History Awesome / Arthur

* "The Good Sport" has one from guest star Michelle Kwan. Throughout the episode, she is polite and soft-spoken. This episode had Francine at her most boastful and Muffy at her bitchiest; Francine is dismayed that she lost the Athlete of the Year" award, with the prizes of meeting Michelle Kwan and 10 tickets to the then far-off 2014 Olympics, to Jenna. Throughout the episode, she disses badminton (Jenna's sport) and figure skating as "wussy". Then Francine has a dream about claiming she can easily figure skate while watching Jenna's award banquet on TV until Michelle pops out of the screen, yelling, [[BewareTheNiceOnes "I've had just about enough, Francine Frensky!"]] and pulls Francine inside. Michelle then challenges her to actually try figure skating. Francine finds out that the sport is much harder than it looks when she can barely keep her balance on the ice while Michelle skates axels around her.
** To a smaller degree, Muffy gets hers too in the previous scene. For context, Muffy has spent the entire episode [[CondescendingCompassion trying to be a "good sportsman" on Francine's behalf and throw Jenny a big hoo-hah party]]. When she follows Jenna into the bathroom to tell her off for being "ungrateful" and Francine should've been the winner, Jenny tearfully admits she knows it could've been Francine and is sick of the two girls rubbing it in her face. When she runs out crying, Francine (who overheard the whole thing) is [[HeelRealization guilty at having driven Jenna to tears like this]]. Muffy [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint is proud she told Jenny off]]. To this, a [[EverybodyHasStandards disgusted]] Francine [[ShutUpHannibal tells her to stuff it]], much to her friend's surprise.

* "The Good Sport" has one from guest star Michelle Kwan. Throughout the episode, she is polite and soft-spoken. This episode had Francine at her most boastful and Muffy at her bitchiest. Francine is dismayed that she lost the Athlete of the Year" award, with the prizes of meeting Michelle Kwan and 10 tickets to the then far-off 2014 Olympics, to Jenna. Throughout the episode, Francine disses badminton (Jenna's sport) and figure skating as "wussy". Then she has a dream about continuing to make fun of figure skating while watching Jenna's award banquet on TV until Michelle pops out of the screen, yelling, [[BewareTheNiceOnes "I've had just about enough, Francine Frensky!"]] and pulls Francine inside. Michelle then challenges her to try figure skating. Francine finds out that the sport is much harder than it looks when she can barely keep her balance on the ice while Michelle skates axels around her.

* "The Good Sport" has one from guest star Michelle Kwan. Throughout the episode, she is polite and soft-spoken. This episode had Francine at her most boastful and Muffy at her bitchiest. Francine is dismayed that she lost the Athlete of the Year" award, with the prizes of meeting Michelle Kwan and 10 tickets to the then far-off 2014 Olympics, to Jenna. Throughout the episode, Francine disses badminton (Jenna's sport) and figure skating as "wussy". Then Francine has a dream about continuing to make fun of figure skating while watching Jenna's award banquet with Michelle on TV. Then Michelle pops out of the TV, screaming, [[BewareTheNiceOnes "I've had just about enough, Francine Frensky!"]] and pulls Francine inside. Michelle then challenges her to try figure skating. Francine finds out that the sport is much harder than it looks when she can barely keep her balance on the ice while Michelle skates axels around her.

** D.W.'s great storytelling gets showcased again in "D.W. Tale Spins" where D.W. claims she can tell a better story than the Vegemorphs books (after being annoyed at being unable to read them) and after some encouragement from Grandma Thora, she tells an altered version of ''Literature/TheOdyssey''. Arthur still isn't impressed but D.W. points out the origin of the story and that Arthur dismissing it proves he has no idea what he's talking about. Buster ends up really liking the story and asks her to tell it again, and Arthur begrudgingly admits to liking it too.

