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* AnAesop:
** If your friend has a medical condition (asthma in Buster's case), it isn't contagious and doesn't change who they are. In the end, they're still the same friend you've known.
** The more you know about something (be it asthma or poison ivy), the less you'll fear it.
** If your friend has a medical condition (asthma in Buster's case), it isn't contagious and doesn't change who they are. In the end, they're still the same friend you've known.
** The more you know about something (be it asthma or poison ivy), the less you'll fear it.
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* AnAesop: As both Mr. Crosswire and the ghost father tell their respective daughters, there are more constructive and better ways to have fun than hitting people's feelings with mean-spirited pranks.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Mr. Crosswire, while Ed does scold his daughter and her friends for pulling pranks on each other, he does let them off easy once they understand what they were doing to each other wasn't right and allows them to enjoy the party. The same goes for the ghost father, like Mr. Crosswire does scold his daughter for pulling pranks, but once the ghost girl explains to her father she just wanted to have fun and go to the party he still lets her attend it but with her parents with her.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Mr. Crosswire, while Ed does scold his daughter and her friends for pulling pranks on each other, he does let them off easy once they understand what they were doing to each other wasn't right and allows them to continue to enjoy the party. The same goes for the ghost father, like Mr. Crosswire Crosswire, he does scold his daughter for pulling pranks, but once the ghost girl explains to her father she just wanted to have fun and go to the party party, he still lets her attend it but with her parents with her.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Mr. Crosswire, while Ed does scold his daughter and her friends for pulling pranks on each other, he does let them off easy once they understand what they were doing to each other wasn't right and allows them to enjoy the party. The same goes for the ghost father, like Mr. Crosswire does scold his daughter for pulling pranks, but once the ghost girl explains to her father she just wanted to have fun and go to the party he still lets her attend it but with her parents with her.
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* AnAesop: As both Mr. Crosswire and the ghost father tell their respective daughters, there are more constructive ways to have fun than mean-spirited pranks.
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* AnAesop: As both Mr. Crosswire and the ghost father tell their respective daughters, there are more constructive and better ways to have fun than hitting people's feelings with mean-spirited pranks.
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* HauntedHouse: Muffy’s party is held at one. At first the kids think it’s just an UrbanLegend, but they soon find out that it may really be haunted after all.
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* SpidersAreScary: Muffy pranks Arthur with a toy spider that comes flying out of his locker.
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* AnAesop: As both Mr. Crosswire and the ghost father tell their respective daughters, there are more constructive ways to have fun, rather than mean-spirited pranks.
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* AnAesop: As both Mr. Crosswire and the ghost father tell their respective daughters, there are more constructive ways to have fun, rather fun than mean-spirited pranks.
* BittersweetEnding: While nobody gets hurt by the prank war, nobody wins it either, as the kids have encountered ''real'' ghosts that scared them all and nobody believes them about it; and they've been scolded by Mr. Crosswire enough that one of their favorite pastimes, pranking, has been ruined for them.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Mr. Crosswire gets rather stern with the kids by pointing out that they didn't have to spend the party trying to prank each other. They could have enjoyed Ms. Mcword's reading without any dramatics.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Mr. Crosswire gets rather stern with the kids by pointing out that they didn't have to spend the party trying to prank each other. They could have enjoyed Ms. Mcword's reading and the rest of the party without any dramatics.
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* ShrinkingViolet: The ghost girl wanted to go to the party, but she was too shy to speak up when Arthur mistook her for Binky with her pumpkin costume. She also didn't want to refuse a new friend. Her dad tells her there's another way to have fun.
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* ShrinkingViolet: The ghost girl wanted to go to the party, but she was too shy to speak up when Arthur mistook her for Binky with her pumpkin costume. She also didn't want to refuse a new friend. Her dad tells her there's another way other ways to have fun.
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* FantasticVoyagePlot: During his report on asthma, Buster has an ImagineSpot where he and his classmates travel inside his lungs. It is also implied that the trip ''may somehow not have been imaginary'', since after the supposed fantasy ends, George's pants are still shown to be covered in custard pie from when he fell into Buster's stomach.
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* FantasticVoyagePlot: During his report on asthma, Buster has an ImagineSpot where he and his classmates class (minus Ratburn, who is somehow absent for the whole thing) travel inside his lungs. It is also implied that the trip ''may somehow not have been imaginary'', since after the supposed fantasy ends, George's pants are still shown to be covered in custard pie from when he fell into Buster's stomach.
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* ContinuityNod: E.A. Da Poe, aka Ms. [=McWorth=], the author of the ''Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club'' series, returns to do a reading at Muffy's Halloween party.
* GirlsVsBoysPlot: Subverted. The conflict originally started thanks to Arthur, Buster, Binky, and the Brain pranking Muffy on April Fool's Day. She recruits Francine to help her get some payback.
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* HalloweenEpisode: The episode focuses on a [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]] party Muffy is throwing, although for some reason, the holiday is never mentioned by name.
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* HalloweenEpisode: The episode focuses on a [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]] party Muffy is throwing, although for some reason, the holiday is never mentioned by name. The episode was bundled with the episodes "Night Fright" and "What Scared Sue Ellen?" as part of the ''Arthur's Scary Stories'' collection that was sold for Halloween.
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* FantasticVoyagePlot: During his report on asthma, Buster has an ImagineSpot where he and his classmates travel inside his nose. It is also implied that the trip ''may somehow not have been imaginary'', since after the supposed fantasy ends, George's pants are still shown to be covered in custard pie from when he fell into Buster's stomach.
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* FantasticVoyagePlot: During his report on asthma, Buster has an ImagineSpot where he and his classmates travel inside his nose.lungs. It is also implied that the trip ''may somehow not have been imaginary'', since after the supposed fantasy ends, George's pants are still shown to be covered in custard pie from when he fell into Buster's stomach.
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* ImagineSpot: Buster has one during his report on asthma where he and his classmates travel inside his nose so he can teach them about his condition up close and personal. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when it's shown that George's pants are still covered in custard pie from falling into Buster's stomach after the Imagine Spot is over, implying the trip inside Buster's nose somehow really happened.
