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Snail is a supporting character on Blue's Clues and Blue's Clues & You!. She is a pink snail who makes three hidden appearances in each episode.

Description[]

Snail is a snail who is often seen hiding around anywhere, whether around the Blue's Clues house, in the backyard, or even in a skidoo location. She rarely has any lines but appears 3 times in the background of each episode. When she does speak, her voice is shown to be surprisingly deep and loud. She is voiced by Nick Balaban (who also voiced Mr. Salt), one of the show's music composers.

Snail also appears in certain book and merchandise releases, in some cases appearing more than three times.

Looks[]

Snail is designed to look like she is made of light pink molding clay. She has black antennae and a simple face consisting of a pair of tiny black eyes and a smiling black mouth. Her shell is swirled on the inside.

In Blue's Clues & You!, her body and head are positioned more horizontally and her shell is more angular at the top and bottom and a darker shade of pink. Her mouth is now smaller and red and her eyes are more ovular with white highlights. She now has a pair of black eyebrows as well.

In "Blue's Big City Adventure", her body and shell are both darker shades of pink

Appearances[]

Snail appears at least 3 times in every episode of the original Blue's Clues series and in "Meet Blue's Baby Brother". Click here to see all of her appearances.

The following Blue's Clues episodes, books and other merchandise feature Snail in more than just a background role:

  • "Blue Wants to Play a Song Game": Snail plays "London Bridge Is Falling Down" with a drawing of Steve and Blue in the bedroom picture while their real counterparts visit Tickety.
  • "Magenta Comes Over": She plays hide-and-seek with Shovel and Pail. Steve helps them find her by following Snail's tracks.
  • "What Does Blue Want to Make?": Snail appears on the call reminder on the bulletin board. Unlike the other ones, the call reminder she was on didn't have a phone on it.
  • "Blue's News": Snail appeared with the others to see Paprika on the kitchen window, but it is unknown if she interacted during this special occasion.
  • "Blue's ABCs": Snail's name is written beside her.
  • "What Experiment Does Blue Want to Try?": After "Super Steve" skidoos into outer space, Snail can be seen riding the shooting star that flies past him.
  • "Blue's Birthday": Snail appeared at Blue's party on the blue balloon, but it is unknown if she interacted during this special occasion.
  • "What Does Blue Want to Do on a Rainy Day?": Snail is part of the parade at the end of the episode.
  • "Draw Along with Blue": Snail appeared as drawings in all three of her appearances: 1st on a pencil holder, 2nd hanging above the room where Steve skidoos into Chalkworld, and 3rd as a chalk drawing on the chalkboard leading to Chalkworld.
  • "Blue's Big Holiday": A patch with Snail on it was among the patches on the Holiday Quilt.
  • "Our Favorite Treasures": She Was Flying A Kite With Polka dots On It Which Was Shovel's Favorite Treasure.
  • "Occupations": Snail wears a sun hat near a vase with flowers in it (along with a few that aren't in the vase yet), indicating that she was being a gardener or a florist.
  • "Blue's Big Mystery": Snail wears sunglasses like a spy or a secret agent.
  • "Blue's Big Musical": Before the musical starts, Fred the felt friend finds her under a rock by the stage and they talk to each other. Snail also joins the music show after Shovel and Pail's number. She rides in on a skateboard and sings in an operatic voice, "I just want to be me!"
  • "The Wrong Shirt": When Steve turns on the lights for the last time during the So Long Song and changed back into his regular-colored clothes, Snail appears behind Sidetable Drawer.
  • "Shy" The hanging drawings are visible while Snail herself hides behind a drinking fountain in Blue's school, making this an instance where there are two hidden snails in the exact same area at the exact same time, and possibly the first time that four snails appeared in an episode.
  • "Bugs!": She watches Steve, Blue, and Antoinette journey into an anthill. In this appearance she was between the size as Steve and Blue due to them being bug-sized during the skidoo segment.
  • "Blue's Backyard Ballgame Bonanza": She can be seen inside a sand castle waving a pennant and cheering for Steve when he won the obstacle course.
  • "Rhyme Time": In the rhyming storybook, Snail is on a whale that is the third clue. She and the whale both interact with Steve before and after he draws the whale in his Handy Dandy Notebook and before he heads to the Thinking Chair.
  • "Blue's Book Nook": Like everyone else, Snail was reading a book while Steve sang the So Long Song while returning to the living room at the end of the episode.
  • "100th Episode Celebration": She is part of the celebration and wears a purple sequin wrap over her shell. She sings "Where's Blue?" when Joe asks where Blue is.
  • "Joe's Surprise Party": She can be seen with the others celebrating Joe's birthday (she is on top of Sidetable Drawer and Tickety Tock stands to her left).
  • "Bedtime Business": Snail wore pajamas in all three of her appearances.
    • In her third appearance at the end of the episode, she is shown sleeping with a tiny pillow in the exact same area of her 1st appearance (near the lamp in the bedroom).
  • "Contraptions!": When Joe looked for the 1st clue, Snail was shown using a pulley device to paint a picture of a flower, indicating that she may have a passion for art.
  • "Dress Up Day": Snail is dressed like a flower in all 3 of her appearances.
  • "The Alphabet Train": Snail is in the 'S' box of the Alphabet Train along with Slippery during I'll Never Forget My Alphabet.
  • "Our Neighborhood Festival": Snail is one of the choices in the 2nd round of Periwinkle's "Guess Who" game.
  • "Blue Takes You to School": The same drawings appeared while everyone lined up to go outside for recess.
  • "Let's Write!": Snail is shown moving from behind the Thinking Chair at the very beginning of the episode with a sign that has her name in it. She paused twice, 1st when she noticed Joe put a sign with the word "hat" (which he just wrote) on the hat he was wearing, and 2nd when she agrees that Joe has been writing words and putting labels all over the house and when he pointed out some of them, including Snail. Snail was also seen continuing to move as Joe looked for the 1st clue.
  • "I Did That!": Snail watched Joe as he looked for the second clue.
  • "Blue's First Holiday": Snail is behind the VCR on the television, interacting with the others after the 2nd movie.
    • According to the same episode, Snail has lived in the Blue's Clues house since the main characters were babies. In the episode, she appears as a baby between the cushions by the windowsill.
  • "The Legend of the Blue Puppy": Doodleboard draws a picture of Snail.
  • "Love Day": Snail wears a crown.

