Mailtime Mystery

**Mailtime Mystery** is the ninth episode of season three and the forty-ninth episode overall in the reboot series *Blue's Clues & You!*. It is a new version of "What Does Blue Want to Do with Her Picture?".

## Summary

It's a busy delivery day for Mailbox, and there's a special letter that needs to be delivered, but he doesn't know who it is for; playing "Blue's Clues" to find out.

## Characters

* Blue
* Josh
* Mailbox
* Steve
* Joe
* Sidetable Drawer
* Mr. Salt
* Mrs. Pepper
* Slippery Soap
* Shovel
* Pail
* Snail
* Felt Friends
	+ Fred
	+ Felicia (cameo on Fred's letter)
	+ Felt Mailbox
* Rainbow Puppy
* Periwinkle (mentioned)
* Post Office Mailboxes (cameo on living room picture)
* Postcard

## Elements

* **Question**: Who's the mystery letter for?
* **Clues**:
	1. A Flag
	2. The Color Purple
	3. A Box
* **Answer to Blue’s Clues**: Mailbox
* **Wrong Answer**: A Purple Flag stuck in a box.
* **Living room picture:** The Post Office
* **Skidoo Location: The Post Office**
* **Email or Letter?:** Letter

## Trivia

* This episode, along with "Blue's Mystery Present", are the first episodes of the entire franchise to air, in 20 years, on the same day after Joe's Scrapbook.
* This is the first time that a flag was drawn as a clue.
* This is the sixth episode in the franchise where an episode was based off of two original episodes. The others being "Blue's Big Mystery", "Blue's Backyard Ballgame Bonanza", "The Ghost of the Living Room" and "Blue's Snowy Day Surprise".
* The same stool from "Building with Blue" appeared again in this episode.
* It was Mailtime at the beginning of this episode again like in "Blue's Big Treasure Hunt" when Mailtime was at the beginning of this episode.
* This is the fourth time where there was a mystery. The first three being "Blue's Big Mystery", "Mystery of the Missing Pies", and "Blue's Mystery Present".
* The letter that Josh got from Mailbox was gold like the gold clues from Meet Blue's Baby Brother.
* The stamp has a heart like the other one did on the video letter in "Love Day".
* This marks the sixth episode in the franchise where hearts were seen. The others being "Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper Day", "Love Day", "Blue's Big Baking Show", "What I Like About Blue", and "Blue's Big Costume Parade".
* Josh got a package with his notebook in it like when Steve got packages from Magenta Comes Over and Blue's Big Holiday where he got packages with a camera and a rattle, which were the third clue.
* Josh got a package once from Pajama Party with Blue.
* There were three eggs like the ones in What Does Blue Want to Make? and What Did Blue See?.
* The milk is the same as the ones in ABC's with Blue and The Thinking Squad.
* This is the third episode where butter appears. The first two being Thankful and Thankful with Blue.
* This marks the eighth episode in the franchise where someone made a cake and when a cake appeared. The others being Mailbox's Birthday, What Does Blue Want to Make?, Blue's Birthday and Happy Birthday Blue, What Was Blue's Dream About?, Joe's Surprise Party, and It's Your Birthday!.
* Mr. Salt forgot a stamp, Mrs. Pepper forgot the address, and Slippery Soap forgot the stamp and who the letter is from, which is similar to what happened in What Time Is It for Blue? when Steve and Blue were putting away clothes, shoes, and toys and some of them were missing, which were Blue’s pajamas, Blue’s sneakers, Blue’s slippers, and a bear stuffed animal, Mailbox's Birthday when Steve and Blue helped Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper with Mailbox's birthday cake with sprinkle patterns and one of the sprinkles was missing, which were a green star, a pink circle, and a yellow diamond, What Does Blue Want to Make? when Steve helped Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper with a macaroni picture frame and two pieces of macaroni was missing, which were a yellow wagon wheel and a blue macaroni, Blue's Birthday and Happy Birthday Blue when there were cupcakes made for Blue's party but one was missing sprinkles, and there was a light blue balloon and a napkin missing, which was omitted from the remake, Pool Party when Steve helped Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper and Paprika make ice cream sundaes and one of the things was missing; first ice cream, then sprinkles, and then bananas and when Steve and Blue forgot to invite Magenta to the Pool Party when Blue left three clues on Blue's School, a puppy, and a purplish-pinkish color, and Can You Help when Joe and Blue helped Gingerbread Boy with button patterns and one of the buttons was missing, which was a green square.
