for making this episode mean so

much to me I even got an amazing piece

of fan art sent to me by the Twitter

user picker biscuit to celebrate this

collab of both of our Blues OCS

essentially doing Margie's famous intro

lines from her videos which you should

totally check out if you haven't down

below but I'm sure the majority of you

have already seen her videos and please

join me next time as I dig a little

deeper into this episode and go over the

little details seen within this episode

that make it so special that I didn't

get a chance to discuss in this one

since if I did this video would probably

be a little bit too long for comfort and

thank you everyone for supporting me in

getting me to 27 000 subscribers it's

really incredible because my last video

I was celebrating 21 000 subscribers so

it's a bit mind-blowing to say the least

and it's really hard to find the right

words to fully show my appreciation but

you have no idea how much you all mean

to me so thank you again and with this

Milestone we got some pretty incredible

art sent to me so as in Tradition their

Twitter handles will be on the bottom

left and the first one comes from picker

biscuit with me celebrating on the front

with 22k I really love how cartoony and

funky and I don't know it has a really

good vibe to it but he was actually like

this is not the real art and sent me

this one but I will say I love both of

them especially the one that you could

say has less details because of just how

funky it looks and this next one comes

from Milo cat now Milo cat has these

really thick outlines on his drawings

which really adds some depth to his

drawings but I really love how gentle

the face looks here for my character you

can see his OC on the left celebrating

my 22k plus subscriber Milestone this

next one is a piece drawn on paper sent

to me by light Raptor I love their art

style I'm not sure how to quite put it I

guess it's more or less anime like but I

just love the eyes and expressions as

well as the Stars on this one and I'm

not sure how to 100 put this but

everything on this particular drawing is

really flowy and nice feeling especially

with the curves on the ears here it

really just makes it look extremely

animated now this next one is another

piece by picker biscuit with a updated

design for my OC he decided to add some

blue accents to certain parts of the

body here with some really radical

sunglasses here with an explosion of 23k

because I hit 23k literally a day after

hitting 22k so that's a bit of a

symbolism on that I suppose now this

next one is from the artist turned for

the worst where you can see me wagging

my tail there which is incredible as as

well as some really nice curved lines

for the paws as well as the feet which I

really enjoy just celebrating my 24K

with some nice confetti as well as a

different color for my sunglasses here

which is always special I just love

whenever somebody changes how the

sunglasses look I love that I feel odd

for having to keep saying this but this

next one is another piece by picker

biscuit I really love how happy I look

despite my face being all covered in

explosion powder or maybe it's called

suit but I love how creative picker gets

with these fan art drawings of me and I

love how you can see the 24K really

subtly in the smoke here this next one

is from by B which has a art style

that's very similar-esque to the escape

art style that we know in Bluey with

just a ginormous chocolate cake with 24K

right there I've always enjoyed whenever

I see a drawing from Vibe because the

escape art style is very simple but very

pleasing to the eyes so I really enjoyed

that piece the snap next piece is by

kitten with me and her OC playing some

PlayStation game here and I really

really enjoyed this because if you guys

know about my past of my channel that

I'm a pretty big video gamer so I really

enjoyed this as well as sunglasses on my

head so you can see the pure

concentration on my face here and if you

look really closely on the PlayStation

console you can see a sticker that says

wow 26.5 KS and this final one is from

my good friend progress pack official

now originally this drawing was to

celebrate my 900 followers on Twitter

but you can see it's scribbled out and

now says 27k Subs with me just jumping

for joy with the Milestone so thank you

all for sending me this fan art as well

as pickerbiscuit for sending me that

collaboration fan art with me and Margie

that meant so much to me and if you'd

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