Arthur (Season 4)

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D.W.'s Library Card [4.1a]

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Arthur's Big Hit [4.1b]

Francine steps into a boxing ring inside a large stadium, with many of the recurring people, and even Bionic Bunny in the audience. A microphone comes down.

Francine: Presenting the main event! The champion, Arthur Timothy Read!

Arthur: [walks to the ring while people cheer and throw flowers and climbs into the ring] I've been waiting for this fight for years. And there's no way that I could lose.

Francine: And the challenger, Dora Winifred Read!

[D.W. rides down a ramp on her bicycle and does a somersault into the ring. She is wearing a bicycle helmet and has a unicorn on the back of her robe. Buster takes off Arthur’s robe. D.W. takes off hers and reveals a shirt with a picture of Arthur’s head with Xs for eyes. Buster puts Arthur’s gloves on. Nadine waves her wand and gloves appear on D.W.’s hands. Both Arthur and D.W. get mouthguards. Francine waves both to the center of the ring.]

Arthur: [mumbling through his mouthguard, and incoherent] Prepare to lose!

[Subtitle: Prepare to lose!]

Girl and D.W. #1: What?

Arthur: [still mumbling through his mouthguard, and incoherent] Prepare to lose!!!

[Subtitle: Prepare to lose!!!]

Girl and D.W. #1: [pointing to the subtitles] This doesn't help. I can't breathe.

Francine: Get ready to fight!

[The two boxers circle each other]

D.W. #2: Arthur!

Arthur: [sees D.W. #2 sitting in the audience eating snacks, and still mumbling through his mouthguard, and incoherent again] Two D.W.’s?!

[Subtitle: Two D.W.'s?!]

D.W. #2: Nope, not just two D.W.s. But there was only one of me.

In the ring, the other boxer takes off a D.W. mask, revealing himself to be Binky. Arthur’s mouthguard drops out of his mouth.

Binky: [stepping out of his D.W. body suit] We figured you'd rather fight someone on your own size.

Arthur: Well, you know what? Maybe you might be right. And I would like to fight someone on my own size. Now you just stay right here. I'll just go find somebody to fight. [runs off, pursued by Binky, screams]

Binky: [enraged] Come back here and fight!

D.W. #1: [laughs] Binky?!

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Arthur sits at his desk with a model kit

D.W.: [walks into his room] What kind of a game was this?

Arthur: This is not a game. This is a scale model of a Bell X-1 Rocket Plane. The plane that broke the sound barrier.

D.W.: The sound barrier must be pretty hard. [takes out some pieces] Because this plane is all smashed up.

Arthur: Nope, it's not smashed. And I'm gonna build it. [yells to D.W. while snatching the pieces from her] Hey, stop touching everything! You'll mix up all the pieces!

D.W.: I’ve never heard of toys that come already broken.

Arthur: [while lividly, and relentlessly staring to D.W.] No, it's not!

D.W.: [backs up from her brother] I'm going. Never say that I didn't go when you need me to go, because I'm going. Like this. [snaps her fingers] And the minute that you need me to go, I'm on my way out of there. No waiting.

Arthur: [turns red, and yells] Just go already!

D.W.: And if you say please, I go even faster. Because when...

Arthur: [growls to D.W.] Grrr! [scornfully sends D.W. out of his room]

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The next day, Arthur paints the model in the dining room. D.W. suddenly appears beside him

Arthur: Ugh.

D.W.: Was this the same broken plane you were fixing yesterday?

Arthur: [yells to D.W.] Don't do that! I need to concentrate!

D.W.: This is a pretty color. [accidentally spills a paint bottle of orange paint over the building instructions which annoys Arthur]

Arthur: [yells] Aargh!

D.W.: [getting a little nervous, and laughs] Bye. [quickly runs off]

Arthur: Hmph.

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Later, Arthur and Buster walk upstairs

Arthur: I've been working on the plane all week. And it was so hard, but I'm almost done. [They enter Arthur’s room and find D.W. holding the plane’s fuselage, and Arthur gets grumpy, and yells to her] D.W., don't touch it! This paint isn't dry yet! [snatches the plane away and sees fingerprints all over it. D.W.’s fingers are colored orange]

D.W.: Ew! [runs off to tell her mom] Mom, Arthur's plane made my hands orange!

Buster: I never thought about it before, but being an only child was so nice.

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Later, Arthur puts the finished model on a stool in his room

Arthur: This is the best thing I have ever made.

In his imagination, Arthur sits on a table on a stage. Beside him sits an astronaut.

Astronaut: Arthur Read. You've won a blue ribbon. [puts the ribbon on the model]

Arthur flies the Bell X-1.

