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* CartoonDogBreed: His breed is explicitly unknown, though he's medium-sized and yellow.
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Greg Kramer
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Greg Kramer
Kramer (series), Creator/TonyDaniels (''An Arthur Thanksgiving'')
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Man... Idk about the Swedish voices at-freaking-all
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--> '''David is voiced by:''' Creator/BruceDinsmore (TV series), Tony Fardella (Living Books)\\
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--> '''David is voiced by:''' Creator/BruceDinsmore (TV series), Tony Fardella (Living Books)\\Books), Steve Kratz (Swedish dub)\\
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* GoodParents: While he spoils his daughter rotten, he clearly loves her deeply and is very worried about her happiness.
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* GoodParents: While he spoils his daughter rotten, he clearly loves her deeply and is very worried about her happiness. He also will call out Muffy when she exhibits selfish behaviors.
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Even at the end of "All Will Be Revealed!" she gets away with taking D.W.'s snowball from the freezer after 25 seasons.]]
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* ADayInTheLimelight: "The Return of the King"; "The Rat Who Came to Dinner"; "Get Smart"; "Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone".
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* ADayInTheLimelight: He's had a few, such as "The Return of the King"; "The Rat Who Came to Dinner"; "Get Smart"; "Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone".
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* HeroWithBadPublicity: According to his students, he is a SadistTeacher with no sense of humor, and in Imagine Spots he usually plays the villain. The worst thing you can say about the man is that he is a demanding teacher.
* HiddenDepths: Mr. Ratburn is often seen by the Arthur gang as a cruel teacher who has no life outside of making kids miserable. At the same time, he likes [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Spooky Poo]], and he volunteers as a puppeteer for children's puppet shows. Oh and of course, he goes giddy over cake.
* HiddenDepths: Mr. Ratburn is often seen by the Arthur gang as a cruel teacher who has no life outside of making kids miserable. At the same time, he likes [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Spooky Poo]], and he volunteers as a puppeteer for children's puppet shows. Oh and of course, he goes giddy over cake.
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* HeroWithBadPublicity: According to his students, he is a SadistTeacher with no sense of humor, and in Imagine Spots he usually plays the villain. The worst thing you can say about the man is that he is a demanding teacher.
teacher, but he ultimately means well.
* HiddenDepths: Mr. Ratburn is often seen bythe Arthur gang and his friends as a cruel teacher who has no life outside of making kids miserable. At the same time, he likes [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Spooky Poo]], and he volunteers as a puppeteer for children's puppet shows. Oh Oh, and of course, he goes giddy over cake.
* HiddenDepths: Mr. Ratburn is often seen by
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* InterspeciesRomance: He's a rat, and in "Mr. Ratburn's Special Someone" it's revealed that he's marrying an aardvark.
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* InterspeciesRomance: He's a rat, and in "Mr. Ratburn's Special Someone" Someone", it's revealed that he's marrying an aardvark.
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* {{Keet}}: Similar to Buster he loves eating sweets and he's a little ''too'' enthusiastic about teaching his students about subjects.
* LargeHam: He certainly has his moments of this.
* LargeHam: He certainly has his moments of this.
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* {{Keet}}: Similar to Buster Buster, he loves eating sweets and he's a little ''too'' enthusiastic about teaching his students about subjects.
* LargeHam: He certainly has his moments ofthis. this, with his campy personality. Otherwise, he's fairly level-headed and laid-back.
* LargeHam: He certainly has his moments of
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* MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: He doesn't have much of a social life and is feared and hated by his students for giving out piles of homework, but he's actually a very nice and friendly guy.
* NiceGuy: While he tends to give out more homework than is really necessary and won't take any nonsense from his students, it's because he really cares about their education and wants to push his students to be the best that they can be. If any of the kids fail to complete an assignment on time, he'll always give them a second chance, and he can give some good advice when his students are troubled. Overall, he's a really good guy.
* NiceGuy: While he tends to give out more homework than is really necessary and won't take any nonsense from his students, it's because he really cares about their education and wants to push his students to be the best that they can be. If any of the kids fail to complete an assignment on time, he'll always give them a second chance, and he can give some good advice when his students are troubled. Overall, he's a really good guy.
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* MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: He doesn't have much of a social life and is was initially feared and hated by his students for giving out piles of homework, but he's actually a very nice and friendly guy.
* NiceGuy: While he tends to give out more homework than is really necessary and won't take any nonsense from his students, it's because he really cares about their education and wants to push his students to be the best that they can be.If He also genuinely cares about his students; if any of the kids fail to complete an assignment on time, he'll always give them a second chance, and he can give some good advice when his students are troubled. Overall, he's a really good guy.
