On a trip to the grocery store, Bluey decides to pretend that Bingo is a toddler named Snowdrop, Bandit is her brother Diddums, and she is their mother.
This episode provides examples of:
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Downplayed. While Bingo's persona Snowdrop isn't malicious so much as they are "cheeky", she lives up to the concept of the trope pretty well. When it's just her and her "brother" Diddums (Bandit), she's the cheekiest toddler there's ever been. She's only sweet and well-behaved when her "mother" (Bluey) is around. It's only towards the end that 'Snowdrop' shows her true colors.
- Ear Ache: Bluey, while acting as "mum", drags Bandit ("Diddums") off by the ear (though she has to ask him to lean down so she can reach his ear first).
- Grocery Store Episode: The episode takes place in a grocery store.
- Heeler Realization: Bluey realizes the error of her ways when Snowdrop (Bingo) is naughty to her despite earlier being deemed the "good child". This leads her to understand how unfair it was to label Diddums (Bandit) the "bad child" and "unfavorite".
- Irony: In their make-believe game, Bluey (the mom) deems Bandit (Diddums) the "cheeky child" while Bingo (Snowdrop) is glorified as the golden child. She couldn't be further from the truth: "Diddums" is just trying his best to behave himself, but gets blamed for all of "Snowdrop's" cheekiness.
- Kick the Dog: Bluey truly cuts Bandit to the quick when in her pretend game, she declares that her pretend daughter Snowdrop is the "favorite".
- Mood Whiplash: During the heartwarming scene where Bluey and Bandit hug each other with touching music playing, the music quickly stops and shows a woman picking up toilet paper and looking at the two weirdly. (You'd think she never saw a father and daughter hug each other before)
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Usually, outside of his daughters games, Bandit takes their narrative in stride. But when Bluey (playing the mum) tells Bandit (her son) that Bingo (her other child) is her "favorite", it really hurts Bandit's feelings. So much so that, when a store employee wonders if he's okay, out-of-character, Bandit gives a genuinely despondent response.
- Parental Favoritism: Deconstructed. Bluey (as the mom in the game) makes no efforts to hide that she favors Bingo (her younger child "Snowdrop") over Bandit (her eldest child "Diddums"), under the mistaken impression that they're respectively the Golden Child and the bad child. This deeply hurts Diddums. Later, Bluey apologizes to Diddums about calling Snowdrop her favorite, and refrains from calling Diddums her favorite when Snowdrop misbehaves some more. The takeaway here is that it's wrong to play favorites with your child, no matter which one is 'good' or 'bad'.
- Parents as People: Bluey becomes the subject of this when she wrongfully judges "Snowdrop" as the well-behaved golden child and hurtfully deems "Diddums" as the cheeky child. After she realizes she made a mistake, she takes the time to apologize to Diddums and lets it be known that despite what they said earlier, she still loves her child.
- The Unfavorite: Bandit's character Diddums has the misfortune of being labeled this by his mother Bluey.
