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'''Season 1''' of ''[[Arthur (TV series)|Arthur]]'' premiered on [[PBS]] in the United States on October 7, 1996,<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19970723021343/http://www.ket.org/Visions/Oct96/VL961007.html</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19961225213502/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/arthur/tv.html</ref><ref>http://adage.com/article/news/marketing-100-arthur-marc-brown/65343/ ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160917175327/http://adage.com/article/news/marketing-100-arthur-marc-brown/65343/ archived])</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20000818001446/http://207.114.151.6/saturday/shows/synopsis/838.php</ref> with "[[Arthur's Eyes (episode)|Arthur's Eyes]]/[[Francine's Bad Hair Day|Francine's Bad Hair Day.]]" It concluded on November 15, 1996, with "[[Arthur's First Sleepover (episode)|Arthur's First Sleepover]]/[[Arthur's New Year's Eve]]."

This season was released on [[Arthur: The Complete Series One|DVD]] on April 7, 2008, in Europe only.

==Episodes==
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| width="140" align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Screenshot'''
| width="43%" align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Title'''
| width="12%" align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Number'''
| width="13%" align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Episode'''
| width="20%" align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Original Airdate'''
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|  width="140" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:Picture 4.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Arthur's Eyes (episode)|Arthur's Eyes]]'''"
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 1
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 1a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 7, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | After waking up late one night, [[D.W. Read|D.W.]] finds pictures of [[Arthur Read|Arthur]] before he had glasses. He tells her the story of when he first started needing them and the teasing that followed.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x01b.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Francine's Bad Hair Day]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 1
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 1b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 7, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | School Picture Day is just around the corner, and [[Muffy Crosswire|Muffy]] wants to make sure [[Francine Frensky|Francine]] has a photo to be proud of, unlike her picture from last year. However, Francine doesn't seem interested in the rush and is in fact more interested in a kickball game.
|-
|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x02a.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 2
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 2a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 8, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Arthur and his friends are horrified when they learn that their third grade teacher will be the infamous [[Nigel Ratburn|Mr. Ratburn]]. He is described by [[Prunella Deegan|Prunella]] as a cruel vampire with hypnotic powers, who eats nails for breakfast without milk. Arthur and [[Buster Baxter|Buster]], along with Francine, try to investigate.
|-
|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:Spellingcontest.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Arthur's Spelling Trubble]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 2
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 2b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 8, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Arthur practices for the spelling bee and competes against Prunella and [[Alan Powers|Brain]], last year's winner and the smartest kid in his class, respectively. Even with the support of his family, he is nervous.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x03a.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[D.W. All Wet (episode)|D.W. All Wet]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 3
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 3a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 9, 1996
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| colspan="4" width="88%" height="81" | On a hot summer day, D.W. and her preschool class go on a field trip to the aquarium. When a shark swims by, her classmates hide while she teases it, but when an octopus appears, she is the only one afraid. [[The Reads]] go to [[Bear Lake]] to escape from the summer heat and everyone is having a wonderful time, except for D.W., who won't swim because she thinks there are octopuses there.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x03b.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Buster's Dino Dilemma (episode)|Buster's Dino Dilemma]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 3
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 3b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 9, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Mr. Ratburn's class make a long-awaited field trip to [[Rainbow Rock State Park]]. On his own, Buster discovers a fossilized dinosaur footprint and takes it home. Despite this being against museum rules, he doesn't want to relinquish his find.
|-
|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x04a.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[D.W.'s Imaginary Friend]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 4
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 4a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 10, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | D.W. has a new imaginary friend named [[Nadine Flumberghast|Nadine]] who follows her everywhere. When Arthur and Buster find out about a [[Hurl-a-Whirl|new amusement ride]] at [[Wonderworld]], they don't want her to come along and embarrass them because she would bring Nadine.
