What exactly is the appeal of Arthur? I'm guessing some

I can't speak for everybody, but I think it's because we all have "that episode". You know, like an episode of the show that stuck with us throughout our childhoods and shaped the direction of our lives.

Personally, I was always influenced by that one episode where Francine and Muffy go to a horse-girl club expecting it to be a group of fans of horses, only to learn that it was a bondage fetish group.

Childhood nostalgia for me. The books were also some of the first things I learned to read.

I never had cable and this was the only thing on after school

>>78773981
If your parents didn't let you watch anything but PBS, Arthur was what you watched.

>Childhood nostalgia
>Comfy as fuck
>Actually has some genuinely funny writing

Basically it's MLP minus the autism

>>78774213
I guess thaats why I've never seen a single episode of this show

>>78773981
Charming children's program. Also my name is Arthur so I couldn't not like it.

>>78773981
I'd say its one of the best cartoons out there when it comes to morals and lessons. Perfect for your kids.

>>78774178
This

>>78775185
See this is something I've always wondered about. I knew that I liked it but I had no idea why anybody else liked it. My name is Arthur too.

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>>78774075

>>78773981
I guess that, all an all, its just a pretty solid cartoon.

>that episode where binky starts browsing /pol/

>>78773981
It's core fanbase is in elementary school

>>78774279
Arthur did do an episode on Autism, however.

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It's surprisingly funny.

How is it now? I stopped after they switched to the new animation.

>>78776369
Muffy is the best character

It's furry Peanuts!

what's not to like?

>>78773981
it actually has some heart, and knew how to deal with characters with: autism, diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer, 9/11, etc

at times it hit real close to home.

of course, if the show came out today, /co/ would call it "autistic trash"

>>78776369
>tfw my mom banned me from watch her because she caught me touching myself to muffy

>>78776630
I saw two episodes...the second wasn't bad. it was the one where Ratburn was depressed when a smart computer outsmarted him.

http://outofcontextarthur.tumblr.com/

>>78773981
>Was in the right age group for it when it started
>Taught good lessons without shoving them down your throats
>Had some funny moments
Too bad every other show on PBS sucked.

It's just a very wholesome cartoon and I mean that sincerely. There are no disturbing exaggerated visuals, no bright colors or crude humor.
It's a show about kids who just happen to be animals. It also has some clever writing and is one of those PBS cartoons that's not written solely for small infants and toddlers. Some of the older jokes still make me laugh like Cat Saver.

Haven't watched the newer seasons mainly because the animation is an eye sore so I can't say if its still the same quality.

>>78773981
Because it's a simple message, and it comes from the heart.

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Arthur is a show full of philosophy

>>78778784
Sesame Street and Arthur were probably the best


Barney was the worst. Barney is essentially "hugbox" the show

>>78779542
Caillou is worse than Barney, imo. It just teaches kids to be annoying little shits who whine and have tantrums to get what they want.

>>78779285
Where's the place to start?

Arthur prepares children for all the fuckery in the world.

I'd like to see Sesame Street have an episode explaining the circumstances behind the rise to Nazism.

>>78779690
caillou is another hugbox show where everything is happy happy happy

Dragon Tales was bad with that too

everything is sunshine and rainbows and nothing can ever go wrong ever

Sue Ellen. The ass was fat.

>>78779704
Start, duh

Crazy bus, crazy bus,
Riding on the crazy bus
Riding up, riding down,
Driven by a funny clown
Wacky goon-y, goofy, spoon-ny
High as a plane or a balloon-y
Crazy bus, come with us,
As we ride, ride, ride, ride, ride
It's a crazy bus, not a schmazy bus,
Don't make a fuss, just come with us
Slappy, sloopy, glopp-y, gloop-y,
Happy-happy, hoopy-hoopy,
Dopey, doffy, screwy, blue-y
Gooey, chewey, fooey, dewey
Absolutely bus-a-looe-y
Crazy, lazy, crazy, crazy bus
A flat tire is no problem,
Because it's only flat on the bottom
A flat tire is no problem,
Because it's only flat on the bottom
So let's go!
Let's go!
Let's GOOOOO
Wacky, goony, goofy, spoony
High as a plane or a balloon-y
Sloppy, sloopy gloppy, gloopy
Hoola, hoopa, hoppy, hoopy
Dopey, doffy, screwy, blue-y,
Gooey, chewy, fooey, dewey
Absolutely bus-a-looey
Crazy, lazy, crazy, crazy bus
Crazy!
Bus!
Crazy!

>>78773981
It wasn't terrible and it came around before ZOOM.

Also Yo Yo Ma and some jazz musician wrestle in one of the episodes. And that other episode that kickstarted my gaining fetish. You know the one.

