Mailbox

Mailbox is one of the main characters on Blue's Clues and the reboot Blue's Clues & You!.

Description

Mailbox (referred to as "Postbox" in the UK) is a cheerful object of his namesake. He lives at the foot of the pathway in front of the Blue's Clues house. He likes to make others laugh and wants to become a comedian when he grows up. He speaks with a thick New York accent. Mailbox sits on a post outside when he is not delivering the mail or telling an incoming mail. When he has a letter for Steve, Joe, or Josh, he uses an extension arm to enter through the living room window to the right of the Thinking Chair where Mailbox talks to Steve, Joe, and Josh based on the Blue's Clues and Blue's Clues and You episodes and then gives them letters and e-mails. His extension arm is impractically long and can transport him anywhere.

Mailbox's favorite hobbies are delivering letters, and telling jokes. In almost every episode, Steve, Joe or Josh sing a special song before Mailbox delivers a letter or telling an incoming mail. On some rare occasions, such as in "Blue's Big Pajama Party," Mailbox makes a special nighttime mail delivery. Mailbox's catchphrases are "Mail's here, mail's here!" and "You're welcome!". Mailbox even got letters for himself in Mailbox’s Birthday, The Wrong Shirt, Blue’s Big Costume Parade, and Mailtime Mystery. In Joe's Clues, Mailbox gave a letter to Blue, and in Playdates, Mailbox and the Viewer gave Joe his letter together and even sung Mailtime together as well.

Since Mailbox lives in front of the Blue's Clues house, he is usually the first person to greet visitors. In the first four seasons, Mailbox is also the first character to appear in each episode. When the opening sequence begins, he is seen smiling and swaying back and forth on his post, like a kind of silent greeting to the viewers.

In the original series, Mailbox was voiced by Michael Rubin. Rubin was one of the show's two main music composers, along with Nick Balaban, and wrote almost all of the series' score and songs. Rubin was always credited under his stage name, "Seth O'Hickory".

Looks

Mailbox is mostly dark purple. His face is on his door, which is a lighter shade of purple and has a silver latch at the top. He has a bright pink flag, which is connected to him with a small purple bolt.

When Mailbox is shown outside, he is usually positioned on a long post. The post was purple in earlier episodes and the opening sequence. Starting with "A Snowy Day," it became grayish black. However, it was still purple in the opening sequence until season four.

In the reboot, Mailbox's design is slightly updated. His body gets a metallic shine, and he has some visible dents. He also has a tongue and a more reddish mouth. He is voiced by Doug Murray.

Appearances

Mailbox appears in every episode of Blue's Clues except "Blue's Big Car Trip", "The Legend of the Blue Puppy", "Skidoo Adventure" and "The Fairy Tale Ball where he is Absent.

His first appearance was in the pilot episode, "Blue Prints."

In addition to the original show, Mailbox appears in the "Meet Blue's Baby Brother" episode of Blue's Room and in the documentary "Behind the Clues: 10 Years with Blue."

Trivia

• In the UK version, Mailbox's name was changed to Postbox.
• Mailbox's favorite party game was originally Musical Chairs. This is the answer to Blue's Clues in "Mailbox's Birthday". However, in the later episode "Blue's Birthday," he says his favorite game is Pin the Flag on Mailbox (Postbox in the UK).
• Mailbox is the third clue in "What Does Blue Want to Do with Her Picture?".
• He is the only character to have his age confirmed. (10 years old).
• He is the first character in the series to celebrate a birthday.
  • He is also the only non-human, non-animal character to celebrate a birthday.
• Mailbox is voiced by the same actor, Michael Rubin (Kara Tritton in the UK), throughout the entire series.
• In "Shy," it is revealed that Blue was shy around Mailbox when she first met him.
• According to "Colors Everywhere!," Mailbox's favorite color is yellow, like the letter he delivered in the same episode.
  • In the Blue's Clues & You! remake "Colors Everywhere with Blue", Mailbox states that his favorite color is purple instead of yellow in the original.
• Six episodes do not feature Mailtime: "Blue's Big Musical," Blue Takes You to School," "The Legend of the Blue Puppy," "Skidoo Adventure," "The Fairy Tale Ball," and "Blue's Dino Clues."
• He is the only animated character to keep his old look with minor tweaks.
• He appears in every single intro, with the exception of The Legend of the Blue Puppy.
• In "Pretend Time", Steve refers to him as "Blue" and in The Wrong Shirt, he pretends to be Steve due to being opposites.
• He was the color purple in the pilot episode "Blue Prints".

Merchandise

Plush by Eden

Coin purse

Plush finger puppet

Matchbox toy car

Party figure

Play mail kit

3-D puzzle

Action stamper

Standard figure

Talking toy

Subway toy

Typing keyboard

Mailbox's old design.

Mailtime Set (New)

Gallery

Promotional images

Mailbox in his original appearance.

Photo from Colors Everywhere with Blue with Living Room Wall background

Book images

Episode scenes

A Special Gift the team added

Mailbox wearing Newspaper hat

In Blue's Room

Mailbox with Blue's pawprint on it.