Blue's Breaking News is the twenty-fifth episode of season four and the eighty-fifth episode overall in the reboot series Blue's Clues & You!.
Summary[]
This just in: Josh and Blue are playing reporters and bringing you household news! But when Pail's sandcastle gets knocked over, it's a major story. We have to play Blue's Clues to get the scoop, talk to experts, and figure out what happened.
Characters[]
- Blue
- Josh
- Sidetable Drawer
- Mailbox
- Tickety Tock
- Shovel
- Pail
- Mrs. Pepper
- Paprika
- Cinnamon
- Troll
- Rainbow Puppy (credits)
- Felt Friends
- Farmer Fran
- Meterologist Max
- Felt Friend Felix
Elements[]
- Question: What happened to Pail's sandcastle?
- Clues:
- A Clock
- A Ball
- A Kicking Motion
- Answer to Blue’s Clues: Tickety kicked the ball over the house and it landed on Pail's sandcastle.
- Skidoo Location: The Internet (Josh's phone)
- Living room picture: A mug, and Josh's, Periwinkle's, and Magenta's house
- Email or Letter?: Letter
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Trivia[]
- Shovel knocked Pail’s sandcastle down in Love Day but this time, someone else did instead of Shovel.
- Josh is being a news reporter like Steve was in Occupations.
- In Occupations, Steve was being a news reporter and he asked the Viewer what he/she came over to the Blue’s Clues House for and the Viewer came to see Steve and Blue to play Blue’s Clues (Game), then Steve became a window washer to wash the Pawprint off, Sidetable Drawer was being a security guard to keep the notebook safe, then Steve saw Slippery Soap being a fisherman, Mrs. Pepper and Paprika being a pilot and co-pilot and Mr. Salt was being a flight attendant, Shovel and Pail were being veterinarians, then Steve investigated on Mailbox by complimenting him on being important to bring in the mail and Mailbox explained that bringing the mail is a big responsibility but does his best, and then Steve and Blue skidooed into a picture of a construction site to help Door call the right people to build his house and they called an architect, who drew out Door’s house on a blueprint and he made the plan, elevation, and section, a builder, who read the blueprints and he built some wood around and built the top and bottom parts of the house, and then a plumber, who installed pipes, and then she put a sink and toilet in, and then an electrician arrived to put wires and light bulbs around, and then Builder arrived again to put the walls up, and Landscaper arrived to put trees and bushes on, and Door went into a rectangular place for himself, and Blue wanted to be a doctor, which was the answer to Blue’s Clues (a doctor), when Blue left three clues on a wooden stick, a bandage, and a stethoscope and Slippery Soap, Mrs. Pepper, Shovel and Pail, and Door arrived to be patients and when Steve was a patient, Blue was a doctor and Sidetable Drawer became a nurse. And in What’s New Blue, Steve made a big newspaper article to make what was new around the Blue’s Clues House and it was called Blue’s News and Blue was trying to roller skate and she succeeded and her article was called Blue Skates, Sidetable Drawer had made up a new song about the Blue’s Clues game and her article was called Sidetable Makes Up Song, Shovel and Sifter were cheering for Pail to make a basket by playing basketball and even though she missed, Pail got a news article called Good Try by Pail, Tickety Tock counted to 20 and her article was called Tickety Makes it to 20, and then she decided to count to 25, Slippery Soap made a finger painting and his article was called Slippery Paints with Fingers, Mailbox had a joke and said, “What did one monster say to the other monster? Neah,” and his article was called Mailbox Makes Up Joke, and then Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper read a newspaper called the Skidoo News and Steve and Blue went in and saw 3 news articles that came to life and they saw a news article about Porcupine getting a haircut and the evidence was a mirror, scissors, and a clump of hair (quills), and Steve and Blue complimented Porcupine on her haircut, which was her first, and Steve and Blue were impressed, then Steve and Blue saw another news article about Baby Bear running in a race and the evidence was sneakers, a sweatband, and the finish line, and Steve and Blue congratulated Baby Bear on winning the race, which was her first and was in first, and then Steve and Blue saw another news article about a baby chick was born and the evidence was a broken eggshell and then an actual chick along with a mother chicken and the newborn chick arrived and the big Chick introduced the newborn baby chick brother to Steve and Blue, who were impressed and congratulated them, and the big Chick said that his newborn baby brother was named Baby Chick, and Blue had big news, which was Paprika moved to a bed, which was the answer to Blue’s Clues (Paprika is sleeping in a bed), when blue left three clues on a crib, Paprika herself, and a bed and her article was called Paprika Moves From Crib to Bed, and Paprika was impressed. As Shovel and Pail, Slippery Soap, Tickety Tock, Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper, and Paprika looked at the articles, they were amazed, especially with Paprika being in a bed, and then Mr. Salt announced that they were saving the crib for Cinnamon, who wasn’t born until the Baby’s Here, and they made one last article called New Baby Joins Family. This time, Josh and Blue are investigating to see who knocked Pail’s sandcastle down.