* "The Good Sport" has one from guest star Michelle Kwan. Throughout the episode, she is polite and soft-spoken. This episode had Francine at her most boastful and Muffy at her bitchiest. Francine is dismayed that she lost a Sportsmanship award with the prizes of meeting Michelle Kwan and 10 tickets to the then far-off 2014 Olympics, to Jenna. Throughout the episode Francine disses badminton (Jenna's sport) and figure skating as "wussy", in a dream Francine dreams that she is complaining while watching the banquet on TV. Then Michelle pops out of the TV screaming [[BewareTheNiceOnes "I've had just about enough, Francine Frensky!"]] and grabs Francine inside, after the latter once again makes fun of figure skating; Kwan then challenges her to try figure skating, where Francine finds out that the sport is much harder than it looks.
** To a smaller degree, Muffy gets hers too in the previous scene. For context, Muffy has spent the entire episode [[CondescendingCompassion trying to be a "good sportsman" on Francine's behalf and throw Jenny a big hoo-hah party]]. When she follows her into the bathroom to tell her Francine should've been the winner, Jenny tearfully admits she knows it could've been Francine and is sick of the two girls rubbing it in her face. When she runs out crying, Francine (who overheard the whole thing) is [[HeelRealization guilty at having driven Jenny to tears like this]]. Muffy [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint is proud she told Jenny off]]. To this, a [[EverybodyHasStandards disgusted]] Francine [[ShutUpHannibal tells her to stuff it]], much to her friend's surprise.

* Sue Ellen standing up to Binky in "Bully for Binky" after he tries to bully and intimidate her, she shows no signs of fear when Binky challenges her to a fight. After learning that Sue Ellen is taking Tae Kwon Do he then becomes too afraid to fight her.

* Even in “The Last Tough Costumer” the kids are no longer afraid of them and actually do stand up for them. Even teachers stand up for them as well. The best of part is even George, out of all people stand up to the Tough Costumers by using reverse psychology on Slink.

* Kid shows would rarely to never tackle homosexuality. But that mostly changed when [[Recap/ArthurS22E1MrRatburnAndTheSpecialSomeoneTheFeud Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone]] was aired. You gotta give the creators of the episode props and respect for tackling a serious topic like homosexuality to kids.

* Meta, but the fact that the Season 22 premiere features a same-sex wedding, as [[https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/heidi-stevens/ct-life-stevens-friday-arthur-pbs-gay-character-0517-story.html seen here]].
** It should also be noted that the show uses RelativeError to do subtle commentary on [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale how people excuse poor treatment of men by women]]. When the kids are under the impression that the ill-tempered Patty is Mr. Ratburn's intended, they're distressed on his behalf and try to get the marriage called off; when Patrick the friendly chocolatier is revealed to be Mr. Ratburn's beau, the kids have no more objections.

** In “Arthur Makes the Waves”, when Arthur learned that Molly is James older sister, he quickly wanted to leave and try to drag D.W. with him. D.W. refused and actually went up to Molly saying that her mother allowed her and Arthur to play in James and Molly’s pool. It was pretty impressive that D.W. doesn’t care if Molly is older than her or is one of the feared bully.

* In "D.W. Flips" the Tibbles are taunting Emily for telling the teacher on D.W.(for trying to do a cartwheel on the balance beam) and D.W. sticks up for Emily (in spite of her earlier jealousy towards) and asks if the Tibbles want to try and do a cartwheel on the balance beam, causing them to scamper off.

* The show has many {{Very Special Episode}}s about topics such as cancer, Alzheimer's (or at least a similar ailment), UsefulNotes/AspergerSyndrome and fires (based on 9/11) and same-sex marriage They all hit the mark in both logic and in execution to teach kids about subjects that would be hard for them to understand.

* "Arthur Cleans Up". Pal nearly chokes to death on the Tough Customers' garbage, who were tossing it to make fun of the "Clean Up Boy" Arthur. Arthur gets fed up, and puts them in their place. He demands that the Tough Customers help him to clean up the park, complete with DeathGlare, and they comply. And give the show props for averting NeverSayDie as Arthur outright says that their actions "almost killed my dog".

** Arthur and Buster get in one when the news does a story on the discovery and correct the painting's portrayal, telling the reporter that it's Binky who deserves all the credit for all the hard work he did. Even their teacher praises them for this.

* "D.W. Rides Again." Love or hate D.W., when she taught herself to ride a two-wheeled bicycle at the end, nearly turning herself into one giant scab in the end, catching up with Arthur and his friends, and showing up the Tibble twins all in one was pretty impressive.

** D.W. volunteers to crawl inside a dirty pipe organ to retrieve the wedding ring, showing up her spoiled and show-offy Cousin Cora. Aunt Lucy gets in on the action by stealthly reminding [[DialogueReversal Cora not to ruin the wedding]] by throwing a tantrum with just saying her name.

