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==Summary== |
==Summary== |
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| − | [[Thora Read|Grandma Thora]] lends [[D.W. Read|D.W.]] an antique porcelain doll for a week, and D.W. accidentally makes a mess of the doll. |
+ | [[Thora Read|Grandma Thora]] lends [[D.W. Read|D.W.]] an antique porcelain [[Clarissa|doll]] for a week, and D.W. accidentally makes a mess of the doll. |
==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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| + | Arthur and D.W. watch a show on Egyptian burials and discuss what treasures they would take into their tombs. |
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| ⚫ | The episode begins with D.W. at Grandma Thora's house. D.W. likes Clarissa, the porcelain doll Thora keeps in her cabinet. Thora agrees to let D.W. take care of Clarissa for the week, much to her joy. Over the next week, D.W. has fun playing with Clarissa, but does not take good care of the doll, ruining |
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| + | <center>'''Clarissa is Cracked'''</center> |
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| ⚫ | On the day D.W. is supposed to return Clarissa, she is jumping on the bed, causing the doll to fall and her right eye being broken off. Her parents discover this and |
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| ⚫ | The episode begins with D.W. at [[Grandma Thora's House|Grandma Thora's house]]. D.W. likes Clarissa, the porcelain doll Thora keeps in her cabinet. Thora takes the doll out of the cabinet and hands it to D.W., then [[Jane Read|Jane]] arrives to pick D.W. up. D.W. goes to put Clarissa back on the shelf but then takes her back off it again and stares at it and says goodbye to her. Thora agrees to let D.W. take care of Clarissa for the week, much to her joy. Over the next week, D.W. has fun playing with Clarissa, but does not take good care of the doll, ruining her hair and clothes. |
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| ⚫ | To help D.W. understand better, David and Jane bring out an old photo album detailing Thora's childhood--as it turns out, Thora grew up as the youngest and only daughter of four kids, and her three older brothers were actually part of the reason why she ended up getting Clarissa in the first place. Going into greater detail |
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| ⚫ | On the day D.W. is supposed to return Clarissa, she is jumping on the bed, causing the doll to fall and her right eye being broken off. Her parents discover this and scold D.W. for not taking better care of the doll. D.W. doesn't see what the big deal is and figures they can just replace Clarissa with another doll without Grandma Thora discovering what really happened. But [[David Read|David]] and Jane explain that just because Clarissa's old, that doesn't make it okay for her to break it and add that Clarissa's very special to Grandma Thora. |
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| ⚫ | After learning all of this, D.W. realizes just how much Clarissa means to Thora and feels bad for how poorly she's been treating the doll. Jane takes D.W. to the local doll hospital to have Clarissa fixed, but the doctor, named Bill, is gone on vacation and won't be back for a month. The family tries finding other doll hospitals to fix Clarissa, but they're all booked |
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| ⚫ | To help D.W. understand better, David and Jane bring out an old photo album detailing Thora's childhood--as it turns out, Thora grew up as the youngest and only daughter of four kids, and her three older brothers were actually part of the reason why she ended up getting Clarissa in the first place. Going into greater detail: up until Thora had gotten Clarissa (which was a birthday present for when she turned 5), every toy Thora ever had was a hand-me-down from one of her rambunctious but well-meaning older brothers, and after receiving Clarissa, Thora did her best to take good care of the doll. |
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| ⚫ | D.W. and her family return for Clarissa two hours after leaving her with Mr. Ratburn, but when they get there, D.W. gets worried that Mr. Ratburn is destroying Clarissa. However, it turns out that Clarissa is good as new and that all the commotion D.W. and her family heard was just Mr. Ratburn making a |
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| ⚫ | After learning all of this, D.W. realizes just how much Clarissa means to Thora and feels bad for how poorly she's been treating the doll. Jane takes D.W. to the local doll hospital to have Clarissa fixed, but the doctor, named [[Bill (doll doctor)|Bill]], is gone on vacation and won't be back for a month. The family tries finding other doll hospitals to fix Clarissa, but they're all completely booked up (some six months into the future). D.W. tries fixing Clarissa's broken face with a headband, but that doesn't work either. Arthur ends up enlisting the help of [[Nigel Ratburn|Mr. Ratburn]], who agrees to fix the doll after the kids explain the situation to him (noting that the material used for Clarissa is pretty similar to the marionettes he uses in his puppet shows). |
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| ⚫ | Later that evening, D.W. returns Clarissa to Thora, who praises her granddaughter for taking good care of the doll. However, D.W. can't handle the guilt of not telling |
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| ⚫ | D.W. and her family return for Clarissa two hours after leaving her with Mr. Ratburn, but when they get there, D.W. gets worried that Mr. Ratburn is destroying Clarissa. However, it turns out that Clarissa is good as new and that all the commotion D.W. and her family heard was just Mr. Ratburn making a desk. |
