History Arthur / TropesEToM

* ExtremeDoormat: "George Blows His Top" turns on this trope. Buster starts taking advantage of George and "borrowing" all his stuff, until George [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin loses it]]. There's also "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" in which George goes completely quiet throughout the whole story because Binky thinks that George saw him holding his mom's hand and doesn't want him to say anything about it and embarrass him.

* ExpyCoexistence: "The Squirrels" is an episode about most of the class being freaked out by a movie of the same name, which is an obvious parody of ''Film/TheBirds''. At the end of the episode, Arthur says ''The Birds'' is airing that night.

* ExpyCoexistence: One of Arthur's favorite TV series, ''Bionic Bunny'', is designed to be the show's equivalent to ''Franchise/{{Superman}}''. In "Arthur's Toy Trouble", the comic book store's owner mentions a ''Superman'' comic book being valuable, using the comic's name.

** In "Bugged", Brain overhears Francine calling him a "pest". That night, he dreams he has transformed into a bug and has difficulty trying to go about a normal school day.

* ForWantOfANail: S20's "Buster's Second Chance" has Buster dreaming that he goes back in time to the moment where he didn't flunk his childhood I.Q. assessment test, becoming a genius instead of Brain (who idolizes Buster). [[spoiler:Buster discovers that by changing time, he and Arthur never become friends at the fated sandbox - instead, Arthur is befriended by Binky (pre-CharacterDevelopment and HiddenDepths) and becomes a [[{{Jerkass}} Tough Customer]] who acts cool because he's secretly very unhappy and desperate for a real friend. And because Buster never befriended Arthur, Binky, Rattles, and Molly never got to realize their HiddenDepths and CharacterDevelopment, or have their HeelFaceTurn in Season 16, allowing the Tough Customers to become full-time delinquents who trash the Sugar Bowl after making it their hangout.]]

** Season 20's "Buster's Second Chance" is about Buster wondering what his life would be like if he was a genius. He learns that Binky would have met Arthur at the sandbox instead of him, leading to Arthur becoming a Tough Customer and not being his friend.

** Out-of-universe, there's a shedload of edutainment titles based on the series for [=PCs=] and [[UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh Macs]].

** In the beginning of season 2 episode 4 "Arthur Makes a Movie", Arthur wants to see a ''James Hound movie'', being his universe's equivalent to ''Film/JamesBond''. However, since it's PG-13, he can't see it without his parents until he is 13 ([[NotAllowedToGrowUp he is 8]])[[note]]In RealLife, the MPAA's PG-13 rating works differently. The PG-13 rating still allows minors to see the movies on their own, and merely means "[[UsefulNotes/ParentsStronglyCautionedRating parents strongly cautioned]]". [[UsefulNotes/MediaClassifications It's not until the R rating that people under ''17'' need parental supervision to see it]]. However, Arthur's inability to see it can still be [[JustifiedTrope justified]] since the movie is still exclusively in theaters, and Arthur needs his parents' permission to see it.[[/note]], who don't want to take him to see it. [[AmateurFilmMakingPlot Arthur makes his own version with his friends instead]]. Prunella, who is 9, was able to see the James Hound movie, however. In a later episode, Arthur wants to see another PG-13 movie that Binky (who is 9) saw with his mother, but Mrs. Read denies permission once again.

* {{Licensed Game}}s: [[VideoGame/ArthursAbsolutelyFunDay One]] for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor, [[VideoGame/ArthurReadyToRace one]] for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation...

** "Prunella's Prediction" features flash pants which may very well be [[StealthPun rendered in]] UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash.

** J-Cube from "Caught in the Crosswires". He makes Muffy act like a SpoiledBrat who abuses Bailey just to liven up the show, while also making Bailey come across as a pathetic weakling. When Muffy decides to be herself for the show and stands up to him, J-Cube has the gall to tell her that no one will want to see her real self, calling her boring. [[spoiler:This immediately leads to his comeuppance, in which [[PapaWolf Ed]] furiously demands for his crew to leave and then Bailey dumps a pitcher of juice onto his head.]]

** In "Francine Goes to War" Muffy & Francine send a forged letter to Francine's new neighbor Mrs. Pariso which appears to be from the apartment building's manager and warning that the building is about to collapse due to an infestation. The letter is full of spelling and grammatical mistakes on Muffy's part which makes Mrs. Pariso send Francine back the fully corrected letter without so much as heeding its message as serious.

* GrammarCorrectionGag: In "Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone", Muffy makes a love letter to trick the librarian into thinking that Mr. Ratburn is in love with her. She gives the letter back to Muffy with markings indicating several spelling errors she made and also gives her a book on how to write a poem to help her improve.
** In the episode "Francine Goes to War" Francine is trying to prank her new neighbor Mrs. Pariso into moving back out of the apartment building after Mrs. Pariso has annoyed Francine. At one point she writes her a letter claiming to be from the building's landlord and that the building is in danger of collapsing due to rats and has to be evacuated. The only problem is that Muffy writes the letter despite having less-than-optimal writing skills. Mrs. Pariso returns the letter to Francine with all of Muffy's mistakes corrected and also having completely ignored the message.