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** In "That's a Baby Show!", Buster mentions a ''Dark Bunny'' villain named [[SpiderMan Doctopus]], which totally [[AffectionateParody flips the concept]] to an octopus ''going to medical school and becoming a doctor''.
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* NotMeThisTime: After Francine's bike was allegedly stolen, Muffy and the others suspected that Binky may have stolen the bike. During a meeting, Binky stormed over to Muffy and asked if she was the one who is accusing him of stealing her bike. After she confirms it, Binky then reveals, while looking timidly to the others, that he's innocent.
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* NotSoFast: On several occasions, Arthur pulls off something cool at school despite screwing up, then ends up with extra homework, or having to redo it.
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* NotSoFast: On several occasions, Arthur pulls off something cool at school despite screwing up, then ends up with extra homework, or having to redo it. Buster is occasionally included.
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* NotSoFast: On several occasions, Arthur pulls off something cool at school despite screwing up, then ends up with extra homework, or having to redo it.
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* KayfabeMusic: The band ''Binky'' is made of up {{Hologram}} musicians and synthesized sounds. It's apparently an open secret, as the episode on the band has them materialize from nowhere during a live performance.
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Sometimes the episodes follow Arthur's sister, D. W. (Dora Winifred, but [[BerserkButton don't you dare call her that]]), a hilariously entertaining BrattyHalfPint who basically says and does everything every little kid has ever wanted to say and/or do, sometimes to the MoralGuardian's chagrin.
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Sometimes the episodes follow Arthur's sister, D. W. (Dora Winifred, but [[BerserkButton don't you dare call her that]]), a hilariously entertaining an amusing BrattyHalfPint who basically says and does everything every little kid has ever wanted to say and/or do, sometimes to the MoralGuardian's chagrin.
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* InnocentSwearing: In "The Bleep," DW hears a bad word and wants to know what it means. (She doesn't know at all that it's a bad word.) She accidentally gets her entire preschool class saying it. Her mother finally tells her, "You could say, it means 'I want to hurt your feelings.'"
-->That's what it means? Why didn't somebody just say so?!
-->That's what it means? Why didn't somebody just say so?!
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* AlliterativeName: The U.S. Republican Party's RealLife attempts to gut the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in February 2011 resulted in repeated references to Arthur Read as "Arthur the Aardvark" on TV news.
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* AlliterativeName: The U.S. Republican Party's RealLife attempts Non-PBS news tend to gut refer to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in February 2011 resulted in repeated references to show ''Arthur'' and Arthur Read as "Arthur the Aardvark" on TV news.Aardvark."
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* FemaleSuccessIsFamily: Played with; a number of moms on this show have jobs. Jane Read balances her commitments, working from home as an accountant.
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* NeverASelfMadeWoman: Played with; a number of moms on this show have jobs. Jane Read balances her commitments, working from home as an accountant.
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* UselessSecurityCamera: Subverted. A store that Buster steals an action figure from has a broken camera, but Buster thought it was working and confesses.
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* UmpteenthCustomer: Arthur picks up a SciFi ShootEmUp video game from a store simply for being an umpteenth customer. His life promptly goes down the drain as he struggles with addiction to the game.
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Also in the episode when Prunella wants Flash Pants.
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-->'''Rubella''': You can't sit in your room eating soup and peanut butter all winter!
-->'''Prunella''': You're right... I'm gonna need some crackers!
-->'''Rubella''': You can't sit in your room eating soup and peanut butter all winter!
-->'''Prunella''': You're right... I'm gonna need some crackers!
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** S6's "Sue Ellen Gets Her Goose Cooked" contains a reference to ''CitizenKane'' with Muffy's old game room containing a sled with the word "Rosebud" written on it.
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** S6's "Sue Ellen Gets Her Goose Cooked" contains a reference to ''CitizenKane'' ''Film/CitizenKane'' with Muffy's old game room containing a sled with the word "Rosebud" written on it.
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* HiddenDepths: Mr. Ratburn is often seen by the class as a cruel teacher who has no life outside of making kids miserable. He also goes giddy over cake, likes ScoobyDoo Expy (Spooky Poo), and volunteers as a puppeteer for children's puppet shows.
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* HiddenDepths: Mr. Ratburn is often seen by the class as a cruel teacher who has no life outside of making kids miserable. He also goes giddy over cake, likes ScoobyDoo Expy (Spooky Poo), and volunteers as a puppeteer for children's puppet shows. He also has no kids or family that we know of. He does extra research in his spare time to better educate his students (Francine's pilfered paper)
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* DesertSkull: At the start of the episode [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLb2dcHNjKc "Feeling Flush,"]] there's an ImagineSpot where the kids are walking through the desert. The very first shot we see is of a skull.
