Season 9

Season 9 of Arthur premiered on PBS in the United States on December 27, 2004, with "Castles in the Sky/Tipping the Scales." It concluded on April 8, 2005, with "Binky Goes Nuts/Breezy Listening Blues."

Episodes

Screenshot	Title	Production Code	Number	Episode	Original Airdate
	"Castles in the Sky"	116A	116	1a	December 27, 2004
	The tree house collapses under the weight of snow on the roof. After meeting Frank Gehry at The Sugar Bowl, Arthur and his friends come up with different ideas to build a new one. The only design they agree on is the original, which they rebuild. Frank Gehry guest stars as himself.
	"Tipping the Scales"	119A	116	1b	December 27, 2004
	The school choir is excited about singing in Crown City, but they aren't excited about Ms. Krasny's replacement, Dr. Frederique Fugue. All goes well until the road is closed and the trip is canceled. They stop at a truck stop and sing anyway.
	"Francine's Big Top Trouble"	117B	117	2a	December 28, 2004
	Francine and her friends go to circus camp, but she becomes frustrated when she isn't as good as her sister, Catherine, was.
	"George Blows His Top"	116B	117	2b	December 28, 2004
	George becomes increasingly annoyed when Buster begins to take advantage of his kindness.
	"Arthur Weighs In"	120A	118	3a	December 29, 2004
	After being unable to fit into a suit for his play (and instead, is given a "husky" suit for the role), Arthur looks at a variety of diets. He finds that exercise is the best way of keeping fit, as opposed to diets.
	"The Law of the Jungle Gym"	118A	118	3b	December 29, 2004
	Muffy gets a new camera, and wants to use the playground as a photo studio. Unfortunately, that is the Tough Customers turf, and disagreements arise about who it really belongs to.
	"Buster's Green Thumb"	120B	119	4a	December 30, 2004
	Buster decides to try his own hand at gardening with a tomato plant after trying home-grown tomatoes and finding out that commercial ones do not taste as good.
	"My Fair Tommy"	117A	119	4b	December 30, 2004
	D.W. teaches Tommy Tibble manners in a bet with Emily.
	"Lights, Camera... Opera!"	119A	120	5a	December 31, 2004
	Muffy is not excited about going to the opera.
	"All Worked Up"	118B	120	5b	December 31, 2004
	Arthur aces five quizzes in a row. But his luck runs out when his mom takes a new job. At first, he and D.W. get all worked up over this change at home, but they learn that they'll always be priority #1.
	"Arthur Makes Waves"	123A	121	6a	April 4, 2005
	The community pool is closed for repairs, but Arthur and D.W. can use the MacDonalds' pool. Arthur discovers that James' older sister is Molly. Eventually, they get along but avoid each other in public because their friends wouldn't approve.
	"It Came From Beyond"	124B	121	6b	April 4, 2005
	Grandma Thora finds a stray dog named Killer. She is a ferocious dog that barks at and bites other people and pets. Grandma Thora finds out that Killer has been in and out of the pound several times and decides to adopt her. Killer rethinks her behavior toward others.
	"Three's a Crowd"	123B	122	7a	April 5, 2005
	Prunella gets jealous when her friend, Marina, joins the yoga lessons that she has with her mother, and turns out to be better at it than her.
	"A is for Angry"	121A	122	7b	April 5, 2005
	Arthur cracks after unwanted support from his friends, who want him to defeat Alan and participate in the inter-scholastic checkers tournament.
	"The "A" Team"	125A	123	8a	April 6, 2005
	Brain and Francine feel that their soccer team is doing stuff that is much too easy for them, so they join the Elwood City All-Stars. They practice hard, until they have a game against their old team, but they become extra players for it.
	"Emily Swallows a Horse"	121B	123	8b	April 6, 2005
	D.W. finds a ball, drops it, and then discovers Emily holding it. Emily tries to make up an excuse to keep it. She lies, but it keeps getting bigger as she tells more lies, such as when she says Marie-Hélène has a terrible disease called halitosis. She has a dream and ends up telling the truth.
	"D.W. Beats All"	124A	124	9a	April 7, 2005
	When the Tibble twins get a set of drums and decide to perform at the Summer Serenade Festival, D.W. wishes that she has an instrument of her own to play and ultimately creates one.
	"Buster the Myth Maker"	125B	124	9b	April 7, 2005
	Upon learning that Siberian tigers are apparently living in Turkey Hill Park, Arthur and Buster decide to investigate. However, the myth turns out to be a hoax, set up by Alan as an experiment.
	"Binky Goes Nuts"	122A	125	10a	April 8, 2005
	Binky discovers that he's allergic to peanuts. He finds this discovery rather daunting at first, but soon discovers that there are many ways to cope with it.
	"Breezy Listening Blues"	122B	125	10b	April 8, 2005
	Alan is convinced that his parents' "Breezy Listening Blues" CD is the reason why he didn't do as well as usual on a test. He also has to find some music to play in their ice cream shop that will suit everyone.

Trivia

2004 Cookie Jar prototype logo

2004 Cookie Jar logo (remastered version as seen in Seasons 12-15)

2008 Cookie Jar logo

• This is the first season for several things:
  • The first one to debut during the PBS Kids Go! block.
  • The first one to have Chloe Lehmann as JT Turner's assistant
  • The first one to be produced by Canada-based Cookie Jar Entertainment (now WildBrain) after they rebranded from their former name, CINAR.
  • The first one to have Cameron Ansell voice Arthur.
  • The first one to have Eleanor Noble voice George.
    • This is also the first season in which George is voiced by a female voice talent.
  • The first one to have Paul-Stuart Brown voice Alan. However, he shared this season with Alex Hood, who had voiced Alan since Season 7, because Hood's voice matured this one. The former voiced Alan in 6 out of the 10 episodes produced this season, and the latter voiced him in 4 episodes.
• This is the last season in which Alex Hood and Samuel Holden voice Alan and Timmy Tibble, respectively.
• Sue Ellen has no credited speaking roles in this season (she does speak in a group in "Buster the Myth Maker," only uttering one word). However, her new voice actor, Jessica Kardos, did voice Sue Ellen for her appearances in Season 1 of Postcards from Buster, which premiered around the same time as this season.
• From this season onward, the closing credits have been shortened from 45 seconds to 30 seconds. This also happens with the 2014-15 redo credits.
• During 2008-2009, PBS plastered the CINAR logo with the 2008 Cookie Jar logo in all CINAR episodes (it is unknown how Seasons 12-15 retain the 2004 Cookie Jar logo that was used in Seasons 10 and 11; albeit remastered). When they got to this one, they decided to keep plastering with the 2008 Cookie Jar logo at first, but halfway through the season, they had second thoughts, considering they only wanted to plaster the CINAR episodes at first, and changed their mind into retaining the rest of the episodes as how they originally aired. At the decision, episodes 1-3 and 5 have been plastered (they forgot episode 4 for unknown reason), while the rest of the season continued to feature the 2004 Cookie Jar prototype logo until the season was repackaged again as part of the 2014-15 remake, complete with the 2008 Cookie Jar logo following the 2012-style closing credits.