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"Arthur's Eyes / Francine's Bad Hair Day"
September 2, 1996 (1996-09-02)
Arthur's Eyes: D.W finds pictures of their "lost brother" in the night, which is really Arthur without glasses. Arthur then tells her the story of how he got his glasses, and the teasing he received spearheaded by Francine. Likewise, she finds pictures of Dad with a mustache and think that Mom was perviously divorced.
Francine's Bad Hair Day: School picture day is fast approaching and Muffy is confident that Francine can have the prettiest picture of all, following bad pictures from previous years. Francine is very hesitant about getting a makeover and a dress for her school picture as Muffy disallows her to play in a kickball game against the fourth graders. Francine eventually likes the way her picture turns out.
2
1-2
"Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn / Arthur's Spelling Trubble"
September 9, 1996 (1996-09-09)
Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn: Arthur and his friends are horrified when he learns that their third grade teacher will be the infamous Mr. Ratburn. He is described by Prunella as a cruel vampire with hypnotic powers who eats nails for breakfast without milk. When Arthur and Buster investigate, they learn that there is another side to his character. Note: An alternate title for this episode is Arthur's Teacher Trouble.
Arthur's Spelling Trubble: Arthur practices for the spelling bee and competes against Prunella (who was the last year's winner) and Alan (the Brain, the smartest kid in his class), respectively. Even with the support of his family, he is nervous.
3
1-3
"D.W. All Wet / Buster's Dino Dilemma"
September 16, 1996 (1996-09-16)
D.W. All Wet: On a hot summer day, D.W. and her preschool class are taken to the aquarium on a field trip. When a shark swims by, the rest of her class hides while D.W. teases it, but when an octopus appears, D.W. is the only one afraid. The Reads go to the seashore to escape from the summer heat and everyone is having a wonderful time, except for D.W. who will not swim because she thinks there are octopi in the water.
Buster's Dino Dilemma: Buster and Arthur go on a much-anticipated field trip to a paleontological dig, searching for traces of long-dead dinosaurs. They discover a fossilized dinosaur footprint and take it home, despite it being against site rules. Buster does not want to relinquish his find, but is tormented by anxieties about the consequences of his actions.
4
1-4
"D.W.'s Imaginary Friend / Arthur's Lost Library Book"
September 23, 1996 (1996-09-23)
D.W.'s Imaginary Friend: D.W. has a new imaginary friend named Nadine who follows her everywhere. When Arthur and Buster find out about a new amusement ride, they do not want D.W. to come along and embarrass them because she would bring Nadine along too.
Arthur's Lost Library Book: Everyone loves the Scare-Your-Pants-Off series and the new book is coming out. Arthur is the first to borrow it along with many other books at the same time, but when he collects the library books scattered around the house, he can't find the Scare-Your-Pants-Off book.
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1-5
"Arthur's Pet Business / D.W. the Copycat"
October 7, 1996 (1996-10-07)
Arthur's Pet Business: Arthur wants a dog very badly but his parents will not allow him to have one until he proves he is responsible enough. Arthur starts his own pet business to prove he is responsible, which includes watching over the unfriendly dog Perky.
D.W. the Copycat: Arthur does not like to play with D.W. because she likes "baby" stuff and not the stuff he likes, so D.W. starts acting and dressing like Arthur and following him around, even into the bathroom. Arthur's friends start excluding him because they do not want D.W. (or Arthur Jr.) around. He then says to D.W. that he likes her as she was.
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1-6
"Locked in the Library! / Arthur Accused!"
October 14, 1996 (1996-10-14)
Locked in the Library!: Francine, who has been friends with Arthur since she apoligized for humiliating him about his glasses, is mad at him for telling everyone she looks like a marshmallow. Mr. Ratburn assigns them to work together on a project about heroes and heroines. With Francine still mad at Arthur, they go to the library together the next day at 3:00 to research their project, but because they fall asleep quickly and accidentally stay overnight, they get locked in. As they try to find a way out, Francine and Arthur must put aside their grudges and learn to work together.
Arthur Accused!: Arthur is in charge of the fundraiser for the Elwood City Fire Department. He leaves a bag of quarters from the fundraiser for Mrs. McGrady, who is distracted by a phone conversation. When she does not receive the quarters, Arthur is accused of stealing all the raised money, resulting in him having a week of after school detention and missing the school picnic, and giving Buster his first case as a Private Eye.
