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"Draw!"
Season/Series: 2
Number in season: 1B
Original Airdate: United States October 20, 1997[1]
Canada November 24, 1997[2]
Germany January 24, 2002[3]
Credits
Written by: Joe Fallon
Storyboard by: Eric Bergeron
Gerry Capelle
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"Draw!" is the second half of the first episode in the second season of Arthur.

Summary

After Francine makes fun of Fern, the latter draws an unflattering comic strip making fun of the former, and pretty soon, everyone else tries it, too.

Plot

Arthur tells the viewers about Francine and how, even though she is his friend, she can still be hard to get along with. He gives examples, such as how, even when Francine wins at basketball, she complains that she does not win by more. She also argues a lot, even about the fact that no one else will win an argument with her, and all of this that Francine does is generally when she's in a good mood...

Draw!

One day at school, Mr. Ratburn's class is interrupted by the screeching boom of the school P.A. system. After adjusting his microphone, Mr. Haney announces the upcoming Teacher Charity Carnival, where the students can watch their teachers perform various acts for the day on the school grounds.

At lunch, Francine remarks how silly Mr. Ratburn's puppet shows are, mocking him with a sandwich she makes to look like one of his puppets by sticking on two olives for eyeballs. Arthur and Buster laugh, but Fern says she likes Mr. Ratburn's shows. Francine then mocks her for liking "boring kid stuff". Offended, Fern rushes off, but Francine is indifferent and simply takes Fern's cookie.

In the hallway, Arthur advises Francine to apologize to Fern, but Francine does not show remorse for her actions, instead calling Fern a "mouse" who should just get over it. Fern overhears this and then cries, and she becomes very angry.

To get back at Francine, Fern shows her friends a comic she drew of a conceited cow named Frank who makes fun of everyone else. The kids find this hilarious, but when Francine discovers this, she is less than amused and asks if the cow represents her. The kids deny this as Frank is a boy, but Brain teases Francine by saying cows are females and bulls are males, so the comic might be about her. Francine is not amused and angrily storms off. Later, all the students draw their own depictions of Francine, all of them deciding to give her a taste of her own medicine.

Meanwhile, the teachers are preparing for the carnival, so Ms. Tingley comes into the lounge to learn what their plans are. Mr. Ratburn scares her with his "Many-Headed Hydra vs. Sinbad the Sailor" puppet show, and Miss Sweetwater plans on a sing-along. When she sees Ms. Tingley does not look happy, Miss Sweetwater tries to cheer her up with "I Like Fudge" on her guitar, scaring Ms. Tingley off. Ms. Tingley tries to take cover in Mr. Haney's office, only to find that he plans on a magic act where he will saw her in half in a box. His demonstration with a board or wood goes badly, scaring her off once again.

At lunch, the kids share their comics, which are all ambiguously about Francine, including "The Big Clumsy Moose with Big Feet Named Frannie", "Frannie Foghorn", "Frantic Frog", "Bully Bulldozer", and "Fran the Stinky Sneaker", and everyone laughs at what they have created. Arthur sees Francine sitting alone, apparently upset, and wonders if maybe they should stop. Fern insists that "she'll get over it". When Arthur tries to talk to Francine, she snaps at him to back off, denying that she is insulted. Arthur then reads Buster's comic, "The Giant Slime That Came to School".

In the comic, a huge lump of green slime (who probably represents Francine due to her hair and the fact that they were going through a phase of Francine-themed comics) proceeds to consume anyone who gets in her way, including Mr. Ratburn and Bionic Bunny. In the comic, a hungry boy (probably representing Buster as he has similar looks and personality) wanders in the dark looking for food, and comes across the Giant Slime, which he thinks is lime. He finds it delicious and tries to eat the blob, who runs off in a panic. Buster chases it and eats it in one giant bite, saving Mr. Ratburn and Bionic Bunny in the process, who say that they are glad he eats like a pig.

At this point, Mr. Haney announces the carnival's beginning, so everyone goes outside, except Francine. Mrs. MacGrady finds the comics lying around and it gives her an idea.

At the carnival, all of the kids are having fun watching their teachers and eating food. Fern is called into Mrs. MacGrady's fortune teller tent, where Mrs. MacGrady shows off the comics and says she has a plan to make Francine look silly. Eager to see Francine humiliated, Fern gathers everyone who drew the comics. Mrs. MacGrady says she plans for the kids to hide behind the drapes and dump a vat of green gloop all over Francine when given a cue (Mrs. MacGrady saying "green gloop").

Everyone hides as Francine comes in, and Mrs. MacGrady "sees" the comics in her crystal ball. Francine admits that they are all probably of her, and does not laugh. Eventually, she begins crying. At this point, Francine admits to Mrs. MacGrady that her friends' teasing is really hurting her and understands it was wrong of her to insult Fern.

Everyone overhears this and are shocked. Francine actually DOES have feelings! At this point, Mrs. MacGrady says "green gloop", but the kids realized they pushed Francine a bit too far, and proceed to call off their plan of further humiliating her. Mrs. MacGrady comforts Francine and she soon leaves. The kids decide to go and apologize to Francine. After they leave, Mrs. MacGrady pulls open the box; her "green gloop" was actually a huge assortment of streamers and balloons.

After a while, Francine and her friends finally make up, and they all enjoy the carnival and seem happy that things are back to normal. Meanwhile, Miss Sweetwater and Mr. Haney are still chasing Ms. Tingley away as she desperately tries to avoid their acts, especially Mr. Haney's.

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Trivia

  • Morals:
    • Two wrongs do not make a right: Don't be mean to others who were mean to you because it does not justify doing it back.
    • Treat others the way you want to be treated.
  • The answer to the math problem 3,630,279,148 divided by 7,681 (the math problem Mr. Ratburn asks in the comic) is 472,631.0568936336, which is not a whole number.
  • When Francine tells Arthur to "go eat an ant sandwich," it is a reference to how aardvarks eat ants in real life.
  • For unknown reasons, starting in the 2010s, the opening scene of the episode and the final scene where Miss Sweetwater and Mr. Haney are chasing Ms. Tingley were removed from UK airings.
  • In Spanish, this episode is named "Arte cruel," which translates to "Cruel art."

Episode connections

Cultural references

  • Mr. Ratburn's plans to do a puppet show featuring Sinbad (Arabian Nights) and the Hydra (Greek Mythology).

Errors

  • When Francine storms off the basketball court after learning of the "Furious Frank" comic, Buster's mouth moves as if he is gasping or saying "Huh?", but he does not make any sound.
  • Brain is there when Mrs. MacGrady tells them to pour the gloop on Francine, but he is not with his friends when they hide.
  • When all the kids start drawing their comics, the shot of Francine reading is from "My Dad, the Garbage Man." This is out of place as it shows Fern sitting across from Francine when the shot before that shows Alex sitting across from her.
  • In the scene where Arthur, Buster. and Brain play carnival games, Arthur's cel is misplaced causing his feet not to touch the ground.

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