Arthur (season 4)

The 4th season of the television series Arthur was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States from October 4 to 15, 1999 and contains 10 episodes.[1][2] This is the last season with Luke Reid voicing Brain. Oliver Grainger has replaced Michael Caloz as D.W. due to Caloz's voice changing after the previous season.

Arthur
Season 4
Country of originUnited States
Canada
No. of episodes10 (20 segments)
Release
Original networkPBS
Original releaseOctober 4 (1999-10-04) –
October 15, 1999 (1999-10-15)
Season chronology

Production

According to an April 7, 1999 CINAR press release, the episode "My Music Rules" was originally going to be the season premiere, but ended up being part of the season finale instead for undisclosed reasons.[3]

Episodes
Main article: List of Arthur episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleWritten byStoryboarded byOriginal air dateProd.
code [4]
66a1a"D.W.'s Library Card"Peter K. HirschMario CabreraOctober 4, 1999 (1999-10-04)67B
D.W. desperately wants a book at the library, and she has to learn how to write her name to get a library card. After she does get a library card, the book has already been taken out, and she struggles to wait for it to be returned.
66b1b"Arthur's Big Hit"Joe FallonRobert YapOctober 4, 1999 (1999-10-04)68A
Having had enough of D.W., Arthur gets enraged and punches her for tossing his new model airplane out the window and breaking it and gets punished for a week without any TV, but nobody sees his side. Worse, when the Tough Customers hear about this, they dare Binky to copy Arthur the next time he sees him. When Binky did, Arthur realizes that hitting D.W was the wrong thing to do because he now knows that D.W. felt the same way when he hit her.
Note: The scene where Arthur hits D.W. became an internet meme.
67a2a"Hide and Snake"Bruce AkiyamaStefanie GignacOctober 5, 1999 (1999-10-05)67A
Arthur and his friends find a snake in the woods and sneak it into Arthur's room with a shoe box. However, the snake is on the loose in Arthur's house and Arthur learns he’s not allowed to keep snakes in the house. To make matters worse, the kids can’t remember if it’s a venomous coral snake or the similarly-colored, but harmless kingsnake. They try to find and get rid of the snake without Arthur's family noticing.
67b2b"Muffy's New Best Friend"Dietrich SmithStefanie GignacOctober 5, 1999 (1999-10-05)70B
Muffy and Francine are best friends, but Muffy doesn’t like soccer and Francine doesn’t like shopping. After Francine and Jenna discover that both of them like soccer, Muffy searches for a new best friend who likes the same activities as her, but none of them are perfect matches.
68a3a"Buster's Breathless"Peter K. HirschMichel Magnan & Alex HawleyOctober 6, 1999 (1999-10-06)69A
D.W. gets poison ivy while playing a game with Arthur and Buster and is worried about being teased by her classmates, so Buster tells a story about how he got asthma. When Buster learns that he has asthma, his friends start treating him differently, with Arthur scared that any dust could affect him, while Francine believes it is a contagious disease. Buster explains that he educated his friends by doing a science project about asthma, which helps D.W. feel better.
68b3b"The Fright Stuff"Bruce AkiyamaJeremy O'NeillOctober 6, 1999 (1999-10-06)66A
Muffy and Francine play several pranks on Arthur, Buster, Binky, and Brain. Luckily, they invite the duo to a Halloween costume party at a haunted house. The boys get revenge on the girls at the party, but their pranks get unknowingly interrupted by real ghosts.
69a4a"The Contest"Ken ScarboroughRobert YapOctober 7, 1999 (1999-10-07)66B
Arthur and his friends participate in a contest about writing for a TV show titled Andy and Company, and each come up with their own stories, believing theirs will win. Five years later, the results are in and the gang is shocked when they find out that a girl from Canadian, Oklahoma named Holly Holland has won.
Note: This episode was the result of an actual contest where viewers could send in story ideas for an episode, and Holly Holland, who was mentioned in the episode, was the contest's winner.
69b4b"Prove It"Joe FallonJeremy O'NeillOctober 7, 1999 (1999-10-07)71A
Wanting to prove to Arthur that she’s smart, D.W. hangs around with Brain, watching Nova with him, and starts her own science fair that’s full of untrue facts that Arthur can’t disprove, even with Brain's help. As a last resort, Arthur brings D.W. with him and Brain to a science museum to show her how things really work, and she then reveals to Arthur that this had been her plan all along.
70a5a"The Blizzard"Joe FallonAlex HawleyOctober 8, 1999 (1999-10-08)73A
A blizzard hits Elwood City, and the townspeople lose power, forcing them to stay in the Read household, the only house that has power, but the Reads soon lose their power too. Each family brings their supplies and food, allowing them to survive together. Meanwhile, Francine has to write a three-page school report on the pioneers, but she’s unable to figure out what to write, until she realizes what the townspeople are going through is very similar to the pioneers struggles. Meanwhile, Mr. Ratburn, Mr. Haney, and Mr. Morris are forced to stay at the school to drain the pipes to prevent the campus from closing for a month.
