document_title: List of Blue's Clues characters

question_text: what is the name of the pink dog on blues clues

text: List of Blue's Clues characters

text: Main characters[edit]

text: Blue[edit]

text: Blue is a playful and energetic female[1][2] puppy with light blue fur and dark blue spots. She cannot talk but communicates with her owners, Steve and Joe, through barks that they interpret based on her tone and expression. In each episode, she plays a game called Blue's Clues, in which she leaves three blue paw print clues for the host and viewers to find in order to answer a question. She has the ability to enter storybooks and picture frames by "skidooing" into them with a special dance routine. In the sixth season, she is granted a magic playroom called Blue's Room in which she can interact with the viewer and a cast of live-action puppet characters. She is voiced by Traci Paige Johnson, one of the series' creators. Johnson was cast as the character's voice because out of the crew, she was able to sound the most like a dog.[3]

text: Steve[edit]

text: Steve is the host for the show's first four seasons. He is Blue's owner and caregiver. He wears a distinctive green-striped shirt and loves anything that has a similar pattern. He is clever and sympathetic but sometimes forgetful. He is always excited to play Blue's Clues, but can almost never find clues himself and relies on the viewer to help locate them. Whenever he finds a clue, he draws it in a pocket-sized pad of paper called the Handy Dandy Notebook. When he finishes a game of Blue's Clues, he sits in a giant red armchair called the Thinking Chair and comes up with possible solutions to Blue's puzzle. His favorite time of the day is mailtime, when he receives a letter from Mailbox. He owns a stuffed anteater named Horace. At the end of the fourth season, Steve leaves for college on a hopscotch scholarship and leaves his younger brother, Joe, to care for his house and Blue. He is played by Steve Burns.

text: Joe[edit]

text: Joe is the host of the fifth and sixth seasons. He is Steve's younger brother who stays at the Blue's Clues house after Steve leaves for college.[4] He wears a variety of shirts with a horizontal line of squares on the front. His favorite toy is a stuffed duck named Boris. He owns a notebook similar to Steve's, but it is larger and shaped like the Thinking Chair. In later episodes of the series, Joe normally does not draw clues in his notebook and instead watches magically-animated versions of the clues appear. He is played by Donovan Patton.[5]

text: Mailbox[edit]

text: Mailbox is a cheerful purple mailbox who lives at the foot of the pathway in front of the Blue's Clues house. In each episode, Mailbox delivers a letter after the host sings a special song called "Mailtime" and sits on the Thinking Chair. His letters contain video messages from children around the world that relate to the episode's topic. Mailbox has a thick Brooklyn accent and likes to crack jokes. He wants to be a comedian when he grows up and has a collection of postage stamps. Although he is normally stationed on a stake in the ground, he can use an "extendo" arm to move anywhere around the house or the backyard. He is voiced by Michael Rubin, who is normally credited under the stage name Seth O'Hickory.[6]

text: Sidetable Drawer[edit]

text: Sidetable Drawer is the keeper of the Handy Dandy Notebook. She lives in the living room to the left of the Thinking Chair. Whenever Steve or Joe starts a game of Blue's Clues, they must go to Sidetable and ask her for their notebook. She usually has Steve's telephone on top of her and holds an assortment of useful items in her drawer, depending on the situation. She is a talented singer and enjoys performing on stage. However, she is shy and sometimes lets her lack of confidence prevent her from singing in front of others. Sidetable likes all kinds of music. Unlike the other characters, Sidetable has an inanimate form without a face that is seen whenever she is not speaking. She is voiced by Aleisha LaNaé Allen.

text: The Shakers[edit]

text: The Shakers are a family of four condiment dispensers who live in the kitchen, each named after the type of spice they contain.

