#blue's clues joe

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GIFs are not mine! I found them on the Blue's Clues wiki

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There's this YouTuber named lulaloopsey who makes video essays about nostalgic cartoons. Yesterday, she uploaded a deep dive of Blue's Room. Earlier in the video, she mentioned a user on DeviantArt called PrinceCallum who made their own analysis of the show which helped her in the research process. Here's the link for supplemental reading:

[the-overthinking-chair]

this is for the reblogger who tagged the People article link I posted with “let Joe have a special too” but also the rest of us who feel like Steve or Joe isn't present enough in the reboot

first up let's list Joe's visible appearances so far:

Meet Josh!

Happy Birthday Blue

123's with Blue

Bluestock

Blue's Night Before Christmas

Blue's Mystery Present

Mailtime Mystery

Joshini the Amazing (Joe is literally a clue here!)

Blue's Big City Adventure

The Case of the Missing Thinking Chair

color code: purple means Joe appears on his own (5 episodes), green means Steve is with him (4 episodes and 1 movie)

Steve has yet to appear ever in an episode without Joe involved, but given how close these two are, I doubt that Steve would exclude his little brother that easily

Joe's present store is visited several times while only once have we really visited Steve's detective agency

meanwhile, episodes the bros have written or directed so far:

Playdate with Magenta (Steve co-directed)

Big News with Blue (Steve co-directed)

Welcome to Blue's Bistro (Steve wrote, co-directed)

Blue's Night Before Christmas (Steve wrote, co-directed)

Blue's Big Imagination (Donovan co-directed)

Blue's Beach Bonanza (Steve wrote)

The Ghost of the Living Room (Steve wrote)

Blue's Dino Clues (Donovan co-directed)

Blue's Storytime with Camila (Steve wrote)

Joshini the Amazing (Steve wrote)

Knights of the Snack Table (Steve wrote)

Night at the Blueseum (Donovan co-wrote)

The Case of the Missing Thinking Chair (Steve wrote, co-directed)

so what's all this listing for?

Joe appears in more episodes of this reboot than Steve who has built himself substantial experience as director and writer

in effect, “let Joe have a special too” is a wish that's already been granted several times now

and finally if I'm really wishing for something here it's an episode that Donovan writes and directs because unlike Steve, Donovan has yet to have done both kinds of work on the same episode (writing and directing and acting are not easy, what more is juggling at least two of these jobs?)

thank you

[cayden-grayson-mitchell]

Hi! Thank you for following my Blue's Clues blog! 😊

You're Absolutely Welcome!! I've ALWAYS LOVED BLUE'S CLUES SINCE I WAS A KID!!!

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I love how well you blended the 3D video game environments with a live action cat. It reminds me of Blue's Clues (which one? either of them!)

Uni's magical Mario Galaxy adventure..

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Our good friend @itsatechreel uploaded a video last week theorizing why we never see Steve and Joe's parents, or even hear them mentioned. And I really must say that his theory is a lot more plausible than MatPat's Blue's Clues theory.

Thanks, Tech, for doing your part. You sure are smart. You sure worked hard. When you use your mind, take a step at a time, you can do anything that you wanna do!

[the-overthinking-chair]

Josh, dressed up with a magician's black hat and cape with a red bowtie, has found a blue paw print on a picture of his cousin Joe. Josh draws Joe on his notebook as a happy squarish head with small ears, a V-shaped jawline, and curly hair.

I'm not sorry, this is a-Joe-rable 🥹

[generalghosty]

sometimes you have a shower thought so dumb you just gotta draw it

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Say, kind of resembles the Handy Dandy Notebook scene!

Cooffee!

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This post was inspired by @the-overthinking-chair.

Steve is the Ghost of Christmas Past.

Joe is the Ghost of Christmas Present.

Josh is the Ghost of Christmas Future.

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Happy Blue's Clues Day!

Happy anniversary to the smartest little puppy I know. Thank you, Blue, for being my friend for the last 27 years!

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Blue's Clues Foreshadowing

I love how on a second viewing of "The Case of the Missing Thinking Chair", you can see clues that hint at the ending.

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I've been visiting the Characters page for Blue's Clues on TV Tropes, and it seems there's a small number of Tropers who believe that Blue falls under the Messianic Archetype trope. It reads:

"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 Reality Warper born and raised around common puppies, is constantly accompanied by her True Companions, and is an All-Loving Heroine who gives advice to people close to her."

Now this may be far reaching, because "Blue's First Holiday" shows that Blue doesn't actually appear in the house until the day after Christmas when she skidoos out of her book, and the prophecy discussed in "The Legend of the Blue Puppy" talks about Blue using the key she came with to unlock her greatest gift (a special play room where she can talk to the viewers) rather than giving herself up to save her friends. However, you could argue that the show fits this trope in a more significant way than the main character herself.

After Season 6 of Blue's Clues ended, Nickelodeon decided to end the show in favor of the spin-off show "Blue's Room". Unfortunately, that series would only last 2 seasons and 17 episodes before going quietly into that goodnight in 2007. Twelve years later, Traci and Angela brought Blue back to Nick Jr. with the reboot "Blue's Clues & You!" The Second Coming of Blue, if you will.

So, even though Blue doesn't exactly fit the bill for a messianic figure, the death and resurrection of her show is almost like Jesus rising from the grave after he died for our sins.

Blue's Clues is alive again!

[atomicpowered]

Made this I think last year, back when these were super popular, then promptly drafted it. Oh well here ya go

[autismdogg]

Joe appreciation post 🐾 🟩 🟩 🟩

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Should've reblogged this on Valentine's Day. Oh well.

You left paw prints on my heart.