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* ImagineSpot: Buster has one during his report on asthma where he and his classmates travel inside his nose lungs so he can teach them about his condition up close and personal. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when it's shown that George's pants are still covered in custard pie from falling into Buster's stomach after the Imagine Spot is over, implying the trip inside Buster's nose lungs somehow really happened.
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* MagicRealism: After Buster's ImagineSpot of bringing his classmates, and somehow ''himself'', inside his nose ends, George's pants are shown to ''still'' be covered in custard pie from when he fell into Buster's stomach, implying that the trip inside Buster's nose somehow actually happened!
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* MagicRealism: After Buster's ImagineSpot of bringing his classmates, and somehow ''himself'', inside his nose lungs ends, George's pants are shown to ''still'' be covered in custard pie from when he fell into Buster's stomach, implying that the trip inside Buster's nose lungs somehow actually happened!
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** If your friend has a condition (asthma in Buster's case), it isn't contagious and doesn't change who they are. In the end, they're still the same friend you've known.
** The more you know about something (be it asthma or poison ivy), the less you fear it.
** The more you know about something (be it asthma or poison ivy), the less you fear it.
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** If your friend has a medical condition (asthma in Buster's case), it isn't contagious and doesn't change who they are. In the end, they're still the same friend you've known.
** The more you know about something (be it asthma or poison ivy), the lessyou you'll fear it.
** The more you know about something (be it asthma or poison ivy), the less
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* TemptingFate: In the Cold Opening, D.W. is initially confused as to why the boys are "scared" and running away from her for being covered in poison ivy. This is apparently her first ever experience with it, as one title card later, we cut to D.W. scratching her blemishes like crazy as she shrieks "It itches, Mommy, it itches!!"
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* TemptingFate: In the Cold Opening, D.W. is initially confused as to why the boys are "scared" and running away from her for being covered in poison ivy. This is apparently her first ever experience with it, as one title card later, we cut to D.W. scratching her blemishes like crazy as she shrieks shrieks, "It itches, Mommy, it itches!!"
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[[caption-width-right:350:'''Binky:''' "[[ComicallyMissingThePoint See, I knew he was faking it. He's just playing the kazoo.]]"]]
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** If your friend has a condition (Asthma in Buster's case), it isn't contagious and doesn't change who they are. In the end, they're still the same friend you've known.
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** If your friend has a condition (Asthma (asthma in Buster's case), it isn't contagious and doesn't change who they are. In the end, they're still the same friend you've known.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: During the cold opening, Arthur and Buster tell the audience about the creature they're hunting. When they have to do it again, Buster starts describing the creature again, but Arthur tells him the audience already knows that.
* DontYouDarePityMe: Downplayed in Buster's report; as he tells the class, asthma is not contagious, and he hasn't changed. He's still Buster, who likes jokes and hockey. Arthur doesn't have to wipe dust off his books and Francine doesn't have to be scared of him.
* FramingDevice: Buster and Arthur tell D.W. about how the previous fall, he had developed bad asthma.
* ItsAllMyFault: A guilt-ridden Arthur blames that if only he hadn't gotten out those dusty joke books, Buster wouldn't have had his first-ever asthma attack. Buster snaps him out of it with his report, showing that asthma is a natural condition and just refers to having dust in the lungs.
* DontYouDarePityMe: Downplayed in Buster's report; as he tells the class, asthma is not contagious, and he hasn't changed. He's still Buster, who likes jokes and hockey. Arthur doesn't have to wipe dust off his books and Francine doesn't have to be scared of him.
* FramingDevice: Buster and Arthur tell D.W. about how the previous fall, he had developed bad asthma.
* ItsAllMyFault: A guilt-ridden Arthur blames that if only he hadn't gotten out those dusty joke books, Buster wouldn't have had his first-ever asthma attack. Buster snaps him out of it with his report, showing that asthma is a natural condition and just refers to having dust in the lungs.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: During the cold opening, ColdOpen, Arthur and Buster tell the audience about the creature they're hunting. When they have to do it again, Buster starts describing the creature again, but Arthur tells him the audience already knows that.
that.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: To bring some humor into what is otherwise a relatively serious scene, Binky mistakes the inhaler the school nurse gives Buster for a kazoo.
* DontYouDarePityMe:Downplayed [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] in Buster's report; as he tells the class, asthma is not contagious, and he hasn't changed. He's still Buster, who likes jokes and hockey. Arthur doesn't have to wipe the dust off his books and Francine doesn't have to be scared of him.
* FantasticVoyagePlot: During his report on asthma, Buster has an ImagineSpot where he and his classmates travel inside his nose. It is also implied that the trip ''may somehow not have been imaginary'', since after the supposed fantasy ends, George's pants are still shown to be covered in custard pie from when he fell into Buster's stomach.
* FramingDevice: Buster and Arthur tell D.W. about how theprevious fall, he former had developed bad asthma.
asthma the previous fall.
* ImagineSpot: Buster has one during his report on asthma where he and his classmates travel inside his nose so he can teach them about his condition up close and personal. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when it's shown that George's pants are still covered in custard pie from falling into Buster's stomach after the Imagine Spot is over, implying the trip inside Buster's nose somehow really happened.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Binky really ''does'' believe Buster's inhaler is a kazoo.
* ItsAllMyFault: A guilt-ridden Arthur blames himself that if only he hadn't gotten out those dusty joke books, Buster wouldn't have had his first-ever asthma attack. Buster snaps him out of it with his report, showing that asthma is a natural condition and just refers to having dust in the lungs.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: To bring some humor into what is otherwise a relatively serious scene, Binky mistakes the inhaler the school nurse gives Buster for a kazoo.
* DontYouDarePityMe:
* FantasticVoyagePlot: During his report on asthma, Buster has an ImagineSpot where he and his classmates travel inside his nose. It is also implied that the trip ''may somehow not have been imaginary'', since after the supposed fantasy ends, George's pants are still shown to be covered in custard pie from when he fell into Buster's stomach.
* FramingDevice: Buster and Arthur tell D.W. about how the
* ImagineSpot: Buster has one during his report on asthma where he and his classmates travel inside his nose so he can teach them about his condition up close and personal. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when it's shown that George's pants are still covered in custard pie from falling into Buster's stomach after the Imagine Spot is over, implying the trip inside Buster's nose somehow really happened.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Binky really ''does'' believe Buster's inhaler is a kazoo.
