Marc Brown
Director
Arthur (1996)
Season 2
The show revolves around the lives of 8-year-old Arthur Read, an anthropomorphic aardvark, his friends and family, and their daily interactions with each other.
Released Oct. 7, 1996
Episode 13 min
5+
Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Kids
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Watch Providers: PBS Kids Amazon Channel
Production Companies: CINAR, 9 Story Media Group, Cookie Jar Entertainment, DHX Media, Oasis Animation + 2 more, WGBH Boston, WildBrain Studios
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S2E1 - Arthur Meets Mr. Rogers
Mr. Rogers from Mr. Rogers Neighborhood comes to the Read family for a visit.
Oct. 20, 1997, midnight
S2E2 - Draw!
After Francine makes fun of Fern for liking Mr. Ratburn's puppet shows, Fern gets revenge by drawing an unflattering comic strip making fun of Francine, and pretty soon, everyone else tries it too.
Oct. 20, 1997, midnight
S2E3 - Binky Barnes, Art Expert
Binky gets teamed up with Arthur and Buster for an art class assignment. They go to an art museum and Binky discovers a mistake with a certain drawing-
Oct. 21, 1997, midnight
S2E4 - Arthur's Lucky Pencil
Arthur uses a pencil that seems to be lucky and then lends it to his friends. But it gets shorter and shorter, so Arthur decides to use it for emergencies only.
Oct. 21, 1997, midnight
S2E5 - D.W., the Picky Eater
D.W. is not invited to Grandma Thora's upcoming birthday dinner because she is a very picky eater.
Oct. 22, 1997, midnight
S2E6 - Buster and the Daredevils
Arthur and Buster want Toby and Slink to teach them some skating tricks, but Toby and Slink say that they have to do some dares first. Arthur quits before the first dare, but Buster keeps on fulfilling dare after dare.
Oct. 22, 1997, midnight
S2E7 - Arthur Makes a Movie
Arthur wants to see a movie, but he is too young, so he and his friends make a parody of the movie.
Oct. 23, 1997, midnight
S2E8 - Go to Your Room, D.W.
D.W. does not get along well with Kate, whom she claims keeps trying to take her toys, when they are supposed to be sharing them. When Kate will not give D.W. one of her toys back, D.W. tries to take the toy away from Kate by force and threatens to pinch her. For doing this, Jane sends D.W. upstairs to her room as punishment.
Oct. 23, 1997, midnight
S2E9 - Arthur's Underwear
Arthur has an embarrassing dream about being seen in his underwear and it gets even worse when it happens for real.
Oct. 24, 1997, midnight
S2E10 - Francine Frensky, Olympic Rider
None
Oct. 24, 1997, midnight
S2E11 - Buster Baxter, Cat Saver
Buster saves a cat from up a tree and now he is known as a local hero because of an article in the newspaper.
Oct. 27, 1997, midnight
S2E12 - Play it Again, D.W.
None
Oct. 27, 1997, midnight
S2E13 - Arthur's TV-Free Week
Everyone has all pledged not to watch TV for one whole week.
Oct. 28, 1997, midnight
S2E14 - Night Fright
None
Oct. 28, 1997, midnight
S2E15 - Arthur vs. the Piano
None
Oct. 29, 1997, midnight
S2E16 - The Big Blow-Up
None
Oct. 29, 1997, midnight
S2E17 - Lost!
Arthur gets on the wrong bus to his swimming lessons and gets lost.
Oct. 30, 1997, midnight
S2E18 - The Short, Quick Summer
Arthur has a to-do list for the summer, but he can't find it and summer's nearly over. He finds out everyone else had a great summer. He finds his list and D.W. accidentally helps him realize that he did all the things on it and had a great time too.
Oct. 30, 1997, midnight
S2E19 - D.W. Goes to Washington
It's the first family trip and Arthur gets to choose. He chooses going to Washington, D.C. and D.W. thinks that she's going to be bored until she accidentally runs into the American president.
