Blue's Big Musical Movie
2000 recurred pilot film by Todd Kessler
Blue's Big Musical Movie, also known as Blue's Big Musical, is a 2000 American live-action animated direct-to-video musical film directed by Todd Kessler, and written by Angela C. Santomero and Michael T. Smith. It is the first in the Blue's Clues film series and is based on the Nick Jr. television series.
Blue's Big Musical Movie was released on VHS and DVD on October 3, 2000. A video game based on the film was released for the PlayStation. Blue's Big City Adventure, a film based on Blue's Clues' sequel series Blue's Clues & You, was released in 2022.
Plot
Blue, Steve, and everyone else at the Blue's Clues house are putting on a show in the backyard, called the "You Can Be Anything You Wanna Be" show, where everyone gets to sing about what they want to be when they grow up. While the gang has their breakfast and talks about the show, Periwinkle eavesdrops on them, but mishears them, believing it's a "magic show", and leaves to practice his tricks for it. Blue and Tickety-Tock are doing a duet about being teachers, but while showing off their performance to everyone, Tickety's voice gets raspy, and she loses her voice. So, she decides to ring her bells during the performance instead, leaving Blue without a singing partner.
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