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1-7
"Arthur Goes to Camp / Buster Makes the Grade"
October 21, 1996 (1996-10-21)
Arthur Goes to Camp: Arthur and his friends go to Camp Meadowcroak where everything is a competition between girls and boys. The final day arrives and Meadowcroak must work together to compete against Camp Horsewater to win the all-camp scavenger hunt - which Camp Horsewater has won three years in succession.
Buster Makes the Grade: Buster is a slacker who tries to reform his procrastinating and subpar ways. He then gets a higher grade than Arthur.
8
1-8
"Arthur's New Puppy / Arthur Bounces Back"
October 28, 1996 (1996-10-28)
Arthur's New Puppy: Arthur's new puppy, Pal (from "Arthur's Pet Business"), is exactly what he wanted, but Arthur must train Pal to be a good dog or Pal will have to move out of the house.
Arthur Bounces Back: Arthur wants Moon Boots and tries different ways to get money to buy them. His mom gets him to clean the garage in exchange for $2. As he is cleaning it, Mrs. Tibble comes by, thinking there is a yard sale and buys a necklace, giving Arthur enough money to buy the Moon Boots. It turns out that the necklace is to be a gift from his Dad to Mom and he has to earn the necklace back by doing chores.
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1-9
"Arthur Babysits / Arthur's Cousin Catastrophe"
November 4, 1996 (1996-11-04)
Arthur Babysits: Arthur thinks that babysitting is the easiest job in the world until D.W. volunteers him to Tommy and Timmy Tibble. Prunella describes her sister's only time babysitting them as an experience that still gives her nightmares. Arthur can not control the Tibble twins and thinks he loses them while playing hide-and-seek but scares them out of hiding and into a scared but manageable state.
Arthur's Cousin Catastrophe: Arthur's family is hosting a family reunion. Arthur spends his time avoiding his cousin Mo, and missing out on all the activities, because of experiences from past family reunions but finds out that she is not as bad as she used to be. It was revealed that Arthur is Mo's favorite relative.
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1-10
"Arthur's Birthday / Francine Frensky, Superstar"
November 11, 1996 (1996-11-11)
Arthur's Birthday: Arthur and Muffy have their birthday parties on the same day and neither can change the date. This splits the boys and the girls. Arthur and Francine come up with a plan to remedy the situation.
Francine Frensky, Superstar: Francine has often had bad roles in school plays where she gets injured, and was unhappy with those roles. She finally gets a safer role as the lead, when Mr. Ratburn decides they will dramatize the story of Thomas Edison. While she is trying to make the best of a good opportunity for her to shine, she alienates her friends as she studies for the role and bosses them around, leading them to retaliate during dress rehearsal.
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1-11
"Arthur's Baby / D.W.'s Baby"
November 18, 1996 (1996-11-18)
Arthur's Baby: Arthur and D.W.'s mom is pregnant with their baby sister Kate. Arthur is nervous, wondering what it would be like to have a new baby in the house. When the baby does come, he is worried that the baby hates him, as she always seems to cry when he is around. It is not until Arthur is forced to babysit that he realizes how wrong he is.
D.W.'s Baby: Arthur tells D.W how she acted when Kate was born, starting after Kate was brought home for the first time in "Arthur's Baby". D.W. is excited but frustrated when she does not get to help with Kate. Kate's crib is moved into D.W.'s room but D.W. soon finds drawbacks to sharing a room with a baby. D.W. soon becomes jealous over the attention Kate is getting. She tries to get rid of Kate. When that does not work, she runs away thinking that the family does not need her. Note: This episode is almost simlar to The Simpsons episode "Lisa's First Word".
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1-12
"Arthur Writes a Story / Arthur's Lost Dog"
November 25, 1996 (1996-11-25)
Arthur Writes a Story: Arthur needs to write a story for homework, so he decides to write about how he got Pal ("Arthur's Pet Business"). He is afraid that no one will like his story after D.W. informs him that it is boring. He begins fictionalizing the events and revising his story using advice from different people, as he tries to write a good story.
Arthur's Lost Dog: It is Downtown Day in Elwood City and the Reads are downtown attending the event. They pass a clown carrying balloons and Kate begins crying because she wants a balloon from the clown. Nobody in the family but Pal knows that. Pal runs off after a clown to get a balloon, but Arthur thinks he is running away from him.
