Arthur's Tooth (episode)

"Arthur's Tooth" is the first half of the 24th episode of season 1 of the animated children's series Arthur. It originally aired on March 3rd, 1997. It is based upon the book of the same name.

Summary
Arthur has a loose tooth, but he is the only one in his class that hasn't lost any of his baby teeth yet. He unsuccessfully tries various ways to get it out so that Francine would stop picking on him.

Trivia

 * On the front cover of Arthur's Tooth on VHS and DVD, Arthur was illustrated to have lost a top incisor like the book, instead of a bottom one like in the cartoon. The illustration on the cover is also considered a "spoiler", in contrast to the book cover where Arthur's tooth was only about to fall out.
 * This is one of the few episodes where the characters' teeth are visible, while the majority of other episodes do not have the teeth visible.
 * The Flighty Fluoride Scour Rangers are a parody of the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers.

Differences from the book

 * This story took place in Mr. Ratburn's third grade; although in the book, it was a flashback event that took place in Mr. Marco's second grade, and that Arthur would happen to have already lost a tooth when starting third grade.
 * The kids all lost a bottom incisor; although in the book, Arthur and some kids lost a top incisor, while some lost a bottom incisor.
 * Francine's "tooth fairy" game in the book involves her twirling around and whoever she touches loses a tooth, and whoever loses the most teeth wins. In the TV version, she says whoever she hits with a soccer ball loses a tooth.
 * The "literal" tooth fairy was shown in the book; although she didn't actually appear in the cartoon until D.W. Tricks the Tooth Fairy.
 * In the episode Arthur says he is 8 years old but in the book he says he is 7 years old.
 * In the episode Dr. Sozio says he didn't loose his first baby tooth until he was nearly 9 but in the book he says that he was 8 before he lost his first baby tooth.
 * In the episode Arthur gave his tooth to Francine after losing it, in the the book he kept it.
 * In the episode, no one wants to play tooth fairy and follow Arthur to play softball. In the book, everyone but Arthur played and only Arthur left to play softball.

Goofs

 * When Arthur smiles to show the missing tooth, Buster is wearing Arthur's clothes in the background.
 * Jean Charles Fink's last name was spelled incorrectly during the title card of the episode.

Home Video
DVD: VHS:
 * Hooray for Health
 * Arthur's Tooth (video)
 * Arthur's Tooth (video)