|-
|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x04b.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Arthur's Lost Library Book]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 4
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 4b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 10, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Everyone loves the [[Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club]] book series and the new addition is coming out. Arthur is the first to borrow it along with many other books at the same time, but when he collects the ones scattered around [[Arthur's House|the house]], he can't find it.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:Perky.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Arthur's Pet Business]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 5
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 5a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 11, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Arthur wants a dog very badly but his parents will not allow him to have one until he proves he is responsible enough. He starts his own pet business to prove it, which includes watching over [[Mrs. Wood]]'s unfriendly dog, [[Perky]].
|-
|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x05b.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[D.W. the Copycat]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 5
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 5b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 11, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Arthur doesn't like to play with D.W. because she likes "baby" stuff and not what he likes, so she starts acting and dressing like him and following him around, even into the bathroom.
|-
|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:Lockedin.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Locked in the Library]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 6
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 6a
|  width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 14, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Francine, who has been friends with Arthur since preschool, is mad at him for telling everyone she looks like a marshmallow when she wears a sweater. Mr. Ratburn assigns them to work together on a project on heroes. With Francine still mad at Arthur, they go to the [[Elwood City Public Library|library]] together to research their project and get locked in for the weekend. As they try to find a way out, they realize their friendship.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:Accusation.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Arthur Accused! (episode)|Arthur Accused!]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 6
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 6b
|  width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 14, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Arthur is in charge of the fundraiser for the [[Elwood City]] Fire Department. He leaves a bag of quarters from it for [[Leah MacGrady|Mrs. MacGrady]], who is distracted by a phone conversation. When she doesn't receive the quarters, Arthur is accused of stealing them, giving Buster his first case as a Private Eye.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x07a.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Arthur Goes to Camp (episode)|Arthur Goes to Camp]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 7
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 7a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 15, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Arthur and his friends go to [[Camp Meadowcroak]], where everything is a competition between boys and girls. The final day arrives and they must work together to compete against [[Camp Horsewater]] in order to win the all-camp scavenger hunt.
|-
|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x07b.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Buster Makes the Grade]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 7
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 7b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 15, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Buster's marks continue to fall and he will have to repeat third grade if he doesn't get a B on the next test. Arthur, Francine, and Muffy tutor him, but he still doesn't seem interested in studying.
|-
|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x08a.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Arthur's New Puppy]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 8
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 8a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 16, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Arthur's new puppy, [[Pal]] (from "Arthur's Pet Business"), is exactly what he wanted, but he must train him to be a good dog or he will have to move out of the house.
|-
|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x08b.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Arthur Bounces Back]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 8
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 8b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 16, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Arthur wants [[Moon Boots]] and tries different ways to get money to buy them. [[Jane Read|His mom]] wants him to clean the garage for $2. As he is doing so, [[Mrs. Tibble]] comes by, thinking there's a yard sale and buys a necklace, giving him enough money to buy the Moon Boots.
|-
|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x09a.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Arthur Babysits]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 9
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 9a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 17, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Arthur thinks that babysitting is the easiest job in the world until D.W. volunteers him to her friends, the [[Timmy and Tommy Tibble|Tibble Twins]]. Prunella describes [[Rubella Deegan|her sister]]'s only time babysitting them as an experience that still gives her nightmares. Naturally, Arthur is nervous, but he eventually lays things down with them.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x09b.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Arthur's Cousin Catastrophe]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 9
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 9b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 17, 1996
|-
|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | The Reads are hosting a family reunion at their house. Arthur spends his time avoiding his cousin, [[Monique|Mo]], because of experiences from past family reunions.
|-
|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x10a.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Arthur's Birthday]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 10
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 10a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 18, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Arthur and Muffy have their birthday parties on the same day and neither can change the date. This splits the boys and girls. Arthur and Francine come up with a plan to remedy the situation.
|-
|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x10b.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Francine Frensky, Superstar]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 10
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 10b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 18, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Francine has often had bad roles in school plays where she gets injured. She finally gets a safer role as the lead, when Mr. Ratburn decides they will dramatize the story of [[Thomas Edison]]. While she is trying to make the best of a good opportunity for her to shine, she alienates her friends as she studies for the role and bosses them around.
