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Season 19 | |
No. of episodes | 10 (19 segments) |
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Original network | PBS Kids |
Original release | June 2, 2015 – May 26, 2016 |
Season chronology | |
The 19th season of the television series Arthur contains 10 episodes. These episodes were broadcast in early 2015 on CBBC in the UK, and aired on PBS Kids in the US from June 2, 2015 to May 26, 2016. This season was produced along with season 18 in 2013,[ citation needed ] and is the last season to be animated by 9 Story Media Group with Adobe Flash, starting next season, Oasis Animation takes over, flash-animating it with Toon Boom Harmony. This is also the last season where William Healy voices Arthur, Andrew Dayton voices D.W., and Jacob Ewaniuk and Jake Sim voices the Tibble Twins. Mr. Haney retires from his official role after "Brain Sees Stars" due to Walter Massey’s death in 2014 as his character’s appearance will be reduced to a background cameo before his departure in season 20.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Storyboard by | Original air date | |
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216a | 1a | "Brain's Brain" [1] | Peter K. Hirsch | Rich Vanatte | January 18, 2016 [1] | |
D.W., the Brain, and Bud enter the Brain's brain to help him remember where he hid an Easter egg. | ||||||
216b | 1b | "Brain Sees Stars" [1] | Matt Hoverman | Jeremy O'Neill | January 18, 2016 [1] | |
The Brain tries to see a meteor shower. Note: This episode is dedicated to Walter Massey, voice of Mr. Haney and Mr. Marco. | ||||||
217a | 2a | "Sue Ellen Adds It Up" [2] | Cusi Cram & Peter K. Hirsch | Rich Vanatte | January 19, 2016 [2] | |
Sue Ellen wants to hang her art up by the school water fountain, until the fountain is relocated and she has to trim her drawing to match the new space. | ||||||
217b | 2b | "Wish You Were Here" [2] | Dietrich Smith | Allan Jeffery | January 19, 2016 [2] | |
Sue Ellen meets her pen pal, who enjoys different things than she expected. | ||||||
218a | 3a | "Arthur's Toy Trouble" [3] | Ken Scarborough | Allan Jeffery | January 20, 2016 [3] | |
Arthur is gifted a toy that is worth two million dollars, but he must compete with D.W. and Muffy before he can sell it. | ||||||
218b | 3b | "Spar for the Course" [3] | David Steven Cohen & Raye Lankford | Jeremy O'Neill | January 20, 2016 [3] | |
After Binky wrecks the 18th hole at a miniature golf course, Muffy, Buster and Binky attempt to create a new 18th hole, but they cannot agree on a final design. | ||||||
219a | 4a | "Carried Away" [4] | Matt Hoverman | Allan Jeffery | May 26, 2016 [4] | |
Pal's cousin, Dr. Yowl, takes Mei Lin, Kate, and Pal on a journey through the solar system. | ||||||
219b | 4b | "Dueling Detectives!" [4] | Ken Scarborough | Jeremy O'Neill | May 26, 2016 [4] | |
When Wally, George's dummy puppet, goes missing, Fern and Binky war over who can find him. | ||||||
220a | 5a | "Buster Isn't Buying It" [5] | Peter K. Hirsch | Jeremy O'Neill | June 2, 2015 [5] | |
After being tricked by a false news report, Buster chooses to believe nothing until it can be proven with concrete evidence. | ||||||
220b | 5b | "One Ornery Critter" [5] | Dietrich Smith | Rick Marshall | June 2, 2015 [5] | |
Buster is tasked with taking care of his aunt's dog. Arthur tries to help take care of the dog, but it does not like him, and he tries to figure out why. | ||||||
221a | 6a | "Maria Speaks" [6] | Vanessa Wiegel | Jeremy O'Neill | May 24, 2016 [6] | |
Maria, a silent girl in Mr. Ratburn's class, finally gets a chance to speak (despite having a stutter) when she is appointed a school news anchor. | ||||||
221b | 6b | "Postcards from Binky" [6] | Ken Scarborough | Rick Marshall | May 24, 2016 [6] | |
Binky films a video re-enactment of his soccer game to send to his grandparents. | ||||||
222a | 7a | "Carl's Concerto" [7] | Eric Shaw & Peter K. Hirsch | Gerry Capelle | April 5, 2016 [7] | |
After George discovers that Carl (from “When Carl Met George”) is a skilled accordionist, Carl agrees to play the accordion for George's puppet show reenactment of Goldilocks and the Three Bears . | ||||||
222b | 7b | "Too Much of a Good Thing" [7] | Peter K. Hirsch | Rick Marshall | April 5, 2016 [7] | |
Buster enlists Binky's help to practice self-control and avoid eating his favorite cookies. | ||||||
223a | 8a | "Francine's Cleats of Strength" [8] | Matt Hoverman | Gerry Capelle | June 3, 2015 [8] | |
Francine needs money to buy some new cleats, so she takes a job as Muffy's personal assistant. | ||||||
223b | 8b | "Little Miss Meanie" [8] | Raye Lankford | Rick Marshall | June 3, 2015 [8] | |
Muffy and Lydia join forces to topple a snobbish and unpleasant beauty queen. | ||||||
224a | 9a | "Mr. Ratburn's Secret Identity" [9] | Matt Hoverman | Allan Jeffery | May 25, 2016 [9] | |
Arthur, Buster, and Ladonna believe that Mr. Ratburn is a superhero. | ||||||
224b | 9b | "Besties" [9] | Peter K. Hirsch | Gerry Capelle | May 25, 2016 [9] | |
Arthur is upset when he finds out that Ladonna replaces him as Buster's best friend. | ||||||
225 | 10 | "The Last Day" [10] | Peter K. Hirsch | Jeremy O'Neill & Rick Marshall | May 23, 2016 [10] | |
It’s the last day of the school year at Lakewood, and Arthur and co. are moving to the fourth grade, and D.W. and Bud are moving into kindergarten. As the summer season approaches, Muffy and Francine are concerned about attending different summer camps. Meanwhile, Arthur and Buster have their sights set on being in the grade four classroom taught by Mr. Cramp (B. J. Novak). However, Arthur and friends realize that MC is not original after all and that they learned a lot of things with Mr. Ratburn, so they write a duet and create a poster with all the stuff he taught them. They are delighted when they discover that Mr. Ratburn will be their fourth grade teacher. Note: This episode is dedicated to Greg Kramer, voice of Nemo. |
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