Blue's New Pet

Blue's New Pet
Episode number	Season 4 Episode 14 (#413)
Airdate	October 12, 2023 December 13, 2023 (PH)
Written by	Kevin Del Aguila
Directed by	Steve Wright Jennifer Sherman
Question in the episode	Who will cast the last vote?
Clues	The Color Pink Slow A Shell
Answer to Blue's Clues	Snail
Chronology
Previous episode	The Big Blue Derby
Next episode	The Wizard of Skidoo
Update and new versions
Update of/New version from	Nurture!

Blue's New Pet is the fourteenth episode of season four and the seventy-fourth episode overall in the reboot series Blue's Clues & You!.

Summary

It's campaign hamster versus campaign goldfish as the house votes on a new pet! When it's a tie, we play Blue's Clues to figure out who will cast the last (and deciding!) vote.

Characters

• Blue
• Josh
• Sidetable Drawer
• Mailbox
• Snail
• Shovel
• Pail
• Tickety Tock
• Slippery Soap
• Mr. Salt
• Mrs. Pepper
• Paprika
• Cinnamon
• Billy Chicken
• Mr. Avocado
• Felt Friends
  • Fred
  • Felicia
  • Felt Snail
• Buttercup/Lemon

Elements

• Question: Who will cast the last vote?
• Clues:
  1. The Color Pink
  2. A Slow Motion
  3. A Shell
• Answer to Blue’s Clues: Snail
• Skidoo Location: Silly Town
• Living room picture: Silly Town
• Email or Letter?: Letter