|-
|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:Vlcsnap-2014-07-12-16h23m08s10.jpg|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Arthur's Baby]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 11
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 11a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 21, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Arthur tells the story of when his mom was pregnant with his baby sister, [[Kate Read|Kate]]. He was nervous, wondering what it would be like to have a new baby in the house. When Kate was brought home from the [[Elwood City Hospital|hospital]], he was worried that she hated him, as she always cried when he was around. It wasn't until he was forced to watch her that he realized how wrong he was.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x11b.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[D.W.'s Baby]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 11
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 11b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 21, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Arthur tells D.W how she acted when Kate was born, starting after she was brought home from the hospital in "Arthur's Baby". D.W. was excited but frustrated when she didn't get to help with Kate. Kate's crib was moved into D.W.'s room but D.W. soon found drawbacks to sharing a room with her. D.W. soon became jealous over the attention Kate is getting and  tried lots of things to get rid of her.
|-
|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x12a.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Arthur Writes a Story]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 12
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 12a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 22, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Arthur needs to write a story for homework, so he decides to write about how he got Pal ("Arthur's Pet Business".) He is afraid that no one will like it after D.W. informs him that it's boring. He begins fictionalizing the events and revising the story using advice from different people, as he tries to write a good one.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x12b.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Arthur's Lost Dog]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 12
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 12b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 22, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | It's Downtown Day in Elwood City and the Reads are attending the event. They pass [[Pickles]] the Clown giving out balloons. Kate begins to cry and no one knows why, except for Pal, who knows she wants a balloon. He runs off after Pickles to get one, but Arthur thinks he's running away from ''him''.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x13a.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[So Long, Spanky]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 13
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 13a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 23, 1996
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| colspan="4" width="88%" height="81" | D.W.'s pet bird, [[Spanky]], passes away, and everyone in the Read family (even Arthur) mourns the loss of him. D.W leaves a can of flowers on his grave after his funeral but finds a [[Toady|toad]] in there. Arthur takes her to the [[Al's Pet Shop|pet store]] to buy a new pet to replace Spanky, but they don't find one. The toad reappears several more times, following D.W., but she hates it since it won't leave her alone. When the toad doesn't reappear, she realizes that she misses it.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x13b.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Buster's New Friend]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 13
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 13b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 23, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Arthur and Buster are doing a project together, but Buster doesn't seem to have the time for it, Arthur, or anyone else. All he does is talk about his new friend, [[Mike]]. Arthur decides to return everything related to Buster. At [[Buster's Condo|Buster's house]], they become friends again and Arthur finds out Mike isn't just another kid to replace him.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x14a.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Arthur the Wrecker]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 14
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 14a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 24, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Arthur is addicted to a new computer game, "[[Deep, Dark Sea]]", playing it even when he shouldn't. When he gets to a new area he's excited about, he calls up Buster. When it appears that they have broken the computer, they look for Brain to help them fix it, but he can't find the problem.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x14b.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Arthur and the True Francine]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 14
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 14b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 24, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Muffy and Francine were best friends since second grade, when Muffy was a new student. They decided to study together for an upcoming math test, but Muffy continually procrastinated, claiming that she knew her addition and subtraction. When the test day came, she cheated off of Francine's test and claimed that she would never do so, getting Francine into trouble. Muffy then decided that lying isn't what a true friend would do.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x15a.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Arthur's Family Vacation]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 15
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 15a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 25, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Arthur wants to go back to Camp Meadowcroak (from "Arthur Goes to Camp") with Buster for the summer and tries to get out of the family vacation to the beach. He changes his mind with the mention of lobster and after several impediments, they finally make it there. They lose their reservation for the Family Fun Suite, and stay in a leaky rundown hotel room as it rains for days. Things eventually start to get better.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x15b.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Grandpa Dave's Old Country Farm]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 15
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 15b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 25, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Arthur and D.W. go to visit [[Dave|Grandpa Dave]], who lives on an old rundown [[Dave's farm|farm]]. It has been in the family for 150 years and Dave doesn't want help running it. Arthur and D.W. are concerned by the state of things there and try to help their grandpa fix it up with the help of his friend, [[Ed Billings]].
