Hi!
Do you like bugs?
Well, we're going on a bug-watching expedition!
[barks happily]
Do you want to be a bug watcher with us?
Great!
Well, let's go look for bugs in the wild untamed wilderness...
of the backyard.
Keep your eyes open for bugs, okay?
[insect buzzing]
[whimpers]
I think Blue found something.
Let's go take a look.
[buzzing stops]
Look, it's our first bug!
What kind of bug is it?
A dragonfly!
It is a dragonfly.
Wow.
I love the way it just hovers there
like a helicopter.
[Steve buzzing]
The dragonfly is one of my favorite bugs.
Hey, Blue.
What's your favorite bug?
Oh, I get it!
We'll play "Blue's Clues"
to discover what Blue's favorite bug is.
♪ We are gonna play "Blue's Clues" ♪
♪ 'Cause it's a really great game, yeah! ♪
So remember-- Blue's paw print will be on the clues.
"Blue's Clues."
Whoa.
This paw print's really "bugging out."
What kind of bug
do you think this paw print is turning into?
A ladybug.
A ladybug, yeah.
Let's just give it one final touch...
There.
Bye.
You know what we need to play "Blue's Clues"--
our handy-dandy...
Notebook!
Notebook, right.
Come on.
[Steve buzzing]
Hey, Side Table.
We don't mean to bugyou.
We just came for our notebook.
[giggling]
Sure, here you go, Steve.
Thanks.
♪ To play Blue's Clues we got to find a... ♪
♪ Paw print!♪
♪ Oh, a paw print, right.
♪ And that's our first...
♪ Clue!♪
♪ A clue? ♪ A clue!♪
♪ Then we put it in our... ♪ Notebook!♪
♪ 'Cause they're Blue's Clues, Blue's Clues ♪
♪ We got to find another paw print, that's the second clue ♪
♪ We put it in our notebook, 'cause they're whose clues? ♪
♪ "Blue's Clues"
♪ We got to find the last paw print, that's the third clue ♪
♪ We put it in our notebook
♪ 'Cause they're Blue's Clues, Blue's Clues ♪
♪ You know what to do!
♪ Sit down in our thinking chair ♪
♪ And think, think, think!
♪ 'Cause when we use our minds, take a step at a time ♪
♪ We can do anything...
[barks]
♪ That we want to do.
You know, I can tell
that I'm really going to need your help today
trying to figure out what Blue's favorite bug is.
Will you help?
You will?
Great!
All right, bug watchers, to the backyard!
♪ We are looking for Blue's Clues ♪
♪ We are looking for bugs, too ♪
♪ We are looking for bugs and clues ♪
♪ Wonder where they are.
[chirping, buzzing]
A clue!
A bug?
You see a bug?
Where?
No, a clue!
Oh!
A clue!
Always remember the first rule of bug watching:
watch your step.
There's a clue on these wings!
You know what that means?
We need our handy-dandy...
Notebook!
Notebook, right.
So, wings.
First, let's draw a curved shape
that's flat on one end and another one.
There-- wings!
So, we're trying to figure out what Blue's favorite bug is
and our first clue is "wings."
So, what could Blue's favorite bug be with wings?
Maybe.
But I think we should find some more clues and some more bugs.
This way, bug watchers.
Tell me if you see any bugs.
Hi, Steve!
[whispering]: Hi, Periwinkle.
What are you doing?
We're going on a bug-watching expedition.
You want to come?
[whispering]: Oh, okay.
Okay, shh...
Let me know if you see any bugs.
[chirping]
A bug!
A bug?
A bug, a bug!
[barks happily]
[chirping]
Yeow!
Hey.
I think I know what kind of bug that is.
I'm pretty sure that's a grasshopper.
[barks "grasshopper"]
Hey, what's that grasshopper doing?
It's hopping.
Yeah, it is hopping.
See how it uses its big back legs
to hop through the grass?
Why does it have to hop around like that?
You know, that's a good question.
So, why do you think the grasshopper hops?
Yeah, could be.
Maybe it's looking for food.
Or maybe that's just how it gets around.
[barks bye-bye]
Look, Steve!
I can hop, too!
[barks happily]
Bye, Steve!
