Snacktime with Blue

"", also called "Snacktime", is the very first episode of Blue's Clues and Byron from the first season.

Summary
In the first Blue's Clues adventure, something is missing from Blue's snack and the viewers play Blue's Clues to figure it out. They also take time to recognize colors as we paint elephants, we identify the shapes of fruit, and they help match chicks on a farm.

Elements

 * Question: What does Blue want with her snack?
 * Clues:
 * 1. A Cup
 * 2. A Straw
 * 3. A Cow
 * Answer to Blue's Clues: Milk
 * Wrong Answer: Blue wants to put a cow in a cup, and slurp it up with a straw
 * Living room picture: A red barn
 * Skidoo Locations
 * An unfinished picture
 * A red barn

Trivia

 * The original unaired pilot episode, "Blue Prints," follows the same general plot as this episode.
 * There are several differences between this episode and the rest of the series:
 * At the beginning of the Video Letter segment, Steve introduces the kids by their names. In later episodes, he (or Joe in even later episodes) simply says, "It's a letter from our friends."
 * Also in this episode, after Byron introduces the kids, the scene simply fades into the video letter. In later episodes, it simply switches to it.
 * In this episode, Byron thinks through about the clues he already has and its possibilities. In all other episodes, he just asks the viewers what they think it is. The only other time that this happens is in "Joe Gets a Clue," when Joe plays for the first time.
 * One of the clues in this episode (the second (a straw)) has three pawprints on it and another (the third (a cow)) has two, which marks the only episode to do that. This also occurred in "Mailbox's Birthday," "Blue's Story Time," "What Does Blue Need?," "The Grow Show," "Blue Wants to Play a Song Game," "What Experiment Does Blue Want to Try?," "What Does Blue Want to Make Out of Recycled Things?," and "Art Appreciation." As a general rule in later episodes, starting with "What Time Is It for Blue?," only a single pawprint will be used for each clue.
 * A few pictures used for Blue were only used in this episode.
 * Even though Tickety appears, she does not talk in this episode. She'll talk later in the series, starting with What Time Is It for Blue?.
 * Byron’s voice is higher pitched and more excited (though in some scenes in this episode, his voice is at a low pitch), this would be like this until Blue Goes to the Beach. Starting in the episode later on this season, Pretend Time, his voice becomes much calmer and much more chilling. However, it would in the third season episode, Stormy Weather.
 * This is the first time that Steve and Blue visit the farm. They visit it again in "Blue's Favorite Song" and "What Does Blue Want to Do on a Rainy Day?."
 * The skidoo location would also be picked up by Josh in Meet Josh!, Song Time with Blue, and Welcome to Blue's Bistro. Those three episode were mentioned from the reboot.
 * When Steve picks up Sidetable's phone to talk with Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper, it is a real-life telephone rather than an animated one. This is because, in closer angles, any animated thing Steve touches or picks up turns live-action.
 * The phone also vibrates slight violently when it rings.
 * Also, when Byron says "Blue, where are you?", his line was interrupted by the telephone ringing and he falls.
 * When Blue dips into the pink paint, her color would later evolve into the Magenta character.
 * When Mailbox stretches into the room at the end of the Mailtime song, his colors are darker, but when he approaches Steve as he sits in the Thinking Chair, they are his usual bright colors but his pupils bulge out.
 * When the chicks jump from Steve's hand, Tickety's bounce sound was used.
 * A TV commercial shown on Nickelodeon in New Zealand in 2012 states that the show most likely premiered in Australia and New Zealand on November 11, 2002.
 * In the closing sequence, after the credits, the ball bounces 3 times without rotating, and when Blue catches up to it, she winks, and when the ball gets thrown away, she leaves, and then the book closes.
 * This episode was later remade in the Blue's Clues & You! episode Meet Josh!.
 * Also, both episodes are the first in both series.
 * Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper are also able to morph their mouths into different shapes, which would be impossible and painful to do in real life.
 * Byron tries to do it, but by also using his fingers.
 * This episode features a Noggin Train logo.
 * When Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper say that Blue is making a very big mess in the kitchen. However, the mess wasn't that big, as it was only four items that fell out of the grocery bag.

Goofs

 * During Byron's first Skidoo, the scene has a slight white border around it when Steve sings "Blue Skidoo, We Can Too!".
 * At the end of the episode where the elephants come in, a boom mic can be seen at the top of the screen.
 * When Byron asks the chicks where Blue is, nothing is on his head. When the chicks tell Byron where Blue is, she simply appears on his head.
 * Just after this, when Byron stands up, a faint static is heard, and Steve's feet on a hard floor can be heard when he is supposed to be on the grass.
 * Graham crackers should not be in the fridge.
 * Another goof happened in Weight and Balance, but this time with popcorn.
 * After Byron drew the last clue, the pawprints were still on the cow.
 * This is common early in the series.