* Mrs. Pepper was working in a garden like how Steve, Josh, and Blue did in The Grow Show and Growing with Blue when Blue left three clues on dirt, a watering can, and seeds.
* Josh getting a mystery letter is kind of like what happened in Blue's Big Mystery, where Mailbox delivered a mystery letter to Steve.
* This is the fifth time where a bathtub was seen. The first four being What Does Blue Need?, Bedtime Business, Sleepy Singalong with Blue, and Our New Neighbor.
* This is DJ Slippery Soap's fourth appearance. The first three being Blue's Big Dance Party, It's Your Birthday!, and A Blue's Clues Festival of Lights.
* This is the ninth time where a sun was seen. The others being Blue Wants to Play a Song Game and Environments when Steve drew a sun, What Experiment Does Blue Want to Try?, Science with Blue, and Bluestock (Blue's Clues & You!) when Steve, Josh, Blue, and Tickety Tock sang the Planets Song with the Sun, Blue's Big Pajama Party and Pajama Party with Blue when Steve, Josh, and Blue skiddoed into space in search of the meaning of night and saw the Sun, Earth, and Moon, and Blue's Rainy Day Rainbow when Josh and Blue sang Here Comes a Rainbow with Rainbow and there was a sun part of the refraction part.
* This is the seventh episode where a butterfly was seen. The others being Nurture! when Steve and Blue helped a butterfly out the door, What Did Blue See? when Steve looked through a kaleidoscope and a saw a butterfly, Nature when Steve, Blue, and Windy found a butterfly in the spring location and moved it to the summer location, Bugs! when Blue wanted to see a butterfly and left three clues on wings, colors, and a chrysalis, Spring is Here! when Josh helped butterflies to find their friends that match, and Blue's Big Costume Parade when Josh dressed himself up as a rabbit, a butterfly, and a horse.
* This is the second episode where the color purple was a clue. The first episode being Colors Everywhere with Blue.
	+ Coincidentally, this is also the second episode where the color purple was the second clue with Colors Everywhere with Blue being the first.
* Josh said, "Interesting," again like he and Steve did in What Experiment Does Blue Want to Try?, Science with Blue, The Ghost of the Living Room, Blue's Snowy Day Surprise, Blue's Dino Clues, and Blue's Backyard Sports Spectacular.
* This is the second time where a postcard was seen. The first time being Blue Goes to the Beach when Steve and Blue skiddoed into a postcard of the beach to help Starfish, Octopus, and Seahorse go through different holes in a coral reef to get to a playground.
* When Josh and Blue pass the bedroom while delivering Slippery's letter to Shovel and Pail, Snail can be seen moving along the window with a letter on her shell. She later appears with it at the end to celebrate We Love Mailbox Day with everyone else.
* This marks the fifth time where Josh drew a splotch shape. The others being Happy Birthday Blue, Hide and Seek with Blue, Welcome to Blue's Bistro, and Blue's Show and Tell Surprise.
* This marks the fortieth episode in the franchise where colors were drawn. The others being Blue's Birthday, Happy Birthday Blue, Blue's Sad Day, Sad Day with Blue, Animal Behavior!, Blue's Big Treasure Hunt, Pool Party, Signs, Draw Along with Blue, Nature, Prehistoric Blue, Blue's Collection, Magenta Gets Glasses, Getting Glasses with Magenta, Imagine Nation, What's New, Blue?, Bugs!, Let's Plant, Blue's Book Nook, The Boat Float, Colors Everywhere!, Colors Everywhere with Blue, The Alphabet Train, Dress Up Day, Our Neighborhood Festival, Body Language, Look Carefully..., I Did That!, Blue's First Holiday, Meet Blue's Baby Brother, Laugh with Blue, Hide and Seek with Blue, Blue's Big Baking Show, Welcome to Blue's Bistro, Blue's Show and Tell Surprise, Mystery of the Missing Pies, It's Your Birthday!, Blue's Dino Clues and Blue's Backyard Sports Spectacular.
	+ Coincidentally, this is the fifteenth time where any color was the second clue. The others being Blue's Sad Day, Sad Day with Blue, Blue's Big Treasure Hunt, Draw Along with Blue, Blue's Collection, What's New, Blue?, Bugs!, Colors Everywhere!, Colors Everywhere with Blue, The Alphabet Train, Body Language, Blue's First Holiday, Laugh with Blue, Blue's Show and Tell Surprise, and It's Your Birthday!.