Bye.
Come on, let's go look for more bugs.
Okay, do you see any other bugs?
A bug!
A bug?
[barks happily]
Did you find a bug?
[whispering]: Yes, Shovel.
See?
It's right there.
Oh... I've seen that kind of bug before.
I think it's called a "mole cricket."
A mole cricket?
Well, what is it doing in the dirt?
It's digging.
It is digging.
It's digging tunnels just like a mole.
Oh... oh, that must be why they call it a "mole cricket."
But I wonder why it digs these tunnels.
Let's take a closer look and figure it out.
So, why do you think
the mole cricket digs these tunnels?
Good thinking.
Maybe it's making its home.
It could live in that tunnel.
Yeah, or maybe it's resting.
That's my favorite bug.
It digs in the ground, just like me!
Cool.
Hey, let's go see if we can find some more bugs.
Bye!
Bye, Shovel.
[Steve buzzing]
[barking happily]
Okay, keep your eyes open, bug watchers.
Hi!
Hi, Pail.
We're on a bug-watching expedition.
Do you want to help us?
Okay.
I don't see any bugs around here.
Tell me if you see one.
There!
Where?
All I see is a stick.
It's on the branch.
It's a bug!
Right there on that branch!
That bug looks just like a stick.
I know this bug.
I think it's called a "stick bug."
A stick bug.
Well, what do you think the stick bug is doing?
Hiding!
Hiding? Yeah!
I think it is.
But why is it hiding?
That's a good question.
Let's take a closer look.
STEVE: Well, why do you think the stick bug is hiding?
Oh, yeah.
Maybe it's scared.
Or maybe it's looking for food.
I'm going to watch some more.
Wow.
Well, we'd love to stickaround, Pail
but we're going to go look for some more bugs.
Bye.
See you later.
[Steve buzzing]
A clue!
Yeah.
Stick bugs are cool.
No, a clue!
Oh, you see a clue?
On these colors.
You know what that means.
We need our handy-dandy...
Notebook!
Notebook.
Right.
So, color.
Hey!
We can use these crayons.
We'll hold them together
and make some swirls, like this.
Colors.
So, what was our first clue?
Wings!
Wings, right.
And now our second clue is colors.
So, what could Blue's favorite bug be
with wings and colors?
Maybe, but I think we should find our last clue
just to be sure.
CHORUS: ♪ Mail time, mail time!
The mail's here!
♪ Here's the mail, it never fails ♪
♪ It makes me want to wag my tail ♪
♪ When it comes, I want to wail, "mail!" ♪
[Mailbox buzzing]
[buzzing]
[buzzing insistently]
Hi, Steve.
Hi... Mailbug.
Just thought I'd buzzby
to say, "Here's your letter!"
Thank you.
We just got a letter.
[music begins playing]
♪ We just got a letter
♪ We just got a letter
♪ We just got a letter
♪ Wonder who it's from.
It's a letter from our friends.
Hi, Steve, we're looking at bugs.
That's the praying mantis.
MAN: You know what a close relative of mantids are?
BOY: No.
No.
BOY: Grasshoppers?
Cockroaches.
These are Madagascar hissing cockroaches.
This one's a millipede from Africa.
BOY: Oh, millipedes.
This is like a rock.
ALL: Bye, Steve!
Bye.
Wow, pretty wild.
Hey, let's get back to looking for bugs.
[barking]
Hey, Blue just skiddooed into that big bug book!
Come on.
♪ Blue skiddoo, we can, too.
Wow!
Huh, look at all these trees.
Wow.
[stalk creaking]
Hey...
Hey, that's not a tree.
That's a blade of grass.
We're really small!
Just like bugs!
Blue, now we'll get to see
what it's really like to be a bug.
[barks in surprise]
Whoa.
Look at that ant.
It looks so big...
because we're so small.
Hi, I'm Antoinette.
I'm a worker ant.
Today is my first day on the job
and I think I need some help.
Oh, okay.
Do you want to help Antoinette?
Great.
All right, lead the way.
First I have to find some food to bring back home.
What should I do?
Okay, so we need to help Antoinette
figure out how to find her food.
All right.
