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5	->We gotta find another pawprint,\
6	That's the second clue!\
7	We put it in our notebook--\
8	'Cause they're ''whose'' clues?\
9	''Blue's Clues!''
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11	''Blue's Clues'' is a [[LongRunners long-running]] children's television show, produced by Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} as part of their Creator/NickJr preschool block. If you grew up in the United States, the UK, Portugal, or South Korea during the 1990s or early 2000s, the odds are good that this show will be familiar to you (under different hosts and names respectively).
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13	Set in a [[SugarBowl vibrant]], [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife candy-colored world]] of [[RogerRabbitEffect animated characters combined with a human host,]] the show features the escapades of Blue, a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin blue-colored dog]] (voiced by Traci Paige Johnson, one of the show's creators). OnceAnEpisode, Blue will want to do something--be it read a book, have a snack, or make some kind of craft. However, as Blue seems to be [[TalkingAnimal the only creature in her world who can't talk]], the only way she can communicate with her human owner is by playing ''Blue's Clues''- a game in which she will imprint 3 objects around the house (or backyard) with her blue pawprint, labeling them a "clue." Once performed, it's up to her owner--along with the kids watching from home--to figure out what she wants to do by piecing together these clues.
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15	Compare to ''Series/{{Llanargollen}}'', another PreschoolShow about a live-action man and his [[RogerRabbitEffect animated]] female doggy sidekick finding clues (or in this case, solving mysteries).
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17	!!'Cuz they're whose tropes? Blue's tropes!
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20	* AdvertisedExtra: {{Downplayed\|Trope}} with Slippery Soap. During Steve's era, he was supposed to be a member of main cast, but he was actually the one with the least participation among the talking objects in the house, especially after Sidetable became an AscendedExtra, only having his personality truly explored in the Reboot and not having ADayInTheLimelight until the fourth season of ''Blue's Clues & You''. This is probably due to the fact that he was the most difficult character to the host record takes with on green screen, as he was constantly moving, with Steve Burns stating that Slippery was the character he least liked to interact with, as it was difficult to stay focused without knowing where he should be.
21	* AdaptationalNameChange: Fifi, one of the Felt Friends and one of the two most re-occuring ones in the series, was renamed "Felicia" in the Humongous Entertainment games. This would also carry over to the reboot.
22	* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Blue is the current trope picture. Not only that, but she is probably the TropeCodifier too, most colorful animals on this show tend to be ''named'' after their color as well.
23	* AngryEyebrows: "Body Language" had Blue wanting to express an emotion (anger). One of the clues was a pair of "angry" eyebrows, and since the clues sing starting in mid-Season 5, it lead to the hilarious image of some cartoon eyebrows singing enthusiastically, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "I'm scrunched-up eyebrows~"]].
24	* AnimalLover: Since his childhood, Steve always wanted a puppy to play with and to be his friend, which led baby Blue to leave her storybook and become Steve's puppy friend.
25	* AnimateInanimateObject: Aside from Steve, Joe and the animals [[note]] Blue, Magenta, Periwinkle, Orange Kitten, Green Puppy and Purple Kangaroo [[/note]], most of the characters are talking things.
26	** Heck, there's even a ''computer mouse cursor'' that talks in one episode!
27	* AnthropomorphicFood:
28	** {{Subverted\|Trope}} with Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper and their children. They are not really the spices but rather the spice containers.
29	** A minor example with the monster cake.
30	* ArcWords: Used in several episodes:
31	** "What Experiment Does Blue Want To Try?": "Experiment"
32	** "What Does Blue Want to Make With Recycled Things?": "Recycle"
33	** "Blue's Sad Day": "Tough situation" ("Tricky situation" in the UK dub)
34	** "Nurture": "Need"
35	** "What Is Blue Trying To Do?": "Encourage"
36	** "Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper Day": "Appreciate"
37	* ArgumentOfContradictions: In "Blue Goes to the Beach," Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper have an argument over whether a straw will sink or float in water. Mr. Salt thinks it will sink, Mrs. Pepper is convinced it will float. Mrs. Pepper is right, as is found out when Steve reasonably suggests that they just try it and see what happens.
38	* ArtEvolution: In the book releases. Take a look at the earlier ones and you'll find that Blue's face is a bit chubby and the blue coloring is rather dark. Then take a look at the later book releases - the coloring is lighter and Blue's face has been thinned out. This generally holds true for the other characters as well and there are other, more subtle changes to the appearance of the art.
39	** In the show itself, the animation was a little rougher in the first few episodes, editing mistakes were much more common (usually part of the background or a prop being cutoff or boom mics being visible) through the first season, and Steve's colors became a lot more vibrant beginning in the second season, as did the Thinking Chair.
40	* ArtImitatesLife: In 2021, Steve revealed the biggest reason why he left the show: [[https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Original-Blue-s-Clues-Host-Steve-Burns-16441765.php he wanted to focus on getting a college education]]. At the time of his departure, his character was also heading for college himself.
41	* ArtisticLicenseAnimalCare: Blue has consumed chocolate at least twice: in "The Snack Chart", chocolate milk turns out to be her favorite snack, and at the end of "Soccer Practice", Blue and Magenta eat chocolate ice cream. In real life, chocolate is extremely toxic to dogs.
42	* AssumingTheAudiencesAge: An odd example where a fictional version of your voice will chime in just in case you don't respond to Steve's questions. Your fake voice sounds like a toddler or preschooler.
43	* AudienceParticipation: The show does not have a fourth wall, and the viewer themselves counts as a character capable of interacting with the world around them.
44	* BeachEpisode: "Blue Goes to the Beach" plays with the trope. They don't actually go to the beach, but they set up a beach in their backyard.
45	* BicolorCowsSolidColorBulls: Cows are always black-and-white, while bulls are always brown.
46	* BiggerOnTheInside: The yellow house (Or "[[FanNickname Blues Clues House]]") looks like a tiny cartoon house on the outside, but is much bigger on the inside, with a living room, kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom. Occasionally new rooms and doors appear in the house, which confuses the human hosts that have no idea of how the house works. {{Invoked\|Trope}} by Miranda on "Shy", who says with all words that the house looks a lot bigger inside than outside.
47	* BigGuyLittleGuy: Joe is the big guy (6'0"/183 cm) to his [[{{Irony}} big brother]] Steve (5'6"/168 cm) little guy, which he lampshades in Joe's Scrapbook. He's also the big guy, to Periwinkle from the house behind, a tiny kitten who sees Joe as a big brother figure.