* ItsAllMyFault: A guilt-ridden Arthur blames himself that if only he hadn't gotten out those dusty joke books, Buster wouldn't have had his first-ever asthma attack. Buster snaps him out of it with his report, showing that asthma is a natural condition and just refers to having dust in the lungs.
* MagicRealism: After Buster's ImagineSpot of bringing his classmates, and somehow ''himself'', inside his nose ends, George's pants are shown to ''still'' be covered in custard pie from when he fell into Buster's stomach, implying that the trip inside Buster's nose somehow actually happened!
* PlayingSick: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] by Binky, who assumes Buster is faking his asthma so he can go home from school early. Even when he sees Buster using an inhaler, he just mistakes it for a kazoo.
* SeriousWorkComedicScene: While the premise of Buster developing asthma is relatively serious, there are also a few comedic scenes: the "snig hunt" game in the ColdOpen where D.W. unknowingly covers herself in poison ivy and gets blemishes as a result, Binky mistaking Buster's inhaler for a kazoo, and the Tibble twins running away from the poison ivy-afflicted D.W. as she tries to teach them about poison ivy at the end of the episode.
* SnipeHunt: In the ColdOpen, Arthur and Buster are playing a game where they're hunting a dangerous creature called a "snig", which is played by D.W. wearing a headband with two sticks attached to it to make it look like she has horns. When Arthur and Buster tell her she has to camouflage herself, she decides to cover herself in leaves... which turn out to be ''poison ivy'' leaves, giving her a bad case of blemishes.
* SeriousWorkComedicScene: While the premise of Buster developing asthma is relatively serious, there are also a few comedic scenes: the "snig hunt" game in the ColdOpen where D.W. unknowingly covers herself in poison ivy and gets blemishes as a result, Binky mistaking Buster's inhaler for a kazoo, and the Tibble twins running away from the poison ivy-afflicted D.W. as she tries to teach them about poison ivy at the end of the episode.
* SnipeHunt: In the ColdOpen, Arthur and Buster are playing a game where they're hunting a dangerous creature called a "snig", which is played by D.W. wearing a headband with two sticks attached to it to make it look like she has horns. When Arthur and Buster tell her she has to camouflage herself, she decides to cover herself in leaves... which turn out to be ''poison ivy'' leaves, giving her a bad case of blemishes.
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* VerySpecialEpisode: The episode is about Buster finding out he has asthma and learning how to deal with it.
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Halloween is coming up, and with it, Muffy's latest book bash for the release of a new Scare Your Pants Off installment. The author is coming to read, but so are the pranks. Muffy is mad at the boys for an April Fools joke that got her in trouble with Miss Turner, so she has personalized invitations for them, in the form of pranks and scary props. She "invites" them to come to the party and see her revenge on them, unless they're too scared. The boys reluctantly agree to come and decide they'll proactively prank the girls. They just need the perfect scare...
Halloween is coming up, and with it, Muffy's latest book bash for the release of a new Scare Your Pants Off installment. The author is coming to read, but so are the pranks. Muffy is mad at the boys for an April Fools joke that got her in trouble with Miss Turner, so she has personalized invitations for them, in the form of pranks and scary props. She "invites" them to come to the party and see her revenge on them, unless they're too scared. The boys reluctantly agree to come and decide they'll proactively prank the girls. They just need the perfect scare...
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[[caption-width-right:350:Ducks in a WorldOfMammals!? How scary!]]
[[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]] is coming up, and with it, Muffy's latest book bash for the release of a new
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* AliensSpeakingEnglish: The aliens in Buster's ImagineSpot inspired by ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' are capable of speaking English, although in a broken manner.
-->'''Blue alien:''' Darned please to meet you.
* AnAesop: As both Mr. Crosswire and the ghost father tell their respective daughters, there are more constructive ways to have fun, rather than mean-spiritedpranks. pranks.
* BaitAndSwitch: In the ColdOpen, Buster pulls off Arthur's mask, revealing him to actually be Francine in disguise... but then Binky grabs Francine's head, seemingly decapitating her, after which Arthur's head pops out of "Francine"'s torso, revealing that it really ''was'' Arthur all along, who was wearing a mask of himself over a Francine one!
* BatOutOfHell: Last AprilFoolsDay, the other kids scared Muffy at the library with a fake bat, which is what makes her want to pay them back in kind at the upcoming [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]] party.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: In the ColdOpen, Arthur tries to scare the audience with a pair of fake monster hands.
* CartesianKarma: Muffy got in trouble with Ms. Turner for screaming in the library, even though Arthur and friends ''made'' her scream by scaring her with a fake bat. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] since Ms. Turner never saw the fake bat.
-->'''Blue alien:''' Darned please to meet you.
* AnAesop: As both Mr. Crosswire and the ghost father tell their respective daughters, there are more constructive ways to have fun, rather than mean-spirited
* BaitAndSwitch: In the ColdOpen, Buster pulls off Arthur's mask, revealing him to actually be Francine in disguise... but then Binky grabs Francine's head, seemingly decapitating her, after which Arthur's head pops out of "Francine"'s torso, revealing that it really ''was'' Arthur all along, who was wearing a mask of himself over a Francine one!
* BatOutOfHell: Last AprilFoolsDay, the other kids scared Muffy at the library with a fake bat, which is what makes her want to pay them back in kind at the upcoming [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]] party.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: In the ColdOpen, Arthur tries to scare the audience with a pair of fake monster hands.
* CartesianKarma: Muffy got in trouble with Ms. Turner for screaming in the library, even though Arthur and friends ''made'' her scream by scaring her with a fake bat. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] since Ms. Turner never saw the fake bat.
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* EscalatingPrankWar: Technically, Arthur, Brain, Binky, and Buster started the prank war by startling Muffy with a plastic bat in the library. Muffy vows revenge and asks Francine to help her. They start by sending personalized prank invitations to the boys and scaring them with a fake tentacle. Worried about what the girls will do, the boys decide to bring a prank to the party in question by having Binky dress as a pumpkin monster. Their plan backfires when Binky's late, owing to breaking the pumpkin, and Arthur mistakes someone else wearing a similar outfit.
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* DeathOfAChild: [[ImpliedTrope Implied]], given that the ghost girl who scares the kids is clearly a child.