The fantasy ends

Arthur: Well, this calls for a celebration snack! [walks downstairs with Pal]

D.W.: [comes out of her room] Didn't I hear you say cookies? [sees the plane in Arthur’s bedroom, then unwisely walks inside, and enters, without approval, and consciously defies]

Arthur: [gives a dog treat to Pal] Good boy.

D.W.: [runs around holding the plane] D.W. Read to headquarters! Sound barrier broken! What's my next mission, General? [sees the open window]

Arthur: [pretends to be an airplane, makes airplane noises] Arthur Read, winner of 5000 blue ribbons, requesting landing coordinates! [makes airplane noises]

Outside the window, the model plane falls to the ground, and accidentally got a little broken

D.W.: [comes down] Arthur, maybe you made the plane all wrong. It doesn't fly at all.

Arthur: No, D.W. I just made it exactly... [realizes what D.W. had said, in shocked] What?!

The screen shattered like glass

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Outside the house, the sky has become gray

Arthur: [looks up at the open window, gasps, then down at his plane on the ground, and picks up the fuselage, when some of it got accidentally loose, and looks shocked, and trembled]

In his imagination, he flies the plane, but it suddenly falls to pieces. He hovers in midair for one second, then he falls, followed by his helmet and, finally, his glasses.

Arthur: [screaming]

The fantasy ends

D.W.: If it could broke the sound barrier, falling out of the window shouldn't be able to shatter like this.

Arthur: [getting annoyed, wasted, and stern, losing his mind, and rebukes, and withstands D.W.] I told you not to touch it.

D.W.: You've built it all wrong! Don't you ever read the directions?! [Having enough of D.W., Arthur grinds his teeth, and firmly makes a fist] It didn't fly for a second! It wasn't my fault when you've made the plane that couldn't fly!

Arthur: [getting infuriated, and furious, and yells to D.W.] I'M TELLING YOU... NOT TO TOUCH IT! [elevated his fist, and punches D.W.] [off-screen]

D.W.: [falls to the ground, and looks a little blank for a minute, then gets up, and instantly runs off, when going back inside the house, crying]

Arthur bends to pick up the plane when he hears his mom

Mrs. Read: [sternly calling to Arthur to come inside the house] [off-screen] Arthur Read, come in here!

Arthur: [getting a little screwed, tense, and apprehensive] Uh-oh! Middle name. [gets up]

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In the kitchen, D.W. sits beside the kitchen sink

D.W.: [quietly whimpers, and cries on the kitchen counter]

Her dad gets an ice pack from the refrigerator

D.W.: [whimpers] Weren't they gonna have to amputake my arm?

Mr. Read: No, hon. It's amputate, but not amputake.

D.W.: [surprisingly shouts] They were gonna amputate?!

Mr. Read: Nope. I am in charge, and I'm putting ice on it.

D.W.: [loudly roaring, shrieking, and crying in pain]

Mr. Read: What's the matter?

D.W.: [restlessly crying in pain] That was cold!

Arthur and his mother stand in the hallway

Mrs. Read: [disappointedly telling Arthur to apologize to D.W. for being hostile] Apologize to your sister.

Arthur: [withholding to apologize to D.W.] No! She could've apologize to me! I've been working all week on this! I tell her a million times not to touch it!

Mr. Read carries D.W. while passing them

D.W.: [bitterly dispirited] You were bad!

A while later, Arthur sits on a chair in the living room facing his parents

Mr. Read: [gently scolds Arthur for mistreating D.W., and his deeds] Arthur. This means no TV for a week.

Arthur: [dismayed] What?! But that was so unfair! [turns away] You didn't even care about what she did to me!

Mrs. Read: We will deal with what she did. But what you did was wrong too.

Arthur: [misunderstood when overreacted by being harsh to D.W., and gets irritated, and huffs] Humph.

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The next morning, Arthur and Buster arrive at school

Arthur: [gently provoking] So, I've just missed Bionic Bunny from last night, and now I can't watch TV for a whole week. Can you believe that?

Buster: [withholds to listen to Arthur's story] Well, no. I didn't believe it. You've hit your sister? That was horrible.

They pass Binky, with Rattles, and the Tough Customers

Arthur: Come on, like you never did hit anyone.

Buster: Nah.

Binky: [overhears Arthur, and Buster's conversation, and thinking that Arthur hitted his sister] Didn't you hear that? Arthur hit his sister! I, for one, am shocked!

Dog Boy: [asks how Binky had been shocked, giving his difficult report] How come you'd be shocked about somebody hitting somebody?

Binky: Why?

