Arthur | |
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Season 9 | |
No. of episodes | 10 (20 segments) |
Release | |
Original network | PBS Kids Go! |
Original release | December 27, 2004 – April 8, 2005 |
Season chronology | |
The 9th season of the television series Arthur was originally broadcast on PBS Kids Go! in the United States from December 27, 2004, to April 8, 2005, and contains 10 episodes. [1] [2] Cameron Ansell replaced Mark Rendall as the voice of Arthur, Jessica Kardos replaced Patricia Rodriguez as the voice of Sue Ellen Armstrong, Eleanor Noble Replaced Evan Smirnow as the voice of George, and Paul-Stuart Brown replaced Alex Hood as Brain. However, Brown shared this with Alex Hood who also voiced Brain since season seven. But in Seasons 10 and 11, Brown provides Brain alone. This is also the last season where Alex Hood voices Brain, as well as the first season where Cookie Jar Entertainment produced this series after the CINAR-Cookie Jar rebrand. It produced the series until the end of Season 15, when it merged with DHX Media.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Storyboard by | Original air date | Prod. code [3] |
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116a | 1a | "Castles in the Sky" | Peter K. Hirsch | Jeremy O'Neill | December 27, 2004 | 116A |
Arthur’s tree house falls apart due to heavy snow, so Arthur and his friends come up with their own designs to re-build it, while getting help from famous architect Frank Gehry. | ||||||
116b | 1b | "Tipping the Scales" | Alan Silberberg | Robert Yap | December 27, 2004 | 119A |
The school choir is excited about performing at a recital in Crown City. Unfortunately, Ms. Krasny is ill and Dr. Fugue (from “Arthur Plays the Blues”) returns, substituting for her, and this time he means business. On the way to Crown City, the roads are blocked due to a snowstorm and the class has to perform their recital at a nearby diner. | ||||||
117a | 2a | "Francine's Big Top Trouble" | Adam Felber | Ivan Tankushev | December 28, 2004 | 117B |
Francine attends circus camp, and tries to perform better than Catherine. She finds herself unable to perform the same tricks as her sister, until she realizes she is good at clowning around. | ||||||
117b | 2b | "George Blows His Top" | Courtney Lilly | Gerry Capelle | December 28, 2004 | 116B |
George is increasingly annoyed when Buster begins to exploit his kindness. Buster eventually realizes the error of his ways, and he apologizes. | ||||||
118a | 3a | "Arthur Weighs In" | Raye Lankford | Francois Brisson | December 29, 2004 | 120A |
After being unable to fit into his costume during rehearsals for a play, Arthur looks for ways to lose weight. | ||||||
118b | 3b | "The Law of the Jungle Gym" | Matt Steinglass | Gerry Capelle, Ivan Tankushev & Francois Brisson | December 29, 2004 | 118A |
The playground’s jungle gym is the Tough Customers' hangout spot, leading to arguments when Muffy gets a new camera and wants to take photos from the jungle gym. | ||||||
119a | 4a | "Buster's Green Thumb" | Written by : Peter K. Hirsch Idea by : Catherine Lieuwen | Jeremy O'Neill | December 30, 2004 | 120B |
Buster decides to try his own hand at gardening in the community garden after using out home-grown compost on tomatoes and finding out that commercial ones do not taste as good. He also becomes friends with the garden's caretaker, Fritz Langley. | ||||||
119b | 4b | "My Fair Tommy" | Dietrich Smith | Stéfanie Gignac | December 30, 2004 | 117A |
Fed up with punishments for incidents Timmy causes (like destroying D.W’s award cupcake), Tommy asks D.W. to teach him good manners to prepare for Parent-Visiting Day and get a chance to win the Good Behavior Award. D.W. is hesitant at first, but when Emily proposes a bet, D.W. gives in and teaches Tommy good manners. | ||||||
120a | 5a | "Lights, Camera... Opera!" | Peter K. Hirsch | Stéfanie Gignac | December 31, 2004 | 119A |
Muffy isn’t thrilled about going to see an opera performance of Carmen , fearing that it will be boring. Guest star: Rodney Gilfrey as himself. | ||||||
120b | 5b | "All Worked Up" | Daisy Scott | Jeremy O'Neill | December 31, 2004 | 118B |
