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How can anyone say that Bandit is the worst father, when he's clearly proven time and time again that he is the god tier father of the century.

Is Bandit perfect? No but he does his best to be a good and attentive father to his daughters. He clearly loves them. He would do anything for his kids and he is one of the best dads in animation.

Nobody's perfect, and that goes for cartoon characters as well! Bandit has his flaws and can go too far at points, but he's a loving and caring father who's always putting his kids' happiness first!

Being a good dad isn't about being perfect. Showing flaws helps parents learn that it's okay to make mistakes in parenting. My theory is that the writers started noticing the pedestal that he was put on and wanted to put in more flaws so parents don't pressured into being as 'perfect' as Bandit.

I like how you phrased it-- he's flawed, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. It makes him more relatable, and a better character overall

People when bandit is perfect: 😡 he’s not realistic. He’s People when bandit isn’t perfect: 😡he’s a bad dad!

Bandit not being perfect all the time makes him a better character, and anyone who thinks he's a bad father is blowing his character flaws way out of proportion. The writers were making sure to reinforce the lesson that no one is perfect and expecting someone to be is unrealistic and harmful, which seems to be a lesson these people haven't learned.

In the episode with him leaving to go on his business trip and not telling bingo. I never took it as him forgetting to tell her, I took it as him not knowing how to break it to her. There are times where telling that kind of thing is really really hard and you don't know how to phrase it. Especially with how we see the girls react to him leaving for his day to day work, a few weeks was going to break their hearts and even though Bandit could have ripped the bandaid off sooner, you still feel bad when you hurt them ripping the bandaid off. He was probably going to tell her and Bluey that night with Chilly to help support the girl through the sadness, or maybe Bluey has seen him leave before and that was Bingo's first time. Either way, from my pov, he might have been stalling it for himself as well cause its hard telling your kid you're gunna be gone.

The title scared me. You can’t do this to me

Anyone who claims Bandit is a bad parent makes me wonder if they understand what the point of a TV show character is. It's only natural that as the series progresses that we are allowed to see more cracks in Bandit's ideologies and mistakes he's made. But it's obvious to anyone with their eyes open that he's done way more good than bad, and it's hard not to be grateful for that. I just hope I don't see people claiming that Chilli is a bad mum next time lol

Honestly the only time I thought Bandit REALLY messed up with was Obstacle Course, because of him getting caught cheating, knowing he was cheating, getting CALLED OUT for cheating, and yet he’s still not admitting it, but that’s him being competitive and he does make up for it with Memory Snap despite STILL not being willing to admit he done cheated. And Bandits competitive, it’s established early with such things like the claw game: he knows that having stakes sometimes makes things more fun, and he plays hard and plays to win. And honestly he’s got a point- the world ISNT gonna become easier for you just because you’re struggling. Bandits a GREAT dad. He’s just a FLAWED dad.

Just from the title alone I say HECK NO! Even with later seasons showing Bandit’s more negative traits he is far from being a bad dad. If anything his faults make him more relatable.

bandit is not perfect, he makes mistakes and when can see that in episodes like 'obstacle course' where he is trying to teach a lesson to bluey but is not doing that in the right way.

I have a note for curry quest. I have a three year old who has some anxiety issues. We can't tell her big changes right away and need to pick and choose when to let her know change is happening. Daddy is going to work and wont be back for a bit, is a hard change to explain to a child who might not be equip to hear it if told ahead of time. Some children need a different approach when it comes to dealing with news. My child gets super anxious if they are told infomation too early, even if good news. We treat all change as adventures which they love as they now know somethiny is going to happen, sometimes good or sometimes not as good. Farmers market, visiting family, work trips are great ways to treat a sometimes occurrence instead of the normal occurrence. We have handled work trips in the same way as bandit and it works great with us.

