"Blue's Anywhere Box Surprise" is the sixteenth episode of the second season date and the thirty-sixth episode overall in the reboot series Blue's Clues & You!. It is a new version of "The Anything Box".
Characters[]
- Blue
- Josh
- Polka Dots
- Paprika
- Cinnamon
- Slippery Soap
- Sidetable Drawer
- Mailbox
- Polly
- Patty
- Poppy
- Unnamed Orange Polka Dots Lookalike
- Unnamed Purple Polka Dots Lookalike
- Unnamed Yellow Polka Dots Lookalike
Summary[]
Hop in for a ride in Josh and Blue's Anywhere Box! We work out where Blue wants to go, and visit the ocean, mountain, savanna, and even our friend Polka Dots!
Elements[]
- Question: Where does Blue want to go in the Anywhere Box?
- Clues:
- A helmet
- A circle
- A star
- Answer to Blue's Clues: Outer space
- Living Room Picture: The Earth
- Skidoo Location: A book about Polka Dots
- Email or Letter?: Letter
Gallery[]
First Clue
A Helmet
A Circle
Josh got a letter with Anywhere Box Stamp
Polly
Poppy
Patty
Third clue
A Star
Josh said Outer Space
3 Clues From Blue’s Anywhere Box Surprise
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Trivia[]
- This episode aired on the same day as the PAW Patrol episode(s) Pups Save a Rubble-Double and Pups Save a Clown premiered.
- This is the second episode in the reboot to feature Polka Dots, the first was "Sleepy Singalong with Blue".
- This is the second time where an ice cream truck was seen. The first time being Soccer Practice when Blue left three clues on a truck, a cone, and circles.
- This is the third time where a truck was seen. The first two being What's So Funny? when Steve saw a truck neighing like a horse and Soccer Practice when a truck was drawn.
- This is the similar to Treehouse TV: Greatest Hits (2014) DVD (Flashback version)
- Toopy & Binoo: Song and Dance / Rockin’ Toopy / Big Parade / Water Wings (Flashback only)
- Octonauts: The Beluga Whale / The Snapping Shrimp (Flashback only)
- Franklin & Friends: Franklin’s Campout / Franklin and the Super Sleepover (Flashback only)
- Max & Ruby: Max Plays Catch / Ruby’s Art Stand (Flashback only)
- My Big Big Friend: Lili’s Tea Party / Music Man (Flashback only)
- Mike the Knight: Mike the Knight and the Special Signal (Flashback only)
- This is the second time where a rainbow was seen. The others being Blue's Big Treasure Hunt when Steve and Blue slid on a rainbow into the Land of Great Discovery, The Alphabet Train when Joe and Blue found a rainbow for the R box, Meet Blue's Baby Brother when Joe, Blue and Sprinkles filled the missing colors on a rainbow, Blue's Rainy Day Rainbow and Blue's Show and Tell Surprise when Josh and Blue saw Rainbow and sang Here Comes a Rainbow.
- This is the third Season 2 episode of this series to not have a wrong answer. The others were Blue's Night Before Christmas and Blue's Big Imagination.
- This is the fourth time where a moon was seen. The first three being Blue's ABCs and ABC's with Blue when Steve and Josh drew a moon and Blue's Big Pajama Party when Steve and Blue saw the moon.
- Josh, Blue, and Polka Dots are sliding on a rainbow like Steve and Blue did in Blue's Big Treasure Hunt when Steve and Blue slid on a rainbow into the Land of Great Discovery.
- This is the second time in the franchise that a helmet was a clue. The first was Pretend Time.
- Coincidentally, this is also the second time that a helmet was the first clue with Pretend Time being the first. Also, in this episode, the shaded part of the visor of the helmet was sky blue when the animated clue appeared over Josh's right shoulder even though Josh did not use a sky blue crayon to shade in the visor of the helmet.
- This is the sixth episode in the franchise in which a circle has been a clue. The others were Imagine Nation, Blue's School, Blue Takes You to School, Blue's Big Beat Band, and Welcome to Blue's Bistro.
- In Imagine Nation, the circle clue was white instead of regular.
- This is also the second time that circle has been the second clue in an episode with Welcome to Blue's Bistro being the first. In Imagine Nation and Blue's School, it was the first clue, and in Blue Takes You to School, it was the third clue. In Blue's Big Beat Band, it was both the first and second clue.
- This is the fifth time in the franchise that a star (singular, not plural) has been a clue. The others were Pretend Time, Blue's Collection, Sleepy Singalong with Blue, and Spring is Here!.
- In Blue's Collection, the star clue was blue instead of regular.
- This is also the second time that a star has been the third clue in an episode with Spring is Here! being the first. In Pretend Time and Blue's Collection, it was the second clue, and in Sleepy Singalong with Blue, it was the first clue.
- This is the third episode of the franchise in which outer space is the answer to Blue's Clues and the third episode in which the characters pretend that they are in outer space, the first two being "Pretend Time" (in which an astronaut was the answer to Blue's Clues) when Blue left three clues on a helmet, a star, and a rocket and "Meet Polka Dots!" when Blue left three clues on up, stars, and a planet.
- Coincidentally, Polka Dots also appeared in "Meet Polka Dots!", but only in the skidoo segment of this episode.
- A helmet and a star were also clues in "Pretend Time".
- This is the third time to have a Shaker/Spice from The Spice Family without any of their parents of Mr. Salt or Mrs. Pepper (in this case, Paprika and Cinnamon appeared in this episode), the first was "Hide and Seek with Blue" (where, in this case, only Cinnamon appears in that episode), the second was in "Blue's Big Dance Party" (where, in this case, only Paprika and Cinnamon appeared in that episode)
- This is the ninth episode where space was seen or the answer to Blue’s Clues. The others being Pretend Time, What Experiment Does Blue Want to Try?, Science with Blue, Blue's Big Pajama Party, Blue's Big Pajama Party, Meet Polka Dots!, Beyond Your Wildest Dreams, and Mathronauts.
- This is the 1st reboot episode to show Cinnamon without his baseball cap.
Differences[]
- In the original, Shovel and Pail appeared, but they don't appear in the reboot.
- Cinnamon, Slippery and Paprika appeared in this episode but not in the original.
- Cinnamon was also not alive yet until "The Baby's Here!".