* NiceGuy: While he tends to give out more homework than is really necessary and won't take any nonsense from his students, it's because he really cares about their education and wants to push his students to be the best that they can be.
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* OnlySaneEmployee: While he's strict, he's the only teacher at Lakewood Elementary School who actually teaches his students properly. The only other competent employees are the lunch lady and the janitor.
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* OnlySaneEmployee: While he's strict, he's the only teacher at Lakewood Elementary School besides Mr. Marco who actually teaches his students properly. The only other competent employees are the lunch lady and the janitor.
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* SweetTooth: He loves cake.
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* SweetTooth: He absolutely loves cake.cake, as shown in a few episodes.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Once tried to convince both the parents and the library that scary books were bad for children when Muffy supposedly suffered nightmares from them, going so far as to push the library to pull such books from circulation. After actually sitting down to hear one of them read and realizing Muffy actually enjoyed them as well, he has a change of heart.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Once tried to convince both the parents and the library that scary books were bad for children when Muffy supposedly suffered nightmares from them, reading one of the ''Scare Your Pants Off'' books, going so far as to push campaign for the library to pull such books the series from circulation. After actually sitting down to hear one of them read and realizing Muffy actually enjoyed them as well, he has a change of heart.
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* NiceGuy: While he tends to give out more homework than is really necessary and won't take any nonsense from his students, it's because he really cares about their education and wants to push his students to be the best that they can be. If any of the kids fail to compete an assignment, he'll always give them a second chance, and he can give some good advice when his students are troubled. Overall, he's a really good guy.
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* NiceGuy: While he tends to give out more homework than is really necessary and won't take any nonsense from his students, it's because he really cares about their education and wants to push his students to be the best that they can be. If any of the kids fail to compete complete an assignment, assignment on time, he'll always give them a second chance, and he can give some good advice when his students are troubled. Overall, he's a really good guy.
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* CordonBleughChef: David is a very good cook and runs a successful catering business, but in his spare time he really likes to experiment with his cooking, with less than desired results. Arthur and D.W. are often grossed out by his more experimental dishes, and there's even a song dedicated to his culinary abominations in the MusicalEpisode.
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* CordonBleughChef: Played with; David is generally a very good cook and runs a successful catering business, but in his spare time he really likes to experiment with his cooking, with less than desired results. Arthur and D.W. are often grossed out by his more experimental dishes, and there's even a song dedicated to his culinary abominations in the MusicalEpisode.
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* {{Adults are Useless}}: Mainly when it comes to their lack of discipline and constant coddling towards their {{Bratty Half-Pint}} daughter DW.
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* {{Adults are Useless}}: Mainly when it comes to their lack of discipline and constant coddling towards their {{Bratty Half-Pint}} Half Pint}} daughter DW.
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Removing trope misuse. This is a trope that's about an adaptation that stretches out the original work's fight scene into excessively long non-action scenes.
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* NotSoFast: When and if he does let students off the hook, he'll call for a tougher assignment to make up for it.
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*{{Adults are Useless}}: Mainly when it comes to their lack of discipline and constant coddling towards their {{Bratty Half-Pint}} daughter DW.
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He's not a subversion of the Stern Teacher trope, since he actually plays it straight by being strict but still caring about his students.
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* SternTeacher: The kids complain about Ratburn being this. Also frequently subverted when they realize he's not that bad of a guy (just a little strict and a bit too obsessed with handing out assignments) and he's actually succeeding in teaching them things.
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* SternTeacher: The kids complain about Ratburn being this. Also frequently subverted when initially believed he was a SadistTeacher due to overblown rumors, and even now they realize sometimes view him as one, but he's not that bad of a guy (just a little really more in line with this trope. While he tends to be strict and a bit too obsessed with handing out assignments) piles of homework, he's really not a bad person, as he cares about his students getting a good education and he's actually succeeding in teaching them things.
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I think calling Jane and David straight examples of Abusive Parents is going a bit too far. Sure, they have flaws (like everyone else), but most of the time, they aren't actively malicious towards their kids.
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* AbusiveParents: Their treatment of [[TheUnfavorite Arthur]] [[ParentalFavoritism in comparison to D.W.]] comes to mind.