I think I speak for a ton of adults when I say I wish I'd had a dad like Bandit lol

I’m very surprised that some of the episodes where he straight up bribes Bluey and Bingo with money and such weren’t included lol. Even Chili has commented on how that tactic doesn’t make for good parenting. It does make me laugh however, because it’s extremely realistic to some degree. My dad (and even my mom) were victims of bribery to get me or my sister to do things sometimes. “Yes, I’ll buy you an ice cream if you stop having a tantrum”, “Okay, you can have the stuffed animal if you stop begging and let me finish grocery shopping in peace”, “Fine, I’ll take you to McDonald’s if you promise to stop being mad at me!”. By far not their strongest parenting moments and I’ve been told that’s often when they’ve just been so worn down that they don’t care anymore in that moment. It didn’t happen often though, it was just sometimes really exhausting having two young children who were really close in age gang up on them all the time 😂😂

So basically, the answer is that, yes, he has had his lower moments, but that's okay; they're just mistakes, and he's still a good dad as a whole.

They say Bandit’s a bad father as if he’s supposed to be a “perfect parent who can do no wrong.” No parent is perfect! A kid’s cartoon that portrays a parent as someone who never makes mistakes sets up an unrealistic stanard for parenting. Even the most caring parent who loves their children more than anything is gonna make mistakes here and there in parenthood. Chilli has literally said it. “Wanna know a secret? We all fail Mum School sometimes.” And Dads fail Dad school sometimes! What makes Bandit a great father is when he does something bad or makes a mistake, he will recognize it and change to be better. Especially for his daughters! He may not be perfect, but he always does his best. Also. Bandit’s competitiveness is very relatable, lol

bandit's a really good dad! most dads i know wouldnt play with their seven year olds, encouraging their imagination like he does. they either plop them in front of the tv or let them go mostly unsupervised outside. bandit's the type of dad i want my brother to be to his kids

its possible that bandit didn't know he was he was going on a business trip until the last minute. maybe he was planning on telling bingo after they got home from the curry quest.

I'm in a rough patch with my own father (nothing serious, just an argument), so it's a little remarkable how well-timed this was. I kinda needed it.

Ain't no way people are calling my blue dog man a bad dad! He's literally the best dad ever! Reminds me so much of my own dad, me and my sister used to play just like bandit does with his kids, he's so caring and attentive to his kids, honestly makes me feel nostalgic

Bandit is just like any other person (dog), he has flaws, but he tries his best. He goes above and beyond for his girls in any way he can. He’s definitely the best tv dad❤

I feel Bandit is used as a catalyst for the "valuable life lessons" in the show. You mentioned this to a degree but it holds true through almost every episode. Without his actions and the immediate feeling it gives the kids, a lot of the lessons would be lost. They experience the lesson in real time through Bandit's "flaws" and can immediately understand why the lesson is important. This also translates to the viewers of the show as they can watch from an outside perspective.

I think if you are so intent on focusing on what is bad about a character, you’ll eventually find numerous reasons to not like someone and ignore everything that is good about them. From all three seasons, Bandit’s good parenting skills totally outweigh the flawed and I don’t even think the flawed aspects makes him a bad dad, it just makes him human (or dog in this case).

Anyone that says Bandit is a terrible father either is just being contrarian for the hell of it or lives a life more sheltered than Veruca Salt

No dad is perfect, nor mum. So do I see him bad? No. I see him as an imperfect dad

Bandit was just pretending that he wouldn't let Stripe win after talking to Bluey, it's easy to tell, it's just because of his teasing nature that he doesn't say yes right away, By the way, I bet most of the people who complain about Bandit aren't even parents so they don't know how hard it is to have kids.

