• Air date: 22 Sep '97 20 episodes
      The show revolves around the lives of 8-year-old Arthur Read, an anthropomorphic aardvark, his friends and family, and their daily interactions with each other.
  • List of Episodes (20)
    • 1. Arthur Meets Mr. Rogers / Draw!

      22 Sep '97
      A) Arthur Meets Mr. Rogers Written by Ken Scarborough Storyboard by Denis Banville Mr.Rogers from ""Mr.Rogers Neighborhood"" comes to the Read family for a visit. Everyone especially D.W. loves him except for Arthur who's even embarrassed to be seen with him. Can he overcome this embarrassment before his friends find out? B) Draw! Written by Joe Fallon Storyboard by Eric Bergeron and Gerry Capelle Francine hurts Fern's feelings by calling her a mouse so to get even she and a bunch o
    • 2. Binky Barnes, Art Expert / Arthur's Lucky Pencil

      29 Sep '97
      A) Binky Barnes, Art Expert An art teacher assigns Arthur's class an art assignment and Binky gets teamed up with Arthur and Buster. They go to an art museum and Binky discovers a mistake with a certain drawing! B) Arthur's Lucky Pencil Written by Peter K. Hirsch Storyboard by Stefanie Gignac Arthur finds a pencil that gives him luck but when everyone else starts to use it, the pencil starts to get smaller and smaller, so Arthur hides it somewhere. He can't find it but is lucky anyway
    • 3. D.W., the Picky Eater / Buster and the Daredevils

      06 Oct '97
      A).D.W. is a picky eater an doesn't eat everything on her plate. Grandma Thora's birthday dinner is coming up soon and because of her actions in the past she's not invited. Can she overcome this and come to the dinner? B).Buster meets these cool guys who knows skating tricks. He wants to be their friend but they dare him to do bad things. Will Buster see these guys for who they truly are?
    • 4. Arthur Makes a Movie / Go to Your Room, D.W.

      13 Oct '97
      A) Arthur Makes A Movie Written by Peter K. Hirsch Storyboard by Robert Yap Arthur wants to see a movie, but he is too young to see it, so he and his friends make a parody of the movie. B) Go To Your Room, D.W. When D.W. is sent to her room, she thinks it is because her parents only love Kate and Arthur. She eventually learns to be nice to Kate.
    • 5. Arthur's Underwear / Francine Frensky, Olympic Rider

      20 Oct '97
      A).Arthur has an embarrassing dream about being seen in his underwear and it gets even worse when it happens for real! B).Francine decides that she wants to learn how to ride a horse so she saves her money and gets lessons but things become worse when Katherine falls in love with her instructor.
    • 6. Buster Baxter, Cat Saver / Play it Again, D.W.

      27 Oct '97
      A).Buster saves a cat from up a tree and now he is known as a local hero because of an article in the newspaper. B).D.W. discovers the beauty of music as she first listens to her Crazy Bus compact disc which annoys Arthur. When it disappears she thinks he did it until they get a phone call from their parents at a party telling D.W. that they took it and it's the life of the party.
    • 7. Arthur's TV-Free Week / Night Fright

      03 Nov '97
      A) Arthur's TV-Free Week Storyboard by Stephanie Gignac Written by Peter Hirsch It's trouble, right here in Elwood City. The kids--and their parents--have all pledged not to watch TV for one whole week. That's days, hours, and a whole bunch of minutes (10,680 to be exact, as Buster is horrified to discover). Can they last? Who will be the first to break? B) Night Fright Storyboard by Gerry Capelle Written by Joe Fallon Big, brave Binky Barnes. He'd be toast if people ever discovered
    • 8. Arthur vs. the Piano / The Big Blow-Up

      10 Nov '97
      The Big Blow-Up: Francine and The Brain get into a fight over which of them is the better soccer player. Their refusal to cooperate results in their team losing a bunch of games leading up to the big playoffs. Arthur and Buster have to find a way to get them to make up.
    • 9. Lost! / The Short, Quick Summer

      08 Dec '97
      A).Arthur gets on the wrong bus to his swimming lessons and gets lost. He acts maturely and asks people to help him get back to Elwood City. B).It's the end of the school year and Arthur and his friends enjoy the summer but things get tangled when it all goes by too quickly!
    • 10. D.W. Goes to Washington / Arthur's Mystery Envelope

      15 Dec '97
      A).It's the 1st family trip and Arthur gets to choose. He chooses going to Washington, D.C. and D.W. thinks that she's going to be bored until she accidentally runs into the president of U.S.A. B).Arthur gets an envelope from Mr.Haney to give to his mom but he's afraid that there's something bad in it!
    • 11. D.W.'s Deer Friend / Buster Hits the Books