48	* BigLittleBrother: Joe is Steve's younger brother, but is much bigger than him. He even lampshades this in extra material from the "Joe Scrapbook" special.
49	* BigOlEyebrows:
50	** Joe has the biggest eyebrows in the main cast, being longer than most humans, and thicker than most animated characters. This is more prominent in illustrated media involving him, where most of the characters eyebrows are represented by lines, while Joe has more realistic eyebrows.
51	** Downplayed with Periwinkle when compared to Joe or his grandfather, but his eyebrows are noticeably thicker than most of the children in the series.
52	* BilingualBonus: Once American Sign Language is introduced in "Signs," the signs for "first," "second," "third," "thank you," and "smart", among others, are incorporated into the show's routine.
53	** The episode "¡Un Dia con Plum!", introduces Periwinkle's bilingual friend, Plum, who can speak Spanish. The episode incorporates learning Spanish into its plot.
54	* BirthdayEpisode:
55	** "Mailbox's Birthday" for Mailbox.
56	** "Blue's Birthday" for Blue.
57	** "Joe's Surprise Party" for Joe.
58	* BlueOniRedOni: Joe is the red oni to Steve's blue oni. Joe is a {{keet}} incapable of sitting still, while Steve is [[MellowFellow more slow]] and needs to stop to rest frequently as he needs to eat to gather his train of thought. Joe has a more animated voice, while Steve is soft-spoken. Steve is more passive and relies on his friends to decide what to do, Joe is more likely to think outside the box and then thinks of many ways to break out of the routine during his era.
59	* {{Bookends}}: Both figuratively and literally.
60	** Since most of the original episodes—if not all of them—take place in a book, each episode begins with the book opening and ends with it closing.
61	** InUniverse. Each episode begins with the "Friend" arriving at the house for today's story and then ends with them leaving.
62	* {{Bookworm}}: Steve is a rare case who avoids BookSmart. He is a book lover who often reads his favorite books over and over again. In fact, Blue is a character from Steve's favorite book when he was a kid that came out of a book he read non-stop for days. One of his reasons for going to college is the new books he will be able to read there.
63	* BreakingTheFourthWall: Steve and Joe talk to the viewers.
64	* BreakoutCharacter: In two book releases, minor character Green Puppy is a main focus.
65	* BrotherSisterTeam: Shovel and Pail are siblings and are almost never seen seperately.
66	* CarnivoreConfusion: Periwinkle (a cat) was best friends with Plum (a bird) back when he lived in the city.
67	* CartoonCreature: Blue and Magenta don't seem to have a defined breed.
68	* CharacterCatchphrase:
69	** "Bark bark bark!" (said with the same inflection as "No you don't!", to clarify)
70	** "A clue, a clue!" - Said by the pre-recorded children's voices whenever a clue is spotted.
71	** "We just figured out Blue's Clues!" - When the clue is solved.
72	** "Blue skidoo, we can too!" - When the host is about to skidoo (jump) into whatever Blue went in.
73	** "Now that we're three, what will we be?!" - The clues in the episodes in which the clues talked, once all three clues were found.
74	** "Whoa!" - Slippery Soap.
75	** "Mail's here, mail's in!", "Here's your letter!", and "You're welcome!" - Mailbox.
76	** "Blue's Clues, I'm so excited!" - Sidetable Drawer. Lampshaded in the CD-ROM game ''Blue's Birthday Adventure'' where she follows it up with "I always say that, don't I?".
77	* CharacterTics: When Blue is happy, she will often squint her eyes and run in place. Magenta and Green Puppy are also shown to do this.
78	* ChekhovsGunman: Turquoise, the turtle Steve bought for Blue in "Blue's Birthday," turns out to be the answer to that episode's game of Blue's Clues (a turtle[[note]]Granted, he didn't specify a ''certain'' turtle, but...[[/note]]).
79	* ChristmasEpisode: "Blue's Big Holiday" in Season 3 & "Blue's First Holiday" in Season 5. Which is also Blue's origin episode.
80	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Magenta's owner, Miranda, only appears in "Shy" and "Magenta Gets Glasses" and does not appear during Joe's seasons.
81	* ClipShow: "100th Episode Celebration" is this, celebrating the occasion with clips from previous episodes. Thankfully, said clips only last a few seconds each.
82	* ColorfulSong: The episode "Colors Everywhere!" has the song "Colors, Colors, Everywhere." In it, Joe sings about various colors, including how colors can be mixed and mixed again to make new colors, including ones he's never seen before, i.e. "Chartreuse, a color I had not seen. Looks to me like a yellowish-green. Mix blue and yellow and they're suddenly green. Then blue and green make aquarmine." This song was later redone for the remake version of the episode in ''WesternAnimation/BluesCluesAndYou''.
83	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: In the early episodes, whenever Steve goes to the Thinking Chair to resolve the episode with the given clues, he usually makes a bizarre guess, like Blue putting a cow in a cup and slurping it up with a straw (she just wanted milk), or wrapping a pillow in a blanket and reading it a story (she only wanted a nap).
84	%%ZCE ** Steve and Joe can sometimes be like this whenever the viewers are trying to tell them about a clue nearby, often mistaking them for something else.
85	* CompanionCube: Joe is almost always accompanied by his stuffed duck Boris, who strangely is treated as a sentient duck and one of Joe's friends.
86	* ConceptAlbum: Three were released during the show's run- ''Blue's Big Treasure'', ''Goodnight Blue'', and ''A Playdate With Blue''. Loosely tying in with the episodes "Blue's Big Treasure Hunt", "Blue's Big Pajama Party", and "Magenta Comes Over" respectively. The albums consist of original audio-only "episodes" with musical numbers added in.
87	* ConjoinedEyes: The "[[NonStandardCharacterDesign puppies]]" are the only characters in the series to have this kind of eyes, compared to the other characters who have BlackBeadEyes. This is one of the signs that they come from another world rather than being native to the Storybook World as revealed on the "Legend of the Blue Puppy" story arc.
88	* ContinuityNod: In an early episode, Steve bought Blue a pet turtle (named Turquoise) for her birthday. Turquoise shows up in the background of most scenes set in the bedroom after that.
89	* CoolBigBro: Steve is a caring mentor figure to his young brother, Joe, even after he leaves for college.
