This is a list of how the animated clues move above the host's head and shoulders. The most common movement used for the animated clues was that it tilted from side to side above the host's head and shoulders. Other times, they would animate the clues differently from the tilting side to side movement. Some animated clues do something when they move closer to the screen, while others do nothing when they move closer to the screen.
Blue's Clues[]
Season 1[]
| Episodes | First Clue | Second Clue | Third Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snack Time | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Bends and straightens its legs |
| What Time Is It for Blue? | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Mailbox's Birthday | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Blue's Story Time | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Expands and shrinks its nose, extends and narrows its tail, and moves its ears up and down |
| What Does Blue Need? | Nonchalantly floats (but during the thinking time segment, it individually pops and reappears) | Extends and narrows itself (but when the correct answer is given, it tilts side to side) | Tilts side to side |
| Blue's Favorite Song | Tilts side to side (but during the thinking time segment, it moves its tail up and down, and when it moves closer to the screen, it moves its mouth and quacks) | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, an eighth note hits its keys) |
| Adventures in Art | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Blue Goes to the Beach | Tilts side to side | Folds in its corner and unfolds it | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it shows a top view of itself) |
| Pretend Time | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| A Snowy Day | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Moves closer to the screen and moves back to its original position |
| The Trying Game | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it squishes part of itself and lets out a honking noise) | Tilts side to side | Squishes itself and returns to normal (but when it moves closer to the screen, it quickly rotates vertically clockwise at 360 degrees) |
| Blue Wants to Play a Game | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it moves its mouth and quacks) | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it moves its mouth and quacks) | Moves its neck up and down (but when it moves closer to the screen, it moves its mouth and honks) |
| The Grow Show | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, little dots emerge from it) | Slides to the right and returns to its normal position (but when it moves closer to the screen, it quickly rotates vertically clockwise at 360 degrees) | Individually jumps up and down |
| Blue Wants to Play a Song Game | Extends and narrows its lines (but during the thinking time segment, it tilts left, and after the incorrect answer is given, it tilts right) | Changes its pattern of water drops (but in some parts, it moves at rapid speed, and more water drops emerge from it) | Bends and straightens its legs (but instead of moving closer to the screen, it waves to The Viewer) |
| What Does Blue Want to Make? | Extends itself and returns to its original position | Moves closer to the screen and moves back to its original position | Bends and straightens part of itself |
| What Story Does Blue Want to Play? | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side (but during the thinking time segment and when it moves closer to the screen, it moves up and down) | Tilts side to side |
| Tickety's Favorite Nursery Rhyme | Tilts side to side | Moves its pendulum side to side | Tilts side to side |
| What Is Blue Afraid Of? | Repeatedly flips horizontally | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it extends itself, lets out a hooting sound, and fades away) |
| Magenta Comes Over | Bends and straightens its legs (but when it moves closer to the screen, it waves) | Tilts side to side (but as it tilts side to side, its mouth gets bigger and smaller, and when it moves closer to the screen, it winks) | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, its lens extends forward and back to its original position) |
| Blue's News | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it waves) | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it waves) | Tilts side to side |
Season 2[]
| Episodes | First Clue | Second Clue | Third Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Gets the Sniffles | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Oppositely flips horizontally |
| What Does Blue Want to Build? | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, little lines emerge from it, and part of it shines brighter) | Tosses itself inward and outward | Tilts side to side |
| Blue's Senses | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, its flaps close in and open up) | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, part of it shines brighter) | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, sound waves emerge from it) |
| What Experiment Does Blue Want to Try? | Folds in part of itself and its waves get bigger and smaller | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| What Does Blue Want to Make Out of Recycled Things? | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Oppositely squishes itself and returns to normal |
| What Was Blue's Dream About? | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it draws itself in) |
| Blue's ABCs | Tilts side to side (except the word "moon" underneath it) | Bends and extends its legs (except the word "cow" underneath it) | Bends part of itself and jumps |
| Math! | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it rubs itself together as an ice clinking sound plays, and after the incorrect answer is given, it stops moving) | Tilts side to side (but after the incorrect answer is given, it stops moving) | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it rubs itself together, and after the incorrect answer is given, it stops moving) |
| Blue's Birthday | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| What Does Blue Want to Do with Her Picture? | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Waves its flag side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it opens its mouth) |
