All Will Be Revealed!

"All Will Be Revealed!"
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Season/Series:	25
Number in season:	1B
Original airdate:	February 21, 2022 March 1, 2022 (DVD) May 16, 2022 (TV)
Credits
Written by:	Greg Bailey
Storyboard by:	Jeremy O'Neill
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"All Will Be Revealed!" is the second half of the first episode in the twenty-fifth season of Arthur.

Plot

D.W. and Bud are making "the Bud Compson" (a peanut butter and strawberry sandwich) for a shared snack. However, when Arthur and Buster enter, Arthur ends up drinking most of the milk before D.W. and Bud can get to it. D.W. accuses Arthur of taking everything and they get into an argument once again over the time that her snowball went missing. Buster proves unhelpful, repeating his belief that an alien stole it. Bud, who was present for none of this, is left confused as he asks about the missing snowball.

Later, Bud tells Rapty about the snowball incident and they decide to work together to figure out what actually happened to it. Rapty notes Nadine would know more about the snowball, so they head to Fanta-City, where imaginary friends live. They meet Nadine while she is playing croquet with some other imaginary friends and ask her what happened. She claims that the aliens took the snowball but admits to not having seen them, and she suggests that Bud and Rapty talk to Buster instead.

Soon, they end up at Buster's home, where he is reasonably startled by Rapty, but agrees to offer information on aliens, showing a photograph of the ones he believes took the snowball. Using some decoy snowballs, they manage to summon an alien troll resembling Binky. The alien, who claims to have observed them all for over twenty years (even though most of the characters are nowhere near that age), reveals the photo Buster has is fake and that it was the one who took the snowball. In exchange for the snowball's return, the alien asks for most of Buster's food cabinet, to which he reluctantly agrees. They head to the alien's home planet, Tabooni, to retrieve the snowball, but learn that the alien actually stole a croquet ball instead. Noticing a long golden hair on the plate, Bud deduces who really took the snowball and so they head back to Fanta-City, dropping off Buster (who gets to keep his food collection) along the way.

Back at Fanta-City, Bud and Rapty accuse Nadine of stealing the snowball. She tries to deny it, but all the evidence points to her: she was playing croquet earlier and it was her hair on the plate. Nadine reveals that she swapped the snowball for the croquet ball after seeing the alien troll try to steal it; he actually did manage to take the snowball at first, but she was able to reverse time and replace it. However, Nadine didn't put the snowball back because she thought Arthur would then steal it, reiterating D.W.'s claim that he steals everything. Bud and Rapty point out that keeping this up is only making Arthur and D.W. fight. Nadine agrees to return the snowball and explain everything to D.W.

Bud wakes up at home and assumes he was just dreaming. That is, until he and Buster run into each other and realize that they had the same dream, and they hear D.W. announce that her snowball has returned...

Characters

Major

• Bud Compson
• Buster Baxter
• Nadine Flumberghast
• Rapty
• Alien troll

Minor

• Arthur Read
• D.W. Read

Cameo

• Billy Snailgoat
• Maxine
• Stanley
• Uncle Wormy
• Waldo
• Frumpus
• Tooth Fairy
• Treenie
• Platy
• Billy Snailgoat
• Snooter
• Ghost-doe
• Cyber manatee (pictured)
• Snorgels (pictured)
• 3-eyed aliens (pictured)

Mentioned

• Bo Baxter (indirectly)
• Rapunzel
• Skip Bitterman
• Jenna Morgan

Trivia

• This marks the first appearance of W.D.'s imaginary friend, Maxine, since her debut in the Season 15 episode "Best Enemies."
• This is the final appearance of imaginary friends.
• This episode reveals that Buster can see Rapty in his non-toy form just like Bud can.
• The alien troll claims to have been watching Buster and his friends for over 20 years. Given the actual ages of the characters and the amount of time that occurs in the show's floating timeline, this can be taken as a meta-acknowledgment of how long the series has been running rather than a literal descriptor.