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| ⚫ | Later that evening, D.W. returns Clarissa to Thora, who praises her granddaughter for taking good care of the doll. However, D.W. can't handle the guilt of not telling, and confesses that she wrecked the doll and Mr. Ratburn fixed it. Rather than get mad at her granddaughter, Thora explains that she's broken Clarissa many times over the years, but always managed to get her fixed. She is proud of D.W. for telling the truth and notes that it was very responsible of her to get Clarissa fixed. In the end, Thora decides to let D.W. keep the doll for herself. The episode finishes with Clarissa next to two pictures: one of D.W. with Clarissa and the old photo of Grandma Thora as D.W.'s age with the doll. |
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==Characters== |
==Characters== |
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===Major=== |
===Major=== |
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*[[D.W. Read]] |
*[[D.W. Read]] |
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*[[Thora Read]] |
*[[Thora Read]] |
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*[[Arthur Read]] |
*[[Arthur Read]] |
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===Minor=== |
===Minor=== |
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*[[Jane Read]] |
*[[Jane Read]] |
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*[[David Read]] |
*[[David Read]] |
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+ | *[[Kate Read]] |
| + | *[[Nigel Ratburn|Mr. Ratburn]] |
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| + | *[[Thora's mother]] (flashback) |
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| + | *[[Thora's father]] (flashback) |
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| + | *[[Thora's brother 1]] (flashback) |
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| + | *[[Thora's brother 2]] (flashback) |
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| + | *[[Thora's brother 3]] (flashback) |
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| + | *[[Nadine Flumberghast]] (fantasy) |
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| + | *[[Bitzi Baxter]] |
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| + | *Judging by the illustrations, Mrs. Read reads ''{{W|Rub-a-dub-dub}}'' and ''{{W|Hey Diddle Diddle}}'' to D.W. and Clarissa. |
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===Episode connections=== |
===Episode connections=== |
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*[[D.W. Read|D.W.]] once again mentions her [[snowball]] from "[[D.W.'s Snow Mystery]]." |
*[[D.W. Read|D.W.]] once again mentions her [[snowball]] from "[[D.W.'s Snow Mystery]]." |
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| − | *Arthur finds a doll head in "[[The Big Dig]]" which looks very similar to Clarissa. |
+ | *Arthur finds a doll head in "[[The Big Dig]]" which looks very similar to Clarissa's. |
| + | *Thora's mother is revealed to still be alive in [[Arthur's Cousin Catastrophe|Arthur’s Cousin Catastrophe]]”. |
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| + | *There are a couple parallels to "[[Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn|Arthur And the Real Mr. Ratburn"]] in this episode. Both episodes show Mr. Ratburn doing a puppet show based on a fairytale in which the puppet's heads come off. And D.W. worries about Mr. Ratburn potentially destroying Clarissa much like Arthur and Buster were worried about Mr. Ratburn using 'boy heads' (from real humans) for his puppets. |
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===Errors=== |
===Errors=== |
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| ⚫ | *When [[Clarissa]] is repaired, she appears as if she had never been damaged before, and Grandma Thora even reveals that Clarissa was damaged many times even before D.W. damaged the doll. This is considered a plot hole, because in reality, these types of cracks cannot be retracted and would require the use of gelatin-like applications to be masked. |
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| ⚫ | * When [[Clarissa]] is repaired, she appears as if she had never been damaged before, and Grandma Thora even reveals that Clarissa was damaged many times even before D.W. damaged the doll. This is considered a plot hole, because in reality, these types of cracks cannot be retracted and would require the use of gelatin-like applications to be masked. |
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'''DVD''' |
'''DVD''' |
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+ | *[[Arthur: The Complete Series 4]] |
| + | *[[Arthur Loses His Marbles (DVD)|Arthur Loses His Marbles]] |
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==Gallery== |
==Gallery== |
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Latest revision as of 21:29, 18 April 2024
| "Clarissa is Cracked" | |
| Season/Series: | 3 |
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| Number in season: | 12B |
| Original Airdate: |  December 29, 1998 March 15, 1999 March 8, 2002[1] |
| Credits | |
| Written by: | Sandra Willard |
| Storyboard by: | Bulent Karabagli Marcos Da Silva |
| Episodes | |
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| Read transcript |
"Clarissa is Cracked" is the second half of the twelfth episode in the third season of Arthur.
Summary
Grandma Thora lends D.W. an antique porcelain doll for a week, and D.W. accidentally makes a mess of the doll.
Plot
Arthur and D.W. watch a show on Egyptian burials and discuss what treasures they would take into their tombs.