90	* CouchGag:
91	** In Steve-era episodes, what Blue hides behind in the intro is always different.
92	** Joe-era episodes, on the other hand, have him wearing a different colored shirt in every episode.
93	** Something consistent across almost every episode is what's in the Skidoo Frame in the living room. Sometimes it even changes between scenes. The same goes for what's on the felt board and the table in-between the living room and kitchen.
94	* CrossReferencedTitles: "Colors Everywhere!," and, a little further down the line, "Numbers Everywhere!"
95	** There are two well-spaced episodes called "Nature!" and "Nurture!".
96	** "Blue Wants to Play a Game" and "Blue Wants to Play a Song Game".
97	* CueOClock: In both the original and the follow-up ''WesternAnimation/BluesCluesAndYou'', Tickety Tock, who is a sentient alarm clock, has the ability to display a symbol related to whatever's happening in the episode in the 12 position.
98	* CuteKitten: Blue has 5 classmates who are adorable [[TalkingAnimal talking cats]], the main focus is on Periwinkle and Orange, but the rest are not far from being adorable and endearing.
99	* CuteLittleFangs: Green Puppy has fangs, and she's cute due to being a puppy.
100	* TheDiaperChange: Cinnamon gets his diaper changed several times. [[spoiler:This was actually the answer to a game of Blue's Clues at one point.]]
101	* DigitalDestruction: The first few seasons didn't exactly follow [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_area_%28television%29 safe area]] standards. Rather, episodes were rendered with a lot of overscan that would otherwise be cropped off by most CRT televisions of the era. No attempt was made to fix this when the show was released digitally, which lead to a lot of editing mistakes that are very noticeable when watching the show on anything modern.
102	* TheDitz: There's always at least one clue in the show (sometimes ''all three'') where Joe or Steve will ask the kids if they see a clue, or where it is. It takes three times for him to ''finally'' understand what the kids are saying. ("A clue!" "A shoe? Yes, I'm wearing shoes." "No, a clue!" "You, too?" "No, a clue!" "Oh! A clue! Where?" "Right over there!")
103	** "Math!" has a variation: The first clue is an ice cube. However, Steve has just finished counting ice cubes in a tray (ten to be exact)... and is about to have a heart attack over the prospect of ten clues.
104	** Similarly, a clue is seen on a carton of orange juice in "Blue's Surprise at 2 O'Clock". Steve just drank some after being told of the clue. Cue Steve thinking ''he drank the clue''.
105	* DreamEpisode: "What Did Blue Dream About?" shows most of the main characters' dreams, either through them sleeping or through them being described by the characters.
106	* DubInducedPlotHole: The arc of Steve going to college wasn't kept in the UK adaptation, as Kevin Duala stayed as the host. However, when the Joe episodes were adapted, they still had Kevin wear Joe's shirts and use his notebook. Both elements were {{Hand Wave}}d in "I'm So Happy!" (when Sidetable Drawer gives Kevin his new notebook) and the following episode, "Shape Searchers" (when Kevin reveals his new shirt and explains it's because squares are his new favorite shape).
107	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
108	** In the early episodes, Steve was much more excitable.
109	** In the first episode, "Snack Time", Blue is frequently shown with her tongue sticking out. She doesn't do this for the rest of the show; however, most plush toys released of her while the show was airing kept this.
110	** In the first episode, Steve said each kid’s name during Mail Time.
111	** Blue made a few additional barking vocal effects besides her typical "bow bow" sounds in some of the early episodes, such as a "ruff!" sound she would make in the opening sequence and in "Adventures in Art". This was dropped during the second season, most likely due to Magenta's barks using an "r" sound unlike Blue's.
112	** A different version of the theme song was used in most of the first season until the episode "What Does Blue Want to Make?". Blue would also hide in the same spot in the opening sequence until the same episode, where she would start hiding in different spots at the beginning of each episode.
113	** In early episodes, at the end of the So Long Song, the viewers would sing "We can do anything that we wanna do". This was dropped after the first few episodes of season 2.
114	** The season 1 credits only featured Blue and both the occupations and people's names were in dark blue. Beginning with season 2, more characters are added to the credits in addition to Blue and the occupations are in light blue while the people's names are still in dark blue.
115	** Blue tended to act a little more "canine" in the earlier episodes, such as carrying things in her mouth and licking Steve's face. This became downplayed as the show went on.
116	* EducationalSong: "Planets" from "What Experiment Does Blue Want to Try?", which teaches the names of the planets in order.
117	* {{Edutainment Game}}s: Two were released during the show's popularity peak: one for the Platform/PlayStation1 and one for the Platform/GameBoyColor Later on, there was one released for the V-Tech V-Smile plug-and-play learning system. Apart from that, nearly a dozen edutainment titles for the PC/Mac (many of them by Creator/HumongousEntertainment--a demo version of ''Blue's ABC Time Activites'' can be [[ftp://ftp.infogrames.net/demos/bluescluesABC/bluescluesABCdemo.exe downloaded]] from Infogrames). Many of them were surprisingly good.
118	* EndingTheme: At the end of each episode, they would sing "Now it's time for so long but we'll sing one more song. Thanks for doing your part, you sure are smart, y'know with me and you and my dog Blue[[note]]or "and our friend Blue" in Joe's earlier episodes[[/note]] we can do anything that we want to do."
119	* EpisodeTagline:
120	** "The Baby's Here": Steve [[TitleDrop drops the title]] several times.
121	** "Blue is Frustrated": "Stop, breathe, and think".
122	** "The Lost Episode": "Go back, go back, go back- go back to where you were".
123	** "Inventions": "Try, try again".
124	** "Making Changes": "Change, change, change- how can we change?"
125	** "Joe's First Day": "What's Joe gonna show?"
126	** "Steve Goes to College": "Steve is going to college!"
127	* EpisodeTitleCard: Averted in the first four seasons which had no title cards at all. Played straight in the final two seasons, where Mr. Salt holds up a pennant with the title on it and reads the title at the end of the theme song.
128	* EvolvingCredits:
129	** The fifth season introduces a new upbeat vocal theme song and new sequence to go along with it, as well as [[EpisodeTitleCard Mr. Salt holding up a pennant with the episode's name on it]] at the end.
130	** Beginning with the fourth season, the original intro sequence adds Magenta and Periwinkle, as well as their houses next to each side of Blue's house. Shovel and Pail also say "Hi, Blue!" as Blue comes into the house instead of silently appearing next to the house.