What's that other ant using to find its food?
Its antennae.
Its antenna.
Antoinette, use your antenna
to help you find your food.
Oh, that's right.
My antenna helps me sense where the food is.
Oh, that crumb is the perfect food
for me to bring back home.
Great.
Well, uh, let me give you a hand with that.
Ah...
[grunts]
Blue...
[both grunting]
Wow.
It's so big and heavy, I could barely move it
and it's just a crumb-- imagine that.
[barks in surprise]
Why do you think Antoinette can move
this big, heavy crumb?
She's strong.
I am strong.
I'm going to carry this crumb all the way home.
Come on.
Okay.
Why don't... why don't you get that, then.
This is my home, the anthill.
Let's get in line.
First time in an anthill.
This is the ant colony.
Wow!
Nice colony.
Yup, and everybody's got a job to do.
Wow.
Look at all these rooms.
That's where they take care of the babies.
This is the food storage room.
Come on.
We did it!
Thanks for helping me bring some food back home.
Hey, no problem.
Now I want to bring some food to my mom.
There she is.
That big ant over there is my mom.
She's the leader of the entire colony.
Really?!
Well, what do you think Antoinette's mom is called
if she's the leader of the entire colony?
The queen.
Oh, the queen.
Yup, she's the queen ant.
Oh, thank you.
How was your first day on the job, Antoinette?
Great.
I had a little help.
Thanks a lot.
Oh, no problem.
Thank you for showing us around the colony.
Your Highness, bye.
A clue! A clue!
Yeah, we just skiddooed.
No, a clue-- right there!
Oh, there's a clue in our big bug book.
And it's a...
it's a...
What is this?
I know what that is.
It's a chrysalis.
It's kind of like a cocoon.
Oh.
It's a chrysalis.
Thanks, Pail.
You know what we need-- our handy dandy...
Notebook!
Notebook, right.
So, a chrysalis.
Okay.
A line with a big oval shape
and then some curved lines across like this.
A chrysalis.
There-- a chrysalis.
Hey, we have all three clues.
You know what that means?
We're ready to sit in our...
Thinking chair!
Thinking chair.
Let's go.
Okay, now that we're in our thinking chair, let's think.
You will help, right?
Great.
So, we're trying to figure out what Blue's favorite bug is.
And our clues are:
Wings...
Colors...
And... a chrysalis.
So, what could Blue's favorite bug be
with wings, colors and a chrysalis?
Hmm...
Well, what if the wings had these colors on them?
Yeah.
But then what about the chrysalis?
Well, a chrysalis is kind of like a cocoon, right.
So maybe the bug could come out of the chrysalis.
Well, what kind of bug has wings with colors
and comes out of a chrysalis?
A butterfly.
A butterfly!
Yeah, because a butterfly has wings with colors
and it's in a chrysalis
when it changes from a caterpillar into a butterfly.
We just figured out Blue's Clues!
[music begins playing]
♪ We just figured out Blue's Clues ♪
♪ We just figured out Blue's Clues ♪
♪ We just figured out Blue's Clues ♪
♪ Because we're really smart!
Come on, bug watchers, let's go see if we can find a butterfly.
I don't see any butterflies around here.
Let me know if you see one.
Oh, on the branch.
It's a chrysalis.
And it's shaking.
Do you think a butterfly is ready to come out?
I want to see the butterfly.
Hey, Periwinkle.
Remember how we found the grasshopper
the mole cricket and the stick bug in the backyard?
ANTOINETTE: Hi, Steve.
Down here.
Oh.
Hi, Antoinette.
Remember how we helped Antoinette find food
to bring back to the ant colony?
[Blue exclaims]
The chrysalis.
It's starting to open.
Wow, what a beautiful butterfly!
Blue, you got to see your favorite bug.
Hey... thanks so much for all your help today.
[music begins playing]
♪ Now it's time for so long
♪ But we'll sing just one more song ♪
♪ Thanks for doing your part
♪ You sure are smart
♪ You know, with me and you
♪ And my dog, Blue
♪ We can do anything
♪ That we want to do.
Bye-bye.
Thanks for coming.
See you.
[whistling good-bye song]
[barks bye-bye]