History HoYay / Arthur

** When Buster goes off to spend a couple of months with his dad in "Arthur's Faraway Friend," both Arthur and Buster are understandably saddened at the prospect of being separated for a couple of months, however when the tables are turned in "The Substitute Arthur," Buster falls into quite the depressive funk when Arthur leaves for just a weekend - he spends all his time moping around the house, almost as if he just had his heart broken by an ex lover.

* Francine and Muffy essentially have similar moments as well; it also helps that much of the entire ''Arthur'' fanbase has theorized that Francine is a closeted lesbian, in spite of earlier episodes hinting she has a crush on Arthur, her otherwise tomboyish personality and tendencies lend themselves to it.

* For that matter, the title of the episode "He Said, He Said" refers to Arthur and Buster arguing because neither of them can remember the outcome of a Bionic Bunny special, a rebroadcast of which they miss because of a cable outage. When Carl recites the synopsis of the special from memory, George gushes about Carl a bit.

For a children's show that's constantly being monitored by the MoralGuardians [[note]]The infamous "Two Mommies" episode of ''WesternAnimation/PostcardsFromBuster'' was yanked from the airwaves when parents found out it featured children with lesbian mothers, after all and "Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone" was banned in Alabama for featuring Mr. Ratburn marrying a guy.[[/note]], it is amazing at the amount of tiny little inklings there are of things that seem to be going on that only astute or older fans can pick up on.

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** iN "Arthur and the True Francine," after getting acquainted for the first time, and learning the things they share in common (such as the same middle name, for example), the two share an ImagineSpot, where a choir of cherubs rain flowers down on them as they prance about together in the clouds. Later still, after Muffy gets Francine in trouble for copying her test, she tries to make up by sending Francine a bunch of balloons, and an edible arrangement.

** "Arthur and the True Francine," provides the page image; after getting acquainted for the first time, and learning the things they share in common (such as the same middle name, for example), the two share an ImagineSpot, where a choir of cherubs rain flowers down on them as they prance about together in the clouds. Later still, after Muffy gets Francine in trouble for copying her test, she tries to make up by sending Francine a bunch of balloons, and an edible arrangement.

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[[caption-width-right:300:A match made in Heaven]]

** In one episode, Buster receives a gift from a "secret admirer." Although he includes the girls in his list of suspects when attempting to deduce his admirer's identity, he at one point entertains the notion it might be Arthur (and a couple of the other boys) without considering it at all unusual, although this may simply be that he has no concept of romantic love, homosexual ''or'' heterosexual, yet. [[spoiler:It later turns out to be his mother, meant in a very platonic way.]]

For a children's show that's constantly being monitored by the MoralGuardians [[note]]The infamous "Two Mommies" episode of ''WesternAnimation/PostcardsFromBuster'' was yanked from the airwaves when parents found out it featured children with lesbian mothers, after all and "Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone" was banned in Alabama for featuring Mr. Ratburn marrying a guy.[[/note]], it is amazing at the amount of tiny little inklings there are of things that seem to be going on that only astute, or older fans can pick up on.

For a children's show that's constantly being monitored by the MoralGuardians [[note]]The infamous "Two Mommies" episode of ''Postcards from Buster'' was yanked from the airwaves when parents found out it featured children with lesbian mothers, after all and "Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone" was banned in Alabama for featuring Mr. Ratburn marrying a guy.[[/note]], it is amazing at the amount of tiny little inklings there are of things that seem to be going on that only astute, or older fans can pick up on.

For a children's show that's constantly being monitored by the MoralGuardians [[note]]The infamous "Two Mommies" episode of ''Postcards from Buster'' was yanked from the airwaves when parents found out it featured children with lesbian mothers, after all[[/note]], it is amazing at the amount of tiny little inklings there are of things that seem to be going on that only astute, or older fans can pick up on.

[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/francinemuffylove_zps95b829b3_9869.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:A match made in Heaven]]

For a children's show that's constantly being monitored by the MoralGuardians [[note]]The infamous "Two Mommies" episode of ''Postcards from Buster'' was yanked from the airwaves when parents found out it featured children with lesbian mothers, after all[[/note]], it is amazing at the amount of tiny little inklings there are of things that seem to be going on that only astute, or older fans can pick up on.