>>78780289
ZOOM was horrible

>>78779914
Thoughts on Cyberchase?
>TFW there was at least one puzzle per episode that I legit couldn't solve.

>>78780289
"Yo mama said he's coming!"
"That's Yo yo MA, D.W."

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>>78780330
Don't like what you see? Turn off your TV and kill yourself.

>>78780530
I wish all the kids that were on that show killed themselves

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>>78780456
I wish more people talked about Cyberchase. I loved the show as a kid, and every time I hear about it I get a slap of nostalgia. Also I had a hugecrush on the frizzy-haired girl from the live action segments.

>>78780456
Tried too hard to be a legitimate normal hero show but ended up just being an edgy show for future hipsters

>>78780330
C'MON AND ZOOM!
C'MON AND ZOOM!
C'MON AND ZOOM!
C'MON AND ZOOM!
C'MON AND ZOOMA ZOOMA ZOOMA ZOOM!

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>that episode where mr frensky blue texted on co

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>he did it for free

>>78780703
That's mean, anon. Wouldn't you rather make a soda bottle rocket?

>>78774279
/thread

>>78779510
#Rekt

>>78779773
People keep mentioning some Nazi episode.

It feels like it's repeated too much to be fake...

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>that episode directed by /fit/

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There's nothing perverted about the pure and unbreakable love between two young girls who discover their sexuality with each other.

>>78782017
You are sexualizing a school for preschoolers which makes you jared fogle

>>78782063
Dog they're like 9, which is close to double digits, which is almost teen age, and practically only a few years away from adult hood.

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>>78782163
please kill yourself

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Nadine is mai waifu.

I'd put my penis in her imaginary vagina.

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>>78782017
You should be ashamed of yourself anon.

Goddamnit why can't I stop!

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>That episode where arthur beats the shit out of vegeta.

>>78780703

Cyberchase is the bees knees Tbqfhfimo

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>>78782189
>falling for it

>>78774178
Same

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>>78782313
Holy crap kek

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>>78774279
>MLP minus the autism
Yep.
At first, OP, I was like you. I saw Arthur as a meme. I thought that is was just a show picked at random for /co/ to get it's cheap keks from with "the episode of [innocent show] where [innocent character] does [perverted thing].
Unlike you, however, I decided to lurk more before I made a thread about it or anything like that. I, too, joined in on the outrageous episode plot summaries. I actually watched a couple episodes to help improve my shitposting. But I found that it was surprisingly watchable. I kept watching more and more, and got to the point that I just play it on the side while browsing Arthur threads, and still do on other threads from time to time.
It's not just nostalgia; the show is genuinly enjoyable. Now, I'm not saying it's the best cartoon to have ever aired or anything extreme like that, but it is cozy, it is tolerable, and it is pretty funny at times.
Being as old as it is, there's plenty to watch without reruns, and it's more tolerated here than it would be were it only a couple years old, just as >>78776700 says.
It's old, established state also makes it kind of an achievement at how well it's done over the years. And yes, the animation went to shit, but everything else, the dialogues and plots and all, are still decent, and still feel "fresh" enough. And shit animation but otherwise decent is tolerable when you just watch it for the sake of something comfy to watch.

Also, and maybe most importantly, Arthur wasn't just arbitrarily chosen as the "wacky episode plot" meme. There actually are some pretty weird ones.
>The episode where Francine turns the school into a Nazi Germany parallel
>The episode where 9/11
are both real, as are plenty of other "joke" episodes. A part of the charm of Arthur is watching just another episode, but then it turns out to be a gem like this.

>>78782017
>>78782295
Marina is a faker, she's not blind at all.

>>78778899
Cat Saver, Cat Saver, he can save ANYTHIIIIIIING!!

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>>78786538
Let's not forget the upcoming "very special" episode that introduces kids to hipster culture.

>>78788983
Can he save me from the nothing I've become?

>>78780907
Anyone got the intro parody for /sp/'s janitor?

>>78789033
He'll wake you up inside.

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>>78780130
>not jekyll jekyll hyde

What are the best episodes to watch like right now?

>>78789266
The Hitlers rise to power one.

>That episode where they all partake in a survival simulator.

>>78789266
The Mr. Rogers one

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>>78789374
>The episode where Sue Ellen swears off vidya
>The very next episode where a sequel to said vidya is released

>>78789438
That episode where they crossedover with South Park and Beevis and butthead

JEKYLL JEKYLL HYDE JEKYLL HYDE HYDE JEKYLL

>>78790343
Pure allegory.

>>78782063
>a school for preschoolers

>>78782267
>that episode when Nadine realizes that DW will grow up without her.

