Arthur
Arthur Read, an 8-year-old anthropomorphic aardvark, navigates everyday life alongside friends and family. Each episode centers on daily interactions, school experiences, and relatable challenges that show how the group deals with different situations together.
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Season 1
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1
E1
Arthur's Eyes
Arthur is embarrassed because he now has to wear glasses.
Oct 7, 1996 · 26m -
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E2
Francine's Bad Hair Day
Francine tries to get through picture day, without messing up her meticulously-crafted hairdo.
Oct 7, 1996 · 26m -
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E3
Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn
Arthur and Buster fear that their new teacher, Mr. Ratburn, is some kind of evil maniac who collects children's heads - until they discover the truth about him, of course.
Oct 8, 1996 · 27m -
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E4
Arthur's Spelling Trubble
Arthur does some heavy-duty studying, in order to compete in the school's upcoming spelling bee.
Oct 8, 1996 · 27m -
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E5
D.W. All Wet
Whew, boy is it HOT today. The Reads decide to head to the beach in order to cool off, but D.W. refuses to go along (she thinks there is an octopus in the water).
Oct 9, 1996 · 26m -
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E6
Buster's Dino Dilemma
When the class goes on a field trip to a dinosaur museum, Buster finds a fossil on the ground - and wants to keep it for himself.
Oct 9, 1996 · 26m -
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E7
D.W.'s Imaginary Friend
D.W. has an imaginary friend, Nadine, says she has to come everywhere, but Arthur is sick of it.
Oct 10, 1996 · 26m -
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E8
Arthur's Lost Library Book
When Arthur checks out a library book and loses it a week later; he thinks he is banned from the library. So he and Binky team up to find it.
Oct 10, 1996 · 26m -
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E9
Arthur's Pet Business
When Arthur desperately wants a dog, he starts a pet business. When he gets too many he decides to just take care of one pet.
Oct 11, 1996 · 26m -
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E10
D.W. the Copycat
When D.W. gets told she doesn't like any interesting stuff, she decides to copy Arthur.
Oct 11, 1996 · 26m -
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E11
Locked in the Library!
After Arthur called Francine a marshmallow, Francine and her friends get really mad and it looks like they are going to fight. But when they both get locked inside the Elwood City Library they either have to make up, or prepare for a long and scary weekend, because it's the weekend and the library closes until Monday.
Oct 14, 1996 · 26m -
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E12
Arthur Accused!
Arthur had a job to collect coins for Mrs. McGrady to raise money for a new dog for the Elwood City firemen, and when he left the bag of quarters where Mrs. McGrady was working, she said she never received them. While this was happening, Buster opened his detective agency, he has no idea his first job will involve Arthur. Now, it is up to Buster to solve this mystery, was Arthur the real thief?....
Oct 14, 1996 · 26m -
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E13
Arthur Goes to Camp
Arthur and his friends go to summer camp and Binky brings up the issue that it's boys vs. girls. The other team participating always won because of this problem, so now the kids of Elwood must work together to defeat them this year.
Oct 15, 1996 · 26m -
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E14
Buster Makes the Grade
Buster's grades aren't as good as his jokes, and now he is on the verge of repeating his third grade year. If he does not receive at least a B on his next test, he fails...
Oct 15, 1996 · 26m -
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E15
Arthur's New Puppy
Arthur has a new puppy is exactly what he wanted. But the only problem is that he destroys everything in sight, so can Arthur teach Pal to behave, before his parents do something with Pal because of all the disasters he is causing.
Oct 16, 1996 · 27m -
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E16
Arthur Bounces Back
Arthur's dream is to have Moon shoes, but he does not have the ten dollars to get them. When he begins working chores to receive money, he got too desperate and does something he will regret.
Oct 16, 1996 · 26m -
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E17
Arthur Babysits
Arthur has plenty of gripes about his past babysitters, but soon finds himself trying his hand at some babysitting of his own. He ends up having the Tibble Twins' Grandma ask him to babysit the infamous Tibble Twins and he agrees to the job. Despite the warnings from both his friends and D.W., he takes on the task and quickly finds himself overwhelmed. After some quick thinking, and a willingness to keep at things, he comes up with a plan.
Oct 17, 1996 · 26m -
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E18
Arthur's Cousin Catastrophe
The Read Family is having a big reunion, with aardvark relatives from all over coming. Arthur normally enjoys the festivities, such as sack-racing and swapping stories, but finds himself hiding because he's worried that his cousin Mo has a big practical joke planned for him. He remembers her being awful to him in the past and is sure that she has something big planned. However, his worries might just be unfounded.
Oct 17, 1996 · 26m -
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E19
Arthur's Birthday
Arthur is excited about his birthday. After shopping for party supplies, he makes invitations and passes them out at school. He then finds out that Muffy is having her party on the same day, at the same time. This starts a huge battle between the boys and the girls in the Ratburn class. Fortunately, Francine and Arthur devise a great solution to the problem.
Oct 18, 1996 · 26m -
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E20
Francine Frensky, Superstar
Francine has always gotten the worst roles in school plays, so everyone in the Ratburn class asks Mr. Ratburn to give her a good part in the next one. The play is about Thomas Edison, and Francine is given the role of Edison himself. She takes her role very seriously, to the point where she starts to trying to run everything her way and insults her friends. After the hurt and the anger, they set out to show her that she can't just forget their needs
Oct 18, 1996 · 27m -
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E21
Arthur's Baby
Viewers are taken back, as Arthur and D.W. recollect what happened when Baby Kate was first-born. D.W. is excited with anticipation, but Arthur is very worried. His worries are only made worse when his friends tell him about all the awful stuff that's going to happen when the baby comes. Still, Arthur, is determined to be a good big brother, but ends up thinking that the baby hates him!
