History Recap / ArthurS4E1DWsLibraryCardArthursBigHit

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The episode rightfully puts Arthur in the wrong for hitting D.W., but let's also not forget that she walked into Arthur's room to play with his plane after explicitly being told not to.

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "I told you... not to... touch it!"

* Irony: Arthur shouts that D.W. isn't allowed to speak in the library.

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "I told you. Not. To. Touch it!"

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: D.W. complains to Arthur that he didn't build his model plane correctly, as it doesn't fly at all. Arthur starts explaining that he built it properly, then realizes with horror that D.W. wouldn't have known that unless she tried to make the plane fly.

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: D.W. complains to Arthur that he didn't build his model plane correctly, as it doesn't fly at all. Arthur starts explaining that the plane isn't supposed to fly, then realizes with horror that D.W. wouldn't have known that unless she tried to make the plane fly.

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: D.W. complains to Arthur that he didn't build his model plane correctly, as it doesn't fly at all. Arthur starts explaining that the plane isn't SUPPOSED to fly, then realizes with horror that D.W. wouldn't have known that unless she tried to make the plane fly.

* HumiliationConga: Arthur gets hit with this. After punching D.W., he gets grounded, then all his friends get angry with him for what he did. Afterwards, he gets punched out by Binky only to get little sympathy from his parents.

* BrokenAesop: The episode goes out of its way to portray hitting as a bad thing - understandable, since while Arthur getting mad at D.W. was at least somewhat justified, hitting her was not. However, Arthur's parents then view Binky hitting Arthur as justified, despite this situation being completely unrelated to the one at home, especially where D.W. is concerned.

* KarmaHoudini: D.W. doesn't get in any troubling for breaking Arthur's model plane.

* BrokenAesop: The episode goes out of its way to portray hitting as a bad thing - understandable, since while Arthur getting mad at D.W. was at least somewhat justified, hitting her was not. However, Arthur's parents then view Binky hitting Arthur as justified, despite this situation being completely unrelated to the one at home, especially where D.W. is concerned. In other words, hitting is wrong, but it's okay to hit someone to demonstrate that fact.

* BrokenAesop: The episode goes out of its way to portray hitting as a bad thing - understandable, since while Arthur getting mad at D.W. was at least somewhat justified, hitting her was not. However, Arthur's parents then praise Binky for hitting Arthur, despite this situation being completely unrelated to the one at home, especially where D.W. is concerned.

* BrokenAesop: The episode goes out of its way to portray hitting as a bad thing understandable, since while Arthur's annoyance at D.W. was somewhat justified, hitting her was not. However, the parents then praise Binky for hitting Arthur, despite this situation not having anything to do with the one at home.

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: D.W. complains to Arthur that he didn't build his model plane correctly, as it doesn't fly at all. Arthur starts explaining that the plane isn't SUPPOSED to fly, then realizes with horror that D.W. experimented with the plane to see if it would fly.

* BrokenAesop: Arthur hits D.W. when she breaks his model airplane. She runs crying to their parents, and the rest of the episode is spent rubbing Arthur's nose in it, with the intended message of "violence is never the answer". There are a couple of problems with this:
** Arthur learns his lesson when Binky hits him, and his parents treat Binky hitting Arthur as suitable punishment for Arthur hitting his sister, so it's apparently okay to hit someone to teach them why hitting is wrong. On top of this, Binky hits Arthur to impress his {{jerkass}} friends and it has nothing to do with punishing Arthur, but Arthur hit D.W. as a direct consequence of her behavior.
** D.W. never actually learns anything. She finishes the episode still blaming Arthur for building a model airplane that couldn't fly, indicating that she still has no idea what she did wrong, but she apologizes anyway. Thing is, she only apologizes because Arthur hit her, so violence actually was the answer.

* RageBreakingPoint: Arthur puts up with D.W. constantly bothering him, and when she throws the plane out of the window, he only gets slightly mad. But when she keeps blaming HIM for the plane breaking by saying that he built it wrong (instead of apologizing for what she did), he outright ''snaps'' and punches her.

* NeverMyFault: D.W. actually SAYS "It's not my fault" when she blames Arthur for what happened.

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: D.W. complains to Arthur that he didn't build his model plane correctly, as it doesn't fly at all. Arthur starts explaining that the plane isn't SUPPOSED to fly, then realizes with horror that DW experimented with the plane to see if it would fly.

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "I told you. Not. To. Touch it!"

* NoSympathy: David and Jane show none for Arthur getting hit by Binky.

* KarmaHoudini: D.W. breaks Arthur's model plane after ignoring multiple warnings not to touch it, and the most we hear is a throwaway line where David and Jane tell Arthur "We'll deal with what she did, but what you did is bad too." This happens offscreen though and her lines toward the end of the episode suggest she was barely called out for it.

* BrokenBase: This episode is infamous for this, with its intended message being that physical violence is never the answer in settling your disputes with others, as shown when Arthur hits D.W. for breaking his model plane. Binky is pressured into hitting Arthur later and the episode actually justifies this action as now Arthur has learned "how it feels when someone does it to him"; the way the episode goes about this instead just seems to justify the very thing it was speaking out against.

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: D.W. complains to Arthur that he didn't build his model plane correctly, as it doesn't fly at all. Arthur starts explaining that the plane isn't SUPPOSED to fly, then realizes with horror that DW wouldn't have known that unless she tried to make the plane fly.