For me it was just one of those shows that really accurately reflected my young life. I liked Recess for the same reason.
Other shows might be funnier or more dramatic, but their realities were so heightened they weren't relatable.

>>78789229
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJoPoZBbujw

>>78789061
>Intro parody for /sp/'s janitor
This has my interest.

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>>78786538
>"One day, I'll return to Gningnga-...Gninga-fub-fub...I'll just come back here!"

>>78779510
#savage

>>78789031
Holy shit, They still make new episodes? I remember watching Arthur after school 20 years ago.

>>78780751
How is Cyberhase edgy?

Nostalgia and it's pretty good for a show aimed at young children

ctrl+f comfy

Arthur VN when?

>>78773981
As a thirty-one year old man who works second shift, there's never anything on on the limited-channel-TV we get except talk shows (bleh), Cartoon Network (oh look reruns of TTG, again), Comedy Central (also reruns), and a few that do movies, PBS with Arthur at least gets me through an hour or so before one of the movie channels has something.

So I've only started watching recently, and I've got to say that, knowing it's geared toward kids, I've found it surprisingly a good watch to the point of actually laughing at jokes sometimes.

Fuck the ice cream shop kid though. Brain, I think? And the fat bully's a dick too.

>>78780530
Those Rube Goldberg machines they'd show always interested me

>>78789031
I just know that there's eventually going to be that one episode where Binky comes out as gay or trans, and Ratburn will come out as well

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>>78802390
And then I just noticed this...

Could this mean... !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3898dPx9g0

>That episode where you visited arthur

>>78779914
>>78779690
>>78779542
Y'all do realize these cartoons are for toddlers right?

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You know, I kind of wish people would talk about the score more often. A lot of Arthur BGM is based as fuck.

>>78778784
>Wishbone, Zoom
>sucked
I'll kill you nigga. You pubunk bubitc

>that episode when Francine and Arthur left a racist note in Brain's backpack and blamed it on Muffy

>>78779690
>>78779914
Remember that one episode of Cailou when he learned that people get old and die, and learned that one day his dad would die and then him? That was a pretty steep episode
>>78796197
There was that one guy on Cyberchase for real that looked like he would most likely be a hipster

>>78803406
>that one episode of Cailou when he learned that people get old and die, and learned that one day his dad would die and then him?
I don't believe you. That did not happen.

>>78803872
It did though, it began when he saw a dead bird, and heard "I guess it was too old", and then he heard that his dad was getting older, and that he was getting older as well. He pretty much freaked out about it.

It was nothing too special, but still pretty weird for the show

>>78803406
>>78803872
>>78804008
http://youtu.be/iarNCvdWaI8

Shit's fucked yo.

>>78804257
>It's real
Oh fuck.

>>78804257
>It was lost
I sorta feel weird now, knowing I experienced a lost episode, not knowing it was lost... hell, it wasn't even that long ago when I last saw it, but long enough where I don't remember when

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>that episode where arthur knocked DW the fuck out!
stupid little bitch touching arthurs shit. she got what she deserved. fuckin bitch

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>>78778784
>dissing Cyberchase

Well fuck you too.

>tried to upload picture of Hacker
>Detected possible malicious code in image file

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>Arthur airs on PBS
>Log Horizon aired as educational programming on Japanese PBS (no, really)

/r/ing that someone draw Arthur as Shiroe.

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>>78788983
>there will never be a Piano Tamer vidya

>>78789061
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us3_8FxoAls
this is all i got

>>78780456

Hacker was the best. Like when that chick told him all the evildoers called him "The Big E," and he thought it meant Elvis, and later showed up in a big white suit.
Also there was only one problem that I legit couldn't solve, and I got super fucking butthurt over it. Fucking decimals fucked me up.

>>78790659
al·le·go·ry
/ˈaləˌɡôrē/
noun
A story where the characters stand for abstract ideas
"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde represent, respectively, good and evil."

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>>78804950

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>>78806910

seriously?

>>78806910
Seriously though, is there a Japanese Arthur? I can't even find a Japanese Arthur Wikipedia page. Why don't they dub Arthur?

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>>78811147
It aired on the NHK E, a Japanese public educational television network, so it is akin to airing on PBS.

>mfw no Ken Burns anime

>>78811271
I can't find anything on Google beyond a blog post by some gaijin. Looks like Arthur is unknown in Japan.

>>78804257
>understands concept of death already
>doesn't understand the concept of aging

I don't get it.

>>78786538
Yep, couldn't have said it better myself.
Jekyll Jekyll Hyde Jekyll Hyde Hyde Jekyll

>>78789031
That episode sounds like a series finale

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>>78773981
This show got me into loving cartoons. I had a dream of being a cartoonist from that one time they showed the staff hand painting each scene, and talking about it.

