Pal and the Big Itch

{{Episode infobox
|season=[[Season 21|21]]
|us=February 15, 2018<ref>http://www.kued.org/whatson/arthur/invasion-the-soccer-fans-pal-and-the-big-itch ([https://web.archive.org/web/20171214094736/http://www.kued.org/whatson/arthur/invasion-the-soccer-fans-pal-and-the-big-itch archived page]; retrieved December 14, 2017)</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/arthurpbs/status/964210971131576322</ref>
|uk=June 14, 2020<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl9r/2020/06/14</ref>
|number=7b
|image=Screen Shot 2018-01-11 at 8.34.22 AM 1.png
|writers=[[Peter K. Hirsch]]
|storyboarders=[[Gerry Capelle]]
|prev. episode = [[Invasion of the Soccer Fans]]
|next episode =[[Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone]] 
|titlecard = Pal and the Big Itch title card.png}}
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==Summary==
When [[Pal]] is forced to wear a cone around his neck because of an itch, his friends try to make him feel better. When the prickle goes away, Pal starts to miss his special treatment and wants to get the rash back.

==Plot==
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==Characters==
===Major===
*[[Pal]]
*[[Killer]]
*[[Amigo]]
*[[Kate Read]]
===Minor===
*[[Arthur Read]]
*[[D.W. Read]]
*[[Jane Read]]
*[[David Read]]
*[[Thora Read]]
*[[Ramón Molina]]
*[[The Dogfather]]
*[[Sunny]]
*[[Bobo (dog)|Bobo]]
*[[Mickey]]
===Cameo===
*[[Marc Brown (character)|Marc Brown]]
===Mentioned===
*[[Perky]] (indirectly)

==Trivia==
*Marc Brown makes a cameo appearance in the beginning of this episode.
*Pal's mother, Perky, is indirectly mentioned when Pal is talking to Amigo in the last scene.
===Episode connections===
*The way Pal never discovers the ending of Killer's story is similar to "[[Unfinished]]," in which Arthur never discovers the ending of [[93 Million Miles in a Balloon]].
===Cultural references===
*Killer's story is a reference to {{W|The Godfather}}.
===Production notes===
*This is the last episode where [[Jacob Ursomarzo]] and [[Christian Distefano]] voice Arthur and D.W., respectively.

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