History Literature / Arthur

* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: The world of ''Arthur'' is a mundane world, except that it's populated by ([[WorldOfMammals predominantly mammalian]]) {{Funny Animal}}s instead of humans.

[[caption-width-right:350:''Arthur's Nose''. The first book in the series]]

** Arthur didn't wear his signature outfit and he had an aardvark-like nose.

* InformedSpecies: While aardvark characters ''did'' have long noses in early books, they curved downward rather than being straight like real aardvarks' noses, making them more closely resemble tapir-like trunks.

* BrokenAesop: In the first book ''Arthur's Nose'', Arthur faces bullying for his long snout and considers cosmetic surgery to reduce its size before realizing he should ignore the bullies and accept himself as he is, proclaiming "I'm just not me without my nose!". However, Arthur's nose [[ArtEvolution would get shorter and shorter with every succeeding book]], and by the time of the cartoon, he barely had a nose at all -- presumably ''because'' it looked so awkward. Did his entire family get those nose jobs after all? Nowadays, the most popular incarnation of Arthur is the one with a short nose. *

* BrokenAesop: In the first book ''Arthur's Nose'', Arthur faces bullying for his long snout and considers cosmetic surgery to reduce its size before realizing he should ignore the bullies and accept himself as he is. Cut to later books after the AnthropomorphicShift, however, and Arthur and his entire family have absolutely no visible aardvark noses. Did they all get those nose jobs after all?

* AardvarkTrunks: In the first book, Arthur had a long flat nose pointing downward, more like a tapir's snout. In following books, his nose was shortened until in his later design (and in the animated series) he and his family have absolutely no snouts at all, making them [[InformedSpecies not even look like aardvarks]]. Awkwardly, said first book was entitled ''Arthur's Nose'', in which Arthur faces bullying for his long nose and learns to accept himself as he is, making for a rather BrokenAesop.

* AardvarkTrunks: In the first book, Arthur had a long flat nose pointing downward, more like a tapir's snout. In following books, his nose was shortened until in his later design it's hardly visible at all, making him look like an aardvark InNameOnly. Awkwardly, said first book was entitled ''Arthur's Nose'', in which Arthur faces bullying for his long nose and learns to accept himself as he is, making for a rather BrokenAesop.

The series began in 1976 with ''Arthur's Nose''. Since then, it's expanded into other media, including several ''VideoGame/LivingBooks'' games, a [[WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}} long-running cartoon that began in 1996]], and a [[WesternAnimation/PostcardsFromBuster short spinoff of the cartoon]]. Due to the popularity of the cartoon, it in itself has also received several children's books.

Additionally, the popularity of Arthur's sister D.W. resulted in a series of spin-off books focused on her character, though these are still generally considered part of the ''Arthur'' franchise and are sometimes marketed with the ''Arthur'' logo.

** In the book Arthur's Computer Disaster, after the Brain couldn't find the problem with the computer, Arthur, D.W. and Buster then go to the computer repair shop.

* DreamEpisode: ''Arthur in a Pickle'' mostly consists of Arthur dreaming that he is in a town of pickles and later sent to pickle jail.

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* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: The world of ''Arthur'' is a mundane world, except it's populated by ([[WorldOfMammals predominantly mammalian]]) {{Funny Animal}}s instead of humans.

** Francine originally had a clearly defined muzzle.

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