It left a huge impression on my small mind. I had always a dream of being able to make something so magical.
Later I learned flash is making everything these days, and really ruined that dream.


I've seen almost every episode pre-flash. When ever I'm really down in the dumps I got some Arthur. It helps that /co/ makes a meme out of this. I just need Arthur sometimes.

>>78815835
as you can see, like most people I watch arthur for the mythos

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>>78814643
It might be.
It's the end of the 3rd grade arc, at least.
Post yfw next year Arthur airs another season and it's after a time skip

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>>78816074
I would fucking lose my shit.
I will have the guillotine ready to kill any of the staff in a shameful public event, when they fuck up though.

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>>78816074
>It's a seven-year timeskip

>>78817433
>Arthur and DW are the best of friends now
>Actually it's all a ruse

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>>78817433
>During the time skip Sue Ellen continued to travel with her parents visiting exotic locations and bringing back souvenirs
>Decides to finally get her revenge on Arthur for the sheepdog incident
>Comes up with an elaborate plan involving the mask she got in Mexico

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>>78792638
>>78817579
So I know that Sue Ellen being evil/the antagonist is almost a meme now, but it turns out there's some basis for that. I mean, constantly having bizarre adventure around the world with her family was already a well-known fact, but there's even more basis for it.

Season 1, episode 21. Sue Ellen moves into town and everyone is afraid of her and coming up with crazy stories about her being evil.

The best part is that she's actually from Central America and she actually did bring a bunch of artifacts from there.

>>78789031
>Think it's some weird revival and wonder why the fuck
>Look it up and the show is still running

How the fuck?

>>78792638
I still chuckle when I remember that. It's a joke I wish I had come up with.

>>78782295
Yup. I ship this.

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>>78788844
What?

>>78816074
>Arthur spent 20 years in 3rd grade
>April was 15 years ago

>>78782313
DW was everyone's little sister and she made me dislike my sister even more than needed.

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>Loved the Arthur Missingest Dub episodes.
>Faggot creator removed them from his Youtube because nobody liked anything else on his channel.

Ruined my day.

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>>78819835
>The episode of Arthur Re:Loaded where Arthur goes through his old yearbook for a project in his Honors English class and remembers that he repeated the third grade
>Sees that he actually repeated the third grade a couple times.
>Sees that he and everyone else in his class actually went through the 3rd grade 18 times
>Realizes that his entire town was caught in a time loop for 2 decades

>>78773981
>I'm guessing some people on /co/ might have perverted reasons for liking it

That is always the answer. Just look at any hey arnold or ed edd n eddy thread.

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>>78819972
Or you could just Google it

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>>78779510

>>78819997
I remember the day /co/ fucked with the wiki for Buster's Dad because of how fucked up he got inbetween appearances of the show. I almost died of laughter that day man.

>>78779914
There was conflict in Dragon Tales.
They always resolved it, but it was there sometimes.

>>78820051
>Ass was fat youtube music video is gone.

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>>78773981
Most episodes are boring slice-of-life stuff, but once in a while you will get an episode where something actually odd happens which is where the fake Arthur episodes running joke on /co/ started.

>>78802390
I legitimately would not mind if Ratburn was gay, as long as it wasn't a big deal.

>>78820030
Did someone say cake?

>>78778784
>dissing Mr Rogers

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>All this hating saying that today's PBS is shit

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>>78820112

>>78820112
I always just assumed he was gay.

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>>78776715
My mom wouldn't let me watch Rugrats because she thought Angelica was a bitch and didn't want me thinking that was acceptable behavior. I tried to explain to her that the point is that you're supposed to hate Angelica. She didn't understand. So I snuck one day and watched it anyways. That episode Angelica taught me how to tie my shoes. Fuck you mom.

>>78820264

why. . .?
Why was this story board made?

>>78820299
IIRC it was a joke one made to fuck with someone

>>78816074
I saw the episode, it's pretty much back to status quo by the time the credits roll. Ratburn decides to move onto teaching the 4th grade, and the hipster teacher (guest star) BJ Novak decides to teach 3rd.
So nothing's really going to change if it gets another season.

>>78780804
I don't know if the remake did it too, but the '72 series made sure an entire generation of kids knew the ZIP code for WGBH's post office box: "Oh, two-one, three-four! Send it to ZOOM!"

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>>78820299

>>78804257
This is pretty weird. I've seen this show a handful of times and don't remember there being an animated framing device.

>>78815886
Gotta love that deep Arthur lore.

>>78820112
Ratburn confirmed for power bottom.

