Tickety Tock

**Tickety Tock**, usually called **Tickety** for short, is a main character on *Blue's Clues* and *Blue's Clues & You!*.

## Description

Tickety is the alarm clock who wakes the residents of the Blue's Clues House each morning. She loves to count, is very number-oriented, and keeps a lot of schedules. She often helps Blue and the hosts with math problems. Her best friend is Slippery, and they appear alongside each other often, including in the original opening sequence.

She and Blue both want to become teachers when they grow up, so they can teach others about all of life's great features.

Tickety lives on a nightstand in the bedroom. She was originally Steve's alarm clock, and Steve's bed was next to the nightstand. When Steve left for college, Tickety stayed in the bedroom, but she took on the "wake-up" role for everyone else in the house instead.

## Looks

Tickety is a traditional mechanical alarm clock that mostly consists of a mulberry circular body with a white dial for a face. The back side of her body is purple with a white wind-up key sticking out. She has a pair of silver bells with black tips and a black hammer in between and black eyes, feet, and hands with 4 fingers on each one. her mouth is pink with dimples. The periphery of her dial is numbered 1 to 12 in medium purple. The number 12 is occasionally replaced by a different symbol fitting the theme of a specific episode, though her other numbers are capable of becoming different symbols as well.

In the reboot, her mouth is now red, has a sandy pink tongue, and still sometimes has dimples. Her numbers are now purple and her hammer is more downward-curved.

## Appearances

Counting the intro and credit sequences, Tickety appears in every episode of *Blue's Clues*. Her first appearance was in "Snack Time" without any lines. Her first speaking role was in the second episode "What Time is it for Blue?". Her last appearance in the original series was in the series finale, "Bluestock."

## Trivia

* Tickety's favorite nursery rhyme (and the answer to Blue's Clues in the episode of the same name) is "Hickory Dickory Dock" due to its focus on a clock.
* In seasons two through three, Tickety is one of four characters to appear in the credits sequence. The others are Blue, Mr. Salt, and Mrs. Pepper.
* Tickety skidoos with Joe and Blue in "Numbers Everywhere" and “Blue's Wishes.”
* A song sung by Tickety Tock, "Today's the Big Day," is exclusive to the *Blue's Big Musical Movie* soundtrack.
* By knowing what the time is, she always shouts "Mail time!" just like Mailbox.
* Tickety once whispered into Blue's ear, closing her eyes and smiling while she did it. Although it is never heard or revealed what she said, it was the event that kickstarted the plot for the nursery rhyme episode.

## Episodes

1. Snack Time
2. What Time Is It for Blue?
3. Mailbox's Birthday
4. Blue's Story Time
5. Blue Goes to the Beach
6. A Snowy Day
7. The Trying Game
8. Blue Wants to Play a Game
9. Blue Wants to Play a Song Game
10. What Story Does Blue Want to Play?
11. Tickety's Favorite Nursery Rhyme
12. Blue's News
13. What Does Blue Want to Build?
14. Blue's Senses
15. What Does Blue Want to Make Out of Recycled Things?
16. What Was Blue's Dream About?
17. Blue's Birthday
18. Blue's Surprise at Two O'Clock
19. Blue's Sad Day
20. Hide and Seek
21. Blue's Big Treasure Hunt
22. Art Appreciation
23. What's That Sound?
24. Blue's Big Pajama Party
25. Thankful
26. Blue's Big Holiday
27. Pool Party
28. Geography
29. Blue's Big Mystery
30. Blue's Big Musical
31. What's So Funny?
32. Blue's Play
33. Blue's Collection
34. Café Blue (Customer)
35. Imagine Nation
36. Superfriends
37. What's New, Blue?
38. Blue's New Place
39. Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper Day
40. The Baby's Here!
41. Puppets
42. Blue's Book Nook
43. Blue's School
44. Joe's First Day
45. Steve Goes to College
46. Colors Everywhere! (Drawing on the portrait of pals)
47. The Big Book About Us
48. 100th Episode Celebration
49. Playing Store
50. Joe's Surprise Party
51. I'm So Happy!
52. Bedtime Business
53. Shape Searchers
54. Blue's Big Band
55. The Alphabet Train
56. Numbers Everywhere!
57. Our Neighborhood Festival
58. Meet Polka Dots!
59. I Did That!
60. Morning Music
61. Blue's First Holiday
62. The Legend of the Blue Puppy
63. Blue's Wishes
64. Joe's Clues
65. Bluestock
66. Behind the Clues: 10 Years with Blue

## PC/PlayStation Games

1. Blue's Birthday Adventure
2. Blue's Treasure Hunt: A Learning Adventure
3. Blue's ABC Time Activities
4. Blue's Art Time Activities
5. Blue's 123 Time Activities
6. Blue's Clues: Kindergarten
7. Blue's Big Musical (video game)