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x16a.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 16
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 16a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 28, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Arthur finds an entry form for a jingle writing contest for [[Crunch|Crunch Cereal]] and he's determined to win the year's supply of it. He starts a band with some of his friends, Mrs. McGrady, and [[Thora Read|Grandma Thora]], but he has nothing for them to play. Without a tune, he hears D.W. singing a song about Nadine and plagiarizes it. He feels guilty as he is about to mail it.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x16b.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[D.W. Flips]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 16
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 16b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 28, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | D.W. wants to take gymnastics after seeing a gymnast on TV, but her mom gives several examples of her never finishing what she wants to do. She gets her way and goes to her first class. [[Emily Leduc|Emily]] is there and D.W. doesn't like her because she seems to do everything perfectly. D.W. is determined to be better than her and ends up making a new friend.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x17a.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Meek for a Week]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 17
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 17a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 29, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Muffy bets Francine that she can't be nice to everyone for a whole week, and she also can't tell anyone about why she's being nice. Arthur and his friends are worried when Francine starts acting nice for no apparent reason and are worried she may "pop" if she continues bottling up her anger. They try fruitlessly to diffuse her.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x17b.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Arthur, World's Greatest Gleeper]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 17
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 17b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 29, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Arthur and Buster sit at the only available table with the [[Tough Customers]]. Buster claims that Arthur is the world's greatest "gleeper" to stop the teasing, only to find out later that "gleep" means "steal." He lets the lie grow into a schoolwide rumor.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x18a.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Arthur's Chicken Pox]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 18
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 18a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 30, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Arthur gets the [[chicken pox]]. While he hopes he recovers in time for a family trip to the circus, D.W. is jealous of the attention and extra freedom he gets while Grandma Thora is taking care of him. In an attempt to regain the lost attention, she fakes having chicken pox. In the end, she catches them from Arthur and ends up missing the trip to the circus, but she doesn't mind, due to her finally having them, and the attention she will now get.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x18b.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Sick as a Dog]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 18
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 18b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 30, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" |  Arthur feeds Pal things other than dog food, like pancakes and old gummy worms. He gets sick as a result. Arthur thinks D.W. had something to do with it. Then he finds out from [[Veterinarian|the vet]] that it's the food Pal has eaten that made him ill.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x19a.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[D.W. Rides Again]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 19
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 19a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 31, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | D.W. gets her first [[Bicycle|bike]] and needs to learn how to use it. Arthur teachers her the basics and she learns to ride by herself without training wheels in time for the Bike-A-Thon.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x19b.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Arthur Makes the Team]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 19
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 19b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 31, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Arthur and his friends are trying out for the [[Lakewood Baseball Team|baseball team]] and everyone wants to be the pitcher. Arthur makes it, but he's the worst player. He and Francine, who can't pitch, work together to improve their skills.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x20a.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Arthur's Almost Boring Day]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 20
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 20a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | November 1, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Arthur and his friends are assigned to write about what they do over Saturday, but it rains and ruins plans. Arthur and D.W. are sent over to [[Grandma Thora's House|Grandma Thora's house]]. Without anything better to do, they help her clean out her attic and find some interesting things, including old home movies.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x20b.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[The Half-Baked Sale]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 20
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 20b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | November 1, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Grandma Thora can't cook. When she decides to bake cookies for the bake sale, Arthur tries to think up ways to stop her bad cooking from ruining the sale. He decides to buy all of her cookies before anyone else can. When [[Mr. Morris]], the janitor, finds the cookies in his closet, Arthur has to tell the truth.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x21a.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Sue Ellen Moves In]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 21
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 21a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | November 4, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Rumors are circulating about the new family that has moved to Elwood City and Buster thinks that they may be [[aliens]], even after he has met [[Sue Ellen Armstrong|Sue Ellen]]. When [[Bitzi Baxter|his mom]] invites the family over for dinner, he finds out that Sue Ellen isn't an alien, but just a kid who has lived in various places around the world.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x21b.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[The Perfect Brother]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 21