* DemBones: Fern and Prunella are dressed up as skeletons at the [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]] party.
* EscalatingPrankWar: Technically, Arthur, Brain, Binky, and Buster started the prank war by startling Muffy with a plastic bat in the library. Muffy vows revenge and asks Francine to help her. They start by sending personalized prank invitations to the boys and scaring them with a fake tentacle. Worried about what the girls will do, the boys decide to bring a prank to the party in question by having Binky dress as a pumpkin monster. Their plan backfires when Binky's late, owing to breaking the pumpkin, and Arthur mistakes someone else wearing a similaroutfit. outfit.
* FauxHorrific: In Brain's ImagineSpot inspired by ''Literature/TheTellTaleHeart'', Francine and Muffy scream in horror when they see that Brain's heart-shaped box doesn't contain any candy.
* {{Flashback}}: One that shows Arthur and friends making Muffy scream at the library with a fake bat, landing her in trouble with Ms. Turner.
* FrankensteinsMonster: A rat boy at the [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]] party appears to be dressed up as him.
* FriendlyGhost: The ghost family that lives in Castle Manor isn't evil. While the ghost girl does scare Arthur and his friends, it's only because Arthur asked her for help thinking she was Binky, and she couldn't say no without revealing herself. Her parents also do not approve of her scaring people.
* GlamourFailure: Near the end of the episode, the ghost father accidentally floats off the ground in the main hall full of party guests. Fortunately for him, his daughter points this out to him, allowing him to float back down before any of the guests catch onto him.
* DemBones: Fern and Prunella are dressed up as skeletons at the [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]] party.
* EscalatingPrankWar: Technically, Arthur, Brain, Binky, and Buster started the prank war by startling Muffy with a plastic bat in the library. Muffy vows revenge and asks Francine to help her. They start by sending personalized prank invitations to the boys and scaring them with a fake tentacle. Worried about what the girls will do, the boys decide to bring a prank to the party in question by having Binky dress as a pumpkin monster. Their plan backfires when Binky's late, owing to breaking the pumpkin, and Arthur mistakes someone else wearing a similar
* FauxHorrific: In Brain's ImagineSpot inspired by ''Literature/TheTellTaleHeart'', Francine and Muffy scream in horror when they see that Brain's heart-shaped box doesn't contain any candy.
* {{Flashback}}: One that shows Arthur and friends making Muffy scream at the library with a fake bat, landing her in trouble with Ms. Turner.
* FrankensteinsMonster: A rat boy at the [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]] party appears to be dressed up as him.
* FriendlyGhost: The ghost family that lives in Castle Manor isn't evil. While the ghost girl does scare Arthur and his friends, it's only because Arthur asked her for help thinking she was Binky, and she couldn't say no without revealing herself. Her parents also do not approve of her scaring people.
* GlamourFailure: Near the end of the episode, the ghost father accidentally floats off the ground in the main hall full of party guests. Fortunately for him, his daughter points this out to him, allowing him to float back down before any of the guests catch onto him.
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* HiddenDepths: It turns out that Brain loves Edgar Allan Poe, Buster has read ''The War of the Worlds'' and Binky knows about ''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'.
* RewatchBonus: "Binky" at the party is wearing a bedsheet and a pumpkin, while the real Binky's costume had crab claws and a farmer's outfit. She also doesn't speak to Arthur when he mistakes her.
* SamusIsAGirl: The ghost hiding under the pumpkin costume is revealed to be a cute ghost girl. She's also not evil.
* ShrinkingViolet: The ghost girl wanted to go to the party, but she was too shy to speak up when Arthur mistook her for Binky with her pumpkin costume. She also didn't want to refuse a new friend. Her dad tells her there's another way to have fun.
* RewatchBonus: "Binky" at the party is wearing a bedsheet and a pumpkin, while the real Binky's costume had crab claws and a farmer's outfit. She also doesn't speak to Arthur when he mistakes her.
* SamusIsAGirl: The ghost hiding under the pumpkin costume is revealed to be a cute ghost girl. She's also not evil.
* ShrinkingViolet: The ghost girl wanted to go to the party, but she was too shy to speak up when Arthur mistook her for Binky with her pumpkin costume. She also didn't want to refuse a new friend. Her dad tells her there's another way to have fun.
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* GoshDangItToHeck: The male alien in Buster's ImagineSpot uses the word "darned" when greeting Francine and Muffy.
* HalloweenEpisode: The episode focuses on a [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]] party Muffy is throwing, although for some reason, the holiday is never mentioned by name.
* HeadlessHorseman: He appears in an ImagineSpot Binky has, where he chases after Francine and Muffy. At the end of the Imagine Spot, it's revealed that Arthur was in costume as the horse and Binky was in costume as the Horseman.
* HiddenDepths: It turns out that Brain lovesEdgar Allan Poe, Creator/EdgarAllanPoe, Buster has read ''The War of the Worlds'' ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' and Binky knows about ''The Legend ''Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow''.
* ImagineSpot: Three ofSleepy Hollow'.
them.
** The first, had by Brain, has Francine and Muffy meet Brain wearing a cape and top hat and holding a heart-shaped box, screaming in horror when they see that [[FauxHorrific it contains no candy]].
** The second one, had by Buster, has Francine and Muffy discover a UFO on a mountainside and encounter aliens. After they run away, Buster shakes hands with the female alien and winks at her.
** The third and final one, had by Binky, has Francine and Muffy being chased by the HeadlessHorseman, who is actually played by Binky and Arthur.
* KilledOffscreen: We are never shown how the ghost family of Castle Manor died.
* LatexPerfection: In the ColdOpen, Arthur and Binky are able to convincingly wear masks of Francine and Buster, the latter ''under a mask of his own face''.
* LosingYourHead: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in the ColdOpen, where Binky pulls of "Francine"'s head, only for it to be revealed that it was actually a mask worn by Arthur, who somehow pushed his real head into his torso.
* MadScientist: George's costume at the [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]] party.
* MagicRealism: For a show mostly grounded in reality, it's rather surprising when it's revealed that there is a family of real ghosts living in Castle Manor.
* MistakenIdentity: The ghost girl is initially mistaken for Binky by Arthur since she first appeared to him wearing a pumpkin on her head like he was.
