Blue's Predictions

Blue's Predictions is the 23rd episode of Blue's Clues from Season 5.

Characters Present[]

Blue
Joe
Sidetable Drawer
Mailbox
Mr. Salt (cameo)
Mrs. Pepper (end credits only)
Paprika
Cinnamon
Periwinkle
Pig
Freddy
Boris (cameo)
Bookmark
Penguin Pierre (debut)
Elephant
Spider
Swan
Shovel (end credits only)
Pail (end credits only)
Tickety (end credits only)

Summary[]

What predictions do Joe and Blue have to figure out? The viewers learn what will happen before it even happens.

Recap[]

When the viewers correctly predict that a bubble pops after Blue pokes it, Joe and Blue decide it would be fun to predict other things as well. Joe and Blue use observations and logic to figure out things that will happen. They watch a robot race that Paprika sets up and use what she tells them about the robots to guess which will cross the finish line first. In the Skidoo segment, Joe and Blue hop inside a storybook, where they predict what will happen in the story of Penguin Pierre, with the help of Bookmark to guide us along.

Elements[]

Question: What will Blue think it will happen on the patio?
Clues:
- 1. A Stage
- 2. Periwinkle
- 3. A Wand
Answer: A magic show
Skidoo location: Bookmark's storybook
Living room picture: 3 Question marks
Felt frame picture: Fifi blowing Bubbles (container toy)
Colored Shirt: Purple

Trivia[]

Mr. Salt doesn't have any lines and does not speak despite appearing in this episode.
The voice of Bookmark was Henry Winkler.
This episode used the "Right There!" phrase from Blue's Big Costume Party.
Joe wears a purple squared shirt in this episode.
This is the first episode where the credits scroll upwards instead of flipping from page to page all the way. However, the first pages all the way to "Line Producer" still flip from page to page, except for The Scavenger Hunt, Animals in Our House?, and Morning Music.
This is the last episode in airing order until Talking Clues were introduced. Despite this, the last three episodes where Joe draws the clues had to finish airing.
In the credits, Penguin Pierre and Elephant glide across the slides. Then, Periwinkle finally appears in his regular action, where he thanks the viewers for watching. In this episode, he has a wand in his hand because he just finished doing magic tricks. The wand was removed in Our Neighborhood Festival. This is also the first episode where a character appears during the transition to scrolling, which is Shovel & Pail. This happens again in Let's Write! with Marky, Magenta's Messages with Magenta, Blue's Big Car Trip with an unnamed bird, Animals in Our House?, Morning Music, and Joe's Clues with Blue, and her ball in the 3rd only, and Playdates with Slippery. This is also the first episode to use Mailbox's 2nd action permanently, after being reserved for David B. Levy's episodes.
Mr. Salt doesn't appear with Mrs. Pepper until during the end credits, but he has no lines.
This is the only episode in which "figure out" is never said, but "predict" is used instead.
On most masters (including international), the Nick Jr. Productions logo was cut out, this would be fixed on Nick Jr airings, though the episode's last airing would use the original master, with the logo cut.
This episode appears in TV and streaming listings as “Blue’s Prediction”, but the official title pennant at the end of the intro reads “Blue’s Predictions”.