131	* ExcitedKidsShowHost: Both Steve and Joe are two examples of this trope for different reasons.
132	** Steve tries to appear a little calmer, but he is super excited by the simplest things and likes to show the viewer all the new things he learn and see.
133	** Joe is a playful BigFun who tends to act cartoony, [[TheGadfly play pranks]] and who loves to encourage his friends to try new things and change their routine.
134	* ExploitingTheFourthWall: As part of the fake interactivity, Steve or Joe would sometimes pass an object back or forth between them and the viewer(s).
135	-->'''Steve:''' You know, I can tell I'm really going to need your help today. Will you help me? ... You will? Great!
136	* FakeInteractivity: Along with ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer,'' this was one of the early Nick Jr. shows that popularized the idea. Usually, pre-recorded children's voices would answer the question. Host Steve or Joe would keep up a running dialogue with the viewer, who was supposed to help figure out the clues to the game of Blue's Clues.
137	%%ZCE * FingerlessHands: Some of the characters, such as Periwinkle. The bottoms of his feet sow to paw pads.
138	* FirstDayOfSchoolEpisode: "Blue Takes You to School", in which Blue and Joe take Periwinkle to his first day of preschool.
139	* {{Foreshadowing}}: An example is implemented in "Blue is Frustrated": The first clue, the sink, is discovered (and drawn) from the floor looking up, making it look like the sink is taller than it is. The answer to this game of Blue's Clues is that Blue is frustrated over trying to brush her teeth... because ''she can't reach her toothbrush''.
140	* FormulaBreakingEpisode:
141	** In "Meet Polka Dots," Blue opened the door to the Blue's Clues house and there were several segments in which time was spent with just Blue or Blue and her other friends rather than Joe while Joe attended to his stuffed duck Boris, who was having a nap. Perhaps most unusually, viewers got to actually watch as Blue placed her pawprint on each clue, something which had always been done firmly off-screen before.
142	** "100th Episode Celebration" doesn't feature a game of Blue's Clues and is instead a ClipShow and retrospective of the series due to hitting its' 100th episode.
143	** "The Legend of the Blue Puppy" also doesn't have the characters playing Blue's Clues at all; instead the plot has Blue looking for the lock that will reveal her "greatest gift"- kicking off the premiere of the ''Blue's Room'' segment (and eventual spinoff).
144	** "Skidoo Adventure" features Blue and Joe in the episode's "skidoo" location for the majority of the episode, and doesn't have them playing Blue's Clues. Rather, they need to collect the letters making up the word "home" to get them back home.
145	** "The Fairy Tale Ball" also takes place in the "skidoo" location for the majority of the episode, without the characters shown skidooing back home.
146	** "Blue's Big Pajama Party", "Bedtime Business", and "The Legend of the Blue Puppy" all take place entirely at night, while most episodes would take place in the daytime.
147	** "Nature!", "Blue's Big Car Trip", and "Soccer Practice" take place entirely outside Blue's house.
148	** "Blue's First Holiday" consists of two flashback segments presented as home movies, showing how Steve first met Blue and the first time Blue and Steve played Blue's Clues, with linking material.
149	** ''Blue's Big Musical Movie'', "100th Episode Celebration", "Blue Takes You to School", "The Legend of the Blue Puppy", "Skidoo Adventure", and "The Fairy Tale Ball" do not feature a Mailtime segment.
150	* FourFingeredHands: Azul, unlike the other characters (except other puppies), has 4 fingers, this is justified, as he is a puppy. Strangely, she has more fingers than most characters.
151	* TheGadfly:
152	** Joe. Whereas Steve mostly causes trouble through inattention and later Josh through naivety, Joe seems to take genuine pleasure in teasing people in a friendly way. This is best demonstrated in "Joe Clues" where he offers a rivalry to Blue in her early episodes, to list he tricks the viewer, teleports himself off-screen to trick Blue and Tickety, gets into a chase with Blue so she can't find the last clue, falls apart among the toys so Blue can't find him among other things.
153	** Sidetable Drawer seems to take some pleasure in teasing the inattentive hosts by giving them random objects instead of their handy-dandy notebook or crayon, without them realizing it.
154	** Mailbox likes to tease the naive hosts from time to time while delivering their letters, although in his case it is mainly due to his interest in comedy and jokes.
155	** Gopher likes to play tricks on the hosts, and laughs whenever they try to outsmart him, seeming impossible to predict his next move.
156	* GeniusDitz: Joe is a weird guy, acting much more like a cartoon character than the cartoon characters themselves, but he also demonstrates that he can be as intelligent or even more intelligent than Blue depending on the moment. Joe can be quite manipulative when he wants, he is very good at organizing games and is possibly the best of the three hosts playing Blue's Clues as he never gives wrong answers and is a natural pawprint cleaner.
157	* GettingReadyForBedPlot: In "Bedtime Business", everyone's getting ready to go to bed and the object of the game of Blue's Clues is to find out what Blue's favorite part of bedtime is. Part of this is also included in "Blue's Big Pajama Party".
158	* HalloweenEpisode: "What Is Blue Afraid Of?" in Season 1 and "Blue's Big Costume Party" in Season 3.
159	* HappilyMarried: Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper. They have two children, Paprika and Cinnamon, are a happy couple and whenever they're angry, it's not at each other.
160	* HiddenTrack: The album "Goodnight, Blue" has a bonus at the end called "Blue's Dream" that isn't listed on the album itself, but plays as a separate track. There's just under two minutes of night noises and snoring before the dream part actually starts. Streaming services list the track as "Nighttime Sound Effects", keeping the song itself hidden.
161	* ICantHearYou: This is done in "Nature!" between Steve and the voice of the kid used to represent the viewer when the viewer discovers a waterfall and tries to point it out to Steve, but he says that he can't hear because there's a loud waterfall. Also, it's a fairly common RunningGag on the series for either Steve or Joe to mishear when when a child's voice says "A clue!".
162	* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Downplayed as it didn't happen for every episode, but most "special episodes" during the Steve era (usually the ones debuting in a primetime slot) followed the "Blue's Big (Episode Subject)" pattern. As did the direct-to-video movie, ''Blue's Big Musical Movie'', and the StoryArc of Cinnamon's birth was released across two videos under the ''Blue's Big News'' title. This extended to marathons airing on Nick Jr. that led up to new episodes, which would be titled "Blue's Big (Day of the Week)".