70b5b"The Rat Who Came to Dinner"Joe FallonMaria Astadjova & Jeremy O'NeillOctober 8, 1999 (1999-10-08)69B
After his house roof is damaged by snow, Mr. Ratburn stays at Arthur's house. Arthur is scared that it’ll be non-stop homework and teaching, only to find out Mr. Ratburn is more fun outside of school than he thought. When Arthur's friends tease him, saying that he’s become a "teacher's pet," Mr. Ratburn says he plans on staying at Arthur's friend's homes, too, until his roof gets repaired.
71a6a"D.W. Tale Spins"Joe FallonStefanie GignacOctober 11, 1999 (1999-10-11)74B
D.W. wants to prove to Arthur that she can tell a good story, and after getting advice from Grandma Thora, she retells the Odyssey in her own way.
71b6b"Prunella Gets It Twice"Joe FallonMichel Magnan & Peter HugganOctober 11, 1999 (1999-10-11)68B
Prunella gets two dolls for her birthday and dismisses the second one, which is from Francine. Later, Prunella thinks that Francine spoiled the party by not joining in on the festivities. That night, Prunella has a dream where the Ghost of Presents Past takes her through time to clear things up and shows how far Francine went to get the doll for Prunella and makes her realize that Francine's attitude was because of how Prunella didn’t appreciate the present.
72a7a"Binky Barnes, Wingman"Bruce AkiyamaRobert YapOctober 12, 1999 (1999-10-12)74A
Binky does a project on butterflies and becomes obsessed with catching a rare blue butterfly. After Sue Ellen shows him that butterflies are killed and pinned in museums, Binky lets his butterflies go to the wild instead.
72b7b"To Beat or Not to Beat"Barney SaltzbergJeremy O'NeillOctober 12, 1999 (1999-10-12)71B
When Francine enters a talent show, her friends try to tell her that she sounds horrible when she sings and drums at the same time, even though she’s a good drummer. After she hears a recording of herself, she realizes her friends are right, and at the talent show, she surprises them without her drum set as she sings very well.
73a8a"1001 Dads"Peter K. HirschRobert YapOctober 13, 1999 (1999-10-13)72B
The Father's Day picnic at Elwood City is approaching, and Arthur and his friends try to find a substitute father for Buster while his own father is away. During the big event, Buster arrives with his father in a hot air balloon, to a surprise of his friends.
73b8b"Prunella's Prediction"Jennifer BarnesStefanie GignacOctober 13, 1999 (1999-10-13)72A
Prunella wants flash pants and her sister, Rubella, predicts that she is getting them for her birthday, only to be disappointed by a watch instead. and Prunella does not want to be seen without flash pants, since she told Muffy she was going to get them. Meanwhile, Arthur is afraid of being teased when wearing his father's old jacket because he has outgrown his old winter coat. Together, Prunella and Arthur realize that they do not have to hide because of what they wear.
74a9a"What is that Thing?"Peter K. HirschJeremy O'Neill & Emmanuelle GignacOctober 14, 1999 (1999-10-14)73B
Arthur and his friends separately find the same metal bobbin but do not know its use, even though it helps them in different ways. Muffy retrieves her toy from a sewer, Francine ends her cat Nemo's fear of water, Brain uses the bobbin as a substitute wheel for his model plane, and even Buster gets the idea to write a story for his favorite TV show. They fight over it and find out that it is Mr. Ratburn's bobbin, and learn what it does at his puppet show.
74b9b"Buster's Best Behavior"Gerard LewisRobert Yap, David Thrasher & Guylaine SeguinOctober 14, 1999 (1999-10-14)75A
Buster is funny but wants to be good at something else, and Arthur wants to be funny like Buster, resulting in them acting like each other. Francine, Muffy, and Brain try to get them back to normal.
75a10a"My Music Rules"Ken ScarboroughAlex Hawley, Robert Yap & Stefanie GignacOctober 15, 1999 (1999-10-15)75B
The Elwood City Library is looking for a musician to perform for a children's show, and Francine's father suggests that they hire Joshua Redman, who is a distant uncle of Francine's and a musician who can play anything. Grandma Thora takes D.W to a concert, and she wants mastery cellist Yo-Yo Ma to play, leading to a conflict of preferred music until both musicians show that music styles don’t matter.
Guest stars: Yo-Yo Ma and Joshua Redman as themselves.
75b10b"That's a Baby Show!"Joe FallonRobert YapOctober 15, 1999 (1999-10-15)70A
Arthur enjoys a show meant for kids younger than him, and his friends make fun of him for being a "baby." Arthur convinces them to watch the show too, after which they all admit to liking it.

References
  1. "Oklahoma girl's 'Arthur' tale set". NewsOK. 3 October 1999. Archived from the original on 8 February 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  2. "ARTHUR: D.W.'s Library Card/Arthur's Big Hit". KET. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. "ARTHUR WELCOMES YO-YO MA AND JOSHUA REDMAN TO LAUNCH ITS FOURTH SEASON ON PBS: Hit Children's Series Also Makes a Guest Appearance on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood". CINAR. 7 April 1999. Archived from the original on 2 August 2001. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  4. From the GBH Open Vault: "GBH Open Vault - Search [search: "Arthur"]". GBH Open Vault. Archived from the original on 10 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
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