Blue's Mystery Present

**Blue's Mystery Present** is the eighth episode of the third season and the forty-eighth overall in the reboot series *Blue's Clues & You!*. It is a new version of "What's Inside?".

## Characters

* Blue
* Josh
* Sidetable Drawer (inanimate cameo & no lines)
* Mailbox
* Joe
* Purple Kangaroo
* Periwinkle
* Magenta (mentioned)
* Snail
* Miss Marigold (cameo)
* Mr. Salt
* Mrs. Pepper
* Present Rappers

## Summary

Joe's running a special contest - whoever correctly guesses the mystery present on display gets to unwrap it! What could be inside this super special gift?

## Elements

* **Question:** What's inside the Mystery Present?
* **Clues:**
	1. Soap
	2. Circles
	3. A Popping sound
* **Answer to Blue's Clues:** Bubbles
* **Wrong Answer:** The soap gets so full of circles that it pops
* **Living room picture:** The Present Store
* **Skidoo Location**: The Present Store
* **Email or Letter?**: Letter

## Trivia

* This is the first Season 3 episode featuring Joe.
* This is the first Season 3 episode, and the sixth episode overall, to premiere outside the US.
* This episode is initially known as “No Time Like the Present Store!” on RadioTimes before the episode has aired in the UK.
* This episode aired along with the next episode "Mailtime Mystery".
* Josh didn’t get his notebook from Sidetable Drawer like he did in Meet Josh! and Welcome to Blue's Bistro.
* This marks the sixth episode in the franchise where someone skidooes to the Present Store. The others being Mailbox's Birthday, Math!, 123's with Blue, Blue's Birthday, and Happy Birthday Blue.
	+ This is also the first reboot episode to be inspired by an original episode that the Present Store didn't appear in.
* This is the third episode in the franchise where soap was a clue. The first two being What Does Blue Need? and Blue's Big Car Trip.
	+ This is also the the first episode in the franchise where soap was the first clue because in What Does Blue Need?, it was the third clue, and in Blue's Big Car Trip, it was the second clue.
* This marks the eleventh episode in the franchise where circles were a clue. The others being Imagine Nation, Let's Plant, Blue's School, Blue Takes You to School, Blue's First Holiday, Soccer Practice, Meet Blue's Baby Brother, Blue's Big Beat Band, Welcome to Blue's Bistro, and Blue's Anywhere Box Surprise.
	+ This is also the fourth episode in the franchise where three circles were a clue with Let's Plant, Blue's First Holiday, and Meet Blue's Baby Brother being the first three.
		- This is also the third episode in the franchise where three circles were the second clue with Let's Plant and Meet Blue's Baby Brother being the first two. However, in Blue's First Holiday, they were the first clue.
* Bubbles is the answer to Blue’s Clues in this episode, but bubbles was the first clue in What Does Blue Need? when Blue needed a bath, and left three clues on bubbles, a towel, and soap, and in both Superfriends and The Thinking Squad when Steve (Stripe Man)/Josh (Song Man), Blue (Super Blue), Slippery Soap (Super Soap), Tickety Tock (Clock Girl), The Viewer (The Incredibly Helpful Friend), and even Frank (The Cheerer-Upper), who was omitted from the remake, kept hearing the sound of a washing machine when Blue left three clues on bubbles, water, and clothes.
* This is the third time where there were lemons. The first two being Math! and 123's with Blue.
* This is the third time where a mystery was seen. The first two being Blue's Big Mystery and Mystery of the Missing Pies.
* The Present Time song returns from Blue's Birthday, Joe's Surprise Party and Happy Birthday Blue.
* This is the second time where someone was curious about what was inside a box. The first time being What's Inside? when Steve and Blue opened a door behind a drawer and saw a trunk and wondered what was in it. Unfortunately, it was locked. They needed a key but they didn’t know where. The key was in a music box when Blue left three clues on a box, an open motion, and a melody. Inside of the box was a farm. There were animals and a tractor.
* This is the third time where a whale was seen. The first two being Rhyme Time when Steve drew a whale and Blue's Anywhere Box Surprise when Josh and Blue helped Paprika find a humpback whale.
* This is the fifth time where a rubber ducky was seen. The first four being Blue's Favorite Song, Song Time with Blue, Blue Wants to Play a Game, and Animals in Our House?.
* There was a gingerbread house, a car, a TV, and a horn like the ones in Math!, Blue's Birthday, 123's with Blue and Happy Birthday Blue.
* Josh said, "Nozzle," like in The Boat Float and Playdates when Joe drew a hose.