* MyBrainIsBig: A boy at the [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]] party is shown wearing a costume with a massively bulging head.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: At the [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]] party, Binky dresses up as a PumpkinPerson with crab claws.
* NoNameGiven: The names of the ghost girl and her parents are never revealed.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: No points for guessing what colors the male and female aliens in Buster's ImagineSpot are.
* {{Pirate}}: What Buster and Brain dress up as for the [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]] party.
* PointyEars: A boy at the [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]] party is shown wearing a costume with these and [[MyBrainIsBig a bulging head]].
* PumpkinPerson: Binky and the ghost girl both dress up as one at the [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]] party.
* {{Revenge}}: Muffy wants to pay back Arthur and his friends for pulling a prank on her that got her in trouble with Ms. Turner last AprilFoolsDay by scaring them at the upcoming [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]] party.
* RewatchBonus: "Binky" at the party is wearing a bedsheet and a pumpkin, while the real Binky's costume had crab claws and a farmer's outfit. She also doesn't speak to Arthur when he mistakesher.
her.
* RiddleForTheAges: How did the ghost girl and her parents die?
* SamusIsAGirl: The ghost hiding under the pumpkin costume is revealed to be a cute ghost girl. She's also notevil.
evil.
* ScoobyDooHoax: PlayedForLaughs in the ColdOpen, where Arthur briefly scares the audience with a pair of fake monster hands, but shortly reveals himself.
* ScreamingWoman:
** In a flashback, Muffy screams when the other kids scare her with a fake bat.
** Francine and Muffy scream in all three of the episode's {{Imagine Spot}}s when they see an [[FauxHorrific empty heart-shaped candy box]], aliens, and the HeadlessHorseman, in that order.
* ShoutOut:
** ''Literature/TheTellTaleHeart'', ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds'', and ''Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow'' are directly mentioned by Brain, Buster, and Binky, respectively.
** A boy at the [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]] party appears to be dressed up as Franchise/IndianaJones.
* ShrinkingViolet: The ghost girl wanted to go to the party, but she was too shy to speak up when Arthur mistook her for Binky with her pumpkin costume. She also didn't want to refuse a new friend. Her dad tells her there's another way to have fun.
* HalloweenEpisode: The episode focuses on a [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]] party Muffy is throwing, although for some reason, the holiday is never mentioned by name.
* HeadlessHorseman: He appears in an ImagineSpot Binky has, where he chases after Francine and Muffy. At the end of the Imagine Spot, it's revealed that Arthur was in costume as the horse and Binky was in costume as the Horseman.
* HiddenDepths: It turns out that Brain loves
* ImagineSpot: Three of
** The first, had by Brain, has Francine and Muffy meet Brain wearing a cape and top hat and holding a heart-shaped box, screaming in horror when they see that [[FauxHorrific it contains no candy]].
** The second one, had by Buster, has Francine and Muffy discover a UFO on a mountainside and encounter aliens. After they run away, Buster shakes hands with the female alien and winks at her.
** The third and final one, had by Binky, has Francine and Muffy being chased by the HeadlessHorseman, who is actually played by Binky and Arthur.
* KilledOffscreen: We are never shown how the ghost family of Castle Manor died.
* LatexPerfection: In the ColdOpen, Arthur and Binky are able to convincingly wear masks of Francine and Buster, the latter ''under a mask of his own face''.
* LosingYourHead: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in the ColdOpen, where Binky pulls of "Francine"'s head, only for it to be revealed that it was actually a mask worn by Arthur, who somehow pushed his real head into his torso.
* MadScientist: George's costume at the [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]] party.
* MagicRealism: For a show mostly grounded in reality, it's rather surprising when it's revealed that there is a family of real ghosts living in Castle Manor.
* MistakenIdentity: The ghost girl is initially mistaken for Binky by Arthur since she first appeared to him wearing a pumpkin on her head like he was.
* MyBrainIsBig: A boy at the [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]] party is shown wearing a costume with a massively bulging head.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: At the [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]] party, Binky dresses up as a PumpkinPerson with crab claws.
* NoNameGiven: The names of the ghost girl and her parents are never revealed.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: No points for guessing what colors the male and female aliens in Buster's ImagineSpot are.
* {{Pirate}}: What Buster and Brain dress up as for the [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]] party.
* PointyEars: A boy at the [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]] party is shown wearing a costume with these and [[MyBrainIsBig a bulging head]].
* PumpkinPerson: Binky and the ghost girl both dress up as one at the [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]] party.
* {{Revenge}}: Muffy wants to pay back Arthur and his friends for pulling a prank on her that got her in trouble with Ms. Turner last AprilFoolsDay by scaring them at the upcoming [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]] party.
* RewatchBonus: "Binky" at the party is wearing a bedsheet and a pumpkin, while the real Binky's costume had crab claws and a farmer's outfit. She also doesn't speak to Arthur when he mistakes
* RiddleForTheAges: How did the ghost girl and her parents die?
* SamusIsAGirl: The ghost hiding under the pumpkin costume is revealed to be a cute ghost girl. She's also not
* ScoobyDooHoax: PlayedForLaughs in the ColdOpen, where Arthur briefly scares the audience with a pair of fake monster hands, but shortly reveals himself.
* ScreamingWoman:
** In a flashback, Muffy screams when the other kids scare her with a fake bat.
** Francine and Muffy scream in all three of the episode's {{Imagine Spot}}s when they see an [[FauxHorrific empty heart-shaped candy box]], aliens, and the HeadlessHorseman, in that order.
* ShoutOut:
** ''Literature/TheTellTaleHeart'', ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds'', and ''Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow'' are directly mentioned by Brain, Buster, and Binky, respectively.
** A boy at the [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]] party appears to be dressed up as Franchise/IndianaJones.
* ShrinkingViolet: The ghost girl wanted to go to the party, but she was too shy to speak up when Arthur mistook her for Binky with her pumpkin costume. She also didn't want to refuse a new friend. Her dad tells her there's another way to have fun.
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* WhamShot: The kids get confused when the boys' prank seems to go off without a hitch, but Buster and Brain found themselves in a spare room, with the balloons and music that Francine and Muffy planned to use. Muffy confirms she didn't move their props, and neither did Francine. Arthur asks who he thinks is Binky for an explanation, only for the real Binky to show up in another costume. They turn around...and see the figure is floating off the ground. It's a real ghost!