Oct 21, 1996 · 26m -
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E22
D.W.'s Baby
D.W. was excited to have a new little sister, but when she doesn't get to help much and the baby moves into her room, things don't seem so great. Kate stinks and makes a lot of noise. D.W. hatches a plan to get rid of her, but finds that maybe being a big sister isn't so bad after all.
Oct 21, 1996 · 27m -
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E23
Arthur Writes a Story
Mr. Ratburn gives the class an assignment --- to write a story about anything they want. It seems like a simple assignment and it doesn't even have to be bound and sent to a publisher as Muffy suggests. Arthur, however, finds it a hard task when he starts trying to write to please everyone's tastes. He starts out with the simple story of how he got his dog Pal, but after following the advice of each of his friends, it morphs into a bizarre country tune about baby elephants being born in outer space.
Oct 22, 1996 · 26m -
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E24
Arthur's Lost Dog
When Pal runs away at a street fair, even Arthur starts to doubt his dog's intelligence.
Oct 22, 1996 · 27m -
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E25
So Long, Spanky
D.W. suffers through the death of her beloved bird, then has to decide whether to risk her heart again by adopting a lonely toad.
Oct 23, 1996 · 26m -
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E26
Buster's New Friend
Arthur is lonely when Buster starts spending time with a new super-cool friend named Mike.
Oct 23, 1996 · 26m -
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E27
Arthur the Wrecker
Arthur breaks his mom's computer. Can he fix it before she finds out?
Oct 24, 1996 · 26m -
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E28
Arthur and the True Francine
Oct 24, 1996 · 26m -
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E29
Arthur's Family Vacation
Oct 25, 1996 · 26m -
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E30
Grandpa Dave's Old Country Farm
Arthur and D.W. spend a week at their grandfather's farm, which isn't quite as Arthur remembers it.
Oct 25, 1996 · 27m -
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E31
Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest
Oct 28, 1996 -
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E32
D.W. Flips
Oct 28, 1996 -
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E33
Meek for a Week
Oct 29, 1996 -
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E34
Arthur, World's Greatest Gleeper
Oct 29, 1996 -
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E35
Arthur's Chicken Pox
Oct 30, 1996 -
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E36
Sick as a Dog
Oct 30, 1996 -
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E37
D.W. Rides Again
Oct 31, 1996 -
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E38
Arthur Makes the Team
Oct 31, 1996 -
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E39
Arthur's Almost Boring Day
Nov 1, 1996 -
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E40
The Half-Baked Sale
Nov 1, 1996 -
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E41
Sue Ellen Moves In
Nov 4, 1996 -
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E42
The Perfect Brother
Nov 4, 1996 -
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E43
D.W.'s Snow Mystery
Nov 5, 1996 -
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E44
Team Trouble
Nov 5, 1996 -
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E45
Bully for Binky
Binky is the toughest kid in school and everyone is afraid of him.
Nov 6, 1996 -
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E46
Misfortune Teller
Nov 6, 1996 -
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E47
Arthur's Tooth
When Arthur is teased by Francine and the others because he hasn't lost all of his baby teeth yet, he becomes determined to lose his tooth and fit in with the others.
Nov 7, 1996 -
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E48
D.W. Gets Lost
Nov 7, 1996 -
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E49
D.W. Thinks Big
D.W. finds Aunt Lucy's wedding ring after she lost it at her wedding.
Nov 8, 1996 -
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E50
Arthur Cleans Up
Nov 8, 1996 -
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E51
My Dad, the Garbage Man
Every kid at school's parents has cool jobs except for Francine's dad. He's a garbage man and Francine is embarrassed by it so to make him look cool she tells the kids at school that he's a CIA agent.
Nov 11, 1996 -
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E52
Poor Muffy
Nov 11, 1996 -
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E53
D.W.'s Blankie
D.W. loses her blankie and she and Arthur search all over town just to find it.
Nov 12, 1996 -
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E54
Arthur's Substitute Teacher Trouble
Nov 12, 1996 -
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E55
I'm a Poet
Fern dares everyone to write a good poem for a contest. If the loser backs out they have to join art club for a year.
Nov 13, 1996 -
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E56
The Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club!
Nov 13, 1996 -
57
E57
My Club Rules
The Strawberry Festival is coming to town and Arthur and his friends all band together and form a club to create the perfect float, but when everyone gets their own ideas on what the float should be they all form their own clubs.
Nov 14, 1996 -
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E58
Stolen Bike
Francine is so determined to get a shiny new bike that she finally decides to let her old one get "stolen."
Nov 14, 1996 -
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E59
Arthur's First Sleepover
Arthur throws a sleepover and invites Brain and Buster. He doesen't invite D.W. so she decides to ruin the sleepover.
Nov 15, 1996 -
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E60
Arthur's New Year's Eve
For the past few years, Arthur kept on trying to stay up until midnight for the new year, but he always fell asleep. This year he decides to not stay up at all, until his friends tell him what happens every year. But they all have different stories.
Nov 15, 1996