History Recap / ArthurS4E1DWsLibraryCardArthursBigHit

'''Airdate: October 4, 1999''

'''Airdate: October 4, 1999'''

* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: Blinky, who was dared by other students, hits Arthur so he can feel how D.W. felt when he punched her after touching his plane. Even Arthur thanked Blinky for what he did.

** His friends are no better, treating Arthur as if he's the bad guy instead of realizing that both sides were ultimately guilty for the resultant actions. Even Arthur keeps trying to tell his side of the story, albeit greatly exaggerated, to no avail.

** Arthur may be more mature than his bratty little sister, but he ''is'' only eight-years-old. When D.W. smashes his plane and refuses to apologize, Arthur naturally doesn't handle in the best of ways and punches her in the arm out of impulse.

* TalkToTheFist: PlayedForDrama. When D.W. has her NeverMyFault speech over the model plane being destroyed, Arthur punches her straight in the arm.

* AdultsAreUseless: Zigzagged. Though Mr. and Mrs. Read are only shown punishing Arthur, they do say they will take care of D.W. later[[note]]Given that D.W. does apologize to Arthur for what she did, if rather insincerely, it's likely they actually did[[/note]]. That being said, they do nothing when Arthur himself gets punched by Binky and [[NoSympathy tell him it serves him right for punching D.W.]] instead of confronting Binky's parents on it.

* DoubleStandard: Arthur is treated as in the wrong for punching D.W. because she broke his model plane (though admittedly, he ''was'' in the wrong for doing so). Meanwhile, Binky is treated as if he did the right thing by punching Arthur, even though he never actually wanted to punch him and only did so because his friends forced him to.

* RealityEnsues: D.W. learns that other people can check out books as well, and must wait a week before someone returns the book she wants.

* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: Blinky, who was dared by other students, hits Arthur so he can feel how D.W. felt when he punched her after touching his plane. Even Arthur thanked Blinky for what he did

* YouAreGrounded: After Arthur punches D.W. and he refuses to apologize for it, their parents ban him from from watching TV for a week.

* DoubleStandard: Arthur is treated as in the wrong for punching D.W. because she broke his model plane (though admittedly, he ''was'' in the wrong for doing so). Meanwhile, Binky is treated as if he did the right thing by punching Arthur, even though he never wanted to punch him and only did that because his friends forced him to.

* PlayingTheVictimCard: D.W. acts like an innocent victim after Arthur punches her, even though she touched his model plane when he told her not to, threw it out of the window and destroyed it, and showed no remorse for the damages. Granted, Arthur ''was'' wrong to punch her, but still.

* JerkassBall: Arthur's parents show little sympathy for Arthur when he's hit by Binky, with Mr. Read outright saying "Now you know how D.W. feels."

* MadeOutToBeAJerkass: Arthur gets this from everyone for punching D.W.

* AdultsAreUseless: Zigzagged. Though Mr. and Mrs. Read are only shown punishing Arthur, they do say they will take care of D.W. later. [[note]] Given that D.W. does apologize to Arthur for what she did, it's likely they actually did. [[/note]] That being said, they do nothing when Arthur himself gets punched by Binky and [[NoSympathy tell him it serves him right for punching D.W.]] instead of confronting Binky's parents on it.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The episode rightfully puts Arthur in the wrong for hitting D.W. instead of helping her understand why she messed up, but let's also not forget that she walked into Arthur's room to play with his plane after explicitly being told not to (though Arthur should have also put it in a safe spot where D.W. could never reach). Both do apologize to each other in the end.

** Sympathetic or not, D.W. is only four-years-old, so getting punched by her older brother who is obviously much stronger than her gave her a rather nasty bruise on the arm. Four-year-olds tend to get injured rather easily, so the result of said punch is not that surprising.

* BrokenAesop: The moral of the episode is that ''violence is never justified'', but when Binky punches Arthur, Arthur's parents show Arthur little sympathy, with his father outright saying "Now you know how D.W. feels", which is, you guessed it, ''a justification'', flawed as it may be!

** Sympathetic or not, D.W. is only four-years-old, so getting punched by her older brother who is obviously much stronger than her gave her a rather nasty bruise on the arm. Four-year-olds get injured rather easily, so the result of said punch is not that surprising.

** Arthur may be more mature than his bratty little sister, but he ''is'' only eight-years-old. When D.W. smashes his plane and refuses to apologize, Arthur naturally doesn't handle in the best of ways and punches her out of impulse.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The episode rightfully puts Arthur in the wrong for hitting D.W. instead of helping her understand why she messed up, but let's also not forget that she walked into Arthur's room to play with his plane after explicitly being told not to (though Arthur should have also put it in a safe spot where D.W. could never reach).

* 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 (though Arthur should have also put it in a safe spot where D.W. could never reach).

* FreudianExcuse: While D.W. and Arthur reconcile, the former claims she's didn't know the difference between a model plane and a real one because she's the younger child.

* TheDogBitesBack: After being constantly harassed by D.W., culminatung in the destruction of his model plane, Arthur finally punches her in a fit of rage.

** His friends are no better, treating Arthur as if he's the bad guy instead of realizing that both sides were ultimately guilty for the resultant actions. Even Arthur keeps trying to tell his side of the story to no avail.

* SuddenlyShouting: "I told you not to ''''TOUCH IT!'''''"

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "I told you... not to... TOUCH IT!"

* BrokenAesop: The moral of the episode is that violence is never justified, but when Binky punches Arthur, Arthur's parents show Arthur little sympathy, with his father outright saying "Now you know how D.W. feels."