Question

After leaving college, this person joined a detective firm called the BPDA, which was tasked with investigating a missing armchair. G-Clef helped this person write a song for the “You Can Be Anything That You Wanna Be” music show. This person was gifted a phone right before leaving for college on a hopscotch scholarship, a departure he acknowledged as “kind of abrupt” in a message ending “I just wanted to say that after all these years, I never forgot you. Ever.” Like his brother (*) Joe and cousin Josh, this person has the ability to travel between worlds, an action known as “skidooing”. This person’s (-5[1])square-shaped Handy Dandy Notebook depicts the red Thinking Chair (10[1])on its cover. This person deduced that Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper were having a baby after finding three objects marked with pawprints from his pet dog. For 10 points, name this first owner of Blue. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Steve
<TV (animated) | Blue’s Clues | BC>
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