Arthur (season 7)

The 7th season of the television series Arthur was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States from October 8 to November 29, 2002 and contains 10 episodes. The special "Arthur, It's Only Rock 'N' Roll" served as the premiere of this season. Jason Szwimmer replaced Oliver Grainger as the voice of D.W. Alex Hood is cast as the new voice of Alan "The Brain" Powers, replacing Steven Crowder. Mark Rendall replaced Justin Bradley as Arthur (who would later dub on re-runs of season 6, due to Justin Bradley's dialogue being unfavorable). This is the last season in which Patricia Rodriguez voices Catherine Frensky, and this is the final season in which Mitchell Rothpan voices George Lundgren. The series won a Daytime Emmy in 2003 for Outstanding Sound Mixing - Live Action and Animation. Szwimmer previously voiced James in seasons 4 through 6.

Arthur
Season 7
Country of origin	United States Canada
No. of episodes	10 (18 segments)
Release
Original network	PBS
Original release	October 8 (2002-10-08) – November 29, 2002 (2002-11-29)
Season chronology

Episodes

Main article: List of Arthur episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original air date
96a	1a	"Cast Away"	Dietrich Smith	Gerry Capelle	October 8, 2002 (2002-10-08)
Arthur's fishing trip with his father is ruined when D.W. tags along, and things go positive for her and not for Arthur, leaving him even more upset.
96b	1b	"The Great Sock Mystery"	Peter K. Hirsch	Stefanie Gignac	October 8, 2002 (2002-10-08)
Oone of D.W.'s socks goes missing, so Pal and Kate decide to find it and stumble upon the Sock Market, a parody of the stock market.
97a	2a	"Francine's Split Decision"	Peter Egan	Stefanie Gignac	October 9, 2002 (2002-10-09)
Francine's bowling tournament and her cousin's bar mitzvah are at the same time, so her friends devise a plan so that she can attend both at once.
97b	2b	"Muffy Goes Metropolitan"	Matthew Lane	Jeremy O'Neill	October 9, 2002 (2002-10-09)
Muffy tags along with Sue Ellen to Crown City, a nearby metropolis, which Muffy thinks is a glamorous world of class, fashion, shopping, and high culture. However, her first trip is nothing like she imagined it would be as they go to an Ethiopian restaurant and listen to a poetry slam.
98a	3a	"Ants in Arthur's Pants"	Glen Berger	Robert Yap	October 10, 2002 (2002-10-10)
Arthur does an ant farm for his a science project, but all the ants spill out of the ant farm and he must find a way to attract them back in.
98b	3b	"Don't Ask Muffy"	Cusi Cram	Gerry Capelle	October 10, 2002 (2002-10-10)
Muffy starts an advice column, but one of the Tough Customers, Molly, turns out to be a better advice giver, and Muffy tries to improve her column by being more like Molly, until she gives Muffy important tips, including one that Muffy had pompously ignored: Listening.
99a	4a	"To Tibble the Truth"	Gerard Lewis & Peter K. Hirsch	Robert Yap	October 11, 2002 (2002-10-11)
Fearing that they may one day end up in jail for lying, the Tibble twins swear to always tell the truth.
99b	4b	"Waiting to Go"	Glen Berger	Robert Yap	October 11, 2002 (2002-10-11)
Binky and Brain wait for their parents to pick them up from a soccer game.
100	5	"Elwood City Turns 100!"	Peter K. Hirsch & Matthew Lane	Jeremy O'Neill & Robert Yap	October 14, 2002 (2002-10-14)
Mr. Ratburn's class puts on a play for Elwood City's 100th anniversary, but many arguments arise over which direction the play should take, and things eventually escalate into chaos.
101a	6a	"Pick a Car, Any Car"	Peter Egan	Jeremy O'Neill	November 25, 2002 (2002-11-25)
The Reads must replace their family car, but Arthur fights to keep the old one. Guest stars: Tom and Ray Magliozzi (the Car Talk guys) as Click and Clack Tappet.
101b	6b	"Jenna's Bedtime Blues"	Glen Burger	Jean Saro & Sylvie Lafrance	November 25, 2002 (2002-11-25)
Jenna is reluctant to go to Muffy's annual slumber party because she still wets the bed.
102a	7a	"D.W.'s Time Trouble"	Dietrich Smith	Gerry Capelle	November 26, 2002 (2002-11-26)
D.W. is sick of being younger than Arthur, so she dreams that she and Nadine alter the timeline so that she is bought first at the baby store before Arthur.
102b	7b	"Buster's Amish Mismatch"	Peter Egan	Jean Saro & Sylvie Lafrance	November 26, 2002 (2002-11-26)
After a field trip to Amish country to see how the Amish live, Buster changes his lifestyle to one of the Amish, but finds adjustment very hard to do.
103a	8a	"The World of Tomorrow"	Peter Egan	Robert Yap	November 27, 2002 (2002-11-27)
On a field trip to the science museum, Binky gets interested in a new unopened exhibit about the future and sneaks in, only to be trapped in the model space transport. He dreams that he is trapped in the future with robots.
103b	8b	"Is There a Doctor in the House?"	Nick Raposo	Gerry Capelle	November 27, 2002 (2002-11-27)
Arthur and D.W. try to help out around the house when their mother is sick, but they end up making things worse. When their father catches a cold as well, they try to fix their mistakes, fearing that they will have to learn to take care of things if their parents stay ill. Their worries are cured when Grandma Thora arrives to help out.
104a	9a	"Prunella Sees the Light"	Peter K. Hirsch	Jeremy O'Neill	November 28, 2002 (2002-11-28)
Prunella invites Marina over for a sleepover. However, she is worried that Marina may get injured because she is blind. Marina dislikes the special treatment Prunella is giving her, and Prunella learns to treat Marina just like any other friend.
104b	9b	"Return of the Snowball"	Dietrich Smith	Gerry Capelle	November 28, 2002 (2002-11-28)
D.W. finds that her snowball has returned (from "D.W.'s Snow Mystery") and tries to prevent it from being stolen again. After an investigation by Brain, Arthur confesses that the snowball is actually an unflavored snow cone and that the real snowball is still lost, and that he got the fake snowball hoping D.W would end being bothered by the real one missing.
105	10	"April 9th"	Peter K. Hirsch	Gerry Capelle & Jeremy O'Neill	November 29, 2002 (2002-11-29)
A fire starts in the school, forcing Arthur and his friends to attend school at Mighty Mountain, their biggest rival, until their own school reopens. The fire affects everyone in various ways. Sue Ellen is devastated when her diary is burned and Muffy doesn't understand how important it is to Sue Ellen, and when Arthur's father barely makes it out of the fire, Arthur fears that something could happen to him again. Binky gets traumatized after witnessing the fire, causing him to pull the fire alarm, and Mr. Morris, the school janitor, injures his leg during the fire. Buster was absent when the fire occurred and is unable to relate to the others. Buster becomes friends with Mr. Morris until he chooses to retire to New Mexico. Binky overcomes his trauma with help from Francine's father, who's a former firefighter. Arthur's fears ease when his father admits that he had a similar fear for his mother, Grandma Thora, when he was younger, and shows him how to handle it. Muffy gives Sue Ellen a new diary, along with a picture from the original diary that inspires Sue Ellen to move forward. Francine writes each of the inspiring stories in a school newspaper, and it is presented to everyone when the school reopens. Note: This is a 2-part episode.

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 7 Episode Guide". TV.com. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
• "Seasons 4-8". Arthur episodes. PBS parents. Retrieved March 7, 2010.

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