163	* IntelligibleUnintelligible: Every dog character spoke in a kind of canine whine that the viewer couldn't understand but all the other characters seemed to understand fine.
164	* InteractiveNarrator: The viewers regularly talk to Steve and Joe.
165	* IntercontinuityCrossover: In Japan, Blue starred alongside Franchise/{{Hello Kitty}} on a live stage show called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II5YVJfVQXw "Blue's Clues Show"]]. The show ran between 2008 and 2009 at Creator/{{Sanrio}}'s indoor theme park [[Creator/{{Sanrio}} Sanrio Puroland]].
166	* JackOfAllTrades: Joe's main quality is that he is good at basically everything, even though he has just learned how to do these things. He has been shown to be a good actor, seamstress, costume designer, painter, driver, pilot, salesman, administrator, craftsman, instrumentalist, singer, dancer, cook, sportsman, coach, Blue’s Clues player, pawprint cleaner among other things, although all this talent is often offset by him being easily distracted.
167	* KazoosMeanSilliness: Joe's signature instrument is the Kazoo and he's definitely a pretty silly guy.
168	* TheKlutz: Mrs Salt despite being an incredible cook has the delicacy of an elephant and is prone to causing accidents while using cooking materials.
169	* LadyLooksLikeADude: Initially Steve believes that Green Puppy is a boy just like some viewers. Green like Blue and Magenta is a little girl.
170	* LampshadeHanging: In "What's That Sound?", one of the clues was a ''cloud''. Right before drawing it down, Steve wonders how Blue could put her paw-print on it.
171	-->'''Steve:''' How did Blue get a paw...?
172	* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: Beginning with season five, Joe takes over as the host instead of Steve, various songs and music cues from the first four seasons were replaced, and season six introduces the ''Blue's Room'' segment and a shortened version of the "Blue's Clues Theme". Beginning with "Magenta Gets Glasses" (the last episode of season three), some of the video letters have background music or are presented in a music video style.
173	* LevelAte: Gingerbread Boy and his sister Gingerbread Girl live in a Candyland board game where everything is made of sweets and bakery items, full of GingerbreadHouse[=s=], and GiantFood.
174	* LimitedWardrobe: Steve wore nothing but green striped shirts and khaki pants. All of Joe's shirts are different colors, but they have the same square pattern.
175	* LowerDeckEpisode: "Joe's Surprise Party" is centered more around the other residents of the house as they set up a SurpriseParty for Joe, with Joe himself playing a very minor role in the episode itself.
176	* MatryoshkaObject: A VHS-exclusive scene in "Blue's Birthday" has Steve opening a present with an increasingly smaller present inside each one.
177	* MediumBlending: The show mixes cutout animation with a live-action host.
178	* MerchandiseDriven: All types, from shampoo to plush toys (some, such as the Shovel and Pail Eden plush, are very rare) to model Thinking Chairs. There were also dry-erase Handy Dandy Notebooks, [[http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l2632.R2.TR3.TRC1.A0.H0.Xhandy+dandy+notebook.TRS0&_nkw=handy+dandy+notebook&_sacat=2624 of which the non-dry-erase replicas are easy to find on eBay]].
179	* MessianicArchetype: Blue is a special puppy, and that has nothing to do with being blue. She is the target of a prophecy, born during an important cosmic event, announced by a divine winged being (Moona), appeared on Christmas Day, is a RealityWarper born and raised around common puppies, is constantly accompanied by her TrueCompanions, and is an AllLovingHeroine who gives advice to people close to her.
180	* MockingSingsong: Inverted in "Magenta Comes Over". Everyone at the house is so eager to have Magenta as a guest that they break into a short song and dance whenever it's discussed. The tune carries over when Magenta finally shows up.
181	* TheMovie: ''WesternAnimation/BluesBigMusicalMovie'', the only direct-to-video movie for the show.
182	* MySecretPregnancy: She was already pregnant with Paprika for most of the first season (her model was a little wider), but this was only revealed to the audience (and Steve) in the last episode of the first season on the same day she gives birth to Paprika.
183	* MythologyGag: The first song on the ''Blue's Big Treasure'' CD, "Can You Help Me Today?" (sung to the tune of the "So Long Song") was originally used as the theme song for the 1995 pilot, ''Blue Prints''.
184	[[/folder]]
185
186	[[folder: N to Z]]
187	* NatureLover: Steve is constantly curious about everything, but especially about nature. Among his interests are [[CaringGardener botany]], [[FriendToBugs entomology]] and [[AnimalLover zoology]], and he will be more than happy to do field research in different skidoo worlds or even in his backyard. In fact, he's even friends with the literal personification of MotherNature.
188	* NewBabyEpisode:
189	** "The Baby's Here" focuses on the birth of Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper's son Cinnamon, and how a lot of things will be changing, including their schedules and [[ToiletHumour Cinnamon's diapers]].
190	** The season one finale "Blue's News" has Steve play a scavenger hunt variant of Blue's Clues to figure out some "big news." The clues are Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper, and a bottle. The big news turns out to be Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper's new baby Paprika, who the cast meets at the end of the episode (which was foreshadowed earlier when Steve encounters Mr. Salt muttering to himself about spices). Paprika would become a recurring character for the rest of the series, growing up and becoming a big sister of her own.
191	* NoAntagonist: There is no villain or "bad" character in the series.
192	* NoFourthWall: The people on the show would often query the viewers on the answer to the show's questions and puzzles. Not to mention Blue pawprints the screen in the beginning of an episode. One time after Steve greets the viewer, he asks how they "got" there. The conclusion he reaches? "Oh, by ''television''. Cool! ''([[ScreenTap knocks on the screen]])''".
193	* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Averted with Paprika and Cinnamon. They both started out as babies who couldn't talk (having been born during the series), but over time, they started acting more like little kids instead of babies. By the end of the series, Paprika was speaking full sentences like the rest of the cast, and Cinnamon knew some words. ''Blue's Clues and You!'' continues this with Cinnamon now having his shaker cap shaped like a snapback reflecting how he's gotten a little older.
194	* NotSoImaginaryFriend: [[ImpliedTrope Strongly Implied, but never completely said]]. Various promotional materials and the later the [[Film/BluesBigCityAdventure 2022 film]] imply that the main characters (including [[TokenHuman Steve and Joe]]) are sentient fictional characters in-universe, but that initially only the children that watched the show were aware of this fact.