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Mr. Salt is a salt shaker of French heritage who acts as the homemaker of the Blue's Clues house. He takes care of the other residents and prepares food for them. He and his wife Mrs. Pepper come from Paris, where they worked as cooks. Despite his experience as a chef, Mr. Salt is prone to accidents in the kitchen and often needs the host's help when he is baking. He is voiced by Nick Balaban, one of the show's music composers.[3]
Mrs. Pepper is the mother figure of the Blue's Clues house. She spends much of her time caring for Paprika and Cinnamon. In her free time, she likes to sing with Mr. Salt and swim in the kitchen sink. She is commonly shown holding Cinnamon in her arms while Mr. Salt holds Paprika. She was voiced by Penelope Jewkes during the first season and by Spencer Kayden for the remainder of the series.
Paprika is Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper's daughter. In the first three seasons, she is a baby and only speaks in incomplete sentences. She has an orange gummy teddy bear and sleeps in a crib made from a peanut. In the fourth season, Paprika becomes a toddler and prepares to be a responsible sibling after the announcement of Mrs. Pepper's second child. Paprika is voiced by Jenna Marie Castle as a baby and by Corrine Hoffman as a toddler.
Cinnamon is Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper's newborn son, who is introduced over a five-episode story arc during the fourth season. He is the newest and youngest resident of the Blue's Clues house. He has several hand-me-down playthings from Paprika and a purple rattle, which is his favorite toy. When Paprika helps teach him how to do things, she learns more about herself and her role as his older sister. Cinnamon is voiced by Nick Balaban's daughter, Annalivia Balaban.

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text: Shovel and Pail[edit]

text: Shovel and Pail are a brother and a sister, respectively, who live in the garden of the Blue's Clues house. They accompany Steve or Joe whenever a game of Blue's Clues leads them outside to the backyard. Their favorite activity is building sand castles together in the sand table. They love learning about the different types of animals that live outside. They both dream of becoming veterinarians when they grow up. Their color schemes parallel each other's; Shovel is yellow with a red mouth, while Pail is red with a yellow mouth. Shovel was voiced by Stephen Schmidt from 1996-2001 and by Jonathan Press from 2001-2004. Pail was voiced by Marshall Claffy from 1996-2001, by Julia Wetherell from 2001-2003, and by Nicole Gibson in 2004.

text: Tickety Tock[edit]

text: Tickety Tock, known as Tickety for short, is Steve's alarm clock who lives on a nightstand in the bedroom of the Blue's Clues house. The '12' mark on her face is usually replaced by a symbol that relates to the episode's topic. She loves counting different things and often invites the host and the viewers to help her with basic math. Tickety is very number-oriented and likes to keep schedules. She is responsible for waking the residents of the Blue's Clues house every morning by ringing her bells. She is best friends with Slippery. Tickety was voiced by Kathryn Avery from 1996-2000 and by Kelly Nigh from 2000-2004.

text: Slippery Soap[edit]

text: Slippery Soap, known as Slippery for short, is a lavender-colored bar of soap who lives in the bathroom of the Blue's Clues house. He often has trouble standing upright and is known for shouting his catchphrase "Whoa!" whenever he slides around. He is always surrounded by a trail of bubbles. He dreams of becoming the captain of a boat when he grows up and likes to wear a blue sailor cap with an anchor emblem on it. He is best friends with Tickety. He was voiced by Cody Ross Pitts from 1996-2001 and by Patrick Van Wagnen from 2001-2004.

text: Supporting characters[edit]

text: Magenta[edit]

text: Magenta is Blue's best friend, who is identical to her with the exception of a magenta fur coat. She is first shown in the episode "Blue's Story Time" but is not properly introduced until "Magenta Comes Over". She is one of Blue's classmates at school and has visited the Blue's Clues house on special occasions. She gets a pair of purple eyeglasses, due to the fact that she is myopic, in the fourth season and keeps them for her appearances later on in the series. Magenta is shyer than Blue but shares the same playful and energetic attitude. Steven Burns stated in an interview that both she and Blue are girls.[2] She is voiced by Koyalee Chanda.

text: Periwinkle[edit]

text: Periwinkle is a precocious male kitten from the city. He debuts in the season three episode "Blue's Big Mystery" and becomes a recurring friend of Blue afterwards. His hobbies include performing magic tricks, putting on shows, and building forts. He is very outgoing and can speak unlike most of the other animal characters. He is in a long-distance friendship with a purple bird from the city named Plum. He was voiced by Cameron Bowen from 2000-2001, by Kenny Kim from 2001-2003, and by Jansen Panettiere in 2004.

