The family crosses the street. 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.
Bingo is disappointed that she didn't get to choose her first "Dance Mode", but Bluey lets her use the last one. Then, she hears music. Bandit tries to steer her away, but it doesn't work, and the Heelers meet a man playing some tubes with flip-flops. Bingo is about to use her final "Dance Mode", but the parents refuse to play along, noting that she's already been cheered up. Bandit convinces a reluctant Bingo to take twenty dollars in exchange for his and Chilli's not dancing.
Then, Bluey convinces Bingo to use the money to buy a toy called a "Yes-No button", which has two buttons 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.
To make up for it, Bingo has the parents and Bluey go into "Dance Mode" in front of the flip-flop guy.
This episode provides examples of:
- Anything but That!: Bluey and Bingo are eager for any chance to play Dance Mode with their parents in public. Bandit and Chilli? Not so much.
- Borrowed Catchphrase: Chilli says Bandit's, "Not [game]!" catchphrase with him.
- The Cameo: Postie is voiced by Anthony Field (aka the blue Wiggle).
- Does This Remind You of Anything?: Bingo communicating with her family using the Yes-No toy, since she's too upset to speak out loud, is somewhat reminiscent of an autistic (or non-verbal, or language-delayed) person using an AAC (augmentative and alternative communication) device.
- Everyone Has Standards: Chilli didn't want to dance in public, but she was still shocked to see Bandit offer to buy off Bingo's last Dance Mode.
- Furry Reminder: The girls wag their tails several times.
- Hidden Depths: Bluey is revealed to have a beautifully operatic singing voice in the opening scene.
- Irony: The story kicks off when Bandit takes the last of Bingo's chips without knowing she wanted it. To make up for it, they (or rather Bluey) offer they make it up to Bingo by playing the titular game. The thing is, each of Bingo's family members take her three Dance Modes in one form or another (right down to Bluey convincing Bingo to use her bribe money to buy a toy the former wants). So in trying to make up for taking something from Bingo, they end up heaping on more of the same thing as before.
- It's All My Fault: 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.
- Lampshade Hanging: Just before the family start dancing in front of a large crowd, thus making a spectacle of themselves in public, Bandit notes "This seems to happen to us a lot."
- Lost Food Grievance: Bingo gets pretty upset after Bandit eats her last chip.
- Poor Communication Kills: The episode's conflict revolves around how Bingo easily gives into her family's wishes of what to do with her three dance modes, despite that she wants to say "no" to each request.
- Puppy-Dog Eyes: Chilli goads Bingo into having her use "Dance Mode" on Bandit by making a sad face, then later Bandit and Bluey do the same to convince Bingo to take the money.
- Right on Queue: Downplayed when someone at the back of the line at the post office yells, "Hurry up!" while Bandit is dancing.
- Shaking the Rump: The dance Bandit does in the post office involves rump-shaking.
- Silence of Sadness: When Bingo is sad at not getting her way, she doesn't speak; she just uses the Yes-No toy.
- Speak in Unison: The Heeler parents say, "Oh, not Dance Mode!" in unison.
- Symbolism: Bingo has thus far endured 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.
- Tempting Fate: Chilli thinks Bingo has finished eating, so allows Bandit to eat her last chip, but then Bingo wants it back.
