Bluey and Jenny

Season one Episode eight: The Daily Life of Mackenzie

A Blue Heeler was shown in her bed as a German Shepherd about her age jumped on top of her, making her laugh with upbeat music playing. "Bluey and Jenny, (Bluey and Jenny fall out of bed while laughing) they're rarely seen without the other." Bluey and Jenny are shown to be in school wth a red heeler riding on Bluey's back, and a younger German Shepherd on Jenny's back. "Both are older sisters, (Jenny lifts her leg with Bluey gagging while laughing, Bingo just gagging, and the other German Shepherd laughing) as well as best friends forever."

Bluey and Jenny were shown to be walking through the forest with Bluey looking around in amazement. "Bluey is the truster, (Jenny is shown slashing at leaves with her sword) Jenny is the tomboy, (Bluey and Jenny find an amazing view of their town and look over it) they can make quite the pair." Bluey and Jenny are shown to be playing with Bingo and the younger German Shepherd as Jenny cuts down a bag of candy from a rope. "Also making things fun for Bingo and Chase, (All four of the kids laugh) with all the time they share."

Bluey and Jenny are shown to be decorating some kind of tree house in a backyard. "It's not imaginary, (Bluey and Jenny look out the window with Jenny giving a peace sign and Bluey leaning on the window) it's Bluey and Jenny.

Mackenzie was sleeping in his bed with his alarm suddenly going off, leaving him to wake up and barely able to see anything. After a few seconds, he finally shut his alarm off and put his slippers on after hopping out of his bed, heading down stairs after leaving his room. As he went downstairs, he heard his mother calling to him from the kitchen. "Morning Mackenzie!"

"Morning mum!" Mackenzie went into the kitchen after catching the delicious smell of bacon for breakfast, only to find his little brother drawing in some kind of book, much to his concern as he took it away. "Manny, what're you doing!?"

"They fowgot the colors so I'm putting them in." Manny explained, leaving Mackenzie frustrated as he tried to get the colors out of the pictures, revealing that the book was about dinosaurs.

"It's supposed to be like that Manny. That's how they made it." Mackenzie sighed as he continued to get the colors out with his mother giving him and Manny their breakfast. "Thanks mum." Mackenzie started eating his breakfast with Manny getting started on his as well, making a big mess out of his chocolate milk. This got on Mackenzie's nerves since it started touching his book. "Stop it Manny!"

Manny laughed a bit as their mother came over and started wiping down the table. "Manny, don't play with your food, and Mackenzie, try not to shout at your brother."

"It's not MY fault. He's doing this to annoy me." Manny started eating his bacon with Mackenzie groaning as he bit into his bacon as well.

Mackenzie and Manny were riding in the car with their dad driving them to school as Mackenzie felt his stomach growl a bit. He lifted his leg and cut a bacon scented fart, one that was much louder than intended and caught the attention of Manny (PHHT). "Dad, Mackenzie made a stinky!"

"That's for pooping Manny." Mackenzie corrected, annoyed that Manny even bothered to mention it. "And I'm pretty sure dad heard it, so you didn't have to announce its existence."

Mackenzie's dad spoke up to break the two apart before the fighting got worse, knowing how serious it could end up getting. "Easy you two. Mackenzie, if you're gonna fart then fine, but at least roll a window down, and Manny, you don't have to tell on your brother for doing something that everyone does."

Mackenzie rolled his window down with Manny taunting him playfully in a singsong voice. "You got in twouble."

"We BOTH got called out you little sh!t." Mackenzie realized what he just said and covered his mouth, noticing the stern look his father was giving him through the windshield. Mackenzie then looked at the audience out the window and gave them a look that was screaming 'GET ME OUTTA HERE!'.

Mackenzie's father was dropping Mackenzie off at his school, letting him out while warning him about what would happen after school. "Have a good day Mackenzie. But remember that we'll be talking about our little incident in the car when we get home." Mackenzie saw Manny taunting him and took a block out of his backpack, throwing it at Manny and hitting him in the forehead. "Mackenzie!" Manny started crying with their father getting frustrated while trying to keep himself from blowing up and getting Mackenzie his block back. "You're lucky that wasn't in the eye."

Mackenzie walked into the school building with his father driving off, leaving Mackenzie to enter the classroom with pure frustration. He threw his bag into his cubby and kicked it with Honey taking notice. "What's wrong Mackenzie?"

