History WesternAnimation / BluesCluesAndYou

%%ZCE * ConfettiDrop: Josh, Blue and Magenta get this in "Hide and Seek with Blue" after winning the Snail & Seek game and receiving the Golden Snail trophy.

%%ZCE * BedsheetGhost: In "The Ghost of the Living Room," said ghost is one of the characters dressed as this. The identity of said character is the subject of the episode's game of Blue's Clues, with the answer turning out to be [[spoiler:Periwinkle.]]

%%ZCE * ChairReveal: Done at the end of "The Case of the Missing Thinking Chair" with the Thinking Chair, revealing [[spoiler:Joe]].

* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: She uses regular glasses when inside, and sunglasses with a hat to protect her from sunlight when outside.

** The [[TheBigBadWolf big bad wolf]], or [[AffectionateNickname Wolfie]], was completely evil in the original tale, and morally questionable in [[WesternAnimation/BluesClues the original series]] to the point that not even [[TheDitz Steve]] would fall for his FauxAffablyEvil act, here he is a nice guy with some anger issues, [[NobleWolf who doesn't want to seem as big and bad, and is good friends with the three little pigs]].
** {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Gopher. He was never hostile in the first place, but became more friendly in the Reboot version of "What's so funny", "[[Recap/BluesCluesAndYouS1E8LaughWithBlue Laugh with Blue]]", as his [[AnimalNemesis rivalry with the host]] was completely removed and he appears to be on good terms with Josh.
* AffectionateParody:
** "Into the Blueniverse" is one for ''Franchise/StarTrek''.
** "The Wizard of Skidoo" is one for ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.
* ArtEvolution: The original show was already heavily done using computer animation but it manifested as akin to paper cutouts scanned into the computer and [[LimitedAnimation given simplistic movements]], only Blue was fully animated. This show replicates much of the style of the original while having a refinement of the tools and functions available for the characters and environments, adding more depth with shading (including ones cast by Josh) along with a higher frame rate.

** {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Snail compared to the other characters in the series, but she started to be recognized by the other characters, have an entire planet based on her and is the answers to Blue's clues in one episode, [[spoiler:complete with talking for the first time in the franchise outside of a musical number]].
** [[AudienceParticipation The viewer]]. Originally, they were just the voices that helped Steve find the clues, but little by little they gained more participation in the plot and more interactions with the main characters. Becoming a clue once, getting titles in special episodes, being the answers to Blue's clues in "Blue and Little Rainbow Riding Hood" and finally having an emotional reunion with Steve and Joe in the movie.

* BananaPeel: {{Averted|Trope}}. Josh nearly slips on one in "Josh's Crummy Day" while jumping rope. Fortunately, Shovel and Pail stop him.
* BedsheetGhost: In "The Ghost of the Living Room," said ghost is one of the characters dressed as this. The identity of said character is the subject of the episode's game of Blue's Clues, with the answer turning out to be [[spoiler:Periwinkle.]]

** Periwinkle's grandfather Mauve, who wears glasses and is a CuteKitten

** In "Hotel Blue", the answer to Blue's Clues is [[spoiler:the cow plushie Periwinkle got for Magenta in "Blue's Mystery Present"]]
* TheCallsAreComingFromInsideTheHouse: Parodied in "The Smelly Smell" where it's a VisibleOdor that's coming from inside the house to the horror of Mrs. Pepper, Blue and Josh.

* ChairReveal: Done at the end of "The Case of the Missing Thinking Chair" with the Thinking Chair, revealing [[spoiler:Joe]].

* ColorCharacter: {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Pearl. She'a pearl white bunny, but the name is not as obvious as her peers.
* ConfettiDrop: Josh, Blue and Magenta get this in "Hide and Seek with Blue" after winning the Snail & Seek game and receiving the Golden Snail trophy.

** "Blue's Mystery Present" to Joe; where together with Josh and Blue we discover what Joe's day-to-day life is like at the Present Store, including playing Blue's clues on his old Handy-Dandy Notebook.
** "Mailtime Mystery" for Mailbox, where Josh and Blue are playing at being postmen like he is and need to find out who the mysterious letter he received was addressed to. At the end of the episode the answer is [[spoiler: Mailbox himself, and the letter contained a video of Steve, Joe and Rainbow Puppy singing about how grateful they are for Mailbox helping them]].
** "Tickety's Big Musical Morning" for Tickety Tock; In this episode she is the one who welcomes us, as we watch her waking everyone up and organizing the house's schedule, and the game of Blue's Clue is about figuring out what special moment she's hoping for that day.