Arthur aces five quizzes in a row, but his and D.W.’s luck run out when Mrs. Read takes a client and they believe that she will not be around as often. | ||||||
121a | 6a | "Arthur Makes Waves" | Raye Lankford | Patricia Atchinson & Robert Yap | April 4, 2005 | 123A |
When Elwood City’s temperature raises, Arthur and D.W. want to go swimming, but they notice the community pool is closed for repairs, so James invites them to his pool for a party, but Arthur is shocked to find out that Molly is James' older sister. Fortunately, both have fun together and become close friends, but avoid each other in public because their own friend groups will be unimproved. | ||||||
121b | 6b | "It Came from Beyond" | Peter K. Hirsch | Gerry Capelle | April 4, 2005 | 124B |
On a dark and stormy night, Grandma Thora finds a stray dog named Killer on her porch. Killer turns out to be a bully, intimidating D.W., Kate, Pal, and Amigo. Kate and the other dogs doubt that they like Killer, but reconsider after Killer rescues Nemo from a tree. | ||||||
122a | 7a | "Three's a Crowd" | Hilary Selden Illick | Stéfanie Gignac | April 5, 2005 | 123B |
Prunella’s favorite time in the mornings is doing yoga with her mother, Mrs. Deegan, but she is jealous when Marina joins in with better poses, as Prunella has trouble posing her legs over her shoulders and she gets stuck. Later, Prunella thinks that Marina is "stealing" Mrs. Deegan from her, but Mrs. Deegan assures her that she will never like Marina as much as her daughter. | ||||||
122b | 7b | "A is for Angry" | Dietrich Smith | Robert Yap | April 5, 2005 | 121A |
Arthur joins an inter-scholastic checkers tournament, facing off against the Brain. However, Arthur's friends take the game too seriously, and he is ballistic with their unwanted support. | ||||||
123a | 8a | "The "A" Team" | Daisy Scott | Jeremy O'Neill & Robert Yap | April 6, 2005 | 125A |
The Brain and Francine move into a more advanced soccer team, but are immediately overwhelmed by their new team's strict demands. They rejoin their old team after they learn their team is short two players. | ||||||
123b | 8b | "Emily Swallows a Horse" | Melissa Kirsch | Stèfanie Gignac | April 6, 2005 | 121B |
D.W. finds a ball, drops it, and sees Emily holding it. Emily makes up an excuse to keep the ball, but starts telling bigger lies to cover up the first one, and D.W. eventually forgets why Emily started lying in the first place. Emily eventually decides to tell the truth and D.W. forgives her. | ||||||
124a | 9a | "D.W. Beats All" | Raye Lankford & Ken Scarborough | Jeremy O'Neill | April 7, 2005 | 124A |
When the Tibbles get a set of drums and decide to perform for the Summer Serenade Festival, D.W. is jealous that she doesn’t have an instrument of her own to play, and, with inspiration from Arthur, Buster, Francine, and Fern, she ultimately creates her own kinetic instrument. | ||||||
124b | 9b | "Buster the Myth Maker" | Matt Steinglass | Stéfanie Gignac | April 7, 2005 | 125B |
Arthur and Buster go to investigate a rumor that tigers are loose in the park. This turns out to be an experiment by the Brain, who wanted to see if anyone would believe a seemingly true internet rumor with no leads. The Brain's story leads to Arthur and Buster solving a mystery about dogs disappearing from the park. | ||||||
125a | 10a | "Binky Goes Nuts" | Cusi Cram | Gerry Capelle | April 8, 2005 | 122A |
Binky learns that he is not only bit by a butterfly, but is also allergic to peanuts and is upset when he realizes he has to give up Chinese food, as it is cooked with peanut oil. Fortunately, with Jenna’s advice, as she is allergic to milk, Binky discovers that there are many ways to cope with his allergy, and finds a peanut-free Chinese restaurant. | ||||||
125b | 10b | "Breezy Listening Blues" | Peter K. Kirsch | Jeremy O'Neill | April 8, 2005 | 122B |
After scoring a B- on his test, the Brain thinks it may be caused by the Breezy Listening CD playing in his parents' local ice cream shop. Despite suggestions from his friends, he is unable to find music for the store that satisfies everyone. Soon after, the Brain gets a better grade on his next test, and accepts that the CD didn’t impact his performance. |
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