

Arthur
“What a wonderful kind of day!”
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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ARTHUR | Theme Song | PBS KIDS
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Seasons

1.Arthur's Eyes
07-10-199613mArthur is embarrassed because he now has to wear glasses.

2.Francine's Bad Hair Day
07-10-199613mFrancine tries to get through picture day, without messing up her meticulously-crafted hairdo.

3.Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn
08-10-199613mArthur 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.

4.Arthur's Spelling Trubble
08-10-199613mArthur does some heavy-duty studying, in order to compete in the school's upcoming spelling bee.

5.D.W. All Wet
09-10-199613mWhew, 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).

6.Buster's Dino Dilemma
09-10-199613mWhen 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.

7.D.W.'s Imaginary Friend
10-10-199613mD.W. has an imaginary friend, Nadine, says she has to come everywhere, but Arthur is sick of it.

8.Arthur's Lost Library Book
10-10-199613mWhen 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.

9.Arthur's Pet Business
11-10-199613mWhen Arthur desperately wants a dog, he starts a pet business. When he gets too many he decides to just take care of one pet.

10.D.W. the Copycat
11-10-199613mWhen D.W. gets told she doesn't like any interesting stuff, she decides to copy Arthur.

11.Locked in the Library!
14-10-199613mAfter 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...

12.Arthur Accused!
14-10-199613mArthur 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, sh...

13.Arthur Goes to Camp
15-10-199613mArthur 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...

14.Buster Makes the Grade
15-10-199613mBuster'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...

15.Arthur's New Puppy
16-10-199613mArthur 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 w...

16.Arthur Bounces Back
16-10-199613mArthur'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 w...

17.Arthur Babysits
17-10-199613mArthur 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 t...

18.Arthur's Cousin Catastrophe
17-10-199613mThe 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 h...
- Ep 19
19.Arthur's Birthday
18-10-199613mArthur 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...
- Ep 20
20.Francine Frensky, Superstar
18-10-199613mFrancine 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 Edis...
- Ep 21
21.Arthur's Baby
21-10-199613mViewers 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 onl...

22.D.W.'s Baby
21-10-199613mD.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 noi...
- Ep 23
23.Arthur Writes a Story
22-10-199613mMr. 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 publis...
- Ep 24
24.Arthur's Lost Dog
22-10-199613mWhen Pal runs away at a street fair, even Arthur starts to doubt his dog's intelligence.
- Ep 25
25.So Long, Spanky
23-10-199613mD.W. suffers through the death of her beloved bird, then has to decide whether to risk her heart again by adopting a lonely toad.
- Ep 26
26.Buster's New Friend
23-10-199613mArthur is lonely when Buster starts spending time with a new super-cool friend named Mike.
- Ep 27
27.Arthur the Wrecker
24-10-199613mArthur breaks his mom's computer. Can he fix it before she finds out?
- Ep 28
28.Arthur and the True Francine
24-10-199613m - Ep 29
29.Arthur's Family Vacation
25-10-199613m - Ep 30
30.Grandpa Dave's Old Country Farm
25-10-199613mArthur and D.W. spend a week at their grandfather's farm, which isn't quite as Arthur remembers it.
- Ep 31
31.Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest
28-10-199613m - Ep 32
32.D.W. Flips
28-10-199613m - Ep 33
33.Meek for a Week
29-10-199613m - Ep 34
34.Arthur, World's Greatest Gleeper
29-10-199613m - Ep 35
35.Arthur's Chicken Pox
30-10-199613m - Ep 36
36.Sick as a Dog
30-10-199613m - Ep 37
37.D.W. Rides Again
31-10-199613m - Ep 38
38.Arthur Makes the Team
31-10-199613m - Ep 39
39.Arthur's Almost Boring Day
01-11-199613m - Ep 40
40.The Half-Baked Sale
01-11-199613m - Ep 41
41.Sue Ellen Moves In
04-11-199613m - Ep 42
42.The Perfect Brother
04-11-199613m - Ep 43
43.D.W.'s Snow Mystery
05-11-199613m - Ep 44
44.Team Trouble
05-11-199613m - Ep 45
45.Bully for Binky
06-11-199613mBinky is the toughest kid in school and everyone is afraid of him.
- Ep 46
46.Misfortune Teller
06-11-199613m - Ep 47
47.Arthur's Tooth
07-11-199613mWhen 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.
- Ep 48
48.D.W. Gets Lost
07-11-199613m 
49.D.W. Thinks Big
08-11-199613mD.W. finds Aunt Lucy's wedding ring after she lost it at her wedding.

50.Arthur Cleans Up
08-11-199613m- Ep 51
51.My Dad, the Garbage Man
11-11-199613mEvery 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 th...
- Ep 52
52.Poor Muffy
11-11-199613m 
53.D.W.'s Blankie
12-11-199613mD.W. loses her blankie and she and Arthur search all over town just to find it.
- Ep 54
54.Arthur's Substitute Teacher Trouble
12-11-199613m 
55.I'm a Poet
13-11-199613mFern dares everyone to write a good poem for a contest. If the loser backs out they have to join art club for a year.
- Ep 56
56.The Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club!
13-11-199613m 
57.My Club Rules
14-11-199613mThe 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 t...
- Ep 58
58.Stolen Bike
14-11-199613mFrancine is so determined to get a shiny new bike that she finally decides to let her old one get "stolen."

59.Arthur's First Sleepover
15-11-199613mArthur throws a sleepover and invites Brain and Buster. He doesen't invite D.W. so she decides to ruin the sleepover.
- Ep 60
60.Arthur's New Year's Eve
15-11-199613mFor 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 t...
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