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* NobleShoplifter: Arthur does this in an ImagineSpot.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The show's ScrewedByTheNetwork (and thus subsequent seasons became NoExportForYou) in certain countries, notably Malaysia. Only S10 and S11 received boxset releases, and only selected episodes from earlier seasons are available on DVD. iTunes Music Store does not sell episodes to many Asian and African countries either, iPlayer blocks non-UK IP addresses, and iView blocks non-Australian IP addresses.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: KeepCirculatingTheTapes:
** The show's ScrewedByTheNetwork (and thus subsequent seasons became NoExportForYou) in certain countries, notably Malaysia. Only S10 and S11 received boxset releases, and only selected episodes from earlier seasons are available on DVD. iTunes Music Store does not sell episodes to many Asian and African countries either, iPlayer blocks non-UK IP addresses, and iView blocks non-Australian IPaddresses.addresses.
** In-universe example: S10's "Unfinished" has the book ''93,000,000 Miles in a Balloon'', but since it had been so long out of print, Arthur tries desperately to find another printing of it that has the last few pages, since his doesn't.
** The show's ScrewedByTheNetwork (and thus subsequent seasons became NoExportForYou) in certain countries, notably Malaysia. Only S10 and S11 received boxset releases, and only selected episodes from earlier seasons are available on DVD. iTunes Music Store does not sell episodes to many Asian and African countries either, iPlayer blocks non-UK IP addresses, and iView blocks non-Australian IP
** In-universe example: S10's "Unfinished" has the book ''93,000,000 Miles in a Balloon'', but since it had been so long out of print, Arthur tries desperately to find another printing of it that has the last few pages, since his doesn't.
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* IncessantMusicMadness: DW, likes the song "Crazy Bus", which drives Arthur crazy. Everyone else his age enjoys it too, but not as incessantly as DW.
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* SecretIngredient: Arthur and Buster enter a cooking competition and bake a cake; their secret ingredient is double the amount of chocolate the recipe calls for.
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* MooseAreIdiots: George the Moose can come across this way, being dyslexic and having poor social skills.
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* KidsShouldntWatchHorrorFilms: Subverted. Muffie's parents try to ban the "Scare Your Pants Off Club" books (an {{expy}} of ''{{Goosebumps}}'') after she has nightmares from reading one. [[spoiler: It turns out that she reads them all the time and that the nightmares were caused by her [[AcidRefluxNightmare sneaking ice cream]].]]
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* HologramProjectionImperfection: In ''Meet Binky'', [[spoiler:because Arthur threw some trash into the CPU case, mistaking it for a trash can]].
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** Buster Baxter, Binky Barnes, Francine Frensky...
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* {{Author Filibuster}}/{{Take That}}: Parodied. In S3's "Buster's Growing Grudge", Buster ends up replacing his comedy act for the school talent show with a long tirade against Binky (whom he blames for the poor grade he got on a report). He doesn't even try to make it funny. When George wins the talent show, Buster proceeds to pin this on Binky as well.
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* {{Author Filibuster}}/{{Take That}}: AuthorFilibuster[=/=]TakeThat: Parodied. In S3's "Buster's Growing Grudge", Buster ends up replacing his comedy act for the school talent show with a long tirade against Binky (whom he blames for the poor grade he got on a report). He doesn't even try to make it funny. When George wins the talent show, Buster proceeds to pin this on Binky as well.well.
* BarefootFunnyAnimal: Nadine.
* BarefootFunnyAnimal: Nadine.
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* HeyItsThatVoice: Most of the voice actors on this show have also done work for other animated programs, like {{Caillou}}, SagwaTheChineseSiameseCat, and SamuraiPizzaCats.
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* HeyItsThatVoice: Most of the voice actors on this show have also done work for other animated programs, like {{Caillou}}, SagwaTheChineseSiameseCat, and SamuraiPizzaCats.Anime/SamuraiPizzaCats.
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** However, for AddedAlliterativeAppeal many of the characters have names that start with the same letter as their species (Arthur is an aardvark, Buster is a bunny, Muffy is a monkey, Binky is a bulldog, Prunella is a poodle, and so on).
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* CrossOver: Mister Rogers made a guest appearance in one episode where he befriends Arthur. Marc Brown later returned the favor when he appeared in an episode of ''MisterRogersNeighborhood'', and Arthur (a puppet of him, anyway) visited the Kingdom of Make-Believe.