** Then Arthur hands D.W. the pillow and the ring because she deserves the glory and receives Cora's flower crown.

* In "Prove It" D.W. manages to pull one over on Arthur- she wants to go to the Exploratorium with Brain and Arthur after she gets a new interest in science and when Arthur naturally does not want her tagging along, D.W. tells him that one day he will be begging to take her. D.W. then starts charging kids money to showcase science, only her claims are inaccurate(I.E. claiming that trees make wind and the sun goes down because it's out of gas) and Arthur is concerned about other kids being taught false information by D.W., he and Brain try to counteract her false claims but can't prove her wrong, so Arthur indeed ends up begging his parents to take D.W. to the Exploratorium so he can prove D.W.'s claims wrong. D.W. then reveals this was all part of her plan to get Arthur to take her to the museum.

** Lydia gets credit in the same episode because she originally thought Muffy would automatically win because of her wealth, but then discovers Muffy is as vulnerable and anxious to succeed as she is. This shows a character with a disability dealing with, and overcoming, her own prejudices, which is rare especially in children's programming and awesome on the part of the writers as well.

** D.W.'s great storytelling gets showcased again in "D.W. Tale Spins" where D.W. claims she can tell a better story than the Vegemorphs books(after being annoyed at being unable to read them) and after some encouragement from Grandma Thora she tells an altered version of Literature/TheOdyssey, Arthur still isn't impressed but D.W. points out the origin of the story and that Arthur dismissing it proves he has no idea what he's talking about and Buster ends up really liking the story and asks her to tell it again, and Arthur begrudgingly admits to liking it too.

* Muffy's DreamSequence in "Lights, Camera, Opera!" in which Muffy, Binky, Francine, Prunella, George, Buster and [[AsHimself Rodney Gilfry]] perform an WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}-ized interpretation of Bizet's ''Carmen''. The characters sing ingeniously-plot-relevant lyrics to the famous melodies from ''Carmen''; Muffy's rendition of ''Habanera'' is particularly [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic awesome.]]
* "Fifteen." Arthur's report is recovered just in time to give his class a No Homework Day (which, given Nigel Ratburn, is awesome in itself), George wins a quiz show, as well as money for the school and Pal foils Nemo.

** In “The Rat Who Came To Dinner”, Mr. Ratburn’s roof caves in from heavy snowfall and Arthur’s parents invite him to stay at their house for as long as he needs to while his house it getting repaired. Arthur finds out that Mr. Ratburn’s actually a fun guy to be around with when he’s not in the classroom; unfortunately, all of his friends alienate him because they view him as a “Teacher’s Pet” for this. When Mr. Ratburn finds out [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther thanks to D.W. having him listen to Arthur telling his parents what’s going on]], not only is he disgusted with how Arthur has been treated, he comes up with the perfect way to resolve the whole issue peacefully while giving his other students LaserGuidedKarma. At lunchtime the next day, Mr. Ratburn swings by the table where his class is sitting and announces that he can’t live at Arthur’s house anymore because he needs to live closer to his house so he can oversee the repairs more easily... which is why he’s glad Francine’s family has agreed to host him, much to her horror. He then reveals that since the Frenskys live in a two-bedroom apartment, he can only stay there for a week so he’ll be living at Binky’s house for the next week, much to his horror. He then reveals that if the repairs aren’t done by then he’ll then stay at Buster’s place for the next week, then Muffy’s place for the week after that, and so on and so forth with all the kids in his class until his roof is repaired. By the time Mr. Ratburn walks off, all the kids go from bullying Arthur to begging him for advice on how to deal with Mr. Ratburn living with them.

* In "Mr. Ratburn's Secret Identity," Arthur, Buster, and Ladonna gradually become convinced their teacher is a superhero because they see him running off to take mysterious phone calls and apparently leaping onto his roof in what looks like a cape and tights. Actually, Ratburn is the costume designer for ''Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance''. But the kids do learn he is much better than a superhero when Ratburn, who knows every line and lyric in the show, is called on to replace an actor with laryngitis.
* Francine's dad, or rather, his portrayal about his attitude to his job as a garbageman. He's completely secure and happy with it. In [[Recap/ArthurS1E26MyDadTheGarbageManPoorMuffy My Dad, the Garbage Man]], Francine's sister needles him about getting 'a real job' with 'a briefcase and a suit and tie' because she thinks his job is embarrassing, he basically turns it around and makes fun of HER rather than get upset and happily carries on doing his work.