| What Does Blue Want to Do on a Rainy Day? | Moves apart from each other and returns to its normal position (but during the thinking time segment, it moves up and down) | Tilts side to side | Moves its legs up and down and extends and narrows its arms |
| Blue's Surprise at Two O'Clock | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side vertically (but during the thinking time segment, it tilts side to side horizontally) | Tilts side to side |
| The Lost Episode! | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Blue's Sad Day | Tilts side to side | Bends and extends its legs (but when it moves, it has a neutral expression on its face, and does not have one when it moves closer to the screen) | Tilts side to side |
| What Game Does Blue Want to Learn? | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| What Did Blue See? | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side (but during the thinking time segment, it has roots) | Tilts side to side |
| Nurture! | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Extends and narrows its arms and legs |
| Blue Is Frustrated | Extends and narrows itself vertically | Separately moves closer to the screen and moves back to its normal position | Tilts side to side |
| What Is Blue Trying to Do? | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Bends and extends its legs |
| Mechanics! | Extends itself and returns to its original position | Draws itself in three lines at a time and draws itself out three lines at a time while drawing itself in three lines at a time | Tilts side to side |
Season 3[]
| Episodes | First Clue | Second Clue | Third Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue's Big Treasure Hunt | Tilts side to side | Rocks back and forth | Tilts side to side |
| Art Appreciation | Tilts side to side | Extends itself and returns to its normal position | Oppositely moves up and down |
| Weight and Balance | Bends and extends its legs (but when it moves closer to the screen, the sound of Blue barking is heard) | Oppositely tilts side to side (except the number 0, which squishes itself and returns to normal) | Tilts side to side (but it looks as if it was operated when it moves) |
| What's That Sound? | Separately moves closer to the screen and moves back to its normal position | Moves its top and bottom to the right and returns to its normal position (but when it moves closer to the screen, it makes a wind sound) | Tilts side to side without its sound waves (but when it moves closer to the screen, it pushes itself down and the sound lines appear, and it makes a boom sound when it does) |
| Animal Behavior! | Oppositely tilts side to side (but during the thinking time segment, it rotates vertically clockwise by 90 degrees) | Tilts side to side | Appears in one print at a time, and disappears out one print at a time |
| Blue's Big Pajama Party | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it zips itself in and zips itself out as a zipping sound plays) | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, a light turns on and off as a clicking sound plays) | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it opens and closes itself as a slamming sound plays) |
| Draw Along with Blue | Tilts side to side | Switches sizes from big to small | Moves itself side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it waves) |
| Hide and Seek | Tilts side to side and moves its hands like a clock (but when it moves closer to the screen, its bells move as if they're ringing as a ringing sound plays) | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it fluffs itself) | Tilts side to side |
| Thankful | Tilts side to side | Floats through the air like a leaf floating to the ground | Tilts side to side |
| Blue's Big Holiday | Appears one by one and then disappears | Extends and narrows itself | Tilts side to side |
| Pool Party | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side (but during the thinking time segment, it appears to have a spot on its back) | Tilts side to side |
| Anatomy | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side without the wavy lines next to it (but when it moves closer to the screen, it wiggles and the wavy lines appear at opposite ends of the clue) | Tilts side to side |
| Signs | Tilts side to side (but when the word "go" is said, it moves closer to the screen and lines flash next to it as a dinging sound plays) | Tilts side to side (but when the word "outside" is said, it moves closer to the screen and the arrow spins in a circle, but part of it spinning is not shown on screen) | Tilts side to side |
| Nature | Oppositely tilts side to side (except the swirl shape, which slowly rotates vertically clockwise at 360 degrees) | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Geography | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it opens and closes itself as a slamming sound plays) |
| Occupations | Tilts side to side | Extends itself and returns to its normal position | Moves its bottom part to the left and returns to its normal position |
| Blue's Big Mystery | Tilts side to side | Moves its top part side to side | Tilts side to side (but at one point, its top parts move in towards the center of itself and return to its normal position) |
| Periwinkle Misses His Friend | Oppositely tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it tilts side to side faster) | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it unfolds itself and refolds itself) | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it opens and closes its top flap) |
| Blue's Big Musical | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| What's So Funny? | Tilts side to side | Squishes itself and returns to normal | Slides its stripe up and down |
| Blue's Big Costume Party | One by one tilts up and down in a pattern | Tilts side to side (but at a fast speed) | Appears in at one wave at a time and disappears out at one wave at a time |
| Inventions | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it opens and closes itself | Tilts side to side | Separately tilts up and down shaded in |
| Blue's Play | Tilts side to side | Flips its top part side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Prehistoric Blue | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Switches its colors from top down |
| The Wrong Shirt | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Words | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Shy | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Magenta Gets Glasses | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Bends and straightens its legs and rocks side to side and turns a shade of blue |
