is red with a yellow mouth. Tickety Tock (known as Tickety for short) (voiced by Kathryn Avery from 1996-2001 and by Kelly Nigh from 2001-2004 in the original series and by Ava Augstin in the reboot series) is a 5-year-old alarm clock who lives on a nightstand in the bedroom of the Blue's Clues house. The '12' mark on her face is usually replaced by a symbol that relates to the episode's topic. She loves counting different things and often invites the host and the viewers to help her with basic math. Tickety is very number-oriented and likes to keep schedules. She is responsible for waking the residents of the Blue's Clues house every morning by ringing her bells. She is best friends with Slippery. Slippery Soap (known as Slippery for short) (voiced by Cody Ross Pits from 1996-2001, Patrick Van Wagenen from 2001-2003 and Sean Hanley in 2004 in the original series and Jacob Soley in the reboot series) is a 5-year-old lavender-colored bar of soap who lives in the bathroom of the Blue's Clues house. He often has trouble standing upright and is known for shouting his catchphrase "Whoa!" whenever he slides around. He first appears in "What Does Blue Need?". He is always surrounded by a trail of bubbles. He dreams of becoming the captain of a boat when he grows up and likes to wear a blue sailor cap with an anchor emblem on it. He is best friends with Tickety. Slippery is a mostly light lavender rectangular bar of soap that has rounded edges, a smaller-shaped dent in the front and back, and a pair of arms with three fingers on each hand. He has a pair of black eyes and a pink mouth. He is always surrounded at the bottom by a trail of translucent bubbles of various colors (usually purple). In the original series, Slippery, Shovel, and Pail were the only main non-human characters with permanent eyebrows. Magenta (voiced by Koyalee Chanda in the original series and Diane Salema in the reboot series) is Blue's best friend, who is the same age as Blue and identical to her with the exception of a magenta fur coat and glasses. She is first shown in the episode "Blue's Story Time" but is not properly introduced until "Magenta Comes Over". She is one of Blue's classmates at school and has visited the Blue's Clues house on