Fans are convinced that Bluey could be on the verge of becoming the next Simpson after the hit Australian TV show preached the future in its State of Origin episode.
ABC’s popular children’s program has recently released its own ‘The decision maker’ season 3 episode, where he showed Queensland winning the Origin series.
The home-themed episode received critical acclaim in Australia and abroad, and was especially celebrated by the cameo appearance of rugby league icon Ray Warren as the commentator. television listened to in the background of the episode.
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“The winner takes it all tonight,” Warren is heard saying at the start of the episode, who also had brief audio cameos from Maroons icon Johnathan Thurston as an expert analyst.
The episode was released before the start of the 2022 series, and the show successfully predicted that the series would reach the end of Game 3 to decide.
Ray Warren, Johnathan Thurston and Gordon Bray appear in the episode. Bluey images – Photo provided. Source: Supplied Bluey images – Photo provided. Source: Supplied
The episode comments on roller coaster fans in Queensland and NSW who support it before the final siren sounds.
He presents Bluey watching the big game at home on his TV screen while his friend ‘Chucky’ tries to figure out if it’s better to support the blue team or the “purple” team.
The game is played with NSW dominating the first half and taking the lead in the half, as the Blues did on Wednesday night when they led 12-10 at the break.
The episode also makes a special mention of Queensland being denied an attempt by the video referee. Fans were taken aback during the epic contest on Wednesday night when Queensland was denied attempts to review the bunker on seven occasions.
Status versus status.Source: Supplied
“Wait a second, the referee wanted to check if ‘Flogger’ obstructed the defense on the pass. Here you go, don’t try,” Warren was heard saying in a comment.
Bluey’s outraged father, Bandit, responds to the episode: “Don’t try! What’s wrong?”
Queensland fans are called “a lot of cheats” by an NSW fan.
One of the biggest controversies early in the game was the cancellation of a Queensland attempt after a forward pass from debutant Tom Dearden. Queensland’s supporting characters on the show also argue over a pass that “advanced a mile” during the half-time break.
As happened in real life on Wednesday, the episode shows Queensland returning in the second half to win.
Some fans are even convinced that the TV show could have successfully predicted the final score of 22-12 (if you glance at the eyes).
There were too many cases where “The Decider” reflected real life for fans not to make the connection.
Brisbane Lions captain Tom Rockliff was one of the first to point this out.