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1-13
"So Long, Spanky / Buster's New Friend"
December 2, 1996 (1996-12-02)
So Long, Spanky: D.W.'s pet bird, Spanky, dies. She leaves a can of flowers on Spanky's grave after his funeral but finds a toad in there. Arthur takes her to the pet store to buy a new pet to replace Spanky, but they do not find one. The toad reappears several more times, following D.W., but she hates the toad since it will not leave her alone. When it does not reappear, she realizes that she misses it.
Buster's New Friend: Arthur and Buster are doing a project together, but Buster does not seem to have the time for the project or for Arthur or anyone else. All he does is talk about his new friend Mike. Arthur decides to return everything related to Buster. At Buster's house they become friends again and he finds out Mike is a teenager, who drives a car and was hired by Buster's Mom so that Buster can have a "male role model".
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1-14
"Arthur the Wrecker / Arthur and the True Francine"
December 9, 1996 (1996-12-09)
Arthur the Wrecker: Arthur is addicted to a new computer game, Deep Dark Sea, playing even when he should not. When he gets to a new area he is excited about, he calls up Buster. When it appears that they have broken the computer, they look for Brain to help them fix it, but he cannot find the problem. Eventually, Mom fixes the computer and gets hooked on Deep Dark SeaNote: An alternate title for this episode is Arthur's Computer Adventure.
Arthur and the True Francine: Muffy and Francine were best friends since second grade, when Muffy was a new student. This episode is a flashback from that time. This particular memory is when Muffy and Francine decide to study together for an upcoming math test, but Muffy continually procrastinates, claiming that she knows her addition and subtraction. When the test day comes, Muffy cheats off of Francine's test and claims that she would never cheat, getting Francine into trouble which almost costs her her friendship with Francine.
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1-15
"Arthur's Family Vacation / Grandpa Dave's Old Country Farm"
December 16, 1996 (1996-12-16)
Arthur's Family Vacation: Arthur wants to go back to Camp Meadowcroak with Buster for the summer and tries to get out of the family vacation to the beach. He changes his mind with the mention of lobster and after several impediments, they finally make it to the beach. But owing to an accident with D.W.'s inflatable shark, they lose their hotel reservation and end up staying in a leaky, rundown room, with a swimming pool no bigger than an average bathtub. Things eventually start to get better.
Grandpa Dave's Old Country Farm: Arthur and D.W. go to visit their Grandpa Dave who lives on an old rundown farm. The farm has been in the family for 150 years and Grandpa Dave does not want help running it. Arthur and D.W. are concerned by the state of things and try to help him fix up the farm with the help of one Grandpa Dave's friends.
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1-16
"Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest / D.W. Flips"
January 6, 1997 (1997-01-06)
Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest: Arthur finds an entry form for a jingle writing contest for Crunch Cereal and he is determined to win the year's supply of Crunch Cereal. He starts a band with some of his friends, Mrs. McGrady and Grandma Thora, but he has nothing for them to play. Without a tune, he hears D.W. singing a song about Nadine and copies it. He feels guilty later, so he mails it with D.W.'s name instead of his.
D.W. Flips: D.W. wants to take gymnastics class after seeing a gymnast on television, but her mom gives several examples of D.W. never finishing what she wants to do. She gets her way and goes to her first class. Emily is there and D.W. does not like her because she seems to do everything perfectly. D.W. is determined to be better than her. At the end of the episode, Emily and D.W turn out to be best friends.
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1-17
"Meek for a Week / Arthur, World's Greatest Gleeper"
January 13, 1997 (1997-01-13)
Meek for a Week: Muffy dares Francine to be nice to everyone for a whole week and she can not tell anyone why she is being nice. Arthur and his friends are worried when Francine starts acting nice for no apparent reason and are worried she may "pop" if she continues bottling up her anger. They try fruitlessly to diffuse her.
Arthur, World's Greatest Gleeper: Arthur and Buster sit at the only available table with the Tough Customers. Buster claims that Arthur is the world's greatest "gleeper" to stop the teasing, only to find out later that "gleep" means "steal". Arthur lets the lie grow into a school-wide rumor.
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1-18
"Arthur's Chicken Pox / Sick as a Dog"
January 20, 1997 (1997-01-20)
Arthur's Chicken Pox: Arthur gets chicken pox. D.W. is jealous of the attention and extra freedom he gets while Grandma Thora is taking care of him.
Sick as a Dog: Pal eats things other than dog food, including pancakes, gummy worms, and hot dogs. Because of this, he gets ill. Arthur thinks D.W. had something to do with it since she always hated Pal.
