7.9/1019 votes#1 - Imagine Nation
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 4/1/2001
In this episode, we use our imagination to see, feel and even taste things that we wouldn't be able to otherwise. We tell a story with Blue, Tickety and Slippery Soap using pictures and our imaginations. Unfortunately, Mr. Salt doesn't seem to understand the whole imagination thing and so he doesn't see what we're seeing. Together with Steve, Periwinkle and Blue we come up with a special song to help Mr. Salt find his imagination.
Director: Lucy Walker, Koyalee Chanda
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1019 votes
#2 - Adventure!
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 4/19/2001
In this episode, we use our imaginations to go on a big adventure. We're in Queen Blue's kindgom and are trying to rescue King Horace, who has been captured by Periwinkle, the Kitten Castle Keeper. We have to think creatively to overcome his magic obstacles. Then, finding our path blocked by a lock, we skidoo into a storybook and must solve a series of riddles to obtain a magic key.
Director: Lucy Walker, Koyalee Chanda
Writer: Adam Peltzman
- 8.7/1016 votes
#3 - The Anything Box
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 4/16/2001
When a mysterious box shows up in the backyard of the Blue's Clues house, Steve is disappointed to find that it's empty, but Blue shows him that by using imagination, the box can be anything one pretends it to be. We use this idea to have a lot of fun, pretending that the box is anything from a car to a rocketship. Shovel and Pail manage to get three different uses out of it. We even use it to make it to the top of a high tower in the Blue Skidoo segment.
Director: Lucy Walker
Writer: Adam Peltzman
- 8.2/1018 votes
#4 - Superfriends!
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 4/23/2001
Steve and the Blue's Clues characters are all pretending to be superheroes. Steve is Stripe Man, Blue is Super Blue and there's also Clock Girl and Super Soap. Together, with us the viewer (The Incredibly Helpful Friend) we're The Thinking Squad. Together, we use our superpowers to solve a number of problems. We help Paprika find her missing Teddy Bear and help Mr. Salt at telling time. In the Blue Skidoo segment, we help a friend named Frank to find out just what his superpower is and help out two other friends in the process.
Director: Koyalee Chanda
Writer: Adam Peltzman
- 7.5/1016 votes
#5 - What's New, Blue? (1)
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/8/2001
What's new? Blue and the Blue's Clues characters are trying out new things and so Blue and Steve decide to create ""Blue's News"" to document it. See Blue rollerskate, Pail try playing basketball, big news about Paprika, Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper and more. That's the news - now everyone knows.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/1017 votes
#6 - Blue's New Place (2)
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/15/2001
Blue has a new place. Steve and the viewers gather what is new in her place. We also see Paprika's new place.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1022 votes
#7 - Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper Day (3)
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 10/22/2001
With Mr. Salt and Mrs. Peppers' new baby on the way, Blue and Steve have decided to create "Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper Day" to honor them for all of the things they do to help everyone. Throughout the day, we try to help them out, from helping them to clean the kitchen to learning about their favorite things. They're also presented with a number of gifts carefully crafted to show them the things the characters appreciate about them. All of this is a great help to them - not only to relax, but also to feel very appreciated for all their hard work.
Director: Lucy Walker
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1022 votes
#8 - The Baby's Here! (4)
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 10/29/2001
We've been waiting and the moment everyone's been looking forward to has finally come: Mrs. Pepper is ready to have her new baby. While she's at the hospital and we wait for Mr. Salt's phone call, we do things like look at baby albums to pass the time. Later, we visit the baby hospital with Blue, Steve and Paprika and meet the new baby. Finally, the baby comes home and we give it a special welcome home.
Director: Lucy Walker
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1014 votes
#9 - Making Changes (5)
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/5/2001
Now that Cinnamon has come to the Blue's Clues house, it's necessary to make some changes to keep him comfortable. That means that things such as loud games are out when Cinnamon is trying to sleep - but we learn that by just thinking a little, we can come up with changes that will let us still do the things that we want to do, but in a different way. Sometimes the changes aren't easy at first, but they help others and aren't really that much of a problem. In the spirit of change in helping out, we also try to find ways to help Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper take care of Cinnamon.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/1016 votes
#10 - Bugs!
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/12/2001
Steve and Blue are going on a bug-watching expedition and we're invited to come along. We help them to spot many neat bugs and once we've found them, we learn more about them and also theorize about why they do the things that they do. We also skidoo into a big bug book. There, we meet up with Antoinette, a worker ant on the first day at the job.
Director: Koyalee Chanda
Writer: Adam Peltzman
- 7.5/1016 votes
#11 - ¡Un día con Plum!
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 11/19/2001
Periwinkle missed his friend from the city, Plum, for a long time, but now he's finally come over to visit. Plum is a small purple bird who knows how to speak both Spanish and English. Throughout the episode, we learn how to speak Spanish words and also help out our friends. We learn Spanish as we help Periwinkle and Plum to create a marioneta. We also skiddoo into a puppet book, where we find Pedro, who needs our help in finding things to wear, so we use both Spanish and logic to figure out the right things that he needs.
