Snail is a garden snail who is often seen hiding around the Blue's Clues house or in the backyard. He rarely has any lines but appears three times in the background of each episode. When he does speak, his voice is shown to be surprisingly deep and loud. He is voiced by Nick Balaban, one of the show's music composers who is better known for voicing Mr. Salt.
Looks
Snail is designed to look like he is made of light pink molding clay. He has black antennae and a simple black smiling face. His shell has a swirl on it.
Appearances
Snail appears in every episode of the original Blue's Clues series. The following episodes feature Snail in more than just a background role:
"Magenta Comes Over": He plays hide-and-seek with Shovel and Pail. Steve helps them find him by following Snail's trail.
"Blue's Big Musical Movie": Snail joins the music show after Shovel and Pail's number. He rides in on a skateboard and sings in an operatic voice, "I just want to be me!"
"Rhyme Time": Snail was on a Whale (the 3rd clue) that was on a scale in the rhyming storybook. He and the whale both interacted with Steve before and after he drew the whale in the Handy Dandy Notebook and before he went to the Thinking Chair.
"100th Episode Celebration": He is part of the celebration and wears a purple sequin wrap over his shell. He sings "Where's Blue?" when Joe asks where Blue is.
"Let's Write!": Snail is shown moving but does not have dialogue.
Trivia
In "Draw Along With Blue", Snail's appearances were only as drawings, 1st as a drawing on a pencil holder, 2nd on the 3rd drawing hanging above the room before Steve skidooed into Chalkworld, and 3rd as a chalk drawing on the chalkboard after Steve skidooed out of Chalkworld to go to the Thinking Chair
The hanging drawings (plus the 3rd with Snail on it) also appeared hanging above the cubbies in the hallway in Blue's school with Snail himself hiding behind the drinking fountain when Steve and Blue skidooed to there, making this a very rare (and possibly only) instance that there are 2 snails in the exact same area.
