Arthur (season 6)
The 6th season of the television series Arthur was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States on September 24 to November 26, 2001 and contains 10 episodes. A shortened version of the remix of the opening theme song, "Believe in Yourself", is played at the ending credits of this season as a promotion for the third music album of the franchise. Olympic figure skater Michelle Kwan guest starred on "The Good Sport" as herself. Justin Bradley replaced Michael Yarmush as Arthur, due to his voice changing in the previous season. When Mark Rendall was hired to voice for Arthur in season 7, he re-dubbed for the U.S. reruns of season 6. Executive producer Carol Greenwald and Peter Moss said the reason was because Bradley's voice was too deep and lacked the vocal range of Michael Yarmush. This is the last season where Steven Crowder voices Brain. This is also the last season where Oliver Grainger voices D.W. The versions of these episodes with Bradley's voice were distributed in VHS and DVD home media, and they are still aired on TV in countries outside and in North America.
| Arthur | |
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| Season 6 | |
| Country of origin | United States Canada |
| No. of episodes | 10 (20 segments) |
| Release | |
| Original network | PBS |
| Original release | September 24 – November 26, 2001 |
| Season chronology | |
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original air date | |
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| 86a | 1a | "Sue Ellen Gets Her Goose Cooked" | Peter K. Hirsch (Idea by: Bill Shribman) | Robert Yap | September 24, 2001 | |
| Sue Ellen gets obsessed with a video game called Virtual Goose and forbids herself from playing it for a week. She struggles to resist the urge to play it when none of her friends can beat a mysterious challenger named Fourhand451. When Sue Ellen tries, she loses, and the challenger seems unbeatable, until D.W., who knows the game is a virtual version of her favorite board game, "Confuse the Goose", steps in to save the day. | ||||||
| 86b | 1b | "Best of the Nest" | Peter K. Hirsch | Zhigang Wang | September 24, 2001 | |
| While playing a nonsensical Choose Your Own Adventure-esque game, Brain questions the game's knowledge of science and is challenged as to whether or not he could survive out in the wild, so he plans a camping trip. However, his friends and even Mr. Ratburn seem more interested in playing the game. | ||||||
| 87a | 2a | "Arthur Plays the Blues" | Catherine Lieuwen | Jeremy O'Neill | October 1, 2001 | |
| Arthur gets a strict new piano teacher, Dr. Fugue. When Arthur fails to practice sufficiently, Dr. Fugue fires Arthur. Wanting to be rehired, Arthur begins practicing the piece he was supposed to practice. | ||||||
| 87b | 2b | "Buster's Sweet Success" | Nick Raposo | Robert Yap | October 1, 2001 | |
| Buster sells chocolates for a school fundraiser, but he ends up eating some of them. Since he does not have the money to pay for them, he opts to make and sell his own chocolates instead. | ||||||
| 88a | 3a | "Prunella's Special Edition" | Matthew Lane | Robert Yap | October 8, 2001 | |
| Prunella is excited to get her new monogrammed Henry Skreever book in the mail, but finds that it is in Braille. When she goes to the library to get the book with words, she meets and makes friends with a blind girl named Marina, who is looking for the same book in Braille. | ||||||
| 88b | 3b | "The Secret Life of Dogs and Babies" | Peter K. Hirsch | Patricia Atchinson & Elie Klimos | October 8, 2001 | |
| Kate and Pal can understand each other, but older people like the rest of the Read family can not. When Mr. Read cannot find the figurine that goes on top of the wedding cake he made, Kate and Pal work together to get the figurine on top of the cake before it gets shipped to the wedding. | ||||||
| 89a | 4a | "Muffy's Soccer Shocker" | Matt Steinglass | Lyndon Ruddy & Patricia Atchinson | October 15, 2001 | |
| Mr. Crosswire is the new soccer coach, and the kids doubt his coaching methods until they finally win a game. | ||||||
| 89b | 4b | "Brother, Can You Spare a Clarinet?" | Dietrich Smith | Jeremy O'Neill & Stefanie Gignac | October 15, 2001 | |
| Binky cannot perform well with his malfunctioning clarinet and does not have money to buy a new one, so he starts a scheme with the rest of the Tough Customers to get rid of music by using a megaphone and said clarinet. | ||||||
| 90a | 5a | "The Boy Who Cried Comet" | Peter K. Hirsch | Elie Klimos & Zhigang Wang | October 22, 2001 | |
