History Characters / Arthur

* AdultFear: Even if the concerned that Mrs. Barnes expresses in "Binky Goes Nuts" seem a bit excessive, they are realistic.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Melissa Altro is also the voice of PippiLongstocking in the 1997 animated adaptation of the character. Is it a coincidence that both of Altro's characters happen to have long strands of red hair at the sides of their heads?

* {{Shorttank}}

Best friend of Arthur. He, and his divorced parents, are rabbits.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Brain is [[WordOfGod confirmed]] African-American but doesn't particularly look it.
** He is a bear though, how is he going to look a race..? Likewise and debatable with other characters.
*** Hey, you don't actually have to be black to celebrate Kwanzaa. Nor do you have to be black to be African-American if your ancestors are from South Africa. Maybe his grandmother on one of the parents' side was African-American?
**** Maybe he's a black bear.
***** His mother is blonde. Maybe he's from a mixed-race marriage.

* InformedAbility: In S6's "The Good Sport" we're told that Jenna excels in a number of sports that we can't imagine her doing.

****** HE IS AN ANIMAL!

* DesignatedVillain: At least in D.W.'s imagination and fantasies. Arthur's friends would also often be categorized as such. [[invoked]]

* DesignatedVillain: At least in the earlier seasons.

* WheelchairWoobie: Both he and fan created character Lydia Fox are kept out of his family's ice cream shop because of a narrow door in S13's "The Wheel Deal".

* DesignatedVillain: In Arthur's and his friends imaginations, if the villain of their imaginations have minions most of the time they will be Binky. [[invoked]]

* DesignatedVillain: In Arthur and his friends' imaginations, Mr Ratburn is often made into one. [[invoked]]

* DesignatedVillain: At least in D.W.'s imagination and fantasies. Arthur's friends would also often be categorized as such.

* DesignatedVillain: In Arthur's and his friends imaginations, if the villain of their imaginations have minions most of the time they will be Binky.

* DesignatedVillain: In Arthur and his friends' imaginations, Mr Ratburn is often made into one.

** Strictly speaking, being Jewish means you're not Polish (which is a Slavic ethnicity in addition to a nationality--you can live in Poland and be Jewish or Russian, but that doesn't make you a Pole.) Unless you converted, but more accurately, "Polish Jews" are Ashkenazim.
*** Or they could just be Jews who are Polish in origin.

A young bear, and the smartest among Arthur's friends.

* [[EmbarrassingFirstName Embarrassing First]] ''And'' [[EmabarrassingMiddleName Middle Name]]

A young bear, and the smartest among Arthur's friends.

* SadistTeacher: The kids complain about Ratburn being this. Also frequently subverted when they realize he's not that bad of a guy and he's actually succeeding in teaching them things.

** [[spoiler: In "D.W. Gets Lost" this actually does happen.]]

* DesignatedVillain: At least in D.W.'s imagination and fantasies. Arthur's friends would also often be categorized.

* AgentScully: Firmly believes in the existence of aliens.