Introduction[]
D.W. hears odd noises coming from the basement.
D.W.: What's that noise?
Mrs. Read is working on her computer.
Mrs. Read: D.W.!
D.W.+Mrs. Read: What's that noise?
D.W.: Oh, I bet I know what it is.
D.W. goes up to Pal and listens to his belly.
Pal: (snores)
D.W.: No. Rats, I was sure it was the dog's stomach.
Pal: (whines)
Pal looks insulted. D.W. opens the door to the basement.
D.W.: Mom, it's in the basement!
***
D.W. comes down the stairs. Arthur and Buster have set up a TV made of a large cardboard box. Buster is beatboxing inside the TV while Arthur films him.
D.W.: What are you guys doing?
Arthur: Shh! It's our new music show!
Buster: I'm a video... (beatboxing) ...and I'm almost over!
Arthur: That was Buster Jam with "Hey, what's for dinner?" Our next video...
D.W.: Hold it, hold it! That wasn't real music. He was just going... (beatboxing, imitates Buster) ...with his mouth! And that doesn't look like a TV! And this camera's not on!
Arthur: That's Dad's old camera. It doesn't work!
D.W.: So? Why are you doing this?
Arthur: Why shouldn't we?
D.W.: Because it's not real!
Buster: What's so great about being real?
Arthur: You can like something even though it's not real, D.W. Try it. You just close your eyes and pretend, and you can see cool videos.
D.W.: If this is a trick, I'm telling.
Arthur: No trick. Here they come! Our big music videos!
Title Card: Buster Roars (Pig)[]
Video 1: Library Card[]
Music with a rap beat starts playing, as Arthur, Buster and Francine walk down the street holding library cards. Sue Ellen, Muffy, George, Brain, Fern, D.W. and Emily join them.
The kids start rapping.
All: Having fun isn't hard, when you've got a library card!
Having fun isn't hard, when you've got a library card!
Miss Turner opens the library door.
Miss Turner: Come on inside, we've got everything you need.
There's plenty to do, or you can just sit and read.
Muffy shows a book, Arthur a map.
Muffy: This book explains how to make paper planes.
Arthur: This contour map can show you mountain range terrains.
Brain flies in a rocket that turns in to a submarine.
Brain: Fly to the moon, explore the ocean floor.
Buster sits in a rowboat.
Buster: Find out which one's the tiller and which one is the oar.
Kids stand in a library aisle.
Fern: ‘Here's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ and ‘Half Magic’.
Timmy: ‘Hop on Pop’.
Tommy: And ‘Fox in Socks’.
George: And books on doing card tricks!
All: Ooooooh!
Kids stand on a stage dancing in front of giant books.
All: Having fun isn't hard, when you've got a library card!
Miss Turner: That's right!
All: Having fun isn't hard, when you've got a library card!
Francine holds a book and different sports balls fall out of it.
Francine: Books on baseball, hockey and soccer.
Mr. Ratburn holds a doorknocker shaped like his head.
Mr. Ratburn: And even how to build yourself a cool doorknocker.
Arthur: I could stay in this place for hours and hours.
Binky: I like books with pictures of lots of pretty flowers... Everybody looks shocked. Being crushed by a giant pterodactyl!
Arthur and Francine walk through an aisle.
Arthur: Jules Verne, HG Wells, and Ray Bradbury.
Francine: You can take 'em home so you don't have to read 'em in a hurry.
Kids stand on a stage dancing in front of giant books again.
All: Having fun isn't hard, when you've got a library card!
Having fun isn't hard, when you've got a library card!
Having fun!
Video 2: Jekyll and Hyde[]
Brain stands in a library and takes out “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”.
Brain: One day I went to the library
I found this book, it was great!
Brain reads the book in bed.
It was so cool I couldn't put it down
Even when it got pretty late!
In his dream, Brain works in a laboratory.
That night I had a scary dream
I mixed my own secret potion
I added dirt, a bit of sludge, some eyes of flies
And a tiny dab of suntan lotion
Brain drinks the green fluid and drops the beaker.
I started shaking,
My legs were quaking,
My stomach aching,
My brain was breaking!
Brain’s head briefly turns into a bird’s.
Brain sits in the Sugar Bowl wearing a black cloak and top hat. His face is now green and looks monstrous.
I started turning green;
Feeling mean;
It was like in that story;
Hyde-Brain puts several dishes on one plate and eats them all together. Other kids look shocked.