| Environments | Extends its lines and turns them a few inches away from its original position and returns to its original position | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Stormy Weather | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Draws itself in three or more lines at a time |
| Blue's Collection | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Draws itself in |
| Café Blue | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
Season 4[]
| Episodes | First Clue | Second Clue | Third Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imagine Nation | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Oppositely tilts side to side |
| Adventure | Tilts side to side | Appears in one wave at a time | Tilts side to side |
| The Anything Box | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, its top and bottom parts separately extend themselves and return to its normal position) |
| Superfriends | Tilts side to side (but in parts when it moves closer to the screen, it pops and reappears) | Tilts side to side (but in parts when it moves closer to the screen, it moves as if live waves of water move) | Tilts side to side |
| What's New, Blue? | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side in a shade of brown (but when it moves closer to the screen, it waves and is not in a shade of brown) | Tilts side to side |
| Blue's New Place | Oppositely tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Extends itself and returns to its normal position |
| Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper Day | Separately tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| The Baby's Here! | Vigorously shakes itself and rests | Tilts side to side somewhat vertically (but during the thinking time segment, it tilts side to side horizontally) | Tilts side to side |
| Making Changes | Tilts side to side | Tilts up and down as bits of powder disappear and reappear | Tilts side to side |
| Bugs! | Separately tilts up and down | Changes its colors from top down | Tilts side to side |
| ¡Un Día Con Plum! (A Day with Plum!) | Se inclina de lado a lado (Tilts side to side) | Se inclina de lado a lado (Tilts side to side) | Se inclina de lado a lado (Tilts side to side) |
| What's Inside? | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it draws itself in two lines at a time, but the arrow tips stay drawn) | Oppositely moves up and down |
| Blocks | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Let's Boogie | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it separately extends itself and returns to its normal position) |
| Blue's Backyard Ballgame Bonanza | Draws itself in (but when it first appears, this only happens when it moves closer to the screen, otherwise it does not move at all) | Rocks from side to side | Separately tilts up and down |
| Let's Plant | Tilts side to side | Separately squishes itself and returns to normal | Tilts side to side |
| Puppets | Dances from side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it waves its arms about) |
| Rhyme Time | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Blue's Book Nook | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Blue's School | Squishes itself and returns to normal | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Something To Do Blue | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Joe's First Day | Separately moves up and down (but when it moves closer to the screen, it wiggles from side to side together) | Tilts side to side | Appears in one wave at a time |
| Joe Gets a Clue | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Steve Goes to College | Separately tilts side to side | Separately pushes itself down and returns to normal | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it appears one wave at a time as a ringing sound plays) |
Season 5[]
| Episode | First Clue | Second Clue | Third Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can You Help? | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Colors Everywhere! | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Bends and extends its legs |
| The Snack Chart | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, the milk inside the bottle does not tilt side to side) | Tilts side to side |
| The Big Book About Us | Separately tilts side to side | Separately tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Playing Store | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Patience | Oppositely tilts its bottom parts away from the center and returns to its normal position | Tilts side to side | Flaps its wings up and down (but when it emerges from the notebook, it flies above the host's shoulder instead of sliding to it) |
| Joe's Surprise Party | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| I'm So Happy! | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it waves) |
| The Boat Float | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, the lines disappear and reappear) |
| Bedtime Business | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, a water drop emerges from the faucet as a water dropping sound plays) | Tilts side to side |
| Shape Searchers | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Separately tilts side to side |
| Blue Goes to the Doctor | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it waves) |
| Contraptions! | Tilts side to side | Separately moves closer to the screen and moves back to its original position | Tilts side to side |
| A Brand New Game | Bends and straightens its legs and moves its arms up and down | Tilts side to side (but during the thinking time segment, it tilts to its original position in between tilting side to side) | Tilts side to side |
| A Surprise Guest | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Dress Up Day | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it draws itself in, but the arrow tip stays drawn) |
| Blue's Big Band | Tilts side to side | Bounces vertically counterclockwise in a circle | Tilts side to side |
| Up, Down, All Around! | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, the arrow draws itself in, but the tip stays drawn in) | Tilts side to side and repeatedly flips horizontally | Tilts side to side |