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* AbusiveParents: Their treatment {{Downplayed|Trope}}. They are usually {{good|Parents}}, if [[ParentsAsPeople somewhat flawed]], parents to all three of [[TheUnfavorite Arthur]] [[ParentalFavoritism in comparison to their children, but they have a few moments of JerkassBall where they can come across as this. For example:
** In "[[Recap/ArthurS4E1DWsLibraryCardArthursBigHit Arthur's Big Hit]]", they tell Arthur that Binky punching him on a dare by the other [[GangOfBullies Tough Customers]] was deserved karma for his own hitting of D.W.]] comes , even though their response to mind.''that'' incident was [[{{Hypocrite}} telling Arthur that violence is never justified]].
** In "[[Recap/ArthurS3E5TheChipsAreDownRevengeOfTheChip Revenge of the Chip]]", Jane sends D.W.'s embarrassing story about eating a supposedly poisoned green potato chip and thinking she was going to die to the press, even though she promised D.W. she wouldn't share it. Though to her credit, she does realize she was wrong to do this and apologizes to D.W..
** In "[[Recap/ArthurS4E1DWsLibraryCardArthursBigHit Arthur's Big Hit]]", they tell Arthur that Binky punching him on a dare by the other [[GangOfBullies Tough Customers]] was deserved karma for his own hitting of D.W.
** In "[[Recap/ArthurS3E5TheChipsAreDownRevengeOfTheChip Revenge of the Chip]]", Jane sends D.W.'s embarrassing story about eating a supposedly poisoned green potato chip and thinking she was going to die to the press, even though she promised D.W. she wouldn't share it. Though to her credit, she does realize she was wrong to do this and apologizes to D.W..
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* JerkassBall: While they are typically some of the best parents in children's cartoons, they do have occasional moments where they can step out of line.
** In "[[Recap/ArthurS4E1DWsLibraryCardArthursBigHit Arthur's Big Hit]]", they view Arthur getting hit by [[TheBully Binky]] as a case of karmic payback for his own punching of D.W. earlier, [[{{Hypocrite}} despite responding to his hitting of D.W. by telling him that violence is never justified]].
** In "[[Recap/ArthurS3E5TheChipsAreDownRevengeOfTheChip Revenge of the Chip]]", Jane blabs to the press about D.W.'s embarrassing story about eating a supposedly poisonous potato chip and thinking she was going to die from it, despite promising her she wouldn't share the story with anyone. Though to her credit, she does realize this was wrong of her and apologizes to D.W..
** In "[[Recap/ArthurS4E1DWsLibraryCardArthursBigHit Arthur's Big Hit]]", they view Arthur getting hit by [[TheBully Binky]] as a case of karmic payback for his own punching of D.W. earlier, [[{{Hypocrite}} despite responding to his hitting of D.W. by telling him that violence is never justified]].
** In "[[Recap/ArthurS3E5TheChipsAreDownRevengeOfTheChip Revenge of the Chip]]", Jane blabs to the press about D.W.'s embarrassing story about eating a supposedly poisonous potato chip and thinking she was going to die from it, despite promising her she wouldn't share the story with anyone. Though to her credit, she does realize this was wrong of her and apologizes to D.W..
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* LooseLips: In "[[Recap/ArthurS3E5TheChipsAreDownRevengeOfTheChip Revenge of the Chip]]", Jane shares D.W.'s embarrassing story of thinking she was going to die from eating a poisoned potato chip with the press, despite having promised her she wouldn't share the story with anyone. To be fair to Jane, she does realize that was wrong of her and apologizes to D.W.
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* SecretKeeper: Two episodes of the series involve Jane having to keep a secret D.W. has.
** {{Subverted|Trope}} in "[[Recap/ArthurS3E5TheChipsAreDownRevengeOfTheChip "The Chips are Down" / Revenge of the Chip"]], where Jane breaks her promise to not share D.W.'s story of thinking she was going to die from eating a green potato chip by calling the press and telling them about it, though to her credit she does realize she was wrong to do this and apologizes to D.W..
** Played straight in "The Secret About Secrets", where D.W. confides in her that James make her promise to keep the fact that he split his pants in class a secret and how [[KeepingSecretsSucks she's having trouble keeping that promise]]. This time, there is no indication that Jane went blabbing to anyone.
** {{Subverted|Trope}} in "[[Recap/ArthurS3E5TheChipsAreDownRevengeOfTheChip "The Chips are Down" / Revenge of the Chip"]], where Jane breaks her promise to not share D.W.'s story of thinking she was going to die from eating a green potato chip by calling the press and telling them about it, though to her credit she does realize she was wrong to do this and apologizes to D.W..
** Played straight in "The Secret About Secrets", where D.W. confides in her that James make her promise to keep the fact that he split his pants in class a secret and how [[KeepingSecretsSucks she's having trouble keeping that promise]]. This time, there is no indication that Jane went blabbing to anyone.
