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| Arthur's Computer Disaster | |
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| Author | Marc Brown |
| Illustrator | Marc Brown |
| Publication date | September 1, 1997 |
| Published by | Little, Brown and Company |
| ISBN | 0316105341 |
| Publication Order | |
| Preceded by Arthur Writes a Story (1996) |
Followed by Arthur Lost and Found (1998) |
Arthur's Computer Disaster is the 23rd book in the Arthur Adventure series. It was written and illustrated by Marc Brown, and published by Little, Brown and Company. It is based on "Arthur the Wrecker," and it is also the second Arthur Adventure book based on an episode, but the first to be published after its episode counterpart's original airdate.
In the story, Arthur Read is playing on his mom's computer while she is out, but accidentally breaks it. He frantically tries to fix it, but his mom proves that it is not broken when she gets back.
Characters[]
- D.W. Read
- Arthur's father
- Arthur Read
- Arthur's mother
- Kate Read
- Pal
- Buster Baxter
- The Brain's mom
- The Brain
- A computer expert
Trivia[]
Notes[]
- There's also a version of the book called Arthur's Computer Adventure that's a computer game.
Differences from the TV episode[]
- When Arthur starts playing Deep Dark Sea, he is wearing his pajamas. In the episode, he was playing on the computer before changing into his pajamas.
- When Arthur's mother tells him and Buster that it's tax season that she needs to use the computer all day, she is in the kitchen and on the phone. In the episode, she is on the computer when she tells them.
- Also, in the book, after she tells the boys she needs to run to the office, she adds "And don't touch my computer" (which she didn't exactly say in the cartoon but meant to remind them).
- Mrs. Powers told the boys that the Brain was not home instead of Mr. Powers.
- Unlike her husband, she is at the front door instead of doing a car repair while reminding the boys of her son's absence.
- After the Brain couldn't find the problem with the computer, Arthur, D.W. and Buster then go to the computer repair shop. In the episode, they didn't go to the computer repair shop because Jane came home right away, thus making Buster and the Brain leave.
- After the computer supposedly breaks, D.W. tells Arthur and his friend Buster that they're both in big trouble. In the episode, she rambles on to them about how their mom could get fired and that their family could become homeless and suffer poor health conditions. In the book, she says it before Jane comes home.
- Also, in the book, D.W. says that the family could get "ammonia" (pneumonia) and die. In the episode, only about Kate does she fear could get pneumonia if this happens.
- After the computer incident, Arthur's mother calls to check and see how he's doing, and he lies to her about not touching the computer. In the episode, she doesn't call, but later mentions he could have called her and asked her for help.
- The main character in the game Deep Dark Sea is a bear wearing goggles, a snorkel, air tanks on their back, a swimsuit, and flippers. In the episode, the character in the game was wearing a metallic diving suit.
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