Misfortune Teller

"Misfortune Teller" is the second half of the 23rd episode of season 1 of the animated children's series Arthur. It originally aired on February 24th, 1997.

Plot
For her half-birthday, Prunella's older sister, Rubella, gives her a cootie catcher. Rubella claims that it can tell the future and the answers it gives do come true. Arthur and his friends begin following the advice of the cootie catcher. When the cootie catcher goes missing and turns up ruined by the washing machine, Arthur and his friends realize that they don't need the cootie catcher to run their lives.