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*** i just want to point out that This Troper went to two different schools growing up, one in the suburbs and one downtown. I went to the suburban one for grade 1-5, and there, everything was very happy and innocent. topics like sex were hidden until you were almost graduated, sexuality was almost non-existent, and swearing was highly uncommon. halfway into grade 5 i transferred schools to the one downtown and went there for grades 5-8. a harsh reality kinda crashed around me: there was swearing everything three seconds from all grades, little kids talking about porn and sex, and sex scandles among the higher grades. i thought the idea of being "gay" was a joke until i went there. what I'm trying to say is that your mileage may vary depending on how your grew up, and that things can differ insanely depending on area or school. (just ending the "what kids are like" debate) i don't think they'll do an episode on sexuality though, kids TV still doesn't want to admit that girl/girl and boy/boy relationships exist.
*** I kind of had an idea of what sex was (which turned out to be right) when I was seven, and I started swearing then too. I also had crushes on members of the opposite sex, and thought about the bodies of both sexes then. We had learned about stranger danger already, and I had some pretty sick thoughts. But I knew that I was a bit messed up, and I knew nobody like the seven year olds the OP (?) described.
* There's a simple reason why this won't happen, Parental groups would kill it. Look what happened to the episode of Buster's spinoff series about gay parenting?
*** I kind of had an idea of what sex was (which turned out to be right) when I was seven, and I started swearing then too. I also had crushes on members of the opposite sex, and thought about the bodies of both sexes then. We had learned about stranger danger already, and I had some pretty sick thoughts. But I knew that I was a bit messed up, and I knew nobody like the seven year olds the OP (?) described.
* There's a simple reason why this won't happen, Parental groups would kill it. Look what happened to the episode of Buster's spinoff series about gay parenting?
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*** i just want to point out that This Troper went to two different schools growing up, one in the suburbs and one downtown. I went to the suburban one for grade 1-5, and there, everything was very happy and innocent. topics Topics like sex were hidden until you were almost graduated, sexuality was almost non-existent, and swearing was highly uncommon. halfway Halfway into grade 5 i I transferred schools to the one downtown and went there for grades 5-8. a A harsh reality kinda crashed around me: there was swearing everything every three seconds from all grades, little kids talking about porn and sex, and sex scandles scandals among the higher grades. i I thought the idea of being "gay" was a joke until i I went there. what What I'm trying to say is that your mileage may vary depending on how your grew up, and that things can differ insanely depending on area or school. school (just ending the "what kids are like" debate) i debate). I don't think they'll do an episode on sexuality though, kids since kids' TV still doesn't want to admit that girl/girl and boy/boy relationships exist.
*** I kind of had an idea of what sex was (which turned out to be right) when I was seven, and I started swearing then too. I also had crushes on members of the opposite sex, and thought about the bodies of both sexes then. We had learned about stranger danger already, and I had some pretty sick thoughts. But I knew that I was a bit messed up, and I knew nobody like theseven year olds seven-year-olds the OP (?) described.
* There's a simple reason why this won't happen, Parental groups would kill it. Look what happened to the episode of Buster's spinoff series about gayparenting?
parenting.
*** I kind of had an idea of what sex was (which turned out to be right) when I was seven, and I started swearing then too. I also had crushes on members of the opposite sex, and thought about the bodies of both sexes then. We had learned about stranger danger already, and I had some pretty sick thoughts. But I knew that I was a bit messed up, and I knew nobody like the
* There's a simple reason why this won't happen, Parental groups would kill it. Look what happened to the episode of Buster's spinoff series about gay
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*** This troper remembers elementary pretty well and most certainly does NOT recall any classmates having something beyond the dimmest idea of what sex is. Talked alot about kissing, sure, but sex? Hell no. Sex among students was unheard of until middle school. So yeah, rough school district maybe?
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*** This troper remembers elementary pretty well and most certainly does NOT recall any classmates having something beyond the dimmest idea of what sex is. Talked alot a lot about kissing, sure, but sex? Hell no. Sex among students was unheard of until middle school. So yeah, rough school district maybe?
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** There was also a sequence (in the lice episode) where she successfully passes as a boy when hanging out in the boys' restroom after getting a haircut. I think it would be far too much to expect anything to come of [[QueerAsTropes those]] [[GenderAndSexualityTropes situations]] [[AttractiveBentGender in]] [[SweetOnPollyOliver tandem]], though, and considering it will be two to four years before any of them even start puberty, they might simply never bring up sexual attraction beyond "the opposite sex might not be totally icky" no matter how progressive spciety is by the time ''Arthur'' ends. Now, this subject is getting somewhat disturbing, so I'll be over at the BrainBleach Cafe.
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** There was also a sequence (in the lice episode) where she successfully passes as a boy when hanging out in the boys' restroom after getting a haircut. I think it would be far too much to expect anything to come of [[QueerAsTropes those]] [[GenderAndSexualityTropes situations]] [[AttractiveBentGender in]] [[SweetOnPollyOliver tandem]], though, and considering it will be two to four years before any of them even start puberty, they might simply never bring up sexual attraction beyond "the opposite sex might not be totally icky" no matter how progressive spciety society is by the time ''Arthur'' ends. Now, this subject is getting somewhat disturbing, so I'll be over at the BrainBleach Cafe.
