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George Lundgren
Age 8[1][2]
Grade 3rd

4th ("First Day")

Gender Male
Animal Moose[3]
Eye color Blue[4]
Complexion Brown
Favorite color Fuzzy wuzzy brown[1]
Blue[5]
Residence George's House, Elwood City
Family Neal Lundgren (father)
Mrs. Lundgren (mother)
George's sister
George's grandmother
George's grandfather
George's Cousin
George's Uncle
Job Owner of The Sugar Bowl ("All Grown Up")
Cartoon debut "Arthur's Eyes"
Voiced by Mitchell Rothpan (s1 - s7, APC, AIORnR)
Evan Smirnow (s8)
Eleanor Noble (s9 - s11; s14 - s25)
Samantha Reynolds (s12 - s13)

George Lundgren[6][7] (formerly George Nordgren[8]) is a student who attends Lakewood Elementary School, in Mr. Ratburn's third grade class and later Mrs. Grimslid's fourth grade class.[9]

Biography

Family

George lives in Elwood City with his father, who is a carpenter by trade, and his mother. He has a sister,[10] but she typically only appears as background character in earlier seasons.

George is of Scandinavian descent. He has family relatives who are Swedish,[11][12] including an uncle,[13] a cousin,[14] and grandparents.[15] It is also implied that he has connections to Norway. During his walk from Elwood City to Crown City in "The Long Road Home," he wears a shirt that says, "I Love Norway"[16] and in "Ladonna's Like List," Ladonna's song suggests that George's family is from Norway.[17] George also recites, "The capital of Norway is Oslo" as a trivia answer while playing No Guessing![8] In "Arthur's Perfect Christmas," George does celebrate Christmas, but he celebrates it in a different way than the other kids in Elwood City. On Christmas, according to Swedish tradition, they would dance and parade in traditional clothes and eat traditional Christmas food.[11]

Personality

Pinnochio Blues

George uses Wally to express his thoughts and feelings to himself and others

George is a shy, quiet boy, who often prefers to express himself through his wooden giraffe dummy, Wally, and he has become a talented ventriloquist.[18] However, sometimes he gets carried away with the puppeteering; Wally is not allowed in Mr. Ratburn's class,[18] and George's mother says that he should recognize that some people may want to engage with George himself rather than the puppet.[19] George treats Wally very much like a real person (even though he is well aware he is not real), and often discusses his problems at school with him, as he rarely gets the chance to speak with his classmates.

Despite his timidness, George has a very kind personality, as he is willing to help his friends, even if it means sacrificing his own needs.[20] However, his quiet attitude can be misinterpreted by his peers, and as a result, he is often forgotten and left out of many of their activities.[21][22] It is this isolation that causes George to play mostly with his dummy Wally, and beyond that, he also suffers from regular nosebleeds in one episode, which also contributes to others wanting to avoid him.[23] He can be a bit of a pushover; once Buster invites himself over to George's house for a sleepover,[24] and in another instance, George decides to direct his own movie, but Muffy ends up taking charge of the movie production instead.[25] He is the most common victim of Binky's bullying and intimidation.[26][27][28]

George manages to act as a peacekeeper and settles arguments during conflict among his classmates,[21][29] and he is quite empathetic toward others.[30] He is known to be a strict follower of rules and rarely gets in trouble, so the assistant principal presents him with the opportunity to be hallway monitor at school.[31] Because of his kind and patient nature, George meets Carl, a boy who has autism, and is able to learn how to become a great companion and friend for him.[32]

Talents

George is very creative and daydreams frequently, which is a sign of his imaginative and dyslexic mind.[8] He is a skilled carpenter (he crafted Wally himself with some help from his father[18]), and in general, he enjoys making things with his hands.[33][22][34][35] While making a short film, he decides to format the video like a woodworking show, "This Old Doll House."[36] He also enjoys making up mysteries with Fern while role-playing as Bastings, and Fern as detective Watteau.[37][38][39]

He seems to have good luck with winning competitions[6][36][40][41][42] though he does not always succeed in his endeavors. For example, in "Dancing Fools," he and Francine end up not winning the dance competition they enter together. He is not very good singer,[43] but he does know how to play the guitar.[44][45] He also plays the guitar called "Bonnie," but in his dreams.[24]

George is defender for the Lakewood Elementary soccer team. He is also a big fan of baseball, and provides commentary for some Elwood City Grebelings games.[46]

George28

George, age 28, setting up a new television monitor at the renovated The Sugar Bowl Cafe.

Future life

If the intro to the episode, "The Election" is truly in the future, he will either be future President, Muffy's running mate, or a member of her party.

