<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - Exclusive: Watch a clip from season 3 of the Emmy Award-winning animated series 'Bluey'"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2024/02/12/bluey-book-reads-new-youtube-series/72577798007/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Millions of "Bluey" fans</a> were moved to tears when the Heeler family decided against selling their home in a recent supersized episode of the popular children's show.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The episode's resounding message: Homes are more than four walls and a floor; they're a place where memories are made.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">But <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/04/04/zillow-million-dollar-cities-report/73095741007/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Zillow</a> doesn't think moving away has to be all bad for parents and their little ones. In fact, "it might just be a good thing," a narrator says in <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ1evssA-Hg" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">a new advertisement</a> from the real-estate marketing company that coyly references the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2024/04/15/bluey-the-sign-special-episode-ending/73327358007/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">"Bluey" episode "The Sign."</a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The episode, which at 28 minutes was<a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2024/02/26/bluey-special-the-sign-new-episode-ghostbasket-release-dates/72747438007/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a"> about four times as long as a regular 7-minute outing</a>, aired April 14 on Disney+. Days later, Zillow senior vice president Ravi Kandikonda said the company began working on the ad with Ryan Reynolds' production company Maximum Effort to "reassure families that moving doesn’t have to be so sad and it can, in fact, be wonderful.”</p><figure class="gnt_em gnt_em_img"><img class="gnt_em_img_i" style="height:372px" fetchpriority="high" data-g-r="lazy" src="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/04/26/USAT/73467834007-image-001.jpg?width=660&height=372&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp" srcset="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/04/26/USAT/73467834007-image-001.jpg?width=1320&height=744&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp 2x" decoding="async" alt="A new Zillow ad produced by Ryan Reynold's company Maximum Effort references an emotional episode of "Bluey" in which the Heelers are considering a big move."/></figure><h2 class="gnt_ar_b_mt">Zillow references emotional 'Bluey' episode in new ad</h2><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Zillow's new ad prominently features four adult Australian Cattle dogs who bear a suspiciously-close resemblance to the Blue Heelers of the cartoon who live in Brisbane.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The advertisement even goes so far as to include narration from Australian voice actor<a target="_blank" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6441309/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a"> Dan Brumm</a>, who voices Uncle Stripe on "Bluey."</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"Despite how a certain children's show made us all feel recently," Brumm says in the ad, moving can be "a chance to make new memories, a fresh start, a whole new chapter."</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong>Watch the Zillow ad here:</strong></p><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em_vp gnt_em_vp__yt" data-g-r="vp_tp" data-c-vt="youtube" aria-label="YouTube video" aria-live="polite"><a target="_blank" class="gnt_em_vp_a gnt_em_vp__yt_a" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ1evssA-Hg" rel="nofollow noopener" data-g-r="vp_tg" data-c-vpattrs="{"videoId":"bQ1evssA-Hg", "id":"73467605007"}" aria-label="Play YouTube video"><img alt="" class="gnt_em_vp_img gnt_em_vp_img__yn" data-g-r="lazy" src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bQ1evssA-Hg/maxresdefault.jpg" onload="if(this.naturalWidth<200){this.setAttribute('onload','this.classList.remove(\'gnt_em_vp_img__yn\')');this.src=" https:="" decoding="async"/><svg class="gnt_em_vp_svg"><use xlink:href="#gnt_svg_video_play"/></svg></a></aside><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">“Like parents everywhere,...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2024/04/26/zillow-bluey-the-sign-ad-ryan-reynolds/73467539007/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
