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"What Experiment Does Blue Want to Try?" is the 4th episode of Blue's Clues from the Season 2. It was the 24th to be aired/produced.

Summary[]

Blue and Steve are experimenting by playing sink and float, but Blue wants to try another experiment. We play Blue's Clues to figure out which experiment Blue wants to try next. While looking for clues we examine items outside through a magnifying glass in "Extreme Close-up" and then label the objects. Then we experiment with gravity and remember the characteristics and correct order of the planets in outer space through a song.

Elements[]

  • Question: What Experiment Does Blue Want to Try?
  • Clues:
    • 1. Water
    • 2. Tape
    • 3. Two Plastic Bottles
  • Answer: The Cyclone (Whirlpool in the UK) Experiment
  • Wrong Answer: Taping both plastic bottles and filling them with water
  • Living room picture: Outer Space (Skidoo location)
  • Felt Frame picture: Unnamed yellow felt friend with a red semicircle body eating pizza

Recap[]

Blue and Steve are experimenting by playing Sink and Float. But Blue wants to try another experiment. They play Blue's Clues to figure out what experiment Blue wants to try. Steve gets his notebook from Sidetable Drawer. Steve finds the first clue in water. Steve heads outside to see Shovel and Pail as they look through a magnifying glass. They find a couple of things like a ladybug, grass, and even Steve's hand. Steve leaves as he looks through other things through the magnifying glass, including the corkboard and the curtains. He also finds a paw print on a big roll of scotch tape. Steve did not know until now that he saw the second clue on the scotch tape. He draws it in his notebook. In the Skidoo segment, Blue and Steve put on their capes as they skidoo into the picture of outer space. After that, Steve realizes that he can float in outer space. There was no gravity. Suddenly, a planet zooms past Steve. The sun appears and tells them a bit about the solar system. He explains what planets are in the solar system in a song called "The Planet Song". After the song, the sun wanted Steve to remember the planets' descriptions. Steve remembers the name of the planets but had trouble with some of the descriptions. Mercury was a hot planet. Venus is the brightest planet. Earth is the home planet. Mars is the red planet. Jupiter is the widest. Saturn's got those icy rings. Uranus spins on its side. Neptune's windy. And Pluto is really small. Steve wanted to name the planets and now he has named them all. Steve and the sun repeated the tune once more. They each took a turn singing out a different verse. Once the song was finished, Steve and Blue had to go home. They skidoo back home. Steve finds the third clue on two plastic bottles. Steve draws them in the notebook. He goes to the thinking chair and thinks. The clues were water, tape, and two plastic bottles. Steve thought Blue would fill up both bottles with water and use it to tape to completely cover up the bottles. That was a wasteful idea. Steve thought maybe Blue should add water into one of the plastic bottles and then use the scotch tape to tape both ends where the lids go and then shake the bottles until the water makes a swirly motion. The answer to Blue's Clues was the cyclone experiment/tornado experiment or the whirlpool experiment. After figuring out Blue's Clues, they get ready to make the experiment. Shovel, Pail, Mailbox, and even Neptune came over to see the experiment. The water was filled up. Scotch tape was taped on both ends of the bottles. Steve turns the bottles and gives them a shake. The water was spinning around just like an actual cyclone, tornado, or whirlpool. After the experiment was done, Steve sings the So Long Song and the episode ends.

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  • The gong sound effect is heard before the Thinking Time segment as Steve goes to the thinking chair.
  • The gong sound effect is heard during the Thinking Time segment.

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This episode is available for streaming on Paramount Global's video streaming service Paramount+.

Trivia[]

  • Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper, Paprika, Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Pluto, Fiona Felt Friend, and Sidetable Drawer do not appear at the end of the episode because they are very busy.
  • Scripting and development manager Michael Smith appears as one of Steve's friends.
  • The answer in the UK version is "The Whirlpool Experiment".
  • This is the sixth episode where multiple pawprints are used for a clue (two pawprints were used for the last clue (two plastic bottles)).
  • At the beginning of the episode, Steve and Blue were experimenting with "Sink or Float" from "Blue Goes to the Beach". This time, they were experimenting with apples.
  • The apples are seen in the previously aired episode "Math!".
  • The notebook's spiral is revealed to be (or just in this episode) magnetic.
  • The song is included in the Dance and Sing: The Best of Nick Jr. soundtrack.
  • Blue's original singing from the series' pilot episode "Snack Time" is used in the "Mailtime Song" instead of the one from Season 1's "Blue's Favorite Song".
  • This is the eighth episode to use the usual "No, it's a clue!" line from "Adventures in Art".
  • This is the final episode to use the usual "No" line from "What Time Is It for Blue?".
  • This is the first episode to feature the "Race to the Thinking Chair" instrumental as Steve & Blue Skidoo to outer space, as well as the first episode to feature the gong sound and the "Race to the Thinking Chair" instrumental as Steve goes to the Thinking Chair.
  • Going by production order, this is the first episode where both of the first two clues are found in the kitchen.
  • This is the first episode in which water is not a talking clue.
  • Any type of water will be a clue again in the remake of this episode "Blue Is Frustrated", "What's That Sound?", "Stormy Weather", "Superfriends" and its remake," Up Down All Around", "Blue's Big Car Trip", "Playdates" and "Blue's Treasure of Clue Lagoon".
  • The "Notebook!" voice-over in this episode when Steve found water as a clue was later used in Blue's Big Musical.
  • The Nick Jr. logo in this episode in the US is people holding hands. In the UK, it uses roosters.
    • The answer to Blue's Clues was later used on "Zoom" in 2001.
  • This episode has two incorrect copyright dates: one photo says 1996 (despite this being the first episode to air in 1998) and the other is 1999 (the UK version's premiere).
  • This episode is remade in Blue's Clues & You! as "Science with Blue".
  • In the Korean version, the Mailtime footage is almost the same as "What Does Blue Want to Build?".
  • The footage where Steve asks "Are you ready?" is reused in the Nick Jr. Kids opening on Nick Jr. on CBS and some VHS recordings.
  • The footage where Steve asks "Do you think my apple will sink or float?" is reused in "100th Episode Celebration".
  • The footage where Sun and Steve sing "Planets Song" is reused in "100th Episode Celebration".
  • The footage where Steve says "Here's our clue and it's" is reused in "Backstage at Blue's Clues" in Blue's Big Musical Movie on DVD.
  • When Steve accidentally takes out the magnifying glass instead of the notebook to draw the second clue, tape, the ding of a hi-hat cymbal is heard.

Goofs[]

  • In the closing credits:
    • Angela Santomero is credited as Angela C. Santomero.
    • Jenna Marie Castle is credited as Jenna Castle
Blue's Clues Season 2
Steve Gets the Sniffles | What Does Blue Want to Build? | Blue's Senses | What Experiment Does Blue Want to Try? | What Does Blue Want to Make Out of Recycled Things? | What Was Blue's Dream About? | Blue's ABCs | Math! | Blue's Birthday | What Does Blue Want to Do with Her Picture? | What Does Blue Want to Do on a Rainy Day? | Blue's Surprise at Two O'Clock | The Lost Episode! | Blue's Sad Day | What Game Does Blue Want to Learn? | What Did Blue See? | Nurture! | Blue Is Frustrated | What Is Blue Trying to Do? | Mechanics!
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