History Recap / BlueyDanceMode

* AnAesop:
** Respecting what someone wants isn't always as simple as them saying "yes" or "no". Sometimes one has to read between the lines, especially when it comes to [[ExtremeDoormat people who don't know how to voice their wishes]].
** Don't duck out on a promise you made your kids. Or anyone, really.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Bingo communicating with her family using the Yes-No toy is somewhat reminiscent of an autistic (or non-verbal, or language-delayed) person using an AAC (augmentative and alternative communication) device.

%%* FirstAppearance: Of Postie.

* AnythingButThat: Bluey and Bingo are eager for ''any'' chance to play Dance Mode with their parents in public. Bandit and Chili? Not so much.

* ItsAllMyFault: Bandit feels terrible for eating Bingo's chip. Chili blames herself too (even saying this trope word for word) because she thought Bingo was done eating so she let Bandit have the chip.

** Don't duck out on a promise you made your kids.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Bingo communicating with her family using the Yes-No toy is somewhat reminiscent of an autistic (or mute, or language-delayed) child using an AAC (augmentative and alternative communication) device.

!!This episode provides examples of
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The Heelers have just finished eating at a restaurant, but Bandit eats Bingo's last chip (French fry) thinking she was finished. The parents say they will do anything to make it up for Bingo, so Bluey suggests a game called "Dance Mode". Bingo gleefully accepts, but the parents are not keen.

Bandit allows the girls three "Dance Modes", then they all cross the rode. Bluey puts Chilli in "Dance Mode" (commands her to dance) while they're crossing. Then, Bingo decides that the next "Dance Mode" should be hers. They go into a post office, and Bluey asks if Bingo will use her "Dance Mode" now. Bingo says she wants to "save it for someone special". While Bandit goes to renew his driver's license, Chilli finds a musical card and begs Bingo to put Bandit in "Dance Mode". Bingo doesn't want to, but feels pressured to do it anyway, so she does.

Then, Bluey uses the money to buy a toy called a "Yes-No button", which has two buttons marked "Y" and "N" that say, "Yes" and "No" when pushed. Bingo doesn't want the Yes-No button, but she reluctantly agrees to buy it. However, in the car, the rest of the Heelers notice that she's sad. They ask her why, and she admits (using the Yes-No toy because she feels too sad to talk) that she didn't really want the Yes-No button and the reason she's sad is people took things from her, and she only said yes because she was afraid to say no.

* HiddenDepths: Bluey is revealed to have a skilled operatic singing voice in the opening scene.

* TheCameo: Postie is voiced by Anthony Field (aka [[Music/TheWiggles the blue Wiggle]])
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Bingo communicating with her family using the Yes-No toy is somewhat reminiscent of an autistic child using an AAC (augmentative and alternative communication) device.
* FirstAppearance: Of Postie.

* ItsAllMyFault: Bandit feels terrible for eating Bingo's chip. Chilli blames herself too (even saying this trope word for word) because she thought Bingo was done eating so she let Bandit have the chip.

* LossFoodGrievance: Bingo gets pretty upset after Bandit eats her last chip.

* AnAesop: Respecting what someone wants isn't always as simple as them saying "yes" or "no". Sometimes one has to read between the lines, especially when it comes to [[ExtremeDoormat people who don't know how to voice their wishes]].

* {{Symbolism}}: Bingo has thus far endured [[ExtremeDoormat her family taking things from her]], among them her chances to use the titular Dance Mode. When Bluey convinces her to use the money their dad gave them to bribe them out of a humiliating dance mode, it's to buy a "Yes-No" toy, despite that she clearly doesn't want to. We cut to Bingo wilting on their way to the car while Bluey repeatedly presses the "no" button, signifying how poor Bingo is pent-up with all the times she wanted to say "no" to her family's requests. At the end, when her family goes through with the public Dance Mode for Bingo's sake, Bingo presses "yes" on the toy repeatedly, showing she's getting exactly what she wanted in the first place.

* AnAesop: Recognizing what someone wants isn't always as simple as them saying "yes" or "no". Sometimes one has to read between the lines, especially when it comes to [[ExtremeDoormat people who don't know how to voice their wishes]].

* AnAesop: Recognizing what someone wants isn't always as simple as them saying "yes" or "no". Sometimes one has to read between the lines.