** "Magenta Thank You Day Surprise" for Magenta and her owner Miranda, where we discover their backstory about how Magenta was Miranda's first friend during her childhood and play Magenta's Clues instead of the usual Blue's Clue game.
** "The Return of the Thinking Squad" is that for [[spoiler: Cinnamon]], where he becomes the series' first real villain, as opposed to the Thinking Squad, our protagonists' heroic team. Ironically, while he's on screen the entire time he is only revealed to be the episode's focus character at the end of the episode.
** "The Big Blue Derby" for Slippery Soap; here he has his one-sided rivalry with his cousin Slick explored, and we follow him through the titular Blue Derby. The Blue's clue game here is about how Josh could help Slippery win the race.

** Baby Bear used to be one of Blue's best friends in the original series, but in the Reboot she was only present in 3 episodes (with one of them being a skidoo frame cameo).
** {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Paprika. In the original series Paprika as the first baby of the Spice family had a lot of focus, had her own minigames in the series' licensed games, and her own arc about becoming a big sister. On the reboot however, while she is still there, she is probably the friend with the least focus, with most of her scenes being focused on her family, while the other shakers have their own scenes where their family does not appear or are mentioned. As of 2024, Paprika and Sidetable are the only members of the yellow house to not have their own [[ADayInTheLimelight focus episode]].

* FollowTheBouncingBall: Happens at the end of "[[Recap/BluesCluesAndYouS1E5AbcsWithBlue ABC's With Blue"]].

* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: The Case of the Missing Thinking Chair reveals that there are at least three identical Purple Kangaroos and Orange Kittens in the neighborhood, which [[AmbiguouslyRelated may or may not be related]].

** Magenta, like her owner, is a great soccer player, although a little anxious about her abilities, she is also a PreciousPuppy who used to be her owner's only friend.

* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: While Miranda is not a {{Tomboy}} in the traditional sense, she is an athletic girl with high stamina who is quite determined, compared to the artistic, kind, and anxious guy that Josh is

** "Mystery of the Missing Pies" a homage to noir detective films, in which with the help of the "Detective Gopher" They help Mr. Salt find out who "stole" his pies

* NighthawksShot: The Bad Day Café in "Josh's Crummy Day", where the customers and employees are people who are having a bad day, but are helped by our protagonists. Interestingly, it's one of the only skidoo worlds that Josh doesn't seem to recognize.

* PhoneaholicTeenager: Paprika is a healthy example of this trope, she is always seen with her Graham cracker phone or some type of technology and loves taking photos and videos, but is not dependent on technology and usually uses her phone to have fun with other members of the house.

** {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Paprika. In the original series Paprika as the first baby of the Spice family had a lot of focus, had her own minigames in the series' licensed games, and her own arc about becoming a big sister. On the reboot however, while she is still there, she is probably the friend with the least focus, with most of her scenes being focused on her family, while the other shakers have their own scenes where their family does not appear or are mentioned. As of 2024, Paprika and Sidetable are the only members of the yellow house to not have their own [[ADayInTheLimelight focus episode]] on ''Blue's Clues and You''.

** "[[Recap/BluesCluesAndYouS1E2HappyBirthdayBlue Happy Birthday]], Blue!" where once again we need to find out what gift Blue wants to receive for her birthday

** On the contrary, Blue's had how many birthdays by now and she's still considered a "puppy"?[[note]]It's unknown how long the TimeSkip is, but assuming it's going by the year ''Blue's Clues'' left off, the gap was definitely a lot more than just a few years.[[/note]] However, the fact that there is a town named [[Series/BluesRoom Puppyville]], which was her younger brother's home, [[VagueAge an adult "puppy"]], Rainbow Puppy, may imply that "Puppy" is the name of her species, and not an indication of age.

** On the contrary, Blue's had how many birthdays by now and she's still considered a "puppy"?[[note]]It's unknown how long the TimeSkip is, but assuming it's going by the year ''Blue's Clues'' left off, the gap was definitely a lot more than just a few years.[[/note]]

* SpaceEpisode: "Into the Blueniverse", the seventeenth episode of the third season, is an AffectionateParody of ''Franchise/StarTrek'', where Josh, Blue and Magenta, intent on finding Magenta's remote-controlled ship, venture into the "[[PunnyName Blueniverse]]", a skidoo world that basically works like space, with themed planets for each member of the house, a civilization of adorable snail aliens named "[[VisualPun Snaliens]]" and the Thinking Chair becoming a spaceship.

** In "The Thinking Squad" and "Return of the Thinking Squad", Josh refers to the Handy Dandy Notebook as the "Super Duper Notebook", which may be a reference to the UK version of the original show.