** In “The Rat Who Came To Dinner”, Mr. Ratburn’s roof caves in from heavy snowfall and Arthur’s parents allow him to stay at their house for as long as he needs to while his house it getting repaired. Arthur finds out that Mr. Ratburn’s actually a fun guy to be around with when he’s not in the classroom; unfortunately, all of his friends alienate him because they view him as a “Teacher’s Pet” for this. When Mr. Ratburn finds out [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther thanks to D.W. having him listen to Arthur telling his parents what’s going on]] via a TinCanTelephone, not only is he disgusted with how Arthur has been treated, he comes up with the perfect way to resolve the whole issue peacefully while giving his other students LaserGuidedKarma. At lunchtime the next day, Mr. Ratburn swings by the table where Arthur and his friends are sitting and announces that he can’t live at Arthur’s house anymore because he needs to live closer to his house so he can oversee the repairs more easily... which is why he’s glad Francine’s family has agreed to host him, much to her horror. He then reveals that since the Frenskys live in a two-bedroom apartment, he can only stay there for a week so he’ll be at Binky’s house for the next week. He then reveals that if the repairs aren’t done by then he’ll then stay at Buster’s place for the next week, then Muffy’s place for the week after that, and so on and so forth with all the other kids until his roof is repaired. By the time Mr. Ratburn walks off, all the kids went from bullying Arthur to begging him for advice on how to deal with Mr. Ratburn living with them.

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** It should also be noted that the show uses RelativeError to do subtle commentary on [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale how people excuse poor treatment of men by females]]. When the kids are under the impression that the ill-tempered Patty is Mr. Ratburn's intended, they're distressed on his behalf and try to get the marriage called off; when Patrick the friendly chocolatier is revealed to be Mr. Ratburn's beau, the kids have no more objections.

* Kid shows would rarely to never tackle homosexuality. But that mostly changed when [[Recap/ArthurS22E1MrRatburnAndTheSpecialSomeoneTheFeud Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone]] was aired. You gotta give the creators of the episode courage for tackling a serious topic like homosexuality to kids.

* "Arthur's Big Hit".
** Arthur punching DW, if only because it's one of the few times she ever gets any kind of comeuppance for anything.
** Binky reacts to Arthur punching D.W. by [[WhatTheHellHero telling Arthur off]], which is... ''amusing'' if you've watched the show from the beginning.
** After his friends give him the ultimatum of punching Arthur the next time he sees him or getting kicked out of the club, Binky decides the solution is to "never see" Arthur again. He then spends the rest of the day [[ExactWords keeping Arthur out of his sight]], with varying degrees of zaniness. You might think this approach wouldn't last very long (particularly where a third-grade kid is concerned), but Binky is diligent enough to make it all the way to the end of the school day. His plan only falls to pieces once Arthur actively seeks him out for an unrelated reason; had that not happened, Binky may well have been able to keep up his plan for considerably longer.
** At the end of the episode, Binky's CharacterDevelopment especially when you compare him to how he was in "Bully for Binky." After having founded the Tough Customers, and pressured by Molly and Rattles to punch Arthur, Binky apologizes to Arthur the next day and says he never wanted to hurt him. He then "de-founds" the club because any club with peer pressure is dumb, and suggests creating a new one where no one gets hurt.
* The show has many {{Very Special Episode}}s about topics such as cancer, Alzheimer's (or at least a similar ailment), UsefulNotes/AspergerSyndrome and fires (based on 9/11). They all hit the mark in both logic and in execution to teach kids about subjects that would be hard for them to understand.

* Arthur's frantic trip through the Toy Town store in "Arthur's Perfect Christmas" is both this and funny. Complete with him quickly climbing up a tower of bricks practically reaching the ''ceiling'', jumping onto a large kangaroo toy and bouncing throughout the store, until he's tossed up onto the monkey bars and climbs across them, until he jumps onto a large plush panda. And all in an attempt to escape the {{Jingle}} of the "Tina the Talking Tabby" toy that D.W. is obsessed with.

