Pawprint Removals

This is a list of how Steve/Joe/Josh have cleaned up the pawprint used to signal a Blue's Clues game.

Season 1

Episode	Method of Removal
Snack Time	Steve wipes the pawprint off with a kitchen cloth.
What Time is it for Blue?	Steve cleans up the pawprint using a featherduster.
Mailbox's Birthday	Steve wipes the pawprint off with a birthday napkin.
Blue's Story Time	Steve blows the pawprint away.
What Does Blue Need?	Steve uses a garden hose to spray the pawprint and clean it off.
Blue's Favorite Song	Steve plays a kazoo to remove to pawprint.
Adventures in Art	Steve takes off his art clothes to wipe off the pawprint.
Blue Goes to the Beach	Steve uses a beach towel to wipe off the pawprint.
Pretend Time	The pawprint removes itself off.
A Snowy Day	Steve cleans up the pawprint using a snow shovel.
The Trying Game	Steve cleans up the pawprint with his eyes closed.
Blue Wants to Play a Game	Steve plays simon says with the pawprint.
The Grow Show	Steve waters the pawprint, making it explode.
Blue Wants to Play a Song Game	Steve claps the pawprint off.
What Does Blue Want to Make?	Steve takes off his newspaper hat to wipe off the pawprint.
What Story Does Blue Want to Play?	Steve makes up a story about the pawprint.
Tickety's Favorite Nursery Rhyme	Steve makes up a rhyme about the pawprint.
What Is Blue Afraid Of?	The pawprint vanishes.
Magenta Comes Over	Blue cleans up the pawprint with her ears from top to bottom.
Blue's News	Steve kindly asks for the pawprint to leave.

Season 2

Episode	Method of Removal
Steve Gets the Sniffles	The pawprint moves away as Steve starts to sneeze again.
What Does Blue Want to Build?	Steve builds and uses a contraption to remove the pawprint.
Blue's Senses	Steve uses a key to wind up the pawprint, which moves it off-screen.
What Experiment Does Blue Want to Try?	Steve uses a magnet.
What Does Blue Want to Make Out of Recycled Things?	Blue recycles the pawprint; she puts it back on her paw to reuse it later.
What Was Blue's Dream About?	Steve dreams the pawprint away.
Blue's ABCs	Steve draws the letter p in the center of the pawprint, before it pops off.
Math!	Steve counts the pawprint's toes and tickles the palm.
Blue's Birthday	Steve uses a noisemaker to turn the pawprint into confetti.
What Does Blue Want to Do with Her Picture?	Steve uses a spray and sponge.
What Does Blue Want to Do on a Rainy Day?	Steve makes music with the pawprint.
Blue's Suprise at Two O'Clock	Steve turns the palm of the pawprint like a clock, making the toes ring.
The Lost Episode!	Steve finds and uses his old featherduster.
Blue's Sad Day	The pawprint turns sad when it is told to leave, before Steve cheers it up.
What Game Does Blue Want to Learn?	Steve uses a rag.
What Did Blue See?	The pawprint sees its reflection.
Nurture!	The pawprint sneezes and blows it's "nose".
Blue Is Frustrated	Steve sprays and wipes off the pawprint.
What Is Blue Trying to Do?	Steve and the viewers encourage the pawprint to clean itself off.
Mechanics!	Steve makes the pawprint look like a helicopter, telling it to takeoff.

