Original airdate: May 23, 2012
"Muffy's Classy Classics Club"
"Maybe these classics aren't so classy after all..."
Written by: Susan Kim
Muffy starts a book club with Arthur, Francine, and Brain, but they don't like the books she chooses and she refuses to read their recommendations.
Tropes found in "Muffy's Classy Classics Club":
- Damned by Faint Praise: The nicest thing Bailey has to say about Bernadette and the Butter Churn is that the book is "almost entirely free of typographical errors".
- Only Six Faces: An In-Universe example, as Bailey wryly notes that the Pretty Pioneer dolls all look very similar to each other aside from their hairstyles and outfits.
- Shout-Out:
- The Pretty Pioneer books and dolls are a reference to the American Girls Collection.
- The Sable Stallion, the book Francine suggests that the book club reads next, is a reference to The Black Stallion.
- Take That!: The Pretty Pioneer dolls are an obvious reference to the American Girls Collection, and not a very flattering one. The dolls are noted to look almost exactly alike, the books that come with them are subpar (Muffy's friends either find them boring or unintentionally hilarious), and Mr. Crosswire even says outright that the books are mainly written to help sell dolls.
"Best Enemies"
Written by: Jon Greenberg
Mrs. Read's new client has a daughter that is D.W.'s age, but D.W. finds they are exact opposites in terms of personality.
Tropes found in "Best Enemies":
- A Dog Named "Perro": W.D.'s mother's name is Ursanote . No points for guessing what animal she is.
- Anthropomorphic Food: The Teaser has two living burgers and a living ketchup and mustard bottle arguing with each other about their differences.
- Bears Are Bad News: Averted with the Merkles, who are bears but appear to be perfectly nice folks. While W.D. does argue with D.W. about the existence of unicorns, she is ultimately not a bad girl either.
- Catapult Nightmare: D.W. and W.D. wake up from their shared nightmare with a start at the exact same time.
- Contrived Coincidence: The fact that D.W. and W.D. are not only (nearly) exact opposites in terms of personality, but that their initials are also each other's spelled backward!
- Embarrassing First Name: Like D.W., W.D. considers the meaning of her initial name (Wilhelmina Dagmar) to be embarrassing.
- Establishing Character Moment: W.D. asks D.W. if she has any racecars and then scoffs at the idea of collecting Princess Fairies, making it clear that she is a tomboy.
- Faux Horrific: While D.W.'s nightmare of having to drive a race car along a loop-de-loop track can reasonably be considered scary, W.D.'s nightmare is of... being forced to ride a unicorn.
- Here We Go Again!: At the end, D.W. tells her parents she forgot some of her toys at W.D.'s and to go back for them, and says she's sure she will find something in common with W.D.
- Imaginary Friend: Like D.W., W.D. has one, a jumpsuit-and-helmet-wearing elephant named Maxine. Like Nadine with D.W., Maxine is seen to give advice to W.D.
- Leaning on the Fourth Wall: At the end, D.W. winks directly at the camera; it is ambiguous whether she was winking at the audience or just to herself.
- Little Miss Snarker: Like D.W., W.D. has some shades of this.W.D.: Thanks for embarrassing me in front of the whole world, mom!
- Nightmare Sequence: D.W. and W.D. both have them in the episode.
- No Full Name Given: The last name of W.D.'s Imaginary Friend Maxine (if she even has one) is never revealed.
- One-Shot Character: W.D. and her parents only appear in this one episode.
- Only Known by Initials: W.D. stands for "Wilhelmina Dagmar," but like D.W., she does not like to advertise that fact.
- Shared Dream: In one of the series' examples of Magic Realism, W.D. and D.W. appear together in the same nightmare with the other's preferred mode of transportation (W.D. rides a unicorn, while D.W. drives a racecar). Both girls even wake up with a start at the exact same time!
- Spell My Name With An S: In the episode, W.D.'s family name is said to be "Merkle," but the closing credits spell it as Merkles.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: The dynamic between D.W. and W.D. W.D. wears a Tomboyish Baseball Cap and loves racecars, and while D.W. is more of a Tomboy with a Girly Streak, she's still the girlier of the two with her pink dress and love of unicorns.
- Tomboyish Baseball Cap: W.D. wears a white-and-blue baseball cap to highlight her status as a tomboy.
