Arthur (season 16)

The 16th season of the television series Arthur was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States from October 15, 2012 to May 10, 2013 and consists of 10 episodes. This season was the first to be distributed by 9 Story Media Group, as Cookie Jar Entertainment merged with DHX Media. Season 16 was the first to be produced in 16:9 aspect ratio, in addition to switching from traditional animation to in-house Flash animation.

Arthur
Season 16
Country of origin	United States Canada
No. of episodes	10 (19 segments)
Release
Original network	PBS
Original release	October 15, 2012 (2012-10-15) – May 10, 2013 (2013-05-10)
Season chronology

Episodes

Main article: List of Arthur episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original air date
186	1	"Based on a True Story"	Peter K. Hirsch	Gerry Capelle & Cilbur Rocha	October 15, 2012 (2012-10-15)
A new girl named Ladonna moves to Elwood City from Louisiana with her family. In order to make friends, she tells the Lakewood students stories about her life. As she continues with her tales, the kids get bored when she tells the same ones multiple times. Ladonna begins to fabricate her stories and is caught by Brain when she makes a factual mistake. When something amazing does happen to Ladonna, nobody believes her, and she has to prove it. Meanwhile, Ladonna's younger brother, Bud, tries to befriend D.W.
187	2	"Flippity Francine" "Muffy Takes the Wheel"	Matt Hoverman Jon Greenberg	Allan Jeffery Gerry Capelle	October 16, 2012 (2012-10-16)
"Flippity Francine": Francine becomes popular after starring in an embarrassing video. She gets tired of everyone bringing it up, and tries to get famous for something she is proud of. "Muffy Takes the Wheel": Muffy asks her father for help with a car model-building assignment, and he promptly takes over.
188	3	"All About D.W." "Blockheads"	Claudia Silver Jon Greenberg	Ken Cunningham Robert Yap	October 17, 2012 (2012-10-17)
"All About D.W.": D.W. wants to play Little Red Riding Hood in the preschool play, but Emily gets the part. She tries to get Emily to quit the play, and when Emily gets sick, D.W. ends up as her understudy. "Blockheads": At preschool, D.W. and Emily build their dream house out of blocks.
189	4	"Get Smart" "Baby Steps"	Claudia Silver P. Kevin Strader	Cilbur Rocha Gerry Capelle	October 18, 2012 (2012-10-18)
"Get Smart": Mr. Ratburn's class is given the chance to test out HUGO, an interactive whiteboard that is supposedly 100% accurate. When HUGO corrects Mr. Ratburn in front of the class, Brain locates evidence that Mr. Ratburn was correct. "Baby Steps": Worried that Kate may never mature, D.W. tries to get Kate to demonstrate her intelligence. Meanwhile, Pal and Kate are confused by D.W.'s odd behavior, and try to find a cure.
190	5	"Night of the Tibble" "Read and Flumbergast"	Dietrich Smith Peter K. Hirsch	Allan Jeffery Robert Yap	October 19, 2012 (2012-10-19)
"Night of the Tibble": The Tibble twins invite James to their sleepover. Worried for James' safety, D.W. and Emily try to help James to back out of the invitation. "Read and Flumbergast": When Bud accuses Tommy Tibble of stealing a cupcake from him, D.W. has a court trial.
191	6	"The Last Tough Customer" "Brain's Chess Mess"	P. Kevin Strader & Peter K. Hirsch Peter K. Hirsch	Cilbur Rocha Allan Jeffery	May 6, 2013 (2013-05-06)
"The Last Tough Customer": The Tough Customers quit bullying after noticing it is not effective anymore, but Molly refuses to change. "Brain's Chess Mess": Brain starts a chess club at school, but Rattles is the only one who takes it seriously.
192	7	"Baseball Blues" "Brain's Biggest Blunder"	David Steven Cohen Matt Hoverman	Ken Cunningham Robert Yap	May 7, 2013 (2013-05-07)
"Baseball Blues": George is very knowledgeable about baseball, but he learns that he needs to play good as well. "Brain's Biggest Blunder": Brain tutors Buster at math to win a competition.
193	8	"Buster's Book Battle" "On the Buster Scale"	Jon Greenberg Dietrich Smith	Gerry Capelle Ken Cunningham	May 8, 2013 (2013-05-08)
"Buster's Book Battle": Lakewood Elementary has just instituted IRP, a program where kids can earn points and prizes for reading. Buster struggles between choosing to read a boring series to earn a prize, or an appealing book that does not give him points. "On the Buster Scale": Buster and Brain argue over movie ratings, with Buster rating everything a "10+" and Brain disliking all of them.
194	9	"Fern and the Case of the Stolen Story" "Sue Ellen Vegges Out"	Craig Carlisle Jacqui Deegan	Jeremy O'Neill Raymond Jafelice	May 9, 2013 (2013-05-09)
"Fern and the Case of the Stolen Story": Fern suffers from writer's block and writes a detective series heavily based on some of Ladonna's tales, without her permission. "Sue Ellen Vegges Out": Sue Ellen becomes a vegetarian, which inspires Muffy and Francine to take it up. Muffy sees it as a trend but soon lapses, causing Francine to bet she can stay away from meat and Sue Ellen to tire of their attempts to only outdo the other rather than commit.
195	10	"So Funny I Forgot to Laugh" "The Best Day Ever"	Peter K. Hirsch Andy Yerkes	Allan Jeffery Gerry Capelle	May 10, 2013 (2013-05-10)
"So Funny I Forgot to Laugh": Arthur teases Sue Ellen for her sweater, but is unaware how much his bullying is bothering her. "The Best Day Ever": Arthur and his friends recount their best days ever.

Voice casting

The voice actors for Arthur, D.W., Brain, Timmy, and Catherine have all been replaced by new actors. Drew Adkins has replaced Dallas Jokic as Arthur, Jake Beale has replaced Robert Naylor as D.W., Siam Yu has replaced Lyle O'Donohoe as Brain, Jacob Ewaniuk has replaced Dakota Goyo as Timmy, and Robyn Thaler has replaced Alexina Cowan as Catherine.

This season was also the first one to feature a new character, Ladonna Compson (Krystal Meadows). Beale previously voiced James in seasons 11 through 15.

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