Season 3

Episode	Method of Removal
Blue's Big Treasure Hunt	Steve uses a sparkly red cloth.
Art Appreciation	Steve decorates the pawprint with paint and glitter, before popping it with a feather.
Weight and Balance	Steve decides to weight the pawprint and discovers that it is light.
What's That Sound?	The pawprint is blown away by the wind.
Animal Behavior!	The pawprint shape shifts into a turkey.
Blue's Big Pajama Party	The pawprint yawns and Steve tells it to go get ready for bed.
Draw Along with Blue	Steve draws another pawprint, then erases them both.
Hide and Seek	Steve plays hide and seek with the pawprint.
Thankful	The viewers clean the pawprint.
Blue's Big Holiday	Steve adds the pawprint to the holiday quilt.
Pool Party	The pawprint ripples due to the hot weather, and Steve makes wind with the pool invitation list, making the pawprint move off-screen.
Anatomy	Steve dances with the pawprint.
Signs	Steve makes a sign to say goodbye to the pawprint.
Nature	Steve tells the pawprint to enjoy the nice and beautiful day.
Geography	The pawprint goes left, right and away.
Occupations	Steve pretends to be a window washer and cleans up the pawprint with a squeegee.
Blue's Big Mystery	The pawprint leaves a trail behind as it leaves.
Periwinkle Misses His Friend	The pawprint shape shifts into a car.
Blue's Big Musical	The pawprint dances to Sidetable's song.
What's So Funny?	The pawprint goes away before Steve can comedically remove it with a mariachi sombrero.
Blue's Big Costume Party	The pawprint dresses up as a thunderstorm.
Inventions	Steve makes and uses a rag.
Blue's Play	Steve sees what it's like to be a pawprint.
Prehistoric Blue	The pawprint shape shifts into a dinosaur.
The Wrong Shirt	The pawprint grows very large, but then shrinks so small it disappears.
Words	Steve sweeps up the pawprint with the literal word "sweep".
Shy	Steve says bye to the pawprint.
Magenta Gets Glasses	Blue draws glasses on the pawprint.
Environments	The pawprint shape shifts and tells us that it would like to be in an island.
Stormy Weather	Steve blows the pawprint away.
Blue's Collection	Gopher takes away the pawprint to add it to his pawprint collection.
Café Blue	Steve uses a napkin.

Season 4

Episode	Method of Removal
Imagine Nation	Pawprint changes into Turtle and it's 4 babies.
Adventure	Pawprint neighs like a horse and gallops off the screen as Steve bids "Sir Pawprints-a-lot" farewell.
The Anything Box	Pawprint changes into a rocket that blasts off.
Superfriends	Super Slippery removes the pawprint with his sponge wand.
What's New, Blue?	Pawprint turns into a roller skate and rolls off.
Blue's New Place	The left side is Pawprint's special place.
Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper Day	Steve wipes the pawprint off with a cloth.
The Baby's Here!	Pawprint turns into a baby.
Making Changes	Pawprint turns into balloons and Steve blows them away.
Bugs!	Pawprint turns into a ladybug.
¡Un Día Con Plum!	Steve says "Adios" to the pawprint and moves off.
What's Inside?	Pawprint has a little one inside itself.
Blocks	The paw and toes stack themselves like blocks that Green Puppy knocks down.
Blue's Backyard Ballgame Bonanza	Pawprint turns into balls and they bounce off.
Puppets	Pawprint plays hide and seek with the puppet and moves up.
Rhyme Time	Steve rhymes the pawprint away.
Let's Plant	Pawprint turns into a sunflower.
Blue's Book Nook	Steve bounces the pawprint away.
Let's Boogie	Steve stretches with the pawprint.
Blue's School	Uses an eraser to erase the pawprint.
Something To Do Blue	Uses a sponge to wipe the pawprint off.
Joe's First Day	Steve gives a basketball to the pawprint.
Joe Gets a Clue	Joe snapped his fingers and it disappeared.
Steve Goes to College	Joe rolled his finger and it moved up.