''Blue's Clues & You!'' is a 2019 reboot of the series ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues''. The show has a new host named Josh, who is the cousin of Steve and Joe, played by Joshua Dela Cruz, known for playing Aladdin and Iago in the Broadway adaptation of Disney's ''Theatre/{{Aladdin}}'', and now has the main characters done in CGI animation.

The show premiered on November 11, 2019, on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}, but the first three episodes were released early to Vudu on September 27 for free. The third episode was also released online to Website/YouTube and the Nick Jr. app and website on October 28, 2019, with the second episode being released on March 28, 2020.

The show was renewed for a [[https://deadline.com/2019/11/nickelodeon-seasaon-2-blues-clues-and-you-josh-dela-cruz-1202790023 second season]] of 20 episodes on November 19, 2019, a [[https://deadline.com/2020/02/nickelodeon-renewals-are-you-afraid-of-the-dark-all-that-paw-patrol-blues-clues-the-casagrandes-top-elf-1202862741/ third season]] of 20 episodes on February 19, 2020, a [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/paw-patrol-blues-clues-among-nickelodeon-preschool-renewals fourth season]] of 26 episodes on February 18, 2021, and a [[https://deadline.com/2022/03/spongebob-squarepants-paw-patrol-blues-clues-you-renewed-nickelodeon-1234986103/ fifth season]] of 26 episodes on March 24, 2022, for a total of 112 episodes ordered so far.

[[MilestoneCelebration In commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of]] ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'', the show also received a film, ''Film/BluesBigCityAdventure'', which have Josh and Blue audition for a big Broadway musical in New York.

A [[https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blues-clues-you-story-time-with-josh-blue/id1522707363 podcast]] associated with the series - ''Story Time with Josh & Blue'' - was also introduced on July 8, 2020, with the first actual installments released on August 4, 2020. These feature bedtime stories ranging from about 5-9 minutes in length.

** Jack O'Lantern here is a relatively nice guy and a BenevolentAbomination. In the original tale he was so bad that he was denied both heaven and hell.

* ArtShift: DownplayedTrope. Whenever they skidoo from Storybook World to places located in the "real world", like New York and Mexico City, the settings become less cartoonish and more photorealistic, although the characters' artstyle remain the same.

* BlackBossLady: The Neighborhood Firefighter, Frankie, is a black woman who is also very competent and patient, and perhaps the most responsible adult in the neighborhood.
* BlueMeansCold: The skidoo world dubbed “The House of Mo Snow”, is made completely of ice, it's owner, Mo Snow, is an [[{{Snowlems}} anthropomorphic snowman]] who wears blue clothes and has a thermometer guitar in a shocking shade of blue.

** In "Into the Blueniverse", Josh asks Mr. Salt for the bin of recycling for "rocket ship parts". Mr. Salt is confused at first, but quickly realizes what's going on, calling back to when he learned to use his imagination in "Blue's Big Imagination"

** "[[Recap/BluesCluesAndYouS1E1MeetJosh Meet Josh!]]" shows us that Steve is green, Joe is purple, and Josh is blue.

** During their rendition of "Old [=McDonald=] Had a Farm" in Bluestock, Joe brings out his stuffed duck Boris, which made a couple of appearances during the original show.
** In "Knights of the Snack Table", the clues are a cup, a cow, and chocolate. Josh says that cows make milk, and he knows for a fact that you can drink milk from a cup, a direct reference to both "Snack Time", and "Meet Josh!".

* {{Crossover}}: Some of the online shorts have featured other Nick Jr. characters, such as ''WesternAnimation/AbbyHatcher'' and Molly from ''WesternAnimation/BubbleGuppies'' coming over to the Blue's Clues house for Halloween.

** Starting in the third season, Perwinkle appears in the intro.

** In "The Thinking Squad" and "Return of the Thinking Squad", Josh refers to the Handy Dandy Notebook as the "Super Duper Notebook", which may be a reference to the UK adaption of the original show.

** Pearl, Blue's school friend, has large, trembling, InnocentBlueEyes, that highlight her among the 2D characters who have BlackBeadEyes, to highlight her blindness and albinism.

* RaceLift: Heavily {{Discussed|Trope}} in "If You Don't See It, Be It!", where Periwinkle wants to play a role in a movie that's traditionally played by a dog. [[spoiler:In the end, he gets the part he wanted, with the message of the episode being that race shouldn't limit your horizons]].

