Arthur (season 9)

The 9th season of the television series Arthur was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States from December 20, 2004 to April 8, 2005 and contains 10 episodes. Cameron Ansell replaced Mark Rendall as the voice of Arthur, Jessica Kardos replaced Patricia Rodrigues as the voice of Sue Ellen Armstrong, and Paul-Stuart Brown replaced Alex Hood as Brain. However, Brown shared with Alex Hood who also voiced Brain since season seven. But in Seasons 10 and 11, only Brown provided Brain. This is also the first season where Cookie Jar Entertainment produced this series after the CINAR-Cookie Jar rebrand. It produced the series until the end of Season 15, when it merged with DHX Media.

Arthur
Season 9
Country of origin	United States Canada
No. of episodes	10 (20 segments)
Release
Original network	PBS
Original release	December 20, 2004 (2004-12-20) – April 8, 2005 (2005-04-08)
Season chronology

Episodes

Main article: List of Arthur episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original air date
116	1	"Castles in the Sky" "Tipping the Scales"	Peter K. Hirsch Alan Silberberg	Jeremy O'Neill Robert Yap	December 20, 2004 (2004-12-20)
"Castles in the Sky": The tree house collapses due to the weight of snow on it, so Arthur and his friends try to come up with their own designs to re-build it, while getting help from Frank Gehry. "Tipping the Scales": The school choir is excited about singing in Crown City, but they aren't excited about being taught by Arthur's strict piano teacher, Dr. Fugue.
117	2	"Francine's Big Top Trouble" "George Blows His Top"	Adam Felber Courtney Lilly	Ivan Tankushev Gerry Capelle	December 21, 2004 (2004-12-21)
"Francine's Big Top Trouble": While at circus camp, Francine is determined to perform better than her sister. "George Blows His Top": George becomes increasingly annoyed when Buster begins to exploits his kindness.
118	3	"Arthur Weighs In" "The Law of the Jungle Gym"	Raye Lankford Matt Steinglass	Francois Brisson Gerry Capelle, Ivan Tankushev & Francois Brisson	December 22, 2004 (2004-12-22)
"Arthur Weighs In": After being unable to fit into his costume during a play, Arthur looks for ways to lose weight. "The Law of the Jungle Gym": Muffy gets a new camera, and wants to use the playground as a photo studio. Disagreements arise about who the playground really belongs to when the Tough Customers decline to let Muffy take pictures.
119	4	"Buster's Green Thumb" "My Fair Tommy"	Catherine Lieuwen & Peter K. Hirsch Dietrich Smith	Jeremy O'Neill Stéfanie Gignac	December 23, 2004 (2004-12-23)
"Buster's Green Thumb": Buster decides to try his own hand at gardening with a tomato plant after using out home-grown compost on tomatoes and finding out that commercial ones do not taste as good. "My Fair Tommy": After a bet with Emily, D.W. tries to teach Tommy Tibble good manners.
120	5	"Lights, Camera... Opera!" "All Worked Up"	Peter K. Hirsch Daisy Scott	Stéfanie Gignac Jeremy O'Neill	December 24, 2004 (2004-12-24)
"Lights, Camera... Opera!": Muffy is not excited about going to the opera, a performance of Carmen, fearing that it will be boring. Guest star: Rodney Gilfrey as himself. "All Worked Up": Arthur aces five quizzes in a row, but his luck runs out when his mother takes a client and he believes that she won't be around as often.
121	6	"Arthur Makes Waves" "It Came from Beyond"	Raye Lankford Peter K. Hirsch	Patricia Atchinson & Robert Yap Gerry Capelle	April 4, 2005 (2005-04-04)
"Arthur Makes Waves": Arthur and Molly start to get along after the former uses the latter's pool, but they avoid each other in public because their friends won't approve. "It Came from Beyond": Grandma Thora finds a stray dog named Killer. Pal and Kate doubt that they like Killer, but reconsider after Killer rescues Nemo from a tree.
122	7	"Three's a Crowd" "A is for Angry"	Hilary Selden Illick Dietrich Smith	Stéfanie Gignac Robert Yap	April 5, 2005 (2005-04-05)
"Three's a Crowd": Prunella gets jealous when her friend Marina joins yoga lessons with Prunella and her mother. "A is for Angry": Arthur cracks after unwanted support from his friends, who want him to defeat Brain and participate in the inter-scholastic checkers tournament.
123	8	"The "A" Team" "Emily Swallows a Horse"	Daisy Scott Melissa Kirsch	Jeremy O'Neill & Robert Yap Stèfanie Gignac	April 6, 2005 (2005-04-06)
"The "A" Team": Brain and Francine move into a more advanced soccer team, but must play a match against their previous team. "Emily Swallows a Horse": D.W. finds a ball, drops it, and sees Emily holding it. Emily makes up an excuse to keep the ball, but starts telling bigger lies to cover up the first one.
124	9	"D.W. Beats All" "Buster the Myth Maker"	Raye Lankford Matt Steinglass	Jeremy O'Neill Stéfanie Gignac	April 7, 2005 (2005-04-07)
"D.W. Beats All": When the Tibble twins get a set of drums and decide to perform the Summer Serenade Festival, D.W. wishes that she has an instrument of her own to play, and ultimately creates her own kinetic instrument. "Buster the Myth Maker": Arthur and Buster go to investigate a rumor that tigers are loose in a park, which turns out to be a trick by Brain.
125	10	"Binky Goes Nuts" "Breezy Listening Blues"	Cusi Cram Peter K. Kirsch	Gerry Capelle Jeremy O'Neill	April 8, 2005 (2005-04-08)
"Binky Goes Nuts": Binky discovers that he is allergic to peanuts. He finds this discovery rather daunting at first, but soon discovers that there are many ways to cope with his allergy. "Breezy Listening Blues": Brain is convinced that his parents' Breezy Listening CD is causing him to do worse in school.

References

General references

• "Arthur Episodes". TV Guide. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
• "Arthur: Episode Guide". MSN TV. Archived from the original on January 8, 2010. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
• "Arthur Season 9 Episode Guide". TV.com. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
• "Seasons 9-11". Arthur episodes. PBS parents. Retrieved March 7, 2010.

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