A Surprise Guest

A Surprise Guest is the 16th episode of Blue's Clues from Season 5.

Summary[]

Blue is preparing for a special guest. Joe and Blue teach the viewers where everything belongs.

Elements[]

Question: Who is our surprise guest?
Clues:
- 1. A School
- 2. A Person
- 3. Tall
Answer to Blue's Clues: Miss Marigold
Skidoo: Blue's School
Living room picture: The door, then of Miss Marigold waving at the door
Felt frame picture: Blue's School (Location)
Colored Shirt: Yellow

Recap[]

Joe and Blue are expecting a surprise guest, so to get ready they clean The Blue's Clues Room, with the viewers' help in putting things away in the proper places. In the Skidoo segment, they visit Blue's school and help Orange Kitten, Green Puppy, and Duck put away the toys to get the school cleaned up. Back at the Blue's Clues house, they set up a party for the guest.

Characters Present[]

Video Release[]

Bluestock (DVD, 2004)

Trivia[]

Deborah, Isabel, and MacKenzie Brooks are friends of Joe in this episode. They are related to Kirsten Brooks, who worked on this episode as a Production Coordinator for Murmur Music.
This is the first episode to air in 2003.
- Max and Ruby also had their first episode shown earlier in the block on Nick Jr., so this was not the only new episode.
When viewers help Joe hang up his orange shirt, they see three yellow shirts in the closet and four orange ones after hanging up the one from the bed. Joe is wearing the other yellow shirt, but there are only three green shirts in the closet. It seems Joe either only has three green shirts or the other one is still out somewhere, possibly in the laundry.
Streaming services like Amazon Prime and iTunes list this episode as "Surprise Guest," leaving out the word "A."
This is the third time Joe wears his yellow squared shirt, with the other two times being in "Colors Everywhere!" and "A Brand New Game."
As Joe heads back to the living room, Steve's green baseball cap can be seen on the hat stand. This suggests the episode may have taken place before Steve went to college, or he may have bought another hat.
This is the third episode where all three clues are found in the living room, following "What Story Does Blue Want to Play?" and "Blue's Play."
This is the third time "Blue's School" is a skidoo segment, with the first two being in "Blue's Sad Day" and "Shy," and it will happen again in "I Did That!"
This is the only time Blue makes her last clue long instead of short.
Joe wears a yellow squared shirt in this episode, marking the third time in the series he wears it, with the other two instances being in "Colors Everywhere!" and "A Brand New Game."
In the credits, Miss Marigold appears.
This is Joe's version of Blue's Big Mystery.
This is Miss Marigold's version of Magenta Comes Over.
This is the Joe episode to play "Which One Doesn't Belong?" at school. The first time this happened was in Steve Gets the Sniffles, where Healthy Snacks was the song that Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper sing in.
The skidoo segment is a reference to the song "One of These Things Is Not Like the Others" from Sesame Street.
In this episode, the cow is missing from the farm animal collection, the tree book is missing from the book collection, and the boat is missing from the toy collection. That's because it's a reference to Blue's Collection.

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Watch Episode[]

This episode is available for streaming on Paramount Global's video streaming service Paramount+.

Blue's Clues Season 5