** Standing up in the striped background before singing "Play Blue's Clues" returns from the first 2 seasons of the original series.
** Guessing wrong answers to the Blue's Clues game returns from the first 2 seasons of the original series

** Blue licks the screen at the end of "Laugh With Blue." She also did it in "[[Recap/BluesCluesAndYouS1E2HappyBirthdayBlue Happy Birthday, Blue!]]", "Bluestock", "Blue's Night Before Christmas", "Blue's Show and Tell Surprise", and "Our New Neighbor."
** Blue and Magenta both lick the screen twice in "Getting Glasses With Magenta."

* SecondaryColorNemesis: {{Inverted|Trope}}. As [[spoiler: a villain Cinnamon was associated with shades of blue, while his heroic persona is associated with the color brown (which is a shade of orange)]].

** "Return of the Thinking Squad" introduces a character named "Villian Ice", who in the same episode, [[Music/VanillaIce gets a rap number]]. [[spoiler:When he's revealed to be Cinnamon, he changes the name to "Music/IceSpice"]].

* SpaceEpisode: "Into the Blueniverse", the seventeenth episode of the third season, is an AffectionateParody of ''Franchise/StarTrek'', where Josh, Blue and Magenta, intent on finding Magenta's remote-controlled ship, venture into the "[[PunnyName Blueniverse]]", a skidoo world that basically works like space, with themed planets for each member of the house, a civilization of adorable snail aliens, named "[[VisualPun Snaliens]]" and the Thinking Chair becoming a spaceship.

* VagueAge: Both Josh, Joe, and Steve are hit hard by this trope, as an image from Blue's 1st birthday shows the three of them as children the same age, even though Joe was a baby when Blue skidoo out of her book for the first time and the actor of Josh is more than a decade younger than the actors of Steve and Joe [[note]] Although Blue being a RealityWarper who can break the fourth wall could explain things, as she has at times have been able of skidooing to movies, videos and recordings [[/note]].

* WhamShot: When Josh shows off his notebook/phone he shows two icons...of ''Steve and Joe''.

-->Now it's time for so long!\\
But we're gonna sing one more song!\\
Thanks for doing your part!\\
You sure are smart!\\
You sure worked hard!\\

's the huge girl to Marlon Tiny Guy. Frankie is Josh's neighbourhood tallest friend, while Marlon is the shortest.

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[[caption-width-right:1000:Josh with Blue, Magenta, the Salt and Pepper family, Shovel and Pail, Slippery Soap, Tickety Tock, Sidetable Drawer and Mailbox.]]

-> ''Everybody's lookin' for Blue's Clues\\

* LittleGreenMen: The citizens from the planet Snail, or Snaliens, from the episode “Into Blueniverse” are little green snails, which really fascinates Josh.

* SpaceEpisode: "Into Blueniverse", the seventeenth episode of the third season, is an AffectionateParody of Franchise/StarTrek, where Josh, Blue and Magenta, intent on finding Magenta's remote-controlled ship, venture into the "[[PunnyName Blueniverse]]", a skidoo world that basically works like space, with themed planets for each member of the house, a civilization of adorable snail aliens, named "[[VisualPun Snaliens]]" and the Thinking Chair becoming a spaceship.

** Mr Salt Father, Grandfather Thyme. His name is subject to many time-based puns. His own introduction in the series is Aunt Nutmeg saying she's lost the time, and him telling her not to worry because he's already here

** In "Blue Night Before Christmas", Josh shows us the gift Joe gave Blue the previous year, a penguin music box named Carol. As he says goodbye to her, he salutes her in a way that may seem familiar.
--> '''Josh''': Merry [[Literature/AChristmasCarol Christmas, Carol]].

* RaceLift: Heavily {{Discussed|Trope}} in "If You Don't See It, Be It!", where Periwinkle wants to play a role in a movie that's traditionally played by a dog. [[spoiler:In the end, he gets the part he wanted, with the message of the episode being that race shouldn't limit your horizons ]].

* RaceLift: Heavily {{Discussed|Trope}} in "If You Don't See It, Be It!", where Periwinkle wants to play a role in a movie that's traditionally played by a dog. [[spoiler:In the end, he gets the part he wanted, with the message of the episode being that race doesn't matter]].

* FakeMystery: In the episode "The Mystery of the Missing Thinking Chair" where Blue helps Josh and Steve find the Thinking Chair that they think was abducted. In the end, [[spoiler: it was all just a plan by Joe and Blue to lure Josh and Steve, with clues and a mystery, to his backyard barbecue]].

** In ''Hotel Blue'', everyone sleeps in the treehouse they built in "Building with Blue''.

* AspectRatioSwitch: In "Blue Makes a Movie With YOU!", the aspect ratio switches from 16:9 to 21:9 when Blue's movie is finally shown off.