History WhatAnIdiot / Arthur

You’d Expect: Buster would remember how funny he is and how he makes people laugh, and so he wouldn’t be too worried about the report. \\
Instead: He gets so worried about what George thinks of him and totally is taking over George’s report\\
The Result: Buster never gets to doing his own report on somebody. \\

‘’’You’d Expect:’’’ Buster would remember how funny he is and how he makes people laugh, and so he wouldn’t be too worried about the report. \\
‘’’Instead:’’’ He gets so worried about what George thinks of him and totally is taking over George’s report\\
‘’’The Result:’’’ Buster never gets to doing his own report on somebody. \\

'''You'd Expect:''' Mom and Dad to come up with a compromise for Arthur and D.W: Arthur should not touch D.W.'s things and D.W. should give Crazy Bus a rest once in a while.\\

* "Arthur and the Big Riddle": Arthur is chosen to be a contestant on a game show called ''Riddle Quest'', and it seems like he will do well because he is great at answering riddles. He competes against the reigning champion, a girl named Charlotte Bickles who has been on for weeks. Their scores are tied at the end of the episode, necessitating a tie breaker. Arthur knows the answer, but he is hesitant to buzz in and answer because if he wins, he might continue to appear on the show until he is elderly.

* In "Double Dare", Arthur is so frustrated at all the homework he and his friends have that he says one day he's just not going to do it, and just skip school to do the things he wants to do. When Francine challenges him, he sticks to his guns until she finally dares him to go through with it.\\

'''Luckily:''' D.W. is let off with a warning and told why swear words are inappropriate.

'''Or For That Matter''' Arthur would ask Oliver Frensky who is a sanitation worker and ''works'' at the dump to see if he can locate an old bicycle tire for him.\\

'''Or For That Matter'' Arthur would ask Oliver Frensky who is a sanitation worker and ''works'' at the dump to see if he can locate an old bicycle tire for him.\\

'''To Makes Matters Worse''': A season 4 episode reveals that Buster has asthma, which would put him at greater risk if something should ever make him suffocate.

''' You’d Expect''': The FDA would never approve of manufacturing a candy bar with dangerous ingredients that can cause one to sick with withdrawal. They would notify the police and have Supreme Dog, the owner of the company, arrested and have the company shut down.\\
'''Instead''': The FDA approved of the bar and it is released to the public with many kids including George and Fern being addicted to it and experiencing withdrawal.\\

'''You'd Then Expect:''' Arthur to tell D.W. to contact David and Jane immediately since this problem is too big for them to handle alone.\\

* "Arthur Read: Super Saver" sees Arthur and his family with less money after his parents' work thins out. \\
'''You Would Expect:''' Arthur to take on a slew of odd jobs or call upon more cost-effective resources, as he has when saving up money in the past. \\

** Francine suspects that Muffy has headlice after the latter has spent the whole day scratching her hair. It turns out that Muffy does, after a visit to the nurse, but she lies that the nurse said she was fine. She walks off in a hurry, dropping her hat. Francine picks it up, noting how soft the material is.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Francine would know some basics about preventing a headlice spread. Don't wear the hat, especially given the "head" part of "headlice".\\

'''The Result''': Thanks to Francine's thoughtlessness, the whole school becomes infected with headlice. She has the gall to blame Muffy when the latter is finally clean, albeit temporarily when a bit of common sense would have saved Francine.
** PlayedForLaughs. Binky develops a huge case of headlice. It's so bad that his mother has to comb through his hair for five days straight to get rid of the nits. She lets him watch as much television as he wants, but soon Binky gets tired of it.\\

'''The Result''': Clarissa becomes a mess, and Mr. Ratburn expresses sympathy that she's been through "a lot" before cleaning and fixing her. It comes to a head when D.W. breaks Clarissa by accident while bouncing on her bed. Dave has to explain to D.W. why Clarissa is special, and D.W. freaks out on realizing she broke something her grandmother loved and treasured. Thing was, she would have been more careful if her parents had told her in the first place because she's only four or five.

'''Instead:''' While it makes sense for Arthur to stop Buster from being the one to test them as he may end up eating them all, neither he nor his dad volunteers to taste them instead and prepare them for sale. Predictably, the customers are not satisfied with their purchases.

