Soccer Practice is the 8th episode of Blue's Clues from Season 6.
Characters Present[]
- Blue
- Joe
- Sidetable Drawer
- Mailbox
- Mr. Salt
- Mrs. Pepper
- Magenta
- Purple Kangaroo
- Periwinkle
- Orange Kitten
- Key
- Moona
- Polka Dots
- Roary
- Frederica
- Silly Seat
- Doodleboard
- Handy Dandy Journal
- Basketball (single appearance)
- Football (single appearance)
- Soccer (single appearance)
- Drew (single appearance)
- Talking Clues
Doodles[]
- A boy (Drew)
- A ball
- A goal
Summary[]
Blue and some friends learn how to play soccer professionally.
Recap[]
Joe leads the viewer to the park where Blue, Sidetable, and other characters are playing a game of soccer. They play a game of Blue's Clues. Joe tells the viewers that to play soccer they have to say "Goal", and then you get all 3 clues, then he has to put it in their notebook because they are Blue's Clues, and they had to sit down in the thinking bench and think. Joe is the coach and provides practical soccer tips about things such as how to avoid bumping into each other and not giving up. At Mailtime, Mailbox gives Joe a letter sent by soccer-playing children and their coach showing the viewer what real soccer looks like. Mailbox asks Joe if using your head in soccer is allowed. Joe tells Mailbox that you can use anything except your hands in soccer. Mailbox is relieved. The soccer game resumes. The players learn the importance of stretching and of sharing with our teammates. In Blue's Room, Blue and the viewer talk about soccer and have some fun playing a soccer drawing game with Doodle Board by putting all the doodles together, which are, a boy named Drew, a ball, and a goal and help him score one.
Elements[]
- Question: What are we going to do after practice?
- Clues:
- 1. A Truck
- 2. A Cone
- 3. Circles
- Answer: Ice Cream
- Snail Appearances: (1. Near the soccer goal) (2. Next to a bush.) (3. Next to the left leg of the bench)
- Picture Frame: None
Video Release[]
- Nickelodeon: All About Fall! (DVD, 2008)
Objects[]
Songs[]
Trivia[]
- Brooke Matar, one of the inspirations of the journal drawings in Blue's Room, is one of Joe's Friends in this episode. So is Moses Rubin, a relative of Michael Rubin, who does Music & Sound Design.
- This is the second episode for a few things:
- The second episode in which Orange Kitten fights Periwinkle. The first time was in "Blue Takes You to School."
- The second episode in which Joe is on the right side at the end of the Mailtime Song. The first time was in "Blue's Big Car Trip."
- This is the only episode for a few things:
- This is Joe’s version of Blue's Backyard Ballgame Bonanza.
- This is the last episode for many things:
- The last episode with the Talking Clues.
- The last episode in which the "Clue!" phrase from "What Does Blue Want to Make?" and the "A clue!" phrase from "What Experiment Does Blue Want to Try?" are used in the Play Blue's Clues song.
- The last episode in which Joe sings the Mailtime song.
- The last time Blue's vocals from Blue's Favorite Song are used.
- All of the character appearances in the credits are their last, so farewell to all of them: the original animation of Blue upside-down, Mr. Salt & Mrs. Pepper, and both sides of Moona.
- The last episode in which Joe's original Handy Dandy Notebook was used, because in Bluestock, Joe used a kazoo, and in Meet Blue's Baby Brother, it was replaced with a golden notebook.
- Joe's original Notebook would later return in the Blue's Clues & You! episode Blue's Mystery Present.
- While doing jumping jacks, the "Our Dream" instrumental from "What Was Blue's Dream About?" was used.
- These were the ice cream flavors that were given:
- Joe, Blue, Magenta, and the Viewer: Chocolate
- Orange Kitten and Sidetable Drawer: Vanilla
- Periwinkle and Purple Kangaroo: Strawberry
- In the credits, when a Joe voice yells a really long version of his "GOAL!" catchphrase, this is the only time a male choir appears singing in the background.
- At the end of the Mailtime song, Joe makes a mistake (says "GOAL!" instead of "Mail!") before correcting himself.
- When the Blue's Clues book closes, the male choir sings, "Goodbye!". That's because soccer was a great success.
- In the end, when Doodle appears the second time, he says, "Doodle-oo!" to Blue by saying, "Doodle-oo, Blue!", making her say, "I'll see you tomorrow!" and "Well, come on!".
- In the second and last time Drew appears, the only kind of clothes he changes out of are his regular shoes and he replaces them with blue cleats that look like the ones he used to wear, but he only keeps the same yellow shirt on by re-wearing it.
- When the boy appears first, he introduces himself saying, "My name is Drew!" wearing regular shoes.
- When Doodle and Blue say, "Hello, Drew!", Drew could have said, "I'll be right back!", but he didn't.
- When Drew scores a goal, he opens his mouth wide, jumps up and down, waves goodbye, and disappears with the other doodles forever.
- At the end of this episode, Joe says, "We figured out Blue's Clues!" just like Steve who said it in "Blue's School".
- In the Blue's Room segment, one of the doodles is a boy named Drew because he just drew him.
- When all three goals are scored, that means it was time for Joe to sit on the thinking bench.
- Joe, Blue, Periwinkle, Purple Kangaroo, Orange Kitten, and Sidetable Drawer say, "Way to go, team!" and Joe and Blue stay behind to sing The Goodbye Song by themselves after their friends leave.
- When Doodle says, "Do you want to help our friend Drew score a goal?", what he means is "Why don't we put all the doodles together and help our friend Drew score a goal?".
- Appearing in this episode is the real ice cream truck, the one that Sidetable Drawer pretended to be in Dress Up Day.
Goofs[]
- As a dog, Blue should have chosen chocolate as her ice cream flavor. In real life, chocolate is toxic to dogs if taken in large amounts (although here it does not apply due to cartoon logic).
- Magenta have chocolate too.
- This also happened in The Scavenger Hunt and The Snack Chart.
- Similarly, the viewer is pretended to be given chocolate, despite the fact that some people might be allergic to chocolate, and some other people may not like it all.
- Magenta have chocolate too.
- During the Play Blue's Clues song:
- When the viewer said the word "goal", if you listen closely you can hear the same voice from the video letter.
- During Joe's line, "'Cause they're Blue's Clues, Blue's Clues," he is singing in the wrong key.
- Blue barks too early when Joe sings "Sit down on the thinking bench and think..."
- During the entire Mailtime song, Mailbox can be seen on the left. Then he disappears before coming in with the mail.
- Donovan Patton's starring credit is not credited in this episode, despite portraying as Joe. However, it was intact on split-screen airings.
- When Doodle says, "Do you want to help our friend Drew score a goal?", what he means is "What do you say we put all the doodles together and help our friend Drew score a goal.".
- During the 2nd and 3rd clue in the Spanish version of this episode, the Handy Dandy Notebook Wood Sounds are the same as in the English version.
Running Gags[]
- Whenever the soccer ball gets in the goal, Joe and the others would yell "GOAL!", and get a clue.
Gallery[]
3 Clues From Soccer Practice
Watch Episode[]
| Blue's Clues Season 6 |
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| The Legend of the Blue Puppy | Love Day | Blue's Wishes | Joe's Clues | Skidoo Adventure | Playdates | The Fairy Tale Ball | Soccer Practice | Bluestock | Meet Blue's Baby Brother |