The Trying Game

"**The Trying Game**" was the tenth episode aired in the United States.

## Summary

"Blue wants to practice, but practice what? In addition to finding Blue's Clues, we practice telling time with Tickety Tock, and we figure out what Baby Bear wants to be when she grows up. Then we predict what tadpoles, caterpillars, and a spider will look like when they grow up."

## Elements

* **Question:** What does Blue want to try to do?
* **Clues:**
	+ 1. A Horn
	+ 2. A Basket
	+ 3. A Wheel
* **Answer to Blue's Clues:** Ride a bicycle
* **Wrong Answer:** Put the wheel in the basket, and beat the horn
* **Living room picture:** A block tower
* **Skidoo location:** Storybook Forest

## Recap

Steve invites the viewers inside the house to try their best in the hopes of learning something or getting even better at something we already know how to do. With Blue's encouragement, Steve takes up juggling, he starts with one ball, then two and three. We help Tickety Tock to tell what time it is by associating times with familiar objects and rituals. In Storybook Forest, we find Baby Bear. We also help young animals find their parents, noting that some animals change forms as they grow up. Blue learns to ride a bike.

## Characters

* Steve (North America)
* Kevin (United Kingdom)
* Duarte (Portugal)
* HyunShup Shin (South Korea)
* Sidetable Drawer
* Mailbox
* Tickety Tock
* Mr. Salt
* Mrs. Pepper
* Shovel (opening sequence only)
* Pail (opening sequence only)
* Slippery Soap (opening sequence only)
	+ Freddy
	+ Fifi
* Snail
* Baby Bear
* Pigs
* Bird
* Worm
* A tadpole and a frog
* Newt
* Fish
* Spiders
* Insects (ladybug, mosquito, caterpillar, butterfly, dragonfly, and grasshopper)

## Trivia

* In this episode, Cecilia Gonzalez is credited as one of Steve's Friends, who's a relative of future Senior Animator Dayna Gonzalez.
* This is the first episode to air in 1997.
* This is the second episode where Steve and Blue Skidoo to Storybook Forest.
	+ The first time was in Blue's Story Time.
* The felt frame has felt friends trying to jump rope.
* This is the first episode where Steve and Blue Skidoo outside.
* This episode features a Noggin Blue Ball logo.
* This was the second time a clue was found when Steve skidooed into something, but this time Steve Skidoos into Storybook Forest and finds the second clue on a basket.
	+ The first being Blue's Favorite Song.
	+ It is the second time the second clue is found in a skidoo location. The first was Blue's Favorite Song. Usually, it is the third clue found.
* Blue does something similar to riding something in What's New, Blue?, but instead of riding a bike, she tries to ride roller skates.
* Steve dances like Elvis at the beginning of the Mailtime song.
* A basket is kind of like the second clue of the Season 5 premiere episode Can You Help?.
* This is the second episode where a basket is a clue. The first being Blue Goes to the Beach. The only difference between the two is in that episode the basket was the first clue whereas this episode and Can You Help? the basket is the second clue.
* A letter is small like in the next aired episode.
* Steve's balls didn't drop in the first clue.
* Mailbox and Tickety Tock appeared during the theme song.
* When Steve says The Mail's here!, he uses his voice pitch from Snack Time in his voice from the next episode Pretend Time.
* Steve dances like in the movie Saturday Night Fever at the beginning of We Just Figured Out Blue's Clues.
* When Steve says "Yes! Yes!" after getting rid of the pawprint, his voice was taken from the episode Blue's Favorite Song, but it is low pitched.
* This is the third episode where two clues are found outside with only one clue found inside.
	+ This is the first time where both of the last two clues are found outside.
* This is also the third episode where the children don't sing The So Long Song. Two other episodes of season one were What Time Is It for Blue? and Blue's Story Time. This is also the last episode to do that until Blue's Senses from Season 2, which was put to almost permanent use.
* The last credit slide was unusually long as the credits were intended to be shorter. It needed a major update thanks to a deleted scene. The credit music was re-recorded, and the last credit slide was put back to the duration from A Snowy Day.
* Goof: When Steve heads toward the kitchen to his right from the thinking chair with the 2 juggle balls, he reappears coming from the left of the thinking chair.