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Nurture!

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"Nurture!" is the 17th episode of Blue's Clues from Season 2.

Summary[]

We help Steve and Blue take care of their plants, and now there's something else that we need to do. We play Blue's Clues to figure out what it is. Along the way, we find a butterfly and figure out what it needs.

Elements[]

  • Educational Theme:
    • Nurturing
    • Plant Care
    • Baby Care
    • Animal Care
  • Question: What do we need to do today?
  • Clues:
  • Answer to Blue's Clues: Feeding her
  • Living room picture: A duck and a duckling resembling the rubber duck swimming in the water (similar to What Does Blue Need?)
  • Skidoo location: Safari book
  • Felt Frame picture: Freddy and Fifi are hugging each other (Similar to Periwinkle Misses His Friend & Love Day)
  • Letter: Orange (US) Green (UK)
  • Snail Appearances: (1. beside the fruit basket) (2. behind a tuft of grass) (3. behind the right side of Side Table Drawer)

Recap[]

Steve and Blue are taking care of their plants. However, when we go to look at them, we find that they're looking rather droopy. They're sunflowers and sunflowers need water. So Steve and Blue water them and they perk back up and grow a little. We then play Blue's Clues to find out what else to take care of. Before retrieving the notebook and singing Play Blue's Clues, the pawprint sneezes and Steve demonstrates that blowing into a tissue is the way to take care of the pawprint and ourselves anytime we sneeze. Soon, the first clue is found, which is a bowl. When a Orange Butterfly shows up in the house, we watch it for a while and then figure out from its hovering by the door that it needs to get back outside where it belongs. Then, we're called by Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper, who are at work on another of their food creations and they need someone to look after Paprika for a while. So we, Steve and Blue watch over her. She starts crying and we figure out that she needs her bottle, then to be wiped off after she gets milk on herself and then a warm blanket because she's shivering, which led her to fall asleep. Once Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper get back and noticed that their daughter is sleeping, they give Paprika her gummy teddy bear. Soon, we find the second clue, which are bits of carrots. Later, we skidoo into a safari book and find an elephant, a lion, and a monkey that need to get home and get baths. We learn that elephants take baths by spraying water on each other, lions are licked to get clean and monkeys pick each others' fur to clean up. We skidoo back home and find that Turquoise is our third clue. Steve sits on the Thinking Chair and finds out the clue is to feed Turquoise. Blue then provides Turquoise with some carrots, while Steve, Mrs. Pepper, Mr. Salt, Paprika, Orange Butterfly, and Elephant happily watch. After confirming that everyone has what they needed, Steve sings the So Long Song and the episode ends.

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This episode is available for streaming on Paramount Skydance Corporation's video streaming service Paramount+.
Nurture!

Trivia[]

  • Monkey, Lion, Mailbox, Purple Butterfly, and Sidetable Drawer were too busy to appear at the end of the episode.
  • Prop Master Lisa Davis, Theo Hoffman, and Casey Joshua Pitts, who are related to future voice actors on the show, also appear as Steve's friends in this episode.
  • This is the first time Paprika is shown crying, and she cries again in Love Day.
    • Coincidentally both episodes have the felt frame picture of Fred and Fifi hugging.
  • It is the only time where Sidetable blushes shyly.
  • You can watch this episode on Nickelodeon: Celebrate Family on DVD.
  • This is the first episode to air in 1999.
  • When this episode is shown on Noggin, the pawprint for the second clue is mostly covered by the Noggin watermark.
  • This episode is the second of two episodes on Blues Safari that aired on VHS, with the credit music used for the VHS credits.
  • Steve's catchphrase "That's it! That's brilliant!" is used for the last time in this episode.
  • Starting with this episode, brass instruments are included in the theme song.
  • The concept of needs was previously explored in the Season 1 episode "What Does Blue Need?".
  • The living room picture frame is similar to the one in The Grow Show, but with rubber ducks instead of regular ducks.
  • In the Mailtime song, Blue's original vocals from the pilot episode "Snack Time" are used for the last time.
  • This is the fifth episode where Blue nods her head no.
  • This is the eighth episode to use the "Notebook" line from "What Story Does Blue Want to Play?".
  • This is the third episode to use the "Notebook" line from "The Grow Show."
  • This is the third and last episode to use the "A Clue A Clue" line from "What Does Blue Want to Do On a Rainy Day?".
  • This is the second and last episode to use the "A Clue A Clue" line from "The Lost Episode!".
  • This is the fourth episode where viewers do not say "Notebook!" from Mailbox's Birthday.
  • This is the third and final episode to use the phrase "No, it's a clue" phrase from Math!.
  • This is also the eighth and final episode to use the phrase "No, a clue" from The Grow Show.
  • This is the second and last episode to use the "Thinking Chair" line from "Blue's Favorite Song."
  • This episode premiered on the same day as My Neighbor Was a Teenage Robot on Nickelodeon before the upcoming series.
  • This is the second time early season 3 notebook drawing footage is seen when Steve draws the first clue.
  • This is the second time the question "What do we need to do today?" is asked.
  • In this episode, Steve does not say his usual closing line, but instead thanks everyone for their help.
  • When Turquoise eats carrots like a rabbit, it's time for Steve to sing the So Long Song.
  • At the start of the letter, the kids introduce themselves to their pet guinea pig, Stan.
  • In Joe's First Day, the book about the task in the answer will be for Blue, who will have trouble before Slippery, but only after sneezing.

Goofs[]

  • The origin of the butterfly in the house is a mystery.
    • It does appear that the window was open when Steve and Blue were watering the flowers, so it’s possible that the butterfly came in through the window.
  • In the third clue, when it is on Turquoise, the pawprint is purple instead of the original blue color. This is a mistake.
  • In the closing credits, David Burger is listed as Duke David Burger.
  • Even though this episode aired in 1999, the copyright date in the credits is 1998.
    • However, the episode was actually filmed in 1998.

Video Releases[]

Blue's Clues Season 2
Steve Gets the Sniffles | What Does Blue Want to Build? | Blue's Senses | What Experiment Does Blue Want to Try? | What Does Blue Want to Make Out of Recycled Things? | What Was Blue's Dream About? | Blue's ABCs | Math! | Blue's Birthday | What Does Blue Want to Do with Her Picture? | What Does Blue Want to Do on a Rainy Day? | Blue's Surprise at Two O'Clock | The Lost Episode! | Blue's Sad Day | What Game Does Blue Want to Learn? | What Did Blue See? | Nurture! | Blue Is Frustrated | What Is Blue Trying to Do? | Mechanics!
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