On my bad days, when the sky is cloudy, I feel very down in the dumps. But sometimes I see the notification that you have uploaded a new video and my day brightens up when I see you pop up.

for the longest time when i was a kid me and my dad would race upstairs whenever he came back from work, sometimes hed even try to push my head down during it cause i always won, and it was always so fun. sometimes my dad has to go into work on days he usually has off for things like server maintenance and whatnot, sometimes its sudden and previous plans have to be adjusted, and sometimes he doesnt emphasis enough about when or why he has to, and that has caused many isues in the past, but he always tries to make up for it. just cause dads make mistakes occasionally doesnt make them bad parents, nor does making MORE mistakes mean their worse, it just means their human.

I've also heard the argument that Bandit brought out unicorse in order to direct Chili's frustration away from their daughter so she wouldn't snap at her.

I feel like Bandit and Chilli both illustrate the idea that kids benefit from diverse approaches to guiding/teaching. Bandit is generally more silly/playful, and Chilli is more responsible, though both demonstrate traits of both at different times. But sometimes Bandit is the parent more suited to a situation, and sometimes Chilli is. No one person can do it all - kids thrive when a variety of approaches are available to help them learn in different ways in different situations.

As someone with an overly competitive family, nothing is better than betting those jerks in uno and rummy when you eventually get better than them.

I love your take on this. I agree that Bandit was almost a little too perfect in season one, but also that Chili wasn't featured enough early and I think they've also adjusted for that as well.

I remember when i first come upon it and while I agree in some aspect about Bandit in obstacle course, he was called out and had a face of regret as soon he was called out, just because he done that, does not mean he's awful, cause he is not, he makes mistake which is normal, so thank gosh for this video, also yes, you would be like bingo in the bed with a thousands jack plushes

Thanks for this Pugly. Nobody's perfect... everyone commits mistakes, everyone can get exhausted or overfilled, everyone have bad days once in a while; there's not such thing as an idealistic "PERFECT" etiquette, it doesn't exist... we tend to err, it's only human and as realistically built characters this isn't the exception for the characters in this show either. Let's give a concrete example, shall we? Mini Bluey, for this episode, people take his comment to far, sure, it is scientifically proven parents grow more attached to one of their children over the rest (this can be unconsciously, like the Heeler couple's case or not). but let's be honest, it's have been assuredly proven they absolutely do not pick favorites. On that occasion Bandit took the game's liberty to express without thinking, but showed deep regret after being remarked by his wife about his comment and after they left, what they truly referred to was the game itself, how having 'Double Bingos' is more useful than having 'Double Blueys', nothing to do with 'who does he loves more over who', and it was maybe a mistake to let Bingo cheer up her sister by herself (probably by her being easy to cheer) but we know these two, and it's almost a fact they apologized to her off-screen (not shown to probably remain the humorous conclusion). Not defending his actions, they were wrong (and he knows it) but knowing them it's sure they made up afterwards; after all, we only see snippets of their daily life, it simpy goes on without our witnessing. Now talking about Obstacle Course, we've been shown Bandit has an overcompetitive nature, tending to tease, and in this episode this goes a bit too far expressing once more with his daughter, and having some less than ideal actions like yanking her off the race, but it's honestly just his competitive spirit shining through, not a justification but serves as a perspective to understand his process of thought... And the list goes on: him bribing Bluey in Dance Mode, fluffing on his daughters face in Family Meeting, forgetting the bag of important stuff in The Pool, throwing Bluey's drawings without asking her in The Dump, his constant tearing in the homonymous episode... but again, that's what makes these characters complex and human (well, canine in this case). I personally don't think there are never true "off-character" incidents on this show, rather showing complex facets on them, and giving them intricacy, and "out of character" instances only gives him complexity and tridimensionality. But the man has a heart of gold. Take Takeaway, the man clearly had an exhausting day, and wasn't really in the mood to play with his daughters, but their laughter (and that fortune cookie) made him realize this, finally regaining his usual cheery attitude, another example is Bedroom, and yet he stood to carry Bluey's bed from room to room thrice; he's not always joyful, he has bad days as anyone, gets carried by his emotions as everyone, gets frustrated or devastated as everyone (Fairies, Stickbird, The Sign), but despite all his mistakes and everything... he IS a great father. And that's the face we all know and love about him, a cheerful, commited and loving man who loves his family dearly and would do anything for them; he's always there for his daughters, always commits on their games just to make them happy, always give them a great advice and a lesson to learn... it's beyond unnecesary to appoint this for people who know the show, but the point is, by the show's nature, any of these characters are stick to a permanent trait nor are treated as tools, they are treated as people... imperfect, lifelike people who err, and a couple mistakes shouldn't undermine how astonishing Bandit is as a father, for real life.