Molly: You're Binky Barnes, you've always... [realizing] You know what, I couldn't remember the last time that you did hit anyone.

Binky: Uh... what do you mean? [The Tough Customers, and Rattles disappointedly stared to him in annoyance, before they heard the school bell ring] Oh! There's the bell! Ha! We don't wanna be late! [The Tough Customers, and Rattles quickly walked inside with him]

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The Tough Customers cornered Binky at his locker

Molly: So, when was it, Bink?

Dog Boy: Binky doesn't have to remind us for his past glorious fights.

Binky: Yeah, that's right.

Dog Boy: And this is why that he's not afraid of no one is a well-established factoid.

Binky: Yeah, that's right.

Dog Boy: And he can prove it easily by socking the very next kid who turns around this corner!

Binky: Yeah, that's right. [shocked] Wait, what?!

Arthur comes around the corner

Molly: Go ahead, Binky. Just sock him.

Arthur passes by

Binky: [tirelessly] Maybe I didn't feel like it.

Molly: [severely] WELL, YOU BETTER FEEL LIKE IT OR YOU'LL MOVE OUT OF THE CLUB IN NO TIME!

Binky: [fuming, and protests] But I can't be out of the club! That's my club! And I founded it!

Molly: Well, if you needed anything on your own way, you shouldn't have let anyone else join! But the next time when you see that kid, you'll sock him!

The other Tough Customers left Binky behind

Binky: [getting concerned] The next time when I see Arthur, I'll just have to hit him. Oh. But what should I do now? [gets an idea] Wait. What if I never see him?

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Arthur sits in the classroom with Buster, Francine and Muffy.

Francine: Arthur, why didn't you just apologize?

Arthur: [still annoyed, and objects] Come on, she just collapsed my plane. But why couldn't anyone see my side of this?

Muffy: [replies] Um... because you're wrong.

Binky walks into room while keeping his back turned to Arthur,s and avoids looking in his direction

Francine: [turns to Binky at the next table] Oh. Hey, Binky. Didn't you hear that Arthur hit his young sister?

Binky: Well, I haven't seen Arthur yet. But as far as I know, Arthur isn't even here.

Francine: Binky was a little upset about what Arthur did that he won't even look at him.

Class has started

Mr. Ratburn: When the day and night are of equal length, it was called the equinox.

The school bell rings and Binky quickly walks out of class immediately, and then met the Tough Customers again

Molly: Did you sock that kid yet?

Binky: I haven't seen him yet. [snickers] I'm so smart. [walks away]

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Binky: [waits outside the school cafeteria] Psst. Hey, is Arthur in here?

Francine: Well, yes.

Binky: Well, maybe I'll just eat outside then. [walks outside]

Francine: Binky won't even get to eat near Arthur.

Buster: Well, that was awful. Maybe, we should bring them together. Then Arthur will thank us.

Shortly afterwards, Binky is having lunch on the lawn behind the school

Buster: [drags Arthur out of the door] Binky was out here somewhere.

Binky: Er.. oof! [jumps into a bush, when a soccer ball flies into the bush]

Sue Ellen: I'll get it! [Binky hands it out] Thanks. [stops and comes back] Binky, what are you doing?

Binky: Avoiding Arthur. And if I didn't see him, I didn't have to hit him.

Sue Ellen: Oh. Well, why would you need to hit Arthur?

Binky: I didn't. And this is why I didn't need to see him.

Sue Ellen: Hmm... Boys. [walks away]

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Binky: [paces outside the boys’ room, Brain comes out] Was Arthur in here?

Brain: [shakes his head] Well, nope.

Binky: [walks in, very relieved] Oh, uh... thanks, thanks, thanks so much!

After recess, the kids come inside

Arthur: [talks to Fern] She just shattered my plane!

Fern: But she was just a little girl.

Arthur: Saying that D.W. was just a little girl was like saying a tornado, just like a little wind.

Binky is hiding behind an ornamental plant

Buster: [stands beside him] Hey, Arthur! Over here!

Binky: Shh! [grabs Buster and pulls him behind the plant. Buster stands beside him]

Arthur: I thought somebody had called my name.

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The school bell rings and the kids leave the building

Binky: [holds an open book around his head] I made it through one whole day. Now only... the rest of my life to go.

Binky, Molly, Rattles and the Dog Boy walk past the Sugar Bowl

Binky: So I never saw that glasses kid again. I probably never will.

Arthur: [runs after them. Binky looked very surprised to Arthur running towards him, Rattles, and the Tough Customers, implying that Binky's scheme of avoiding Arthur backfired] Hey, Binky! You dropped your pen when you walk out of school, kind of sideways, at the end of the day.

