Blue Goes to the Beach

"Blue Goes to the Beach"

Episode number
Season 1, Episode 8 (#108)

Airdate
December 2, 1997

Question in the episode
What else do Blue and Steve need to bring to the beach?

Clues
A basketA blanketA sandwich

Answer to Blue's Clues
A picnic

Chronology

Previous episode
"Adventures in Art"

Next episode
"Pretend Time" (Produced)"A Snowy Day" (Released)

"**Blue Goes to the Beach**" is the eighth episode of *Blue's Clues* from the first season.

Summary
"Steve and Blue are going to the beach! In this episode, we decide what clothes would be most appropriate to wear to the beach, and experiment with physics in a game of sink or float with Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper. Then, we help sea creatures find their way back to the playground by matching their shapes with the coral reef."

Elements* **Question:** What else do Blue and Steve need to bring to the beach?
* **Clues:**
	+ 1. A Basket
	+ 2. A Blanket
	+ 3. A Sandwich
* **Answer to Blue's Clues:** A picnic
* **Wrong Answer:** Burying a sandwich and basket in the sand, and covering them up with a blanket.
* **Living room picture:** A sailboat on the sea
* **Skidoo location:** An island (Postcard on the refrigerator)

Recap
Steve and Blue are going to the beach and while we are there, we decide what clothes would be most appropriate to wear to the beach and experiment with physics in a game of sink and float with Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper. Then, we help sea creatures find their way back to the playground by matching their shapes with the coral reef under the sea. Blue decides to go on a picnic.

Characters

* Steve
* Mailbox
* Sidetable Drawer
* Mr. Salt
* Mrs. Pepper
* Shovel
* Pail
* Felt Friends
	+ Freddy
* Snail
* Starfish
* Octopus
* Seahorse
* Fish

Gallery
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Trivia* This episode uses the same Starfish from What Does Blue Need? and Blue Wants to Play a Game.
* The beach was used in the episode - What Does Blue Need?.
* The pool was used on a later episode - Pool Party.
* When Steve is searching for Blue, there is music playing in the background that might be a parody of music from the movie Jaws.
* This is the first time in which Steve was on the right side at the end of the Mailtime song.
* This is the first appearance of the modern telephone pick up sound effect. This sound effect has been heard in some episodes from this season and later seasons until Season 5's Blue's First Holiday.
* This is the first episode since Mailbox's Birthday where Steve explains what would happen before the correct answer was given.
* The Mailtime footage in this episode was later used in Blue Wants to Play a Song Game, What Does Blue Want to Make? and What Is Blue Afraid Of?.
* This is the only time a basket was the first clue. In the episodes The Trying Game and Can You Help? the basket was the second clue.
* Joe did the same basket from Can You Help?.
* This is the only episode with fish in the Nick Jr. logo at the end of the US version where the first clue is not found in the kitchen.
* This is the first time of line called "It's a Clue!".
	+ It would be used in What Story Does Blue Want to Play?, Blue's ABCs, and The Wrong Shirt
* This is also the first time Dave Palmer was credited as the animation director.
* This is the first episode where a food item is a clue (the third clue was a sandwich).
* When Blue goes to appear with Steve during The So Long Song, her swimsuit was not on.
* This episode mainly features a Noggin Blue Ball logo.