New Zillow Ad Plays Off BLUEY’s Emotional Season Finale
By Movieguide® Contributor
Home-selling website Zillow created a new advertisement alluding to the heart-wrenching BLUEY episode “The Sign,” which ended Season 3 of the show earlier this month.
“At Zillow, we know that a home is more than just floorboards and window sills,” said the ad’s narrator, Dan Brumm, who plays Uncle Stripe on the show. “And despite how a certain children’s show made us all feel recently, moving into a new home might just be a good thing. A chance to make new memories, a fresh start, a whole new chapter.”
The ad featured shots of a well-lived-in house before cutting to four sad-looking dogs sitting in front of a “for sale” sign.
“Don’t you look at me like that,” Brumm added at the end of the ad with a sigh. “Ugh, come on guys, you’re killing me here!”
The ad, created by Ryan Reynolds’ production company Maximum Effort, was a riff off of BLUEY’s Season 3 finale. The final episode, “The Sign,” revealed that Bandit—Bluey’s dad—had received an exciting job promotion, but it required him to relocate to a different city, so the Heelers needed to move.
Part of Movieguide®’s review reads:
These episodes are not only well animated but have top notch storytelling. The characters are all relatable by both children and adults. The entire purpose of each episode is to teach important life lessons for every person. “Ghostbasket” shows how the elderly should be treated. “The Sign” is about trusting in a divine plan even when life doesn’t go your way. Thus, both episodes have strong moral worldviews. “Ghostbasket” and “The Sign” are a delight for children of all ages, including parents and grandparents.
The 28-minute tale was four times longer than a normal BLUEY episode, bringing viewers on an emotional rollercoaster. While the show is meant for young kids, many parents took to social media after watching the episode to share the real emotions that they felt during “The Sign.”
“I love that my feed is full of adults sharing how they cried during the new episode of the cartoon dog show meant for toddlers, because I cried as well,” one person wrote on X.
Given the nature of the episode, some fans wondered if the show was ending. However, Sam Moore, the show’s producer, confirmed that more BLUEY is coming in the future, teasing that they might even turn the series into a movie.
Movieguide® previously reported:
The latest episodes of BLUEY had fans in tears and wondering if the hit children’s show was coming to an end.
“The new episode, aptly titled ‘Surprise,’ followed the episode originally billed as the season 3 finale of the Australian animated series, ‘The Sign,’ an extra-long episode that took social media by storm — and left fans of all ages reaching for tissues,” PEOPLE reported.
After “The Sign’s” emotional, social media reception, the latest episode gives an unexpected glimpse into the Heeler family’s future.
“‘Surprise’ ends with a visit from an all-grown-up Bluey, who comes home to visit dad Bandit and mom Chilli (still in their beloved house on the hill!) with a surprise guest: Bluey’s future child, who has very clearly taken after their mom and her antics,” PEOPLE reported.
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