Arthur (season 16)

The 16th season of the television series Arthur was originally broadcast on PBS Kids in the United States from October 15, 2012 until May 10, 2013 and consists of 10 episodes. This season was the first to be distributed internationally by 9 Story Media Group, as Cookie Jar Entertainment merged with DHX Media. Season 16 was the first to switch from traditional animation to in-house Flash animation. The Flash animation for the episodes of this season are made with Adobe Flash by 9 Story Media Group.

Arthur
Season 16
Country of originUnited States
Canada
No. of episodes10 (19 segments)
Release
Original networkPBS Kids
Original releaseOctober 15, 2012 (2012-10-15) 
May 10, 2013 (2013-05-10)
Season chronology

Episodes

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overall
No. in
season
TitleWritten byStoryboarded byOriginal air date
1861"Based on a True Story"Peter K. HirschGerry Capelle & Cilbur RochaOctober 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.
187a2a"Flippity Francine"Matt HovermanAllan JefferyOctober 16, 2012 (2012-10-16)
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.
187b2b"Muffy Takes the Wheel"Jon GreenbergGerry CapelleOctober 16, 2012 (2012-10-16)
Muffy asks her father for help with a car model-building assignment, and he promptly takes over.
188a3a"All About D.W."Claudia SilverKen CunninghamOctober 17, 2012 (2012-10-17)
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.
188b3b"Blockheads"Jon GreenbergRobert YapOctober 17, 2012 (2012-10-17)
At preschool, D.W. and Emily build their dream house out of blocks.
189a4a"Get Smart"Claudia SilverCilbur RochaOctober 18, 2012 (2012-10-18)
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.
189b4b"Baby Steps"P. Kevin StraderGerry CapelleOctober 18, 2012 (2012-10-18)
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.
190a5a"Night of the Tibble"Dietrich SmithAllan JefferyOctober 19, 2012 (2012-10-19)
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.
190b5b"Read and Flumbergast"Peter K. HirschRobert YapOctober 19, 2012 (2012-10-19)
When Bud accuses Tommy Tibble of stealing a cupcake from him, D.W. has a court trial.
191a6a"The Last Tough Customer"P. Kevin Strader & Peter K. HirschCilbur RochaMay 6, 2013 (2013-05-06)
Binky decides that the Tough Customers should quit bullying after noticing it is not effective anymore. Slink and Rattles agree with Binky, but Molly refuses to change. The boys try anything to get her to change her mind, but nothing works. However, after realizing that James is starting to copy her bullying, Molly decides to change her behavior.
191b6b"Brain's Chess Mess"Peter K. HirschAllan JefferyMay 6, 2013 (2013-05-06)
Brain starts a chess club at school, but Rattles is the only one who takes it seriously.
192a7a"Baseball Blues"David Steven CohenKen CunninghamMay 7, 2013 (2013-05-07)
George is very knowledgeable about baseball, but he learns that he needs to play good as well.
192b7b"Brain's Biggest Blunder"Matt HovermanRobert YapMay 7, 2013 (2013-05-07)
Brain tutors Buster at math to win a competition.
193a8a"Buster's Book Battle"Jon GreenbergGerry CapelleMay 8, 2013 (2013-05-08)
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.
193b8b"On the Buster Scale"Dietrich SmithKen CunninghamMay 8, 2013 (2013-05-08)
Buster and Brain argue over movie ratings, with Buster rating everything a "10+" and Brain disliking all of them.
194a9a"Fern and the Case of the Stolen Story"Craig CarlisleJeremy O'NeillMay 9, 2013 (2013-05-09)
Fern suffers from writer's block and writes a detective series heavily based on some of Ladonna's tales, without her permission.
194b9b"Sue Ellen Vegges Out"Jacqui DeeganRaymond JafeliceMay 9, 2013 (2013-05-09)
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. Muffy goes too far when she hosts a meat-themed potluck dinner to trick Francine into eating meat, and Sue Ellen points out they are just looking for an excuse to fight with each other.
195a10a"So Funny I Forgot to Laugh"Peter K. HirschAllan JefferyMay 10, 2013 (2013-05-10)
When Sue Ellen receives a new sweater from her pen pal, Arthur teases her about it, but is unaware how much his bullying is bothering her. Mr. Ratburn tells Arthur to write an apology letter to Sue Ellen, but his letter is insincere when he tells her she overreacted. He then mistakenly sends her an insulting picture and soon realizes how much of a bully he has been.
195b10b"The Best Day Ever"Andy YerkesGerry CapelleMay 10, 2013 (2013-05-10)
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. Beale previously voiced James in seasons 11 through 15.

This season was also the first one to feature two new characters, Ladonna Compson (Krystal Meadows) and Bud Compson (Julie Lemieux).

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