I was acting strange;
Quite deranged;
It was pure allegory!
Cut to normal Brain sitting on a stool.
Brain: "Allegory: a story where the characters stand for abstract ideas, for example: good and evil."
Three Brains dance in a dark basement and turn into their monstrous forms and back.
Brain: 'Cause I was
Jekyll, Jekyll, Hyde, Jekyll, Hyde, Hyde, Jekyll
Jekyll, Jekyll, Hyde, Jekyll, Hyde!
Jekyll, Jekyll, Hyde, Jekyll, Hyde, Hyde, Jekyll
Jekyll, Jekyll, Hyde, Jekyll, Hyde!
Normal Brain wakes up in bed. He puts the book under his bed.
When I awoke, I was me again
I hid the book out of sight
It was so cool I couldn't keep away
So I took it out again that night
Brain’s is superimposed on Lakewood Elementary.
And then I dreamed we had this test in school
I gotta say it was weird.
Binky, Muffy, Fern and Sue Ellen wave semaphore flags.
We had to give the answers in semaphore
And for extra credit, grow a beard
Buster strains and a beard appears. Brain tries the same without success.
I couldn't take it,
Just couldn't take it
In one swift motion,
I grabbed my potion! (evil laugh)
Brain drinks the potion at school and turns into Hyde.
I said: "Mr. Hyde has arrived!"
Tossed my flags on the floor;
Hyde-Brain climbs on Mr. Ratburn’s desk.
Made a major speech;
To the teach':
"This is all a big bore!"
Hyde-Brain runs down a school corridor.
I ran down all the halls,
Wrote on walls;
Even stole second base;
Hyde-Brain literally steals the second base plate behind Arthur and Buster’s back.
I was super bad;
Sure was glad
I wasn't wearing my face!
The three Brains dance.
'Cause I was
Jekyll, Jekyll, Hyde, Jekyll, Hyde, Hyde, Jekyll
Jekyll, Jekyll, Hyde, Jekyll, Hyde!
Jekyll, Jekyll, Hyde, Jekyll, Hyde, Hyde, Jekyll
Jekyll, Jekyll, Hyde, Jekyll, Hyde!
Brain sits at his desk and looks in a mirror.
This was too much, I simply had to stop!
I threw that potion away! (Potion away)
But it didn't matter if I drank the stuff;
I just kept on changing anyway! (Changing anyway)
Brain’s shadow is seen transforming. The three Brains dance.
Now I was
Jekyll, Jekyll, Hyde, Jekyll, Hyde, Hyde, Jekyll
Jekyll, Jekyll, Hyde, Jekyll, Hyde! (evil laugh)
Jekyll, Jekyll, Hyde, Jekyll, Hyde, Hyde, Jekyll
Jekyll, Jekyll, Hyde, Jekyll, Hyde!
Brain sits on his bed. He opens the book and a note falls out.
Just when it seemed there was no way out
I saw the book was overdue
The book lady said:
Miss Turner: “Are you returning?”
Brain: I thought and I said: “No…
He transforms.
Hyde-Brain: Renew!" (evil laugh)
Video 3: Leftovers Goulash[]
Mr. Read and D.W. try to balance trays of food. A bowl of spaghetti lands on Arthur’s head.
During the song, various clips from other episodes are shown.
Arthur: My dad's a chef
You think that's great?
Just try to guess
What's on your plate
He mixes things
And then he bakes
Why can't he stick
To chocolate cakes?
I want some ice cream
Chocolate would be good
Ice cream that tastes...
Just like it should!
Not broccoli, turkey or a lima bean
It's got to taste like ice cream!
Mr. Read: You have to try my latest treat
A jellied fish
Inside a beet
Arthur+D.W.: Yuck!
Mr. Read: Why should we eat
The same old meals?
Wait till you taste
My garlic eels
There are so many things to make
A custard soup, a liver cake
A curry pie with prunes and squash
How 'bout Leftovers Goulash?
Hey!
D.W.: Nothing brown
And nothing soupy
Nothing slippery
And nothing gloopy
Nothing mashed
And nothing steamed
And nothing runny with eyes or feet
That smells or wiggles when you touch it
or with crusts
and nothing creamed!
This smells like fish!
I can't stand fish!
I can't believe this cookie
Smells like fish!
Mr. Read: There are so many things to make
D.W.: It tastes like fish!
Arthur: I want some ice cream!
