Thankful with Blue

### Writer

Jennifer Brackenbury (original script writer)Angela C. Santomero (co-writer and script editor)Becky Friedman Lowitt (additional script editor)

### Director

Steve WrightJennifer Sherman

**"Thankful with Blue"** is the nineteenth episode in Season 1 of the reboot series *Blue's Clues & You!*. It is a remake of Thankful. It is the twenty-second episode in airing order.

## Elements

* **Question:** What is Blue thankful for?
* **Clues:**
	1. An Apple
	2. A Leaf
	3. A Pumpkin
* **Answer to Blue's Clues:** Fall/Autumn
* **Skidoo location:** Felt Board
* **Living room picture:** Red, yellow and orange person cutout
* **Email or Letter?:** Letter

## Characters

* Blue
* Josh
* Sidetable Drawer
* Tickety Tock
* Mailbox
* Shovel
* Pail
* Slippery Soap
* Mr. Salt
* Mrs. Pepper
* Paprika
* Cinnamon
* Sage
* Ginger
* Felt Friends
	+ Freddy
	+ Felicia
	+ Freddy's and Felicia's Mom and Dad
* Jimmy Neutron (cameo)
* Wubbzy (cameo)
* Daizy (cameo)
* Timmy Turner (cameo)

## Summary

Josh has come up with a Thankful Book and so he's looking to find out some of the things that the characters in the Blue's Clues house are thankful for. They help Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper prepare for the big feast they are having this evening and also find out about what they and Paprika are thankful for. They also get Shovel and Pail's thoughts on this, as Josh grows hungrier. Finally, before the big feast, they skidoo into a picture frame and help our felt friends out with sharing and Josh practices patience in waiting for the big feast just a little longer.

## Trivia

* This episode is released alongside "Spooky Costume Party with Blue" on the *Nick Jr: Fantastic Fall!* DVD before airing on TV. Both of the episodes became the last episodes to be remakes of Season 3 episodes.
* This is the first episode in the series where Paprika speaks.
* This is the last episode to use the Mailtime footage from Big News with Blue.
* This episode aired exactly 20 years after "Prehistoric Blue" premiered.
* Like the original episode, there was no UK airing on TV because due to the fact that Thanksgiving is not celebrated in the UK.
* This is the last Season 1 episode in production order.
* This episode has not featured a wrong answer, just like the other ones.
* This is the first thanksgiving-themed reboot episode ever.
* This is the first episode where Jimmy, Wubbzy, Daizy and Timmy don't speak.

## Differences

* In the original episode, the pawprint disappears by itself. But in the remake, Josh blows the pawprint away.
* In the original episode, the apple that represented the first clue was green. In the reboot, it is red.
* In the original, "Play Blue's Clues" was done partially the way it was in Season 3-5 episodes. In the reboot, it was done partially the way it was in the first 2 seasons of the original series.
	+ Also in the original, Steve asks the viewers to help him figure out the answer to Blue's Clues after the song was finished, while in the reboot, Josh asks the viewers to help him figure out the answer to Blue's Clues before the song started.
* The thankful book didn't include what Shovel, Pail, Slippery and Tickety Tock were thankful for.
* Cinnamon, Sage, and Ginger appear in this version. They didn't appear in the original as they weren't born yet.
	+ This (also happens to other episodes) doubles the amount of The Spice Family.
* The ice cream was replaced by cherries and the French fries were replaced by purple potatoes. This is likely to promote healthier eating habits.
* Josh mentioned that he is thankful for the viewer. But in its Steve counterpart, Steve said that he is thankful for all his friends (the anthropomorphic objects).
* In the original, Steve was thankful for his green striped shirt. In the remake, Josh is thankful for his blue striped shirt.
* In the original, Paprika is thankful for her mom and dad, but in this episode, she's thankful for the twins and her graham cracker phone.
* Freddy and Fifi (Known as Felicia) take the place of the original Fred and Felicia in this episode. The parents are also different. It is unknown what are parent's names, although they are credited as Mother Felt (Freddy and Fifi's Mom) and Father Felt (Freddy and Fifi's Dad).
* In the original, Fred said that he wanted the corn. Then Felicia said she wanted it. Then Fred said, "Oh no,". And then Felicia said, "What should we do,". In the remake, it was reversed.
* The part of Felt Mom asking Steve if he didn’t want anything or not was omitted.
* In the original, Felt Mom had a red head a yellow body and Felt Dad had an orange head and a green body. Plus Felt Mom and Felt Dad didn’t wear any necklace or tie.
* In the original when Steve asked the Viewer how many pieces of corn they was, the Viewer didn’t respond as Steve said that there was one. In the remake, the Viewer answered Josh when he asked how many pieces of corn there was.
* The Leaves were orange when Autumn was the answer to Blue’s Clues in the original. But in the remake, they stayed white.
* The part of Steve putting the Felt Friends being for sharing was omitted.
* Mrs. Pepper said, "And just in time for our big feast,", which Josh said in the remake instead of Mrs. Pepper.
* The part of Steve taste testing the pretzels was omitted.
* In the original, Steve doesn’t show us Blue being thankful for Fall/Autumn after he asked the Viewer what it is.
* At the table, Sidetable Drawer sat at the table. In the original, she didn’t because Sidetable Drawer was too big. Also the Felt Friends were too small to stand on the floor and they went to Steve at the table and the spots of where Tickety Tock and the Felt Friends were sitting at were reversed.