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>
|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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==Official synopsis==
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|Baby Kate]]
===Minor===
*[[Arthur Read]]
*[[D.W. Read]]
*[[Jane Read]]
*[[David Read]]
*[[Thora Read]]
*[[Ramón Molina]]
*[[The Dogfather]]
*[[Sunny]]
*[[Bobo (dog)|Bobo]]
*[[Mickey]]
*[[Perky]] {{c|mentioned}}
===Cameo===
*[[Marc Brown]]

==Trivia==
*Marc Brown makes a cameo apperance in the beginning of this episode.
*Pal's mother, Perky, is mentioned when Pal is talking to Amigo in the last scene.
===Cultural references===
*Killer's story is a reference to ''The Godfather''.
===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]]''.

==References==
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