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

Trivia

• In Nurture!, Steve and Blue had been needing to do and take care of things like they watered their green and blue flowers which were droopy, then Steve thanked Sidetable Drawer for taking good care his notebook and Sidetable felt touched and motivated by Steve's kind words that she blushed, then Steve and Blue helped a butterfly out the door and that she needed to be outside and when the butterfly was reunited with her friend, she waved at Steve and Blue, then Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper hired Steve and Blue to take care of Paprika, who cried because she was hungry, messy, cold and sleepy so Steve and Blue gave Paprika a bottle, napkin, and blanket and Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper gave Paprika her teddy bear, and lastly they skiddoed into a safari book to help Elephant, Lion and Monkey find their family members to clean them, and Mother Elephant sprayed her Elephant Calf, Father King Lion licked her Lion Princess Cub, and Monkey’s older brother picked his child’s fur, and Blue needed to feed Turquoise, which was the answer to Blue’s Clues (feeding Turquoise), when Blue left three clues on a bowl, carrots, and Turquoise herself and there was no wrong answer. This time, there is a pet contest.
• The Pawprint turned itself into a check even though Steve, Joe, Josh, Blue and Sprinkles put checks on certain lists like in Blue's ABCs, ABC's with Blue, Pool Party, The Scavenger Hunt and Blue's Farm Playdate.
• This is the fifteenth time where a fish was seen. The others being Pretend Time when a second cloud of a fish was seen, The Trying Game and Nature when there was a fish nearby, What Did Blue See? when Steve and Blue saw a fish in a bowl through a kaleidoscope and Steve and Squirrel saw a bird on a bridge and saw some fish below, Art Appreciation when Steve helped Tickety Tock, Slippery Soap and Phaderus find fish in their finger, impressionist, and mosaic paintings, Animal Behavior! when Steve, who pretended to be a fish, and Blue helped Lady Gooddiver find a leaf fish, rockfish and parrot fish, Blue's Big Costume Party and Spooky Costume Party with Blue when Steve and Josh, who were aliens, saw Blue all dressed up as a fish, Imagine Nation when Steve imagined a white blanket over two chairs and a hula hoop as an igloo and ice hole for ice fishing, Blue's Big Imagination when Tickety Tock, Slippery Soap and Magenta imagined a button story and there were fishes in it, Shape Searchers when Joe and Blue helped Oval, Triangle and Crescent find a fish for them to fit on, Up, Down, All Around! when a fish was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on an under motion, water and scales, Magenta's Messages when Joe and Blue fed Magenta’s pet fish, and Rainbow Puppy's Big Farm Fair when Rainbow Puppy got a blue fish from a fish game.
• Goldfish and Hamster had a tie like Steve and Blue did in Blue's Senses when they had a race with their frog and drum wind-up toys and it was a tie and Shovel and Pail did in Mechanics! when they had a race and Pail won, then Shovel, and then a tie.
• This is the third episode where the color pink was drawn as part of a clue. The first two being Pool Party and Meet Blue's Baby Brother. And pink was used in Adventures in Art when Steve and Blue made pink to paint the wheels on Blue’s wagon and Blue's School when Tickety Tock made pink to make a portrait of herself.
  • This is also the first episode where the color pink was drawn as part of the first clue because in Pool Party and Meet Blue's Baby Brother, it was drawn as part of the third clue.
  • This is also the first episode where the color pink was drawn by itself, in which it is also the first episode where Josh uses a pink crayon.
• This is the twenty-second time where any motion was a clue. The others being What Was Blue's Dream About? and Blue's Backyard Ballgame Bonanza when a rolling motion was a clue, Animal Behavior! when a waddling motion was a clue, Anatomy when a wiggle motion was a clue, Blue's Collection when a bouncing motion was a clue, What's Inside? and A Tale of Shovel & Pail when an open and turning motion were clues, Dress Up Day and Animals in Our House? when a hopping motion was a clue, Up, Down, All Around! and Blue's Treasure of Clue Lagoon when an under and over motion were clues, Story Wall when a moving motion was a clue, Blue's Wishes when a gliding motion was a clue, Blue's Rainy Day Rainbow when a splashing motion was a clue, Blue's Beach Bonanza when a sideways motion was a clue, It's Your Birthday! and Blue and Little Rainbow Riding Hood when a singing and dancing motion were clues, Tickety's Big Musical Morning when a catching and tagging motion were clues, Into the Blueniverse! when a zooming motion was a clue, Sage & Ginger's Baby Book when a peeking motion was a clue, and The Legend of the Jack O'Lantern when a spinning and shaking motion were clues.
• Josh and Blue are in Silly Town like they and Steve were in What's So Funny? and Laugh with Blue when they encountered Mayor Billy Chicken and they were at a construction site where a construction worker weasel was hammering a nail with a banana, a truck neighing like a horse, which was omitted from the remake, and Backwards Park where everything and everyone was going backwards and Magenta's Case of the Giggles when Josh and Blue helped Mayor/Dr. Billy Chicken out with some patients who needed fixing and the right sounds.
  • This makes this the fourth episode with a skidoo to Silly Town. The first three being What's So Funny?, Laugh with Blue, and Magenta's Case of the Giggles.
  • This is also the second episode where Josh and Blue skidoo into Silly Town from the Yellow Frame with Magenta's Case of the Giggles being the first episode.
• During the Silly Town skidoo segment, among the voters for the mayor election were the Toy Chick from Magenta's Case of the Giggles, the Giraffe from What's So Funny? and Laugh with Blue, Jacques in the Box from Magenta's Case of the Giggles, and apparently Gopher.
• There is the second time where a wind-up chick was seen. The first time being Magenta's Case of the Giggles when the Toy Chick was making the wrong sound and Josh and Blue helped the chick find it.
• There is a wolf like in Blue's Story Time, Can You Help? and Story Time with Blue when a wolf was drawn, What Story Does Blue Want to Play? when Steve and Blue played The Three Little Pigs and Steve was the wolf and he helped an actual wolf get to his book of Little Red Riding Hood, The Fairy Tale Ball when Joe and Blue encountered the Three Little Pigs but the Big Bad Wolf was on vacation so Joe and Blue filled in for the wolf and blew the straw and stick houses down, and Blue and Little Rainbow Riding Hood when Rainbow Puppy became Little Red Riding Hood and The Viewer, who was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a singing motion, a dancing motion and a friend, was the wolf.
• There is the fourth time where a penguin was seen. The first three being Animal Behavior! when a penguin was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on black and white, ice and a waddling motion, Blue's Predictions when Joe and Blue read a book about Penguin Pierre, and Blue's Mystery Present when there was a penguin by a cow that Periwinkle got for Magenta.
• This is the fifth time where a crab was seen. The others being Blue Wants to Play a Song Game when Steve danced to the rhythm of rain with Crabs, Animal Behavior! when Steve moved like a crab in and out of Lady Gooddiver’s submarine, Blue's Beach Bonanza when a crab was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on sand, a sideways motion and a shell, and Magenta's Case of the Giggles when Josh took care of Mr. Crabbycake.
• This is the fourth episode where a shell was a clue. The first three being Blue's Birthday, Happy Birthday Blue and Blue's Beach Bonanza.
  • Coincidentally, this is also the fourth episode where a shell was the third clue with Blue's Birthday, Happy Birthday Blue and Blue's Beach Bonanza being the first three.
  • The first and third clue being a color and a shell is similar to what happened in both Blue's Birthday and Happy Birthday Blue when the color green and a shell were the first and third clues as well as the second clue being a tank.
• This is the first time where Snail was the answer to Blue’s Clues even though he was labeled in Let's Write!.
• This is the third episode where Sidetable Drawer appears without the host getting the notebook from her. The first two being Blue and Little Rainbow Riding Hood and A Tale of Shovel & Pail.
• This is the third episode of the franchise where Snail appears in-person besides being hidden. The first two episodes being Magenta Comes Over and Playdate with Magenta.
  • This is also the first episode of the franchise where Snail talks.
• This is another show with pets. The others being Sesame Street with Elmo's World Pets and JoJo's Circus with "Best Pet in Circus Town".
• This marks the fifty-sixth 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 Overand 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 Bluewhen 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,A Tale of Shovel & Pail, 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, a video tape, 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, 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 & 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, Night at the Blueseum when Josh was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on Josh’s notebook, the color blue, and Josh’s guitar, 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, 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, and Firefighter Blue to the Rescue! when Firetruck was drawn, but without the face.

Gallery

"Unfortunately, no one can agree on what kind of pet we should get."

Blue with her whistle

Josh voted for a hamster

It's a tie! Six votes for a hamster and six votes for a goldfish!

Pawprint as a checkmark

First Clue

Pink

The debate for a new pet

Goldfish can swim

Hamsters have fur

Goldfish and hamsters have tails

The debate is over

Second Clue "It's moving very slowly."

Slow

The dad votes for banana bread

The little girls vote for strawberries and whipped cream

Silly Town is having an election for a new mayor! Billy Chicken and Avocado are the candidates!

The first set of voters for the Silly Town election

Avocado is in the lead with three votes!

The next set of voters for the Silly Town election

Avocado and Billy Chicken are tied with five votes!

The last two voters for the Silly Town election

"And one vote for a jar of pickles?"

"I prefer his pickle policies."

Billy Chicken won the election! Now he can serve another term as mayor!

Billy Chicken with a jar of pickles

"Who knew a jar of pickles could run for mayor? Silly Town."

Third Clue

Shell

Answer: Snail

Felt Snail

Snail voting for the new pet

Snail voted for a hamster

The winner is a hamster as a new pet!

"My voice was heard." Snail can talk! The first time ever in the series where Snail talks!

Here is there new pet!

This hamster is their new pet!

Now their debating over what to name the hamster: Buttercup or Lemon! Here we go again!

"Blue, get the ballots! Looks like we're gonna have another vote!"

3 Clues From Blue’s New Pet