Episode connections

• The mystery of the missing snowball, first raised in "D.W.'s Snow Mystery," is solved for good in this episode. Other key episodes involving the snowball include: "The Blizzard" and "Return of the Snowball."
• This is the last time the snowball is mentioned in the series. For a list of all snowball mentions, see Snowball Appearances.
• Tabooni is first mentioned by Buster in "Framed!"
• The crab nebula is first mentioned in "Bitzi's Beau."
• Arthur mentions D.W. taking and destroying his model airplane from "Arthur's Big Hit."
• Bud's favorite cupcake icing color being red is a fact that was previously established in "Read and Flumberghast."
• The alien troll looks similar to the Ghost of Lunch Tomorrow, who featured prominently in "Prunella Gets it Twice."
• Bud and Buster have the same dream in this episode, which both later comment on. This also happens earlier in the series to Arthur and Buster in "Double Dare."
• Many items from past episodes are seen in this episode. These include:
  • Tommy Tibble's "_OM__ __B_LE" backpack (from "D.W.'s Backpack Mishap")
  • Buster's food cabinet (originally from "1001 Dads")
  • Skip Bitterman's Mystery Stew #8 (from "The Great MacGrady")
  • The "floogle" (from "Some Assembly Required")
  • "Relics of Elwood City" seen on Tabooni:
    • The singing swamp frog (from "The Tattletale Frog")
    • Woogles (from "Arthur Rides the Bandwagon")
    • Tower of Cows (from "Double Tibble Trouble")
    • The goose from Confuse the Goose (from "Arthur's Almost Boring Day")
    • The bobbin (from "What is that Thing?")
    • The green Wiffle ball (from "Arthur's New Old Vacation")
    • Funny Farm (from "Arthur Plays the Blues")
    • Francine's movie star glasses (from Arthur's Eyes and "Arthur's Eyes")
    • Spaghetti marshmallow balls (from "Opposites Distract")
    • The New Fün Stüff Turvallisuus (from "Some Assembly Required")
    • The car from Megalopolis (from "The Substitute Arthur")
    • A bag from Enguan's (from "Sue Ellen's Little Sister")
    • George's winning Lakewood Derby car (from "Muffy Takes the Wheel")
    • The wrapped gift containing Quackers (from "Arthur's Perfect Christmas")
    • The defective Mutant Muck Monster (from "Arthur's Toy Trouble")
    • Wagon of blocks (from "Blockheads")
    • A World Girl doll (from "World Girls")
    • Arthur's lucky pencil (from "Arthur's Lucky Pencil")
    • The broken Bell X-1 model plane (from "Arthur's Big Hit")
    • D.W.'s troll doll
    • Sharky (from "Arthur's Family Vacation")
    • Ms. Perske's cake plate (from "Flaw and Order")
    • World's largest pizza (from "The World Record")
  • Items on display in the main hall of the museum:
    • The hot-air balloon with the "10" on it from the book 93 Million Miles in a Balloon (from "Unfinished")
    • Raulito (from "Buenas Noches, Vicita")
    • Flea circus arena (from "Flea to Be You and Me")
    • Albert Einstein bust (from "D.W. Aims High")
    • Wilbur Rabbit's ship (from "Arthur Goes Crosswire")
    • The Reads' piano
    • Dog bone (from "It Came From Beyond")
    • D.W.'s missing sock (from "The Great Sock Mystery")
    • The trailhead sign (from "Take a Hike, Molly")
    • Recycle bins (from "The Law of the Jungle Gym")
    • Dunk tank (from "Prunella's Tent of Portent")
    • The wedding cake topper (from "The Secret Life of Dogs and Babies")
    • Portrait of Buster and Bo (from "Arthur's Faraway Friend")
    • Muffy Club "Our Founder" portrait (from "My Club Rules")
    • A Love Duck (from "That's a Baby Show!")
    • A poster of Kresblain the Merry Magician (from "The Ballad of Buster Baxter")
    • Yamlet (from "Prunella the Packrat")
    • Larry the Lemon toy (from "The Secret Life of Dogs and Babies")
    • CyberCod action figure (from "Arthur's Perfect Christmas")
    • Hopalong Bunny book (from "Bunny Trouble")
    • "Stock Market Crashes" newspaper (from "Arthur's Faraway Friend")
    • A box of Crunch cereal (from "Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest")
    • Uncle Slam action figure (from "Citizen Cheikh")
    • Vicita's foam hand (from "Invasion of the Soccer Fans")
    • Bionic Bunny ears (from "He Said, He Said")
    • The Gourmet Ghost (from "Arthur and the Whole Truth")
    • Bionic Bunny action figure
    • D.W.'s Mary Moo Cow doll
    • George's milkshake (from "Making Conversation")
    • Beach ball (seen in Fanta-city in this same episode)
    • Police car (from "Binky Wrestles with a Story")

Errors

• The official plot synopsis claims that D.W. helps Bud and Rapty solve the mystery of the snowball. It is actually Buster who does so.

Production notes

• This is the first episode to be written by Greg Bailey, who has served as the director of Arthur for the entire series.

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