19
1-19
"D.W. Rides Again / Arthur Makes the Team"
January 27, 1997 (1997-01-27)
D.W. Rides Again: D.W. gets a new bike and needs to learn how to use it. Arthur teaches her the basics and she learns to ride by herself without training wheels in time for the bike-a-thon.
Arthur Makes the Team: Arthur and his friends are trying out for the baseball team and everyone wants to be the pitcher. Arthur makes the team but he is the worst player. Arthur and Francine, who can not pitch, work together to improve their baseball skills.
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1-20
"Arthur's Almost Boring Day / The Half-Baked Sale"
February 3, 1997 (1997-02-03)
Arthur's Almost Boring Day: Arthur and his friends are assigned to write about what they do over the weekend, but it rains and ruins plans. Arthur and D.W. are sent over to Grandma Thora's. Without anything better to do, they help her clean out her attic and find some interesting things, including old home movies and comic books.
The Half-Baked Sale: Arthur's grandmother, Grandma Thora, cannot cook. When she decides to bake cookies for a bake sale, Arthur and D.W. try to think up ways to stop her bad cooking from ruining it. Arthur decides to buy all of her cookies before anyone else can and hide them. But when Mr. Morris is injured by the cookies hidden in the janitor's closet, Arthur and D.W. have to tell the truth.
21
1-21
"Sue Ellen Moves In / The Perfect Brother"
February 10, 1997 (1997-02-10)
Sue Ellen Moves In: Rumors are circulating about the new family that has moved in and Buster thinks that they may be art thieves, spies or aliens, even after he meets Sue Ellen. When Buster's mom invites Sue Ellen over for dinner, he finds out that Sue Ellen is not an alien, but just a kid who has lived in various places around the world.
The Perfect Brother: The Brain is spending the weekend with the Reads because his parents are going to an ice cream convention. Arthur thinks this will be like having a brother around, but the Brain is neat, finishes his homework early, and reads to D.W., making Arthur look bad. However, Arthur discovers that the Brain is not so neat when the Brain invites Arthur over.
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1-22
"D.W.'s Snow Mystery / Team Trouble"
February 17, 1997 (1997-02-17)
D.W.'s Snow Mystery: D.W. kept a snowball in the freezer from the best day of her life, but it is missing. Buster, as a detective, investigates, listening to biased accounts of those present the day the snowball disappeared. They argue and accuse each other but everyone, except D.W., lets the incident go as the first snowfall of the year appears.
Team Trouble: Arthur, Buster and Francine are assigned to do a group project on Ancient Rome. They discuss how they are going to do the project, each coming up with their own idea and eventually decide to draw a comic book. Each has their own idea of what to draw and after a failure to communicate have a mis-matched comic book. They argue over this and finally realize that they need to work together to finish the project.
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1-23
"Bully for Binky / Misfortune Teller"
February 24, 1997 (1997-02-24)
Bully for Binky: Binky has a reputation for being a bully. He bullies Sue Ellen, who is still a new student ("Sue Ellen Moves In"), and she demands that he apologize. When he does not, she challenges him to a fight to settle it. He gets nervous when he finds out she knows Tae Kwon Do. He decides to beat her at music but loses, so he apologizes to her so they would not have to fight.
Misfortune Teller: For her half-birthday, Prunella's older sister, Rubella, gives her a cootie catcher. Rubella claims that it can tell the future and the answers it gives do come true. Arthur and his friends begin following the advice of the cootie catcher. When the cootie catcher goes missing and turns up ruined by the washing machine, Arthur and his friends realize that they do not need the cootie catcher to run their lives.
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1-24
"Arthur's Tooth / D.W. Gets Lost"
March 3, 1997 (1997-03-03)
Arthur's Tooth: Arthur has a loose tooth, but he is the only one in his class that has not lost any of his baby teeth yet. He unsuccessfully tries various ways to get it out so that Francine would stop calling him a baby.
D.W. Gets Lost: D.W. wants earrings because her friend, Emily, has earrings. She asks her mom and dad, but they claim her ears will turn green. After D.W.'s persistence, Mrs. Read takes D.W. shopping for earrings only if she approves of them. While at the superstore, D.W. wanders off when her mom is distracted.
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1-25
"D.W. Thinks Big / Arthur Cleans Up"
March 10, 1997 (1997-03-10)
D.W. Thinks Big: At Aunt Lucy's wedding, Arthur is the ringbearer and their dramatic diva cousin Cora is the flower girl, but D.W. is too little to do anything. However, when the wedding ring gets lost in the pipe organ at the wedding, D.W.'s size helps her.