>>78820021
I sort of want to see what you're talking about

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>>78815835
>>78815886
>>78820453
>Leepest dore
Personally I'm of the opinion that the snowball was just another one of DW's tulpas, like Nadine.
It may or may not even be a more powerful tulpa than Nadine, for while she was "complete" with a personality and everything, while the snowball was just an object, it was an object that others could see (only DW's family, though) and it had tremendous climate changing powers. Notice how it started snowing just after everyone made a huge fuss about it, and made up complex crazy stories about it? My theory is that the snowball channeled the characters' thoughts into psychic energy into weather conditions for snow. This function would make sense as it was originally made by DW with the thoughts, or psychic energy, of being winter fun embodied.

Aliens are just more of Buster's imaginary stories that have turned into a stupid running gag. Come on guys let's not overthink this kids' show.

>>78804257
>That one where Caillou narrowly avoids a full-blown existential crisis.
I want to say this is a lost episode because someone along the line probably said it was too dark for kids but it's probably just not something kids even worry about. I mean I don't think people actually think about the inevitable march towards oblivion until they're like 20, and they don't get really freaked out by it until their midlife crisis.

>>78820436
It's almost like...Calliou is already dead...

>>78820850
Is that why he's bald? Everything is just a hallucination while he's terminally dying of cancer?

It's probably also why everything looks all dream like with the white frame around everything.

>>78814412
My mother fucking negro.
>haven't fun isn't hard when you've got a library card
That's my "that episode"

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>>78820264
>And be on model next time or I'll kick your ass, punk
Fuck

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>>78820170
I used to google her and just fap to her.
Also Maya and Miguel

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>>78821120

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>>78821157

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>>78779510
Oh shit, I can't stop laughing.

>>78821343
I should cure autism at my workplace.

>>78774075
>>78774075


10/10

School shooter episode when

>>78822025
It's going to be George, I just know it.

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>>78780862
NEVER FORGET

>>78812347
Age and Death aren't mutually exclusive. There are plenty of ways people can die, so of course people can understand that early. Aging is a bit different than that because you just don't see things changing that drastically at that age.

>>78822066
It could just as well be Buster too, or even both.
>Buster has a dream about aliens
>"Kill them all Buster!"
>George's dummy tells him the same thing
>They team up and end up killing eachother after finishing the deed
>They did it
>Series over
At least it would be over before it went over the edge

>>78779510
authurs dad is well dressed af in this too

>>78781544
It's not, it's called The Pride of Lakewood:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klpQyN-cO7w&app=desktop

>>78781544
They even have a chant - 'I.L.L.', which stands for 'I Love Lakewood.'
It sounds, of course, like 'Heil'. I'm not making this up.

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>Arthur did an episode on the rise of the Nazis
>Arthur's movin' on up to 4th grade
>Caillou learns about death and that everyone dies

Man, it is too early for this shit

>>78823724
I still don't know how he did it.
was it moot?

>>78823724
>>78824615
My money's on jewish magic

>>78824615
Either a fuck up or a mod playing around

>>78824474
The Cailou one was from Season 1 though

>>78820370
The remake did it too. I forget the PO Box.

>That time Arthur and Francine got locked in the library for two days and started going mad
Jesus, one would have thought they'd just read or something. I mean, sure there was no lights, but there's still windows.

>>78831433
The actual episode made me ship those two.

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>>78820112
He already is. Don't you remember the episode where Arthur went to his house?

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>>78804257
Somehow, this is pretty unnerving to watch.

>>78832594
Ratburn isn't gay, he's just a nerd who is good at being professional.

Also, I didn't realize it until I was older but Ratburn is really the only good third grade teacher in the whole school. The reason he has a reputation for being tough is because the other third grade teachers are such pushovers who aren't challenging their students.

>>78832594
Anon, that is what most anon in this site are at home: watching cartoons/anime/vidya and being a slob when they're not working.

>>78833015
Yeah, those kids are set for a few grades with what they learn from Ratburn.

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>>78776978

This'll be way too useful.

>>78804257
Wait, I swear to God I saw this episode as a kid. I saw it once and then I thought it was one of those things I just dreamed for the longest time.

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>>78780530
Holy FUCK, I completely forgot about this show, only to have the memories flooding back once I saw this picture.

>>78780530
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDMBtQjS1bQ

>>78773981
The ass was fat.

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>>78779510
Indeed

>>78838439
>That episode where DW figured out how to blow cube-shaped breaths

>>78789221
fucking kill yourself.
i knew i should have kept out of this thread and now i remember why

also sue ellen is the best character

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>>78820701
>I mean I don't think people actually think about the inevitable march towards oblivion until they're like 20, and they don't get really freaked out by it until their midlife crisis

I went through such a thing when I was in middle school, and was depressed during the summer before 9th grade because of it. In the end I got over it because I accepted that it was inevitable and stopped making such a big deal about it.