* "To Eat or Not to Eat" is an episode about a ''very'' addictive and ''very'' dangerous [[ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin candy bar]] being marketed to children. Buster puts a stop to it by learning what's in it, touring the factory, and offering the creator a candy bar, which sends him running off. Buster's mom then writes about it for the paper, putting an end to the candy company and sending the creator to jail.
** Also, when the creator tries to weasel his way out of trying the addictive candy bar by claiming [[BlatantLies he already ate one]], instead of taking his word on face value, Buster quickly deduces that's not true. How? Being the [[SherlockScan little detective]] he is, he notes that if the creator had eaten one of his own candy bars, his breath would be giving off that tell-tale sparkle that comes from eating it.

* Sue Ellen gets herself another in "Sue Ellen Vegges Out". Having announced her decision to become a vegetarian, Sue Ellen sees Muffy also announce she's becoming one for the purely superficial reason of following the diet of one of her favorite celebrities; Francine refuses to believe she can do it, and when Muffy throws out her pledge the moment her idol goes back to eating meat, Francine swears to outdo her. Sue Ellen finds herself caught between both girls trying to diffuse their competition while trying to show them to be true vegetarians. Things come to a head when after several traps, Muffy throws a potluck dinner made entirely of meat-related dishes just to trip up Francine. Her scheme works, but Sue Ellen immediately shuts both girls down, [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech blasting them both for their hypocrisy]] and revealing the much more personal reason she had for giving up meat, and chews them both out for having trivialized her decision. Realizing how insensitive and dishonest they'd both been, Francine and Muffy make up with each other, go back to enjoying meat and treat Sue Ellen with brand new vegetarian dishes at school.

-->'''Buster''': I dare YOU to eat the bug!

* "Flaw and Order." ''How'' did Alan get his hands on sound enhancement software? Let's not question it, because it saved Arthur and Buster.

* Season 18 has provided a couple of rare ones for D.W. In "The Tattletale Frog," Bud inadvertently gets blamed for a big mess in the Read house that he and D.W. made together and that was essentially D.W.'s idea. Later, Jane threatens to call Bud's mother about this, and D.W. breaks down sobbing, after which she confesses. It's one of the rare times D.W. has been disciplined onscreen or more importantly, shown remorse for anything she's done.

* In "D.W. Flips" the Tibbles are taunting Emily for telling the teacher on D.W.(for trying to do a cartwheel on the balance beam) and D.W. sticks up for Emily (in spite of her earlier jealousy towards) and asks if the Tibbles want to try and do a cartwheel on the balance beam, causing them to run off.

* Whenever D.W. gets called out for her actions:
** When Kate is born, Jane keeps D.W. away from her when all D.W. wants to do is watch her new sister. Then when D.W. starts acting up to try and blame Kate for things like putting Dad's new shoes in the dishwasher, Dad tells her GoToYourRoom to have a discussion with her.
** After D.W. runs away in that episode, her parents establish a new rule in that she's not allowed to cross the street by herself for fear of getting run over. When D.W. plans to run away again due to her mother sending her to her room for threatening to pinch Kate, Nadine mentions that problem.
** Grandma Thora [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness scolding]] D.W. for [[PlayingSick pretending to have the chicken pox]] to get some attention. You know you've messed up when your CoolOldLady grandmother says she's DisappointedInYou.
** Dave and Jane do ''not'' let D.W. off the hook when she throws a tantrum at a restaurant that forces them to leave abruptly in "D.W. the Picky Eater". Jane tells her angrily that there won't be any more restaurants for D.W. until she can learn to eat what's on her plate without complaint. When D.W., with some "[[BatmanGambit persuasion]]" from Arthur, promises to behave at a restaurant for Grandma Thora's birthday, Jane reminds her that she's going to try something new and eat it all rather than stick to peanut butter sandwiches.
** Dave after D.W. accidentally breaks Clarissa, Grandma Thora's china doll, explains through old family photographs how much Clarissa meant to Thora, namely in that she was the first toy that she got that wasn't a hand-me-down from her well-meaning but rambunctious brothers. This makes D.W. have a JerkassRealization, especially since she's gotten Clarissa dirty and messed up, and confess to Grandma Thora what happened.