| Story Wall | Separately moves its bottom parts left and right and separately returns to its normal position | Tilts side to side | Turns its top parts to the right and returns to its normal position |
| The Alphabet Train | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Numbers Everywhere! | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Blue's Predictions | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, its mouth opens) | Tilts side to side |
| The Scavenger Hunt | Separately tilts side to side and its notes move closer to the screen and move back to its normal position in time to the music | Separately tilts side to side | Floats up and down |
| Let's Write! | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Magenta's Messages | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Blue's First Holiday | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
Season 6[]
| Episodes | First Clue | Second Clue | Third Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meet Blue's Baby Brother | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
Blue's Clues & You![]
Season 1[]
| Episodes | First Clue | Second Clue | Third Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meet Josh! | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Playdate with Magenta | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it waves) | Tilts side to side (but in one part during the thinking time segment, when it moves closer to the screen, it winks) | Tilts side to side |
| Big News with Blue | Tilts side to side (but in one part during the thinking time segment, when it moves closer to the screen, it turns to the host and waves) | Tilts side to side (but in one part during the thinking time segment, when it moves closer to the screen, it turns to the host and waves) | Tilts side to side |
| ABC's with Blue | Tilts side to side (except the word "moon" underneath it) | Bends and extends its legs in one direction (except the word "cow" underneath it, and after the incorrect answer is given, it flips horizontally, also except for the word "cow" underneath it) | Repeatedly jumps |
| 123's with Blue | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Sad Day with Blue | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Laugh with Blue | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Song Time with Blue | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it wags its tail, moves its mouth, and quacks, and when the third clue appears, it flips horizontally) | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, an eighth note hits its keys) |
| Getting Glasses With Magenta | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side and turns a shade of blue (but when it moves closer to the screen, it wags its tail) |
| Growing with Blue | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Happy Birthday Blue | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Story Time with Blue | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| The Thinking Squad | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Science with Blue | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Colors Everywhere with Blue | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Pajama Party with Blue | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it zips itself in and zips itself out as a zipping sound plays) | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, a light turns on and off as a clicking sound plays) | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it opens and closes itself as a slamming sound plays) |
| Bluestock | Moves up and down | Moves up and down | Moves up and down |
| Spooky Costume Party with Blue | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it appears one wave at a time as a squeaking sound plays) |
| Thankful with Blue | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Getting Healthy with Blue | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
Season 2[]
| Episodes | First Clue | Second Clue | Third Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue's Big Beat Band | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Draws itself in five lines at a time and draws itself out five lines at a time |
| Hide and Seek with Blue | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Blue's Treasure Hunt | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Welcome to Blue's Bistro | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side in a slight shade of yellow |
| Blue's Big Baking Show | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Blue's Night Before Christmas | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Sleepy Singalong with Blue | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side somewhat vertically (but during the thinking time segment, it tilts side to side horizontally) | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it turns to the host and winks) |
| Blue's Big Dance Party | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it appears one wave at a time with or without a "bawk bawk bawk" sound playing) |
| Blue's Big Imagination | Tilts side to side (but when it first appears, it tilts slightly upward and slightly downward) | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| What I Like About Blue | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Blue's Show and Tell Surprise | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Blue's Rainy Day Rainbow | Tilts side to side and repeatedly flips horizontally (but when it moves closer to the screen, it flips horizontally faster) | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it drops to form a puddle and more water drops appear from it, and it disappears) |
| Spring is Here! | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Blue's Big Neighborhood Adventure | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Blue's Beach Bonanza | Tilts side to side | Moves side to side without tilting | Tilts side to side |
| Blue's Anywhere Box Surprise | Tilts side to side with a shade of light blue in the visor | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Mystery of the Missing Pies | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Blue Makes a Movie with You! | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| It's Your Birthday! | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Blue's Big Costume Parade | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
Season 3[]
