Josh Visits the Philippines!

Josh Visits the Philippines!
Episode number	Season 4 Episode 21 (#422)
Airdate	October 25, 2023
Written by	Emman Sadorra Caitlin Hodson
Directed by	M.R. Horhager
Question in the episode	How can Josh perform without his lucky seashell?
Clues	A Heart The Philippines People
Answer to Blue's Clues	Perform with your Family
Chronology
Previous episode	Hola, Mexico City!
Next episode	Happy Birthday, Sage & Ginger (release order) Hotel Blue (production order)
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Josh Visits the Philippines!, also known as Kamusta, Philippines!, is the twenty-first episode of season four and the eighty-first episode overall in the reboot series Blue's Clues & You!.

Summary

Josh can't wait to perform at the Panagbenga Festival in the Philippines with Blue and Rainbow Puppy! But when he loses his lucky seashell, he feels too nervous to perform! Only a game of Blue's Clues would help get his groove back and sing in the festival parade.

Characters

• Blue
• Josh
• Sidetable Drawer (inanimate cameo)
• Rainbow Puppy
• Sea Turtles
• Jeepney
• Linda and Paulo
• Mailbox (Philippine; named Coreo)
• Lola
• Tarsiers
• Snail
• Magenta (credits)

Elements

• Question: How can Josh perform without his lucky seashell?
• Clues:
  1. A Heart
  2. The Philippines
  3. People
• Answer to Blue’s Clues: Perform with your family
• Skidoo Location: The Philippines
• Living room picture: pink, purple, and orange flowers
• Felt board picture: The Philippine flag
• Email or Letter?: Letter (Sulat)

Gallery

This is what Coreo looks like in the episode.

Josh is talking to his cousins Linda and Paulo over the phone.

This is Linda and Paulo. They're inviting Josh, Blue, and Rainbow Puppy to perform at the Panagbenga Festival in the Philippines.

This is Josh's lucky seashell. Lola gave it to him when he was little.

With his lucky seashell, Josh doesn't feel nervous to sing in front of other people.

This is what the Philippines looks like.

To get to the Philippines, Josh, Blue, and Rainbow Puppy will skidoo into the globe.

Josh, Blue, and Rainbow Puppy are surfing in the Philippines.

Oh no! There goes Josh's lucky seashell!

Josh's lucky seashell is lost! Now Josh can't perform in the parade without being nervous!

Rainbow Puppy is looking for a replacement seashell for Josh, but it's not the same.

Surf's up, Pawprint!

This Thinking Bench has flowers on it.

Oh no! Josh sounds too nervous when he sings!

Those sea turtles didn't like his nervous singing!

This is Jeepeny; Tour Bus' Filipino Cousin.

First Clue

"A kangaroo?"

Uh-oh! Josh doesn't have his crayon with him!

First Clue: Heart

Now Josh can't write the clues down in his notebook!

"Where's my crayon?"

Josh is going to take pictures of the clues instead since he doesn't have his crayon.

A Heart

Josh, Blue, and Rainbow Puppy are riding in Jeepeny to get to the festival.

This is where the festival is taking place. There will be a parade as part of the festival.

All these parade floats are made out of flowers.

This float has a Thinking Chair made out of flowers!

Josh is hugging Linda and Paulo.

Josh and his cousins

"I lost my lucky seashell from Lola!"

Josh still sounds too nervous when he sings!

As part of their performance, Josh is going to do a tinikling dance for the parade.

Here's how the dance pattern goes: First, you jump between the sticks twice...

...then you jump outside of the sticks once...

...and then you turn around. The pattern goes in, in, out, turn.

Now it's Josh's turn.

Josh is jumping between the sticks twice...

...then he's jumping outside of the sticks once...

...and now he's turning around.

Josh is getting the hang of the dance now.

In, in, out, turn. He has the pattern mastered now.

Josh is now ready to perform the dance during the parade!

This mailbox is Filipino.

But Josh still sounds nervous when he sings!

This mailbox's name is Coreo. She has a letter for Josh.

Because Josh is still nervous, Coreo is singing We Just Got a Letter for him.

Josh's letter is from Lola back at home.

Lola wishes Josh luck during the parade.

Second Clue

Second Clue: The Philippines

Josh is taking another picture.

The Philippine Flag

The Thinking Chair float is almost finished. They just need to make the flag of the Philippines with flowers.

Oh no! Those tarsiers are stealing the flowers!

This float is based on the Chocolate Hills. That's where the tarsiers live.

They'll need some flowers for the first part of the flag. They can use Josh's picture as a reference.

The blue flowers are the first color of the Philippines flag.

The upper part of the flag is complete.

Here are some more tarsiers. They'll need some more flowers for the next part of the flag.