195	* OncePerEpisode:
196	** The mail arriving.
197	** Sitting in the Thinking Chair to figure out the clues, and when they have, singing about it.
198	** The "one more song" they sing at the end.
199	* OutOfFocus: Fifi and Fred Felt, as well as several other Felt Friends, begin to get less speaking roles in the later season three episodes and usually only appear in the background.
200	* PawprintStamping: In each episode, Blue, the titular blue puppy plays the eponymous game by putting her paw prints on [[RuleOfThree three different items]] for Steve (and later Joe) to write down in his handy-dandy notebook and deduce what it is she wants when he sits down in the Thinking Chair. Blue indicates she wants to play it by putting her paw print on the screen, too.
201	* PinkGirlBlueBoy: A notable subversion as Blue and Magenta are both girls. PlayedStraight with Periwinkle & Magenta, and Tickety & Slippery
202	* PortalPicture: Blue, Steve, and Joe can all "Skidoo" into pretty much any picture around and interact with the residents.
203	* PregnantReptile: Mrs. Pepper as the name suggests, is a pepper shaker, and gave birth to two children.
204	* PrimeTimeCartoon: Not regularly as it aired on Nick Jr., which aired on weekday mornings. But the premiere episode ("Snack Time") and several special episodes afterward ("Blue's Birthday", "Blue's Big Treasure Hunt", "Blue's Big Pajama Party", "Blue's Big Holiday", "Joe's First Day", "Joe Gets a Clue", "Steve Goes to College", "100th Episode Celebration", and "The Legend of the Blue Puppy") all aired in primetime on the main Nick schedule.
205	* PunBasedTitle: The episode about finding things that have been lost or misplaced is named "[[MissingEpisode The Lost Episode!]]"
206	* PutOnABus: Steve (literally), when he went off to college. He sometimes comes back, though.
207	* RealTime: The show gave every appearance of taking place in real time. Viewers follow the host through events in the ''Blue's Clues'' house and backyard, or into skidoo, without cutting away or any indication of additional time passing. In one installment, viewers even sat with Steve for one minute as a clock appeared on-screen counting down one minute as an exercise in patience. Another installment with Joe, "Patience," was all about finding ways to be patient to pass the time until an egg hatched at the end of the episode. There was even a song to go with it-- "''Wait. Wait. Wait.'' What can we do while we wait?"
208	* ReTool: From the beginning, the ''Blue's Room'' spin-off never really caught on. So when they made it into a full series, they made several changes. The biggest was adding Blue's new baby brother Sprinkles as a regular member of the cast. Joe was also given a more prominent role and the sets were expanded. It still didn't work, and the program ended once its episode order was up, and has rarely been seen in repeats since.
209	** The entire series received one with Joe replacing Steve as the host in the fifth season. A new, vocal opening sequence replaced the original, several classic music cues from the show were replaced, and "We Just Figured Out Blue's Clues" was changed to "We Sat On Down" for the fifth season. Season six would add the ''Blue's Room'' segment, the theme song shortened, and the "So Long Song" replaced with "The Goodbye Song".
210	* RhymingEpisode: "Tickety's Favorite Nursery Rhymes" in Season 1 and "Rhyme Time" in Season 4.
211	* RhymingWizardry: In order for Blue and her friends to transport inside/outside of books, they have to sing ''"Blue Skidoo and we can too".''
212	* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Every animal in the series (Blue, Magenta, Green Puppy, Periwinkle, Orange Kitten, Purple Kangaroo, etc.) are absolutely adorable.
213	* RogerRabbitEffect: The live action characters, Steve and Joe, interact with many animated characters in every episode.
214	* RuleOfThree: The viewer is always expected to find three clues.
215	** Most of the questions asked to the viewers are broken up into threes.
216	** There are also three pink snails hidden in the background of every episode for older viewers to find.
217	* RunningGag:
218	** In "What is Blue Afraid Of?," Steve and Blue skidoo into a mansion with a ghost, Boo, who's afraid of his own name. Whenever Steve says it, the ghost gets frightened. Steve eventually catches onto this and starts getting quite a kick out of saying the name and watching the ghost jump in fright.
219	** There's also the joke about Steve mishearing "A clue!".
220	** "What Does Blue Need?" has a running gag where Steve keeps being sprayed with water.
221	* RunningGagged: For the entire first season, during the Thinking segment, Steve would give a very silly answer to Blue's Clues (i.e. putting a cow in a cup and slurping it with a straw). This is completely dropped after the first eight episodes of the second season.
222	* ShrinkingViolet: "Shy" has Blue feeling, well, shy when Magenta's owner Miranda comes over for a visit.
223	* SimpleMindedWisdom: Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper are TheDitz, as per Storybook World standard, but they are good teachers and great giving advices to the rest of the house.
224	* SickEpisode: Steve in "Steve Gets the Sniffles".
225	* SlipperySoap: Slippery Soap (yes, that's his name) is the resident klutz of the Blue's Clues House. As his name suggests, he is a talking bar of soap. He's very clumsy and slips around a lot (so much that it almost ruins the gang's musical show in ''Blue's Big Musical Movie''). His catchphrase is "Whoaaa!" and the show's intro sequence features him sliding into the window on a trail of bubbles.
226	* SpecialEditionTitle: The show did this quite a number of times.
227	** In "Blue's Big Treasure Hunt", Mailbox calls "Mailtime!", and the episode starts prematurely.
228	** "Blue's Pajama Party" starts with a different version of the theme song, and the intro at dusk with fireflies.
229	** "What's That Sound" has the intro take place during Fall, and the theme song is replaced with nature ambience.
230	** "What Does Blue Want to Do on a Rainy Day?" has the intro become cloudy, and the viewer rings the doorbell. The sound of it distracts Steve for a little bit before he finally opens the door.
231	** "Blue's Big Holiday" has the intro at Winter (dictated by the leafless tree), with Steve wearing his sweater, and bells added to the theme song.
232	** "Blue's Birthday" has the house decked with party decorations, and Blue wearing her party hat while singing The Birthday Song.
233	** In "Nature", "Blue's Backyard Ballgame Bonanza", and "Joe Gets a Clue", both Steve and Blue aren't present at the beginning. In the former two episodes, Steve appears in front of the viewer on thier way to the door, while Joe does so in the latter.