      19 Jan '98
      A) D.W.'s Deer Friend It's the 2nd family trip and D.W. gets to choose. She chooses camping and D.W. gets attached to a deer she met and wants to bring home. B) Buster Hits The Books Written by Joe Fallon Storyboard by Jeremy O'Neil and J. Tankusev Buster doesn't do a book report for Mr.Ratburn and the others react and think that he can't read. The truth is Buster only reads books that interest him, so when he picks up Robin Hood he decides to do his report on that. At the end Arthur an
    • 12. Arthur's Faraway Friend / Arthur and the Square Dance

      28 Jan '98
      A) Arthur's Faraway Friend Written by Joe Fallon Storyboard by Brian Anderson Arthur and Buster are on the urge of finishing their story for the sequel of Robin Hood. Everything is well until Arthur discovers that Buster has decided to go on a long trip to bond with his dad. Arthur fears that it's the end of their story and their friendship! B) Arthur And The Square Dance Francine and Arthur always are partners at Ms.MacGrady's square dance and soon Binky and Muffy start to wonder if Ar
    • 13. Water and the Brain / Arthur the Unfunny

      07 Feb '98
      A) Water And The Brain Written by Peter K. Hirsch Storyboard by Robert Yap Arthur and his friends are all invited by Muffy to go to Waterworld, but the Brain doesn't want to go. He and Binky spy on Brain and find out that he's afraid of water. They desperately try to cure this fear so they can all go to Waterworld together. B) Arthur The Unfunny Muffy has planned an after school carnival to take place at her house. She lets all her friends become clowns and goons except for Arthur becau
    • 14. Sue Ellen's Lost Diary / Arthur's Knee

      14 Feb '98
      A) Sue Ellen's Lost Diary When Sue Ellen drops her diary at the library, she is worried that someone has found it and is going to read it. She gets the gang to find the diary. B) Arthur's Knee Written by Shelarae Carpentier Lou Storyboard by M. Gagnon and M. Cuadrado Arthur and the Brain are doing a report, and one of the wheels breaks off. Arthur and D.W. go to the dump, where they are forbidden to go, and Arthur cuts his knee. How can Arthur tell his mom?
    • 15. Grandma Thora Appreciation Day / Fern's Slumber Party

      09 Mar '98
      A).Arthur and D.W. sleepover at Grandma Thora's house and find out that she gets lonely when there not here, so Arthur and D.W. throw her a party to help her get out of the blue's. B).Fern is not the most popular girl at school and she likes it that way but her mother doesn't so she throws a slumber party and tells all the kids to come. Eventually everything turns out great and she ends up getting the reputation as a detective.
    • 16. Love Notes for Muffy / D.W. Blows the Whistle

      16 Mar '98
      A).When Muffy annoys Francine and Brain they decide to get even with her by sending her fake love notes for an anonymous person to make her look goofy. B).D.W. gets a whistle from a safety guy and now she becomes the safest person in Elwood city.
    • 17. Francine Redecorates / Arthur the Loser

      23 Mar '98
      A) Francine Redecorates When Francine and Katherine get sick of each other Katherine moves out and haves her own room in the living room. While Francine tries to decorate her room it just won't work the way she plans. They soon want each other back and Katherine and Francine decide to both decorate the room by combining their ideas. B) Arthur The Loser Written by Joe Fallon Storyboard by Brian Anderson Arthur loses at every game at anytime but when he gets a ""No Guessing"" game he beco
    • 18. Arthur vs. the Very Mean Crossing Guard / D.W.'s Very Bad Mood

      27 Apr '98
      A) Arthur vs. The Very Mean Crossing Guard Written by Ken Scarborough Storyboard by Gerry Capelle and M. Gagnon On the way home from school, Arthur and the Brain meet a crossing guard who wants $10.00 from them to cross the street. Is he for real or not? B) D.W.'s Very Bad Mood D.W. has been acting very badly in the Read household, and Arthur doesn't know why. Can Arthur and Francine find out before she keeps the whole family awake?
    • 19. D.W.'s Name Game / Finders Key-pers

      18 May '98
      A).D.W. gets praise from the Tibbles at being the best at name-calling, so she tries it on Arthur but it fails because he's older and knows more words so with the help of Katherine she looks up words in the Thesaurus that Arthur doesen't know and uses them against him. B).Binky, Brain, and Arthur all find a lost key and they all use their imaginations that tells them that it belongs to important stuff. They decide to split it 50/50/50, but when they find out that Mr. Morris is missing the keys
    • 20. How the Cookie Crumbles / Sue Ellen's Little Sister

      25 May '98
      A).Muffy won last year's Strawberry baking contest in The Strawberry Festival because her father was the judge but this year when her friends help her bake strawberry cookies she takes the credit and wins the contest. Soon the cookies become so good that Muffy decides to run a business and sell them but not before she lets Arthur and friends get their share. B).Sue Ellen is an only child and she envies her friends and their siblings, so the next day she goes out on a mission to find a little br