Contraptions! is the 14th episode of Blue's Clues from Season 5.
Characters Present[]
- Blue
- Joe
- Sidetable Drawer
- Mailbox
- Mr. Salt
- Mrs. Pepper
- Shovel (credits only)
- Pail
- Periwinkle
- Gilda
- Baby Bird
- Boris (cameo)
- Tickety (credits only)
- Slippery Soap (credits only)
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
- Felt frame picture: Felt Friends playing ramp with a ball
- Colored Shirt: Orange
Objects[]
- Watering can
Video Release[]
- Nickelodeon: Let's Learn S.T.E.M. (DVD, 2015)
Trivia[]
- Joe's notebook did not have a crayon.
- 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 was released on Nickelodeon: Let's Learn STEM DVD.
- This is the second time seeds are a clue. The first was The Grow Show.
- Pail appears without Shovel, except during the credits.
Goofs[]
- The Donovan Patton credit slide fades earlier than it should've.