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Brain is academically brilliant and great at chess. However, he's also great at basketball and soccer. Francine may be a mild case. In addition to being a Passionate Sports Girl, she generally makes pretty good grades; Mr.

Ratburn has singled out her work as . To top it off, they call her . However the last few pages are missing and he desperately tries a number of ways to find out the ending including renting an old 1.

But whereas Arthur's book is a fantasy exploration, the film is a backstage musical about a producer and a starlet who wants to make a movie of the book, and the starlet wanting make the film to use as a springboard into starring in Broadway musicals. Adaptation Expansion: Some episodes are expansions and bifurcations of stories from the books. Sequel from the perspective of Arthur's sister.) In a rare case of expansion happening in the same show, S1. Applies to Arthur's second grade teacher Mr. In the books, he was a moose; in the cartoon, he's an aardvark. Sweetwater is a cat in her book debut and a rabbit in the TV series.

Ad- Break Double- Take: . The resulting scream sandwiches the title card.

At the beginning of . Turns out D. W.'s injury was so bad that she needed stitches on her lip.

Arthur in particular becomes very worried about his father, who was in the school during the fire. Read tells him it's his job to worry about Arthur, not the other way around. They spend a good part of the episode looking up and down Arthur's house, all while fearing being bitten and poisoned. Then later he gets a Dream Sequence detailing what would happen if no one in the world cared - litter would be everywhere, Rattles would be in the hospital in agony wearing a full- body cast if Binky didn't tattle on him, and Binky's parents would constantly neglect him, even using his college funds to go on frequent vacations. Affectionate Nickname: Beginning midway through the series, circa .

Francine's grandmother puts a Yiddish spin on it and calls her . Muffin Man and Binky- Winkums. They use both these names at Parents' Night, prompting Binky to pretend he doesn't know them. Prunella's older sister Rubella occasionally calls her .

It's subtle, but the Tough Customers often do this, with Binky being called . For example: At the end of S3's !

Mine's called . Arthur celebrates the fact of not having to deal with a noisy sister for a few days, but Francine annoyingly scolds him several times throughout the episode: ! M- E- A- N, mean! She just got better earlier then expected and liked being catered to. She was only faking it after she had gotten better. And You Were There: The show does this in .

In the story, after Arthur and D. W. She has a dream in which she consults . When she finally wakes up, she tells her family . Read nor Mrs. Read were actually in D. W.'s fantasy in any form. Animal Talk: Starting with S6's .

Later would expand to stuffed toys and imaginary friends. Animation Bump: The differences between early S1 to late S1 and onwards are extremely noticeable.

Inverted starting with S1. Flash. Also inverted by seasons 1. Animation Service (HK), which also exhibits a noticeable drop from the previous seasons by AKOM.

Season 2. 0 is animated by a new studio. Although still animated in Flash, it looks much better than Season 1. Animated Actors: In the cold openings. Antidisestablishmentarianism: Showed up in S1's .

Arthur would sometimes state that the initials of his little sister D. W.'s name stood for . Why, what are you thinking about? Binky: Where's Ohio? Argument of Contradictions: Season 1. The funny girl says that they don't argue like Arthur and D.

W. The episode . Katz, Professional Therapist, Dexter's Laboratory, Beavis And Butthead, WWE, and even South Park. The former and latter were animated in Squigglevision and construction paper, respectively. The beginning of the episode ! In an Imagine Spot where Brain goes over plans in his mind, the animation switches to mimic his crude drawings. Dark Bunny is styled after Batman: The Animated Series.

Artistic License ? Not only are you blue; you're also anatomically incorrect! Played straight in . Sperm whales do not eat plankton at all. In another episode, Brain refers to scorpions as vertebrates.

In yet another episode, Brain claims chipmunks don't burrow. Ratburn fudges the concept of hearing loss by only describing the noise- induced variety. Perhaps describing other causes of hearing loss was thought too difficult or time- consuming. Artistic License . Most of the time, though they are hospitable, they do NOT take kindly to outsiders just poking around. Due to a lack of modern technology to communicate with a school (i.

Even if an Amish family agreed to this, it would have to be cleared through their church elders and bishop, and the family/groups involved would need to have a close bond with the teacher or someone at the school. Of course, the argument is that there's no way to show this on a kids' program, but isn't that being disrespectful of the Amish faith in itself? Ascended Extra: Fern and George in Arthur's group, James in D. W.'s group, and George makes friends with a boy named Carl, who has Asperger's syndrome. Carl makes a total of seven appearances.

Prunella and Molly. They both got a few episodes later on. Also Bailey, Muffy's butler. Jenna similarly was mostly a background extra till about Season 7, and slowly began receiving more focus, but has faded back into the background.

Maria (a rabbit girl in the same class as the main characters who has never talked) received her own episode in Season 1. Aside Glance: D. W. Mac. Grady does one at the end of . He doesn't even try to make it funny.

When George wins the talent show, Buster proceeds to pin this on Binky as well. A Weighty Aesop: . This episode is also notorious for marking the first appearance of Mrs.

Tibble and the Tibble Twins. A later episode . An Imagine Spot of Buster's showed him in his 4. Says Please and Thank You for paperback), D. W. Read and Pal. She states that at night, it's not nice to complain about taking a bath or brushing your teeth and you can play while you get clean, but sometimes she plays a little too hard. Beach Episode: . Brain's way of soliciting signatures involves giving a long lecture to innocent bystanders. This prompts one to say, .

She made Francine tear up (in Draw), and tricked Brain into thinking Giant worms were attacking Elwood city (War of the Worms). Be Yourself: The theme song, naturally. Big Blackout: . It ends with a tie. Big . George whistles and yells . In the end, her true Spoiled Brat nature is exposed in front of everyone at the wedding when she refuses to recover the lost ring from inside the church organ, when she could easily fit in there, simply because she'd get dirty. Birthday Episode: .

One must wonder how they skateboard without accidents. Body Wipe: . At the very beginning . In the beginning of the episode . Ratburn takes Brain away before he could get a school picture.

Brain sighs and then fills up the screen. Next is when Brain is shocked when the clock reads 9 a. Youtube Permanent Roommates Episode 5.

Buster is one of the most flagrant examples, having had an entire episode dedicated to the fact that if he didn't pass what amounted to a teacher- made final exam, he'd have to repeat third grade. A Boy, a Girl, and a Baby Family: Arthur, D. W., and Kate. Bratty Half- Pint: Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs: In . Video games about aliens. Arthur guesses, ?

Aliens eating pizza? There have been instances where other characters besides Arthur introduce the show like with Fern's mother in S2's . There have been instances though where it happens in the show proper: S2's . Sometimes, the actual moral seems to be, . So.. she's only allowed to pursue her interests and be herself if everyone else thinks it's okay? Other characters have fallen into this trap, too, often members of the .