6:24 It was this episode I noticed they call pixie stick candy sherbet. My mind though it was a popsicle stick of sherbet ice cream

Its wild that this is even a conversation. I would have killed to have a dad like Bandit.

Bandit is not a bad father. He is flawed, and that is honeslty better than perfect. Holding someone up on a pedestal sets you up for dissapointment. Bandit tries to be the best, but that doesn't always happen. Showing he has flaws like competitiveness makes him feel more grounded in reality.

Bandit has soem weak moments but that makes him human. No one is perfect and he was never cruel or anything. he doesn't deserve this much hate.

On my Disney Plus account, I had Bandit in my profile pic. That itself tells you my thoughts on this legend.

I think what they did is not make him a worse dad, they gave him more character, more character comes with more flaws. They made him a more real dad.

Bandit is the father everybody needed as a child

Nobody’s father is perfect! Look at Daddy Pig - he gets called fat by his daughter constantly and still does his best for his family

I think Bandit was great in every season as a parent. He’s largely shown for his positive moments and I think it’s great that he’s seen as a benchmark for parents to try to attain to. However, no parent is perfect. Whilst watching the show there were moments where I was like “Bandit, what are you doing??” But it never took away from the episodes and I never went to the next thinking he was a bad parent. I think he’s a *realistic* parent. I’m a childless adult, but seeing Bandit make mistakes that he’s sometimes called out on makes my experience of relating the show back to my own childhood that much more realistic. My dad doesn’t have the same flaws as Bandit. But he does have flaws and he did mess up sometimes when raising me and my older sister. It made Bandit as a character feel less like someone I WISH my dad could have been and instead more like a dad who my own father WAS sometimes. As I said, maybe not in all the same ways. But just like Bandit, he messed up sometimes. And just like Bluey and Bingo, we were sometimes hurt by these things. But just like Bandit my dad always strived to be better. I celebrate the episodes where he’s not a perfect parent sometimes, lol!

For Unicorse, I'm sure you're covering it in a later in-depth, but to me, Bandit is doing a sacrifice. Chillie is getting agitated and Bluey is barreling towards being caught in a souring mood from Chillie, so Bandit becomes something of a lightning rod through Unicorse. It's an extremely delicate tightrope walk, but Unicorse perhaps more than almost any other episode shows how in tune Bandit is with his family's capacities and emotions, and understands that he can redirect the frustration from Bluey towards Unicorse/himself. It never crosses the line to me, because he understands both their needs and limits. At least that's my interpretation.

He's a amazing father! Better then mine least he's around

I saw the title and came back. Been a while watching your channel so had to watch. Curiosity!

Mini bluey is the true start. It’s one thing to make your child feel like they’re loved less than there siblings but he didn’t even apologize. He just went and read the newspaper like he didn’t even care! I know this situation would’ve happened in a different way even if Bingo wasn’t born. But the very least he could have done is apologize. If it was me in that situation and I made my child feel less loved I would apologize if I had to cross the ocean. Now bluey may be carrying this for the rest of her life wondering if her parents actually love her. That’s just not something you say to a child with siblings.

The most powerful words I've heard from Bandit wasn't the speech he have to a tennis ball in a beer cozy. It was: I'm sorry Those two words mean more than anything else I've heard him say. None of the lessons (not that they didn't mean something) could compare to those words.

