D.W. All Wet (episode)

Summary
It's 95 degrees at home, and everyone is glad to be at the lake instead— except D.W., who's on guard against octopuses.

Plot
The episode starts with the Read Family, along with Buster, at Bear Lake. Mr. Read carries D.W., who is crying, screaming and kicking at him to put her down. Arthur tells Buster that D.W. has been acting strange and weird after her school trip to the aquarium. The prologue ends with D.W. screaming and crying.

D.W. All Wet

D.W. along with her other classmates from school, are sitting at a bench, being entertained by seals at the aquarium. The host says that they will be taking a washroom break and then will see the sea monsters inside the aquarium. Inside the girls bathroom, the girls are taking long inside the stall where the toilet flushes by itself. Then, the host announces that they are reading to see the sea monsters. Everyone runs out with excitement.

As the group, watches the sea creatures, they get scared, except D.W. But when a 'giant' octopus shows, D.W. backs away, screaming with fear, while everyone else is amazed. Back at the Read's house, D.W. tells a made-up story of how she attacked the octopus that she saw back in the aquarium to Arthur and her Mom. Mrs. Read says that it's getting dark and that it is almost time for bed. Arthur teases D.W. saying that she got scared when she saw the octopus. She denies it, but is startled by Pal licking her leg, who jumps up and panics.

The scene changes to D.W., who is taking a bath in the bathroom. The door opens, that frightens D.W., and when she was not looking, Arthur scares her with a plastic toy spider, hanging by a string on a stick, yelling that it's an octopus. D.W. screams, running out of the tub, naked, except for well-placed bubble suds, and hides in her parent's closet. Her parents get Arthur in trouble and tell him to go to his room. D.W. dreams Arthur is being attacked by the octopus.

The next morning, the temperature rises up, so Arthur and Buster play soccer in the house, but are busted by the Read parents and the air conditioner explodes. They said they can't take it anymore and they had enough. D.W. says they are in really big trouble, but Mr. Read said they can't take the heat. So they decided to pack their things and head off to Bear Lake to D.W.'s surprise.

D.W. refuses to go because she doesn't want to go in the water since she's afraid that octopuses swim there. Arthur tells her that octopuses live in oceans, not lakes. But D.W. says she is not going. But she comes anyway. Mr. Read says that he doesn't see any octopuses. She looks and she sees everyone turning into octopuses, especially Kate, but is just her imagination. Mr. Read says she can just stay.

Mrs. Read finds D.W., hiding in a tent, saying that there are no octopuses on the beach, and D.W. says she is bored. Mrs. Read says that Buster and Arthur have 10 minutes to play with D.W. They play a game to save the princess, who is D.W., and they are both embarrassed. 10 minutes passed and they went back to the water.

D.W. asks her Dad if they can stay on the beach, but he says it would be easier it she went in the water. But she doesn't want to. Francine finds Buster's  bathing cap and pretend to have an octopus attack Arthur. D.W. freaks out and the lifeguard gives D.W. a ride to Arthur and his friends, the lifeguard says there are no octopuses here, which makes D.W. feel better. The kids get busted by the lifeguard who says it's dangerous to yell for help unless they really need it, and she demands Buster to put on his bathing cap.

In the last scene, D.W. rides on Arthur's back and it is already getting dark. Mrs. Read tells them to go but D.W. doesn't want to leave because she is having fun, but it is almost dark so they had to leave. D.W. tells her mom how her day went and she falls asleep in her mother's arms and as they left, the scene ends with the view of the beach in the evening.

Trivia

 * This episode marks the appearance of all of the kids at the Elwood City Preschool who happen to be D.W.'s friends.
 * This episode also marks the appearance of the Bear Lake Lifeguard as well as some members of the Tough Customers, who will become prominent characters in future episodes/seasons.

Discrepancies from the book

 * In this episode, D.W.'s refusal to swim in the lake is due to her fear of octopuses. In the book, the whole story took place at the beach and D.W. refused to get wet.
 * Arthur's friends including Buster, Francine, and Muffy, plus Molly and other Lakewood Elementary School students are seen in this episode. Neither one of Arthur's friends nor any other students from Lakewood Elementary School appeared in the book, since it focused on D.W.

Goofs

 * If it was hot, D.W. was supposed to wear summer clothes. Though, at night, she was wearing her nightgown.
 * The master bedroom at the Reads' house had a dormer window in this episode, but was removed in subsequent episodes for unknown reasons.

Home Video
DVD: VHS:
 * Arthur Saves The Day
 * Arthur Saves The Day