* Mrs. Pepper and Mr. Salt said, “Bonjour," even though they usually say, "Allo,".
* One of the toy ducks resembling the rubber duck's original appearance (where it also appeared in the Present Store in Mailbox's Birthday, Math! and Blue's Birthday) from 123's with Blue appears among the toys in the cart that Joe was moving to the store room for unloading. Unlike the ones from that episode, this toy duck is smaller with smaller black eyes (similar to the rubber duck's) with white highlights.
	+ Several different-looking rubber ducks in different colors were displayed with the other bath toys when Josh found the 1st clue (soap), when he even commented on the yellow rubber duck.
* The bell at the counter looks like Bell from Weight and Balance when Steve helped her at the country store, and the bell from Blue's Dino Clues when the T-Rex told Josh and Blue to help her at the counter.
* Josh and Blue listening to what’s instead the brown, red, and yellow boxes is similar to what happened in Blue's Favorite Song and Song Time with Blue when Steve, Josh and Blue played maracas and a trumpet to find out what instrument really made the sounds, What's That Sound? when Steve and Blue skidooed into a movie to fix it with the right sounds, and What's Inside? when Steve and Blue listened to the sounds of many different foods to confirm which one had the most liquids.
* This is the fourth episode in the franchise where a horn was heard. The first three being The Trying Game when Steve drew a horn, Mechanics! when Steve honked Pig’s car horn, and What's So Funny? when there was a horn honking when Steve and Mailbox wore Groucho glasses, Mailbox’s mustache made a honking sound.
* This is the first time Josh sang the Play Blue's Clues song without his guitar, even though from Seasons 1-3 of Blue's Clues & You!, he sang it and even The So Long Song with his guitar.
* This marks the fifth episode in the franchise where a guitar was heard. The others being What Does Blue Want to Make Out of Recycled Things? when Blue wanted to make a guitar when she left three clues on a paper towel roll, a tissue box, and rubber bands, The Baby's Here! when Steve drew his guitar, Blue's School when Steve and the others had ABC Time and when they found a letter G, they found a guitar, and Sleepy Singalong with Blue when Josh drew his guitar.
* Purple Kangaroo, Mrs. Pepper, Mr. Salt, and Periwinkle had Blue Dollars like how Steve and Josh did in Math! and 123's with Blue when they used their Blue Dollars to buy a new crayon and a hat and in Blue's Big Neighborhood Adventure when Josh used his Blue Dollars to buy a watermelon.
* Maracas were seen again like in both Blue's Favorite Song and Song Time with Blue when Blue played maracas and made the sound of a drum and in the end, the maracas, flute, and trumpet came to sing Old MacDonald Had a Farm, which was omitted from the remake.
* It is confirmed in this episode that Mr. Salt likes maracas, but it was discovered in Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper Day that both he and Mrs. Pepper like maracas when it was discovered in a photograph of them playing maracas.
* There were 3 singing presents like in Bedtime Business when Joe, Blue, and Slippery Soap sang a song to scrub your nose, toes, and wrists and there were 3 singing bubbles joining in and Sleepy Singalong with Blue when Josh and Blue sang a bath time song and 3 singing bubbles joined in.
* The beach was mentioned again like in What Does Blue need when Steve and Blue helped Starfish find the ocean, Blue Goes to the Beach when Steve and Blue were going to the beach when Blue left three clues on a basket, a blanket, and a sandwich, Blue Wants to Play a Song Game when Steve danced to the rhythm of rain with crabs, wind with octopus, and waves with herons and found the third clue on a spider, Rhyme Time when the beach was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a pail, a sail, and a whale, and Blue's Beach Bonanza when Josh and Blue were going to the beach and Blue wanted to see a crab when she left three clues on sand, a sideways motion, and a shell.
* This is the fourth time where a beach ball was seen. The first three being the Lost Episode where there was a beach ball in a pool, Pool Party when Steve had a green-striped beach ball and Blue's Backyard Ballgame Bonanza when Steve did an obstacle course and Beach Ball helped him out.
* Josh weighing the purple and orange boxes was similar to what happened in Weight and Balance when at the beginning of the episode, Steve lifted a bag of sugar, which was heavy and a sponge, which was light.