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* Arthur and Buster are already HeterosexualLifePartners, but every once in a while, they seem to steer into a slightly different direction.
** During a montage in "The Ballad of Buster Baxter," we see the two out bike riding, but rather than watch where they're going, they're just staring at each other as they ride.
** "Buster's Best Behavior," has the two almost obsessed with what the other does; Arthur, for example, thinks Buster tooting "Shave and a Haircut" on his tuba is the funniest thing he ever heard, and Buster's childish drawing of a shark is the greatest piece of art he's ever seen, and even gawks to his parents about Buster's accomplishments. The rest of the episode has Arthur trying to act more like Buster by snacking and reading joke books all the time; Buster takes it a step further by not only talking about D.W. and Pal, but even ''dresses'' like Arthur.
** When Buster goes off to spend a couple of months with his dad in "Arthur's Faraway Friend," both Arthur and Buster are understandably saddened at the prospect of being separated for a couple of months, however when the tables are turned in "The Substitute Arthur," Buster falls into quite the depressive funk when Arthur leaves for just a weekend - he spends all his time moping around the house, almost as if he just had his heart broken by an ex lover.
** Toward the end of "D.W., Dancing Queen," Arthur and Buster walk off stage after participating in the Tibble Twins' monster truck project, in a manner that seems very reminiscent of a pair of army buddies helping each other make it to safety.
** In "Buster's Back," Arthur anticipates receiving a phonecall from Buster, knowing he's due back from his trip with his dad... but Buster never calls... and Arthur is clearly heartbroken over it, jumping to the conclusion that Buster doesn't want to be best friends anymore because he's found other things while traveling around the world.
** In one episode, Buster receives a gift from a "secret admirer." Although he includes the girls in his list of suspects when attempting to deduce his admirer's identity, he at one point entertains the notion it might be Arthur (and a couple of the other boys) without considering it at all unusual, although this may simply be that he has no concept of romantic love, homosexual ''or'' heterosexual, yet. [[spoiler:It later turns out to be his mother, meant in a very platonic way.]]
* Francine and Muffy essentially have similar moments as well; it also helps that much of the entire ''Arthur'' fanbase has theorized that Francine is a closeted lesbian, in spite of earlier episodes hinting she has a crush on Arthur, her otherwise tomboyish personality and tendencies lend themselves to it.
** "Arthur and the True Francine," provides the page image; after getting acquainted for the first time, and learning the things they share in common (such as the same middle name, for example), the two share an ImagineSpot, where a choir of cherubs rain flowers down on them as they prance about together in the clouds. Later still, after Muffy gets Francine in trouble for copying her test, she tries to make up by sending Francine a bunch of balloons, and an edible arrangement.
** "Muffy's New Best Friend," has Muffy fall into an almost jealous rage at Francine spending time with Jenna instead of her, so she retalliates by interviewing others to be her new best friend, until Binky somehow is the only one who meets her high standards; it isn't until they start hanging out together that Muffy suddenly gets the urge to do things that Francine would normally do - Binky, at one point, even remarks at how all Muffy has been doing is talk about Francine.
** Some people see a lot of this in the "What's the Use of Presents?" song from the ''Arthur's Perfect Christmas'' special, on Muffy's end.
* There's a number of FreezeFrameBonus moments, where if you pay close attention to the playground, or other places with crowds, you'll find Muffy and Fern doing such things as holding hands or brushing each other's hair.
* Prunella and Marina. Marina isn't even used very often on the show, but whenever she shows up, she and Prunella are treated as inseparable; it's also hard not to imagine their relationship being deeper than most others, considering how much physical contact goes on between the two of them... even though it's mostly because Marina is blind, but still...
** In, "Prunella Sees the Light," Prunella sobs into her pillow after having a quarrel with Marina over the former's excessively assisting the latter.
** In the teaser of "Three's a Crowd," Prunella appears on ''[[Creator/OprahWinfrey The Hoprah Linseed Show]]'', where she says her absolutely favorite thing to do is share with Marina; she describes in an almost love-struck voice that they share ''everything'', and during an ImagineSpot, we see the two of them in a movie theater, sharing a soda.
** "The Tardy Tumbler," has a ItMakesSenseInContext moment, where Prunella tries to make excuses for shirking her responsibilities of helping Marina with her gymnastics practice, to which Marina tells her, "Make a commitment to this!"
*** The same episode has a FreezeFrameBonus during an early scene transition, where Prunella actually places her hand on Marina's butt.
** The two do seem to like to break into random tickle fights, for no real reason.

For a children's show that's constantly being monitored by the MoralGuardians [[note]]The infamous "Two Mommies" episode of ''Postcards from Buster'' was yanked from the airwaves when parents found out it featured a girl with lesbian mothers, after all[[/note]], it is amazing at the amount of tiny little inklings there are of things that seem to be going on that only astute, or older fans can pick up on.

* Arthur and Buster are already HeteroSexualLifePartners, but every once in a while, they seem to steer into a slightly different direction.

* Francine and Muffy essentially have similar moments as well; it also helps that much of the entire ''Arthur'' fanbase has theorized that Francine is a closeted lesbian, in spite earlier episodes hinting she has a crush on Arthur, her otherwise tomboyish personality and tendencies lend themselves to it.

* And thanks to Jimmy Kimmel [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqINlilLXkc#t=01m05s we have this image of the Tibble Twins]], which can also triple as IncestYay ''and'' {{Squick}}.

* And thanks to Jimmy Kimmel [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqINlilLXkc we have this image of the Tibble Twins]], which can also triple as IncestYay ''and'' {{Squick}}.

** The two do seem to like to break into random tickle fights, for no real reason.

*** The same episode has a FreezeFrameBonus during an early scene transition, where Prunella actually places her hand on Marina's butt.

** In one episode, Buster receives a gift from a "secret admirer." Although he includes the girls in his list of suspects when attempting to deduce his admirer's identity, he at one entertains the notion it might be Arthur without considering it at all unusual, although this may simply be that he has no concept of romantic love, homosexual ''or'' heterosexual, yet. [[spoiler:It later turns out to be his mother, meant in a very platonic way.]]

** In one episode, Buster receives a gift from a "secret admirer." Although he includes the girls in his list of suspects when attempting to deduce his admirer's identity, he at one entertains he notion it might be Arthur. Without considering it at all unusual. [[spoiler:It later turns out to be his mother, meant in a very platonic way.]]

** "The Tardy Tumbler," has a ItMakesSenseInContext moment, where Prunella tries to make excuses for shirking her responsibilities of helping Marina with her gymnastics practice, to which Marina tells her, "Make a commitment to this!"