The WORST episodes of Blue's Clues
Every episode of Blue's Clues ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Blue's Clues!
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 him out, learn and have fun. The show is based around the host looking for three clues that Blue provides by labelling them with a pawprint to figure something out and in the process, having an adventure.
#1 - Body Language
Season 5 - Episode 30 - Aired 9/19/2003
In this episode, we study body lanuage to learn about feelings. We practice showing feelings with our faces and also trying to identify others feelings based on their faces. A skiddoo segment shows us that we can tell a lot just from shadows. We help to make a play that's acted out entirely using body language.
#2 - 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.
#3 - Let's Write!
Season 5 - Episode 28 - Aired 9/17/2003
Joe and Blue have been having fun writing labels, labeling all sorts of different things in the Blue's Clues house. We have fun with writing too, as Joe teaches us a trick where we can write a letter in the air using our finger. We find a character named Marky up in the attic and we help him to make labels for a couple of boxes. In the Blue Skidoo segment, Joe finds himself holding a very large paintbrush and a character named Palette shows up and asks us to help her write a word.
#4 - The Boat Float
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/9/2002
In this episode, we have fun with the characters making boats and learning more about them. We learn how boats should be constructed and things that will cause them to sink or float. We help all of the characters to make sure that their boats float. In a Blue Skidoo segment, we visit a beach filled with different types of boats. We help some of them to figure out why they're not moving, or going in circles. Then, we get to take an exciting ride on a speedboat.
#5 - Up, Down, All Around!
Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/3/2003
When Joe needs help finding Baby Bird, we learn about the importance of directions. From left and right to up and down and more, we learn all about directions in this episode. Directions come in handy when a felt friend needs our help in getting back to his felt frame. They can even help classic storybook characters, such as Little Bo Peep, when help her to find her sheep in a Blue Skidoo segment.
#6 - Blue's New Place
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/15/2001
With Mr. Salt and Mrs. Peppers' new baby coming, changes have been happening in the Blue's Clues house and in this episode, Blue creates an entirely new place for herself, while Paprika moves into a big kid room. We learn about the special places of some of the various characters and what they like to do in them. We help Paprika to select big-kid things that let her do the things she enjoys. We also check out Blue's special place after receiving an invitation.
#7 - Hide and Seek
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/25/1999
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 style music and try to figure out what Blue's favorite party of the story is.
#8 - Pool Party
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/3/2000
On a hot summer day, Blue and Steve hold a pool party, with a big list of friends to invite drawn up. We help to find them all to get them invited. We also test our memory skills - first using them to help Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper and Paprika to prepare sundaes. Later on, we take part in a Blue Skidoo segment in which we play a matching card game.
#9 - 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.
#10 - Dress Up Day
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/13/2003
Today, the characters are playing dress-up and we get to watch them, join in and have some fun pretending. The fun starts as Joe becomes Explorer Joe and later dresses up as a robot. We see some of our favorite characters dress up as a crossing guard, an astronaut and more. Later, in a Blue Skidoo segment, we help an ostrich to put on a play, finding the proper props and costumes to make the play work.
#11 - Making Changes
Season 4 - Episode 10 - 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.
#12 - Bugs!
Season 4 - Episode 9 - 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.
#13 - Puppets
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 11/25/2003
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.
#14 - What's New, Blue?
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.
#15 - Mechanics!
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/15/1999
Blue has a toy plane she enjoys flying, but when she tries to fly it, it falls, hits the ground and breaks. We help her to fix it by showing her that it just had a broken wing and she can tape it. We are enlisted as mechanics and help characters to solve their mechanical problems and questions. We show Shovel and Pail how ramps work. We have great fun with a tape recorder and later skidoo into a game board. There, we help several characters that are experiencing trasnportation difficulties.
#16 - Can You Help?
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/30/2002
Today, Joe needs our help. That's not unusual, but it happens to be the particular theme for this episode. We help out Joe, Blue and the other characters in a number of ways. For example, we help Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper to make some blueberry pancakes for Blue. We also help out some friends in Storybook Forest to prepare for a porridge party.