** In “The Rat Who Came To Dinner”, Mr. Ratburn’s roof caves in from heavy snowfall and Arthur’s parents allow him to stay at their house for as long as he needs to. Arthur finds out that Mr. Ratburn’s actually a fun guy to be around with when he’s not in the classroom; unfortunately all of his friends alienate him because they view him as a “Teacher’s Pet” for this. When Mr. Ratburn finds out [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther thanks to D.W. having him listen to Arthur telling his parents what’s going on]] via a TinCanTelephone, not only is he disgusted at how his students have been treating Arthur, he comes up with the perfect way to resolve the whole issue peacefully while giving the others LaserGuidedKarma. At lunchtime the next day, Mr Ratburn swings by the table where Arthur and his friends are sitting and announces that he can’t live at Arthur’s house anymore because he needs to live closer to his house so he can oversee the repairs more easily... which is why he’s glad Francine’s family has agreed to host him. He then announces that since the Frenskys live in a two-bedroom apartment he can only stay there for a week so he’ll be at Binky’s house for the next week. He then reveals that if the repairs aren’t done he’ll then stay at Buster’s place for the next week, then Muffy’s place for the week after that, and so on and so forth with all the other kids. By the time Mr. Ratburn walks off all the kids went from bullying Arthur to begging him for advice on how to deal with Mr. Ratburn living with them.

** [[OneSceneWonder The guy who saved Pal from choking with the Heimlich Maneuver]] also deserves a mention

** In “The Rat Who Came To Dinner”, Mr. Ratburn’s roof caves in from heavy snowfall and Arthur’s parents allow him to stay at their house for as long as he needs to. Arthur finds out that Mr. Ratburn’s actually a fun guy to be around with when he’s not in the classroom; unfortunately all of his friends alienate him because they view him as a “Teacher’s Pet” for this. When Mr. Ratburn finds out [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther thanks to D.W. having him listen to Arthur telling his parents what’s going on]] via a TinCanTelephone, not only is he disgusted at how his students have been treating Arthur, he comes up with the perfect way to resolve the whole issue peacefully while giving the others LaserGuidedKarma. At lunchtime the next day, Mr Ratburn swings by the table where Arthur and his friends are sitting and announces that he can’t live at Arthur’s house anymore because he needs to live closer to his house so he can oversee the repairs more easily... which is why he’s glad Francine’s family has agreed to host him. He then announces that since the Frenski’s live in a two-bedroom apartment he can only stay there for a week so he’ll be at Binky’s house for the next week. He then reveals that if the repairs aren’t done he’ll then Buster’s place for the next week, then Muffy’s place for the week after that, and so on and so forth with all the other kids. By the time Mr. Ratburn walks off all the kids went from bullying Arthur to begging him for advice on how to deal with Mr. Ratburn living with them.

* Even in “The Last Tough Costumer” the kids are no longer afraid of them and actually do stand up for them. Even teachers stand up for them as well. The best of part is even George, out of all people stand up to the Tough Costumers by using reverse psychology on Slink. It shows that once you stand up to bullies, they would stop.

** In “The Rat Who Came To Dinner”, Mr. Ratburn’s roof caves in from heavy snowfall and Arthur’s parents allow him to stay at their house for as long as he needs to. Arthur finds out that Mr. Ratburn’s actually a fun guy to be around with when he’s not in the classroom; unfortunately all of his friends alienate him because they view him as a “Teacher’s Pet” for this. When Mr. Ratburn finds out [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther thanks to D.W. having him listen to Arthur telling his parents what’s going on]] via a TinCanTelephone, not only is he disgusted at how his students have been treating Arthur, he comes up with the perfect way to resolve the whole issue peacefully while giving the others ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine. At lunchtime the next day, Mr Ratburn swings by the table where Arthur and his friends are sitting and announces that he can’t live at Arthur’s house anymore because he needs to live closer to his house so he can oversee the repairs more easily... which is why he’s glad Francine’s family has agreed to host him. He then announces that since the Frenski’s live in a two-bedroom apartment he can only stay there for a week so he’ll be at Binky’s house for the next week. He then reveals that if the repairs aren’t done he’ll then Buster’s place for the next week, then Muffy’s place for the week after that, and so on and so forth with all the other kids. By the time Mr. Ratburn walks off all the kids went from bullying Arthur to begging him for advice on how to deal with Mr. Ratburn living with them.