| Episodes | First Clue | Second Clue | Third Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our New Neighbor | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| The Ghost of the Living Room | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| A Blue's Clues Festival of Lights | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Blue's Snowy Day Surprise | Tilts side to side | Draws itself in from top down and then disappears | Tilts side to side |
| Blue's Dino Clues | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Building with Blue | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Blue's Backyard Sports Spectacular | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it quickly draws itself in, except during the Thinking Time segment when it only does that at one point but not when it moves closer to the screen) | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, the hands move closer together and return to normal as if they're clapping) | Tilts side to side |
| Blue's Mystery Present | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Appears from small to big, breaks into different pieces, and then disappears |
| Mailtime Mystery | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer the screen, it draws itself in from the right side to the left side) | |
| Rainbow Puppy's Skidoo Adventure | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Blue's Treasure of Clue Lagoon | Oppositely imitates the movement of water waves moving in left and right directions in a forward and reverse loop | Tilts side to side | Draws itself in from top down and then disappears |
| Blue and Little Rainbow Riding Hood | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Blue's Storytime with Camila | Shows Camila doing the ASL sign for "five" in a gif-like manner, in which she raises her hand to show five fingers and then lowers her hand (but when the second clue is found, excluding the Thinking Time segment, it pauses after it is played once when it first appears and after Josh said the name of the first clue a second time) | Shows Josh doing the ASL sign for "little" in a gif-like manner, in which he places his hands horizontally in front of his chest, moves them closer to and apart from each other twice, and then puts his hands down at his sides (but when it is first found, excluding the Thinking Time segment, it pauses after it is played once when it first appears and after Josh said the name of the second clue a second time) | Shows Jojo the monkey doing sign for "duck" in a gif-like manner, in which she places her hand in front of mouth, presses her index and middle finger against and away from her thumb a few times to imitate a duck moving its bill, then puts her arm down at her side |
| Tickety's Big Musical Morning | Starts off with two hands apart from each other and a ball sitting in the air then appears as the way it was drawn and then repeats | Tilts side to side | Starts of with the tagging person having a curved arm and its legs in a curved standing position and the person being tagged having its foot behind its other leg and its arms in front of its sides then appears as the way it was drawn and then repeats |
| Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | |
| Feelin' Filipino | Ikiling magkatabi (Tilts side to side) | Ikiling magkatabi (Tilts side to side) | Ikiling magkatabi (Tilts side to side) |
| Into the Blueniverse! | Tilts side to side | Changes by having the arrow move one inch to the right three times then return to its normal position and repeat while the lines separately appear longer and shorter and in different spots above and below the arrow | Tilts side to side |
| Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, the eyes lower and raise behind the line they're hiding behind) | |
| Joshini The Amazing | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
Season 4[]
| Episodes | First Clue | Second Clue | Third Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Legend of the Jack O'Lantern | Slowly repeatedly spins vertically clockwise by 30 degrees | Changes by having the person rock side to side, oppositely move its arms toward and away from itself, and widen and narrow its legs while the squiggly lines oppositely extend and narrow themselves | Tilts side to side |
| A Blue Christmas with You! | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Blue's Wish Comes True! | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Magenta's Thank You Day Surprise | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Firefighter Blue to the Rescue! | Tilts side to side | Oppositely moves up and down and returns to its normal position (in which the up arrow moves up and returns to its normal position and the down arrow moves down and returns to its normal position) | Stays in place while the three wave lines appear one wave at a time and then disappear |
| Knights of the Snack Table | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Night at the Blueseum | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| A Tale of Shovel & Pail | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, the white square slides left and becomes a rectangle taking the place of the arrow and straight line and then slides right and returns to normal as the arrow and straight line appear again) | Slowly repeatedly spins vertically clockwise by 30 degrees | Tilts side to side |
| The Case of the Missing Thinking Chair | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Return of the Thinking Squad | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, the red lines above it draw themselves in at the same time) | Tilts side to side |
| Rainbow Puppy's Big Farm Fair | Quickly (slowly during the Thinking Time Segment) repeatedly spins vertically clockwise by 30 degrees (but it spins vertically clockwise by 90 degrees after the second clue appears and vertically clockwise by 60 degrees during the Thinking Time segment) | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Pearl's Kickball Championship | Tilts side to side while the arrow extends and narrows itself by one inch | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| The Big Blue Derby | Quickly (slowly when it first appears) repeatedly spins vertically counterclockwise by 90 degrees | Tilts side to side | Quickly repeatedly spins vertically counterclockwise by 30 degrees |
| Blue's New Pet | Tilts side to side | Starts off with the arrow tip and one dashed line as it slowly moves to the left and as the rest of the dashed lines slowly draw themselves in one line at a time and then repeats | Tilts side to side |