#17 - Playing Store
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/27/2002
Today we play store with Joe, helping him to purchase things from shops set up by our various friends. We use measurement and logic to help determine the right things to buy. Things purchased include a hat for Boris the duck and strawberries. A Blue Skidoo segment takes us into a furniture store, where we help characters to purchase new items of furniture to replace the old ones that they have outgrown.
#18 - The Snack Chart
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/13/2002
Blue has been growing and we help her and Joe use a chart to measure her. This gives us an idea when Mr. Salt wants help with snack preparation. We can use a chart to list everyone's favorite snack. Throughout the episode, we record the favorite snacks of the characters on our handy chart with columns and rows. We help Shovel and Pail with their own chart of backyard birds and squirrels. We also skidoo into a farm, where we use another chart to feed a farmer's colorful pigs.
#19 - Inventions
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 10/23/2000
Steve came up with a device to use to change the channel on the television without getting up, but when he realizes that there's already such a thing, it spurs him to try and create a unique invention following the slogan of ""try again."" When Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper want to eat peanut butter and jelly on bread together, Steve's excited at his solution, only to realize that the ""sandwich"" already exists. We come across Shovel and Pail and play an invention game. We take a look at pictures of inventions and identify the order in which they were invented. Later, we skiddoo into an invention factory, where we take a look at some famous inventions such as a train and a car.
#20 - The Wrong Shirt (Opposites)
Season 3 - Episode 25 - Aired 11/13/2000
When we come in, we find that there's something very different about Steve's clothing - he's wearing a button-down shirt that looks like his normal pants and striped pants that look like his normal shirt. Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper explain what opposites are and Steve seems to like the idea. We learn more about opposites when a guy named Bob skidoos out a picture frame into the Blue's Clues house to deliver something to Steve. His presence often causes things to turn opposite. He has a magic ability that can fix it, but it's up to us to first find the things that are opposite so that we can tell him to fix them. Later, we skiddoo into a book where we help out two sisters that like opposite things to make their favorite places.
#21 - Bluestock
Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/10/2004
It's a big musical event when Joe and Blue have the Bluestock concert in the Blue's Clues backyard. Famous artists are on hand, as are many old, familiar songs. We explore a variety of musical styles, from reggae to jazz. We also pay a visit to Blue's Room for a little Mozart, in the form of ""Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star."" There, we learn quite literally just what the little star is.
#22 - Environments
Season 3 - Episode 30 - Aired 3/13/2001
Today, the characters are all learning about different environments. As always, one great way to learn is to skiddoo and so we skiddoo into a globe and meet up with Mother Nature and help her to come up with the lyrics to a song about the grasslands, the tropical rainforest and the arctic tundra. Later, we learn about the favorite environments of some of the other characters and use our newfound knowledge to identify them.
#23 - Anatomy
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/10/2000
As we come in, Steve invites us to try out his stethoscope and listen to Blue's heartbeat. In this episode, we learn all about different parts of the body. We check out a computer program and learn about the mouth, the eyes and the ears. Steve shows off his muscles when helping Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper. In the Blue Skiddoo segment, we experiment with a special type of x-ray machine.
#24 - Blue's Big Car Trip
Season 5 - Episode 31 - Aired 9/22/2003
In this episode, we go on a car trip with a lady named Carmen. We learn all about important safety rules for riding in the car. We also learn how to pass time in the car, since sometimes long trips can get boring. We also groove to the music of a famous singer.
#25 - The Scavenger Hunt
Season 5 - Episode 27 - Aired 9/16/2003
Blue and her friend Magenta have created a scavenger hunt for us and Joe. We look all over the Blue's Clues house to find things on the list. A visit to the kitchen results in a tasty treat and we find several things on the list. Then, for some special shape-searching, we skidoo along with Blue and Magenta into a shape world.