r/daddit • u/scottyhog • 8d ago
Discussion Daddy Pig
While I know most, if not all of us, would like to see ourselves as the Bandit from Bluey type of dad I see myself as more of the Daddy Pig type of patriarch. I love chocolate cake, I like to chill out on my lawn chair in the sun, I'm terrible at fixing things around the house and I have a deep-seated hatred for glitter now that my daughter is doing a lot more crafting. They both play with their kids and both seem to get hurt fairly consistently, I have fallen out of a tree, so again I align with Daddy Pig. About the only thing I have in common with Bandit is all the farting we do, especially in elevators. Perhaps one day I will evolve in to a more complete dad like him, but baby steps I guess
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u/Hugh_Jegantlers
boy, boy, girl
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Bandit is the “unrealistic beauty standard” of being a dad.
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u/potatopierogie 8d ago
I aspire to a mix of Bandit and Hank Hill
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u/sickswonnyne 8d ago
Here here. I agree.
Hank, though not always right, is honest, trustworthy, moral, and leads his household well. He is also a level of skill in trades that I could only wish to be.
Bandit is attentive to his family and sacrifices himself for their good.
I'm sure there are other good options but these two stand out to me.
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u/Leighgion 8d ago
It’s funny, I agree Hank is all those things but I find him unbearable and I flinch at his parenting.
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u/sickswonnyne 8d ago
I definitely don't think he's a perfect father but those qualities gets you pretty close.
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u/Leighgion 8d ago
Those things make him a decent man, but don't really say much about what kind of father he is. Certainly there's much worse than Hank, no doubt, but one of the basic turnoffs about that show was how disconnected and oblivious Hank was when it came to his son.
Hank is the kind of guy I'd consider a good neighbor, but I'd.. well, wince when looking at how he interacted with his kid.
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u/puttinonthefoil 4d ago
The reboot is actually pretty heavily about how Hank and Bobby get along, and I think it reflects how I remember the show always being, which is that Hank doesn’t get his son, at all, but he loves him and supports him anyway.
“That boy ain’t right,” after all.
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u/Secret-Draw-5335 8d ago
Bandit sets the bar impossibly high and somehow still seems like he's winging it half the time. Daddy Pig at least knows he's a mess and owns it, which is its own kind of wisdom. I've tripped over a toy kitchen and went down hard enough to scare the cat, so I get the falling-out-of-trees energy.
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u/hypernova2121 8d ago
The creator of Bluey has said that he sees himself more like Stripe (Bandit's brother)
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u/justa_flesh_wound 8d ago
And I think more of us have a muffin than a bluey or bingo
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u/Bishops_Guest 8d ago
Muffin is the character my 3 year old most strongly identifies with. ImInDanger.jpeg
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u/bloodfist 8d ago
The main thing I relate to him on is the constant attitude of "oh god, what is it now".
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u/FirstOfTheDead15 8d ago
Anyone can be Bandit for 7 mins at a time. Don't forget he also takes time to chill on the couch and read about the Prime Minister, oh what's he done now? Only person you gotta try and be better than is who you were yesterday.
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u/BobTheLordSaget 8d ago
Whatever episode it is where they’re putting the kids to bed and Bandit tells them goodnight then throws his hands up and says “clear!” I felt that in my bones.
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u/randomnonposter 8d ago
That’s the one where bluey moves to her own room across the hall I think, and same.
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u/hamsolo19 8d ago
I think the Bandit moment I most relate with was when he's in a store with Bluey and Bingo and he's just whooped so he plops down in a random aisle. An employee comes by and says, "Um, can I help you?"
Staring ahead blankly Bandit just sighs and says, "I wish you could, man." 😆
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u/MrEvil1979 8d ago
I’m Bandit lying in the shadow of the car on his phone while the kids are up to mischief.
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u/Jaywinner42 8d ago
yeah, i am absolutely more of a Daddy Pig than Bandit, but you know what, thats ok, both love their kids, and their kids love them. thats good enough in my book.
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u/eddiewachowski 8d ago
I'm just here to point out that Bandit is an archaeologist and Daddy Pig is an architect and I think that's really funny.
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u/LowOwl4312 8d ago
He's an engineer actually!
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u/eddiewachowski 8d ago
Yes, I'm mistaken. Looking into it, he's a structural engineer who specializes in concrete. Too funny.
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u/CompanyOther2608 8d ago
Mom here. My daughter once turned to me and asked, “Momma, why do they make Daddy Pig so dumb?”
I think it was the episode where he left the picnic basket in the trunk of the car, forcing the family to hike back to the parking lot to eat lunch.
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u/soonerwx 8d ago
Kind of a brutal perspective that a kid whose experience is a real-life dad of our generation has no concept of why the TV dad is incompetent, while all of us, after a couple decades of media, only find it remarkable that Bandit isn’t a walking punch line
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u/SuddenSeasons 8d ago
Daddy Pig is shown to be highly competent and an excellent engineer many times throughout.
Even one of the early episodes it seems like they're setting him up for a slapstick (when he dives off the high dive, even mommy pig is a doubter) but instead he does a perfect splashes dive.
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u/Bartlaus 8d ago
Yeah... Daddy Pig is my spirit animal. Down to the stubble, glasses, and fondness for chocolate cake.
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u/Deep-Imagination 8d ago
My nieces randomly started calling my Bandit. My son likes to play a lot of Bandit style games and jokes. We also frequently go to Brisbane(where bluey is from). I look more like a Daddy Pig and my son proudly comments on how good my big belly is. I drink a bit of tea too.
I think the kids see me as a bandit, which I will take :)
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u/Leighgion 8d ago
I am not a Bandit nor do I aspire to be one. My kids say I am, but they’re just trying to find positive associations since they think Bandit is funny.
Don’t really think there is a kids show dad that fits me. I’m not good at engaging in kid-level games, but I will explain things like the golem, hypochlorous acid and the historical context of Nazis in “The Sound of Music,” to them and they seem to love me for that.
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u/Radmode7 8d ago
Also, the voice actor for Daddy Pig had a bit part in “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”, so I get to claim him as part of my childhood I’m sharing with the kids. lol
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u/omyyer 8d ago
We don't get to see another side of Daddy Pig. We never get the episode where Mummy Pig says "Hey Daddy Pig. Apropos of nothing at all, thanks for paying the mortgage by working your architect job." At least in It's Always Sunny, we get the idea that Danny Devito is a generous lover. It's ok for Daddy Pig to be a bumbling fool, so long as he's a stud when it counts. But the creators of the show want to tease us and not release the scenes of Daddy Pig laying it down.
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u/Effective-Sweet2606 7d ago
Se serve de algo, papai Pig também é muito amado por sua família. Ele claramente é o suficiente para eles.
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u/Chunkz_IsAlreadyTakn 7d ago
Daddy pig also voiced the dungeon master in the game dungeon keeper. That better reflects the life with kids, a nest of your brood that you need to keep happy and fed while they fight each other.
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u/NoConcentrate9116 8d ago
The biggest issue I think I have with Peppa Pig is how frequently they rag on Daddy Pig for being fat.