Season 5

Episode	Method of Removal
Can You Help?	Joe snapped his fingers and it disappeared.
Colors Everywhere!	Joe rolled his pointer finger and it left.
The Snack Chart	Joe moving the pawprint away off the screen.
The Big Book About Us	Pawprint wiggles away, making Joe giggle.
Playing Store	Joe pretends to push the button of a cash register on the pawprint falls in.
Patience	Joe rolling the pawprint away off the screen.
Joe's Surprise Party	Tickety rings her bells, and the paw print vibrates off the screen.
I'm So Happy!	Joe jumping the pawprint away off the screen.
The Boat Float	The pawprint becomes a sailboat and sails away.
Bedtime Business	Pawprint yawns as Joe says "Good night. Sleep tight".
Shape Searchers	Joe snapped his fingers and it disappeared.
Blue Goes to the Doctor	Joe rolled his fingers and it left.
Contraptions!	Joe rolled his fingers and it left.
A Brand New Game	Joe snapped it fingers which made it turn into a ball and bounce away.
A Surprise Guest	Joe rolled his fingers and it left.
Dress Up Day	The pawprint neighs like a horse and gallops off the screen as Joe watches through his binoculars.
Blue's Big Band	Joe pushed it and it hopped away.
Up, Down, All Around!	Joe flicked his fingers and it left.
Story Wall	Joe flicked his fingers and it peeled away.
The Alphabet Train	Joe rolled his fingers and it left.
Numbers Everywhere!	Joe made his fingers make a pop move and it left.
Blue's Predictions	Joe blows away the pawprint, making it roll away like the pinwheel.
Our Neighborhood Festival	Joe dances with the pawprint.
Blue Takes You To School	Joe moving the pawprint away off the screen.
Meet Polka Dots!	Joe made Boris quack at it and it left.
The Scavenger Hunt	Joe rolled his fingers and it left.
Let's Write!	Joe uses his hands like an eraser, and he blows the pawprint away.
Magenta's Messages	The pawprint shape shifts into a car.
Body Language	Joe rolled his fingers and it left.
Blue's Big Car Trip	Joe made car sounds which made it turn into a car, then Joe beeped, and it drove away.
Look Carefully…	it turned into a duck, then Joe quacked and then it walked away.
I Did That!	Joe clapped and it disappeared.
Animals in Our House?	Joe trumpets like an elephant and blows the paw print off.
Morning Music	Joe pretends to flush a toilet handle and the paw print flushes down the screen.

Season 6

Episode	Method of Removal
Love Day	The pawprint kisses Joe, which surprises him.
Blue's Wishes	Joe wishes the pawprint away.
Playdates	Joe blows away the pawprint, making it roll away like the playdate wheel.
The Fairly Tale Ball	Joe magically makes the pawprint disappear.
Soccer Practice	Coach Joe blows his whistle, turning the pawprint into a soccer ball.
Bluestock	Joe sings away the pawprint.

Blue's Clues PC Games

Game	Method of Removal
What Does Blue Want To Give Her Guests At Her Party?	Steve wipes the pawprint away with his Yellow Swirl dishtowel from the kitchen.
What Does Blue Want To Eat At Her Party?	Steve playing his boombox the paw print dances away with wrapping paper.
What Does Blue Want To Do At Her Party?	Steve blows the noisemaker to turn the pawprint into confetti. (same thing from Blue's Birthday)
What Does Blue Want To Play?	Steve wipes the pawprint off with a birthday napkin (different colors).
Paprika's Favorite Treasure	Steve waves the pawprint away with a star wand.
Mailbox's Favorite Treasure	Steve plays the pawprint dances away with a flute.
Magenta's Favorite Treasure	Steve uses sparkly red cloth. (same thing from Blue's Big Treasure Hunt)

Season 1

Episode	Method of Removal
Meet Josh!	Uses a checkered napkin and whip's it off.
Playtime With Magenta	Blue cleans up the pawprint with her ears from top to bottom.
Big News With Blue	Josh kindly asks for the pawprint to leave.
ABCs With Blue	Josh watches turn the pawprint into the letter p, before it pops off.
123s With Blue	Josh counts the pawprint's toes and hopping away.
Sad Day With Blue	The pawprint turns sad when it is told to leave, before Josh cheers it up.
Laugh With Blue	Josh scared the pawprint off with the silly monster hat
Song Time With Blue	Josh plays his guitar and sings in loud note and breaks the paw print in pieces.
Getting Glasses with Magenta	Josh draws glasses on the pawprint.
Growing With Blue	Josh waters the pawprint, making it explode.
Happy Birthday Blue	Josh blows the noisemaker to turn the pawprint into confetti.
Story Time With Blue	Josh blows the pawprint away.
The Thinking Squad	Super Slippery removes the pawprint with his sponge wand.
Science With Blue	Josh uses a magnet.
Colors Everywhere with Blue	Uses a cloth left to right but the rainbow pawprint stays then cleans up and down.
Pajama Party with Blue	The pawprint yawns and Josh tells it to go get ready for bed.
Bluestock	Pawprint gets lifted by a rope.
Spooky Costume Party with Blue	The pawprint dresses up as a thunderstorm.
Thankful with Blue	Josh blows the pawprint away.
Getting Healthy with Blue	The pawprint moves away as Josh starts to sneeze again.

