History Headscratchers / Arthur

** The joke is that she didn't show up to school, effectively meaning the kids didn't have to do any work. Buster's hoping that if they get her again, she also won't show up.

** She probably thought D.W. was just being salty over nothing at first and didn't know until D.W. came forward about that it hurt her feels. Maybe she was also too amused by the story to think ahead about whether or not anyone would tease D.W. over it afterwards.

* When the kids are remembering previous substitute teachers, Arthur refers to Ms. Blank as the best substitute and there's flashback of her unable to attend later Buster Mr. Haney if their sub this time is Ms. Blank. Why would they want a teacher they never had and don't know anything about?

* Why did Arthur have to continue screaming when the film resumed in “Pets & Pests”? D.W. was the most scared.

* Why is it called "Arthur vs. the Very Mean Crossing Guard" and not "''Brain'' vs. the Very Mean Crossing Guard", considering that it's more of a Brain episode than an Arthur one?

* In the episode "Arthur Weighs In", Arthur apparently has gained weight and has become overweight. Two things strike me as odd in this episode. For one, why was he drawn the same way he always was? And two... why did nobody think he could have been starting a growth spurt? The thing with growth spurts is that they're not always even - that's one reason why a lot of kids in puberty have that "awkward" stage.

** Maybe she forgot where the newspaper was (if she even ''had'' a copy in her possession to begin with) because she had let success go right to her head or something.

* In "How the Cookie Crumbles" when Muffy is unable to remember the cookie recipe her friends made, couldn't she have just gotten it from the newspaper since it had all the ingredients listed?

* Why did Mr. Ratburn need to live with his students and their families when his roof caved in from the snow pile up? He has two sisters, albeit this was long before Patty was introduced, but still.