As revealed in the flash forward in "All Grown Up," George becomes the new owner of the Sugar Bowl after Carl Manino's retirement.

Physical appearance

George is an anthropomorphic moose who wears an orange (or red, in seasons 8 through 11) button-down shirt with rolled-up sleeves, cream-colored khakis, and green and white sneakers. In a promotional illustration on the show's official website, he is depicted wearing a beige shirt, blue shorts, and red and white sneakers. During the winter time, George wears a green jacket with a red hat with flaps. In the summer time, George wears a light green shirt, short khakis, and green and white sneakers.

Perhaps his most distinctive feature is his antlers (also referred to as horns). As a result of having antlers, he is often given nicknames, such as "Big Horns" in "Big Horns George," and "Head Gear" in "Nicked by a Name." However, his antlers also give him some disadvantages, since they sometimes accidentally knock coats off their racks and they can cause his head to get stuck in his locker.[18]

Friends

Although George might be isolated at times, he is proven to care for others even if they might occasionally be mean to him, which makes him very likable among Arthur and his group of friends for being so kind and forgiving. George's best friends are Brain, Fern, and Carl.

  • Carl: Carl is also one of the rare people George doesn't use Wally to talk to because he tried showing Wally to Carl one time and it frightened Carl.
  • Fern: Fern seems to be very close to George. She and George are usually seen together acting out a detective scenario where George is her assistant, similar to Sherlock and Watson. In "The Case of the Girl with the Long Face," he becomes very concerned for her and thinks she is depressed when she suddenly stops their game and seems unlike herself.
  • Brain: In "Do You Speak George?" when everyone was speaking their own languages, Brain and George decide to work together to make their own unique language. They ended up not agreeing on how their language should be. Brain also helps George have a better understanding on Carl's Asperger's Syndrome in "When Carl Met George."
  • Buster Baxter: George and Buster are great pals. George admires Buster enough to write a paper about how and why he is so admirable. Buster is known to stand up for George's well-being occasionally like when Francine knocked George's dominoes down and Buster confronted her and explained she should apologize. Occasionally, Buster will take advantage of George's shy personality by taking George's things[20] and even sleeping over at George's house uninvited.[24]
  • Arthur Read: George describes one of his best days ever as when Arthur talked to him and helped him after Wally fell apart. There's times when they hang out and when they were playing cards at George's house as Binky came over, Arthur told Binky "George isn't home right now." Knowing poor George is scared of Binky. George, Buster and Arthur also attempt to form a group in "Arthur - It's Only Rock 'n' Roll" after Francine rejects them from her group.
  • Francine Frensky: In "Dancing Fools" he and Francine dance together, and in "Vomitrocious," she makes fun of him but they become friends after the misunderstanding. He also invited her to his birthday party in Best Wishes at Muffy party he and Francine played with a Beach ball
  • Jenna Morgan: George and Jenna are classmates at Lakewood Elementary. After learning that she had claimed to have a crush on him in "Jenna's Bedtime Blues," he approaches her displaying an apparent interest of his own. They have also appeared together on numerous occasions.
  • Alex Davidson: Both of them play basketball in "April 9th."
  • Binky Barnes: Originally, George is a frequent victim of Binky's bullying, even after Binky mostly gave up being a bully. In "Crime and Consequences," Binky tries to make up to George and the two start becoming friends.

Appearances

Quotes

“

How is it possible to know so much about someone, but not really know them?

”
—Arthur Read, "Arthur's Dummy Disaster"
“

I'm not so good with languages. I have dyslexia, and, well, I get words confused sometimes.

”
—George Lundgren, "Do You Speak George?"
“

That's what I like about you, George. You're so modest.

”
—Binky Barnes, "Best Wishes"

Character development

George is not an original character from Marc Brown's Arthur Adventure books. During early production of the TV series, George was known only as "Moose".[47] For the first two seasons, he is not named at all, and only appears as an incidental character with very brief speaking roles. George is first identified by his name in the third season.[40]

According to an interview with the Elwood City Limits podcast, Rich Morris, former character designer, stated that Marc Brown was originally not a fan of the character. George was initially designed for the TV show as a background character. Morris said that George was simply called the "moose kid". George was almost a cut character, but the animators liked him and included him gradually through the first few seasons of the show. Eventually, he became part of the main cast of characters.[48]