* Josh, Blue, Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper, and Joe chanted, "Present time. Present time. Open the present and see what’s inside," like how Steve and Josh did in Blue's Birthday and Happy Birthday Blue when Blue got bubbles from Slippery Soap, a gingerbread house from Gingerbread Boy, which was omitted from the remake, a clock puzzle from Tickety Tock, a blue and rainbow puppy from The Viewer, flowers from Shovel and Pail, a book from Baby Bear, a picture from Magenta, and Turquoise Turtle from both Steve and Josh. As well as Joe's Surprise Party where Joe got a Pin the beak on the duck.
* This marks the third episode in the franchise when Blue received bubbles. The first two being Blue's Birthday and Happy Birthday Blue when Blue got bubbles from Slippery Soap for her birthday.
* This is the ninth episode where bubbles were seen. The others being What Does Blue Need?, Blue's Birthday, Happy Birthday Blue, Blue's Collection, Superfriends, The Thinking Squad, Bedtime Business, and Blue's Backyard Sports Spectacular.
* Magenta’s present is wrapped in magenta colored wrapping paper like in both Magenta Gets Glasses and Getting Glasses with Magenta when Magenta first got her glasses, they were in a magenta colored case and Joe's Surprise Party when wrapping Joe’s present was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on tape, Joe’s present, and wrapping paper.
* This marks the sixth episode in the franchise where something was wrapped up. The others being Math! and 123's with Blue when Steve and Josh had the new crayons and hats, Blue's Birthday and Happy Birthday Blue when Steve and Josh bought a blue and rainbow puppy and Turquoise and Joe's Surprise Party when wrapping Joe’s present was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on tape, Joe’s present, and wrapping paper.
* This marks the thirteenth episode in the franchise where a sound was a clue. 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! and Blue's Backyard Sports Spectacular.
	+ This is also the tenth episode in the franchise where a sound was the third clue with the other episodes being the first nine with the exceptions of Adventure, in which it was the second clue, and Blue Makes a Movie with You!, in which it was the first clue.
* This marks the third episode in the franchise where a popping sound was heard. The first two being Blue's ABCs when Steve drew a letter P on the paw print, which popped and Steve said that the paw print just popped right off and did the pop sound effect and What's That Sound? when Steve and Blue skidooed into a movie and heard a balloon pop.
* Joe’s notebook reappears in the episode and is used throughout the episode. It is also the first time someone other than Joe uses the notebook. this is the first appearance of Joe's notebook since Soccer Practice in the original series.
* This is the fifth episode in the franchise with the longest skidoo, as well as the second in a reboot episode. The first four being Skidoo Adventure, The Fairy Tale Ball, Meet Blue's Baby Brother and Blue's Dino Clues.
* Josh’s letter has a bow on it like in 123's with Blue when Josh drew the lemons with a bow on his crayon and both Blue's Birthday and Happy Birthday Blue when Steve and Josh had bows on their birthday notebooks.
* Josh said, "Wrapped up like a present," like how he and Steve did in both Math! and 123's with Blue when they got their new crayons from Cash Register and Joe and Steve and Josh said, "My new crayon and it’s all wrapped up like a present,".
* The letter from our friends was playing store like in Playing Store when Joe and Blue got different things but Blue wanted to buy a ruler when she left three clues on numbers, lines, and a piece of wood.
* This is the fiftieth episode in the franchise where a clue with a group of three was drawn. The others being Blue's Story Time, Story Time with Blue, What Does Blue Need?, The Grow Show, Growing with Blue, Steve Gets the Sniffles, Getting Healthy with Blue, What Does Blue Want to Make Out of Recycled Things?, What Game Does Blue Want to Learn?, What Did Blue See?, Nurture!, Mechanics!, Art Appreciation, Weight and Balance, What's That Sound?, Nature, Inventions, Blue's Big Costume Party, Spooky Costume Party with Blue, Prehistoric Blue, Superfriends, The Thinking Squad, Bugs!, What's Inside?, Blue's Backyard Ballgame Bonanza, Let's Plant, Let's Boogie, Joe's First Day, Joe Gets a Clue, Steve Goes to College, The Scavenger Hunt, The Big Book About Us, Playing Store, Shape Searchers, A Brand New Game, Up, Down, All Around!, Story Wall, Our Neighborhood Festival, Meet Polka Dots!, Blue's Big Car Trip, I Did That!, Blue's First Holiday, Blue's Wishes, Bluestock (Original/Remake), Meet Blue's Baby Brother, What I Like About Blue, Our New Neighbor, Blue's Dino Clues, and Blue's Backyard Sports Spectacular.