>>78820699
>a child finds an object that can use people's thoughts to influence reality

brb making an entry on the SCP wiki.

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>>78819938
>DW becomes aware of the loop

>>78838942
The show has been on for 20 years and she hasn't aged. This was from one of the earliest seasons, which is some pretty deep foreshadowing.

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Was Arthur the only kids' show to address Asperger's Syndrome? It's the only one that comes to mind.

>>78817433
>Arthur shippuden

>>78839709
>DW is 24 years old
>becomes aware of her existence as an eternal 5 year old
>desperate to be treated like an adult

>>78773981
>but what about the people outside of /co/?
Go inquire that question to a child in the park.

>>78820170
I really enjoy word girl.

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>>78819938
>>78838942
>>78840200
What do you guys think caused the time warp?
When do you think it started? Immediately once the first episode aired or sometime in the early seasons?
Or maybe it started BEFORE the first episode. If those trapped within the loop adjust to the progressing times, like the characters in Arthur, them maybe this stitch in time has been going on longer than 20 years.

>>78773981
>>78840248
Or make an Arthur thread on /x/, /pol/ or /v/ or some other board.
If you do be sure to link it for us here.

>>78773981
It's the King of the Hill of children's cartoons.

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>>78840480
That's a very apt comparison. Long running, grounded in reality, often overlooked for more flashy shows. Not every episode is the greatest thing, but taken as a whole the consistency of quality is impressive.

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>>78773981
His mom's jeans.

>>78821120
>Tweener age latina girl

>No curves and thin as a twig.

>>78840257
Word Girl looked totally hot in those tights.

>>78815022
Did you become an animator?

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Arthur was the shit back in the day. It's a well-written show that covers a lot of issues without being preachy or retarded.

>>78782017
I wish they had the balls to to do a lgbt episode, just to piss off soccer moms. Apparently there are two seasons left, including two one-hour specials, that will start coming out this year.

>>78843163
Marina should have her arm, not the other way around. Unless...

>>78843163
I'll only check them out if Marina is in them. Haven't liked the new episodes very much and not just because of the animation.

>>78840343
well there was that one episode DW time traveled and somehow became the older sibling

>>78843292
I wonder what sex is like for a blind person.

>>78843677
It tickles

>>78843677
One of my friends is blind. From what she's said, not much difference.

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>>78843722
I see what you did there

>>78843163
Which one of them do you think initiates intercourse between the two?

>>78843378
I like Marina as a character because she doesn't like being treated like a special snowflake, and is good at calling Prunella out on her shit.

The Maria speaks episode was pretty good. It's one of those "very special" episodes, but it actually shows her working hard to overcome her disability instead of just demanding special treatment or bitching about muh society.

>>78820083

From the thumbnail I thought that was a bisection of his head.

>>78844797
Judging by their tickle fights they're switch hitters. There first time though would suck because Prunella would be agonizing over taking advantage of a blind girl, and Marina would be like, "Just fuck me already."

>>78845206
it is though. cake is always on his mind

>>78845230
Prunella wouldn't be agonizing over anything. She is the WORST best friend in all those episodes and doesn't consider Marina's feelings til they have a fight or something goes wrong. Prunella would probably lead her into it before Marina even realized what was going on.

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This show.

>>78786538
>>The episode where Francine turns the school into a Nazi Germany parallel
Which one was that again?

>>78845868

Check out >>78823765

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>>78823765
>that panty shot

>>78840343
Considering that 15 years ago, it was april, it took 15 years to advance 2 months

Then again, the series is kind non-linear because of summer episodes, so I guess arthur lives in some sort of time paradox

>>78832594
When was that episode? Link?

>>78779914
Caillou was a whiny little bitch

>>78845496
Prunella is a shitty friend, but she does try hard to make sure Marina doesn't get hurt. Even though she ends up being a bitch in the process.

>>78846500
Well, yeah, she's a dog.

>>78846711
I don't get it

Okay fuck this, somebody draw Prunella and Marina holding hands.

>>78846783
Hey, if you know any good artists taking commissions I'd pay them to draw those two doing a little more than that.

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>>78846783
>hands
That's the best you can do? Is this /u/?

>>78846951
Butts are already dirty anon, having a girl squeeze another girls ass if just plain normal.

But seeing their fingers interlaced with one another, their sweaty palms pressed tightly together, ooooh boy now that's dirty.

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Why are Arthur's bunnies so fuckable?

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Is Arthur set in the same universe as Blacksad?

>>78847033
I wish, but the way Guarnido draws women is too different from how they look in Arthur.