* This is the fourth time where someone goes to the post office. The others being Geography when on their way to the library, Steve and Blue stopped by the post office and the Post Office Mailbox there said, "Say, ‘Hi,’ to Mailbox for me,", Blue's Big Car Trip when Joe and Blue went to the post office and got mail from a different mailbox, and Blue's Big Neighborhood Adventure when Josh and Blue got mail from Mailbox there.
* This is the third time where Steve, Joe and Josh appeared together. The first two being Meet Josh! and Blue's Night Before Christmas.
* This is Steve's third appearance in the reboot with Meet Josh! and Blue's Night Before Christmas being the first. This is also the first episode featuring him since Blue's Night Before Christmas, which aired 2 years before this. This is also the first time he appears in 2022.
* Steve was at the same place like he was in Meet Josh!.
* This is Joe's seventh appearance in the reboot with Meet Josh!, 123's with Blue, Happy Birthday Blue, Bluestock (Blue's Clues & You!), Blue's Night Before Christmas, and Blue's Mystery Present being the first six.
* This is Rainbow Puppy’s second appearance. The first time being Our New Neighbor when Josh and Blue skidooed to Periwinkle’s old neighborhood to talk to Rainbow Puppy about Presto.
* Josh hasn’t been called on his notebook phone for a while now. He has only been called three times in Meet Josh! when he called Steve and Joe on how to play Blue’s Clues, Playdate with Magenta when Magenta FaceTimed Josh, and Song Time with Blue when the Felt Friends FaceTimed Josh to do the made-up song.
* This is the first time where Rainbow Puppy is seen on FaceTime.
* This is the fifth time where an airplane was seen. The first three being Pretend Time when Steve pretended to be an airplane, The Lost Episode! when Steve helped Pail find her airplane, Mechanics! when Steve and Blue fixed their airplane and Inventions when Steve and Blue helped Shovel and Pail sort out airplanes.
* This marks the sixth episode in the franchise where a truck was seen. The first five being What Does Blue Want to Build? when Steve saw the Popsicle Sticks build a truck, What's So Funny? when Steve heard a truck neighing like a horse, Dress Up Day when Sidetable Drawer dressed herself up as an ice cream truck, Soccer Practice when Blue wanted Joe and the others to have ice cream after soccer when Blue left three clues on a truck, a cone, and circles, and Our New Neighbor when Josh and Blue heard the moving truck coming and Periwinkle arrived.
* This marks the seventh episode in the franchise where a boat was seen. The others being Adventures in Art when Steve and Blue helped the Felt Friends build a bigger sailboat to get to an island, Blue's News and Big News with Blue when Steve, Josh, and Blue drew a river, boat, and oar, The Lost Episode! when Steve helped Pail find her sailboat, Geography when Steve rode on a boat across a river, and The Boat Float when Joe and the others had a boat float and Blue wanted to make a fire boat when she left three clues on the color red, a hose, and a siren.
* This is the third episode where a building was seen. The first two being Geography when Steve drew a building and Periwinkle Misses His Friend when Steve, Blue, and Periwinkle helped Tractor get to the tallest skyscraper to find Taxi.
* This is the fifth time where an island was seen. The first four being Adventures in Art when Steve and Blue helped the Felt Friends build a bigger sailboat to get to an island, Blue Goes to the Beach when Steve and Blue skiddoed into a postcard of an island and helped Starfish, Octopus, and Seahorse go through holes in a coral reef to get to a playground, Blue Wants to Play a Song Game when Steve saw the wind blowing on a tree on an island and an octopus danced to the rhythm of the wind with him, and Environments when there was a picture of an island and Steve asked the Pawprint if it can go to any environment and wondered where it wanted to go and the Pawprint turned itself into an island.
* This marks the sixteenth episode in the franchise where a farm was seen. The others being Snack Time, Meet Josh!, Blue's Favorite Song, Song Time with Blue, The Grow Show, Growing with Blue, What Does Blue Want to Do on a Rainy Day?, Blue's Play, What's New, Blue?, The Snack Chart, Bluestock (Original/Remake), Blue's Farm Playdate, Welcome to Blue's Bistro, and Mystery of the Missing Pies.