The following Blue's Clues & You! episodes feature Snail in more than just a background role:

  • "Playdate with Magenta": Just like in the original episode this was based on, she plays hide-and-seek with Shovel and Pail. Josh helps them find her by following Snail's tracks.
  • "Laugh with Blue": Snail was seen riding a motorcycle backwards in Silly Town. She can also been seen in the credits.
  • "Hide and Seek with Blue": A board game based on Snail (with Snail herself on the game box) called Snail and Seek was featured.
    • The game involves finding 3 snail game pieces hidden on the board.
    • The Golden Snail awarded for winning the game even resembles Snail's appearance from the original series.
  • "Blue's Treasure Hunt": Snail was seen riding in Pail's crow's nest throughout the episode where she appears. She was even dressed as a pirate with a hat and beard.
  • "Blue's Night Before Christmas": Snail appears on the book for Macaulay's Christmas present.
  • "Our New Neighbor": Snail was seen wearing sunglasses and grooving next to the radio playing music (the 1st clue).
  • "Mailtime Mystery": Snail was seen moving around with a letter on her shell throughout the episode. She later appears with it at the end to celebrate We Love Mailbox Day with everyone else, and even dances during the So Long Song.
  • "Into the Blueniverse!": The Planet Snail (where the 3rd clue is located) is based on Snail and is even inhabited by snail-like aliens.
    • Additionally, Snail's 3rd appearance shows her on the planet wearing a crown in addition to her space helmet, indicating that she may be the planet's queen.
  • "The Legend of the Jack O'Lantern": Snail was seen flying on a broom as a witch when Josh and Blue skidoo to the pumpkin patch.
    • Snail wore 3 different costumes in each of her appearances in that episode.
  • "Blue's Big City Adventure": Snail played jazzy music on a saxophone several times throughout the movie, such as whenever Steve says: "a mystery". Steve even acknowledged Snail the 2nd time this happened, and even asked if she changed her shell.
  • "Return of the Thinking Squad":
  • "Blue's New Pet": Snail is the answer to Blue's Clues and gives the wining vote for the new pet (the hamster). She also talks for the 1st time in the reboot.

Trivia[]

  • Snail's eyes are below where an actual snail's eyes are (in real life a snail's eyes are on the tips of their antennae).
  • Snail also appeared on the back of every Blue's Clues VHS and DVD cover until Bluestock.
  • A 2002 introductory bumper that would play before an episode of Blue's Clues claimed that there are 3 individual snails in each episode (instead of Snail appearing in 3 different places). Whether this is true or not is unknown. Click here to view it.
  • Snail appeared four times in "Shy", "Playing Store" and "Our Neighborhood Festival".
  • In many episodes, Snail somehow found a way to get into skidoo locations.
  • In every episode, Snail can be seen in locations in the house or anywhere.
  • A stuffed toy snail resembling Snail is shown on the top shelf of the stuffed toy animal shelf in every Blue's Room segment, episode, and short.
  • Josh referred to Snail as a "him" in the "Find the Snail" segment (where Snail appears in a few scenes to be found) of a vlog on Nick Jr.'s Youtube channel (listed below).
  • Snail has first spoken in Blue's Big Musical.
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    Blue's Clues & You Planets Song, Find The Snail Game & Mailtime! (Vlog 6) Nick Jr.

  • Snail was the answer to Blue's Clues in Blue's New Pet.

Gallery[]

Characters
Main characters
BlueSteveJoeMailboxSidetable
Mr. SaltMrs. PepperPaprikaCinnamon
ShovelPailTicketySlippery
Supporting characters
MagentaPeriwinkleSnailFelt FriendsTurquoisePolka Dots
Other recurring characters
Baby BearBorisGingerbread BoyGreen PuppyHorace
MirandaMiss MarigoldOrange KittenPurple KangarooKeyMoona
FredRoaryBlue (Puppet) • Boogie WoogiePolka Dots (Puppet) • Dress Up ChestDoodleboardSilly SeatHandy Dandy Journal
Minor characters
List of minor characters
Blue's Clues & You! Characters
Main characters
BlueJoshMailboxSidetable DrawerMr. SaltMrs. PepperPaprikaCinnamonSageGingerShovelPailTicketySlippery
Supporting characters
MagentaRainbow PuppyPeriwinkleSnailFelt FriendsTurquoisePolka Dots
Other recurring characters
SteveJoeMirandaMiss MarigoldOrange KittenPurple Kangaroo
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