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Blue's Clues is a colorful and learning series that is targeted at the younger crowd, but can be enjoyed by all. The host, Steve Burns, invites viewers daily into the Blue's Clues house to help

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    Blue's Clues Season 1 Episode 2 - What Time Is It for Blue?
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    #1 - What Time Is It for Blue?

    S1:E2

    In this episode, we're concerned with what time it is and while we try to figure it out, we help our friends and have some fun along the way. We help out Tickety Tock after disturbing her and causing her to lose her numbers and bells. We do some cleaning by picking up some clothes and stuffed animals and putting them in Steve's closet. We also skidoo into a jungle and have some fun finding animals by imitating their sounds.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Blue's Clues Season 1 Episode 3 - Mailbox's Birthday
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    #2 - Mailbox's Birthday

    S1:E3

    For Mailbox's birthday, there's a special celebration and we're invited to help out. We help decorate the cake for the party by observing patterns. We also skiddoo along with Steve and Blue into a present store. There, we find the perfect present for Mailbox and then help Blue and Steve to find it when it gets lost among a bunch of other presents.

    Director:Michael Holman
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Blue's Clues Season 1 Episode 4 - Blue's Story Time
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    #3 - Blue's Story Time

    S1:E4

    It's story time at the Blue's Clues house and in this episode, we get to hear some classic stories and also use our knowledge to help fix problems with some classic stories. Shovel, Pail and Blue act out ""Jack and Jill"" and we fill in important parts of the story - for example, they went up a hill, not a mountain. Later, Blue finds a photo album and we help to arrange some pictures of her and her preschool friend, Magenta, to tell a story. We also visit the home of the Three Bears and use logic to make sure each one gets the right bowl of porridge and cup of milk.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Blue's Clues Season 1 Episode 5 - Blue's Favorite Song
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    #4 - Blue's Favorite Song

    S1:E5

    It's Song Time at the Blue's Clues house. Steve suggests singing ""She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain,"" but Blue doesn't want to sing that. We have fun learning interesting things about music in this episode and helping our friends with music-related things. When the sounds of some instruments get switched, we help to change them back. We help Steve to learn a brand new song. We also skidoo into a farm, where we help some chicks choose the right lyrics and tune for the song ""Row, Row, Row Your Boat.""

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Blue's Clues Season 1 Episode 8 - Blue Goes to the Beach
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    #5 - Blue Goes to the Beach

    S1:E8

    Steve and Blue are going to the beach and while we are there, we decide what clothes would be most appropriate to wear to the beach and experiment with physics in a game of sink or float with Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper. Then, we help sea creatures find their way back to the playground by matching their shapes with the coral reef.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Blue's Clues Season 1 Episode 9 - Pretend Time
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    #6 - Pretend Time

    S1:E9

    Sometimes, by pretending, you can explore things that you normally couldn't. Steve has an interest in flight and pretends to be a bird and later a plane. We help out some birds who are pretending to see things in clouds. We also play house with Shovel and Pail and later skiddoo into a picture of a jungle and help some ""rare"" animals to find their friends.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Blue's Clues Season 1 Episode 10 - A Snowy Day
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    #7 - A Snowy Day

    S1:E10

    It's a snowy day and we're going outside to play. Before doing that, we observe snowflake patterns with Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper. In a Blue Skidoo segment, we help a calendar kid to fix the scene depicted in a calendar picture to match the winter season. We also help Blue to figure what she's missing when she loses some winter clothing items while trying to get dressed to go outside.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Blue's Clues Season 1 Episode 11 - The Trying Game
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    #8 - The Trying Game

    S1:E11

    This episode is all about trying our best in the hopes of learning something, or getting even better at something we already know how to do. With Blue's encouragement, Steve takes up juggling, advancing from one ball, to two, to three. We help Tickety to tell what time it is by associating times with familiar objects and rituals. In Storybook Forest, we find Grown-Up Baby Bear and explore possible future career options for her, noting that she can be anything she wants to be. We also help young animals to find their parents, noting that some animals change forms as they grow up.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Blue's Clues Season 1 Episode 12 - Blue Wants to Play a Game
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    #9 - Blue Wants to Play a Game

    S1:E12

    Today, all sorts of games are being played at the Blue's Clues house, starting with hide-and-seek. We help Steve find Blue and he'd like to play again, but it would seem Blue doesn't want to play any more hide-and-seek. We help Shovel and Pail with a jigsaw puzzle. Later, into a skiddoo segment, we play Gingerbred Boy's game, which is a riddle game to find his house.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Blue's Clues Season 1 Episode 13 - The Grow Show
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    #10 - The Grow Show

    S1:E13

    As we come in, Steve thinks that maybe we've grown some and it turns out that Blue's been growing too. As we focus on growing, we learn all about how plants grow. We also find out where they grow when we help some Felt Friends. In addition, an investigation with Shovel and Pail helps us to learn about length and volume.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Blue's Clues Season 1 Episode 14 - Blue Wants to Play a Song Game!
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    #11 - Blue Wants to Play a Song Game!

    S1:E14

    Today, the Blue's Clues characters are playing ""song games"" - acting out and dancing when singing songs. Steve plays the ""Head and Shoulders"" song game, but we have to help him out to remember some of the words to the song. We join Blue and a monkey in the song game ""Two Little Monkeys."" We have to follow along with the monkey, once again helping out Steve, who keeps forgetting parts of the song and ends up singing some very silly things. We play ""If You're Happy and You Know It"" with Tickety Tock and then we skiddoo to a beach, where we find pairings of animals and try to guess which one of them is dancing along to a noise that can be heard on the beach.