I grew up with an abusive father and I work in a setting with kids who've been taken away from unstable or dangerous homes, and I can tell you right now that Bandit is nowhere NEAR the title of "bad dad". He's a flawed guy, and that's fine! He's competitive, prideful, and stubborn, he doesn't have good foresight, and sometimes he goes a little too far with jokes. Some people might take offence to that, and it's understandable. But throughout all of the episodes, I have never seen Bandit ever deliberately hurt his daughters, and when he does make mistakes, he makes sure that he apologises to his kids, or that he makes it up to them in some way that makes them happy. And the Bandit haters seem to forget all the great things Bandit does with Bluey and Bingo? He's always playing with them and taking them places. He takes time to explain lessons to them, and I've never seen an episode where he yells at his daughters when they make mistakes. He was very supportive of Chilli during her postpartum depression and took an equal role when Bluey was a baby. Above everything else, he always puts his kid's welfare first - proven by the episode, The Sign. He wants his daughters to have a good childhood and does everything he can to ensure it happens. Bandit may not be a perfect dad, but he is devoted to his family, and honestly I think that's what makes him a pretty great parent.

Bandit is a legendary father. Quite possibly the best when it comes to kids cartoons

OMFG, are you kidding me??? I mean i think unicorse just one simple and funny episode with some underlying lesson but it's still have a deep meaning and a theme. Man even after all the time i watched Bluey the Creator haven't stop to impress me with their writing and care. And good video as always ;), can't understand there are people who want bandit to be perfect

Bandit's main character flaw is his competitiveness. It's just good writing to give a character a flaw, and a good idea to show kids that even an overall great dad like Bandit has his moments where he's not so great. ps "4x" in a strategy game context is pronounced "four ex" and refers to explore/expand/exploit/exterminate. Games like Starcraft and Civilization.

Dude I would have killed for a father like Bandit when I was little, I have an amazing step father now though.

Omg the title scared me lmao 😭😅

Seriously those who say he’s a bad parent belong in a psych ward and need a brain scan. Something must seriously be wrong with them to actually think this. Who cares if he’s had his bad moments? You expect him to be actually perfect? I don’t think so. Even he says himself he knows he’s not the best dad in the world. Also why aren’t people talking about other cartoon dads screwing up and not saying they’re that bad? Think of Peter Griffin, Timmy Turner’s dad, Stan Smith, etc. It’s ridiculous people just go and force themselves to overthink this stuff after just a few small moments and not huge moments that other cartoon dads have done. Aspire to be Bandit when I’m married with children.😎

People can make mistakes and be bad at something ..but as long as you recognize it and try to be better I see nothing wrong with this

It’s like these people completely missed the point of the Smoochy Kiss episode

He's not perfect but he's certainly DAMN close to being that

bro I LOVE bandit man, I relate a lot to him and it makes me think I can be a good dad someday

everybody has there flaws. that's what makes a character actually relatable, even if in uncomfortable ways. if he wasn't like this people would cause from the other direction, saying bluey was unrealistic (oh wait that's already a claim)

Pugly, I recently found your videos and I think they’re really good keep up the good work

The problem with these critics is that they want PERFECT characters. Characters with no flaws, but only when it's convenient to boost up other characters. When a characters they hate exists, you make them the most flawed character in the show, being dumb, stupid, and overall rotten. People love Bandit not only because he is a good father, but because he's flawed. Parent's used to be seen as pinnacle people of morality, and this does work if your parent is at the very least doing there very best for the child, but there are people who watch Bluey in their 20's because of a troubled childhood, were they could never have a parent like Bandit, Chili, or even Lucky or Juno's parents. It's not just the great things Bandit does, but arguably the flaws he as that are recognized and owned up to, or at the very least rectified and punished in some way. It's therapeutic to see even a great character like bandit being put in his place when it matters and allowing him to shine when he needs to. The people who see Bandit as a bad father, likely either lived a very pampered life thinking anything less than the best is abuse, or people's who's parents sucked so bad that any negative thing another parent does makes them a "bad parent." I'm all for criticizing Bandit. I'm sure there is at least one episode someone believes his behavior isn't called out for what it is, but Bandit is far from a bad father. He is the pinnacle of not only what a good dad is, but what a dad can become.

