Talking Clues

"Now that we're three, what will we be?"

The Talking Clues are clues that are automatically drawn in Joe's notebook from late Season 5 to Season 6 (Blue's notebook in Joe's Clues) and then becoming magically animated so they can talk and sing what they are. Joe (or Blue in Joe's Clues) is not shown drawing the clues nor does he/she explain how to draw them. Additionally, during the "solving" phase, the clues appear to solve themselves, rather than Joe or Blue reasoning out what the answer to Blue's Clues is. In broadcast order, the first three talking clues were "Night", "Up", and "Flashing Colors", seen in "Our Neighborhood Festival", and the last three talking clues were "Truck", "Cone", and "Circles", seen in "Soccer Practice".

Looks

The talking clues are notebook drawings that have black eyes and a pink mouth. Some of the clues have black mouths, dimples on the mouth, and/or eyebrows.

Format

Talking clues were first introduced in late Season 5. They continued to be a permanent feature from then and throughout Season 6. Talking clues are drawn by themselves, then they sing who they are, introduce themselves to each other and the second and third clue, and they all say, "Now that we're three, what will we be?,". In the Thinking Chair, Joe just says the name of the first clue and the second and third clue come out by themselves and put themselves together and the Viewer says the answer to Blue's Clues and the clues sing the answer, Joe says the answer, and then he and Blue sing We Sat on Down.

There are 15 episodes produced in the Blue's Clues series with the talking clues.

List of Appearances

Season 5

• Our Neighborhood Festival
• Blue Takes You To School
• Meet Polka Dots!
• Body Language
• Blue's Big Car Trip
• Look Carefully...
• I Did That!
• Animals in Our House?
• Morning Music

Season 6

• Love Day
• Blue's Wishes
• Joe's Clues (for Blue to draw in)
• Playdates
• The Fairy Tale Ball
• Soccer Practice

Trivia

• They were absent in the following episodes:
  • Blue's First Holiday - this was the origins of Blue's Clues.
  • The Legend of the Blue Puppy - there was no game of Blue's Clues in this one.
  • Skidoo Adventure - there were four magical letters to get home back.
  • Bluestock - there were musical clues instead.
  • Meet Blue's Baby Brother - despite this special being released after these were introduced, they were not used.
• Several of the clues were voiced by Brianna Gentilella, who also voiced Dictionary in Blue's Room, as well as the Seasons 1-2 and 6 speaking voice and singing voice in all seasons for Molly on Bubble Guppies.
• Many of the songs sung by the talking clues were possibly composed by associate composer J. Walter Hawkes.
• The talking clues always have the same phrase when the third clue is in the notebook. They always say, "Now that we're three, what will we be?".
• The talking clues were only featured with Joe as the host of the original series and Blue as the host of the episode Joe's Clues. They were never featured in any episodes of Blue's Clues & You! because they have received negative feedback and criticism from fans. Some wanted to draw the clues themselves, but this method made it harder. Others have enjoyed watching the host draw them. But the creators probably wanted more creative control.
• Unlike Steve and Josh, most of Steve's episodes and all of the episodes with Joe as the host never had a wrong answer, so the talking clues never form and give out a wrong answer in any of their appearances.
• All of the talking clues have pink mouths, except for Night, who has a light blue one and Up and Flashing Colors, who have a black one.
• When they all say, "Now that we're three, what will we be?", that means it's time for Joe to head to the thinking chair. If he taught his friends how to play soccer, he'll go to the thinking bench, if he were in the invitation, he'll pick one, or maybe if he left clues, Blue will have to do it.