History Recap / ArthurS4E1DWsLibraryCardArthursBigHit

* AssholeVictim: Both D.W. and Arthur respectively. D.W. is punched by Arthur for ruining his model plane, and Arthur gets assaulted for what he did to her.

--> '''Binky:''' There is no club. I founded it and I'm de-founding it. Any club that makes you do something you don't want to do is dumb. Anybody want to make something of that?

* AnAesop:
** For D.W.'s side, do not touch people's belongings let alone break it.
** For Arthur's side, do not use violence towards anyone in your family when it annoys you.

* PetTheDog: When the Tibble twins brag how they can write their names, D.W. is worried about writing it because her name is long. Timmy says that at least her name is actually quite easy to write and should be glad she doesn't have a long (and silly) name like their classmates Aloysius Zimmerplotz, who always running of space to write his name.

** Arthur's friends berate him for being a bully by punching D.W., though they themselves have bullied Arthur a couple of times before, like making fun of his glasses in "Arthur's Eyes" and calling him a baby for still having baby teeth in "Arthur's Tooth".

* {{Hypocrite}}: Arthur's parents ground him for punching D.W., telling him that violence is never justified, yet they don't do anything when Binky hits him. His father tells him "Maybe that's how D.W. feels", and when Arthur sees Binky the next day, there is no indication that Mr. or Mrs. Read informed Binky's parents or that Binky got punished.

** Arthur's parents show little sympathy for Arthur when he's hit by Binky, with Mr. Read outright saying "Msybe you know how D.W. feels."

* BlamingTheVictim: Considering Arthur was basically punched by Binky unprovoked - as far as anyone InUniverse knew - Arthur's parents saying "Well maybe you know how your sister felt now!" comes off as if they think Arthur ''deserved'' to get punched.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Arthur's parents ground him for punching D.W., telling him that violence is never justified, yet they don't do anything when Binky hits him. His father tells him "Now you know how D.W. feels", and when Arthur sees Binky the next day, there is no indication that Mr. or Mrs. Read informed Binky's parents or that Binky got punished.

** Arthur's parents show little sympathy for Arthur when he's hit by Binky, with Mr. Read outright saying "Now you know how D.W. feels."

* BrokenAesop: The moral of the episode is that violence is never justified, but when Binky punches Arthur, Arthur's parents show Arthur little sympathy, with his father outright justifying it by saying "Now you know how D.W. feels". Furthermore, the episode is also supposed to teach that "violence is never the right solution", but Arthur only learned that hitting D.W. was wrong because Binky hit him. Arthur even thanks Binky for doing it because it taught him how D.W. felt, showing that, yes, violence can be the right solution. It also doesn't help that Binky was about to hit some random kid to prove himself to his {{Jerkass}} friends before Arthur showed up (''definitely'' not a justification for violence by any sane standard), but he is never called out for that.

* DoubleStandard: Arthur is treated as in the wrong for punching D.W. because she broke his model plane (though admittedly, he ''was'' in the wrong for doing so). Meanwhile, Binky is treated as if he did the right thing by punching Arthur, even though he never actually wanted to punch him and only did so because his friends pressured him to.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite that Binky can be a bully at times, even he finds it wrong and dumb to make someone do something they ''don't'' want to do and went as far as dissolving his club when the Tough Kids came along and offer Arthur to join their club since he survive a punch from Binky.

* ExactWords: Binky is ordered by his friends to hit Arthur the next time he sees him. Binky doesn't want to, so what's his solution? Do everything he can to keep Arthur out of his sight, so he can claim he never actually saw him!

* HumiliationConga: Arthur gets hit with this. After punching D.W., he gets grounded, then all his friends get angry with him for what he did. Afterwards, he gets punched out by Binky.

** His friends are no better, treating Arthur as if he's the bad guy instead of empathizing with him and realizing that both sides were ultimately guilty for the resultant actions. Even Arthur keeps trying to tell his side of the story, albeit greatly exaggerated, to no avail. Buster in particular is a bizarre example as he earlier joked that it's good to be an only child after seeing D.W. get her fingers covered in paint and blame Arthur for it.

* NeverMyFault: After D.W. throws Arthur's plane out the window, she blames him for it breaking because since it couldn't fly, Arthur must have built it wrong, ignoring the fact that he warned her not to touch it. She later does apologize, but still insists that the plane was stupid for not being able to fly and insists she couldn't have known it wouldn't because "she's just a kid".

* OffscreenKarma: Arthur's parents say they will punish D.W., but we don't get to see it.
* OrderedApology: Arthur's mother tells him to apologize to D.W. for hitting her. Arthur has none of it and says she should apologize to him instead.

** While D.W. was indeed being a jerk for smashing Arthur's model plane and not taking responsibility for it, Arthur immediately gets grounded for punching her because what he did was still wrong no matter what D.W. may have done to him beforehand. His parents do say [[OffscreenKarma they'll take care of D.W. later]], but they still needed to talk about how his actions were just as wrong as D.W.'s was.

* YouAreGrounded: After Arthur punches D.W. and he refuses to apologize for it, their parents ban him from watching TV for a week.

'''Jane:''' [[OffscreenKarma We'll deal with what she did,]] but what ''you'' did is wrong too!

-->'''Jane Read:''' Arthur Timothy Read, ''come here!''\\

--->''Arthur:''' "Maybe"?! But what's ''that'' got to do with ''this''?

'''David:''' Well, maybe that's how D.W. felt when you punched her.\\
'''Arthur:''' ''Maybe?!'' But what's ''that'' got to do with ''this''?

'''Arthur:''' She broke my plane.\\

--->''Arthur:''' ''"Maybe"?!'' But what's ''that'' got to do with ''this''?

** Arthur's parents give this response to Arthur after he gets punched by Binky and they give him ice:
-->'''David Read:''' Well, maybe that's how D.W. felt when you punched her.

'''Jane:''' We'll deal with what she did, but what you did is wrong too.

* PetTheDog: When The Tibbles brag how they can write their names, D.W. is worried about writing it because her name is long. Timmy said at least her name is actually quite easy to write and should be glad she doesn’t have a long (and silly) name like their classmates Aloysius Zimmerplotz who always running of space writing his name.

* TheReveal: ''Hopalong the Frog'' was Arthur's first library book.

* WhatTheHellHero: D.W. and Arthur's parents, obviously, but even Arthur's friends are unsympathetic to him hitting his sister:

'''Arthur:''' What?! That is so unfair! You don't even care what she did to me!\\

* StockAudioClip: Arthur's usual gasp is used when he finds his wrecked plane on the pavement.