Steve (Blue's Clues)

Steve, the original host of Blue’s Clues, is an extremely well-loved character and is a popular blorbo and comfort character to this day. 
==Basic Information==
Steve was the host of the children’s television program Blue’s Clues from 1996-2002, a fictional character played by Steve Burns. He is the caregiver of Blue, his puppy. He is eager to play Blue’s Clues and needs the viewer’s help to solve problems. He is enthusiastic, silly, genuine, compassionate, and nerdy.
More information can be found on the Blue's Clues Wiki.
==Archetypes==
===4th Wall Blurring===
Since he is the host of an interactive show for preschoolers, he directly addresses "you". He makes prolonged eye contact and poses questions to you, pausing to hear your answers. The show became so successful due to how engaged the children in the audience were with Steve, since he genuinely seems to need their help.
===Artsy===
In each episode, he draws pictures of each clue with a green crayon in his Handy Dandy Notebook. These pictures are known for not being particularly good, but he tries anyway. He also sings and dances the same songs in each episode.
===Goober===
Considering this is a show for preschoolers, he acts dumb so that the kids in the audience can figure things out. He’s pretty oblivious a lot of the time, like when he can’t see the clue that’s right in front of him and struggles to piece things together. However, he did get into college on a hopscotch scholarship, demonstrating that he actually is highly skilled at some things. There's even a theory that since he got into college, he might not actually be dumb, but is instead playing dumb because he’s babysitting children.
===Neurodivergent Coded===
He’s endearingly awkward, nerdy, eccentric, silly, hyperactive, and enthusiastic, leading a lot of people to see him as autistic. Watch this video from the pilot if you’re not convinced.
===Nonstandard Character Design===
He’s one of the only human/live-action characters in the show, with the vast majority of characters being animated animals and objects.
===Pathetic===
Seen as a pathetic, sopping wet cat of a man due to needing all the help he can get from toddlers to figure out puzzles in his daily life.
===Quotable Catchphrases===
*"Here's the mail, it never fails. It makes me wanna wag my tail. When it comes, I wanna wail, MAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIILLLL!!!"
*"If you use your mind and take a step at a time, you can do anything that you wanna do."
*"I never forgot you...ever."
===Smol===
His actor is 5’6”.
===Theme Song===
In each episode, he typically sings "The Blue's Clues Theme Song", "We Are Gonna Play Blue's Clues", "We Are Looking for Blue's Clues", "Mailtime", "We Just Got a Letter", "Blue Skidoo", "We Just Figured Out Blue's Clues", and "The So Long Song".
== Fan Reception==
When Steve abruptly departed from Blue's Clues in 2002, with the show saying he was leaving to go to college, fans were left heartbroken. However, Steve Burns has reprised his role in recent years in the revival show Blue's Clues & You! and the 2022 movie Blue’s Big City Adventure. He even addressed his now grown-up audience to provide closure in this mega-viral video. He continues to make TikToks in character where he pretends to listen empathetically, similar to how he did in the show, and he has gotten a lot of attention for this.
== External Links ==
* Steve on the Sexypedia Wiki.
Category:Characters
Category:Sillyman
Category:Keter
Category:1996
Category:4th Wall Blurring
Category:Artsy
Category:Neurodivergent Coded
Category:Nonstandard Character Design
Category:Pathetic
Category:Quotable Catchphrase(s)
Category:Smol
Category:Goober
Category:Theme Song
Category:Sexypedia Overlap