Season 2

Episode	Method of Removal
Blue's Big Beat Band	Josh sings a song to the pawprint before it goes away.
Hide and Seek with Blue	Josh tries to hide behind the pawprint.
Blue's Treasure Hunt	The pawprint turns into a pirate ship and Josh blows to help it set sail off the screen.
Welcome to Blue's Bistro	Josh wipes it with a napkin.
Blue's Big Baking Show	Josh use his Whisk to mix and taste the pawprint. Additionaly, Josh say "Masarap", which means "delicious" in Filipino.
Blue's Night Before Christmas	Josh turned the pawprint into a snowflake falling down.
Sleepy Sing Along with Blue	Pawprint yawns as Josh says "Good night. Sleep tight".
Blue's Big Dance Party	Josh and the pawprint do the conga before it goes away.
Blue's Big Imagination	Josh imagines that the pawprint is a frog that hops off the screen.
What I Like About Blue	Josh draws a heart around the pawprint, and it breaks into six hearts, and they float away.
Blue's Show and Tell Surprise	Josh gets a big eraser from Blue and erases it.
Blue's Rainy Day Rainbow	Josh the pawprint grabs an umbrella and hops away.
Spring Is Here!	The pawprint turns into a flower and spins away.
Blue's Beach Bonanza	Josh and the pawprint do the wave and it washes off the screen.
Blue's Anywhere Box Surprise	Josh asked the pawprint where it wants to go. It inflates into a hot air balloon and floats off.
Mystery of the Missing Pies	Josh interrogates the pawprint, asking if it moved Mr. Salt's pies. It didn't, so it was free to go.
Blue Makes a Movie with YOU!	When Josh calls "Action!", the pawprint zips around the screen until it zips off.
It's YOUR Birthday!	The pawprint shapeshifts into a birthday cake, and Josh and the viewer blow out the candles. After which, the pawprint flies away.
Blue's Big Costume Parade	The pawprint dresses as a rainbow unicorn and leaps off the screen.

Season 3

Episode	Method of Removal
Our New Neighbor	Josh has the pawprint back up like a moving truck until it moves off the screen.
The Ghost of the Living Room	The ghost scares the pawprint away.
A Blue's Clues Festival of Light	Josh spins the pawprint like a dreidel.
Blue's Snow Day Surprise	Josh taps the pawprint until it turns into snowflakes that fall off the screen.
Blue's Dino Clues	Josh and the viewers roar the pawprint away.
Building with Blue	Josh uses a bullhorn to call a crane to pick the pawprint off the screen.
Blue's Backyard Sports Spectacular	Josh plays catch with the pawprint. It turns into a baseball glove to catch the baseball Josh throws at it. Josh then compliments the pawprint's catch as it leaves with the ball.
Blue's Mystery Present	Josh and the viewers wrap (rap) the pawprint like a present, which hops off the screen afterwards.
Mailtime Mystery	Josh puts a stamp on the pawprint and it speeds away ("Express mail.").
Magenta's Case of the Giggles	Josh tells the pawprint it's all done and gives it a sticker before it leaves.
Rainbow Puppy's Skidoo Adventure	The pawprint follows Josh below off the screen.
Blue's Treasure of Clue Lagoon	Rainbow Puppy high-fives the pawprint and it hops away.
Blue and Little Rainbow Riding Hood	Josh says a five, six, seven, eight then the pawprint dances off the screen.
Blue's Storytime with Camila	They say goodbye in American sign language then the pawprint hops off the screen.
Tickety's Big Musical Morning	The pawprint stretches itself off the screen.
Something New at Blue's School	Josh sings a clean up song, the pawprint turns into a brush and dust pan and cleans away.
Feelin' Filipino	We say goodbye to the pawprint in Tagalog and the pawprint goes off screen.
Into the Blueniverse!	We count down and the pawprint blasts off.
Sage and Ginger's Baby Book	Josh takes the pawprints picture then it hops off.
The Amazing Joshini	Josh covers the pawprint and uses magic to make it disappear.