Oct. 31, 1997, midnight
S2E20 - Arthur's Mystery Envelope
Mr. Haney gives Arthur an envelope to give to his mom. He is worried about its contents, thinking that it's about him, so he comes up with a way of giving it to her without her opening it. It turns out to contain Mr. Haney's tax documents.
Oct. 31, 1997, midnight
S2E21 - D.W.'s Deer Friend
It's the second family trip and D.W. gets to choose. She chooses camping and D.W. gets attached to a deer she met and wants to bring home.
April 6, 1998, midnight
S2E22 - Buster Hits the Books
Buster needs to write a book report, but he has never finished a book. His friends try to find one he can finish.
April 6, 1998, midnight
S2E23 - Arthur's Faraway Friend
Arthur and Buster are on the urge of finishing their story for the sequel of Robin Hood. Everything is well until Arthur discovers that Buster has decided to go on a long trip to bond with his dad. Arthur fears that it's the end of their story and their friendship!
April 7, 1998, midnight
S2E24 - Arthur and the Square Dance
None
April 7, 1998, midnight
S2E25 - Water and the Brain
Arthur and his friends are all invited by Muffy to go to Waterworld, but the Brain doesn't want to go. When he and Binky find out that the Brain is afraid of water, they try to cure this fear so they can all go together.
April 8, 1998, midnight
S2E26 - Arthur the Unfunny
None
April 8, 1998, midnight
S2E27 - Sue Ellen's Lost Diary
When Sue Ellen drops her diary at the library, she is worried that someone has found it and is going to read it.
April 9, 1998, midnight
S2E28 - Arthur's Knee
Arthur does not want to tell his mother he hurt his knee, because then she will know he was playing down at the dump—where he is not supposed to go.
April 9, 1998, midnight
S2E29 - Grandma Thora Appreciation Day
Arthur and D.W. sleepover at Grandma Thora's house and find out that she gets lonely when they're not there. So Arthur and D.W. throw her a party to help her.
April 10, 1998, midnight
S2E30 - Fern's Slumber Party
None
April 10, 1998, midnight
S2E31 - Love Notes for Muffy
When Muffy annoys Francine and Brain, they decide to get even with her by sending her fake love notes for an anonymous person to make her look goofy.
April 13, 1998, midnight
S2E32 - D.W. Blows the Whistle
Deputized as a Junior Safety Officer, D.W. sees it as a license to tattle.
April 13, 1998, midnight
S2E33 - Francine Redecorates
When Francine and Katherine get sick of each other Katherine moves out to have her own room in the living room.
April 14, 1998, midnight
S2E34 - Arthur the Loser
None
April 14, 1998, midnight
S2E35 - Arthur vs. the Very Mean Crossing Guard
On the way home from school, Arthur and the Brain meet a crossing guard who wants $10.00 from them to cross the street.
April 15, 1998, midnight
S2E36 - D.W.'s Very Bad Mood
None
April 15, 1998, midnight
S2E37 - D.W.'s Name Game
D.W. gets praise from the Tibbles at being the best at name-calling, so she tries it on Arthur but it fails because he's older and knows more words so with the help of Katherine she looks up words in the Thesaurus that Arthur doesen't know and uses them against him.
April 16, 1998, midnight
S2E38 - Finders Key-pers
None
April 16, 1998, midnight
S2E39 - How the Cookie Crumbles
Muffy won last year's Strawberry baking contest in The Strawberry Festival because her father was the judge but this year when her friends help her bake strawberry cookies she takes the credit and wins the contest. Soon the cookies become so good that Muffy decides to run a business and sell them but not before she lets Arthur and friends get their share.
April 17, 1998, midnight
S2E40 - Sue Ellen's Little Sister
None
April 17, 1998, midnight
Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 13 min.
Season Runtime: 6578 min.
Released: Oct. 7, 1996
Last Air Date: Feb. 21, 2022, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-Y
Common sense age: 5+
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