| Buster thinks he has seen a UFO, but no one believes him. He borrows Muffy's telescope and finds a comet headed for Earth. When the Brain confirms it, everyone starts to panic, until Fern notices a piece is missing on the telescope, and it alters the telescope's findings, showing the comet has no chance of hitting Earth. | ||||||
| 90b | 5b | "Arthur and Los Vecinos" | Cusi Cram | Patricia Atchinson & Elie Klimos | October 22, 2001 | |
| A new family, the Molinas, move in next to the Reads after their neighbor moves away. Arthur is worried that Alberto will be mean to him, while D.W. gets frustrated that Vicita wins at every game they play. They both find common ground with their new neighbors when they realize they share many common interests. | ||||||
| 91a | 6a | "Citizen Frensky" | Jacqui Deegan | Jeremy O'Neill | October 29, 2001 | |
| Francine creates her own newspaper after shadowing Buster's mom at work and becomes a tabloid writer, taking out-of-context pictures of her friends with insulting captions. When Francine finds an embarrassing picture of her circulating the school, she finds that her sister Catherine is behind it, and understands how her friends felt. | ||||||
| 91b | 6b | "D.W.'s Backpack Mishap" | Cusi Cram | Jeremy O'Neill | October 29, 2001 | |
| D.W. accidentally grabs the wrong backpack at the pool; due to the letters on the name tag having rubbed off, she goes after the mysterious "Omble." The backpack is later revealed to belong to Tommy Tibble. | ||||||
| 92a | 7a | "The Boy with His Head in the Clouds" | Peter K. Hirsch | Robert Yap | November 5, 2001 | |
| George has dyslexia and does not want anyone to think he is dumb. He takes Binky to be his mentor to teach him to be more hard-headed so no one will tease him, but realizes he was not meant for being tough. Mr. Ratburn helps him figure out how to get past his dyslexia, and George's confidence improves. | ||||||
| 92b | 7b | "More!" | Dietrich Smith | Elie Klimos & Patricia Atchinson | November 5, 2001 | |
| D.W. is excited to be getting an allowance, but is upset once she learns that Emily and the Tibbles have already been getting an allowance and have more money. When she fails to get a bigger allowance, she pretends that she gets more money than they do since they do not know how much she gets. | ||||||
| 93a | 8a | "Rhyme for Your Life" | Peter K. Hirsch | Robert Yap | November 12, 2001 | |
| Binky tries to write a rhyming poem for his mom's birthday, but he cannot think of the right words. When he falls asleep, he finds himself in a dream where it is a crime not to rhyme. | ||||||
| 93b | 8b | "For Whom the Bell Tolls" | Kathy Waugh | Stefanie Gignac | November 12, 2001 | |
| Arthur is overjoyed that D.W. lost her voice, but is not so excited when he has to do what she wants him to do, especially when he has to be a translator. When he discovers that D.W. is better but continues faking, he gets his friends to come up with a plan to expose her fib by making her think she's deaf. | ||||||
| 94a | 9a | "The Good Sport" | Kathy Waugh | Jeremy O'Neill | November 19, 2001 | |
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Michelle Kwan is presenting the Athlete of the Year Award, but Francine is upset when the award goes to Jenna. Francine rubs in the fact that she thinks she should deserve it by giving Jenna attention she does not want. Guest star: Michelle Kwan as herself. | ||||||
| 94b | 9b | "Crushed" | Catherine Lieuwen | Lyndon Ruddy, Robert Yap & Jeremy O'Neill | November 19, 2001 | |
| Arthur has a crush on his new babysitter, and is devastated when he discovers that she has a boyfriend. | ||||||
| 95a | 10a | "Arthur Loses His Marbles" | Nick Raposo | Alex Hawley & Elie Klimos | November 26, 2001 | |
| Muffy's new marbles prompt Arthur and his friends to start playing in a marbles tournament. Arthur is trained by Grandma Thora, but when he discovers that he has to compete against Thora in the marbles tournament, he plays poorly on purpose. Thora forfeits when she finds out what is happening. | ||||||
| 95b | 10b | "Friday the 13th" | Gerard Lewis | Alex Hawley & Lyndon Ruddy | November 26, 2001 | |
| Brain does not believe in superstitions and tries to prove his hypothesis by doing things superstitiously believed to bring bad luck, like walking under a ladder. Counter to his hypothesis, a streak of bad luck strikes. | ||||||
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 6 Episode Guide". TV.com. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
- "Seasons 4-8". Arthur episodes. PBS parents. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
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