Changes: Castles in the Sky

	"Castles in the Sky"
	Main image; Title card;
Season/Series:	9
Number in season:	1a
Original Airdate:	December 27, 2004; April 8, 2005;
	Credits
Written by:	Peter K. Hirsch
Storyboard by:	Jeremy O'Neill
	Episodes
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Revision as of 20:14, 30 March 2020

"Castles in the Sky" is the first half of the first episode in the ninth season of Arthur.

Summary

The gang's treehouse collapses, and architect Frank Gehry steps in to help them rebuild—if they can agree on a new design.

Plot

One day, during a snow-sledding race between Arthur and Buster, the tree house has been destroyed by snow. Later at the Sugar Bowl, Arthur and his friends are worried. Then a man named Frank shows up and offers to help the gang. Arthur and his friends come up with lots of different designs for their tree house, but Frank doesn't approve of them. Then they discover they like the original design better. So they started rebuilding their tree house. As Frank leaves, he gave them a picture of one of his building designs. That was before they discovered it was Frank Gehry.

Characters

Major

Minor

Cameo

Trivia

D.W. is only seen as a baby instead of her 4 year old self.
Special guest star Frank Gehry plays as himself.

Episode connections

Buster references his first dinner with Harry from "Bitzi's Beau."
The name Frances appears in this episode. It's unclear who Frances is, but his name would be joined by a list of ten other unidentified students' names in the Season 13 episode, "Arthur's Number Nightmare."

Cultural References

The famous buildings shown are in order: "Sagrada Família" by Antoni Gaudí in Barcelona, the Chiat/Day “Binoculars” Building by Frank Gehry in Los Angeles, and the Guggenheim Museum by Frank Gehry in Bilbao.
This episode's title is close to the same as Studio Ghibli's 1986 film, Castle in the Sky.

Errors

When Francine is drawing the new treehouse on the stump, she mentions that Sue Ellen wants a pagoda; but in the Sugar Bowl when Francine shows the design to Frank, Sue Ellen has an art studio.
- It is possible that Sue Ellen might have changed her mind or that Francine simply made a blunder while pitching her treehouse idea.

Production Notes

This is the first episode where Cameron Ansell voices Arthur Read.
This is the first episode where Cookie Jar Entertainment produces the series.

Gallery

Videos

ARTHUR Big Race PBS KIDS

Screenshots

References

[1] ttp://web.archive.org/web/20190606083502/https://www.ket.org/episode/ARUR%20%20000901/

[2] File:901a airdate.png

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 ==Summary==
-The gang's treehouse collapses, and architect Frank Gehry steps in to help them rebuild—if they can agree on a new design.
+The gang's treehouse collapses, and architect [[Frank Gehry]] steps in to help them rebuild—if they can agree on a new design.
 ==Plot==
@@ Line 16: / Line 16: @@
 ==Characters==
-===Major Roles===
+===Major===
-*[[Arthur Read|Arthur]]
+*[[Arthur Read]]
 *[[Buster Baxter]]
-*[[Francine Frensky|Francine]]
+*[[Francine Frensky]]
-*[[Alan Powers]]
+*[[Alan Powers|The Brain]]
 *[[Frank Gehry]]
+===Minor===
-===Minor Roles===
 *[[Muffy Crosswire]]
 *[[Binky Barnes]]
 *[[Bitzi Baxter]]
 ===Cameo===
 *[[Carl Manino]]
@@ Line 41: / Line 39: @@
 *[[4th Grade Male Dog]]
 *[[Kiefer]]
-*[[Mrs. MacGrady]]
+*[[Leah MacGrady]]
 *[[Maria Pappas]]
 *[[Jenna Morgan]]
@@ Line 48: / Line 46: @@
 ==Trivia==
+*[[D.W. Read|D.W.]] is only seen as a baby instead of her 4 year old self.
+*Special guest star [[Frank Gehry]] plays as himself.
 ===Episode connections===
 *Buster references his first dinner with [[Harry Mills|Harry]] from "[[Bitzi's Beau]]."
 *The name Frances appears in this episode. It's unclear who Frances is, but his name would be joined by a list of ten other unidentified students' names in the Season 13 episode, "[[Arthur's Number Nightmare]]."
+===Cultural References===
+*The famous buildings shown are in order: "{{W|Sagrada Família}}" by Antoni Gaudí in Barcelona, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binoculars_Building Chiat/Day “Binoculars” Building] by Frank Gehry in Los Angeles, and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guggenheim_Museum_Bilbao Guggenheim Museum] by Frank Gehry in Bilbao.
+*This episode's title is close to the same as {{W|Studio Ghibli}}'s 1986 film, {{W|Castle in the Sky}}.
+===Errors===
+*When Francine is drawing the new treehouse on the stump, she mentions that Sue Ellen wants a pagoda; but in the Sugar Bowl when Francine shows the design to Frank, Sue Ellen has an art studio.
+**It is possible that Sue Ellen might have changed her mind or that Francine simply made a blunder while pitching her treehouse idea.
 ===Production Notes===
 *This is the first episode where [[Cameron Ansell]] voices Arthur Read.
-*This is the first episode where Cookie Jar produces the series.
+*This is the first episode where [[Cookie Jar Entertainment]] produces the series.
-===Errors===
-*When Francine is drawing the new treehouse on the stump, she mentions that Sue Ellen wants a pagoda; but in the Sugar Bowl when Francine shows the design to Frank, Sue Ellen has an art studio.
 ==Gallery==
 {{CollapsingGallery|
-===Promotional images===
+===Videos===
+<gallery sizing="220x220px">
+ARTHUR Big Race PBS KIDS
+</gallery>
+===Screenshots===
 <gallery>
 Castles in the Sky.JPG
+a_01 Treehouse.jpg|The treehouse destroyed
+Castle.png
+a_02 Treehouse opening.jpg|Flashback: Treehouse opening
+a_04 Space Castle Treehouse.jpg|Space Castle Treehouse
+a_06 La Sagrada Familia.jpg|La Sagrada Familia
+a_08 Frank Gehry.jpg|Frank Gehry
+a_09 Working Together.jpg|Working Together
+a_10 New Treehouse.jpg|New treehouse
+a_11 Guggenheim Museum.jpg|Guggenheim Museum
 </gallery>}}
 ==References==
-{{Reflist}}{{EpisodeNav|9}}
+{{Reflist}}
+{{EpisodeNav|9}}
+{{TitleSort}}
 [[Category:Season 9 episodes]]
-[[Category:Episodes]]
 [[Category:Episodes with guest stars]]
 [[Category:Paragraph Needs Improvements]]
+[[Category:Episode pages without home video]]
+[[Category:A to Z]]
+[[Category:Arthur episodes]]

"Castles in the Sky"
Main image Title card
Season/Series:	9
Number in season:	1a
Original Airdate:	December 27, 2004^[1] April 8, 2005^[2]
Credits
Written by:	Peter K. Hirsch
Storyboard by:	Jeremy O'Neill
Episodes
Previous "Bleep"	Next "Tipping the Scales"