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| "The Butler Did It" | |
| Season/Series: | 20 |
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| Number in season: | 5b |
| Original airdate: |  May 30, 2017[1] November 23, 2018[2] |
| Credits | |
| Written by: | Peter K. Hirsch |
| Storyboard by: | Gerry Capelle |
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"The Butler Did It" is the second half of the fifth episode in the twentieth season of Arthur.
Summary[]
Muffy gets her dad a robot butler named KEATS for Father's Day. However, she is worried that he might replace Bailey, and make him want to retire.
Plot[]
In the introduction, Arthur is at a garage sale and remembers various stupid things he bought. He vows to only buy things he really needs, but then he falls for shoe umbrellas.
Muffy and Bailey search Mill Creek Mall for a Father's Day gift. Muffy wants to buy a gift instead of having Bailey make something as in the previous years. She settles for KEATS the robot butler.
On Father's Day, Mr. Crosswire is imprinted as KEATS' owner. KEATS impresses everyone by making fresh orange juice and cleaning up.
Later, KEATS helps Mr. Crosswire to find a tie. Since KEATS did all of Bailey's chores, Bailey decides to take the day off.
Muffy tells Francine that Bailey has spent the rest of the day in his room. Since he is a workaholic, Muffy is worried. She does not want to ask her dad to get rid of KEATS, because he like the robot and Bailey would be embarrassed. Francine suggests showing Mr. Crosswire how indispensable Bailey is.
Muffy tries to stump KEATS by pretending to need a book from a high shelf and by hiding her dad's slippers. However, KEATS gets both the book and the slippers before Muffy can ask Bailey for help.
That night, Muffy phones Francine to tell her that KEATS prepared a great dinner while Bailey has spent more time alone in his room. Unknown to Muffy, Bailey is happily working on a sculpture.
Since KEATS has a long-lasting battery, Muffy asks Brain to hack KEATS in order to shut him down. KEATS notices the attack and tries to break into Muffy's room. Brain shuts him down just in time.
The next morning, Mr. Crosswire is playing with a superior replacement for KEATS while Bailey announces that he will be out on an errand. Muffy calls Francine and tells her that she is afraid that Bailey will leave the Crosswires. Francine advises Muffy to tell Bailey how she feels about him.
Bailey is not in his room. When KEATS shows no sympathy for Bailey's absence, Muffy gets a wrench from the basement to dismantle KEATS. However, she cannot get back up, because the basement door is locked. She asks KEATS to let her out, but when Mr. Crosswire asks for a snack, KEATS goes to him. Bailey hears Muffy and lets her out.
KEATS explains that he has been programmed to put Mr. Crosswire's needs over everyone else's. Mr. Crosswire is shocked and gets rid of KEATS. Bailey tells Muffy that he did not intend to leave, but a gallery agreed to exhibit the sculpture he made. Mr. Crosswire assures Muffy that Bailey is family. Right afterwards, he and Muffy order lunch, but Bailey is happy.
Characters[]
Major[]
Minor[]
Cameo[]
- James MacDonald
- Chip Crosswire
- Mrs. Morgan
- Rattles
- Slink
- Bud Compson
- Cisely Compson
- Arthur Read
- Buster Baxter
- Neal Lundgren
- Mrs. Lundgren
- Ms. Bryan
- Harry Mills
- Laverne Frensky
Trivia[]
- After Bailey leaves for an errand, Francine's phone's sound is similar to the iPhone notification sound.
- In April 2024, PBS Kids rereleased this episode and 18 other titles with the addition of an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter on screen, allowing individuals who are deaf or hard-of-hearing to fully immerse themselves in the program. For more information about all of the ASL-interpreted episodes, see American Sign Language.
Episode connections[]
- Muffy thought that Bailey had actually left the Crosswire residence in "The Butler Did... What?"
- In the introduction, Arthur mentions the Moon Boots from "Arthur Bounces Back," the Woogle from "Arthur Rides the Bandwagon," and Virtual Goose 5.0 from "Best of the Nest." The other bad buys were not previously shown.
- In The Sugar Bowl, the pictures on Brain's tablet computer are:
- the tree frog from "Buster Isn't Buying It"
- the marzipan smilodon from "Arthur and the Whole Truth"
- The Gourmet Ghost from "Arthur and the Whole Truth"
- the Bionic Bunny Special Edition from "That's MY Grandma!"
- Bailey sang an opera song in "Lights, Camera... Opera!." He created sculptures in "Muffy's Art Attack."
- The Crosswire basement from "The Friend Who Wasn't There" is visited again.
Cultural references[]
- While working on his sculpture, Bailey sings Largo al factotum from the opera The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini.
- The pear logo on Brain's computer is a parody of the Apple logo.
- KEATS' password "Nightingale" refers to the poem Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats.
- A rootkit is a kind of hidden software that allows a hacker access to a computer. A DDoS attack (distributed denial-of-service) floods the target with requests from several sources, so that it can no longer respond to legitimate requests.
- KEATS recites I'm a Little Teapot.
- The painting in Muffy's room is The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí.
Errors[]
- In the flashback in the introduction, Arthur's Woogle is pink. However, in the episode, "Arthur Rides the Bandwagon", his Woogle is orange.
- When Muffy talks to Francine over the phone, Francine's feet are shown to be two left feet instead of left and right.
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References[]
External links[]
- Transcript: Lend Me Your Ear / The Butler Did It. TVOKids. Archived from the original on November 13, 2020.
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