Firefighter Blue to the Rescue!

**Firefighter Blue to the Rescue!** is the fifth episode of season four and the sixty-fifth episode overall in the reboot series *Blue's Clues & You!*. It’s a new version of “Playdates”.

## Summary

Josh, Blue, Jimmy and Wubbzy suit up to be firefighter helpers for the day; they play Blue's Clues to figure out how to help the firefighters, train for duty at the fire house, learn about fire safety and ride Firetruck on a special rescue mission.

## Characters

* Blue
* Josh
* Sidetable Drawer
* Mailbox
* Mr. Salt
* Mrs. Pepper
* Paprika
* Cinnamon
* Sage
* Ginger
* Tickety Tock
* Slippery Soap
* Shovel
* Pail
* Periwinkle
* Jimmy Neutron
* Wubbzy
* Orange Kitten (cameo)
* Purple Kangaroo (cameo)
* Pearl (cameo)
* Miss Marigold (cameo)
* Fire Chief Frankie (debut)
* Firetruck (debut)
* Fire Station Phone (debut)
* Rainbow Puppy (credits only)
* Daizy (credits only)
* Timmy Turner (credits only)

## Elements

* **Question**: How can we help the firefighters?
* **Clues**:
	1. A Firetruck
	2. Up and Down
	3. Loud
* **Answer to Blue’s Clues**: Be Firetruck's loud siren
* **Living room picture**: The fire station
* **Email or Letter?**: Letter