The red flowers are the next color of the Philippines flag.

The lower part of the flag is complete.

That's a lot of tarsiers! They'll need more flowers for the last part of the flag.

The white and yellow flowers are the last colors of the Philippines flag.

The Philippines Flag is completed!

The Thinking Chair float is all ready for the parade.

Josh is going to wear that barong for the parade.

Looking stylish, Josh!

Third Clue

Third Clue: People

Josh is taking another picture.

People

Answer: Perform with Josh's family

Lola made it to the festival!

Josh is hugging Lola.

Josh is going to perform with Linda, Paulo, and Lola in the parade.

Jeepeny is announcing and leading the parade.

It's time for Josh, his family, Blue and Rainbow Puppy to perform!

Josh is singing and doesn't sound nervous anymore!

We already know that Lola can sing. She has an amazing singing voice!

Josh is even performing the tinikling dance perfectly!

Lola is taking the lead with the song.

We know that Linda and Paulo can sing since they've performed karaoke before.

The sea turtles and tarsiers love the performance.

The performance was a success!

That tarsier is throwing flowers over the screen.

That's a cool ending transition.

3 Clues from Josh Visits the Philippines!

Watch Episode

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

Trivia

• Josh returns to his roots (in real life) from the Southeast Asian country.
• Josh has a lucky seashell like what happened in Blue's Collection, Steve skidooed with Shovel to get seashells and in Blue's Birthday, Happy Birthday Blue, Blue's Beach Bonanza and Blue's New Pet when a turtle, crab, and snail shell were drawn.
• This is the fourth episode where a heart was a clue. The first three were Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper Day, Blue's Big Baking Show, and Magenta's Thank You Day Surprise.
  • This is also the second episode where a heart was the first clue with Blue's Big Baking Show and Magenta's Thank You Day Surprise being the first. However, in Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper Day, it was the third clue.
• This is the second episode where a flag was a clue. The first episode being Mailtime Mystery.
  • This is also the first episode where a flag was the second clue because in Mailtime Mystery, it was the first clue.
• People being a clue in this episode is similar to what happened in A Brand New Game, Our New Neighbor, and Blue and Little Rainbow Riding Hood when friends were drawn and A Blue's Clues Festival of Lights when a family was drawn.
• During the Mailtime song, Josh tries to sing the last "Mail", but he sung it out of tune.
• This is the seventh time where any person or job, career, or occupation was a clue or being the answer to Blue’s Clues. The others being Pretend Time when an astronaut was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a helmet, a star, and a rocket, Occupations when Steve, who was being a news reporter, saw Sidetable Drawer was a security guard, Slippery Soap was a fisherman, Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper and Paprika were an airplane pilot, co-pilot, and flight attendant, Shovel and Pail were being veterinarians, Mailbox was being a mail carrier, and Blue wanted to be a doctor, which was the answer to Blue’s Clues (a doctor), when Blue left three clues on a wooden stick, a bandage and a stethoscope, ¡Un Día Con Plum! when an artist was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a pad of paper, a smock, and a paintbrush, Blue's School, Blue Goes to the Doctor when Blue became a doctor and wanted to give Joe a checkup when Blue left three clues on a white coat, a bag, and Joe himself, and Playdates when a firefighter was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on water, a hose, and a ladder.
• This is the second episode where Josh uses his phone to play Blue's Clues with the first being Blue's Storytime with Camila. However, unlike that episode, the actual objects show up after getting their pictures taken.
• This is the fourth time in the reboot where the clues aren’t drawn. The first three being Blue's Treasure of Clue Lagoon, Blue's Storytime with Camila, and Blue's Big City Adventure.
• The song "We Are Pamilya" was adapted from the original song "We Are A Family", which Ally Brooke sang at the 2020 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
• This is the nineteenth reboot episode where The So Long Song isn't sung with the first eighteen being "Blue's Night Before Christmas", "Blue's Show and Tell Surprise", "It's Your Birthday!", "The Ghost of the Living Room", "A Blue's Clues Festival of Lights", "Building with Blue", "Rainbow Puppy's Skidoo Adventure", "Blue and Little Rainbow Riding Hood", "Feelin' Filipino", "The Legend of the Jack O'Lantern", "A Blue Christmas with You!", "Blue's Wish Comes True!", "Magenta's Thank You Day Surprise", "The Case of the Missing Thinking Chair", "The Wizard of Skidoo", "Josh's Crummy Day", "Josh and Blue's Ice Cream Shop" and "Hola, Mexico City!". Instead "We Are Pamilya" was sung at the end.

Goofs

• In this episode, Josh takes pictures of the clues because he forgets his crayon. However, when he takes a picture of the first clue (a heart), his crayon can be seen in his notebook's spiral.