"Arthur's Dummy Disaster" is the first episode to focus on George, when he is introduced as a ventriloquist with his dummy, Wally. This continues to be a major component of George's character, and Wally appears alongside George in most episodes that George has a role in. A few seasons later, it is revealed that George has dyslexia in "The Boy with His Head in the Clouds" and this condition became a defining characteristic of George, especially at that time in the show's history when there was not much else known about George. By Season 13, he becomes good friends with Carl, and the two are seen together in many subsequent episodes. As the show progressed, George continued to make more and more appearances, and plays additional major roles in numerous episodes. In fact, by the final season, George makes major appearances in almost every episode, and he has a fairly substantial role in the series finale, when it is shown that he takes ownership of The Sugar Bowl as an adult.[49]

Trivia

  • He has been given several nicknames:
  • George has been watching Love Ducks every day for a year, even before Arthur and his friends did.[52]
  • George wins many talent competitions by jumping on a pogo stick.
  • George constantly wins contests that Elwood City kids enter.
  • For the assignment in "Desert Island Dish," George brought a pumpkin. It may be a food that he enjoys.
  • George's last name was "Nordgren" before Season 11.
  • He has dyslexia so people try to offend him by using this weakness. Molly MacDonald used this in "The Last Tough Customer."
  • He has Scandinavian ancestry, either Swedish or Norwegian, or both.
  • George is one of the characters most likely to refer to, or be referred to by his species (e.g. “Moose aren’t funny”, “You look like a coat rack, Moose Boy”). He also does things with his antlers that no human could do, e.g. hanging Christmas tree ornaments on them or getting stuck in a locker.
  • George nearly always refers to his antlers as "horns". The difference is that antlers (e.g. moose, deer) are made of bone and are shed and regrown every year, while horns (e.g. cows, goats, antelopes) are permanent keratin structures on bone sockets. Real moose only have horns if they are an adult male, whereas in the series, all members of the Lundgren family have them. This is likely to differentiate them between other characters.
  • George's antlers are prominently acknowledged in "Making Conversation."
  • George is the only character whose voice actress returns to voice him after having been replaced by another actor.
  • George is one of a few characters (notably with D.W. and Bud) to have a voice actor of the opposite gender, being voiced by females for seasons 9 through 25.

Gallery

The full image gallery for George Lundgren may be viewed at George Lundgren/Gallery.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Trading Cards
  2. ↑ "Dueling Detectives!
  3. ↑ http://www.pbs.org/parents/arthur/help/answers/faq_friends.html (archived page)
  4. ↑ "Buster's Growing Grudge" (see picture)
  5. ↑ "When Carl Met George"
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Fifteen"
  7. ↑ File:The Silent Treatment (200).png
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "The Boy with His Head in the Clouds"
  9. ↑ "Arthur's First Day"
  10. ↑ "Sue Ellen's Little Sister"
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Arthur's Perfect Christmas"
  12. ↑ Lucia Page 1.jpeg
  13. ↑ Lucia Page 4.jpeg
  14. ↑ File:Lucia Page 2.jpeg
  15. ↑ George card.gif
  16. ↑ File:George with Norway top.png
  17. ↑ "His family is from Norway. I think that’s pretty cool." -Ladonna, "Ladonna's Like List"
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 "Arthur's Dummy Disaster"
  19. ↑ "Making Conversation"
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "George Blows His Top"
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Do You Speak George?"
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 "The Silent Treatment"
  23. ↑ "Vomitrocious!"
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 "Looking for Bonnie"
  25. ↑ "The Director's Cut"
  26. ↑ "Arthur's Lost Library Book"
  27. ↑ "Buster's Sweet Success"
  28. ↑ "April 9th"
  29. ↑ "Desk Wars"
  30. ↑ "Listen Up!"
  31. ↑ "The Hallway Minotaur"
  32. ↑ "When Carl Met George"
  33. ↑ "The Boy with His Head in the Clouds"
  34. ↑ "The Master Builders"
  35. ↑ "George Scraps His Sculpture"
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 "The Making of Arthur"
  37. ↑ "Phony Fern"
  38. ↑ "The Case of the Girl with the Long Face"
  39. ↑ "Fern's Flights of Fancy"
  40. ↑ 40.0 40.1 "Buster's Growing Grudge"
  41. ↑ "To Beat or Not to Beat"
  42. ↑ "The Trouble with Trophies"
  43. ↑ "Arthur - It's Only Rock 'n' Roll"
  44. ↑ 44.0 44.1 "Big Horns George"
  45. ↑ "The Pride of Lakewood"
  46. ↑ "Baseball Blues"
  47. ↑ File:Mr. Ratburn's Class Modelsheet.JPG
  48. ↑ Elwood City Limits Podcast: "ECL Presents: Rich Morris"
  49. ↑ "All Grown Up"
  50. ↑ "Nicked by a Name"
  51. ↑ "The Last Tough Customer"
  52. ↑ "I... I've been watching it every day for a year." — George Lundgren, "That's a Baby Show!"



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