Arthur season 18
Appearance
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Arthur | |
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Season 18 | |
No. of episodes | 10 (19 segments) |
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Original network | PBS Kids |
Original release | September 29, 2014 September 10, 2015 | –
Season chronology | |
The 18th season of the television series Arthur aired from September 29, 2014 to September 10, 2015 on PBS Kids[1] and comprised 10 episodes. William Healy replaces Drew Adkins as Arthur, Andrew Dayton replaces Jake Beale as D.W., and Max Friedman Cole replaces Siam Yu as Brain for part of the season continuing permanently for the next season.
Episodes
[edit]No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Storyboard by | Original air date | |
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206a | 1a | "The Friend Who Wasn't There"[2] | Craig Carlisle & Peter K. Hirsch | Gerry Capelle | September 29, 2014 | |
Muffy goes into her basement to find her imaginary friend. | ||||||
206b | 1b | "Surprise!"[2] | Ken Scarborough | Allan Jeffery | September 29, 2014 | |
Francine is upset when she is forbidden to attend Catherine's 16th birthday party, so she tries to get back at her sister by crashing the party uninvited and humiliating her. | ||||||
207a | 2a | "The Case of the Girl with the Long Face"[2] | Matt Hoverman | Jeremy O'Neill | September 30, 2014 | |
George hires Buster to find out why Fern is feeling sad. | ||||||
207b | 2b | "The Substitute Arthur"[2] | Ken Scarborough | Rick Marshall | September 30, 2014 | |
While Arthur is on a trip for the weekend, Buster must find someone else to hang out with. | ||||||
208a | 3a | "The Tattletale Frog"[2] | Ken Scarborough | Rick Marshall | October 1, 2014 | |
When D.W. accidentally breaks a singing frog figurine while playing a game with Bud, they try to hide the evidence, but end up making a bigger mess. At first, Bud takes the blame for the mess, but D.W. eventually has a crisis of conscience and explains why she made the mess. | ||||||
208b | 3b | "D.W. & Bud's Higher Purpose"[2] | Peter K. Hirsch | Jeremy O'Neill | October 1, 2014 | |
D.W. and Bud are too short to go on a roller coaster, The Buzzard, so they try to trick the ride attendant into letting them get on, but nothing works. | ||||||
209a | 4a | "Best Wishes"[2] | Dietrich Smith & Peter K. Hirsch | Gerry Capelle | October 2, 2014 | |
George's friends pressure him into wishing for school-closing snow. | ||||||
209b | 4b | "The Tardy Tumbler"[2] | Matt Hoverman | Allan Jeffery | October 2, 2014 | |
Prunella struggles with getting up early for her gymnastics class. | ||||||
210a | 5a | "Fountain Abbey"[2] | Kathy Waugh | Gerry Capelle | January 26, 2015[3] | |
Muffy is sad to discover that one of her ancestors worked as a maid for one of Binky's ancestors - a lord. Upon further investigation, Muffy finds out how that maid got promoted to a business manager. | ||||||
210b | 5b | "Arthur Calls It"[2] | Craig Carlisle & Peter K. Hirsch | Rick Marshall | January 26, 2015[3] | |
Arthur umpires a baseball game, and he has to decide whether or not Buster properly scored a home run. When he judges in the opposing team's favor, Francine, Muffy, and Buster accuse him of making the wrong choice. | ||||||
211a | 6a | "Whip. Mix. Blend."[4] | Peter K. Hirsch | Allan Jeffery | September 7, 2015[5] | |
When Rattles and his mom are invited to stay at her boyfriend, Archie Vanderloo's house for a weekend, Rattles is worried about fitting in with Archie's twin kids, Angie and Ansel. Angie speaks in weird slang that Rattles can almost never understand, while Ansel is overly competitive. The rest of the Tough Customers try to help Rattles prepare for his visit. | ||||||
211b | 6b | "Staycation"[4] | Kathy Waugh | Gerry Capelle | September 7, 2015[5] | |
Arthur and D.W. want to give Mr. and Mrs. Read a vacation, so they suggest that they sit outside and relax. As chaos slowly builds up inside the house, Arthur is determined not to ruin their vacation by calling them for help. | ||||||
212a | 7a | "Two Minutes"[6] | Ken Scarborough | Gerry Capelle | June 1, 2015[7] | |
Timmy is outraged when he discovers that Tommy was born two minutes before he was. Timmy, angry by his brother acting superior, calls on D.W. to put Tommy in his place. | ||||||
212b | 7b | "Messy Dress Mess"[6] | Raye Lankford | Mitch Manzer | June 1, 2015[7] | |
Ladonna accidentally ruins a fancy dress Muffy lends her. | ||||||
213a | 8a | "Arthur Read: Super Saver"[8] | Raye Lankford | Mitch Manzer | September 9, 2015[9] | |
Arthur tries to cut down on the cost of bills for his parents. | ||||||
213b | 8b | "Tibbles to the Rescue"[8] | Matt Hoverman | Jeremy O'Neill | September 9, 2015[9] | |
D.W. saves the Tibbles from a fall, and they feel the need to repay her, much to D.W.'s annoyance. | ||||||
214a | 9a | "The Pageant Pickle"[10] | Ken Scarborough | Jeremy O'Neill | September 10, 2015[11] | |
Arthur is embarrassed about having to go see D.W.'s spring pageant. | ||||||
214b | 9b | "Some Assembly Required"[10] | Craig Carlisle | Rick Marshall | September 10, 2015[11] | |
D.W. is waiting for her new playground to be built, and all she has to play with is the box that it came in. She, Bud, and Emily see the box as a spacecraft, and they journey to a distant planet, where they encounter strange creatures of many varieties. | ||||||
215 | 10 | "Shelter from the Storm"[12] | Peter K. Hirsch | Allan Jeffery & Wayne Lee Pack | September 8, 2015[13] | |
When a powerful hurricane hits Elwood City, Arthur and his friends are affected by it in various ways. Arthur starts a campaign to reunite lost pets with their owners. The first floor of the Crosswires' house is flooded, forcing them to stay in a homeless shelter until their house gets cleaned up. With Mr. Compson being very busy, Ladonna fears that he will not come home in time for her birthday. Meanwhile, the Brain gets traumatized after seeing the destruction of his family's ice cream shop and develops a fear of the wind, so he begins seeing a psychiatrist (voiced by Idina Menzel). |
References
[edit]- ^ "PBS Kids to Kick off New Episodes of 'Arthur' Starting Sept. 29". Animation World Network. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Arthur - Episode Guide - watch online - tv listings - Zap2it.com". Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ^ a b "KET - Arthur - Fountain Abbey / Arthur Calls It".
- ^ a b "KET - Arthur - Whip. Mix. Blend./Staycation". Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Whip. Mix. Blend./Staycation - Arthur". Kentucky Educational Television. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ a b "KET - Arthur - Two Minutes/Messy Dress Mess". Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Two Minutes/Messy Dress Mess - Arthur". Kentucky Educational Television. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ a b "KET - Arthur - Super Saver/Tibbles to The Rescue". Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Arthur Read: Super Saver!/Tibbles to the Rescue! - Arthur". Kentucky Educational Television. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ a b "KET - Arthur - The Pageant Pickle/Some Assembly Required". Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ a b "The Pageant Pickle/Some Assembly Required - Arthur". Kentucky Educational Television. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "KET - Arthur - Shelter from the Storm Part 1 & 2". Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ "Shelter from the Storm Part 1 & 2 - Arthur". Kentucky Educational Television. Retrieved 31 December 2021.