text: Felt Friends[edit]

text: The Felt Friends are a group of children made entirely of geometric felt shapes. They live in a world that Blue and the host can enter by "skidooing" into a picture frame in the Blue's Clues house. They often ask for the host's help when they need to count, build, or fix something constructed with felt shapes. Many of the Felt Friends' names start with the letter F.

text: Turquoise[edit]

text: Turquoise is Blue's pet turtle, who has a light blue shell with dark blue pentagonal shapes on it. She debuts in the season two episode "Blue's Birthday" when Steve gives her to Blue as a special birthday present. Turquoise appears sporadically in episodes afterwards, normally in a small glass terrarium on the bedroom shelf.

text: Snail[edit]

text: The snail is a pink garden snail who appears hidden in three scenes of every episode. His appearances are intended as Easter eggs for viewers to look for. The snail is rarely addressed directly or acknowledged by the main characters. He makes a guest appearance during the final musical number in Blue's Big Musical Movie, in which he sings while riding a skateboard and reveals himself to have a loud, deep voice. In the spin-off series Blue's Room, the snail appears as a stuffed animal in the background.

text: Minor characters[edit]

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Baby Bear is a young female bear cub from the storybook "Goldilocks and the Three Bears". After Blue and Steve visit her story in "Blue's Story Time", she becomes a recurring friend of Blue and visits the main characters on special occasions. She lives with her parents Papa Bear and Mama Bear.
Gingerbread Boy is a talking gingerbread cookie who lives in a board game similar to Candy Land. Blue and Steve occasionally "skidoo" into his game to visit him. He has a sister, Gingerbread Girl, who appears in the episode "Geography".
Green Puppy is one of Blue's schoolmates, a mint green dog who communicates through gruff barks. Unlike the other dogs featured in the series, Green Puppy is depicted with visible teeth incisors and has short ears. She is voiced by Adam Peltzman.
Miranda is Magenta's owner and Steve's friend. She wears a red long-sleeved sweater with black pants and red shoes. She is the only person other than Steve and Joe to use the Thinking Chair, which she shares with Steve in "Shy". She is played by Shannon Walker Williams.
Marlee is a live-action librarian who appears in the episodes "Blue's Book Nook" and "Our Neighborhood Festival". She appears to be deaf but can read people's lips and communicates through sign language. She is portrayed by Marlee Matlin.
Miss Marigold is the teacher of Blue's preschool class who appears in three episodes. Unlike most of the other humans on the show, she is not portrayed by a live-action actor but is animated.
Orange Kitten is a cat who attends Blue's preschool class. In "Blue's Big Holiday", she is revealed to be of Jewish heritage and celebrates Hanukkah with her caretaker Sam, played by Lisa Datz. She is voiced by Caitlin Hale.
Purple Kangaroo is a young lavender-colored kangaroo who also attends Blue's preschool class. In "Blue's Big Holiday", he is shown to celebrate Kwanzaa with his caretaker Tyrese, played by Tyrese Gibson. He is voiced by Alexander Claffy.
Steve's grandmother is the grandmother of Steve and Joe, who wears a green striped dress similar to Steve's shirt. She lives next door to the Blue's Clues house and is occasionally mentioned by Steve. Her only physical appearance is in "Blue's Big Treasure Hunt", wherein she is played by Rue McClanahan.
Wynonna is Green Puppy's owner and Steve's friend. Like most of Steve's live-action friends, she is only shown in one of the Christmas specials Blue's Big Holiday. She is portrayed by Wynonna Judd.
Plum is a small purple bird and is Periwinkle's best friend from the city. He is also fluent in speaking Spanish.
Jane & Carly are two little girls-(Jane being orange while her friend Carly is purple) who taught Steve and Blue sign language in the episode Signs. While Jane can talk and hear clearly, Carly is both deaf and mute. They also enjoy storytelling.