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* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: The female alien in Buster's ImagineSpot is pink and has prominent eyelashes.
* VoiceChangeling: In the ColdOpen, when Arthur and Binky wear masks of Francine and Buster respectively, their voices somehow sound like theirs. They immediately sound like themselves again when the masks are removed.
* WhamShot: The kids get confused when the boys' prank seems to go off without a hitch, but Buster and Brain found themselves in a spare room, with the balloons and music that Francine and Muffy planned to use. Muffy confirms she didn't move their props, and neither did Francine. Arthur asks who he thinks is Binky for an explanation, only for the real Binky to show up in another costume. They turn around... and see the figure is floating off the ground. It's a real ghost!
* VoiceChangeling: In the ColdOpen, when Arthur and Binky wear masks of Francine and Buster respectively, their voices somehow sound like theirs. They immediately sound like themselves again when the masks are removed.
* WhamShot: The kids get confused when the boys' prank seems to go off without a hitch, but Buster and Brain found themselves in a spare room, with the balloons and music that Francine and Muffy planned to use. Muffy confirms she didn't move their props, and neither did Francine. Arthur asks who he thinks is Binky for an explanation, only for the real Binky to show up in another costume. They turn around... and see the figure is floating off the ground. It's a real ghost!
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* WhamShot: The kids get confused when the boys' prank seems to go off without a hitch, but Buster and Brain found themselves in a spare room, with the balloons and music that Francine and Muffy planned to use. Muffy confirms she didn't move their props, and neither did Francine Arthur asks who he thinks is Binky for an explanation, only for the real Binky to show up in another costume. They turn around...and see the figure is floating off the ground. It's a real ghost!
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* WhamShot: The kids get confused when the boys' prank seems to go off without a hitch, but Buster and Brain found themselves in a spare room, with the balloons and music that Francine and Muffy planned to use. Muffy confirms she didn't move their props, and neither did Francine Francine. Arthur asks who he thinks is Binky for an explanation, only for the real Binky to show up in another costume. They turn around...and see the figure is floating off the ground. It's a real ghost!
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* AdultFear: Arthur spends the whole episode guilty about how Buster seems to have developed asthma from reading old joke books. He wipes down Buster's textbooks and spies on his inhaler appointments. When Buster starts coughing during a hockey session, Arthur's the first one who says he's running for help.
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* DontYouDarePityMe: Downplayed in Buster's report; as he tells the class, asthma is not contagious, and he hasn't changed. He's still Buster, who likes jokes and hockey. Arthur doesn't have to wipe dust off his books and Francine doesn't have to be scared of him.
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* TemptingFate: In the Cold Opening, D.W. is initially confused as to why the boys are "scared" and running away from her for being covered in poison ivy. This is apparently her first ever experience with it, as one title card later, we cut to D.W. scratching her blemishes like crazy as she shrieks "It itches, Mommy, it itches!!"\
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Buster is not known for being the best student. He actually gives a detailed report on asthma to explain to his classmates that it's just a condition and not scary.
* TemptingFate: In the Cold Opening, D.W. is initially confused as to why the boys are "scared" and running away from her for being covered in poison ivy. This is apparently her first ever experience with it, as one title card later, we cut to D.W. scratching her blemishes like crazy as she shrieks "It itches, Mommy, ititches!!"\
itches!!"
* TemptingFate: In the Cold Opening, D.W. is initially confused as to why the boys are "scared" and running away from her for being covered in poison ivy. This is apparently her first ever experience with it, as one title card later, we cut to D.W. scratching her blemishes like crazy as she shrieks "It itches, Mommy, it
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[[AC: Buster's Breathless]]
When Arthur and Buster are playing "Hiding Snig" with D.W., they leave her alone long enough for D.W. to use poison ivy leaves for camouflage. D.W. is so mortified about the rashes and fearing that everyone will run away from her that she borrows Arthur's hockey gear to hide her face. Buster, as an apology for letting D.W. cover herself in poison ivy, tells her about the time he developed asthma.
!!Tropes for"Breathless"::
When Arthur and Buster are playing "Hiding Snig" with D.W., they leave her alone long enough for D.W. to use poison ivy leaves for camouflage. D.W. is so mortified about the rashes and fearing that everyone will run away from her that she borrows Arthur's hockey gear to hide her face. Buster, as an apology for letting D.W. cover herself in poison ivy, tells her about the time he developed asthma.
!!Tropes for
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* ItsAllMyFault: A guilt-ridden Arthur blames that if only he hadn't gotten out those dusty joke books, Buster wouldn't have had his first ever asthma attack. Buster snaps him out of it with his report, showing that asthma is a natural condition and just refers to having dust in the lungs.
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* FramingDevice: Buster and Arthur tell D.W. about how the previous fall, he had developed bad asthma.
* ItsAllMyFault: A guilt-ridden Arthur blames that if only he hadn't gotten out those dusty joke books, Buster wouldn't have had hisfirst ever first-ever asthma attack. Buster snaps him out of it with his report, showing that asthma is a natural condition and just refers to having dust in the lungs.
* ItsAllMyFault: A guilt-ridden Arthur blames that if only he hadn't gotten out those dusty joke books, Buster wouldn't have had his
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* TemptingFate: In the Cold Opening, D.W. is initially confused as to why the boys are "scared" and running away from her for being covered in poison ivy. This is apparently her first ever experience with it, as one title card later, we cut to D.W. scratching her blemishes like crazy as she shrieks "It itches, Mommy, it itches!!"
!!Tropes for "The Fright Stuff":
* AnAesop: As both Mr. Crosswire and the ghost father tell their respective daughters, there are more constructive ways to have fun, rather than mean-spirited pranks.
* GoodAllAlong: The ghost that scares the collective kids isn't a malicious spirit, it turns out to be the innocent spirit of a girl who lived in the mansion Mr. Crosswire hosted his party in. The same goes for her family, who have a talking to with the girl about how it isn't right to scare others.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Or in this case, fatherly minds think alike. While Mr. Crosswire is scolding Muffy and her friends for engaging in scare pranks, we cut to a ghost father who has the same talk with his daughter. Apparently, both fathers had told their daughters that such pranks are "mean-spirited".