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 21b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | November 4, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Brain is spending the weekend with the Reads because his parents are going to an ice cream convention. Arthur thinks this will be like having a brother around, but Brain is neat, finishes his homework early, and reads to D.W., making Arthur look bad. However, Arthur discovers that Brain is not so neat when he invites him over to his own [[Brain's House|house]], and he reveals he had to be polite at Arthur's as he was the houseguest.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x22a.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[D.W.'s Snow Mystery]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 22
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 22a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | November 5, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | D.W. kept a [[snowball]] in the freezer from the best day of her life, but it disappears. Buster, as a detective, investigates, listening to biased accounts of those present the day it did so. They argue and accuse each other but everyone, except D.W., lets the incident go as the first snowfall of the year appears.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x22b.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Team Trouble]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 22
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 22b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | November 5, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Arthur, Buster, and Francine are assigned to do a group project on Ancient Rome. They discuss how they're going to do it, each coming up with their own idea and eventually decide to draw a comic book. Each has their own idea of what to draw and after a failure to communicate, have a mismatched one. They argue over this and finally realize that they need to work together to finish it.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x23a.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Bully for Binky]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 23
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 23a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | November 6, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | [[Binky Barnes|Binky]] has a reputation for being a bully. He bullies Sue Ellen, who is still a new student ("Sue Ellen Moves In"), and she demands that he apologize to her. When he doesn't, she challenges him to a fight to settle it. He gets nervous when he finds out she knows Tae Kwon Do. He decides to beat her at music but loses, so he apologizes to her so they will not have to fight.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x23b.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Misfortune Teller]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 23
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 23b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | November 6, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | For her half-birthday, Prunella's big sister, Rubella, gives her a [[Cootie Catcher|cootie catcher]]. Rubella claims that it can tell the future and the answers it gives do come true. Arthur and his friends begin obsessively following the Cootie Catcher's advice. When it goes missing and turns up ruined by the washing machine, they realize that they don't need it to run their lives.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x24a.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Arthur's Tooth]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 24
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 24a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | November 7, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Arthur has a loose tooth, but he is the only one in his class that hasn't lost any of his baby teeth yet. He unsuccessfully tries various ways to get it out so that Francine will stop calling him a baby. She, later, unintentionally knocks it out.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x24b.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[D.W. Gets Lost]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 24
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 24b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | November 7, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | D.W. wants earrings because her friend, Emily, has some. She asks her mom and [[David Read|dad]], but they claim her ears will turn green. After her persistence, Mrs. Read takes her shopping for earrings only if she approves of them. While at the [[All In One Mart]], D.W. wanders off when her mom is distracted. Lost, she runs into Emily, whose ears have turned green. Emily proceeds to direct D.W. back to her mom.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x25a.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[D.W. Thinks Big]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 25
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 25a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | November 8, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | At [[Lucy (aunt)|Aunt Lucy]]'s wedding, Arthur is the ring bearer and their dramatic diva cousin, [[Cora]], is the flower girl, but D.W. is too little to do anything. However, when the wedding ring gets lost in the pipe organ, D.W.'s size helps gets it back.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x25b.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Arthur Cleans Up]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 25
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 25b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | November 8, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Arthur and Buster are playing Frisbee in the park when it lands in a polluted fountain. Arthur's dad overhears him and Buster talking about the park and Arthur involuntarily becomes the leader of a cleanup crew of kids. His friends aren't pleased and don't help him. But with the help of [[Oliver Frensky|Francine's dad]] and a few volunteers, they manage to clean up the park.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x26a.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[My Dad, the Garbage Man]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 26
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 26a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | November 11, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Mr. Ratburn's class is going on field trips to several of the students' parents' workplaces to learn about careers. Francine is embarrassed by her dad's job as a garbage man, but her classmates don't seem bothered by this.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x26b.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Poor Muffy]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 26
