Talking Clues

The Talking Clues are clues drawn in Joe's notebook from late Season 5 to Season 6 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". In production order, the first three talking clues were "Scrunched up eyebrows," "Hands on hips", and "Scrunched up mouth", seen in "Body Language", and the last three talking clues were "Horse", "Wall", and "Egg", seen in "The Fairy Tale Ball".

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 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 Appearences[]

Season 5[]

Season 6[]

Trivia[]

They were absent in the following episodes:
- The Scavenger Hunt - produced during season four, but aired right after the talking clues were introduced.
- Let's Write! - the final episode in production order before the talking clues began production.
- Magenta's Messages - the final episode to air before the talking clues were put to permanent use.
- 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.
  - The first three episodes listed were produced before the talking clues were introduced.
  - However, "Blue Goes to the Doctor" was produced after the talking clues began in production, but they do not appear in that episode.
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.
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. It is unlikely if they would also appear in Blue's Clues & You!, since it was announced that the show is ending after five seasons.
Unlike Steve and Josh, 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.