| "Do You Speak George?" | |
| Season/Series: | 10 |
|---|---|
| Number in season: | 9a |
| Original Airdate: |  May 25, 2006[1] September 25, 2006[3] November 17, 2006[2] May 6, 2008[4] |
| Credits | |
| Written by: | Peter K. Hirsch |
| Storyboard by: | Stéphanie Gignac |
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"Do You Speak George?" is the first half of the ninth episode in the tenth season of Arthur.
Summary[]
Everyone at school starts making up their own languages.
Plot[]
Arthur, Francine, Buster, Muffy, Binky, Fern, Brain and Sue Ellen are on a hay ride. Arthur comments that it is great when they do things as a group, and then discuss with the group all the different things they do together: a snowball fight at the tree house, climbing Moose Mountain, and river rafting in a giant rubber duck (in Buster's dream). George tries to catch up to the cart, but is sad when his friends leave him behind.
Buster advises Arthur on shooting a marble, which launches too far and rolls to Francine and Muffy. They speak strangely, and when Arthur questions them, the girls explain that they are speaking "Oola ," a secret language. Buster wants to learn it, but Francine responds that it wouldn’t be a secret language anymore if they learned it.
Arthur visits George and teaches him "Arster-Buthur," his and Buster's secret language. At school, George gets frustrated with speaking Arster-Buthur and moves to sit with Sue Ellen, who tells him he should learn Oolah instead. Francine gets mad at Sue Ellen for "nearly contaminat[ing] Oolah," and George says, "I think you've all gone crackers!"
George asks Binky to create a secret language with him, but leaves when Binky burps, meaning "hand over the raisins." He goes to Brain, who wants to invent a new language as well and invites him to the Ice Cream Shop to discuss it tomorrow.
That night, George dreams that he and Wally venture into the Gramazon Jungle, get attacked by Tongue-Twisting Toads, and cross a pit of gobbledygook. They come across a village of smaller Georges, the Georginis, who teach their language made of "gestures and sounds."
George reports his idea to Brain, who dismisses it because it "looks really silly." George tries to show his language to other people, none of whom appreciate it. At school, George watches a ball bounce into Arthur's bag, and Francine runs to grab it. They argue in their made-up languages, and George resolves the argument by showing that Francine just wants to get the ball. He comments that "things were a lot more fun around here when everybody understood each other!"
Everyone else apologizes and asks to learn George's language (since they refuse to learn each others). George considers the advantages of his language, but realizes that people with injured limbs could not speak it, after he sees Jenna (in his dream) with her arm in a sling. He suggests that they continue speaking normally, and runs off to play marbles with his friends.
Characters[]
Major[]
Minor[]
- Binky Barnes
- Sue Ellen Armstrong
- Wally
- several Georgini
Cameo[]
- Fern Walters
- Prunella Deegan
- D.W. Read
- Mr. Ratburn
- Jenna Morgan
- 3rd Grade Male Rat
- 3rd Grade Male Rabbit
- 3rd Grade Male Dog (Number 3)
- Maria Pappas
- 3rd Grade Female Aardvark
- Beulah McInnerny
- 3rd Grade Male Dog
- Kenny
- Mary (3rd grader)
- Mary Perchanok]]
- 3rd Grade Female Cat (Number 2)
- Jessica
- Alex Davidson
- Paul Jacobs
- Otis
- Loretta
Mentioned[]
Trivia[]
- When George makes a baby cry, the lady pushing the stroller looks like Arthur's aunt Loretta.
- When Brain speaks his secret language at the playground, he says, "10 22 13 16," translating to "jump."
- The secret languages Oola, Arster-Buthur and Brain's Math Language have their own pages explaining the rules. For the Georgini language, see Georginis.
- Binky also created a "language", but it was essentially an excuse to communicate in crude burps (as his "language" was basically burping).
- Wally considered making a "language", replacing each word with "Wally" (it is obviously a joke).
Episode connections[]
- George brings up that he has dyslexia. This is revealed in "The Boy with His Head in the Clouds."
Errors[]
- In the flashback of Moose Mountain, Buster, Arthur, Brain and Binky are shown, even though they did not come on the trip. Prunella and Jenna are nowhere to be seen even though they did come on the trip. This could be a separate hiking trip from the one that occurred in "Fernfern and the Secret of Moose Mountain."
- 3rd Grade Male Rabbit sits on a table with Binky, but later switches to a table with Mary.
- At the end of the episode, when the kids talk to George on the tire swing, Muffy's shoes are miscolored (teal instead of brown).
Production notes[]
- Like all episodes of Season 10, this episode included the number '10' hidden in various places. For a list of them, see ARTHUR Season 10 Scavenger Hunt.
- This is the first Arthur episode where Jessica Kardos is credited as the voice of Sue Ellen. Kardos previously voiced Sue Ellen in season 1 of Postcards from Buster.
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