## Trivia

* This episode aired on the same day as the Blaze and the Monster Machines*'*s episode Paramedic Power.
* This is the last episode to have the Nickelodeon zipper logo at the end of the credits. The new logo that debuted at the 2023 Kids Choice Awards will be used in the next episode.
* In Playdates, Joe, Blue, Periwinkle and Mailbox had a playdate with The Viewer and had a Wheel of Playdates and they all had to blow on it and at first Periwinkle had a playdate with the Viewer by playing magician by making Boris appear and they said the magic words, “Peri-Presto,” and it worked and he made the second clue appear from a hat, then Mailbox’s playdate with the Viewer was during Mailtime and they bought Joe the letter and sung the Mailtime Song together, then Joe’s playdate with the Viewer to a concert and sung a song called Me and You, and Blue’s playdate with the Viewer was firefighter, which was the answer to Blue’s Clues (a firefighter), when Blue left three clues on water, a hose, and a ladder and Blue played firefighters in Blue's Room and Polka Dots joined in and Roary was playing the part of someone in trouble. This time, Josh and Blue are already being firefighters and helping Fireman Frankie and Firetruck.
* Josh and Blue have a map of the Blue’s Clues House like Steve and Blue did in Geography when Steve followed a map to the bedroom and then another map from the bedroom, through the porch, and to outside in the backyard where was with Shovel and Pail, who needed help to find out where to go to mail letters, buy groceries, and get money, in which they go to the post office, grocery store, and bank, then skidooed into a candy board game where Steve did a map challenge to cross a river on a boat, rode on a train through a mountain, and used his own feet to walk to Gingerbread Girl’s house, and Steve and Blue borrowed Shovel and Pail’s map of the neighborhood to go to the library, which was the answer to Blue’s Clues (the library), when Blue left three clues on a building, a shelf, and a book. Only this time, Josh and Blue have a map of the inside of the Blue’s Clues House.
* Fireman Frankie is similar to Fireman Sam.
* This marks the twelfth episode in the franchise where any type of vehicle or transportation was drawn or being the answer to Blue’s Clues or being the wrong answer. The others being Pretend Time when a rocket was drawn and when Steve thought Blue wanted to put the helmet on the star and rock it, The Trying Game when a bicycle was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a horn, a basket, and a wheel and when Steve thought Blue wanted to put the wheel in the basket and then honk the horn, Blue's Senses when a train was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a box, a light, and the sound, “Choo Choo,” and when Steve thought Blue wanted to put the box over the light and then shake it until it makes the sound, The Anything Box when a roller coaster was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on wheels, tracks, and a line that goes up and down, The Boat Float when a fireboat was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on the color red, a hose, and a siren, Meet Polka Dots! and Blue's Anywhere Box Surprise when a rocket was part of the answer to Blue’s Clues (Outer Space) when Blue left three clues on up, stars, a planet, a helmet and a circle, Blue's Big Car Trip when a car itself was drawn, Morning Music when a bicycle was drawn and when riding bikes to Magenta’s house was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a sidewalk, a bicycle, and Magenta’s house, Soccer Practice when a truck was drawn, and Blue's Show and Tell Surprise when a school bus was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a rectangle, the color yellow, and wheels and when Josh thought that it was yellow wheels that bounce up and down on top of a rectangle.
	+ This is also the second episode where any type of truck was a clue. The first episode being Soccer Practice where a regular truck was a clue.
		- Coincidentally, this is also the second episode where any type of truck was the first clue with Soccer Practice being the first.
* This is another show or movie with firefighters. The others being *Scooby-Doo* with "Fear of the Fire Beast!", *Firehouse Tales* with Red, Petrol and Crabby, *Sesame Street* with *Elmo’s World* (Firefighters), *WordWorld* with "Firefighters to the Rescue", *Thomas and Friends* with the movie and episodes "Thomas, Percy, and Old Slowcoach", "Day of the Diesels", "Big Belle", "Fiery Flynn", "Race to the Rescue", "Too Many Fire Engines" and "Buckled Tracks and Bumpy Cars", *Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood* with "Firefighters at School" and "The Fire Drill", *Arthur* with "D.W. All Fired Up", *Let’s Go Luna* with "Turkish Delight", *Fireman Sam*, *Theodore Tugboat* with "Foduck the Vigilant", "Bumper Buddies", "Emergency", "Foduck Stays Home", "Foduck and the Rainbow", "Theodore and the Northern Lights", "Foduck’s Hurt Feelings", "Foduck Blows his Stack", "Foduck in Reverse" and "Foduck and the Shy Ship", *Jay Jay the Jet Plane* with "Revvin' Evan's Day" and "Fire Engine Evan", *Curious George* with "Where’s the Firedog?", *Franny’s Feet* with "Small Is Beautiful", *Planes: Fire and Rescue*, *Little Einsteins* with "Fire Truck Rocket", *Handy Manny* with "Firefighter Manny", *Jungle Junction* with "Firestation Hero", *Chuggington* with "Blazin' Wilson", *Doc McStuffins* with "Engine Nine, Feelin' Fine!", *Special Agent Oso* with "A View to a Fire Drill", *The Ren & Stimpy Show* with "Fire Dogs", *CatDog* with "Fire Dog", *Dora The Explorer* with "Rojo, the Fire Truck", *Blue’s Clues* with Playdates, *Wonder Pets!* with "Save the Dalmatian!", *Team Umizoomi* with "Umi Fire Truck", *Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!* with "Wubbzy and the Fire Engine", *Bubble Guppies* with "Firefighter Gil to the Rescue!", *PAW Patrol* with Marshall in "Pups Fight Fire", "Pup Pup Goose", "Pups Get a Lift", "Pups Save a Flying Frog", "Pups Save a Ghost", "Pups Save a Sniffle", "Pups Save a Friend" and "Pups Save an Adventure", *Peppa Pig* with "The Fire Engine" and "Fire Station Practice", *Max & Ruby* with "Fireman Max", Blaze and the Monster Machines with "Fired Up!", "Five Alarm Blaze" and "Firefighters to the Rescue", *Butterbean’s Café* with "Firefighter Jasper" and *Corn & Peg* with "Firefighter Peg".