Molly: [whispering] Now, here's the chance you have been waiting for.

Dog Boy: [whispering] Show her, Binky. Just tap, and pop him one.

[Binky looks around at the Tough Customers who grin expectantly, and gulps, then sinisterly looks at Arthur, who holds the pen, and "pops him one" by hits him on his arm]

Arthur: [falls down] Ouch!

Molly: All right, you're right. He will hit anyone.

Dog Boy: OK, Binky. You're still in your club. Binky? Where are you going?! Wait! Binky!

Binky rushes, and runs off in discomfort, when the Tough Customers rushed after him

Arthur: [holds his arm in pain] Ouch!

Molly: All right, maybe you're right. He's gonna hit anyone.

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After Arthur gets a taste of his own medicine, the scene pans to the kitchen. That is, where Arthur is getting his injury treated.

Later that evening, Arthur sits beside the kitchen sink, and his father hands him and ice pack.

Arthur: [holds the ice pack on his arm] And the next thing I knew, I was on the ground. It hurt, and it was so embarrassing, and...

D.W. and her mother come in.

Mr. Read: Well, maybe this is how D.W. felt when you punched her.

As a result, the incident makes Arthur understand how D.W must have felt.

Arthur: Well, yeah, maybe. But what's it got to do with this? Binky Barnes was very huge!

Mrs. Read carries D.W. to the kitchen, and his parents just looked to them

Arthur: [calmly] Yeah, I guess I kind of get it now.

D.W.: [smiles]

Arthur: [walks into the dining room where D.W. is waiting] I'm sorry for hitting you.

D.W.: And I'm sorry for shattering your plane. But what kind of a weak plane doesn't fly?

Arthur: A model plane?

D.W.: Well, I didn't even know yet. But I'm just a little child. Just give me a break.

The next day, at the park, Binky sits on a swing looking worried. Arthur rides by on his bike

Binky: Hey, Arthur. I feel really rotten earlier. I just wanted to apologize.

Arthur: I just wanna say thank you.

Binky: [gets up] Huh... what?

Arthur: Well, everyone had told me that I was wrong and I didn't get it. [feels his balls] But... you made me understand how bad I made D.W. feel.

Binky: Well, you're very welcome. But I didn't try to help you learn some boring lessons. But it was just an accident though.

The other Tough Customers come

Dog Boy: [points to Arthur] Hey, it's the kid who got hit by Binky, and now lived with him.

Molly: Now you've deserved to be in his club, kid.

Binky: [walks to Tough Customers] Actually, there was no club. But I founded it earlier, and now I'm de-founding it. Because any club that makes you wanna do something you don't wanna do was so dumb. So, anyone else wanna make something of it?

Dog Boy: Um... nope.

Binky: Come on, Arthur. Let's just go get a soda.

Molly: Oh, man. Now he's got no club at all. Hmm.

Binky: [walks up to them] Do you guys wanna come with us? How about if we just form a new club with no dumb hitting, and all this stuff? And because if anyone does break the rules, I will clobber them.

The Contest [4.4a]

Muffy: We could write about things that really happened to us.

Francine: There's only one problem. Nothing's ever happened to us. They start walking home.

Arthur: Are you kidding? What about when we first had Mr. Ratburn? We thought he was a monster.

Buster: Right. Or when I moved away.

Francine: I guess you could do something about when I taught Arthur to play baseball.

The Blizzard [4.5a]

Mr. Ratburn: [enters the classroom] Sorry, I'm late. Let's jump right into work.

[Just then, the lights in the classroom go out]

Mr. Haney: Bad news! The storm is getting worse, the buildings lost electricity, so the school is closed.

[Mr. Ratburn gasps while the class cheer]

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Oliver: I tried all night, but the plower's stuck. None of the roads can get plowed now.

Francine: Dad, look! It's too cold to write. I have to stop doing my report.

The Rat Who Came to Dinner [4.5b]

Arthur: Good night, Mom! Good night, Dad!

Mr. and Mrs. Read: Good night, Arthur!

Arthur: Good night, Mr. Ratburn!

Mr. Ratburn: Good night, Arthur! Good night, D.W.!

D.W.: Good night, Mr. Ragberp!

Arthur: Good night, Pal!

[Pal barks "good night"]

Mr. Ratburn: Good night, Pal! Will there be more cake tomorrow?

To Beat or Not to Beat [4.7b]

Muffy: [shocked and plugged the ears] What in the world is that?! Turn it off!

That's A Baby Show [4.10b]

Arthur: Mom says I'm watching the Dark Bunny after your baby show ends!

D.W.: Mary Moo Cow is not a baby show!-->