* This marks the tenth episode in the franchise where someone skidooes with someone. The first seven times being Periwinkle Misses His Friend when Periwinkle skidooed with Steve and Blue into a model of the city, Blue's Collection when Steve, Blue, and Shovel skidooed to the beach to help with Shovel’s shell collection, Café Blue when Mr. Salt skidooed with Steve and Blue to a grocery store to get more ingredients for pasta sauce, Blocks when Green Puppy skidooed into a block construction site with Steve and Blue, The Big Book About Us when Periwinkle skiddoed with Joe and Blue into a sticker book to help with Blue and Periwinkle’s sticker pages for the the Big Book About Us itself, Numbers Everywhere when Tickety Tock skidooed with Joe to do a story with Number 3 and 5, The Fairy Tale Ball when Sidetable Drawer and Mailbox skidooed just to give Joe his notebook and letter, and The Ghost of the Living Room when Periwinkle, who was dressed like a ghost, scared Josh and Blue.
	+ This is also the fourth time where Periwinkle skidooes, the first three being Periwinkle Misses His Friend, The Big Book About Us, and The Ghost of the Living Room.
* This is the second episode where Josh doesn't use his regular Notebook since Laugh with Blue.
	+ Instead, Joe loans the one that he had.
* This is the third episode in the franchise where someone uses someone else’s notebook. The first two being Something To Do Blue when Steve offered Blue to use his notebook in the Thinking Chair and Joe Gets a Clue when Steve and The Viewer first taught Joe how to play Blue’s Clues and when the third clue was on a spiral, Joe used Steve’s notebook to draw the spiral.
* Miss Marigold appears at the beginning of the episode when she passes by Joe, carrying presents.
* This is the fourth episode in the franchise where Joe and Josh appear together. The first three being 123's with Blue, Happy Birthday Blue, and Bluestock.
* The crayon that Josh is using is purple like in ten episodes of the original Blue’s Clues episodes, Joe’s shirts and crayons were purple like in Dress Up Day, Story Wall, Blue's Predictions, Magenta's Messages, Look Carefully..., Blue's Big Car Trip, Playdates, The Fairy Tale Ball, Bluestock, and Meet Blue's Baby Brother. However in Meet Blue's Baby Brother, Joe’s shirt may have been purple, but the crayon, notebook, thinking chair, and clues were gold.
* This is the fourth time where sports were seen. The first three being Blue's Backyard Ballgame Bonanza when Blue wanted to do bowling when she left three clues on a rolling motion, plastic bottles, and fallen down plastic bottles, Soccer Practice when Joe and the others played soccer, and Blue's Backyard Sports Spectacular when Josh and the others played different types of sports and then soccer.
* This is the fourth episode in the franchise where toys were seen. The others being Blue's Senses when Steve and Blue played Lights On Lights Off to clean up the toys, What Is Blue Trying to Do? when Steve and Blue helped Baby Bear clean up toys to find a picture of a castle, and Let's Write! when Marky wrote the word, "toys," and he and Joe saw actual toys in the box.
* This marks the fifth episode in the franchise where art was seen. The first four being Adventures in Art when Blue wanted to draw a house when she left three clues on door, a window, and a roof, What Does Blue Want to Make? when Blue wanted to make a Sock Puppet when she left three clues on yarn, 2 buttons, and a sock, Art Appreciation when Blue wanted to make a wind chime when she left three clues on a pie plate, string, and spoons and Our New Neighbor when there was an art box.
* Josh, Blue, and Periwinkle finding which isle they had to go into was similar to the episodes Blue's Big Neighborhood Adventure and Our New Neighbor when Josh and Blue chose one of the stores.
* Josh said, "stuffies," again like he did in Happy Birthday Blue.
* This marks the twelfth episode in the franchise where a cow was seen. The others being Snack Time and Meet Josh! when Blue wanted to have milk and left three clues on a cup, a straw, and a cow, Blue's ABCs and ABC's with Blue when Blue wanted to read Hey Diddle Diddle and left three clues on a moon, a cow, and the word, "jump", What Does Blue Want to Do on a Rainy Day? when Steve and Blue helped a cow find her friend who was singing the same tune as her when the cow sang, "Moo, moo-moo," and the cow’s partner was a sheep, who sang, "Baa, baa-baa," Blue's Play when there was a cow in the play the Funny Farm, Blue's Collection when there was a cow, A Brand New Game when Joe, Blue, and Franny mooed like cows, bounced like basketballs, and looked through telescopes, and The Ghost of the Living Room when Mailbox dressed up as a cow.