Season 4

Episode	Method of Removal
The Legend of the Jack O'Lantern	We makes scary faces and scare it off.
A Blue Christmas with You!	The pawprint turns into a reindeer and jumps/flies away.
Blue's Wish Comes True!	Josh blows the pawprint away with his breath.
Firefighter Blue to the Rescue!	Josh asks the pawprint if it wants to be a firefighter helper too. It turns into a firetruck with a blaring siren and drives off the screen.
A Tale of Shovel & Pail	Josh says a poem that makes the pawprint turn into a kangaroo and it jumps away.
Night at the Blueseum	The pawprint bounces three times then splats onto a empty painting where josh holds.
Knights of the Snack Table	The pawprint goes upside down and gallops away.
The Case of the Missing Thinking Chair	It hops away surprising Josh, comes out from behind him, fist bumps him, then leaves.
Return of the Thinking Squad	Villain Ice froze it, then we used song power to unfreeze it then it jumped away.
Rainbow Puppy's Big Farm Fair	We oinked at it, it turned into a pig then jumped away.
Pearl's Kickball Championship	It spined away as Josh said its going, its going, its gone.
The Big Blue Derby	It sounded like a racecar and zoomed away.
Blue's New Pet	Josh voted that we start playing Blue's Clues, the pawprint turned into a check mark and then hopped away.
The Wizard of Skidoo	Rainbow Puppy the kind witch made it disappear.
Josh's Crummy Day	Thunder and lightning happened, and it scared the pawprint away.
Josh and Blue's Ice Cream Shop	It jumped and Josh thought it was a customer and when he was not looking it left.
The Silly Smelly Smell	The smelly smell came back and the pawprint left to get away from it.
Rock On, Rainbow Puppy	We play our air guitar and rock it off.
Hola, Mexico City	We say goodbye to the pawprint in Spanish which was adios.
Josh Visits the Philippines	It changed into surfer and surfed away.
Happy Birthday, Sage & Ginger	Josh gave it a party hat and then it hopped away.
If You Don't See It, Be It!	Josh takes out a megaphone and says "that's a wrap, pawprint" then it hopped away
Hotel Blue	Josh asked if the pawprint was checking in, it moved one of it's toes, then Josh said "right this way" then the pawprint hopped away.
Blue's Breaking News	Josh asked it a question, it turned into a thumbs up, then slid away.
Blue's Big City Adventure	It just disappeared by itself.

Trivia

• In "Snack Time", Steve cleaned the paw print off before saying: "Remember, Blue's paw prints will be on the clues: Blue's Clues.". In the other episodes, this quote is said before the paw print removal.
• Before "The Clues We've Found!" segment in "100th Episode Celebration", Blue put her paw print on the screen, but it wasn't removed in that episode.
  • Although there aren't any paw print removals in that episode, the one from "Occupations" was part of "The Laughs We've Had!" segment.
• In "Blue's Birthday Adventure", Steve cleaned the paw print off with the birthday napkin from Mailbox's Birthday.
• In "Blue's Birthday Adventure", Steve cleaned the paw print off with the birthday blower from Blue's Birthday.
• In "Blue's Birthday Adventure", Steve cleaned the paw print off with the green striped wrapping paper rap it off from Blue's Mystery Present.
• In "Blue's Birthday Adventure", Steve cleaned the paw print off with the yellow swirl dish towel from the Kitchen, it was like in Blue Is Frustrated.
• In "Blue's Treasure Hunt: A Learning Adventure", Steve cleaned the paw print off with a sparkly red cloth from Blue's Big Treasure Hunt.
• In "Blue's Treasure Hunt: A Learning Adventure", Steve cleaned the paw print off with a flute playing itself before saying: There. Clean as a whistle or may we that clean as a flute from Blue's Favorite Song.
• In "Blue's Treasure Hunt: A Learning Adventure", Steve cleaned the paw print off with a star wand waving it around from Superfriends.
• In "Blue's Treasure Hunt: A Learning Adventure", Steve cleaned the paw print off with a sock puppet scares it from Laugh with Blue. In the 7 pc games levels, this quote is said before the paw print removal.