* This is the first time where a telephone is a living thing even though the telephone in the original Blue’s Clues wasn’t a living thing and Josh’s notebook is a phone anyway too and it’s not a living thing either.
* This is the second time where a cone was seen. The first time being Soccer Practice when a cone was drawn.
* This is the fifth episode where up and down were a clue. The first four being Blue's Book Nook, Meet Polka Dots!, Our Neighborhood Festival in which up was a clue separately, and Blue's Snowy Day Surprise in which down was a clue separately.
	+ This is also the third episode where up was the second clue with Blue's Book Nook and Our Neighborhood Festival being the first two. However, in Meet Polka Dots!, it was the first clue.
	+ Coincidentally, this is also the second episode where down was the second clue with Blue's Snowy Day Surprise being the first.
	+ Also, this is the eighth time where any opposite was drawn or being the answer to Blue’s Clues. The others being The Wrong Shirt when on and off was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on an up light switch, a lamp, and a down light switch, Blue's Book Nook, Meet Polka Dots!, Our Neighborhood Festival and Blue's Snowy Day Surprise when up and down were drawn, and Up, Down, All Around! and Blue's Treasure of Clue Lagoon when under and over were drawn. And even in Magenta Comes Over, Playdate with Magenta and The Ghost of the Living Room when Steve, Josh, and Blue helped Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper, Shovel and Pail with their opposites when making race cars out of food and jack o’lanterns and The Anything Box when a line that goes up and down was drawn.
* Josh drawing up and down arrows is similar to what happened in What's Inside?, Magenta's Messages and Blue's Beach Bonanza when an open and sideways motion and arrow were drawn and they were pointing left and right.
* This is the seventh time where a giraffe was seen. The first six being Blue's Senses when Steve and Blue played Lights On, Lights Off and when it was Blue’s turn, she put away the giraffe toy, who joined in Steve and Blue’s Train game, Nurture! when a giraffe appeared along with Monkey’s older brother, Prehistoric Blue when Steve helped Shovel, who was scared of dinosaurs, and Pail find dinosaurs in the backyard and they saw a long neck, claws, and spikes, in which Shovel was scared out of his handle and thought it was an Apatosaurus, pterodactyl/archaeopteryx, and stegosaurus, but it turned out to be a giraffe, bird, and porcupine, Environments when Steve and Blue sung The Environment Song with Mother Nature and when they sung about the grasslands and every time they sung, “which helps the animals hide,” a giraffe and antelope came out hiding and hid again and Shovel and Pail had them too, Dress Up Day when Blue was dressed up as a giraffe, and Animals in Our House? when a giraffe helped Blue get her ball down from the Blue’s Clues House’s roof.
* This is the fourth time where a ladder was seen. The first three being What Does Blue Want to Build? when Steve saw the Popsicle Sticks build a ladder at first, Playdates when a ladder was drawn, and Blue's Wish Comes True! when Josh and Blue blew out candles on a cake and used a ladder to get over a wall.
* This is the third time where a hose was seen. The first two being The Boat Float and Playdates when a hose was drawn.
* This is the tenth time where a bear was seen. The others being Blue's Story Time and Story Time with Blue when Steve, Josh, and Blue helped the 3 Bears find their bowls of porridge and cups of milk, The Trying Game when Steve and Blue saw Baby Bear being an artist, builder, and writer, What Story Does Blue Want to Play? when Goldilocks and the 3 Bears was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a bowl, a chair, and a bear and when Steve thought it was the story of the bear, who put her bowl on top of a chair, What is Blue Trying to Do? when Steve and Blue helped Baby Bear clean up to find her castle drawing’s whereabouts, Animal Behavior! when Steve saw Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper, and Paprika being bears, Making Changes when Baby Bear introduced Steve and Blue to Baby Baby Bear, Rhyme Time when Steve and Blue helped out Bear find his things that rhymes with bear and chair, which was pear, and Can You Help? when Joe helped Baby Bear, Gingerbread Boy and Cinderella find their bowl, button, and slipper.
* This is the seventh time where a tunnel was seen. The others being Blue's Senses when Squirrel turned off the lamp and a tunnel was pretended, Geography when Steve rode on a train through a mountain through a tunnel, Let's Boogie when Steve and the Viewer danced through a tunnel, Up, Down, All Around! when Joe helped a Felt Friend go through a long tunnel, Blue's Show and Tell Surprise when Blue, Orange Kitten, and Purple Kangaroo used a tunnel to through, and Blue's Backyard Sports Spectacular when Josh and Blue did a tunnel game with Tickety Tock.
