Arthur (1996)
The show revolves around the lives of 8-year-old Arthur Read, an anthropomorphic aardvark, his friends and family, and their daily interactions with each other.
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Episode 1 - Arthur's Eyes
Release Date: 1996-10-07Arthur is embarrassed because he now has to wear glasses.
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Episode 2 - Francine's Bad Hair Day
Release Date: 1996-10-07Francine tries to get through picture day, without messing up her meticulously-crafted hairdo.
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Episode 3 - Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn
Release Date: 1996-10-08Arthur 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.
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Episode 4 - Arthur's Spelling Trubble
Release Date: 1996-10-08Arthur does some heavy-duty studying, in order to compete in the school's upcoming spelling bee.
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Episode 5 - D.W. All Wet
Release Date: 1996-10-09Whew, 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).
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Episode 6 - Buster's Dino Dilemma
Release Date: 1996-10-09When 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.
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Episode 7 - D.W.'s Imaginary Friend
Release Date: 1996-10-10D.W. has an imaginary friend, Nadine, says she has to come everywhere, but Arthur is sick of it.
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Episode 8 - Arthur's Lost Library Book
Release Date: 1996-10-10When 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.
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Episode 9 - Arthur's Pet Business
Release Date: 1996-10-11When Arthur desperately wants a dog, he starts a pet business. When he gets too many he decides to just take care of one pet.
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Episode 10 - D.W. the Copycat
Release Date: 1996-10-11When D.W. gets told she doesn't like any interesting stuff, she decides to copy Arthur.
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Episode 11 - Locked in the Library!
Release Date: 1996-10-14After 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.
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Episode 12 - Arthur Accused!
Release Date: 1996-10-14Arthur 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?....
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Episode 13 - Arthur Goes to Camp
Release Date: 1996-10-15Arthur 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.
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Episode 14 - Buster Makes the Grade
Release Date: 1996-10-15Buster'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...
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Episode 15 - Arthur's New Puppy
Release Date: 1996-10-16Arthur 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.
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Episode 16 - Arthur Bounces Back
Release Date: 1996-10-16Arthur'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.
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Episode 17 - Arthur Babysits
Release Date: 1996-10-17Arthur 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.
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Episode 18 - Arthur's Cousin Catastrophe
Release Date: 1996-10-17The 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.
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Episode 19 - Arthur's Birthday
Release Date: 1996-10-18Arthur 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.
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Episode 20 - Francine Frensky, Superstar
Release Date: 1996-10-18Francine 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
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Episode 21 - Arthur's Baby
Release Date: 1996-10-21Viewers 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!
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Episode 22 - D.W.'s Baby
Release Date: 1996-10-21D.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.
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Episode 23 - Arthur Writes a Story
Release Date: 1996-10-22Mr. 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.
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Episode 24 - Arthur's Lost Dog
Release Date: 1996-10-22When Pal runs away at a street fair, even Arthur starts to doubt his dog's intelligence.
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Episode 25 - So Long, Spanky
Release Date: 1996-10-23D.W. suffers through the death of her beloved bird, then has to decide whether to risk her heart again by adopting a lonely toad.
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Episode 26 - Buster's New Friend
Release Date: 1996-10-23Arthur is lonely when Buster starts spending time with a new super-cool friend named Mike.
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Episode 27 - Arthur the Wrecker
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Episode 28 - Arthur and the True Francine
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Episode 29 - Arthur's Family Vacation
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Episode 30 - Grandpa Dave's Old Country Farm
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Episode 31 - Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest
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Episode 32 - D.W. Flips
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Episode 33 - Meek for a Week
Release Date: 1996-10-29 -
Episode 34 - Arthur, World's Greatest Gleeper
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Episode 35 - Arthur's Chicken Pox
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Episode 36 - Sick as a Dog
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Episode 37 - D.W. Rides Again
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Episode 38 - Arthur Makes the Team
Release Date: 1996-10-31 -
Episode 39 - Arthur's Almost Boring Day
Release Date: 1996-11-01 -
Episode 40 - The Half-Baked Sale
Release Date: 1996-11-01 -
Episode 41 - Sue Ellen Moves In
Release Date: 1996-11-04 -
Episode 42 - The Perfect Brother
Release Date: 1996-11-04 -
Episode 43 - D.W.'s Snow Mystery
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Episode 44 - Team Trouble
Release Date: 1996-11-05 -
Episode 45 - Bully for Binky
Release Date: 1996-11-06Binky is the toughest kid in school and everyone is afraid of him.
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Episode 46 - Misfortune Teller
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Episode 47 - Arthur's Tooth
Release Date: 1996-11-07When 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.
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Episode 48 - D.W. Gets Lost
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Episode 49 - D.W. Thinks Big
Release Date: 1996-11-08D.W. finds Aunt Lucy's wedding ring after she lost it at her wedding.
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Episode 50 - Arthur Cleans Up
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Episode 51 - My Dad, the Garbage Man
Release Date: 1996-11-11Every 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.
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Episode 52 - Poor Muffy
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Episode 53 - D.W.'s Blankie
Release Date: 1996-11-12D.W. loses her blankie and she and Arthur search all over town just to find it.
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Episode 54 - Arthur's Substitute Teacher Trouble
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Episode 55 - I'm a Poet
Release Date: 1996-11-13Fern dares everyone to write a good poem for a contest. If the loser backs out they have to join art club for a year.
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Episode 56 - The Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club!
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Episode 57 - My Club Rules
Release Date: 1996-11-14The 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.
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Episode 58 - Stolen Bike
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Episode 59 - Arthur's First Sleepover
Release Date: 1996-11-15Arthur throws a sleepover and invites Brain and Buster. He doesen't invite D.W. so she decides to ruin the sleepover.
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Episode 60 - Arthur's New Year's Eve
Release Date: 1996-11-15