It's Your Birthday!

"**It's Your Birthday!**" is the nineteenth episode of the second season and the thirty-ninth episode overall in the reboot series *Blue's Clues & You!*.

## Characters

* Blue
* Josh
* Sidetable Drawer
* Mailbox
* Mr. Salt
* Mrs. Pepper
* Magenta
* Shovel
* Pail
* Slippery Soap
* Tickety Tock
* Jimmy Neutron
* Wubbzy
* Daizy
* Timmy Turner
* Felt Friends (cameo)
* Marty McParty
* Viewer (Guest of honor)

## Summary

In this episode, Blue and her friends are throwing a pretend birthday party for the viewer at home. DJ Slip is spinning the tracks, Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper are baking up a cake, and everyone is playing Blue's Clues to figure out what game Blue wants to play at the party. To celebrate the big day, Blue and her friends play 'Pin the Tail on the Puppy' and skidoo to Birthday World to gather prizes to fill a birthday piñata.

## Recap

The episode starts with Josh opening the door, telling the viewer that they have been making a pretend birthday party for him/her. As he and Blue shout, "Happy Birthday!", confetti starts raining down from the ceiling. As Josh is distracted by the confetti, Blue runs up and she licks the screen, causing Josh to laugh. He then shows the viewer that they're getting everything ready for their party. The party had almost everything it needed: Music, snacks, decorations, and a special birthday game. As usual, the episode goes through its usual "Play Blue's Clues" song. When it's over, Josh hears birthday music and runs to the stereo, and sings the Happy Birthday Song. And that's when the viewers spot the first clue on the music. Josh puts it in his notebook. Then he hears Magenta barking and tells the viewer that she's here for their birthday party.

In the backyard, we notice Magenta running toward the screen saying "Happy birthday" in barks and licking the screen. Confetti rains from the top of the screen and onto the grass. Magenta plants a board on the tree which was the game known as, "Pin the Tail On the Puppy." She brought it just for the viewer. Blue starts her turn and places the tail very close to the spot, the same with Magenta on her turn. When it's the viewer's turn, Josh tells them that he'll hold the tail, and the viewer will tell him which way to go. The tail gets pinned in just the right spot and Josh, Blue and Magenta look impressed. The puppies run over and embrace the viewer by licking them, making Josh laugh. He says that the viewer is very good at the game, but then he realizes that they still needed to find two more clues to figure out the answer to what game Blue wants to play at their birthday party. The viewers spot the second clue on a red octagon. Josh puts it in the notebook, and then the mail arrives.

At mailtime, Mailbox has a birthday card for the viewer. After mailtime, we skidoo into Birthday World and get the pinata all filled up and skidoo back to the house. The third clue is spotted, and at Thinking Time, we figure out that it's Freeze Dance, the game Blue wanted to play. Slippery Soap is the DJ at Freeze Dance, and then, Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper come with a birthday cake, everyone sings happy birthday, and the viewers blow out the candle. Then, Blue pulls on the pinata, causing everything to come out onto the ground, ending the episode.

## Elements

* **Question**: What game does Blue want to play at the party?
* **Clues**:
	1. Music
	2. Stop
	3. Dancing
* **Answer**: Freeze Dance
* **Wrong Answer:** Play music and dance around a stop sign
* **Living Room Picture**: Birthday World
* **Skidoo Location**: Birthday World