* This is the third time where a penguin was seen. The first time being Animal Behavior! when Blue wanted to look up a penguin when she left three clues on black and white, ice, and a waddling motion and Blue's Predictions when Joe and Blue helped Bookmark do a story and there was a penguin named Penguin Pierre and he roller skated to a birthday party and gave 4 roller skates to an elephant.
* This is the sixth episode where a drum appears. The others being Blue's Favorite Song and Song Time with Blue when Steve, Josh, and Blue heard maracas sounding like drums, What Does Blue Want to Do on a Rainy Day? when Steve drew a drum, Blue's Big Band when Periwinkle played on a drum, and Blue's Big Beat Band when Blue wanted play a drum when she left three clues on a circle, another circle, and a beat.
* This marks the seventh episode in the franchise where a firefighter was seen. The others being The Anything Box when Shovel and Pail pretended the Anything Box was a firetruck, Playdates when Blue wanted to be a firefighter when she left three clues on water, a hose, and a ladder, Blue's Anywhere Box Surprise, Blue Makes a Movie with You!, The Ghost of the Living Room and Blue's Big Costume Parade when Shovel and Pail were being firefighters.
* This is the seventh time where a star was seen. The others being Pretend Time and Blue's Collection when Steve drew stars, Meet Polka Dots! when Joe drew three stars, Sleepy Singalong with Blue, Spring is Here! and Blue's Anywhere Box Surprise when Josh drew stars.
* This marks the sixth episode in the franchise where a raincoat and umbrella were seen. The others being Steve Gets the Sniffles and Getting Healthy with Blue when Steve and Josh somehow wore their rain gear, Occupations when Steve mistook his own rain gear hung up on a coat hanger for a person, Stormy Weather when Steve and Blue had their rain gear and umbrellas, and Blue's Rainy Day Rainbow when Josh, Blue, and Slippery Soap splash in puddles when Blue left three clues on outside, rain boots, and a splashing motion.
* This is the second time where a ballerina was seen. The first time being What Game Does Blue Want to Learn? when Steve, Blue, Shovel and Pail played Mother Maye Eye and Steve told Pail that she could take 5 ballerina steps.
* Joe's Notebook looks a little different than the one from the original series. It also uses the same ding as Josh's notebook.
* Joe’s Notebook still had six holes to hold the spiral.
* This is the fifth episode in the franchise with the longest skidoo, as well as the second in the reboot. The first four were Skidoo Adventure, The Fairy Tale Ball, Meet Blue's Baby Brother, and Blue's Dino Clues.
* This is the first time the present store has a thinking chair, except this thinking chair is made using red presents.
* This is the third episode where an apple was seen. The first three being Math! when Steve helped Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper count their apples Thankful and Thankful with Blue when Blue was thankful for the season of Autumn.
* Another Blue's Clues Day, which was played in Seasons 4-6 of the original Blue's Clues, can be heard when Joe appeared in the frame and when Joe gave Josh his notebook.
	+ This version of Another Blue's Clues Day was also used in Meet Josh! when Joe first appeared over FaceTime on Josh's phone.
* This marks the fourth episode in the franchise where someone thinks in a skidoo location. The first three being The Fairy Tale Ball, Meet Blue's Baby Brother, and Blue's Dino Clues.
* This is the second appearance of a pineapple. The first time being What Does Blue Need?.
* This is the fifth episode of the reboot where an animated clue moves differently above Josh's head and shoulders. The first four were ABC's with Blue, Blue's Big Beat Band, Blue's Beach Bonanza, and Blue's Snowy Day Surprise.
* This is the third reboot episode where Joe sang along to The So Long Song with Josh. The first two were 123's with Blue and Happy Birthday Blue.
* The bubbles went upwards like in the show SpongeBob SquarePants.
* In the Philippines, this episode aired on March 16, 2022, which was two days before it aired in the US.
* Magenta was mentioned by Periwinkle for the party.
* Joe's line "Hey, Josh! Josh" was taken from Happy Birthday Blue.