Director: Lucy Walker
Writer: Chris Nee
- 7.8/1015 votes
#12 - What's Inside?
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 11/26/2001
The finding of a secret lost door gives us the opportunity to talk about things that are inside other things. For example, we play the "Grocery Game" with Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper. This involves placing various food items on shelves based on what's inside them. We also get to skidoo into a pull-tab book, where we find many interesting things inside the tabs.
Director: Lucy Walker, Koyalee Chanda
Writer: Adam Peltzman
- 7.4/1015 votes
#13 - Blocks
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 12/3/2001
Blue's friend Green Puppy is over visiting with Blue at the Blue's Clues house and we're all having fun with blocks - Steve and Blue constructing towers with our help and Green Puppy knocking over towers of her own. We learn about concepts such as balance, shapes and as we construct. A Blue Skidoo segment offers a look into architecture. We help an architect to select shapes to build various structures based on blueprints that he's created.
Director: N/A
Writer: Adam Peltzman
- 6.9/1016 votes
#14 - Blue's Backyard Ballgame Bonanza
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/15/2002
Steve is all dressed-up in t-shirt and sport pants as we head out for Blue's Backyard Ballgame Bonanza. It's a fun-filled event containing all sorts of different ballgames. We help out our friends with the games by acting as a coach and telling them how they can make the balls do the things they want. We also have fun with Steve's invisi-ball and later skidoo into a stadium where we assist Steve in making sense of an obstacle course filled with ball challenges.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jennifer Twomey
7.3/1015 votes#15 - Puppets
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 2/25/2002
Steve's brought out our old friend sock puppet and he encourages us to join in too by using our hand as a new puppet, "Handy." We tell stories together using both of our puppets. We also help out Tickety Tock and Slippery, who have puppets of their own and want to tell a story, but aren't sure how to express emotions using their voices. Later, we skiddoo into a poster of a castle and become puppeteers to help out a character named Storybook.
Director: N/A
Writer: Adam Peltzman
7.4/1014 votes#16 - Rhyme Time
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 3/4/2002
In this episode, we help the various characters to come up with words that rhyme with things they're saying. Rhymes are words that have the same ending sound as another word, such as "say" and "hay," or "head" and "bed." Lullabies usually rhyme and so we help Mr. Salt to create one to get Paprika and Cinnamon to sleep. We also skiddoo into a rhyming storybook. There we help out several characters whose stories aren't quite right because one of the things in them doesn't rhyme with the other two things.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1017 votes
#17 - Let's Plant!
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 3/29/2002
We join Steve and Blue who are outside planting Nero, a new plant of theirs. In this episode, we learn all about plants, starting with some of the plants in the backyard of the Blue's Clues house. We help Periwinkle learn about plants and pretend to be plants ourselves. Later, we skidoo into a plant book and learn about the very smart behaviors of some of Blue's favorite plants, such as the Venus Flytrap.
Director: Lucy Walker
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1035 votes
#18 - Blue's Book Nook
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 4/8/2002
Blue has her own book nook where she's organized her books into sections. We read some of the books and also help out some of the characters to find books that they need to help them out with things. Later, we visit the library, where Marlee the librarian helps Steve to find a book about elephants. We learn about reading, categories, classification, the alphabet and more.
Director: Koyalee Chanda
Writer: Adam Peltzman
- 7.3/1014 votes
#19 - Let's Boogie
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 4/15/2002
In this episode, we explore all sorts of dances. We learn that all sorts of movements can qualify as a dance. In the Blue Skidoo segment, we find out that a person who works to create dances is called a choreographer. We help Steve and Blue to aid the choreographer in performing a new dance of his.
Director: Koyalee Chanda
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1016 votes
#20 - Blue's School
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 4/16/2002
Blue is the teacher at her pretend school.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1016 votes
#21 - Something to Do, Blue
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 4/22/2002
Blue figures out something to do today.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1025 votes
#22 - Joe's First Day (Joe and Tell)
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 4/29/2002
It's a big day - we're playing Show and Tell and Steve's brother Joe is coming over to visit! What's Joe going to show for Show and Tell? We play Blues Clues to figure it out.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.8/1028 votes
#23 - Joe Gets a Clue
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 4/29/2002
Steve's brother Joe is over today and we play Blue's Clues to figure out what Blue wants to give Joe as a present. Since it's Joe's first time ever playing Blue's Clues, Steve needs our help teaching him the rules.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.9/1081 votes
#24 - Steve Goes to College
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 4/29/2002
Steve and his brother Joe are really happy to see us because they have some big news to share: Steve is going to college, today! Steve is happy to answer lots of questions about college.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Blue's Clues Season 4
Every episode of Blue's Clues Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Blue's Clues Season 4!
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Season 4 Ratings Summary
"Imagine Nation" is the best rated episode of "Blue's Clues" season 4. It scored 7.9/10 based on 19 votes. Directed by Lucy Walker, Koyalee Chanda and written by N/A, it aired on 4/1/2001. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Adventure!".