"What's wrong is that my little brother hasn't died in a car crash yet." Mackenzie replied bluntly, shocking Honey as the Border Collie then sighed with discomfort. "You're an only child Honey. You wouldn't get it."

Honey shrugged, feeling that Mackenzie would feel better if they just did something before class started. "You wanna just sit together and do something productive?"

"Yes, that's exactly what I need right now." Mackenzie answered with a smile, walking off with Honey as he expressed his former annoyance. "Also, if you DO get a sibling, never swear at them. It won't go down well with your parents."

Mackenzie was building some kind of tower with his blocks, one that looked heavily organized and well set up. Honey was seen writing something down, and it was revealed to be a test of Mackenzie's skills at organization and building. She looked at the tower and seemed impressed, taking notice to how Mackenzie was getting better and better. "You're getting there Mackenzie. You'll master this in no time."

Mackenzie smiled upon hearing that, and then he saw Bluey and Jenny talking and wondered if he would have a better shot than he usually does. "You think I'll be able to do it today?"

Honey looked over at Bluey and Jenny while also making sure the tower was in order, adjusting it to make sure it was all in shape as she answered Mackenzie's question. "So long as you don't freak out or do anything stupid. Just talk to her like a normal person."

Mackenzie stood up and breathed in with his nose and out from his mouth, walking over to Bluey and Jenny as Bluey was explaining something. "So my cousins are gonna be coming over three days from now. I know Muffin will be excited to see you."

"Doesn't bother me. I love the kid." Jenny replied, and then she and Bluey noticed Mackenzie and spoke up in a playful manner. "Hey dork. Ya need something?"

"Nothing from you for starters." Mackenzie snarked, and Jenny shrugged, hopping out of her chair to get a soda from her bag as Mackenzie spoke up. "So. Bluey. How's...life doing?"

Bluey was shown to be drawing a picture of her with Jenny and three others as she replied. "It's going well, thanks." Bluey then started to show concern as she got to the chase. "So if you don't mind me asking, I heard you and your little brother Manny got into a fight before school started when you were talking to Honey. Is everything alright?"

"Yeah, nothing serious. Just Manny being a brat as usual." Mackenzie felt it wouldn't hurt to ask for sibling advice, looking back at Honey, who gave a thumbs up as Bluey giggled a bit before Mackenzie looked back at her. "You get along well with your little sister Bingo, right? How do you make it work?"

Bluey finished her drawing while also having the perfect tip for Mackenzie. "Well usually I just come up with a game for us to play. When your younger sibling's bothering you, it's usually their way of wanting your attention."

Mackenzie thought for a moment and figured that could be accurate to how Manny's behaving. "Yeah, that makes sense. Got any games that'd work for Manny?"

"Oh, I have tons of ideas." Honey nodded with a smile before going back to the castle, glad to see Mackenzie improving his friendship with Bluey.

Mackenzie was eating lunch with Honey as he saw Bluey and Jenny chatting together at another table. Honey could see how despondent he felt about his lack of chance at getting together with her, putting a paw on his shoulder for support. "Keep in mind Mackenzie, you two are still only six years old. There'll be plenty of time for her to develop feelings for you."

"I know, but it's obvious she'll develop them for Jenny instead." Mackenzie responded, biting into his chicken strip and continuing after he swallowed it. "Why can't she just see that I like her and stop spending every second with that broken, washed up, annoying, (Starts crushing his chicken strip and startles Honey) waste of-"

Mackenzie suddenly felt a massive strike in his groin, making him flinch and then fall to the ground, where he moaned in pain. Jenny then came up and took one of his chicken strips as she expressed her anger towards him. "What do I say every time you say that!? (Smiles as she looks at Honey) "Hey Honey." Jenny walked off with Honey helping Mackenzie up as he moaned in pain again.

Mackenzie was watching Bluey and Jenny get into Bluey's car as Honey, who's sitting next to him on the curb, pats his back for support. Just then, Mackenzie's dad came up in the car with Mackenzie standing up and nodding to Honey to wish him luck, which she gave him a thumbs up on as she waved goodbye to him and went over to her own parents when they came up. "Bye Mackenzie!"

"Bye Honey!" Mackenzie hugged his dad, who seemed to not be mad about what happened earlier in the car. "Hey dad."

"How was school today squirt?"

"Oh it sucked. Nothing new."

"Yeah, I figured." Mackenzie got in the car with his dad driving off as he brought up what happened before school started. "Now your mother came home early from work today, so don't forget that we'll be talking about you swearing at your brother, and when you threw that block at him."