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** I'm going to say it's probably her not being Jewish. She's never stated to be Jewish in the books, not even hinted, and the cartoon added this years later.
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[[WMG: A future episode will bring back the show's Harry Potter analogy]]
Ever since Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows came out, the show stopped having Prunella/Marina episodes focusing on their relationship linked by the HP analogy, Henry Screever. However, with the movies now done, and Pottermore on the Internet, the writers might bring it back.
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*** [[FlatWhat What.]]
** Exactly what it sounded like. You guys must not remember elementary well enough. Also, like I said, an episode vaguely based on something sexual related would be plausible. Something innocent enough to get past the radar and that a lot of kids his age experience. Maybe something about sex ed, the LGBT issues, or new feelings.
** Exactly what it sounded like. You guys must not remember elementary well enough. Also, like I said, an episode vaguely based on something sexual related would be plausible. Something innocent enough to get past the radar and that a lot of kids his age experience. Maybe something about sex ed, the LGBT issues, or new feelings.
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*** I kind of had an idea of what sex was (which turned out to be right) when I was seven, and I started swearing then too. I also had crushes on members of the opposite sex, and thought about the bodies of both sexes then. We had learned about stranger danger already, and I had some pretty sick thoughts. But I knew that I was a bit messed up, and I knew nobody like the seven year olds the OP (?) described.
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* ''Cousin Catastrophe'' seems to support this. He warps Molly into a bully as a child, when she was simply playing around.
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* ''Cousin Catastrophe'' seems to support this. He warps Molly into a bully as a child, when she was simply playing around. around.
* I think that the show was set up like that to connect more with the target audience. I mean, when you were a kid, there was no way in hell that you would say that you were getting, "just the right amount" of homework. In your mind, your younger siblings were always a pain in the butt, you were always given a mountain of homework, and just about everything was over exaggerated/a big deal in your mind. It's just simply telling it from a kid's perspective.
* I think that the show was set up like that to connect more with the target audience. I mean, when you were a kid, there was no way in hell that you would say that you were getting, "just the right amount" of homework. In your mind, your younger siblings were always a pain in the butt, you were always given a mountain of homework, and just about everything was over exaggerated/a big deal in your mind. It's just simply telling it from a kid's perspective.
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* She's shown to be pretty intelligent, such as when she shows her deductive skills in one of the few episodes that features her. She's just really shy and quiet.
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[[WMG: Fern is actually smarter than Alan.]]
She's pretty subtle and quiet about it, though.
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The series takes place in an alternative future to where all the homo sapiens are deceased, probably from a nuclear war, and the animals that had managed to survive, were mutated in the waste, and later became super intelligent creatures. They later went to rebuild civilization. The bodies of the humans were [[FridgeHorror later consumed by the evolved animals.]]
The series takes place in an alternative future to where all the homo sapiens are deceased, probably from a nuclear war, and the animals that had managed to survive, were mutated in the waste, and later became super intelligent creatures. They later went to rebuild civilization. The bodies of the humans were [[FridgeHorror later consumed by the evolved animals.]]
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Of course this does tend to be problematic when once considers how technology seems to have advanced...
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[[WMG:Ceberus is arthur.]]
however he forgets his true identy arthurs big hit is his orginal personality breaking through.
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[[WMG:Ceberus is arthur.Arthur.]]
however However he forgets his true identy arthurs big hit identity. Arthur's Big Hit is his orginal original personality breaking through.
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[[WMG: Arthur is TheUnfavorite compared to D.W.]]
This is the only explanation.
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[[WMG:Ceberus is arthur.]]
however he forgets his true identy arthurs big hit is his orginal personality breaking through.
however he forgets his true identy arthurs big hit is his orginal personality breaking through.
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*** i just want to point out that This Troper went to two different schools growing up, one in the suburbs and one downtown. I went to the suburban one for grade 1-5, and there, everything was very happy and innocent. topics like sex were hidden until you were almost graduated, sexuality was almost non-existent, and swearing was highly uncommon. halfway into grade 5 i transferred schools to the one downtown and went there for grades 5-8. a harsh reality kinda crashed around me: there was swearing everything three seconds from all grades, little kids talking about porn and sex, and sex scandles among the higher grades. i thought the idea of being "gay" was a joke until i went there. what I'm trying to say is that your mileage may vary depending on how your grew up, and that things can differ insanely depending on area or school. (just ending the "what kids are like" debate) i don't think they'll do an episode on sexuality though, kids TV still doesn't want to admit that girl/girl and boy/boy relationships exist.
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[[WMG:All the episodes are placed randomly in the span of about one year.]]
