Mechanics!

Mechanics! is the twentieth episode of Blue's Clues from Season 2. It is the fortieth episode to be produced and aired.

Elements[]

Question: What do Steve/Kevin and Blue need to fix? (mend in the UK)
Clues:
- 1. String
- 2. Wind
- 3. A Diamond Shaped Piece of Paper
Answer: A kite
Living room picture: A green car
Skidoo location: A road race game board
Letter: Orange (US) Green (UK)

Summary[]

Steve and Blue teach the viewers on simple machines that make things move or work.

Recap[]

Blue plays with a toy plane, while Steve is pretending to fly an airplane. Can we fix it? Yes, we can! We play Blue's Clues to figure out what we need to fix like Bob. Blue leaves a paw-print on the screen. Steve sings to the viewers that they were gonna play Blue's Clues. He explains the Blue's paw-print will be on the clues, Blue's Clues that is. Steve touches the toes of the pawprint which position themselves like the blades on a helicopter. Starting it up, he gives clearance for the helicopter pawprint to fly away into the air. Sidetable Drawer opens up her drawer. Steve reaches in and grabs his notebook. Sidetable Drawer closes her drawer. Steve tells the viewers that to play Blue's Clues he has to find a paw-print because that is the first clue and then he has to put it in their notebook because they are Blue's Clues. Steve and Blue had to find another paw-print, that is the second clue, they had to put it in their notebook because they are Blue's Clues. Steve and Blue had to find the last paw-print, that is the third clue, they had to put it in their notebook because they are Blue's Clues, and they had to sit down in the thinking chair and think.

Blue went in the direction of the kitchen. Steve follows her and finds the first clue on string, then draws it in his notebook. Blue & Steve go outside. Shovel and Pail are playing with toy cars. Gopher is in the hole. Shovel and Pail build 6 blocks on 2 toy cars. The cars drive down the ramps. Steve finds the second clue on wind and draws it in his notebook. It is Mailtime. The letter is about 3 kids recording voices with a microphone. Blue & Steve skiddoo in a road race game board. The rabbit and pig fix the cars with tools. A skunk throws the diamond shaped piece of paper in the road. Steve finds the third clue on a diamond shaped piece of paper and draws it in his notebook. After that, Steve collected all three clues. Now it was time to sit in the thinking chair. Blue & Steve skiddoo back home, but Steve sits in the thinking chair and is ready to put all 3 clues together. The clues are a string, wind, and a diamond shaped piece of paper. The answer is the kite.

After figuring out Blue's Clues, Steve & Blue get ready to fix the kite. Blue tapes the kite with sticky tape like Bob. They saw the kite flying to the sky. Steve sings the So Long Song and the episode ends.

Characters[]

Blue
Steve (North America)
Kevin (United Kingdom)
Duarte (Portugal)
HyunShup Shin (South Korea)
Sidetable Drawer
Mailbox
Shovel
Pail
Gopher (debut)
Skunk
Rabbit
Skinny Pig
Chipmunk
Snail
Tickety (credits only)
Mr. Salt (credits only)
Mrs. Pepper (credits only)

Objects[]

Notebook
Tape recorder

Video Releases[]

What's So Funny? (DVD, 2006)
Blue's Jobs (DVD, 2006)

Gallery[]

Watch Episode[]

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

Trivia[]

Rabbit, Gopher, Skunk, Chipmunk, Mailbox and Sidetable Drawer does not appears at the end of the episode because he was very busy.
Tape Recorder are not seen at the end of the episode because they were left behind in Living Room in Snack Table.
Casey Joshua Pitts, one of Steve's Friends, is related to the original voice of Slippery Soap, Cody Ross Pitts.
- This is the last episode where all the main characters are credited as Steve's friends.
This is the last time (except for Weight and Balance, Signs and Inventions) where Steve stands up in a striped background holding up his notebook for a few seconds and tells the viewers he needs their help to figure out the answer to Blue's Clues.
This was filmed in 1998, but it aired in 1999.
On the Blue's Jobs DVD, the Nick Jr. logo got plastered by the Nickelodeon Haypile logo and the logo got the 2006 copyright info.
When Steve says "I think my car will go faster", he sounds like the Sock Puppet voice.
This is the fifth episode where two clues are found and drawn outside with only one clue found inside.
This is the third time where the second clue is drawn outdoors after finding the first clue in the living room. The first two are Season 1's Blue's Favorite Song and What Does Blue Want to Build?.
This is the last episode to use Steve's Steve Gets the Sniffles OST. This is also the last episode where Steve looks vibrant in his color during Play Blue's Clues. From Pool Party to Signs, the studio's quality largely improves.
This is the very last episode in the series to have Steve in his long hair. In the next episode all the way through the rest of the series, Steve's was remained shown with short hair.
This marks the first episode to feature a character in a skidoo location dropping a clue after passing by.
- It is followed by The Snack Chart with Joe.
  - They both had the third clue.
This was the last episode to feature the order of character actions that debuted in Steve Gets the Sniffles during the credits.
After Steve says, "That's so cool! How tape recorders work.", a Steve robot repeats it with the same voice.
This is the last episode to use the Play Blues Clues footage from What Does Blue Want To Make Out Of Recycled Things?

Goofs[]

The high pitched Skidoo music for skidooing from the late season 3-6 OST was used instead of the usual low pitched Skidoo music. Other episodes where this happened in were the first six episodes of the series, Blue's Senses, What Experiment Does Blue Want to Try?, What Does Blue Want to Make Out of Recycled Things?, Blue's ABCs, Blue's Big Holiday and Pool Party.
When Steve honks the horn of the pig's car, a boom mic can be seen on top.
In the Mailtime segment, Mailbox's mouth is missing for a split second.
Also in the US version, the letter is red, but in the UK version, the letter is green.
When Steve goes from the Skidoo location to the Thinking Chair, he erroneously pretends to drive a car, even when he Skidoos out, instead of his usual Skidooing.
- He even honks the Blue Skidoo theme before skidooing out.

Blue's Clues Season 2