    Director:Traci Paige Johnson
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Blue's Clues Season 1 Episode 15 - Magenta Comes Over
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    #12 - Magenta Comes Over

    S1:E15

    Blue's friend, Magenta is coming over to the Blue's Clues house. As we wait for her and get ready, we help out some of our other friends. We help Shovel and Pail with a game of hide-and-seek in the backyard by following footprints. We help Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper create a snack for Magenta and Blue, using the concept of opposites. A Blue Skidoo segment takes us into a felt frame, where we try to help two Felt Friends dress up in costumes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Blue's Clues Season 1 Episode 16 - Tickety's Favorite Nursery Rhyme
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    #13 - Tickety's Favorite Nursery Rhyme

    S1:E16

    As we try to figure out Tickety Tock's favorite nursery rhyme, we learn all about rhyming and poetry. We help out Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper to pack a special lunch and learn about alliteration - they only want to pack things that start with a ""p"" sound. We learn about analogies when trying to solve a riddle to help some friends pass a tollbooth. Later, in the Blue Skidoo segment, we help a classic nursery rhyme character to finish a rhyming poem.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Blue's Clues Season 1 Episode 17 - What Does Blue Want to Make?
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    #14 - What Does Blue Want to Make?

    S1:E17

    Steve and Blue have been creating newspaper hats. This episode is all about making things. Using patterns, we help Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper to make a picture frame. We try to identify things that a couple of our felt friends are making by looking at their shapes. We also skiddoo into a bakery where we help to make a banana cake.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Blue's Clues Season 1 Episode 18 - Blue's News
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    #15 - Blue's News

    S1:E18

    This episode has Steve and us, traveling all around and also outside the Blue's Clues house looking for notes. The notes help us to find Blue's Clues and more. We help Shovel and Pail out with a treasure hunt, which also leads us to another note. We solve riddles with a felt friend and later we skiddoo into a chalkboard world in search of Slippery's friend.

    Director:Traci Paige Johnson
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Blue's Clues Season 1 Episode 19 - What Is Blue Afraid Of?
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    #16 - What Is Blue Afraid Of?

    S1:E19

    Blue is afraid of something and it's got her all shaky and nervous. In this episode, we take a look at things that can be scary and find out that by taking a closer look, they may not be so scary at all. We check out shadows with Shovel and Pail, figuring out what they really are. A photo session with Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper finds something interesting. It turns out that it can be hard tell what things are up-close and they can even be scary. But by looking carefully, we can identify them. Later, Blue and Steve skidoo together in a haunted house. There, they find Boo, who's terrified of scary noises. We help him to find the source of the noises and he's not so scared anymore.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Blue's Clues Season 1 Episode 216 - What Story Does Blue Want to Play?
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    #17 - What Story Does Blue Want to Play?

    S1:E216

    Steve and Blue have been putting on plays based on stories from books. As we get ready to put on another play, we take a look at all sorts of different stories. When Blue knocks some books out of bookshelf, we take the time to put them back on the shelf and also help some lost characters get back to the proper storybooks that they belong in. Later, we skidoo into a storybook, where we help out Bunny to make a play with us and Steve as the star characters.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Blue's Clues Season 2 Episode 348 - Hide and Seek
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    #18 - Hide and Seek

    S2:E348

    A hide-and-seek game gets us going as we look for things all throughout the episode. For example, we get calls from Felt Friends to help them find things that they're giving each other and so we use their descriptions to figure it out. Later, we skiddoo into Blue's current favorite story, a book where everything is in Blue. We listen to blues music and try to figure out what Blue's favorite party of the story is.

    Director:Lucy Walker
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Blue's Clues Season 3 Episode 43 - Stormy Weather
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    #19 - Stormy Weather

    S3:E43

    Steve and Blue are going on a nature walk, but before then, we try to figure out what the weather is going to be like. We learn about the weater, as Steve pretends to be a weather reporter and observes conditions outside. A Blue Skidoo segment takes us face-to-face with a drop of water. From it, we learn all about the water cycle, from beginning to end and over again.

    Director:Lucy Walker
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Blue's Clues Season 3 Episode 44 - Blue's Collection
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    #20 - Blue's Collection

    S3:E44

    Today, the characters are all showing off their collecitons. There are lots of different collections, from striped things to leaves. We find that Periwinkle has lots of different collections. We also skiddoo into a beach to help Shovel, who collects seashells, but can't find any in the backyard.

    Directors:Lucy Walker, Koyalee Chanda
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Blue's Clues Season 3 Episode 45 - Cafe Blue
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    #21 - Cafe Blue

    S3:E45

    Steve and Blue have set up a restaurant called ""Cafe Blue."" They've got fancy tables and menus, Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper as chefs and they can't wait to begin serving food. We help them out with this as they find that it isn't as easy they thought when they're missing some of the things they need for the meal. By working together and using math, logic and observational skills, we help them to prepare meals for Shovel, Pail, Tickety and Periwinkle.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Blue's Clues Season 4 Episode 25 - Steve Goes to College
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    #22 - Steve Goes to College

    S4:E25

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Blue's Clues Season 4 Episode 535 - Rhyme Time
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    #23 - Rhyme Time

    S4:E535

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Blue's Clues Season 4 Episode 536 - Puppets
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    #24 - Puppets

    S4:E536

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Adam Peltzman

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  25. Blue's Clues Season 4 Episode 537 - Blue's Book Nook
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    #25 - Blue's Book Nook

    S4:E537

    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

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Worst Episodes Summary

"What Time Is It for Blue?" is the worst rated episode of "Blue's Clues". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/15/1996. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Mailbox's Birthday".