234	** "The Wrong Shirt" shows Steve wearing a tan shirt and green-striped pants, signifying that something is a little off.
235	** "Stormy Weather", "Blue's Big Mystery", and "Blue's Collection" has the intro at Fall, similar to "What's That Sound", but with Blue hiding in a pile of leaves, and pumpkins at the front porch.
236	** "Steve Goes to College" has both Steve ''and'' Joe greet the viewer.
237	** "The Legend of the Blue Puppy" skips the second half of the theme song, and has Moona present the title against the blue moon.
238	* SpinOff: ''Series/BluesRoom,'' which swaps out most of the main cast save Blue and Joe for puppets. Oh, and [[SuddenlySpeaking Blue can talk now.]]
239	* StealthPun: Fittingly for a show called ''Blue's Clues'', much of the soundtrack is, at least to some extent, influenced by the {{Blues}} musical genre:
240	** To start with, the intro music (and by extension, the "So Long Song") is built on a straightforward C-Major blues rhythm. (Sounding similar to, but arranged differently from TwelveBarBlues).
241	** There's also "Blue's Birthday Song" from "Blue's Birthday", which is more obviously blues-based.
242	** That said, much of the music in the show is {{Jazz}}-oriented, which would make it indirectly influenced by blues.
243	* TheStinger: Every episode ended on a small animation of Blue playing with her ball after the credits end, followed by the book from the opening now closing along with the production logos.
244	* StockSoundEffect: ''Baby Kate Cry'': Variant in the 4th part of the story in Season 4 "The Baby's Here!", there were some babies crying at the Baby Hospital, and one of them was crying like this.
245	** The ''Oggy Cry'' was also used as well.
246	* StoryArc: There's a three-episode arc in Season 4 introducing Joe. First, he arrives at the house for show and tell, then he learns how to play Blue's Clues, and the arc ends with Steve leaving for college.
247	** There's also a five-episode story arc which is meant to introduce Cinnamon.
248	* StorybookOpening: The intro of the Steve-era episodes start off with this, amongst a pile of other classic children's books. Joe-era episodes instead have Blue taking the book off of a bookshelf (though it's still surrounded by the same books).
249	* StudioAudience: Crossed with FakeInteractivity, offscreen children's voices would often shout out the answers or point out a clue is spotted.
250	* SuddenlySpeaking:
251	** Blue in the ''Series/BluesRoom'' segment, once she enters her playroom. Additionally, in the book releases, Blue was speaking before ''Blue's Room'' even started. Seriously, pick up any of the more recent numbered ''Blue's Clues'' book releases not set within the world of ''Blue's Room'' and you'll find that Blue actually talks out loud to Joe, Green Puppy, Magenta and everyone else. This was true even in some of the Steve books. Justified in the books as since readers couldn't hear Blue's (or the other dog characters) barking, and it was an easier way to show what they were saying in the medium (especially for instances where the dog characters would be talking to each other).
252	** Of course, astute viewers might note that Blue always ''could'' talk. Seriously, some of those barks were so specific that she pretty much was talking if you were clever enough to figure out what she was saying.
253	** The clues, beginning in "Our Neighborhood Festival" were no longer drawn by Joe but seemingly drew themselves as if by magic, then talked and sung a little song.
254	* SurpriseParty: "Joe's Surprise Party," in which the viewers are asked to keep Joe distracted while Blue and the cast finish putting together a surprise birthday party for him. It works out very well.
255	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Steve's replacement, Joe. They're brothers and they act pretty much alike.
256	* TackyTuxedo: Joe and Steve wear these in the 100th episode. Steve's tuxedo even comes complete with a green-striped vest and a top hat.
257	* TakeYourTime: Blue wants a snack but won't tell us what that specific snack is. We have to waste god-only-knows how much time playing Blue's Clues to find out what snack she wants. She must not have been ''that'' hungry. Downplayed and in some instances justified, because all episodes seem to take place in RealTime, so we can be sure that things will be resolved in less than 20 minutes, which isn't that long. And besides, Blue's Clues is, as Steve and Joe point out, ''a really great game''.
258	* TalkingAnimal: Played straight with Periwinkle, Orange Kitten and Purple Kangaroo, who can all speak English, but averted with Blue and other dog characters such as Magenta and Green Puppy, who mostly communicate by barking.
259	* TeamDad / TeamMom: Mr Salt and Mrs Pepper are described as "[[TokenAdult the only adults in the house]]", and act as [[ParentalSubstitute parental figures]] to the other residents of the house. In fact they helped to raise Steve and Joe from a young age. When they become real parents they do their utmost not to [[GoodParents neglect their own children, and at the same time caring for the others with affection]].
260	* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: The show actually makes a concentrated effort to ''avoid'' this. Almost all of the characters have non-gender-specific features, and all of them speak with the wholly androgynous voices of small children. It's actually more likely for random characters to be ''female.''
261	* ThankingTheViewer: The viewer is in fact the most important character in the series, and is universally appreciated for helping our friends in the universe, to the point of being considered a member of the house and a close friend of the protagonists, which is why every episode, special and film ends with the host thanking the viewer for all their help and wishing them to come back soon.
262	** A particularly sad variation was during "Steve goes to college" where Steve thanks the viewer for all the help while asking the viewer to continue helping Joe and his friends before saying goodbye to his friends.
263	* ThatCloudLooksLike:
264	** This is the answer to Blue's Clues in "Nature!", that Blue wants to do this as a game.
265	** In the book release ''Blue's Backyard Mystery'', Blue and her friends Magenta and Periwinkle play the "Cloud Game" at Blue's suggestion. Blue sees a boat, Magenta sees a dinosaur, and Periwinkle sees a banana.
266	* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry: This is often used and is often combined with the show's particular brand of FakeInteractivity. There were also at least a couple of episodes specifically about feelings and, of course, this trope was right at the fore. A typical example of how this might go...
267	--> '''Joe:''' So, tell me, do you think Felt Friend Sam is feeling happy, or sad? ... ...
268	--> '''Kid's Voice:''' Sad!
269	--> '''Joe:''' That's right! Sam is sad because Anna wouldn't share with him.
270	* ThatsAllFolks: Every episode ends with Steve or Joe saying goodbye to the viewers and singing the "So Long Song" (or "The Goodbye Song" in Joe's later episodes).
271	* ThroughAFaceFullOfFur: In "Shy", Blue [[LuminescentBlush blushes]] as she hides behind the Thinking Chair.
