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Joe's Clues

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Joe's Clues is the 4th episode of Blue's Clues from Season 6.

Characters[]

Summary[]

Joe and Blue swap the roles of the game to figure out what kind of surprise Joe has planned for Blue and the Viewer. The viewers help Blue search for Joe's Clues (marked by orange paper handprints), solve riddles and turn many of the program's customs upside down along the way. Later, in Blue's Room, Blue plays Polka Dots' Puzzle Game with Polka Dots.

Recap[]

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Elements[]

  • Question: What is Joe's surprise for the Viewer & Blue?
  • Clues:
    • 1. Joe (in the backyard)
    • 2. A Stage (in the skidoo letter)
    • 3. A Kazoo (in the skidoo segment)
  • Answer to Joe's Clues: A music show (The Joe Show)
  • Skidoo Locations
    • The Video Letter
    • A picture book of different places
  • Living room picture: First Blue, then Blue is holding a Notebook, then Blue is sitting on the Thinking Chair
  • Colored Shirts: Orange, Yellow, and Green
  • Snail Appearances: (1. Next to a tall table.) (2. To the left of the Thinking Chair) (3. On top of a yellow button)

Video Release[]

Quotes[]

Joe: Today on The Joe Show. Little Red Riding Hood has a snack for her friend Duck.

Trivia[]