Outside the two 2nd grade episodes in Season 1, all of the episodes in the show are shown in the span of roughly one year. Depending on the setting of the episode, they would either take place during the summer between 2nd grade-3rd grade, during the 3rd grade, and during the summer between 3rd grade-4th grade. Heck, one episode "The Short Quick Summer" is shown to begin with Mr. Ratburn letting them out of the last day of school, and ending on the last day of summer.
Of course this does tend to be problematic when once considers how technology seems to have advanced...
[[WMG:The two rabbit kids in Arthur's class ARE named Alex and Maria.]]
Anyone longtime viewer of the show will instantly recognize the two rabbit kids that have been part of Arthur's class, and Season 13's MacFrensky episode seems to reveal their identities. This is supported by the fact that in said episode, all classroom scenes showcase those two being the only other kids outside of the established characters.
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* I disagree with your "not-so-honest parents" theory. Her parents are foster parents. She's the goddamn batman. *cue Dark Knight theme*
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** Alternatively, she could just live in North America. My mother works in a daycare, owned by a Hindi woman, where most of the kids are the children of immigrants and about a quarter of the kids are Muslim or from Muslim families. And yet there's an annual Christmas party with a dude dressed up as Santa to give presents to everyone and sit the kids on his lap for a photo. A lot of kids in North America know who Santa is or have sat on his lap, whether or not they are Christian.
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** I guess this would explain away the one you all missed "I'm made of fur, not money!", spoken by Buster after Muffy asks him for club dues.
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** I guess this would explain away the one you all missed "I'm made of fur, not money!", spoken by Buster after Muffy asks him for club dues.
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* I seem to recall one episode where George offends Buster and Arthur by insulting aardvarks and rabbits.
* I seem to recall one episode where George offends Buster and Arthur by insulting aardvarks and rabbits.
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* Why Muffy in particular?
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He is similar to tigger.
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* ''Cousin Catastrophe'' seems to support this. He warps Molly into a bully as a child, when she was simply playing around.
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[[WMG: Francine is not Jewish in the books]]
She's made quite a few references to Santa, and has sat on Santa's lap before. Either that or she likes Santa a lot. [[strike:Who can blame her?]]
She's made quite a few references to Santa, and has sat on Santa's lap before. Either that or she likes Santa a lot. [[strike:Who can blame her?]]
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*** This troper had sex ed in elementary school, but it was near the end of the school year in fifth grade. Most of the class was ''eleven''; a lot of the girls had started their growth spurts even. Arthur and his class are mostly eight. Huge difference. Just because some 7-year-olds type "porn" on Google doesn't mean sex is an appropriate topic for a kids' show depicting third-graders.
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*** This troper remembers elementary pretty well and most certainly does NOT recall any classmates having something beyond the dimmest idea of what sex is. Talked alot about kissing, sure, but sex? Hell no. Sex among students was unheard of until middle school. So yeah, rough school district maybe?
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[[WMG:The entire series is being told by an UnreliableNarrator]]
Who? Arthur himself.
Many years from now, he has written an autobiography detailing his childhood and his friends. All of the episodes were infact at different points in their lives, before and after the year of third grade (when the series seems to take place). Most of the stories are told from his perspective. Hence D.W being more bratty in some episodes or Mr.Ratburn giving homework that normally be a part of the high school curriculum. Why be unreliable? It would be dull to write what actually happened, so he embellishs it, or maybe he doesn't remember everything.
Who? Arthur himself.
Many years from now, he has written an autobiography detailing his childhood and his friends. All of the episodes were infact at different points in their lives, before and after the year of third grade (when the series seems to take place). Most of the stories are told from his perspective. Hence D.W being more bratty in some episodes or Mr.Ratburn giving homework that normally be a part of the high school curriculum. Why be unreliable? It would be dull to write what actually happened, so he embellishs it, or maybe he doesn't remember everything.
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[[WMG:Arthur takes place after TheSingularity]]
Sometime in the past humanity left earth/uploaded into the matrix, and have left behind the "people" we see in the show, who are genetically engineered to be very similar to humans, and so have similar customs and societies. They didn't do this to ''all'' animals, so there are still birds, dogs and wild animals, etc. A splinter group of humans are attempting to escape the matrix for whatever reason, and are beaming thoughts out into Buster's brain, which he interprets as aliens.
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[[WMG: Muffy is a crime-fighting superhero.]]
Why else is crime in Elwood City so low? Why else are her friends able to wander around town without worry? The whole spoiled, selfish, pampered weakling shtick? [[SecretIdentity It's just an act.]] Her family gained their fortune by not-so-honest means, so Muffy needed a way to give back to the city without betraying her family as well. And her valet Bailey, unlike Alfred Pennyworth, seems entirely clueless to her secret double life as well.
Why else is crime in Elwood City so low? Why else are her friends able to wander around town without worry? The whole spoiled, selfish, pampered weakling shtick? [[SecretIdentity It's just an act.]] Her family gained their fortune by not-so-honest means, so Muffy needed a way to give back to the city without betraying her family as well. And her valet Bailey, unlike Alfred Pennyworth, seems entirely clueless to her secret double life as well.