272	* TitlePlease: In the earlier episodes, the episode titles didn't appear within the episodes themselves. Averted once the show started using "Another Blue's Clues Day"; near the end, Mr. Salt and his family would appear holding a banner with the episode's title, and Mr. Salt would read the title to the viewers. Later, ''Blue's Clues and You!'' would show the episode titles outright, along with the episode's writer.
273	* TitleThemeTune: "Another Blue's Clues Day." They didn't start using it until after Joe became host, though. Up until then, a simple instrumental theme was used to lead into the program.
274	* ToiletHumor: The Toilet Song in Morning Music, even mentioning pee and poo.
275	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Blue's two friends, Magenta and Green Puppy are this, Green Puppy is a little more [[TheLadEtte wild and is interested in demolishing things]], as well as having a [[TomboyishVoice noticeably deeper voice]] and being referred in [[LadyLooksLikeADude masculine pronouns by Steve once]], while Magenta is more timid, artistic, and traditionally feminine, as well as being [[PinkMeansFeminine literally magenta]].
276	** Magenta is also the Girly Girl for Blue tomboy, although it is quite {{Downplayed}} in comparison, since Blue has both moments where she acts like a girly girl and moments where she acts like a tomboy
277	* {{Toontown}}: The Skidoo world "Silly Town", appears to be where different types of cartoons can live together, being silly. As Steve points out, Silly Town makes no sense at all and defies the laws of logic even more than the other locations in Storybook World.
278	* ToylessToylineCharacter: Almost every main character received plush toy releases by Eden Toys, Mattel, Ty, or Nanco, including more minor recurring characters such as Green Puppy, Purple Kangaroo, Orange Kitten, and Snail. Neither Sidetable Drawer nor Cinnamon were released in any plush toy line for the series. While Sidetable Drawer received at least three different toys of her during the original series, Cinnamon would not get any sort of toy made of him until the reboot.
279	* TrademarkFavoriteFood:
280	** Sandwiches and milk for Blue.
281	** Milk and orange juice for Paprika.
282	** Anything with bananas in it for Steve. Banana cookies, banana muffins, banana bread, etc.
283	* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: At least one promo for an episode actually gave enough information for especially astute viewers to figure out the answer to Blue's Clues before the episode ''had even started''.
284	* TranslationConvention: In some of the tie-in books, Blue, Magenta, and Green Puppy are able to properly speak. Unlike Blue gaining the ability to speak in ''Blue's Room'' however, it's possible that these are just their regular barks being translated for the readers' convenience.
285	* TruncatedThemeTune: Beginning in season six, the "Blue's Clues Theme" is shortened to allow more time for the ''Blue's Room'' segment.
286	* TrueBlueFemininity: Blue is a girl.
287	* UnconventionalFoodUsage: In "What's so Funny?", a construction worker tries to use a banana to nail in a nail.
288	-->'''Steve:''' Question: Why not a hammer?\
289	'''Wanda Weasel:''' I think I'm going [[{{pun}} bananas]]!
290	* UniversalDriversLicense: In "Away Great Playdate" on ''Blue's Room'', Joe conducts a train, drives a taxi and pilots a plane.
291	* UnwantedGlassesPlot: Inverted in "Magenta Gets Glasses," which was also released as one of the books. Magenta feels unsure at first about getting glasses, but feels better about it when her friends give her support.
292	* VagueAge: The brothers, mostly Joe. Acted by men but they behave like boys but apparently live alone. Steve goes off to college so he's an adult, and likely Joe is, too.
293	* VariableMix: When the clues are reviewed using the notebook, each clue is accompanied by music. Each clue is accompanied by its own melodic line when mentioned, and together, they harmonize.
294	* VerySpecialEpisode: "Magenta Gets Glasses", which would later get a remake in the reboot. As the title suggests, Magenta gets her first pair of glasses, and the episode teaches young kids getting glasses for the first time that it's nothing to be nervous or ashamed of, and improves their vision in the end.
295	* ViewersAreGeniuses: Later episodes often covered topics that had been dealt with before, but rather than just being some rehash, they introduced new material. For example, the "Colors Everywhere" episode covered the familiar topic of mixing colors, but took it the new level of showing how the mixed colors could then be mixed ''with each other'' to create even more new colors. "Chartreuse, a color I had not seen, looks to me like a yellowish-green. ... Mix blue and yellow and they're suddenly green. Then blue and green makes aquamarine."
296	** Chartreuse is also featured in the episode "Blue Takes You to School", where it's pointed out as a color of a chair in the bedroom.
297	* VocalEvolution: Around season six, Sidetable Drawer's voice started to sound more mature.
298	* TheVoiceless:
299	** Blue doesn't speak, but her friends understand her perfectly. Same goes for other dog characters like Magenta and Green Puppy.
300	** Librarian Marlee doesn't speak with her voice and only communicates with sign language.
301	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
302	** Miranda, Magenta's owner, only appears in two episodes and is never seen nor mentioned again.
303	** In "What Does Blue Need?", we're introduced to Dresser, Ironing Board, and Washer. The former two never appeared again, while the latter made a few cameos in the first season and in some books before permanently only being shown in an "inanimate" form.
304	* WithLyrics: Two of the show's background music cues were extended and given lyrics on some of the soundtrack releases:
305	** On the album ''Blue's Big Treasure'', the music used for the three clues in "Blue's Big Treasure Hunt" would be given lyrics as "The Things I Love To Do".
306	** The album ''A Playdate With Blue'' gives lyrics to Magenta's {{Leitmotif}}, "Magenta's Coming Over", as "Truly a Friend". Miranda and Steve also sing it with lyrics as "Magenta's Got New Glasses" in "Magenta Gets Glasses".
307	* WrapUpSong: Every episode ends with the "So Long Song". In Season 6, it's replaced by "The Goodbye Song", which was shorter, to make room for the "Blue's Room" segment.
308	* YouMeanXMas: There's an episode called [[ValentinesDayEpisode Love Day]].
309	[[/folder]]
310	----
311	-->Now it's time for so long!\
312	But we'll sing just one more song!\
313	Thanks for doing your part!\
314	You sure are smart!\
315	You know with me and you,\
316	and my dog, Blue![[note]] "and our friend, Blue!" when Joe was the host [[/note]]\
317	We can do anything!\

Context WesternAnimation / BluesClues