'''The Result''': AdultFear for Dave and Jane ensue when they get a phone call saying Arthur never showed up at his swimming lesson. They call the police and the bus company, while a frantic D.W. is left to wait with Pal. Arthur had fallen asleep on the bus and only woke up for the last stop at the edge of town. He doesn't want to bother the bus driver because he doesn't have enough money for another fare, and the nice chef at the diner has to convince him to ask for help since she knows the driver is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure.

'''The Result''': On the day, Arthur tells D.W. to wait in a corner of the racetrack and not cause any trouble while he gets ready for the race. An irate D.W., trying to see over the crowd so she can warn them about danger, climbs a tree, [[AdultFear only to get stuck]] [[DidntThinkThisThrough when she reaches too high]] and [[FromBadToWorse drops her whistle]]. Even though the fire department gets her down without a problem, Jane tells her off for doing something so dangerous because she could have been killed.

'''Instead:''': Arthur goes to the city dump to steal a wheel off an abandoned bike, even though he is forbidden to go and knows it's a dangerous place.\\

'''The Result''': Both Francine and Arthur are locked in since apparently, the doors don't open on the inside or the outside. When they try opening the second-story windows, they find those locked as well. Miss Turner lampshades this when she and the parents go to the library and at night and free them.

'''You'd Expect''': The first thing Arthur would do is explain himself and say that Mrs. [=MacGrady=] was on the phone and had to leave in a timely fashion, so he didn't get to tell her. Or at least say that he distinctly remembers dropping the quarters off. Furthermore, you'd also expect Buster to stay quiet during this because he had no involvement in any of this.\\

* "D.W.'s Baby": After the bit where Arthur burps Kate and starts getting along with her, D.W. gets jealous that he's being allowed to take care of Kate. Meanwhile, several months have passed and Arthur's parents want to break her from the habit of waking up at night since she no longer needs round-the-clock feeding. They decide to move her crib into D.W.'s room.\\

'''The Result''': After several nights of being unable to sleep due to Kate's constant crying, D.W. is understandably grumpy and resentful. She tries to blame several pranks on Kate, so that her parents will get rid of the baby, tries to sell Kate at a garage sale, and finally decides to run away. Fortunately, she goes to Grandma Thora, who while humoring her attempt convinces her to turn around and stay to take care of Kate.

'''You'd Expect''': David and Jane tell Arthur he doesn't have to put the game name in his report; after all, Buster, Binky, and Francine didn't go into details about the wrestling they watched. He could just compromise with D.W.; play what she wants for a bit and then do what he wants with her, such as reading.\\

* "D.W. Gets Lost": For reasons, D.W. wants earrings like her friend Emily does. After a run-in with permanent glue, Jane decides it can't hurt to look at earrings to humor her, without planning to buy anything. She and D.W. go to a giant mall slash supermarket, where one of her clients Mr. Crosswire comes to talk about his business and taxes. D.W. gets impatient, but Jane reassures her that it's just going to be for five minutes. They're standing by the mall entrance while Mr. Crosswire prattles on about the family motor business.\\

'''Instead''': Jane stands there without holding onto D.W. and letting her client talk her ear off about Crosswire Motors. She stands there listening out of politeness and in any important tax information has changed.\\

'''You'd Then Expect''': If D.W. is lost, she would go to a store employee, or the security guard nearby, and explain the situation, asking for directions to the front of the store. D.W. is a preschooler, but she is established as someone who can follow instructions if there is a reason. That is basic security when you are a child in a public place, like a grocery store or Wonder World.\\

'''You'd Expect''': Muffy agrees with Francine and studies for the test.\\

'''You'd Expect''': Mr. Marco to remember that Francine is an ace student, who has consistently gotten good grades. Fern says as much when the others are talking about it at the Sugar Bowl. Muffy also was disrupting the class with her introductory video about her family.\\

* "Poor Muffy": The carpets in Muffy's house make her sneeze all the time. When the Crosswires argue about where to live while the carpet is getting replaced, Francine offers to let Muffy stay at her house while Mr. and Mrs. Crosswire stays at the mansion. Mrs. Crosswire says it should be fine as long as Francine's family agrees.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' The three of them discuss the story they want to tell and do research on Rome before jumping into the project, each one agreeing on what aspect of the story they'd be writing.\\