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The Heelers go on a fun trip to Hammerbarn to get a new pizza oven like their neighbours'. At Hammerbarn, Bluey and Bingo play in the gardening section and set up mini-gardens in the trolley.


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  • Bland-Name Product: The "Hammerbarn" hardware store is recognizable to Australian families as a stand-in for the Bunnings chain of big box hardware retailers.
  • Broken Aesop: Played with and in-universe. When Chili tries to explain to Bluey the follies of coveting what someone else has, she drives home that buying everything you ever want is unwise because there's nothing that comes free. Cue Bingo and Bluey finding an entire section of free paint samples, all fit to make whatever Bingo and Bluey want for their imaginary game. So contrary to what Chili was trying to teach them, they did find everything they could ever want for free.
    Chilli: Just try not to get used to it, okay?
    Bluey: (in an exaggerated posh voice) Oh, it’s that lady who said we can’t have everything we want!
  • Easily Forgiven: Even though Bingo is clearly saddened when her garden gnome "husband" is broken during hers and Bluey's scuffle for the "table", she doesn't hold it against her sister. She doesn't even blame her once for his "death".
  • Grass is Greener: The running conflict, as Bluey is constantly dissatisfied that Bingo has better things than she does. Additionally, this episode starts because Bandit was jealous of Pat's new pizza oven and the family goes to Hammerbarn so they can get one of their own.
  • O.O.C. Is Serious Business: When the fight between Bluey and Bingo results in Bluey breaking a gnome, the usually calm and cheerful Chilli gets genuinely angry with her. After all, her daughters just broke unbought merchandise, and now she has to pay for it with her own money.
  • Space Whale Aesop: How the aesop initially presents itself as. Bluey trying to take the pizza stone from Bingo results in Bingo's "husband" (a garden gnome) falling out the trolley and breaking. It's how Chilli tells off Bluey that crosses into this trope.
    Chilli: This is what happens when you're not happy with what you got! Someone's husband eventually gets it!
  • Tastes Better Than It Looks: When Bandit uses the family's new pizza oven for the first time, the pizza comes out as a lumpy mess. However, Chilli says it tastes amazing after she tries it, and the episode ends with everyone enjoying the pizza.

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