* This is the third time where a flashlight was seen. The first two being What Does Blue Want to Build? when a flashlight was drawn and Blue's Senses when a flashlight was used as a headlight during Steve and Blue’s train game. Also like in What Does Blue Want to Build?, Steve and Blue had a flashlight in their tent, which was the answer to Blue’s Clues (a tent), when Blue left three clues on a flashlight, a sheet, and a table and when Steve thought Blue wanted to put the flashlight in the sheet and do a little flashlight dance on the table.
* This is the second time where a koala was seen. The first time being Blue's Mystery Present when a koala was with a cow and penguin.
* This marks the fifteenth time where any sound was drawn. The others being What Is Blue Afraid Of?, Blue's Senses, What's That Sound?, Blue's Big Costume Party, Spooky Costume Party with Blue, Adventure, Joe's First Day, Steve Goes to College, I Did That!, Blue's Big Dance Party, Blue Makes a Movie with You!, Blue's Backyard Sports Spectacular, Blue's Mystery Present and Magenta's Case of the Giggles.
	+ This is also the second episode where loud was a clue. The first episode being Blue Makes a Movie with You!.
		- This is also the first episode where loud was the third clue because in Blue Makes a Movie with You!, it was the first clue.
* This marks the seventh episode in the franchise where someone is a firefighter. The others being The Anything Box when Shovel and Pail used the anything box as a firetruck, The Boat Float when a fireboat was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on the color red, a hose, and a siren, Playdates when a firefighter was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on water, a hose, and a ladder, Blue Makes a Movie with You! when Shovel and Pail became firefighters to wake up Princess Magenta, and Blue's Big Costume Parade and The Ghost of the Living Room when Shovel and Pail became firefighters again for the costume parade and party.
* Firetruck being a living firetruck is like Red from the Disney/Pixar Cars movie franchise, Mayday from Planes: Fire & Rescue, Foduck from Theodore Tugboat, Red, Petrol, and Crabby from *Firehouse Tales*, Revvin' Evan from Jay Jay the Jet Plane, Rojo from Dora the Explorer who debuted in the episode Rojo the Fire Truck, Blaze from Blaze and the Monster Machines, in which Blaze was a living thing anyway and was a firefighter in Fired Up!, Five Alarm Blaze, and Firefighters to the Rescue, Belle and Flynn from the Thomas and Friends episodes and movie "Day of the Diesels", "Big Belle", "Fiery Flynn", "Race to the Rescue", "Too Many Fire Engines" and "Buckled Tracks and Bumpy Cars", Asher from *Chuggington*, Lenny from *Doc McStuffins* and Umi Car, since he too was a living thing anyway, from *Team Umizoomi*, was a fire truck in "Umi Firetruck".
* The Fire Station was seen once in Blue's Big Neighborhood Adventure; only it had a bell on top instead of a fire and the firetruck wasn’t alive.
	+ This episode marks the second appearance of the fire station. The first time being Blue's Big Neighborhood Adventure.
* Firetruck is the second road vehicle to appear in Blue's Clues & You!. The first being School Bus.
* A siren is the answer to Blue’s Clues in this episode, but it was the third clue in the episode The Boat Float.
* This episode marks the first appearance of the Blue's Clues House's fire alarm system. when the smoke alarms go off, the gang has to evacuate the house to their evacuation spot which is by Mailbox, in orders are Josh, Blue, Slippery Soap, Tickety Tock, Paprika, Cinnamon, Ginger, Shovel, Pail, Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper, Sage and Sidetable Drawer with the Firefighter Hat. But it turned out the alarm went off because of burnt toast.
* The Viewer singing a siren sound is similar to what happened in Tickety's Big Musical Morning when Tickety Tock and the Viewer sung, “Ring. Ring. Ring. Ring,”.
* This is the sixth time where a kite was seen. The first five being Mechanics! when a kite was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on string, wind, and a diamond-shaped piece of paper, What's So Funny? when Steve, Shovel and Pail saw Gopher pop up in a pattern by things that fly like a bird, airplane, kite and helicopter, Adventure when Steve and Blue did a riddle with Dragon, who did a riddle about the wind and a kite was in it, The Alphabet Train when Periwinkle found a kite for the K box, and Look Carefully... when a kite was in a tree.
* Josh, Blue, and Fireman Frankie using the ladder to save Periwinkle is similar to what happened in Playdates when Blue and Polka Dots did the same with Roary and *Bubble Guppies* from "Firefighter Gil to the Rescue!" when Molly and Gil did the same too.
	+ Both this episode and the *Bubble Guppies* episode have a similar title.