!!Tropes for "The Fright Stuff":
* AnAesop: As both Mr. Crosswire and the ghost father tell their respective daughters, there are more constructive ways to have fun, rather than mean-spirited pranks.
* GoodAllAlong: The ghost that scares the collective kids isn't a malicious spirit, it turns out to be the innocent spirit of a girl who lived in the mansion Mr. Crosswire hosted his party in. The same goes for her family, who have a talking to with the girl about how it isn't right to scare others.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Or in this case, fatherly minds think alike. While Mr. Crosswire is scolding Muffy and her friends for engaging in scare pranks, we cut to a ghost father who has the same talk with his daughter. Apparently, both fathers had told their daughters that such pranks are "mean-spirited".
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* TemptingFate: In the Cold Opening, D.W. is initially confused as to why the boys are "scared" and running away from her for being covered in poison ivy. This is apparently her first ever experience with it, as one title card later, we cut to D.W. scratching her blemishes like crazy as she shrieks "It itches, Mommy, it itches!!"
itches!!"\
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[[AC: The Fright Stuff]]
Halloween is coming up, and with it, Muffy's latest book bash for the release of a new Scare Your Pants Off installment. The author is coming to read, but so are the pranks. Muffy is mad at the boys for an April Fools joke that got her in trouble with Miss Turner, so she has personalized invitations for them, in the form of pranks and scary props. She "invites" them to come to the party and see her revenge on them, unless they're too scared. The boys reluctantly agree to come and decide they'll proactively prank the girls. They just need the perfect scare...
!!Tropes for"The Fright Stuff":
this episode include:
* AnAesop: As both Mr. Crosswire and the ghost father tell their respective daughters, there are more constructive ways to have fun, rather than mean-spiritedpranks.
pranks.
* CassandraTruth: The kids tell Mr. Crosswire that the house is haunted for real, and they did see a ghost. He dismisses it as being another of their pranks and tells them to enjoy the party.
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Mr. Crosswire gets rather stern with the kids by pointing out that they didn't have to spend the party trying to prank each other. They could have enjoyed Ms. Mcword's reading without any dramatics.
* EscalatingPrankWar: Technically, Arthur, Brain, Binky, and Buster started the prank war by startling Muffy with a plastic bat in the library. Muffy vows revenge and asks Francine to help her. They start by sending personalized prank invitations to the boys and scaring them with a fake tentacle. Worried about what the girls will do, the boys decide to bring a prank to the party in question by having Binky dress as a pumpkin monster. Their plan backfires when Binky's late, owing to breaking the pumpkin, and Arthur mistakes someone else wearing a similar outfit.
* GoodAllAlong: The ghost that scares the collective kids isn't a malicious spirit, it turns out to be the innocent spirit of a girl who lived in the mansion Mr. Crosswire hosted his partyin.in, whom Arthur mistook for Binky. As she explains to her father, Arthur asked her for help and she couldn't say no without blowing her cover. The same goes for her family, who have a talking to with the girl about how it isn't right to scare others.
* HiddenDepths: It turns out that Brain loves Edgar Allan Poe, Buster has read ''The War of the Worlds'' and Binky knows about ''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'.
* RewatchBonus: "Binky" at the party is wearing a bedsheet and a pumpkin, while the real Binky's costume had crab claws and a farmer's outfit. She also doesn't speak to Arthur when he mistakes her.
* SamusIsAGirl: The ghost hiding under the pumpkin costume is revealed to be a cute ghost girl. She's also not evil.
* ShrinkingViolet: The ghost girl wanted to go to the party, but she was too shy to speak up when Arthur mistook her for Binky with her pumpkin costume. She also didn't want to refuse a new friend. Her dad tells her there's another way to have fun.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Or in this case, fatherly minds think alike. While Mr. Crosswire is scolding Muffy and her friends for engaging in scare pranks, we cut to a ghost father who has the same talk with his daughter. Apparently, both fathers had told their daughters that such pranks are"mean-spirited"."mean-spirited".
* WhamShot: The kids get confused when the boys' prank seems to go off without a hitch, but Buster and Brain found themselves in a spare room, with the balloons and music that Francine and Muffy planned to use. Muffy confirms she didn't move their props, and neither did Francine Arthur asks who he thinks is Binky for an explanation, only for the real Binky to show up in another costume. They turn around...and see the figure is floating off the ground. It's a real ghost!
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[[AC: The Fright Stuff]]
Halloween is coming up, and with it, Muffy's latest book bash for the release of a new Scare Your Pants Off installment. The author is coming to read, but so are the pranks. Muffy is mad at the boys for an April Fools joke that got her in trouble with Miss Turner, so she has personalized invitations for them, in the form of pranks and scary props. She "invites" them to come to the party and see her revenge on them, unless they're too scared. The boys reluctantly agree to come and decide they'll proactively prank the girls. They just need the perfect scare...
!!Tropes for
* AnAesop: As both Mr. Crosswire and the ghost father tell their respective daughters, there are more constructive ways to have fun, rather than mean-spirited
* CassandraTruth: The kids tell Mr. Crosswire that the house is haunted for real, and they did see a ghost. He dismisses it as being another of their pranks and tells them to enjoy the party.
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Mr. Crosswire gets rather stern with the kids by pointing out that they didn't have to spend the party trying to prank each other. They could have enjoyed Ms. Mcword's reading without any dramatics.
* EscalatingPrankWar: Technically, Arthur, Brain, Binky, and Buster started the prank war by startling Muffy with a plastic bat in the library. Muffy vows revenge and asks Francine to help her. They start by sending personalized prank invitations to the boys and scaring them with a fake tentacle. Worried about what the girls will do, the boys decide to bring a prank to the party in question by having Binky dress as a pumpkin monster. Their plan backfires when Binky's late, owing to breaking the pumpkin, and Arthur mistakes someone else wearing a similar outfit.
* GoodAllAlong: The ghost that scares the collective kids isn't a malicious spirit, it turns out to be the innocent spirit of a girl who lived in the mansion Mr. Crosswire hosted his party
* HiddenDepths: It turns out that Brain loves Edgar Allan Poe, Buster has read ''The War of the Worlds'' and Binky knows about ''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'.