* This marks the forty-third episode in the franchise where any character of 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, 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?, 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 a clock, a pillow, and pajamas, Blue's Big Treasure Hunt when Steve's 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, 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 Steve’s notebook, Green Stripes, and a person, Blue's Big Mystery when Blue left three clues on footprints, a curvy, skinny tail, and a picture, and The Ghost of the Living Room when Periwinkle was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on 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 again, a knob, and a drawer, Shy when Miranda was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a bag, a footprint, and a video tape, Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper Day when Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper themselves and Blue were drawn together, 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, Purple, and a puppy, I'm So Happy! and Blue's Night Before Christmas when The Viewer was drawn, both Blue Goes to the Doctor and Joe's Clues when Joe was drawn, and 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 A Blue Striped Scarf, Sleepy Singalong with Blue when Josh was drawn again, 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.
* Steve and Joe appeared with Rainbow Puppy when they sing the extended version of Mailtime.
* Mailbox was the answer to Blue’s Clues, but he was drawn from What Does Blue Want to Do with Her Picture?.
* This is the fourth time where Mailbox received mail. The first three being Mailbox's Birthday, The Wrong Shirt, and Blue's Big Costume Parade.
* This marks the eleventh episode in the franchise where someone else other than Steve, Joe, and Josh got mail. The others being Mailbox, who got mail in Mailbox's Birthday, The Wrong Shirt, and Blue's Big Costume Parade, Blue, who got a birthday card in Blue's Birthday and Happy Birthday Blue, The Viewer, who also got a birthday card in It's Your Birthday!, Periwinkle, who got mail in Our New Neighbor and A Blue's Clues Festival of Lights, and Magenta, who got a letter in What Does Blue Want to Do with Her Picture? and Blue's Backyard Sports Spectacular.
* This is the first time Rainbow Puppy got mail and sings the We Just Got a Letter Song.
* Periwinkle mailed a postcard like Blue did in What Does Blue Want to Do with Her Picture? when she wanted to mail her drawing to Magenta.
* This is the fourteenth time where a box was seen, drawn, or used for something. The others being Pretend Time when Blue, Shovel, and Pail used a box as a house, Tickety's Favorite Nursery Rhyme when Steve and Blue helped Sheep with her rhyme There Once was a Fox on a Box playing with Blocks, Blue's News and Big News with Blue when Steve, Josh, Blue, Shovel, and Pail had a map of letters/mail plus box equals Mailbox, Blue's Senses when Steve and Blue played train and used the boxes as the locomotive and cars, What Does Blue Want to Make Out of Recycled Things? when Blue wanted to make a guitar and left three clues on a paper towel roll, a tissue box, and rubber bands, Blue's Big Treasure Hunt when Mailbox had the X on himself, The Anything Box when everyone used the anything box itself for different things. First Steve and Blue used it as a rocket, then Shovel and Pail used the anything box as a boat, a firetruck, and a restaurant, then Steve and Blue took the Anything Box when they skidooed into a winter diorama and used it as an airplane, a sled, and an elevator, and at the end Blue wanted to pretend the Anything Box was a roller coaster when she left three clues on wheels, tracks, and a line that goes up and down, Blue's Anywhere Box Surprise when Josh and Blue pretended the box was a rocket when Blue left three clues on a helmet, a circle, and a star, both Blue's Big Costume Parade and The Ghost of the Living Room when Shovel and Pail pretend to be firefighters and used a box for the truck, Our New Neighbor when Josh and Blue helped Periwinkle unpack his boxes and Blue's Mystery Present when Josh and Blue looked in different colors boxes and was curious about what was inside the mystery present itself.
* This is the first time Josh and Blue sang, "Mailtime," like those singing mailboxes did in Blue's Big Neighborhood Adventure.
* Steve has the original telephone from the original Blue's Clues that Sidetable Drawer used to have.
* This is the fifth episode of the franchise where a box was a clue. The first four being Blue's Senses, What Does Blue Want to Make Out of Recycled Things?, What's Inside?, and Something To Do Blue.
	+ This is also the first episode where a box was the third clue because in Blue's Senses and What's Inside?, it was the first clue and in What Does Blue Want to Make Out of Recycled Things? and Something To Do Blue, it was the second clue.