Characters / Blue's Clues

Blue's Clues Main Characters Index
Yellow House (Human Hosts)
Neighborhood | Family Members
Nearby Skidoo Locations | "Real World" Locations | Blue's Room

These are just SOME of the protagonists

The characters from Blue's Clues, the spin off series Blue's Room, the series reboot Blue's Clues & You! and the movies Blue's Big Musical Movie and Blue's Big City Adventure.

• Yellow House Residents (Or Blue's Clues House) ^note  Blue, Mailbox, Shovel & Pail, Sidetable Drawer, Slippery Soap, Spice Family, Tickety Tock, Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper, Paprika, Cinnamon, Sage, Ginger, Snail, Freddy & Felicia
  • Human Hosts ^note  Steve, Joe, Josh, Kevin, Duarte, Hyun Sup-Shin
• Neighborhood ^note  Magenta, Miranda, Yellow Mailbox, Periwinkle, Aly, Deedee, Miss Marigold, School Bus, Orange Kitten, Purple Kangaroo, Green Puppy, Pearl, Minor Kittens & Kangaroos, Duck, Giraffe, Cash Register, Marlon, Julia, Marlee, Wynonna, Sam, Tyreese, Camilla, Bowl & Spatula, Digital Cash Register, Fire Chief Frankie, Fiery Truck, Pizza Chef, Mr. Oregano, Post Office Mailbox, Mailbox Four, Baby Bird, Gopher, Jingles, Marky Marker, Neighborhood hospital workers, Sock Puppet
• Family Members ^note  Grandfather Clock, Grandma, Grandma Cayenne, Grandfather Thyme, Aunt Nutmeg, Lola, Slick, Linda and Paulo
• Nearby Skidoo Locations ^note  Plum, Mauve, Greasy Spoon, Chalk Girl, Sudsy, The Colors, The Banjo Bunny Band, The Chicks, Bessie the Dairy Cow, Farmer Goat, Jack O'Lantern, Tractor T, Boo, Oogla Boogla, The Sun, Billy Chicken, Baby Bear, The Bear Family, Wolfie the Big Bad Wolf
• "Real World" Locations ^note  Rainbow Puppy, New York City Objects, The Trees, Tour Bus, The Director, The Cab Driver
• Blue's Room Residents ^note Polka Dots, Roary, Fred, Silly Seat, Doodleboard, Dress Up Chest, Sprinkles, Boogie Woogie, Moona ,Key, Handy Dandy Journal, Dictionary.

The Viewer

"You"

The Viewer

It's that You?

One of the most special things about Blue's Clues is that since there is no fourth wall, the viewer themselves also counts as a character. That's right, you are one of the characters, perhaps the most important character in the entire series, being the faithful companion of the hosts and the one who helps Blue guide them through life.

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• Ambiguously Human: Although they are the audience's surrogate, as a character they do not have a body, apparently can fly and reach areas that in-universe people cannot (which Joe questions), and will always be portrayed with non-human skin tones.
• Assuming the Audience's Age: The voices of the "viewers" will always be childish, as children are focus audience of the series.
• Ascended Extra: Originally they were just the voices that helped Steve find the clues, but little by little they gained more participation in the plot and more interactions with the main characters. Becoming a clue once, getting titles in special episodes, being the answers to Blue's clues in "Blue and Little Rainbow Riding Hood" and finally having an emotional reunion with Steve and Joe in the "real" New York.
• Audience Participation: The embodiment of this trope.
• Exploiting the Fourth Wall: The viewer can pick up and deliver objects to the hosts as the episodes go by, they also seem to have an easier time finding clues and helping them solve puzzles.
• Fake Interactivity: The children's voices are there for that, in case the audience doesn't want to interact with the characters.
• Fourth-Wall Mail Slot: Different viewers can send letters and emails to the yellow house (once to Magenta's house) which Mailbox delivers and announces almost every episode during the Mailtime segment.
• No Name Given: Because the character is meant to be an insertion of the children watching, they are commonly referred to as "You", "Friend(s)", or "Kids" rather than an actual name.
• Only Sane Man: For being visitors in a cloudcuckooland they have more common sense than the inhabitants despite being children.
• Studio Audience: Crossed with Fake Interactivity, offscreen children's voices would often shout out the answers or point out a clue is spotted.
  • Subverted in Blue's Big City Adventure where whenever the viewer speaks the real child behind the voice appears, with the only time this doesn't happen being when everyone helps Josh out of his Heroic BSoD.
• Thanking the Viewer: The viewer is in fact the most important character in the series, and is universally appreciated for helping our friends in the universe. They are considered a member of the house and a close friend of the protagonists, which is why every episode, special and film ends with the host thanking the viewer for all their help and wishing them to come back soon.
  • A particularly sad variation was during "Steve goes to college" where Steve thanks the viewer for all the help while asking the viewer to continue helping Joe and his friends before saying goodbye to his friends.
• Vague Age: Although they are typically represented by childish voices, Steve and Joe appear to be able to see and interact with older viewers (who watched their eras), which Josh doesn't seem to be able to do.
• Viewers Are Geniuses: In this case being a little more literal. Viewers are seen as much more intelligent than the hosts are and as close friends who help them when they are in trouble.
  • Deconstructed in the film Blue's Big Musical, because Steve thinks the viewer is so smart that he sees himself as inferior and stupid for being so dependent on them.