Arthur
Arthur
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Arthur

What a wonderful kind of day!

7.0 / 10
1996
25 seasons
493 episodes
AnimationComedyKidsFamily

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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Cast

Seasons

  • Arthur's Eyes

    1.Arthur's Eyes

    07-10-199613m

    Arthur is embarrassed because he now has to wear glasses.

  • Francine's Bad Hair Day

    2.Francine's Bad Hair Day

    07-10-199613m

    Francine tries to get through picture day, without messing up her meticulously-crafted hairdo.

  • Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn

    3.Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn

    08-10-199613m

    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.

  • Arthur's Spelling Trubble

    4.Arthur's Spelling Trubble

    08-10-199613m

    Arthur does some heavy-duty studying, in order to compete in the school's upcoming spelling bee.

  • D.W. All Wet

    5.D.W. All Wet

    09-10-199613m

    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).

  • Buster's Dino Dilemma

    6.Buster's Dino Dilemma

    09-10-199613m

    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.

  • D.W.'s Imaginary Friend

    7.D.W.'s Imaginary Friend

    10-10-199613m

    D.W. has an imaginary friend, Nadine, says she has to come everywhere, but Arthur is sick of it.

  • Arthur's Lost Library Book

    8.Arthur's Lost Library Book

    10-10-199613m

    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.

  • Arthur's Pet Business

    9.Arthur's Pet Business

    11-10-199613m

    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.

  • D.W. the Copycat

    10.D.W. the Copycat

    11-10-199613m

    When D.W. gets told she doesn't like any interesting stuff, she decides to copy Arthur.

  • Locked in the Library!

    11.Locked in the Library!

    14-10-199613m

    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...

  • Arthur Accused!

    12.Arthur Accused!

    14-10-199613m

    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, sh...

  • Arthur Goes to Camp

    13.Arthur Goes to Camp

    15-10-199613m

    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...

  • Buster Makes the Grade

    14.Buster Makes the Grade

    15-10-199613m

    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...

  • Arthur's New Puppy

    15.Arthur's New Puppy

    16-10-199613m

    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 w...

  • Arthur Bounces Back

    16.Arthur Bounces Back

    16-10-199613m

    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 w...

  • Arthur Babysits

    17.Arthur Babysits

    17-10-199613m

    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 t...

  • Arthur's Cousin Catastrophe

    18.Arthur's Cousin Catastrophe

    17-10-199613m

    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 h...

  • Ep 19

    19.Arthur's Birthday

    18-10-199613m

    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...

  • Ep 20

    20.Francine Frensky, Superstar

    18-10-199613m

    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 Edis...

  • Ep 21

    21.Arthur's Baby

    21-10-199613m

    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 onl...

  • D.W.'s Baby

    22.D.W.'s Baby

    21-10-199613m

    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 noi...

  • Ep 23

    23.Arthur Writes a Story

    22-10-199613m

    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 publis...

  • Ep 24

    24.Arthur's Lost Dog

    22-10-199613m

    When Pal runs away at a street fair, even Arthur starts to doubt his dog's intelligence.

  • Ep 25

    25.So Long, Spanky

    23-10-199613m

    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.

  • Ep 26

    26.Buster's New Friend

    23-10-199613m

    Arthur is lonely when Buster starts spending time with a new super-cool friend named Mike.

  • Ep 27

    27.Arthur the Wrecker

    24-10-199613m

    Arthur 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

    25-10-199613m

    Arthur 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

    06-11-199613m

    Binky 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

    07-11-199613m

    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.

  • Ep 48

    48.D.W. Gets Lost

    07-11-199613m
  • D.W. Thinks Big

    49.D.W. Thinks Big

    08-11-199613m

    D.W. finds Aunt Lucy's wedding ring after she lost it at her wedding.

  • Arthur Cleans Up

    50.Arthur Cleans Up

    08-11-199613m
  • Ep 51

    51.My Dad, the Garbage Man

    11-11-199613m

    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 th...

  • Ep 52

    52.Poor Muffy

    11-11-199613m
  • D.W.'s Blankie

    53.D.W.'s Blankie

    12-11-199613m

    D.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
  • I'm a Poet

    55.I'm a Poet

    13-11-199613m

    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.

  • Ep 56

    56.The Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club!

    13-11-199613m
  • My Club Rules

    57.My Club Rules

    14-11-199613m

    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 t...

  • Ep 58

    58.Stolen Bike

    14-11-199613m

    Francine is so determined to get a shiny new bike that she finally decides to let her old one get "stolen."

  • Arthur's First Sleepover

    59.Arthur's First Sleepover

    15-11-199613m

    Arthur 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

    15-11-199613m

    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 t...

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