Most Important Bluey Character (Perfect Representation of ADHD / Autism)

Heya Buddies, today we will be reviewing and analyzing the Bluey Character Jack and the perfect representation the studio achieves of positively showcasing childhood neurodevelopmental conditions of ADHD / Autism. Bluey season 3 Disney Plus Review analysis

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[Pugly]

This video is essentially my love letter to the Bluey studio for their creation of the character Jack, and the amazing lengths they went to allow him to be such an amazing catalyst for representing these conditions. Also did you know that the original Austrailian version has a different line for Jack when explaining his problems? Its included in the video courtesy of Music Master (his page is in the description of this video), tell me if you hear it :)

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[MatthaisUnidostres]

It's important that Jack became a reoccurring character where he's accepted by the other kids. If he had been just a one time character, he would've been a token and hollow. Seeing him again and again is good representation.

[paigelego]

That little pause before Jack says “I don’t know” breaks my heart every time. I can’t count how many times I felt that exact emotion in that exact way before finally being diagnosed as adhd at 25

[cromulentwords]

My husband has ADHD and a jack russell terrier. When I first watched the show, I told him there was a character with ADHD and to guess which breed it was. He guessed correctly at once.

[CaittyCatDraws]

Honestly as a adult now who was diagnosed with ADHD at around Jack's age. I am happy to see more positive rep when it comes to ADHD in kids media. I honestly wished I had someone like Jack as a kid in the cartoons I watched.

[voilet-the-non-violet-vulpix]

I also think it’s very cute that they managed to show that a lot of neurodivergent folk find somebody & just _click, _ despite often not being able to socialize well.
I know it’s not exclusive to us, but I do feel it’s either more common or something we latch onto much harder.
Every once in a while, there’s just someone who makes you feel less alone. Because even if your family is supportive, being obviously different from them, like Jack seems to be, will be a slightly lonely existence.

[inconveniencestore_]

The way Jack says "I don't know" is exactly how I used to react to things. I'm autistic myself and have ADHD as well as OCD, so I often find myself feeling a bit sorrowful over what I can't do. I wish I'd had Jack and characters like him as a kid.

[tristantries]

There was a mom in the library today who went up to another mom and asked if the little girl in pink was her daughter. She then said "my little girl is autistic and this is the first time in a very long time that someone wanted to play with her" and she burst into tears and they hugged. I hope they exchange numbers and get to have more play dates
Edit: on a side note I was spanked every single day of my child hood and constantly told to behave and was yelled at a lot. I was diagnosed as ADHD and my parents had no idea how to handle it and rejected my diagnosis for my entire childhood. Even as an adult I've spent most of it unmedicated and struggling. I'm glad the narrative is changing and the approaches are changing.

[theBeastcub]

37 year old woman here diagnosed with ADHD in the first grade, and Jack's episode made me cry, and what hit most was him knowing something is "wrong" with him, knowing he does things he can't seem to control/change, because it is such a frustration to this day that I KNOW I have these idiosyncrasies that get in my way, or that bother other people/make people judge me, but they always start happening without me realizing they are happening.

[Snarl_Marx]

I remember when I first watched this episode with my daughter and husband. It definitely got a good tear out him, and he rarely gets emotional about such things. He struggled with ADHD as a kid, growing up in a family that was generally uninformed about such conditions, only really having the language to describe it in adulthood.

[TheWolfDawg]

For me, the worst part of ADHD is being so functional yet not. Like, I can process things fairly normally...just sometimes my brain decides it doesn't want to be here anymore and now I don't know what's going on.

[maplemaple]

I have ADHD and while I was watching this with my little sister, I immediately recognized the ADHD representation from the beginning. Jack's behavior portrayed here is very similar to my own experiences when I was a little girl.

[Universeofmany]

As I have said in discussion with my mother about other neurodivergent representation (as well as my various "This character is neurodivergent" head canons for various media), while overdiagnosis IS a thing in real life, there is no such thing as too much quality representation of neurodivergence and I ADORE Jack as an example of what happens when a child with neurodivergence finds an environment where they are given the support and tools they need to excel and thrive.
And one thing I appreciate with Jack is that even the characters who aren't precisely part of his friend group (such as Bluey and Coco) do treat him with kindness and respect because they see him as a peer who simply is different and different isn't bad.

[J_BiggityBar]

As somone who suffers from ADHD, and possibly autism, the first time i watched the episode Army it immediately resinated with me. I already felt a bit seen and emotional by the end, but the final blow that really got me was when Jacks mom said "wow that was a lot of detail". Even to this day as an adult I find myself going into "too much" detail when talking about things or when asking about things. Also the issues with memory is unfortantly too real. I long since accepted ill never be able to remember certain things, atleast not at will. Things like lyrics to my fav songs or clebertires were always hard for me growing up and made connecting with ppl harder. The info is in my brain, i know it is, but I cant always access it when I want to.

[Reioa]

Jack running to the chopper saying he can run because he's a Jack Russel just makes me cry ugly for a few minutes because he's so proud and had such a successful day

[TheSamuelCish]

"Frustration from a sudden change in plans." YES! I had never had a way of describing my feelings regarding when this happened to me but it's so nice to hear it said. I've got ADHD and it can be genuinely debilitating.

This episode made me feel so seen. I wish something like Bluey, especially this episode, was around when I was a kid.

[pinkdruid]

As someone who has an ADHD/ASD diagnosis I say without shame that this fictional cartoon dog made a 24 year old woman absolutely break down sobbing.

My first introduction to him was a clip a friend of mine sent to me. It was of him and his little brother sitting in the car. Jack’s dad was reminding him over and over to sit still and asking him whether or not he’d forgotten things, of which he had forgotten them or he couldn’t remember. He was kicking his legs, looking out the window, humming. Finally, his younger sibling asked him why he couldn’t behave, to which he looked upset and answered that he didn’t know.


I am the oldest sibling in my family, with two completely neurotypical younger siblings.

This scene, this one scene, was literally like watching my childhood play out before my eyes. That experience was REAL. I was Jack, and that little baby dog in the car seat scolding him WAS my younger siblings. That scene was every single day of my life from the ages of 3 to 16 (which was when I got my diagnosis).

Never in my LIFE have I had THAT kind of experience watching a cartoon. I’ve related to characters before sure. I’ve also cried watching cartoons before. But never have I seen a character who was THAT spot on to how I was as a kid. The only other scene I can think of was the one in Finding Dory when she apologized to her parents for having a bad memory and they forgave her and told her they were proud of her anyways.

I can only imagine how I may have felt if I had seen this character as a kid. Representation is so important.

[austinmullins]

The remembering fun thing, I can tell that I have adhd and I can't remember much in history, I don't find it fun, but I can remember a lot of science which I find really fun and exciting

[liferestarter.]

I'm not going to lie. I've never felt so bothered that I went undiagnosed with my ADHD till early adulthood. But seeing Jack say "Something's wrong with me" near damn made me tear up. I remember being isolated, I remember expressing too much of myself and scaring away other kids. At that moment, I really just wanted to reach out to Jack and give him a hug like I wish someone did for me.




DAMNIT THIS IS A KID'S SHOW.

[AdaSoto]

As an adult with ADHD, when Jack's dad go lost I went 'Oh, that's where he gets it from'. Because I have to use GPS the first dozen times I go anywhere and if for some reason I don't have to go to that place for a few months there is a chance I will forget and have to start with the GPS again.