Blue's Clues Steve Video

About

Blues Clues Steve Video is a viral video made by the former host of the children's TV show Blue's Clues, named Steve, for the 25th anniversary of the series. In the video, Steve talks about the reasons why he left, the impact it had on others and how being the host of Blue's Clues affected him for the rest of his life. Shortly after being posted, the video went viral across social media and inspired memes and discussions on a number of sites and platforms.

Origin

Back in 1998, the first episode of Blue's Clues was aired. The only human in the show, Steve, quickly became a beloved character to children everywhere who watched the series. The central message of the show, empowering the viewer through having them help solve daily problems around the fictional house, made Steve a very central part in many people's early childhood development. Steve eventually left the show without any fanfare or warning, other than him saying goodbye at the end of the fourth season, leading many to assume that things were not going well behind the scenes. This goodbye was uploaded to YouTube^[1] by the channel Crystal Tate on May 11th, 2016, and received 322,000 views in five years (shown below).

2021 Viral Video

On September 7th, 2021, in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Blue's Clues franchise, Steve returned on camera to give an explanation for why he left, as well as what the feeling was like and how he never forgot his fans. This video was posted to Twitter^[2] by the official Nick Jr. account and received 1.7 million likes and 17 million views in 24 hours (shown below).

So about that time Steve went off to college… #BluesClues25 pic.twitter.com/O8NOM2eRjy

— Nick Jr. (@nickjr) September 7, 2021

Spread

Reactions to the video were swift, with several Twitter users tweeting and retweeting reaction images of crying people or posting their personal stories about Steve and Blue's Clues on September 7th, 2021. For example, Twitter^[3] user @itsKozmic took the opportunity to share a meme from iFunny saying that Steve will always have our back, earning 6,000 likes in one day (shown below).

On the subreddit /r/WholesomeMemes, posts about the video also started to spread rapidly. The most prominent post came in the form of a screenshot by way of Redditor^[4] runninandruni, who obtained 2,000 likes in 17 hours with a post about coming home after a long time (shown below).

Look At All You Have Accomplished

Look At All You Have Done And All You Have Accomplished is a quote from the video in which Steve addressed his now-grown-up fans and discussed how leaving the show for "college" allowed him to accomplish things he wanted to do in his life. He then told the audience, "Look at all you have done and all you have accomplished!" As the video spread, the moment was used in self-deprecating jokes, as people paired screenshots of the quote with humorous images implying the poster's lack of life accomplishments.

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