The 11th season of the television series Arthur was originally broadcast on PBS Kids Go! in the United States from June 25 to September 7, 2007 and contains 10 episodes.[1][2][3] This is the last season in which Cameron Ansell voices Arthur. Starting in season sixteen, he returns to voice the new character Rafi. Robert Naylor replaced Jason Szwimmer as the voice of D.W. This is also the last season in which Paul-Stuart Brown voices Brain. This is the last season animated by AKOM.
| Arthur | |
|---|---|
| Season 11 | |
| No. of episodes | 10 (19 segments) |
| Release | |
| Original network | PBS Kids Go! |
| Original release | June 25 – September 7, 2007 |
| Season chronology | |
Episodes edit
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original air date | Prod. code [4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 136a | 1a | "Swept Away" | Peter K. Hirsch | Jean Lacombe | June 25, 2007 | 137A |
| Arthur, D.W., and Buster try to keep their sand castle from being washed away by the tide at the beach. | ||||||
| 136b | 1b | "Germophobia" | Dietrich Smith | Elie Klimos, Elise Benoît & Nick Vallinakis | June 25, 2007 | 137B |
| After his friends tell him how germs are bad, Buster develops germophobia and starts seeing germs everywhere. | ||||||
| 137a | 2a | "Arthur Sells Out" | Raye Lankford | Ivan Tankushev | June 26, 2007 | 136A |
| Arthur tries to earn money for a new video game by selling some old toys, albeit unethically. | ||||||
| 137b | 2b | "Mind Your Manners" | P. Kevin Strader | Robert Yap & Nick Vallinakis | June 26, 2007 | 142B |
| Upon realizing that they forgot about Grandparents Day, the Tibble twins decide to surprise their grandmother by taking her out to dinner. However, she is hesitant due to their bad table manners, so, with Molly’s help, the twins learn how to be polite. | ||||||
| 138a | 3a | "Buenas Noches, Vicita" | Cusi Cram | Gerry Capelle | June 27, 2007 | 136B |
| Vicita is sleepless until she finds her favorite book, so Arthur and D.W. help by re-making the book. | ||||||
| 138b | 3b | "Prunella Packs It In" | Susan Kim | Elie Klimos, Elise Benoît & Jean Lajeunesse | June 27, 2007 | 139B |
| Prunella is worried about college and takes numerous extra classes to become more well-rounded. | ||||||
| 139a | 4a | "Phony Fern" | Peter K. Hirsch | Gerry Capelle | June 28, 2007 | 138B |
| Fern gets a cell phone for emergencies, but gets obsessed with it after Muffy starts texting her. When the phone’s battery dies, Fern drops the device onto the street and a truck runs it over. | ||||||
| 139b | 4b | "Brain's Shocking Secret" | Glen Berger | Stéphanie Gignac | June 28, 2007 | 138A |
| The Brain is afraid of the kids learning that he got held back in kindergarten, and the reason why: he was not yet fully emotionally developed. | ||||||
| 140a | 5a | "Baby Kate and the Imaginary Mystery" | Peter K. Hirsch | Elie Klimos & Elise Benoît | June 29, 2007 | 141B |
| When Nadine is missing, Kate and Pal try to find out where she went, suspecting that the Tibbles have kidnapped her. | ||||||
| 140b | 5b | "Strangers on a Train" | Gentry Menzel | Gerry Capelle | June 29, 2007 | 140B |
| During a weekend trip to Crown City, Sue Ellen finds a diary on an old train and wonders who it belongs to. | ||||||
| 141a | 6a | "The Making of Arthur" | Peter K. Hirsch | Jeremy O'Neill | September 3, 2007 | 145B |
| Arthur and his friends make one-minute videos to send to Matt Damon. | ||||||
| 141b | 6b | "Dancing Fools" | Cusi Cram | Stéphanie Gignac & Nick Vallinakis | September 3, 2007 | 144A |
| Francine and George are paired together in a dance class. | ||||||
| 142a | 7a | "Hic or Treat" | Kathy Waugh | Robert Yap | September 4, 2007 | TBA |
| Arthur helps D.W. cure her hiccups as Halloween approaches. | ||||||
| 142b | 7b | "Mr. Alwaysright" | Peter K. Hirsch | Jeremy O'Neill | September 4, 2007 | TBA |
| An annoyed Buster blames the Brain for being right about everything, pestering him until he finally gets something wrong. | ||||||
| 143a | 8a | "Francine's Pilfered Paper" | Raye Lankford | Jean Lacombe, Ivan Tankushev & Robert Yap | September 5, 2007 | 139A |
| It’s Thanksgiving in Ellwood City and Mr. Ratburn assigns his class to write essays about different Thanksgiving topics. Francine cheats by plagiarizing an essay off the Internet about Pilgrim cuisine. When she learns that plagiarism is illegal, she rewrites her assignment and confesses to Mr. Ratburn what she did. | ||||||
| 143b | 8b | "Buster Gets Real" | Dietrich Smith | Elie Klimos & Elise Benoît | September 5, 2007 | 143B |
| Buster is interested in a new reality TV series that Arthur dislikes. | ||||||
| 144a | 9a | "D.W. on Ice" | Raye Lankford | Jean Lacombe & Robert Yap | September 6, 2007 | 141A |
| D.W. boasts about her skills at ice skating, but is worried that her friends will find out that she actually cannot skate very well. | ||||||
| 144b | 9b | "Spoiled Rotten!" | Peter K. Hirsch & Wolfram Breuer | Stéphanie Gignac | September 6, 2007 | 140A |
| Accused of being spoiled by her friends, Muffy sets about to prove them wrong by being the most charitable person around, but Francine is unimpressed by Muffy's token efforts. Finally, a used clothing store helps Muffy discover her true talents, and the true meaning of charity. | ||||||
| 145 | 10 | "Big Brother Binky" | Stephanie Simpson | Stéphanie Gignac, Elie Klimos & Elise Benoît | September 7, 2007 | 142A 145A |
| Binky's family adopts a baby girl from China named Mei Lin. At first, Binky holds his breath to calm Mei’s crying and it works until it stops. | ||||||
References edit
- ^ "ARTHUR: Swept Away/Germophobia". KET. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "ARTHUR: Big Brother Binky". KET. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Arthur . Sneak Preview". PBS Kids. Archived from the original on 21 June 2007. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ From the GBH Open Vault: "GBH Open Vault - Search [search: "Arthur"]". GBH Open Vault. Archived from the original on 10 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- General references
- "Arthur Episodes". TV Guide. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
- "Arthur: Episode Guide". MSN TV. Archived from the original on 8 January 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
- "Arthur Season 11 Episode Guide". TV.com. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
- "Seasons 9-11". Arthur episodes. PBS parents. Retrieved 7 March 2010.