"Yeah yeah, I know." Mackenzie sassed, looking to the other side of the car and noticing that Manny wasn't there. "Is Manny at home with mum?"

"Yep. I was planning on waiting for you to be home as well to tell her but Manny blabbed, so now she has to talk to him about tattling." Mackenzie groaned in annoyance at Manny tattling on him, knowing how badly he wanted to get him in trouble.

Manny was at home with his mother as she told him about how it was wrong to tattle on people. "And that's why you should only tell on someone if it's absolutely necessary, which it wasn't here, since your father and I were going to talk to Mackenzie when he came home from school. (Door opens) Oh, speak of the devil." Mackenzie and his dad came into the room with their mother getting up to greet her husband. "Hey Mitch."

"Hey Margret." Mitch and Margret kissed with Mitch then picking Manny up off the couch. "Alright Manny, go play with your toys now. We gotta talk to your brother."

"Okay." Manny ran into the play room, looking at all the toys and wondering what he should play with first. "Should I pwetend to be a wrestler, or a superhewo, or should I just make something out of blocks?"

Mackenzie was talking to his parents with Margret speaking up first to make sure she got his side of the story. "Alright Mackenzie, now Manny tells me you did those things to him unprovoked. What's YOUR side of the story?"

Mackenzie sighed, feeling it couldn't hurt to be honest about the whole thing. "Well the first time was because I felt a fart coming, and I thought I'd sneak it by, ya know? SBD."

Margret snickered a bit, knowing where Mackenzie got that from. "Yeah, that's happened to me a couple times."

"So anyway, then Manny called me out on it in a stupid way, and then when he teased me for getting told off for it, I...called him the s word. (Margret becomes surprised) For poop." Mackenzie explained, and then he stated why he did the second one. "And then he tauned me when I was getting dropped off when dad couldn't see, so then I threw a block from out of my bag at him without thinking."

Margret nodded with understanding as Mitch scratched his head a bit, starting to regret how stern he was with Mackenzie. Margret then spoke to Mackenzie gently as she explained why his methods were wrong to use. "I know having a little sibling is hard Mackenzie. Believe me, I'm the oldest with FOUR brothers and a sister. But you should never try to hurt your brother like that."

"I just didn't want him getting away with it." Mackenzie replied as he crossed his arms with frustration, and his mother showed him all the patience in the world.

"And that's not anything to be ashamed of." Margret assured Mackenzie, knowing he wouldn't learn anything if he was physically or verbally abused. "But next time, it would be best to tell me or your father. I promise we'll believe you. Tonight though, you'll both have to miss desert." Mackenzie looked away from his mother with frustration upon hearing that, leading to Margret reaching in for a hug. Mackenzie opened one eye and then smiled as he granted her the hug she wanted. She then pulled him away and pointed to the playroom with her thumb. "Now go reconcile with your brother, would ya?"

Mackenzie nodded and ran into the playroom, spotting Manny looking for a sidekick to help him take down the main threat. Mackenzie grabbed some superhero clothes and walked up to him with a smile. "Room for one more?"

Manny saw Mackenzie dressed in red, while he was dressed in black, smiling as he answered the question. "Sure. This was getting a bit bowing anyway." Mackenzie and Manny started playing together, glad to not be at each other's throats for once.

Mackenzie was getting ready for bed after having finished his dinner and brushing his teeth. He felt that he was making a bit of progress today, since he was finally able to talk to Bluey without getting into a fight with Jenny or looking like a total creep. When he got into his room, he looked underneath his pillow and pulled out a picture of six kids: Bluey, Jenny, Rusty, Chloe, Honey, and Mackenzie. This indicates that the six of them are friends in school, just that some of them are greater friends than others, like Bluey is with Jenny, and Mackenzie is with Honey.

Mackenzie hopped into his bed and put the picture back as Margret came in to kiss him goodnight, which she did, making him smile as she spoke up. "You did good today kid. I'm proud of you." Mackenzie hugged his mother goodnight, allowing her to leave the room and give him some words of wisdom. "You'll get there one day. I just know it."

Margret closed the door with Mackenzie smiling as he looked out the window, knowing that one day, he would be able to get closer to Bluey. He felt that it wouldn't be in the way he hoped, but he would keep trying until he got there, knowing that there was still a chance. There would be points where he doubted himself, and his insecurities would get the better of him, but he knew he couldn't just give up. After looking at the moon with a smile, he went to sleep and dreamt the night away, letting the screen fade to black, ending the episode with a soft note.