- This is the fourth time where a clock was drawn. The first three being Tickety's Favorite Nursery Rhyme, Hide and Seek and Josh's Crummy Day.
- A clock is drawn as the first clue like in Hide and Seek and Josh's Crummy Day but it was the second clue in Tickety's Favorite Nursery Rhyme.
- Also the clock that Josh drew was the same like in Hide and Seek and Josh's Crummy Day with the arrows pointing at 3:00 but in Hide and Seek, Steve drew the numbers 1-12 and in Josh's Crummy Day, Josh drew the clock without the numbers 1-12 but this time, he only added the lines based off of the 3 times tables lines from 3-12.
- And Josh drew the clock with 3:00 like he and Steve did in Hide and Seek and Josh's Crummy Day and in Blue's Surprise at Two O'Clock during the Mailtime part when the Letter From Our Friends did the same thing when they made a Tickety Tock replica and it pointed at 3:00 as well.
- This is the seventh time where a ball was drawn. The others being What's So Funny?, Laugh with Blue, A Brand New Game, Tickety's Big Musical Morning, Magenta's Thank You Day Surprise and Pearl's Kickball Championship and Blue's Collection when Blue's Ball was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a red stripe, a blue star and a bouncing motion.
- This is also the second time where a ball was the second clue like it was in What's So Funny?, Laugh with Blue and A Brand New Game. It was the first clue in Tickety's Big Musical Morning and the third clue in Magenta's Thank You Day Surprise and Pearl's Kickball Championship.
- The ball was drawn with a stripe like in What's So Funny? when the third ball had a stripe across and A Brand New Game when Blue’s Ball had a stripe across.
- This is the third time where a troll was seen. The first two being Adventure when Steve and Blue got a riddle about worms and snakes from a troll to find a key and Blue Makes a Movie with You when Josh, Blue, and Rapunzel made a troll laugh.
- This is the twenty-ninth time where any motion was drawn. The others being What Was Blue's Dream About?, Blue's Backyard Ballgame Bonanza, Animal Behavior!, Anatomy, Blue's Collection, What's Inside?, Dress Up Day, Animals in Our House?, Up, Down, All Around!, Story Wall, Blue's Wishes, Blue's Rainy Day Rainbow, Blue's Beach Bonanza, It's Your Birthday!, Blue and Little Rainbow Riding Hood, Blue's Snowy Day Surprise, Blue's Treasure of Clue Lagoon, Tickety's Big Musical Morning, Into the Blueniverse!, Sage & Ginger's Baby Book, The Legend of the Jack O'Lantern, Firefighter Blue to the Rescue!, A Tale of Shovel & Pail, Rainbow Puppy's Big Farm Fair, Pearl's Kickball Championship, The Big Blue Derby, Blue's New Pet and The Wizard of Skidoo.
- This is the fourth time where feet were drawn. The first three being Joe's First Day, Story Wall and Blue's Dino Clues.
- However in Story Wall, feet was drawn as the second clue and in Joe's First Day and Blue's Dino Clues, it was the first clue.
- Josh and Blue skiddoed into the internet like they, Steve and Joe skidooed into computers like in Blue's Senses, What Did Blue See?, Animal Behavior! and Contraptions!.
- Tickety Tock was part of the answer to Blue’s Clues like she was in Hide and Seek when the bedroom was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a clock, a pillow and pajamas.
- Tickety Tock knocked Pail’s sandcastle like Shovel did in Love Day and in I Did That! when Tickety knocked Shovel’s blocks over with a car and knocked the ball over the house like in Blue's Big Mystery when Blue kicked her ball too hard towards Periwinkle’s fort, Blue's Backyard Ballgame Bonanza when Shovel had to kick the ball hard up a hill to Pail, and Animals in Our House when Blue accidentally bounced the ball too hard and got stuck on the Blue’s Clues House roof and Giraffe used her neck to get the ball down.
- Josh and Blue are seeing a troll like they and Steve did in Adventure and Blue Makes a Movie with You!.
- This is the second episode where Josh and Blue skidoo into Josh's phone, the first was Colors Everywhere with Blue.
- This is the first episode where a clue was drawn in the notebook phone, and Josh had to use a Notebook App to draw the clue due to being inside the notebook.
- Usually, Josh would use a crayon to draw the clue, but due to being inside the notebook and not having it in his hands, he had to use his finger to draw the clue on the Notebook App like in Let's Write! when Joe used his finger to draw letters and drawn them out for real.
- When Josh was drawing the clue, a digital version of the drawing music was played like in Super Why! from "Monster Munch" to "The Sheep That Lost Little Bo Peep" when a digital version of "Super Readers to the Rescue" and the Super Readers’ victory music was heard also as digital versions too.
- This is the first episode where a clue was drawn in the notebook phone, and Josh had to use a Notebook App to draw the clue due to being inside the notebook.
- Tickety Tock was part of the answer to Blue’s Clues like she was in Hide and Seek when the bedroom was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a clock, a pillow, and pajamas.
- Speaking of Tickety, this is the last episode where she is voiced by Ava Augustin before Maja Vujicic took on the role beginning with the next season.
