Bandit Heeler

Dr. Bandit Custard Heeler, PhD (born 25 October 1978) is a main character in the Australian preschool animated television series Bluey, created by Joe Brumm. Employed as an archaeologist, he enjoys playing with his daughters, Bluey and Bingo, and takes seriously any role he is assigned in a game they devise despite often being seen as reluctant to play along. He often teaches life lessons to his daughters while he plays with them, but this strains his public relationship with them in some episodes.

Bandit has been acclaimed as a positive father figure by many parents and critics.

Bandit was born on 25 October 1978, and the older brother of Stripe Heeler, all sons of Bob and Chris Heeler. He claims that he first met his wife Chilli while on holiday as a child, but Chilli has no memory of this meeting

Bandit and Chilli's first child, Bluey, was born at some later time; At an unknown point, Bandit and Chilli had a miscarriage.