| The Wizard of Skidoo | Tilts side to side | Starts off as the way it was drawn then appears as two diagonal lines of different sizes closed together and then repeats | Tilts side to side |
| Josh's Crummy Day | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Josh and Blue's Ice Cream Shop | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| The Silly Smelly Smell | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Rock On, Rainbow Puppy! | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Hola, Mexico City! | Se inclina de lado a lado (Tilts side to side) | Se inclina de lado a lado (Tilts side to side) | Se inclina de lado a lado (Tilts side to side) |
| Josh Visits the Philippines! | Ikiling magkatabi (Tilts side to side) | Ikiling magkatabi (Tilts side to side) | Ikiling magkatabi (Tilts side to side) |
| Happy Birthday, Sage & Ginger | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| If You Don't See It, Be It! | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Hotel Blue | Tilts side to side | Starts off as an oval with the two arrows next to it then appears as the way it was drawn and then repeats | Tilts side to side |
| Blue's Breaking News | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Starts off as the way it was drawn then appears as the two legs and feet in a "getting ready to kick" position and then repeats |
Season 5[]
| Episodes | First Clue | Second Clue | Third Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Goes Green | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Blue's Big Backyard Carnival | Draws itself in from left to right and then disappears | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Welcome to Camp Clue | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Camp Clue Hits the Trail | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, the arrow moves side to side like it's pointing to the top of the tree) |
Blue's Clues PC Games[]
Blue's Birthday Adventure[]
| Episodes | First Clue | Second Clue | Third Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| What Does Blue Want To Do At Her Party? | Bends and straightens part of itself | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, its flaps close in and open up) | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, its curtains close in and open up) |
| What Does Blue Want To Play? | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it tilts side to side faster) | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side (but when it first appears, it tilts slightly upward and slightly downward) |
| What Does Blue Want To Give Her Guests At Her Party? | Oppositely tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it tilts side to side faster) | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it opens and closes itself as a slamming sound plays) | Tilts side to side |
| What Does Blue Want To Eat At Her Party? | Tilts side to side | Squishes itself and returns to normal | Tilts side to side |
Blue's Treasure Hunt: A Learning Adventure[]
| Episodes | First Clue | Second Clue | Third Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paprika's Favorite Treasure | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side (but when it moves closer to the screen, it opens and closes itself as a slamming sound plays) | Tilts side to side |
| Mailbox's Favorite Treasure | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side and moves its hands like a clock (but when it moves closer to the screen, its bells move as if they're ringing as a ringing sound plays) | Separately tilts side to side and its notes move closer to the screen and move back to its normal position in time to the music |
| Magenta's Favorite Treasure | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
Blue's Big Musical (video game)[]
| Episodes | First Clue | Second Clue | Third Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue's Big Musical Level 1 Big Music Show | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Blue's Big Musical Level 2 Big Band | Tilts side to side | Moves closer to the screen and moves back to its original position | Tilts side to side |
| Blue's Big Musical Level 3 Sidetable does want to be on our show | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Blue's Big Musical Level 4 Big Music Show | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
| Blue's Big Musical Level 5 Big Band | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Oppositely squishes itself and returns to normal |
| Blue's Big Musical Level 6 Mailbox does want to be on our show | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side | Tilts side to side |
Trivia[]
- This list does not include episodes with Talking Clues, nor does it include how the clues move when the incorrect and correct answers are given.
- This list includes the Blue's Clues & You! version of Bluestock because the musical clues move in that episode, but it does not include the Blue's Clues version of Bluestock because the musical clues do not move in that episode.
- There are patterns of how they would animate clues by using the tilting side to side movements or different movements in different episodes. Each pattern contains three ways of how they would animate clues. Here are the patterns of how they animate clues in different episodes:
- Side to side, side to side, side to side.
- Different, side to side, side to side.
- Side to side, different, side to side.
- Side to side, side to side, different.
- Side to side, different, different.
- Different, side to side, different.
- Different, different, side to side.
- Different, different, different.
- The boxes that are in color indicates which clues are in color.
- The clues for Blue's Storytime with Camila are in video format recorded with Josh's Handy Dandy Notebook Phone instead of animated clue format drawn from Josh's Handy Dandy Notebook.
- The clues for Josh Visits the Philippines! are all in color because they were taken as pictures with Josh's Handy Dandy Notebook Phone instead of drawn in Josh's Handy Dandy Notebook because Josh forgot his crayon in that episode, and the animated clues in that episode look realistically the same way they were found instead of drawn inside the Handy Dandy Notebook as always, but they were still animated the same way the other animated clues are animated overall.