- This marks the fifty-fifth episode in the franchise where any type of character in Blue’s Clues was drawn or being the answer to Blue’s Clues. The others being Magenta Comes Over and Playdate with Magenta when Steve and Josh were drawn, Blue's News and Big News with Blue when Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper were drawn, Blue's Birthday and Happy Birthday Blue, when Turquoise was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on the color green, a tank, and a shell, What Does Blue Want to Do with Her Picture? when Mailbox was drawn, Mailtime Mystery when Mailbox was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a flag, the color purple, and a box, Blue's Sad Day and Sad Day with Blue when Green Puppy and Magenta were drawn, Nurture! when Turquoise was drawn, What Is Blue Trying to Do?, Weight and Balance, Magenta Gets Glasses, and Getting Glasses with Magenta when Blue was drawn and in What Is Blue Trying to Do?when Steve drew a finished picture of himself and Blue, Hide and Seek when Tickety Tock was part of the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue wanted to hide in the bedroom and left three clues on Tickety Tock (a clock), a pillow, and pajamas, Blue's Big Treasure Hunt when Steve and Joe's Grandmother was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on glasses, a red rocking chair, and a green striped dress, Blue's Treasure Hunt when Shovel was drawn, Blue's Big Holiday when Blue as a baby was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on 4 little prints, a blanket and a rattle, Pool Party when Magenta was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on Blue's School, a puppy, and a purplish pinkish color, Draw Along with Blue when Steve was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a notebook, green stripes, and a person, Blue's Big Mystery and The Ghost of the Living Room when Periwinkle was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on footprints, a curvy, skinny tail, and a picture, paw prints, a tail, and triangles, Blue's Predictions when Periwinkle was drawn, Blue's Big Musical when Sidetable Drawer was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on Steve’s Notebook, a knob, and a drawer, Shy and Magenta’s Thank You Day Surprise when Miranda was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a bag, a footprint, and a video tape, and a heart, polka dots, and a soccer ball, Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper Day when Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper themselves and Blue were drawn, What's New, Blue? when Paprika was drawn, Making Changes when Cinnamon was part of the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue wanted to help Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper, and Paprika change Cinnamon’s diaper when Blue left three clues on a table, powder, and a diaper, Happy Birthday, Sage and Ginger when the Spice Family was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on Sage and Ginger themselves, a heart, and the kitchen, Colors Everywhere! and Colors Everywhere with Blue when Green Puppy and Magenta were the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on the colors blue, yellow, red, and purple, and a puppy, I'm So Happy!, Blue's Night Before Christmas, and Sage and Ginger's Baby Book when the Viewer was drawn, Blue and Little Rainbow Riding Hood when the Viewer was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on singing, a dancing motion, and a friend, Blue Goes to the Doctor, Joe's Clues, and Joshini The Amazing when Joe was drawn, Let's Write! when Joe was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on the letters J, O, and E, A Surprise Guest when Miss Marigold was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a school, a person, and tall, Magenta's Messages and Blue's Backyard Sports Spectacular when Magenta was drawn again, Blue Takes You to School when friends, which had Periwinkle and Blue, were drawn, Meet Blue's Baby Brother when Sprinkles was the answer to Blue’s Clues when there were gold clues on the word, "Puppy," circles, and colors, Blue's Big Baking Show when Josh’s grandmother Lola was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a heart, glasses, and a blue striped scarf, Feelin' Filipino when Josh and Lola were drawn, Sleepy Singalong with Blue when Blue wanted Josh to sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star when Blue left three clues on a star, Josh’s guitar, and Josh himself, Blue’s Show and Tell Surprise when School Bus was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a rectangle, the color yellow, and wheels, A Blue's Clues Festival of Lights when Periwinkle’s grandfather Mauve was the answer to Blue's Clues when Blue left three clues on a family, glasses, and a cat, Firefighter Blue to the Rescue when Firetruck was drawn, Night at the Blueseum when Josh was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a notebook, the color blue, and a guitar, a Tale of Shovel and Pail when Shove and Pail were part of the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a an open motion, a turning motion, and a storybook, Blue’s New Pet when Snail was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on the color pink, a slow motion, and a shell, and Josh Visits the Philippines when people were drawn.
- This is the twenty-second reboot episode where The So Long Song isn't sung with the first twenty-one being "Blue's Night Before Christmas", "Blue's Show and Tell Surprise", "It's Your Birthday!", "The Ghost of the Living Room", "A Blue's Clues Festival of Lights", "Building with Blue", "Rainbow Puppy's Skidoo Adventure", "Blue and Little Rainbow Riding Hood", "Feelin' Filipino", "The Legend of the Jack O'Lantern", "A Blue Christmas with You!", "Blue's Wish Comes True!", "Magenta's Thank You Day Surprise", "The Case of the Missing Thinking Chair", "The Wizard of Skidoo", "Josh's Crummy Day", "Josh and Blue's Ice Cream Shop", "Hola, Mexico City!", "Josh Visits the Philippines!", "Happy Birthday, Sage & Ginger" and "If You Don't See It, Be It!".