  • This is the second time that the show has broke from custom in regards to the show's hallmark game. The first time it happened was in "Joe's Surprise Party," when other characters hosted the episode and played the game instead of Joe.
    • This is also the first Blue's Clues episode (outside of the Blue's Room segments) where Blue gets to be the hostess of an episode, although Joe does help Blue get the hang of the game. The second time where Blue would be the hostess would be in "Meet Blue's Baby Brother".
      • During the Thinking Time segment, this is also the first time Blue sits in the thinking chair, although Joe sits beside the thinking chair to assist Blue in putting the clues together.
  • This isn't the last time that Joe wears his famous orange shirt for most of the episode. He will wear it one more time (with overalls and a straw hat) in "Bluestock" and will wear it for the last time when pretending to be a king in the Blue's Room episode "Knights of the Snack Table (Blue's Room)."
  • Blue interacts with Sidetable Drawer instead of Joe.
  • This is Joe's only talking clue appearance and the only time his animated counterpart is voiced by Brianna Gentilella.
  • This is the second episode where one of the hosts skidoo before the viewer does, the first being Joe Gets a Clue where Steve skidoos first instead of Joe.
  • This is the only time the notebook is given to Blue.
  • This is the second time that Joe has been a clue.
  • This could be Joe's version of "Blue's Surprise at Two O'Clock", "Something To Do Blue", "Hide and Seek", and "The Wrong Shirt".
  • This is the only time Joe doesn't sing the Mailtime song with Blue, but he is left in the backyard and is forced to watch her sing in the house by herself.
  • This is the third time that Mailtime happens immediately after discussing the first clue, the first two were The Baby's Here! and Joe Gets a Clue.
  • This is the seventh time where We Just Got a Letter was not sung.
  • This is the 4th episode where Blue skidooed Twice from Blue's ABC Time Activities, Blue's Art Time Activities, and Blue's 123 Time Activities.
  • This is the second time the viewers interact with the video letter.
    • First was in The Lost Episode!.
      • Coincidentally, both of these episodes had girls in the video letter.
  • In the Blue's Room segment, there is a Polka Dots version of Blue's Clues called "Polka Dots' Puzzles".
    • Roary says "Hi, Blue!" with the audio taken from Love Day.
  • This is the second time Joe pretends to be Little Red Riding Hood. The first was in "Can You Help?", although, he did not dress like Little Red Riding Hood like in this episode.
  • At the end of Joe's show, the cheers and applause sound effect from Blue's Big Musical, What's New, Blue?, and 100th Episode Celebration was heard. How come the cheers and applause sound effect can be heard when Joe had his show at the Blue's Clues House? He was only putting it on for Blue and the viewers.
  • This is the first time since Thankful that Sidetable Drawer appears in the end credits.
  • Joe wears an orange squared shirt for most of this episode, but he changes into a yellow squared shirt when pretending to be a duck, then a green squared shirt when pretending to be Little Red Riding Hood, but he did not wear red, blue, & purple.
  • This is the only episode not to feature Pawprints, except in the intro and end credits.
  • The footage of Joe waving in the skidoo segment was used for the Nick Jr. intro in 2004.
    • Also the puppet version of Blue is in the intro too, as well as the cartoon version of her.
  • When Joe was performing Little Red Riding Hood, his voice cracks.
  • On The Gritty+, Tickety Tock says HOORAY!.
  • In the credits, a new version of upside-down Blue debuts. But in this episode, her ball is rolling around the credits at the same time. It stopped on top but Blue is at the bottom. She couldn't get her ball until the credits start scrolling. She was patient and got it. For some unknown reason, Tickety has a new animation for only this episode, which also happened to Mailbox in Meet Polka Dots!. And finally, Sidetable Drawer gets her own regular animation, but she is giant in this episode. Then in this episode first, the rest of the characters scroll along with the credits. In order they are: Paprika (only credit appearance), Cinnamon (only credit appearance), Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper, Slippery, Shovel & Pail (last credit appearances until There They're First Debut), Polka Dots by himself (only credit appearance), the box containing Blue's Room (only credit appearance), Key, and Moona in The Legend of the Blue Puppy. Then when the credits stop scrolling, Blue appears in a close-up, peeking over. But in this episode, she hops to the right to get her ball and close the book, instead of ducking down like in The Fairy Tale Ball and Bluestock.
  • In the episode's skidoo segment, Several Blue's Clues staff members, Including Baby Joe from Blue's First Holiday appears as the crowd.
  • As Blue chases Joe who is on a cloud in the skidoo segment, she rides the rocket ship with a star on it by herself, just like the one she rode with Polka Dots while Polka Dots sang the Outer Space song with her at the end of Meet Polka Dots!, except for the fact that it has metal wings, is polka-dotted, and has a back made from buttons in that episode, where she and the singing Polka Dots meet aliens and a lion.
  • In the Blue's Room segment, the answer to Polka Dots' Puzzles is a party for the viewer.
  • This is the only time Blue gets the mail solo. Another character who got the mail in "Meet Polka Dots!" is Boris. And another character who did the same in "Puppets" is Sock Puppet.
  • This is the second and final episode in which Blue tags Joe when chasing him. The first time she did it was in Can You Help?, but the Little Red Riding Hood story ended when she did that and Joe and Blue did not deliver the pancakes to Grandmother's house after all, but it was time for So Long instead.
  • In the Joe Show, Little Red Riding Hood is the snack thief and as soon as the duck chases her, he and she get separated, but the duck is brave enough to stop Little Red Riding Hood, who just stole his snack.
  • This is Joe's version of "The Wrong Shirt" where he and Blue do the opposite, "Something To Do Blue" where Blue sits in the thinking chair for the second and final time, "Hide and Seek" where Blue and Tickety find Joe, and "Blue's Surprise at Two O'Clock!", where Joe has a surprise for Blue and the viewer.
  • In the letter, the girl helps Blue find her second Joe's clue. After that, when the girl waves goodbye and wishes Blue good luck, the letter ends and Blue jumps out of it. As soon as Blue does, the letter stays open and Blue returns to Joe by walking towards the screen.
  • This is the only Joe episode starring Blue as the main clue finder to feature two skidoo locations instead of one.
  • When Joe says, "Did you and Blue find the clue I left for you in the letter?", what he means is "Did the girl help you and Blue find the clue I left for you in the letter?".
  • Joe and the duck's riddles are questions and Little Red Riding Hood's riddle is a statement.
  • When the duck grabs his snack while Little Red Riding Hood is gone, she gives up and the Joe Show ends itself.
  • When Mailbox says, "Amazing!", he jokes and when he says, "Incredible!" he jokes again.
  • This is Joe's version of Blue's News with riddles.
  • In this episode, the fastest way to the cactus is a cloud for Joe and a rocket ship for Blue.
  • When Joe says, "Now that you're in our thinking chair...", what he means to Blue is "...go think!" as Blue barks "Let's think!".
  • When the clues say, "Now that we're three, what will we be?", Joe says, "You have all three Joe's clues!", but what he means to Blue is "Congratulations!".
  • When Joe says, "Hey, why don't you and Blue get the mail today?", what he means is "Hey, Blue, why don't I stay here and you get the mail by yourself?".
  • At the end of the episode, Joe is the star of the music show and Blue and the Viewer are the audience members.
  • This is Joe's version of Blue's Play, but only at the end.
  • This is the Blue's Clues version of "Journey to Big Bird".
  • When Little Red Riding Hood says, "Well, go find Joe. Off to Grandma's house I go.", it is a rhyme.
  • When the girl says, "Good luck finding your third Joe's clue.", what she means is "Let the chase for your third Joe's clue begin!".
  • When the girl says, "Bye!", like Morgan, Perry, and Brent in Snacktime, the kids in What Is Blue Trying to Do?, the boy in Signs after saying, "Have a wonderful day!", and Zoe in The Alphabet Train, she gets an extra line of dialogue, which is "Good luck finding your third Joe's clue.".
  • When Blue sits in the thinking chair to think by herself, she sits in a soft comfy orange thing on it.
  • In this episode, when Blue opens the letter by herself, the letter does not start out with Blue saying, "It's a letter from our friends.". Instead, it starts out with nothing.
  • Given the fact that Blue doesn't speak, this episode is where the Talking Clues concept makes the most sense when she uses the notebook.

Goofs[]

  • At one point, the closed captioning mistakenly says that Blue is barking "We are looking for Blue's Clues," but technically, she's actually barking "We are looking for Joe's Clues." This also occurs with the line "What Blue's Clues were all about," where she's actually barking "What Joe's Clues were all about."
  • In the Mailtime segment, when Blue howls "MAIL!" and waves to Mailbox, her paws suddenly transform into hands.
  • When Blue skidoos into the book with buttons, she has Joe’s skidoo sound. When Joe skidoos back home, he has Blue’s skidoo sound.

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This episode is available for streaming on Paramount Global's video streaming service Paramount+.
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Blue's Clues Season 6
The Legend of the Blue Puppy | Love Day | Blue's Wishes | Joe's Clues | Skidoo Adventure | Playdates | The Fairy Tale Ball | Soccer Practice | Bluestock | Meet Blue's Baby Brother
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