Mr. Read: A custard soup, a liver cake
D.W.: I can't stand fish!
Arthur: I want some ice cream!
Mr. Read: A curry pie, with prunes and squash
D.W.: I can't believe this cookie smells like fish!
Arthur: Not broccoli, not turkey!
Mr. Read: How 'bout Leftovers Goulash?
Arthur: It's got to taste like ice cream! Hey!
Arthur+D.W.: Hey!
Mr. Read: Take a pot
And add a lot
Of codfish mash
And kidney hash!
Let's add some snails
And catfish tails,
Some brains and feet
Can't wait to eat!
A sloppy scoop
Of runny gloop
A squid on toast
A rhubarb roast
Some tofu stew
With extra goo
Leftover squash
It's called goulash!
Hey!
Arthur+D.W.: We're not hungry anymore! Hey!
Video 4: Homework[]
Children walk into Lakewood Elementary. Mr. Ratburn passes out sheets of paper.
Mr. Ratburn: Class, you really worked hard today.
Buster: You can say that again!
Mr. Ratburn: Okay!
Class, you really worked hard today.
Now that the school day is through.
I've got something special for you.
Buster: I hope it's ice cream!
Mr. Ratburn: Just a little homework, tonight!
Just a little homework, tonight!
Just a little homework, tonight!
Just a little homework, tonight!
Read 19 chapters of history.
List 63 adverbs alphabetically! Neatness counts!
Chart the journey that Balboa took
Do the first thousand problems in your new math book...
Just a little homework, tonight!
Buster: That's a lot of homework!
Mr. Ratburn: Just a little homework, tonight!
Just a little homework, tonight!
Just a little homework, tonight!
Buster, pay attention!
Buster: Why, i, i, i...
Mr. Ratburn: There's a quiz tomorrow!
Buster: I think I'm going to die-i-i-i...
Mr. Ratburn: A little more homework tonight...
Just a little homework tonight...
Just a little homework tonight...
A split screen shows four kids working, then turning out the light.
Video 5: Library Card (Reprise)[]
Kids stand on a stage dancing in front of giant books.
All: Having fun isn't hard,
When you've got a library card.
Having fun isn't hard,
When you've got a library card.
Prunella looks like the Mona Lisa.
Prunella: Paintings by Leonardo, Rembrandt and Picasso.
Mr. Haney sits at a table with D.W., Emily and Lucy.
Mr. Haney: Confidentially, I'm reading...
All: ..."Go, Dog, Go"!
Buster: There's The Giving Tree and Jumanji
And Where the Wild Things Are.
D.W.: And a book on why you shouldn't keep
Your brother in a jar.
Arthur sits inside a glass jar.
Arthur: Let me out!
Arthur, Francine and Buster stand in three spotlights, dancing.
Arthur: All the thoughts and dreams of people
Throughout history
And all you need's this little card
To borrow 'em for free!
All: Yeah!
Kids stand on a stage dancing in front of giant books again.
Having fun isn't hard,
When you've got a library card.
Having fun isn't hard,
When you've got a library card.
D.W. does cartwheels through the library.
D.W.: There's story time
And lessons on how to use computers,
But there can't be any classes
On how to make me cuter.
Mr. Ratburn does a puppet show. And Francine wears a jacket and cool sunglasses.
Francine: Puppet shows and movies,
The cool things never end.
Miss Turner: And don't forget,
The Dewey Decimal System is your friend.
D.W.: Who's Dewey?
All: And don't forget,
The Dewey Decimal System is your friend.
D.W.: Who's Dewey?
The kids bounce around the library.
All: 1! 2! 3!
Having fun isn't hard,
When you've got a library card.
D.W.: Who's Dewey?!
The kids and several adults stand inside the library dancing, while animals, dinosaurs, boats and other things go by.
All: Having fun isn't hard,
when you've got a library card.
Having fun isn't hard,
When you've got a library card.
D.W.: Who's Dewey?!
The entire library building is jamming towards the end of the song.
All: Having fun isn't hard,
When you've got a library card.
Having fun!
D.W.: Who is Dewey?!?
***
The videos end. Arthur and Buster look out of their cardboard TV.
Arthur+Buster: Ta-da!
Arthur: So, what did you think?
Buster: Pretty good for just two guys in a cardboard TV, huh?
D.W.: It was okay for the basement, but it would never work on real TV.
Buster pulls down a blind saying “The End”.
D.W.: By the way, who's Dewey?