Contraptions!

Contraptions!
Episode number	Season 5, Episode 14
Airdate	October 7, 2002
Question in the episode	What will Blue's contraption do?
Clues	A Cup Seeds A Bird
Answer to Blue's Clues	Feed the bird
Chronology
Previous episode	Blue Goes to the Doctor (Broadcast Order) A Surprise Guest (Production Order) I'm So Happy! (Credit Order)
Next episode	A Brand New Game (Broadcast/Production Order) Shape Searchers (Credit Order)

Contraptions! is the fourteenth episode of Blue's Clues from the season 5.

Characters Present

• Blue
• Joe
• Sidetable Drawer
• Mailbox
• Mr. Salt
• Mrs. Pepper
• Pail
• Periwinkle
• Gilda
• Baby Bird
• Boris (cameo)

Summary

Blue and Joe have been having some fun making contraptions. They learn about devices such as pulleys and levers as they check out the contraptions the various characters have made. They use prediction skills to try and figure out what the contraptions do. They also skidoo into a computer contraption game where they help Gilda the builder to complete some unfinished contraptions.

Elements

• Question: What will Blue's contraption do?
• Clues:
  • 1. A Cup
  • 2. Seeds
  • 3. A Bird
• Answer: Feed the bird
• Skidoo location: A computer contraption game
• Living room picture: A pulley with an envelope attached to it, then the pulley pulling the envelope

Trivia

• Baby Bird is the bird in Blue's contraption.
• This episode ends when Joe sings The So Long Song outside instead of inside.
• This is Joe's version of What Does Blue Want to Build?.
• This is the first Joe episode produced in his orange shirt.
• This episode can be seen on the 2015 Nickelodeon DVD Let's Learn: STEM.
• Pail appears without Shovel, except during the credits.

Goofs

• The Donovan Patton credit slide fades earlier than it should've.

Gallery

Cup

Seeds

Bird

from the US Version

3 Clues From Contraptions!

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