What Is Blue Trying to Do?

"What Is Blue Trying to Do?" is the nineteenth episode of Blue's Clues from the second season. It was the thirty-ninth episode to be aired.

Characters Present

Blue
Steve (North America)
HyunShup Shin (South Korea)
Sidetable Drawer
Mailbox
Slippery Soap
Baby Bear
Pidgey

Elements

Question: What Is Blue Trying to Do?
Clues:
- 1. A Finished Picture of Steve and Blue
- 2. A Pencil
- 3. Blue
Answer: Write Her Name
Living room picture: The train at the bottom of a hill, then racing to the top of a hill, then at the top of a hill, then at the top of a hill (later zoomed in a little bit)
Skidoo location: Baby Bear's room
Felt Frame picture: Felt Friends cheers Freddy wins the race (Similar to What Was Blue's Dream About?)

Summary

Steve and Blue teach the viewers some words of encouragement.

Recap

Blue colors Steve & Blue with colored crayons, but Blue is trying to write her name with a pencil. We play Blue's Clues to figure out what Blue is trying to do. Blue leaves a paw-print on the screen. Steve sings to the viewers that they were gonna play Blue's Clues. He explains the Blue's paw-print will be on the clues, Blue's Clues that is. The pawprint runs away. Sidetable Drawer opens up her drawer. Steve reaches in and grabs his notebook. Sidetable Drawer closes her drawer. Steve tells the viewers that to play Blue's Clues he has to find a paw-print because that is the first clue and then he has to put it in their notebook because they are Blue's Clues. Steve and Blue had to find another paw-print, that is the second clue, they had to put it in their notebook because they are Blue's Clues. Steve and Blue had to find the last paw-print, that is the third clue, they had to put it in their notebook because they are Blue's Clues, and they had to sit down in the thinking chair and think.

Blue went in the direction of the bedroom. Steve finds the first clue on a finished picture of Steve & Blue and draws it in his notebook. Slippery Soap blows 3 bubbles, but Slippery Soap blows the biggest bubble in the world. Steve finds the second clue on pencil and draws it in his notebook. Steve is trying to finish the puzzle, but it is Mailtime. The letter is about a boy playing basketball and a girl building blocks. Blue & Steve skiddoo into Baby Bear's room. Steve & Blue help Baby Bear find her picture in the living room. Blue & Steve skiddoo back home. Steve finds the third clue on Blue and draws it in his notebook. Steve goes to the thinking chair and is ready to put all 3 clues together. The clues are a finished picture of Steve & Blue, pencil, and Blue. The answer is write her name. After figuring out Blue's Clues, Blue writes her name with a pencil that said "BLUE". Steve & Blue get ready to finish the puzzle. It's a picture of the Blue's Clues House. Steve sings the So Long Song and the episode ends.

Trivia

Blue becomes a clue in this episode. This is the first time that happened.
- Steve recalls the time he became a clue from Magenta Comes Over, which was 20 episodes before this one.
- The toys in the area (where Blue later hid as a clue) are the white-spotted puppy, a blue version of the pink toy hippo, the toy giraffe, a tiny aquamarine rubber duck with a dark blue bill, Sock Monkey, a purple doll with blue overalls, a green book, and the blue teddy bear.
This marks the last time where a question is asked as the name of the episode.
This was the 13th episode to use the usual No It's a clue line from Adventures in Art.
The Mailtime Song footage was the same footage as What Game Does Blue Want to Learn?
This is the only episode where the viewers see Slippery Soap's mad face.
There is no Kevin or Duarte version produced for this episode.
When Steve gets to Sidetable to get the Notebook, he used his hair from earlier this season. Probably an deleted scene from Blue's Senses.
This is the sixth time Steve finds out the viewer tells him that they found a clue after using his listening skills. The first was Mailbox's Birthday (before finding the first and third clues), the second was Blue's Favorite Song (before finding the third clue), the third was Blue Goes to the Beach (before finding the second clue), the fourth was Pretend Time (before finding the second clue), the fifth was Math! (before finding the second clue), the seventh was Anatomy (before finding the first clue), the eighth was Pool Party (before finding the third clue), the ninth was Magenta Gets Glasses (before finding the second clue) and the tenth was Adventure (before finding the third clue). Joe also did this in Bedtime Business when he finds a toothbrush after the video letter and picks it up.
Although Steve sang the theme song, the voiceovers "Pawprint" and "Clue" were from What Story Does Blue Want to Play?.
- Starting in "Mechanics!", it was replaced by The "Pawprint" and "Clue" were from "What Does Blue Want to Make?".
  - The first is Blue's Birthday.
  - And the second is What Does Blue Want to Do on a Rainy Day?.
- It was reversed in the said episode.

Goofs

After Steve draws the third and final clue, the pawprint is still on Blue's stomach.
The children in the video letter said "Hi Steve and Blue" although Blue wasn't anywhere near the Thinking Chair around that time.
- This also happens in The Lost Episode!

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Blue's Clues Season 2