I heard a saying that being perfect is imperfect because it's impossible and unrealistic. For Bandit to have flaws make him relatable rather than an uncannily all good, all perfect brick dog of a father.

Bandit is a great father Second only to Hank Hill I couldn’t believe people actually found reasons to dislike him. So he’s not the perfect father. Who is?

One thing I think worth noting is that I think Fairytale could have made an impact for The Quiet Game. The jinx game that Bandit and his brothers did to basically "teach" him not to tease Stripe. When Bandit brought up the "quiet game" he did it as a way to get the girls to not be loud. Bandit did eventually tell the girls the truth, but they still kept quiet. This should go to show that keeping someone quiet as a game is not a good idea. I do like that Bandit admits his mistakes to his kids which is something that I never see parents do I'm real life

Saying that Bandit is a bad dad is like saying Peter Griffin is a good dad.

In defence of Bandit in Curry Quest, I think the reason he didn't tell Bingo was because she doesn't really have a strong concept of time. Had he told her sooner, she would've most likely have been upset for far longer than necessary.

Bandit is not a perfect dad, he makes mistakes and that’s perfectly okay because he does own up to them and apologize to his girls. Even his attempts at teaching valuable lessons can be flawed and go wrong…a prime example is his attempt at the magic claw game in which he tried to teach the girls about responsibility and how life can be unfair, only for the game to backfire and nobody learns anything

I am appaled that people think bandit is a bad parent. How high are their standard lol. I doubt many ppl can do even 70-80% of what bandit do for their children.

CHARACTERS ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE FLAWS!!!!!

I think he’s one of the best fathers. The love, dedication and effort he puts into parenting is absolutely amazing. I get he has some flaws and his bad moments but I’m a firm believer someone’s intentions, the majority of their actions and their guilt/lack of guilt matter most. *No one is perfect and we all have more severe flaws here and there.* And I actually love Unicorse. Yes, he’s annoying but it’s a fun way to redirect frustration. Sometimes when you can’t change the situation you need to redirect the frustration. It just helps.

This makes me wonder if they'll go more into Chili's flaws as the show progresses. I can think of Bandit's flaws pretty easily but Chili is way more straight laced

His flaws make him human (even tho hes a dog) and he always tries to work on his flaws. He wants to make the effort for his family. I wish I had a dad like him😭

19:33 started crying as soon as I saw stolas

"I never learned that" that's the reason why we prefer 2 Bingos

Bandit reminds me so much of my Dad. like bandit he wasn't prefect but he tried his hardest i miss him so much

Bandit’s flaws make him relatable but his better qualities stick out even more because of them. I initially thought Bandit was acting selfish and careless in various scenarios and instilling toxic lessons that would have long-term serious consequences to the kids believing being underhanded gets you what you want (which in real life people have suffered because of people in power). However, it’s pretty obvious Bandit has had to learn hard lessons as he grew up and faced a lot of hardships outside the main show. He really does care about his family and The Sign is the ultimate culmination of all of what has happened so far. Ultimately, I believe Bandit is a sincerely good father who is trying his best to instil healthy lessons to his children despite his flaws. His fatherhood overrode his competitiveness and he’d rather lose a job than lose his family’s long-term trust in him. I’m glad Bandit has gone through major character development. It makes his character shine even more.

