Periwinkle Misses His Friend

"Periwinkle Misses His Friend"
Episode number	Season 3, Episode 18 (#326)
Airdate	October 2, 2000 (US) October 23, 2001 (UK)
Written by	Adam Peltzman
Directed by	Lucy Walker John Rowe (UK)
Question in the episode	What can Periwinkle do to feel better about missing his friend?
Clues	Crayons A Folded Piece of Paper An Envelope
Answer to Blue's Clues	Make a card and mail it to his friend
Chronology
Previous episode	Blue's Big Mystery (Broadcast Order) Words (Production Order) Blue's Big Costume Party (Credit Order)
Next episode	Blue's Big Musical (Release/Credit Order) What's So Funny? (Broadcast Order) Stormy Weather (Production Order)
Update in or theme concept made into	Our New Neighbor

Periwinkle Misses His Friend is the 18th episode of Blue's Clues from Season 3.

Characters Present

• Blue
• Steve (North America)
• Kevin (United Kingdom)
• Duarte (Portugal)
• HyunShup Shin (South Korea)
• Sidetable Drawer
• Mailbox
• Periwinkle
• Plum (cameo; picture)
• Mr. Salt (cameo; picture)
• Mrs. Pepper (cameo; picture)
• Felt Friends
  • Freddy
  • Fifi
• Taxi (debut)
• Tractor (debut)
• Orange Kitten (frame picture)
• Green Kitten (frame picture)
• Bowl (frame picture)
• Spatula (frame picture)
• Red Bird (cameo)
• Shovel (credits only)

Objects

• Notebook
• Toy Car
• Airplane

Elements

• Question: What can Periwinkle do to feel better about missing his friend?
• Clues:
  • 1. Crayons
  • 2. A Folded Piece of Paper
  • 3. An Envelope
• Answer: Make a card and mail it to his friend
• Skidoo: City (With Periwinkle)
• Living room picture: Orange and Green Kitten, then Bowl and Spatula, then Periwinkle and Plum
• Felt Frame picture: Freddy and Fifi are hugging each other (Similar to Nurture! & Love Day)
• Letter: Orange (US) Yellow (UK)

Summary

Steve and Blue help Periwinkle find a way to make him feel better about missing his friend Plum.

Recap

Instead of heading inside, we meet Steve outside. He & Blue are hearing vroom vroom noises, so we have to go to investigate. We find Periwinkle, who is playing with a cardboard bus and seems to be talking to himself, although it turns out that he is actually pretending that his friend from the city, Plum, is there. Periwinkle just recently moved to the Blue's Clues neighborhood and he really misses his friend. He shows us a picture of him, he is a small, purple bird. Steve realizes with our help that Periwinkle is feeling sad and so we decide to help him out. When Periwinkle builds a city, Blue skidoos into it and after Steve tells Periwinkle what is going on, the two of them skidoo as well. In the city, we find Tractor, who needs help finding a friend. Tractor's friend told him where to look, but Tractor's not from the city and does not understand the directions. Fortunately, Periwinkle is from the city and so he knows just what to do. With Periwinkle's help, we track down this friend, Taxi, to a parking garage. Later on, we find Periwinkle playing games which he used to play with his friend. We found that these games do not work so well in the country, but we are able to help Periwinkle out to change them so that they work and are still just as fun. After that, Steve finds one more clue on a picnic table. After he wrote it down, he heads inside to his home and goes to the Thinking Chair. Periwinkle was outside writing a card to Plum and he puts it in Mailbox. Steve then heads inside to his home and sings the So Long Song. The episode then ends.

Video Releases

• Playtime with Periwinkle (VHS, 2001)
• Blue Talks (DVD, 2004)

Trivia

• Bowl, Spatula, Orange Kitten, Green Kitten Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper, Freddy, Fifi, Red Bird, Sidetable Drawer and Taxi didn't appear at the end of the episode because is busy.
• This is the second episode when Shovel appears without Pail in the credits.
• The "Play Blue's Clues" footage is re-recorded.
• In the intro to this episode, Periwinkle appears behind the tree and rides on the tire swing of a couple of seconds. A few other episodes have this, and would remain that way through the end of Season 3.
• In 2002 they’ve made A Coloring Book Version Inspired By The Episode.
• Pictures of Freddy and Fifi hugging and a picture of Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper were in this episode.
  • That image on the felt board would later be seen in Love Day.
• This episode starts when Steve appears behind the house.
• This is the first time Periwinkle skidoos with Steve and the first time he skidooed with Blue.
  • He will skidoo again with Joe in the episode The Big Book About Us.
• Steve and Joe's Grandmother appears on the phone call list in this episode.
• Periwinkle's skidoo cue is the same as Blue's skidoo cue, except it's low pitched.
• This episode introduces who Periwinkle's friend, Plum looks like.
• "Periwinkle Misses His Friend" is the second of two episodes on the video "Playtime with Periwinkle."
• A one-time animation is used so Plum can speak during the closing credits to this episode. He looks in his mailbox and finds a card from Periwinkle. He was very excited and decides to write and send a card back to Periwinkle. His voice actor is also credited.
• The events of this episode are resolved in the fourth season episode "¡Un Día Con Plum!" ("A Day with Plum!")
• This is second episode where Notebook! is heard from "Blue's Surprise at Two O'Clock!".
• The make-believe city that Periwinkle made is based off either New York City, Toronto, or Chicago.
• When the first clue was found, Steve was thinking that a plant grew.
• When the second clue was found, Steve's ear was still ringing from the noise of the city.
• When the third clue was found, Steve asked if there was another tweet sound (reference to the second game).

Goofs

• Tractor not knowing what his friend looks like in the skidoo segment does not make any sense. If Taxicab is his friend, then he should know what he looks like.
• Nicholas Marti Salgado is credited as Nicholas Salgado and Courtney Taylor Burness is credited as Courtney Burness.
• POSSIBLE: This episode was taped after Blue's Big Costume Party. Both episodes had the exact same friends of Steve credited.

Gallery

This scene is from the 100th Episode Celebration

Crayons

Crayons

Blue skidooed into the city

Folded Piece of Paper

Folded Piece of Paper

Frame is now bowl and spatula

UK version

Envelope

Envelope

Frame is now periwinkle and plum

UK version

Background

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