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>>78847013
>including Maria

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>>78847013
Bunnies = Sex, no matter what you're talking about.

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>>78847002
CANON
A
N
O
N

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>>78847013
don't you know it

>>78802390
>favorite color: Magenta
Welp.

http://pbskids.org/arthur/print/tradingcards/cards.html#pg-ratburn2

>>78779690
I was never able to get over how obnoxious his canadian accent was.

the show was shit too, but his voice grated on my nerves

>>78779914
Dragon tales had conflict, but it was usually of the behavioral kind. "oh no, this character is selfish, what will we do" and would result in the old dragon giving some life lesson.

it was for younger kids though it was appropriate then

>>78819997

WHAT!?!?!

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Long ago, in the before-times, when Arthur was a big deal, it wasn't uncommon for houses to have a whopping 3 channels on their TV; news, cartoons, and local programming. My house didn't get cable or satellite or anything until I was in high school, so it was Magic School Bus, Sesame Street, Arthur, and maybe something weird like Dragon Ball on the weekends, if you were lucky and your parents were still asleep, and you could get the antenna to catch the signal properly.

>>78803162
>>78806630
Mah niggas. Add Sagwa The Chinese Siamese Cat, Between The Lions and Reading Rainbow (pushing it, I know) to that list.

>>78778784
How can you not like Cyberchase?

>>78850820
Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman

>>78820170

I wanted to fug her for some reason...

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>>78850801
I didnt get cable till recently, in college.

my routine when getting home from school was

>Kids WB
>PBS stuff like Arthur, Cyber Chase, etc
>Fresh Prince, Family Matters I think both were on the WB

if I was really adamant on not wanting to get started on homework, I'd stick around for Sabrina. Though Sabrina was fun too.

then Kids WB stopped doing weekday kids programming and stuck to only saturdays. pretty sure that was well after they ceased being Kids WB and became 4kids owned and run.

RIP kids WB.

time for nostalgia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sY-v6dZtz0

>tfw Wishbone died in 2001

>>78820299
The Rugrat's writers like writing messed up shit like this in their spare time.

>>78850849
My Caucasian challenged lovermaker, that was the shit

>>78773981
I didnt watch it much at all as a kid, only saw it a few times.

Been recently watching it while being a jobless bum. It seems wholesome and focuses more on how everyone's different

>>78833015
Yep. Remember the episode Ratburn was out and the substitute was teaching them easy shit they learned months ago?

The new animation is terrible and sucks the life out of everything.
I could tolerate Arthur and Brain changing voices all the time, but this is horrible.

>>78840257
Same, it's pretty good. Even the flash animation isn't as offensively bad as it could be.

>>78852015
I watched this show when I was a kid, and basically forgot about it for 17 years. I started watching it again in the last couple weeks in my time off. The first few seasons are still the best, but some of the newer episodes aren't bad.

>>78773981
the ass was fat

>>78780130
Who's dewey?

>>78820957
Who's dewey??!

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>>78823765
This place has fucking ruined me

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>>78854080
Is that it? Is that where this shitty meme came from? What it this meme? What is that? Why do the Reads have a shitty meme on their fridge? Go ahead and call me new reddit fag who needs to go back to tumblr, just someone give me some answers

>>78854197
>Go ahead and call me new reddit fag who needs to go back to tumblr
Well, given your dumbass question, that's not an inaccurate description of you.

>>78843163
I hope they do an episode of an lgbt getting cured of its disease to enrage SJWs

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>>78854327
Now that's a can of worms I'd stock in my supermarket.

>>78854197
I'd tell you to lurk more but it'll be better for everyone if you'd just get out.

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>>78854327
They already had an episode with lesbians, and Buster's only reaction was, "That's a lot of moms." Buster also also cross-dresses a bunch of times, and tells Arthur that it's "narrow minded" to not want to dress like a girl.

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Needs more cute life guards

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This has followed me for what has basically been my entire life.And now you have it too.

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>>78779510

>That episode where Buster picked up the MRA joke book and told Muffy to get raped then the group ostracized him

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2059467/1/Arthur-and-Muffy

>>78775185
Really? My name is Arthur too and I though the show was okay but the amount of "do you have a dog named Pal?" or "do you have a friend named Buster?" comments from kids thinking they were clever drove me up the fucking wall and always kept me from fully getting into it.

>>78830334
Wasn't it 90027? I'm sure I could Google it, but I'm just gonna assume I'm right.

>>78774213
This

>>78775185
>>78775235
That feel when your name has fallen so much out of use that you can't find mugs, key-chains, or coke cans with your name on it.

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>>78851017
>mfw you basically described the entirety of my adolescence.
Kids WB was my shit back then.