## Trivia

* This episode marks the 25th anniversary of the whole Blue's Clues franchise.
* This is the first episode of the series and the franchise where the viewers get a letter.
* This is the first episode in which the viewer's birthday is celebrated.
* This marks the sixth episode where someone’s birthday was celebrated. The others being Mailbox/Postbox, Blue, Joe, and Fred from Mailbox's Birthday, Blue's Birthday/Happy Birthday Blue, Joe's Surprise Party, and Fred's Birthday.
* Birthday World is very similar to Birthday Land from Blue's Birthday Adventure.
	+ It is located in the Living Room Picture Frame, the same area as the Present Store from the original episode.
* The episode first premiered in the UK on April 28, 2021.
* This is the twenty-second time where there were riddles and rhymes that were used and rhymed. The others being Blue Wants to Play a Game, Tickety's Favorite Nursery Rhyme, Blue's News, What Does Blue Want to Build?, Blue's Big Treasure Hunt, Blue’s Treasure Hunt, Blue's Big Costume Party, Blue's Big Pajama Party, Adventure, Rhyme Time, Bedtime Business, Big News with Blue, Pajama Party with Blue, Spooky Costume Party with Blue, Joe's Clues, Skidoo Adventure, The Legend of the Blue Puppy, Blue's Night Before Christmas, and What I Like About Blue.
* This is the fourth episode in which there are rainbow-colored instead of blue cups. The first three being Happy Birthday Blue, Blue's Big Neighborhood Adventure, and Mystery of the Missing Pies.
* This is the third time Sidetable Drawer wore a party hat on someone’s birthday. The first two being Blue's Birthday and Happy Birthday Blue, in which Sidetable Drawer’s party hat was purple instead of blue like in Blue's Birthday and today’s episode.
* Josh is asking where the tail goes while playing Pin the Tail on the Puppy. This is the third episode in which the host of any series asks the Viewer where something goes during a game. The first two being What Does Blue Need? when Steve asked which way Blue and Starfish had to go to find the ocean, and Joe's Surprise Party when Joe played Pin the Beak on the Duck and he asked which way the beak goes.
* This marks the second episode of the franchise where the Viewer was told when to stop. The first being What Does Blue Want to Build? when Pail added sand to her dribble sandcastle to make it even with Shovel’s and Pail told the Viewer to tell her when to stop.
* This is the second episode in which Josh receives a birthday notebook with Happy Birthday Blue being the first episode, in which Josh receives a birthday notebook with a party hat on the front cover instead of a bow.
* This is the third episode where the host of any series receives a birthday notebook. The first two being Blue's Birthday and Happy Birthday Blue.
* This marks the third episode in the franchise where Sidetable Drawer and Mailbox let out confetti when they gave Steve and Josh their birthday notebooks and birthday cards to Blue. The first two being Blue's Birthday and Happy Birthday Blue.
* This marks the second episode of the franchise where someone was the announcer. The first being Blue's Senses when Steve and Blue were having a race with their wind-up toys and Steve was the announcer.
* This marks the second episode in the franchise where any type of sign was drawn. The first being Signs, in which a green light, a door with an arrow, and a table was drawn. But because a stop sign was a red octagon, Josh used a red crayon to draw it like in Signs when Steve drew a green light with a green crayon.
* This marks the 24th episode in the reboot series where a puppy has licked the screen.
* This marks the fifteenth episode where something with the color red was drawn. The others being Blue's Big Treasure Hunt, Prehistoric Blue, Blue's Collection, Bugs!, Let's Plant, The Boat Float, Our Neighborhood Festival, Look Carefully..., Laugh with Blue, Colors Everywhere with Blue, Hide and Seek with Blue, and Welcome to Blue's Bistro.
* This marks the first episode in which dancing was a clue, it was the answer to Blue’s Clues in Story Wall.
* This is the tenth episode where music was drawn. The others being Blue's Favorite Song, Song Time with Blue, What's Inside?, Mailbox's Favorite Treasure, The Scavenger Hunt, Story Wall, Bluestock (Original/Remake), and Blue's Night Before Christmas.
	+ This is also this third time in which music was the first clue in The Scavenger Hunt and Blue's Night Before Christmas being the first two. However, it was the third clue in Blue's Favorite Song, Song Time with Blue, What's Inside?, and Story Wall. In Bluestock (Original/Remake), it was all three clues.
	+ This also marks the second episode in which Slippery is doing the DJ and known as DJ Slip. The first being Blue's Big Dance Party.
* This marks the fourth episode in the franchise where a person was drawn. The others being Draw Along with Blue, Adventure, and A Surprise Guest.
* This marks the fourteenth episode in the franchise where a motion was drawn. The others were What Was Blue's Dream About? and Blue's Backyard Ballgame Bonanza in which a rolling motion was drawn, Animal Behavior! in which a waddling motion was drawn, Anatomy in which a wiggle motion was drawn, Blue's Collection in which a bouncing motion was drawn, What's Inside? in which an open motion was drawn, Dress Up Day and Animals in Our House? in which a hopping motion was drawn, Up, Down, All Around! in which an under motion was drawn, Story Wall in which a moving motion was drawn, Blue's Wishes in which a gliding motion was drawn, Blue's Rainy Day Rainbow in which a splashing motion was drawn, and Blue's Beach Bonanza in which a sideways motion was drawn.
* Josh is chanting, "Dance. Stop", like in Mailbox's Birthday when Steve chanted, "Music and chair" The Grow Show when Steve chanted, "Dirt, watering can, seeds," A Snowy Day when Steve chanted, "Carrot, hat, and snowball. Snowball, hat, and carrot," and like in Magenta Comes Over when Steve chanted. "Steve. Smile".
* This is the third episode in which "The So Long Song" is not sung, after "Blue's Night Before Christmas" and "Blue's Show and Tell Surprise".
	+ Instead, the characters sing "The Birthday Song", the viewers blow out the candle and make a wish, and the episode ends with Blue pulling the piñata.
* This is the second episode to not feature We Are Gonna Play Blue's Clues, the first one was The Bluestock Remake.
* Josh is saying, "Move" again from Blue's Big Dance Party.
* This is the last episode to feature Jimmy Neutron, Wubbzy, Daizy and Timmy Turner until they will appear again in Season 4.