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": Before the musical starts, Fred the felt friend finds him under a rock by the stage and they talk to each other before looking up at Steve. Snail also 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": In the rhyming storybook, Snail is on a Whale (the 3rd clue) that was on a scale ("snail", "whale", and "scale" all rhyme [along with the first 2 clues: a "pail" and a "sail"]) in the rhyming storybook. He and the whale both interact with Steve before and after he draws the whale in his Handy Dandy Notebook.
"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.
"Blue's First Holiday": Snail was behind the VCR on the TV interacting with the others after the 2nd movie.
Trivia
In "Draw Along with Blue", Snail makes 3 appearances as drawings: one on a pencil holder, another hanging above the room where Steve skidoos into Chalkworld, and the third as a chalk drawing in on the chalkboard after Steve skidooed out from Chalkworld.
The hanging drawings are visible while Snail himself hides behind a drinking fountain in Blue's school, making this an instance where there are 2 hidden snails in the exact same area.
These drawings were also hanging near the door in "Blue Takes You to School" when everyone lined up for recess.
When Snail appeared near the anthill in "Bugs!", he was as tall as Steve.
According to the 1st movie in ""Blue's First Holliday, Snail has lived in the house since the time the movie took place (he appeared as a baby between the cushions by the windowsill where young Steve read his book).
