Bluey - Dance Mode

Dance Mode — Trivia

• Anthony Field from The Wiggles voices the postie, and David McCormack from Custard voices Bandit.

  Crew

• The inspirational poster in the episode is based on the movie poster for the 1984 film Footloose.

  Reference

• Busker plays a thongaphone, an instrument made from PVC pipes tuned to specific lengths and played with thong sandals, which is associated with the Blue Man Group.

  Reference

• The twenty-dollar bank note in the episode features a canine version of John Flynn, founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, depicted as a St. Bernard.

  Reference

• An ibis can be seen picking through the trash, reinforcing its nickname 'bin chicken'.

  Real World

• The busker's hat contains the same five-dollar bill with the tooth fairy sticker that Bluey had in the episode 'Markets'.

  Continuity

• Several cars in the episode have vanity license plates with humorous messages, including SBWFR8 for subwoofers, SPWY2 for surprise, W3ND73 for Wendie or Wendy, and LUDO after the studio that produces Bluey.

  Reference

• The Yes/No button in 'Dance Mode' resembles a toy from the Pocoyo episode 'The Change-Up', which also has a white front and an aerial.

  Reference

• Dance Mode is the first episode to air in 2020, marking the start of the 2020s for new Bluey episodes.

  Production

• Dance Mode, along with Hammerbarn and Featherwand, were the first Season 2 episodes to air in the US.

  Production

• Bandit does the 'please face' for the second time in this episode; the first time was in 'Verandah Santa.'

  Continuity

• Bandit shows the Postie a 2010-2019 Queensland driver's license to change the address.

  Production

• When 'Dance Mode' aired on Disney Channel in the US, it was paired with 'Hammerbarn and Featherwand'.

  Production

• The official website's character section for this episode shows the Heelers dancing.

  Production

• The default 'Bluey dancing' animation in the credits starts with Bluey appearing from the left of the screen.

  Production