The Thinking Squad

The Thinking Squad Episode number Season 1, Episode 13 (#113) Airdate April 3, 2020 Chronology Previous episode "Story Time with Blue" Next episode "Science with Blue" Update and new versions Update of/New version from Superfriends "The Thinking Squad" is the thirteenth episode of the reboot series Blue's Clues & You!. It is a remake of "Superfriends". Characters Blue/Super Blue Josh/Song Man Sidetable Drawer/Wonder Drawer Mailbox Tickety Tock/Clock Girl Slippery Soap/Super Soap The Viewer/The Incredibly Helpful Friend Mr. Salt Frank/The Cheerer-Upper Fancy Dancer The Runner Baby Bear (living room picture) Summary Josh, Blue, Tickety, Slippery, and the viewers become the Thinking Squad, a group of superheroes who use their brains to figure out problems. When they hear a mysterious noise, they play Blue's Clues and use their skills to figure out where the sound is coming from. Elements Question: What's making that strange sound? Clues: 1. Bubbles 2. Water 3. Clothes Answer to Blue's Clues: The washing machine Gallery 3 Clues From The Thinking Squad Watch Episode This episode is available for streaming on Paramount Global's video streaming service Paramount+. Trivia This is the only episode to be a remake of a season 4 episode. This episode aired as part of "Mighty Heroes Month" on Nick Jr., followed by a new PAW Patrol mini-mission short. Differences Aside from Super Blue, everyone else's superhero outfits are different. Josh/Song Man simply wears a red cape without a mask. Though in some Halloween promos and bumpers for Nick Jr. in October 2019, he also wore a matching mask and gloves. Clock Girl has a brighter purple cape with white stars and numbers on it and lacked the bands on her bells. Super Soap's armbands and belt are blue, the yellow star on his belt has rounder points with a light green outline, the yellow lightning bolts on his armbands are replaced with light green dots, his lightning bolt antennae are held by blue rods instead of springs, and his sponge wand has a light green handle with a rounder-pointed sponge star. Wonder Drawer has a light blue cape with a yellow edge a yellow headband with a red outline Josh's notebook in the middle, pale yellow stars with red outlines on the ends, and blue lines in between the stars and notebook; and a light blue mask with a yellow outline (all of which are sparkly). Wonder Drawer also had her outfit on for the rest of the original episode, while in this episode she only had it on while Josh/Song Man got the Super Duper Notebook. Josh/Song Man winks at Slippery Soap/Super Soap after Slippery Soap/Super Soap said: “Anytime, Song Man!” In the original, Steve asks himself "Who's at the door?" and didn't say “hi” to the viewer after he opened the door, but in the remake, Josh actually did say “hi” to the viewer after he opened the door. At the beginning of this episode, Josh/Song Man needed help calling for his guitar. In the original episode, Steve/Stripe Man needed help finding his mask. The Thinking Squad followed the sound to the living room in the original episode, while they stayed in the bedroom in this episode. The Super Duper Notebook has a red cape, while in the original it had no cape. In the reboot, Josh stands up in a striped background holding his notebook for a couple seconds and sings "Play Blue's Clues". In the original, Steve sings the song next to Sidetable Drawer until the viewer shouts "Notebook!". Josh decides to sing while drawing the clues since he is Song Man. Orchestral superhero music was used for the clue drawing instead of the usual electric bass guitar music. Josh does impressions of Superman in this episode. Josh/Song Man sings while drawing the clues, while Steve/Stripe Man doesn't. Josh/Song Man goes to the left and the bubbles with the paw print is seen out the window. In the original, Steve/Stripe Man goes to the right. They uploaded a YouTube video about Josh and Blue skidooing into the comic book, and they misspelled the word skidoo with skiddo The scene with Paprika lost her teddy bear aren't in this episode. Josh/Song Man sings the last "MAIL!" like he usually does. In the original, Steve/Stripe Man announced heroically that "The mail's here" instead. The hero in the original video letter was Super Morgan, who helps people out. The superhero in this video letter is the Super Doodler, who can doodle really fast. The heroes of Super Hero Ville have regular skin and hair colors and wear different outfits. The silhouette of a flying adult superhero is replaced by a generic superhero boy. In the original episode, the clothes that were the 3rd clue were in the bedroom and Blue/Super Blue put her paw print in them. In this episode, they looked different, were in the living room, and already had a paw print on them. The area where the washing machine was located to the left of the kitchen in the original, while in the remake it was located to the right of the bedroom. Frank/The Cheerer-Upper doesn't join the others in following the sound to the washing machine. Blue's Clues & You! Episodes Season 1 "Meet Josh!" • "Playdate with Magenta" • "Big News with Blue" • "ABC's with Blue" • "123's with Blue" • "Sad Day with Blue" • "Laugh with Blue" • "Song Time with Blue" • "Getting Glasses with Magenta" • "Growing with Blue" • "Happy Birthday Blue" • "Story Time with Blue" • "The Thinking Squad" • "Science with Blue" • "Colors Everywhere with Blue" • "Pajama Party with Blue" • "Bluestock Remake" • "Spooky Costume Party with Blue" • "Thankful with Blue" • "Getting Healthy with Blue" Season 2 "Blue's Big Beat Band" • "Hide and Seek with Blue" • "Blue's Treasure Hunt" • "Welcome to Blue's Bistro" • "Blue's Big Baking Show" • "Blue's Night Before Christmas" • "Sleepy Singalong with Blue" • "Blue's Big Dance Party" • "Blue's Big Imagination" • "What I Like About Blue" • "Blue's Show and Tell Surprise" • "Blue's Rainy Day Rainbow" • "Spring is Here!" • "Blue's Big Neighborhood Adventure" • "Blue's Beach Bonanza" • "Blue's Anywhere Box Surprise" • "Mystery of the Missing Pies" • "Blue Makes a Movie with You!"• "It's Your Birthday!" • "Blue's Big Costume Parade" Season 3 "Our New Neighbor" • "The Ghost of the Living Room" • "A Blue's Clues Festival of Lights" • "Blue's Snowy Day Surprise" • "Blue's Dino Clues" • "Building with Blue" • "Blue's Backyard Sports Spectacular" • "Blue's Mystery Present" • "Mailtime Mystery" • "Magenta's Case of the Giggles" • "Rainbow Puppy's Skidoo Adventure" • "Blue's Treasure of Clue Lagoon" • "Blue and Little Rainbow Riding Hood" • "Blue's Storytime with Camila" • "Tickety's Big Musical Morning" • "Something New at Blue's School" • "Feelin' Filipino" • "Into the Blueniverse!" • "Sage & Ginger's Baby Book" • "Joshini The Amazing" Season 4 "The Legend of the Jack O'Lantern" • "A Blue Christmas with You!" • "Blue's Wish Comes True!" • "Magenta's Thank You Day Surprise" • "Firefighter Blue to the Rescue!" • "Knights of the Snack Table" • "Night at the Blueseum" • "A Tale of Shovel & Pail" • "The Case of the Missing Thinking Chair" • "Return of the Thinking Squad" • "Rainbow Puppy's Big Farm Fair" • "Pearl's Kickball Championship" • "The Big Blue Derby" • "Blue's New Pet" • "The Wizard of Skidoo" • "Josh's Crummy Day" • "Josh and Blue's Ice Cream Shop" • "The Silly Smelly Smell" • "Rock On, Rainbow Puppy!" • "Hola, Mexico City!" • "Josh Visits the Philippines!" • "Happy Birthday, Sage & Ginger" • "If You Don't See It, Be It!" • "Hotel Blue" • "Blue's Breaking News" • "Blue's Countdown Celebration"