i feel like i see this kind of thing in the fandom with several bluey characters. you sometimes run into people who really don't like juno, coco, or muffin because they find the kids too mean, bossy, annoying, etc. at least with bandit there's a sense of "he's an adult in charge of children, so we want him to act well". i still don't agree with it, because every good character has flaws, but i kind of get it. it's a lot weirder to me when it's a child character. because most real kids, if not all, will be selfish and loud and all those negative qualities at some point in their lives. it makes me sad that these child characters aren't given much grace either -- pretty much all of them have good hearts and kind moments, but they're still growing up, so they have to LEARN to interact well with others that got a little off track of the video lol but i guess my point is that, in general, there are people that watch media, see a character show any bad side, and immediately reduce that character to only being bad. it makes me worry a little! no one has to like any and every character, but to not even try to read into them properly completely misses the point of why the characters are written that way. i hope people that dislike bandit or any other character at least can understand WHY the character is written the way they are, and doesn't completely ignore moments where that character learns a lesson and gets better

How can anyone call him bad? You can see at 2:22 he feels bad about what he did!

The Squash episode isn’t an example of Bandit’s competitiveness. He’s clearly the only one at the end who is aware of what everyone wants, and he throws the game in a way where everyone thinks the other players are playing their hardest (Bluey is lying about playing hard to Bingo), without breaking the illusion that the girls are controlling the dads.

These people are also contrarians: people who find it fun to look at the current thing (bandit is great dad) and decide to do the opposite (bandit is bad dad), even if it is objectively wrong.

Dude bandit has more patience common sense and restraint in him than most retail workers and its literally their job to deal with hateful and annoying customers multiple times a day never say he's a bad father

Considering dads in most forms of media, Bandit is an amazing father. He isn't perfect, but no one is. In most forms of media the dad is always absent, lazy, doesn't know anything about their kids, doesn't parent, etc. The list goes on and on. It is refreshing to have a father who is loving, learns from mistakes, teaches lessons to his kids, etc. They did a really good balance for a kid's show.

Honestly I love Bandit as a dad because we see that he sees the girls on the as same eye level as him. Never using baby talk or undermining/ invalidating their feelings because they’re still kids. Its really refreshing to see an active and nice dad because we are so used to dads being dead beats or assholes.

Bandit isn't perfect and that's what makes the show so good. It's real and honest

THE NSR OUTRO MUSIC!!! LETS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!

This video honestly wouldn’t exist if people didn’t overthink and obsess over his small mishaps.🙄

God forbid a character have flaws and children be shown that their parents are also humans with faults

Hi i love you videos and Bluey too so your channel is so good for me

You’re telling me these people have likely seen other kids shows like peppa pig and decided “oh yeah I’m gonna hate on the well-written dad.”?

Bandit exists so that parents can learn from the characters’ mistakes as much as their kids. He’s supposed to be a flawed character

He's the best! That robotic claw machine would never become a bad father mate.

Perfection is unachievable. If we can learn to accept that fact, our lives could be better. It’s a good thing that fictional parents have flaws. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t feel right.

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I think Bandit has proven himself to be willing to reflect on his actions that can indirectly influence his kids. His kids take those lessons to heart and have to learn that acting entitled, arrogant or underhanded is not only toxic but can have long-term repercussions into adulthood. Bandit himself had to learn that his cruel teasing ends up hurting people and that he felt under appreciated as a kid. It makes his kinder actions as an adult stick out even more. The Sign is him taking responsibility for what he values most: his family. Given the Australian economic landscape, most people can’t afford housing and most of the land mass is inhospitable due to the deserts surrounding the land being not built for living. Jobs are replaceable but family trust isn’t. Though given the idealistic nature of Bluey, things tend to work out for various reasons in their world. Bandit is a great dad because he takes responsibility for his actions and really does have his children’s best interest in helping them be good kind people.

Meanwhile Dr. Doofenshmirtz’s parents being absent during his birth

Bandit is flawed, he's not perfect, and yeah he made mistakes. It doesn't make him a bad father! The title bad father goes to the neglectful, the abusive, the absent, the emotionally detached! Bandit is none of those things!