* This marks the fifty-fourth episode in the franchise where any type of character in Blue’s Clues was drawn or being the answer to Blue’s Clues. The others being Magenta Comes Over and Playdate with Magenta when Steve and Josh were drawn, Blue's News and Big News with Blue when Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper were drawn, Blue's Birthday and Happy Birthday Blue when Turquoise was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on the color green, a tank, and a shell, What Does Blue Want to Do with Her Picture? when Mailbox was drawn, Mailtime Mystery when Mailbox was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a flag, the color purple, and a box, Blue's Sad Day and Sad Day with Blue when Green Puppy and Magenta were drawn, Nurture! when Turquoise was drawn, What Is Blue Trying to Do?, Weight and Balance, Magenta Gets Glasses and Getting Glasses with Magenta when Blue was drawn and in What Is Blue Trying to Do? when Steve drew a finished picture of himself and Blue, Hide and Seek when Tickety Tock was part of the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue wanted to hide in the bedroom and left three clues on Tickety Tock (a clock), a pillow, and pajamas, Blue's Big Treasure Hunt when Steve and Joe's Grandmother was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on glasses, a red rocking chair, and a green striped dress, Blue's Treasure Hunt when Shovel was drawn, Blue's Big Holiday when Blue as a baby was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on 4 little prints, a blanket and a rattle, Pool Party when Magenta was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on Blue's School, a puppy, and a purplish pinkish color, Draw Along with Blue when Steve was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a notebook, green stripes, and a person, Blue's Big Mystery and The Ghost of the Living Room when Periwinkle was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on footprints, a curvy, skinny tail, and a picture, paw prints, a tail, and triangles, Blue's Predictions when Periwinkle was drawn, Blue's Big Musical when Sidetable Drawer was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on Steve’s Notebook, a knob, and a drawer, Shy and Magenta's Thank You Day Surprise when Miranda was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a bag, a footprint, a video tape, a heart, polka dots, and a soccer ball, Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper Day when Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper themselves and Blue were drawn, What's New, Blue? when Paprika was drawn, Making Changes when Cinnamon was part of the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue wanted to help Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper, and Paprika change Cinnamon’s diaper when Blue left three clues on a table, powder, and a diaper, Colors Everywhere! and Colors Everywhere with Blue when Green Puppy and Magenta were the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on the colors blue, yellow, red, and purple, and a puppy, I'm So Happy!, Blue's Night Before Christmas, and Sage and Ginger's Baby Book when the Viewer was drawn, Blue and Little Rainbow Riding Hood when the Viewer was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on singing, a dancing motion, and a friend, Blue Goes to the Doctor, Joe's Clues, and Joshini The Amazing when Joe was drawn, Let's Write! when Joe was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on the letters J, O, and E, A Surprise Guest when Miss Marigold was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a school, a person, and tall, Magenta's Messages and Blue's Backyard Sports Spectacular when Magenta was drawn again, Blue Takes You to School when friends, which had Periwinkle and Blue, were drawn, Meet Blue's Baby Brother when Sprinkles was the answer to Blue’s Clues when there were gold clues on the word, "Puppy," circles, and colors, Blue's Big Baking Show when Josh’s grandmother Lola was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a heart, glasses, and a blue striped scarf, Feelin' Filipino when Josh and Lola were drawn, Sleepy Singalong with Blue when Blue wanted Josh to sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star when Blue left three clues on a star, Josh’s guitar, and Josh himself, Blue's Show and Tell Surprise when School Bus was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a rectangle, the color yellow, and wheels, and A Blue's Clues Festival of Lights when Periwinkle’s grandfather Mauve was the answer to Blue's Clues when Blue left three clues on a family, glasses, and a cat.
* Fireman Frankie is singing The So Long Song like Steve and Joe’s Grandmother and Lola did in Blue's Big Treasure Hunt and Blue's Big Baking Show, everyone whole and partially in Blue's Big Musical, Our Neighborhood Festival and Blue's Big Costume Parade, Mr. Salt in Mystery of the Missing Pies, Mother Triceratops in Blue's Dino Clues, and Tickety Tock in Tickety's Big Musical Morning.
* This is the twenty-sixth episode in the franchise where someone other than the hosts talks to the Viewer. The others being Blue's Big Treasure Hunt, Blue's Big Musical, Magenta Gets Glasses, The Baby's Here!, Joe's Surprise Party, Blue Takes You to School, I Did That!, Playdates, The Legend of the Blue Puppy, Joe's Clues, Blue's Wishes, Soccer Practice, The Fairy Tale Ball, Meet Blue's Baby Brother, Hide and Seek with Blue, Welcome to Blue's Bistro, Blue's Big Baking Show, Blue's Show and Tell Surprise, Blue Makes a Movie with You!, A Blue's Clues Festival of Lights, Rainbow Puppy's Skidoo Adventure, Blue's Treasure of Clue Lagoon, Tickety's Big Musical Morning, Something New at Blue's School and Blue's Wish Comes True!.
* This is the 1st Season 4 episode to feature The So Long Song, since the last 4 episodes didn't have it sung due to time restraints.
* This is the first time where Blue and her friends evacuate from the Blue's Clues House when there's a fire alarm (a.k.a the smoke detector).
* This is the first episode where Jimmy Neutron and Wubbzy appear without Daizy and Timmy Turner.