Dr Bandit Custard Heeler was born on 25 October 1978 and is a main character in the Australian preschool animated television series Bluey, created by Joe Brumm.
16 Facts About Bandit Heeler
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Bandit Heeler often teaches life lessons to his daughters while he plays with them, but this strains his public relationship with them in some episodes.
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Bandit Heeler and Chilli's first child, Bluey, was born sometime later; their second child, Bingo, was born two years after Bluey.
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Years later, Bandit Heeler received a job offer that would give him better pay, but would require him and his family to move out of Queensland.
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Bandit Heeler enjoys watching cricket and playing squash and touch football.
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Bandit Heeler has a habit of making "dad jokes" in front of his children.
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Bandit Heeler often is seen reading the newspaper and has a habit of using child-friendly expletives, most of which relate to food.
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Bandit Heeler is frequently seen doing housework and has a doctorate in archaeology.
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Bandit was based on Brumm's own life; he modeled the character after a Blue Heeler owned by a friend of his father, and, as with the character, was the middle child in his family tree.
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Bandit Heeler's middle name, Custard, originates from the band of the same name, of which his voice actor David McCormack is a part.
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Bandit Heeler has appeared in most of the episodes of Bluey that have aired during its run, and has appeared in most merchandise related to the series.
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Bandit Heeler was the subject of three books, My Dad is Awesome, The Big Blue Guy's Book of Dad Goals, and an entry in the Bluey: Little Library series.
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Bandit Heeler appears in the stage show Bluey's Big Play and the video game Bluey: The Videogame.
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Bandit Heeler has been praised as a positive father figure and commended for his patient nature, willingness to do housework and play with his children.
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Doug Hendrie of The Sydney Morning Herald claimed that Bandit Heeler was designed to improve Australian dads.
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Bandit Heeler is considered one of the greatest cartoon fathers of all time.