Arthur Cleans Up: Arthur and Buster are playing frisbee in the park when their frisbee lands in a polluted fountain. Arthur's dad overhears Arthur and Buster talking about the park and Arthur involuntarily becomes the leader of a cleanup crew of kids. Arthur's friends are not pleased with the idea after their parents had been informed and do not help him. This gets worst as Pal almost chokes on a piece of litter. With the help of Francine's dad, Mr. Frensky, and a few volunteers, they manage to clean up the park.
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"My Dad, the Garbage Man / Poor Muffy!"
April 21, 1997 (1997-04-21)
My Dad, the Garbage Man: Mr. Ratburn's class is going on field trips to several of the students' parents at work to learn about careers. Francine is embarrassed by her dad's job as a garbage man.
Poor Muffy!: Muffy is allergic to the new carpets in her house, so she decides to stay with Francine while the carpeting is being removed. She brings with her some of the things from her room including televisions, wardrobes, and sculptures. During Muffy's stay, Francine cannot deal with Muffy's spoiled attitude and Muffy cannot handle the less-than-wealthy condition in which Francine's family lives.
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"D.W.'s Blankie / Arthur's Substitute Teacher Trouble"
April 28, 1997 (1997-04-28)
D.W.'s Blankie: D.W. can not find her blankie and enlists the help of Arthur to search for it, retracing her steps over Elwood City.
Arthur's Substitute Teacher Trouble: Mr. Ratburn loses his voice and his sister, Miss Rodentia Ratburn, substitutes for him. She has them doing things such as reciting the one times table, reading words like "dog" and "cat" and assigning no homework. The class are excited at first, as they were sick and tired of Mr. Ratburn's unbelievably difficult classes, but they soon become bored. The class are glad when Mr. Ratburn returns the next day.
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"I'm a Poet / The Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club!"
May 19, 1997 (1997-05-19)
I'm a Poet: Fern is the only person who volunteers to enter the Poetry Competition, which is to be judged by the famous poet Jack Prelutsky. The others think poetry is uncool, and start making fun of her. Fern reveals a new side to her quiet character, and challenges them all to write poems for the competition. If they do not succeed, they will be roped into a year's membership of the school Poetry Club. Jack Prelutsky guest stars as himself.
The Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club!: When their favorite series of books is banned from the library by a parental organization who believe scary books are bad for children, Arthur and his friends get together a petition to get them back — all except Muffy that is, as it turns out her father is a leading figure in the parental group.
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1-29
"My Club Rules / Stolen Bike"
May 26, 1997 (1997-05-26)
My Club Rules: Arthur and his friends create a club to stop D.W. from bothering them. When they can not agree on the rules of their club the club splits. This leads to more disagreements and more clubs created. They eventually come back together, under D.W.
Stolen Bike: Francine's bike is too small for her so her dad finds his old bike for her, except she is embarrassed by the rusty old bike. She hides it and pretends it is stolen. The bike then gets thrown out and Francine is mortified.
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"Arthur's First Sleepover / Arthur's New Year's Eve"
June 2, 1997 (1997-06-02)
Arthur's First Sleepover: Arthur has a sleepover with Buster and Brain, even with all the talk of UFOs. D.W. wants to join them so that she can take a picture of a UFO. The boys do not agree. D.W. plays a prank on the boys with fake UFOs in retaliation and vice versa.
Arthur's New Year's Eve: Arthur has never stayed up until midnight on New Year's Eve. His friends all have their theories on what occurs when the new year comes. Among the ideas are a green flash, a wrestling match and the calendar police. Arthur tries to stay up until New Year's Eve to find out what really happens at midnight.
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^ "Arthur - Complete Series One". amazon.co.uk. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Arthur-Complete-One-DVD/dp/B001498N7I. Retrieved September 10, 2010.
General references
"Arthur Episodes". TV Guide. http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=194495&more=ucepisodelist. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
"Arthur: Episode Guide". MSN TV. http://tv.msn.com/tv/series-episodes/arthur. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
"Arthur Season 1 Episode Guide". TV.com. http://www.tv.com/arthur/show/2804/episode.html?tag=list_header;paginator;1&season=1. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
"Seasons 1-3". Arthur episodes. PBS parents. http://pbskids.org/arthur/parentsteachers/schedule/ep_desc1_3.html. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
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