>>78851017
I didn't have cable either until i went to college. Back in the 90's and mid 00's basic television had some much stuff for kids to watch.

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>>78855525

>>78776978
Holy shiiiiittt

>>78850801
dragon ball Sunday morning on UPN kids

>>78820299
They can have fun too.

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>>78773981
because to those who didn't have cable, PBS kids was the one who had cartoons all day until 6pm.

and arthur was probably the best written, animated, and relatable show of the whole programming block. there wasn't any math to learn, science to discover, etc. it was about social, moral and ethical situations and how to deal with them.

>>78774279

this was essentially how I explained mlp.

>>78854602

that was an episode of Postcards from Buster, a spinoff, and secondly, it was a banned episode.

>>78856049
>and arthur was probably the best written, animated, and relatable show of the whole programming block

Pretty much. Rewatching this, and I'm surprised at how good it is.

>>78779914
>happy go lucky
>mc young child has cancer

>>78819918
GET SKIED ON YOU FUCKING SLOPE

>>78854602
Buster/Binky when

>>78857813
never ever

>>78779510
This is a fake.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkSxkdXJWcI

>>78857813
>Buster comes out as trans
>Binky comes out as gay
>They admit their love
>Arthur is weirded out because he doesn't understand
>He understands sooner or later and accepts the fact that he has to call his best friend by female pronouns now

Arthur was nice but my real jam was Rupert.

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>>78861738
>Dat rape streak

>>78773981
Can someone link that episode edited with Ratburn living with them and whatnot?

>>78866617
The Rat who Came to Dinner
https://youtu.be/ufnwLkZ80OA

>>78866617
I think footage from that one is in this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvEgApesBWk

Remember that one episode when DW turned 5?

Yeah... they never really bothered mentioning it after that

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>>78867839
Arthur also had a birthday, and it even got a point and click adventure out of it. What if birthdays are more important than we realize?

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>>78844797
>Marina, it's so dark in here!
>That's okay, I can see for both of us..
>(soft music)

>Marina, that tickles!

>>78802822
It's like I'm on a date with Arthur.

>>78802390
>>78820112
>Buster the Lounge Lizard
>About 4 minutes in
>Ratburn speaking to Principal drinking coffee
>Principal: Oh lookee, Papa Bear needs more coffee

>>78869531
my sides!

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>>78833015
>he's just a nerd who is good at being professional...is really the only good third grade teacher in the whole school
Yep

>Teaching how bartering systems worked
>Gives class assignment to not spend any money for a week
>Says he'll do it too
>A grown man with a car and bills and shit
>Forgot to go grocery shopping before giving assignment
>Still does the assignment
>At one point combines nuts with a can of condensed milk from the back of his cabinet into some kind of tough-as-nails cereal
>Ends up going on the streets with his puppet shows for food
Ratburn is fucking dedicated. Best Teacher/10.

>>78872811
>Mister Ratburn becomes homeless for a week
Did a script for 30 days somehow end up in the Arthur Writer's room, what the fuck?

>>78871422
Things we know about Ratburn:
>teaches elementary school
>lives alone
>likes music, theatre, cake, literature, math
>skilled at puppeteering, ballroom dancing, ping pong, and magic tricks
>likes classic cartoons like scooby doo
>used to be fat and used to stutter

It really wouldn't seem out of character for him to be gay. It's not like third graders know a whole lot about their teachers' personal lives outside of school. As long as they don't make a big deal out of it, or mention it after the show is over to get SJW points, I don't see a problem with it.

>>78873178
Don't forget he sponsor a Ratburn Derby and is a decent carpenter.

>>78778784

Bill Nye The Science Guy was the best thing PBS ever aired.

>>78871422
>Ratburn and Heiny dress up in leather after school and go clubbing
But who is the master?

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>Watch Arthur as a kid
>Really get to know all the major characters
>Arthur, DW, Buster, Francine, Muffy, Binky and the Brain
>All the major characters
>All of them
>Watched it with my younger siblings a lot as I got older
>I was almost a teenager at this point and I watched it
>Got to know and laugh with and relate with all the major characters again
>Arthur, DW, Buster, Francine, Muffy, Binky and the Brain
>All of them
>Continue to grow older
>See "Sue Ellen is best character" and "Fern is best character" posts
>I don't even recognize those two
>Think they are unimportant side characters or maybe even characters without any lines
>Think liking these super obscure background characters must be some meme
>Decide to watch it again
>Sue Ellen and/or Fern are in nearly every episode
>Sue Ellen and Fern get a lot of episodes dedicated to them
>Even in the other episodes they are often fairly significant
>They actually are the best characters
What happened? How could I spend my whole childhood watching this show and have no memory of these two?