The episode begins with D.W. at Grandma Thora's house. D.W. likes Clarissa, the porcelain doll Thora keeps in her cabinet. Thora takes the doll out of the cabinet and hands it to D.W., then Jane arrives to pick D.W. up. D.W. goes to put Clarissa back on the shelf but then takes her back off it again and stares at it and says goodbye to her. Thora agrees to let D.W. take care of Clarissa for the week, much to her joy. Over the next week, D.W. has fun playing with Clarissa, but does not take good care of the doll, ruining her hair and clothes.
On the day D.W. is supposed to return Clarissa, she is jumping on the bed, causing the doll to fall and her right eye being broken off. Her parents discover this and scold D.W. for not taking better care of the doll. D.W. doesn't see what the big deal is and figures they can just replace Clarissa with another doll without Grandma Thora discovering what really happened. But David and Jane explain that just because Clarissa's old, that doesn't make it okay for her to break it and add that Clarissa's very special to Grandma Thora.
To help D.W. understand better, David and Jane bring out an old photo album detailing Thora's childhood--as it turns out, Thora grew up as the youngest and only daughter of four kids, and her three older brothers were actually part of the reason why she ended up getting Clarissa in the first place. Going into greater detail: up until Thora had gotten Clarissa (which was a birthday present for when she turned 5), every toy Thora ever had was a hand-me-down from one of her rambunctious but well-meaning older brothers, and after receiving Clarissa, Thora did her best to take good care of the doll.
After learning all of this, D.W. realizes just how much Clarissa means to Thora and feels bad for how poorly she's been treating the doll. Jane takes D.W. to the local doll hospital to have Clarissa fixed, but the doctor, named Bill, is gone on vacation and won't be back for a month. The family tries finding other doll hospitals to fix Clarissa, but they're all completely booked up (some six months into the future). D.W. tries fixing Clarissa's broken face with a headband, but that doesn't work either. Arthur ends up enlisting the help of Mr. Ratburn, who agrees to fix the doll after the kids explain the situation to him (noting that the material used for Clarissa is pretty similar to the marionettes he uses in his puppet shows).
D.W. and her family return for Clarissa two hours after leaving her with Mr. Ratburn, but when they get there, D.W. gets worried that Mr. Ratburn is destroying Clarissa. However, it turns out that Clarissa is good as new and that all the commotion D.W. and her family heard was just Mr. Ratburn making a desk.
Later that evening, D.W. returns Clarissa to Thora, who praises her granddaughter for taking good care of the doll. However, D.W. can't handle the guilt of not telling, and confesses that she wrecked the doll and Mr. Ratburn fixed it. Rather than get mad at her granddaughter, Thora explains that she's broken Clarissa many times over the years, but always managed to get her fixed. She is proud of D.W. for telling the truth and notes that it was very responsible of her to get Clarissa fixed. In the end, Thora decides to let D.W. keep the doll for herself. The episode finishes with Clarissa next to two pictures: one of D.W. with Clarissa and the old photo of Grandma Thora as D.W.'s age with the doll.
Characters
Major
Minor
- Jane Read
- David Read
- Kate Read
- Mr. Ratburn
- Thora's mother (flashback)
- Thora's father (flashback)
- Thora's brother 1 (flashback)
- Thora's brother 2 (flashback)
- Thora's brother 3 (flashback)
- Nadine Flumberghast (fantasy)
Mentioned
Trivia
- Thora is shown as a child in this episode. She looks a lot like D.W. and shares D.W.'s voice actor Michael Caloz (Seasons 1–3).
Cultural references
- Judging by the illustrations, Mrs. Read reads Rub-a-dub-dub and Hey Diddle Diddle to D.W. and Clarissa.
Episode connections
- D.W. once again mentions her snowball from "D.W.'s Snow Mystery."
- Arthur finds a doll head in "The Big Dig" which looks very similar to Clarissa's.
- Thora's mother is revealed to still be alive in Arthur’s Cousin Catastrophe”.
- There are a couple parallels to "Arthur And the Real Mr. Ratburn" in this episode. Both episodes show Mr. Ratburn doing a puppet show based on a fairytale in which the puppet's heads come off. And D.W. worries about Mr. Ratburn potentially destroying Clarissa much like Arthur and Buster were worried about Mr. Ratburn using 'boy heads' (from real humans) for his puppets.
Errors
- When Clarissa is repaired, she appears as if she had never been damaged before, and Grandma Thora even reveals that Clarissa was damaged many times even before D.W. damaged the doll. This is considered a plot hole, because in reality, these types of cracks cannot be retracted and would require the use of gelatin-like applications to be masked.
Home Video
DVD
Gallery
Screenshots
References