Anatomy

Anatomy
Episode number	Season 3, Episode 12 (#310)
Airdate	April 10, 2000 (US) July 12, 2001 (UK)
Written by	Alison Sherman Michael T. Smith
Directed by	Nancy Keegan John Rowe (UK)
Question in the episode	What did Blue discover?
Clues	A Mouth A Wiggle Motion A Tooth
Answer to Blue's Clues	A Loose Tooth
Chronology
Previous episode	Pool Party (Broadcast Order) Occupations (Production Order) Draw Along with Blue (Credit Order)
Next episode	Signs (Broadcast/Credit Order) Blue's Big Treasure Hunt (Production Order)

Anatomy is the 12th episode of Blue's Clues from Season 3.

Characters Present

• Blue
• Steve (North America)
• Kevin (United Kingdom)
• Duarte (Portugal)
• HyunShup Shin (South Korea)
• Sidetable Drawer
• Mailbox
• Freddy
• Mr. Salt
• Mrs. Pepper
• Paprika
• Sarah Scientist (debut)
• Mouth
• Cursor
• Tickety (credits only)

Elements

• Question: What did Blue discover?
• Clues:
  • 1. A Mouth
  • 2. A Wiggle Motion
  • 3. A Tooth
• Answer: A Loose Tooth
• Living Room picture: Sarah Scientist's Laboratory (Skidoo location)
• Felt Frame picture: Felt Human Face
• Letter: Yellow (US) Green (UK)

Summary

Steve and Blue learn about different parts of the body and the different uses of them.

Recap

The 3 clues are a mouth, a wiggle motion, and a tooth. The answer is loose tooth.

Objects

• Notebook
• Stethoscope
• Sugar

Trivia

• Christina Franklin is one of Steve's Friends in this episode. She's related to Scott Franklin, a future content consultant.
• This is Mouth's first appearance without a speaking role. He later spoke in the season five episode I Did That! as the first talking clue and Body Language as Scrunched Up Mouth since her reappearance never had eyes.
• In the Portugal version of Blue's Clues (Pistas da Blue), Blue's Mail Time vocals from Snack Time was used instead of the one used from Blue's Favorite Song.
• This is the eighth and last episode where viewers say "Notebook!" from "Mailbox's Birthday" was not used.
• In Pistas da Blue version of this episode, During the scene where Duarte helps Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper, and Paprika with muscles and finding the third clue, his hair from late season three is used.
• When Steve dances the pawprint away, the music from the song Our Dream from What Was Blue's Dream About? was used. That also happened in Our Neighborhood Festival when Joe did the same thing.
• Cursor uses the same clicking sounds as the one from Dora the Explorer.
  • Cursor can also be seen near both the beginning and end of the credits, clicking at Steve's name and "SFX", "Music" and "Post Mixer".
    • Blue also waves good-bye in the middle of the credits, which also happens in Signs.
• During the credits, the woman from the first clue singing can be heard.
• Although not acknowledged fully, this is the first episode where the Internet is used to learn about something.
• This episode was seen in the Yes, Dear episode: "Arm-prins". This leads to Greg Warner dreaming being on the Blue's Clues show himself. That same episode even had Steve guest star at the very end. Strangely, it is shown being played on a VHS, despite the episode never being released on one.
• After the fade out of the book following the credits, the Nick Jr. Productions Logo starts when Nick and Jr are jumping, cutting out the 1st second of it.
• After the The So Long Song, this episode didn't zoom out from the house, and it went straight to the end credits. This also happens in Animals in Our House?.

Goofs

• During the Blue's Clues theme song, Steve wore his tan shoes.
  • This also happened in Draw Along with Blue.

• In the United Kingdom version, when Kevin asks Mailbox (which is known as Postbox in that region) why he is blinking, his voice tone makes him look and sound like he is annoyed.
• During Mailtime in the Portuguese version, when Duarte goes "Que bom!", you cannot see Blue.

Gallery

Mouth

Wiggling Motion

Tooth

Spanish version

From the UK version

Background

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