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 26b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | November 11, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Muffy is allergic to the new carpets in [[Muffy's House|her house]], so she decides to stay with Francine while it is being removed. She brings some of the things from her room with her including TVs, wardrobes, and sculptures. During Muffy's stay, Francine can't deal with her spoiled attitude and Muffy can't handle the less-than-wealthy condition in which Francine's family lives.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x27a.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[D.W.'s Blankie]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 27
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 27a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | November 12, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | D.W. can't find her [[blankie]] and enlists the help of Arthur to search for it, retracing her steps over Elwood City.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:Arthur S1 E27 2 Arthurs Subtiute Teacher Trouble 506080.jpg|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Arthur's Substitute Teacher Trouble]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 27
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 27b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | November 12, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Mr. Ratburn loses his voice and his sister, [[Rodentia Ratburn|Miss Ratburn]], substitutes for him. Initially, the class is excited by the easiness of the lessons, doing things such as reciting the one times table and that yellow and blue make green. They are soon bored and are excited when Mr. Ratburn returns the next day.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x28a.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[I'm a Poet]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 28
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 28a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | November 13, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | [[Fern Walters|Fern]] is the only person who volunteers to enter the Poetry Competition, which will be judged by [[Jack Prelutsky]]. When the others start making fun of her, she reveals a new side to her quiet character, and challenges them all to write poems for the competition. If they don't succeed, they will be roped into a year's membership of the School Poetry Club.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x28b.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[The Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 28
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 28b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | November 13, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Arthur and his friends start a petition when they learn that the Scare-Your-Pants-Off books have been removed from the library. They find out that it's Muffy's parents who want them banned.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x29a.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[My Club Rules]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 29
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 29a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | November 14, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Arthur and his friends create a club to stop D.W. from bothering them. When they can't agree on its rules, it splits. This leads to more disagreements and more clubs created. They eventually come back together, under D.W.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x29b.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Stolen Bike]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 29
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 29b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | November 14, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Francine has outgrown her bike, so her dad finds his old one for her. However, she is embarrassed by it and hides it. When it is accidentally taken away by a garbage truck, she pretends it was stolen.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x30a.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Arthur's First Sleepover]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 30
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 30a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | November 15, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Arthur has a sleepover with Buster and Brain, even when all they talk of is UFOs. D.W. wants to join them so that she can take a picture of one. They don't agree, so she plays a prank on them with fake UFOs in retaliation and vice versa.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:1x30b.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Arthur's New Year's Eve]]'''"
| width="13%" height="19" align="center" | 30
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 30b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | November 15, 1996
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Arthur has never stayed up until midnight on New Year's Eve. His friends all have their theories on what occurs when the new year comes. He tries to stay up until New Year's Eve to find out what really happens at midnight.
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==Trivia==
*With 30 episodes, this season holds the record for having the most episodes in a single season. This is three times as many episodes as most seasons have. 
*This season contains several flashback episodes to Arthur's second grade, as well as a few episodes that take place in the summer vacation prior to third grade. After this season, flashbacks would rarely be shown.
*In the United States, [[PBS]] premiered the show on Monday, October 7, 1996, with a new episode airing each weekday until the season finale on Friday, November 15, 1996. Some sources (i.e. TV Guide) cite the premiere in September 1996 with one new episode per week. The origin of this information is uncertain, but these dates are likely incorrect due to known PBS scheduling patterns and multiple other sources.
*Each episode cost around $400,000 to make,<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20090504205511/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1997/10/14/1997-10-14_king__arthur__pbs__gentle_aa.html</ref> or $24 million for the entire season.
*Before Season 2 premiered, this season reran through mid 1997.
*Beginning on June 29, 1998, all episodes were encoded to work with ActiMates Arthur and D.W.
*In 2003, the funding color background would differ along with a [[PBS Kids]] logo. It would be as follows: If the background was yellow or green, it would have the PBS Kids Dash Transformation logo follow, but if the background was purple, it would have the PBS Kids Dot Transformation logo follow. That pattern also continued during Season 2, Season 3, and Season 4. But after 2004, these fundings, the seasons 5-6 reruns fundings, and the original Season 7 and Season 8 fundings would be followed by the [[PBS Kids Go!]] logo. Starting around 2014, all season 1 reruns on PBS have been repackaged with HD funding graphics and PBS Kids logos.

==References==
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[[Category:Arthur episodes by season]]
[[Category:A to Z]]