* RewatchBonus: "Binky" at the party is wearing a bedsheet and a pumpkin, while the real Binky's costume had crab claws and a farmer's outfit. She also doesn't speak to Arthur when he mistakes her.
* SamusIsAGirl: The ghost hiding under the pumpkin costume is revealed to be a cute ghost girl. She's also not evil.
* ShrinkingViolet: The ghost girl wanted to go to the party, but she was too shy to speak up when Arthur mistook her for Binky with her pumpkin costume. She also didn't want to refuse a new friend. Her dad tells her there's another way to have fun.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Or in this case, fatherly minds think alike. While Mr. Crosswire is scolding Muffy and her friends for engaging in scare pranks, we cut to a ghost father who has the same talk with his daughter. Apparently, both fathers had told their daughters that such pranks are
* WhamShot: The kids get confused when the boys' prank seems to go off without a hitch, but Buster and Brain found themselves in a spare room, with the balloons and music that Francine and Muffy planned to use. Muffy confirms she didn't move their props, and neither did Francine Arthur asks who he thinks is Binky for an explanation, only for the real Binky to show up in another costume. They turn around...and see the figure is floating off the ground. It's a real ghost!
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* AnAesop: If your friend has a condition (Asthma in Buster's case), it isn't contagious and doesn't change who they are. In the end, they're still the same friend you've known.
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* AnAesop: AdultFear: Arthur spends the whole episode guilty about how Buster seems to have developed asthma from reading old joke books. He wipes down Buster's textbooks and spies on his inhaler appointments. When Buster starts coughing during a hockey session, Arthur's the first one who says he's running for help.
* AnAesop:
** If your friend has a condition (Asthma in Buster's case), it isn't contagious and doesn't change who they are. In the end, they're still the same friend you've known.
* AnAesop:
** If your friend has a condition (Asthma in Buster's case), it isn't contagious and doesn't change who they are. In the end, they're still the same friend you've known.
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* ItsAllMyFault: A guilt-ridden Arthur blames that if only he hadn't gotten out those dusty joke books, Buster wouldn't have had his first ever asthma attack.
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* ItsAllMyFault: A guilt-ridden Arthur blames that if only he hadn't gotten out those dusty joke books, Buster wouldn't have had his first ever asthma attack. Buster snaps him out of it with his report, showing that asthma is a natural condition and just refers to having dust in the lungs.
* JerkassHasAPoint: D.W. believes that everyone will run away from her because of the poison ivy rashes. Arthur tries to reassure her that it won't happen; D.W. retorts that he and Buster did.
* KnowYourVines: In the ColdOpen, Arthur and Buster tell D.W. to camouflage herself when playing the snig. She covers herself in leaves quite well, almost ''too'' well. Turns out they were poison ivy!
* JerkassHasAPoint: D.W. believes that everyone will run away from her because of the poison ivy rashes. Arthur tries to reassure her that it won't happen; D.W. retorts that he and Buster did.
* KnowYourVines: In the ColdOpen, Arthur and Buster tell D.W. to camouflage herself when playing the snig. She covers herself in leaves quite well, almost ''too'' well. Turns out they were poison ivy!
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: During the cold opening, Arthur and Buster tell the audience about the creature they're hunting. When they have to do it again, Buster starts describing the creature again, but Arthur tells him the audience already knows that.
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** The more you know about something (be it asthma or poison ivy), the less you fear it.
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* AnAesop: If your friend has a condition (Asthma in Buster's case), it isn't condition contagious and doesn't change who they are. In the end, they're still the same friend you've known.
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!!Tropes for "Breathless":
* AnAesop: If your friend has a condition (Asthma in Buster's case), it isn't condition and doesn't change who they are. In the end, they're still the same friend you've known.
* ItsAllMyFault: A guilt-ridden Arthur blames that if only he hadn't gotten out those dusty joke books, Buster wouldn't have had his first ever asthma attack.
* TemptingFate: In the Cold Opening, D.W. is initially confused as to why the boys are "scared" and running away from her for being covered in poison ivy. This is apparently her first ever experience with it, as one title card later, we cut to D.W. scratching her blemishes like crazy as she shrieks "It itches, Mommy, it itches!!"
!!Tropes for "The Fright Stuff":
* AnAesop: As both Mr. Crosswire and the ghost father tell their respective daughters, there are more constructive ways to have fun, rather than mean-spirited pranks.
* GoodAllAlong: The ghost that scares the collective kids isn't a malicious spirit, it turns out to be the innocent spirit of a girl who lived in the mansion Mr. Crosswire hosted his party in. The same goes for her family, who have a talking to with the girl about how it isn't right to scare others.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Or in this case, fatherly minds think alike. While Mr. Crosswire is scolding Muffy and her friends for engaging in scare pranks, we cut to a ghost father who has the same talk with his daughter. Apparently, both fathers had told their daughters that such pranks are "mean-spirited".
* AnAesop: If your friend has a condition (Asthma in Buster's case), it isn't condition and doesn't change who they are. In the end, they're still the same friend you've known.
* ItsAllMyFault: A guilt-ridden Arthur blames that if only he hadn't gotten out those dusty joke books, Buster wouldn't have had his first ever asthma attack.
* TemptingFate: In the Cold Opening, D.W. is initially confused as to why the boys are "scared" and running away from her for being covered in poison ivy. This is apparently her first ever experience with it, as one title card later, we cut to D.W. scratching her blemishes like crazy as she shrieks "It itches, Mommy, it itches!!"
!!Tropes for "The Fright Stuff":
* AnAesop: As both Mr. Crosswire and the ghost father tell their respective daughters, there are more constructive ways to have fun, rather than mean-spirited pranks.
* GoodAllAlong: The ghost that scares the collective kids isn't a malicious spirit, it turns out to be the innocent spirit of a girl who lived in the mansion Mr. Crosswire hosted his party in. The same goes for her family, who have a talking to with the girl about how it isn't right to scare others.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Or in this case, fatherly minds think alike. While Mr. Crosswire is scolding Muffy and her friends for engaging in scare pranks, we cut to a ghost father who has the same talk with his daughter. Apparently, both fathers had told their daughters that such pranks are "mean-spirited".
