What I find ironic as I rewatch this show is that Francine claims that she's the nicest person in school, and yet she acts more like a bully than Binky.
@@amylee8969 Muffy was more an ignoramus than a malignant character in my mind. I can't think of an episode where Muffy consciously did something cruel.
Francine is the kind of kid that would literally laugh at you falling on your face after you ride your bike without training wheels. Then, when she does the same thing, she doesn't like it.
@mattneff Well, two of her worst moments for me were not giving airholes to Buster's costume during the play even though he has asthma and for being a bully to Fern during Draw.
Francine is the kid playing in a hockey tournament and goes full Sidney Crosby by tripping your goalie behind the net and then crying to the refs about how you retaliated and are now serving a game misconduct.
Theres actually an episode called "locked in the library" where Francine shows the rarest amount of kindess to arthur at the end of the episode, even though she was being an asshole to him over a petty insult that probably wasn't even meant to be one.
@rach3092Arthur was at least trying to be nice and respectful to her in the library before it closed, but she kept acting like a fucking karen the whole time.
She was such a hypocrite in that episode. She got offended at him for calling her a marshmallow even though she made fun of him for wearing glasses and not losing his baby teeth.
They are always are throwing shade at each other. She gave Francine an aloe plant and told her to break the tip off, and rub the gel into her hair to help with the dryness and dandruff 😂😂😂
Honestly, D.W. and Francine are the same. Both are the younger siblings of their respective families and they tend to be bratty in some form or another. They often resent their older siblings for one reason or another. And their egos often tend to get the better of them and they have Aesop Amnesia.
It's kind of funny looking back at all the episodes of kids shows where they really hyped up Thomas Edison as this amazing inventor, once you get older and find out that he didn't actually invent a lot of the things he took credit for inventing
@@midnalazuli793 I'm on the older end of Gen Z, and I remember them teaching us the pro Thomas Edison stuff in elementary school. So it went on into the 2000s at least, lol
An episode you should cover is that one episode where Francine gets a taste of her own medicine when she makes fun of Fern. Also, as a kid, I was delusional enough to believe that Francine and Arthur were friends. But seeing her as she is now, she didn't have a leg to stand on during So Funny I Forgot to laugh.
Yeah, like considering how much she’s done much worse stuff, I can’t really side with anyone in that episode (besides Sue Ellen). At least Arthur did eventually apologize, which Francine has done so many things worth apologizing for that she didn’t
It does seem that Francine has something of a crush on Arthur, but this shouldn’t excuse her behavior, especially after the tooth episode where Arthur finally standing up for himself and ignoring Francine’s taunts is met with assault It seemed to have been on accident that Arthur got hit with a soccer ball but I’m not too fond of Francine’s behavior not being met with more derision or punishment.
@@mattneffFrancine and Arthur go on a date at the end of that book, and during the date, when Arthur says, “I’ll give you kisses,” Francine closes her eyes and puckers up in anticipation of making out with Arthur (except that the joke is that Arthur only gave her chocolate kisses, probably because he’s at the age where doesn’t want to get cooties)
For an fu muffy episode i suggest the one where muffy is a drama queef about the fact that everyone isnt utterly helpless without her so they stage fake scenarios to placate her sorry ego
Francine Frensky is just the same as Peppermint Patty from Peanuts. Although they’re a close friend/friendly rival to the main character (Charlie Brown/Arthur Read), they both often tease them or berate them even when it’s not their fault, thus making them feel like bullies. And like you said, even though they deep down have a crush on them, similar to how Helga Pataki and Cindy Vortex are with Arnold Shortman and Jimmy Neutron, bullying is still bullying. Other examples of tomboyish characters that can act rude and boastful include Cera from The Land Before Time and Rainbow Dash from MLP, but too bad you can’t do an FU Rainbow Dash review cause you’d get in trouble from Hasbro again.
@@mattneffmy guess would be the infamous Thanksgiving special in which Peppermint Patty invited herself and some friends to Charlie Brown's house, then yelled at him for not having cooked 'a real Thanksgiving dinner' (...or is that one too well-known? 🤔 I never followed Peanuts closely but even as a kid, that was just hard to watch 😣)
@@mattneff Well in A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, Peppermint Patty invited herself, Marcy, and Franklin for Thanksgiving dinner with Charlie Brown against his wishes. In Happy New Year , Charlie Brown, Peppermint Patty wanted to dance with Charlie Brown at the New Year’s party even though Charlie was busy with his War & Peace book report. In It’s Arbor Day, Charlie Brown, Peppermint was upset with Charlie Brown with how the baseball field became a garden and Charlie’s team was beating her’s, even though Linus and Lucy were the ones who planted everything. In the first airing of It’s Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown, Peppermint Patty blamed Charlie Brown for their football team’s loss even though actually, Lucy couldn’t resist swiping the football from Charlie Brown as usual, so FU Lucy too. Thankfully in later airings, Peppermint Patty’s rant at Charlie Brown was changed to backwards speech.
Peppermint Patty's signature tantrum at Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving dinner, followed by her tantrum over Marcie's fumbled attempt at making a dress for figure skating
Ironic, cause I once read a strip about how Charlie Brown was having a shitty day and Peppermint Patty actually felt sorry for him and told him that he’s not the only one. And Charlie Brown starts talking about how the previous year he had 165 bad days.
How about Francine's Bad Hair Day, Arthur and the True Francine, Draw!, Binky Barnes - Art Expert, Arthur's Lucky Pencil, Francine Frensky - Olympic Rider, Locked in the Library!, Fright Night, The Big Blow-Up, Arthur Goes to Camp, Francine Redecorates
You could also do an F U prunella. She can be very stuck up around people. I remember, she misplaced a fortuneteller that she was using, and she immediately blamed Muffy, (who did nothing wrong) with no evidence.
Or the episode where she ends up receiving two dolls for her birthday, and as she’s opening up the second doll at her birthday party, disparagingly casts it aside without even so much as a ‘thank you’ to Francine who bought it.
A reminder that Francine wanted to suffocate Buster by blocking the holes on his costume so he couldn't breathe. Canon-wise, Buster later discovers he has asthma, so Francine was going to make an asthma kid have less oxygen to breathe. 😭
I’m shocked the ‘Draw!’ episode didn’t make this video! After Francine unapologetically makes fun of Fern, she gets revenge & shows the friends a comic she drew of a conceited cow named Frank who makes fun of everyone else. The kids find this hilarious, but when Francine discovers this, she is less than amused understanding the cow represents her. Soon enough, the group draw their own depictions of Francine, deciding to give her a taste of her own medicine. I won’t continue the plot as I believe many in this comment section would be familiar with the episode, just I think it would’ve been a better choice than the “bet to be nice” episode. Francine was a true blue bully in ‘Draw!’ & while the repercussions were well deserved, it also taught kids about the vicious cycle of bullying. To this day I still remember Mrs. MacGrady’s words: “I always say, - never serve anyone a stew that you wouldn't want to eat yourself." The only problem is, I remember at the end of the episode Francine admitting to Mrs.MacGrady that she was wrong to bully Fern, but we don’t see her apologize TO Fern. Arthur & the gang are shown to be apologetic at the end & run to make amends - but the resolution feels one sided.
The title alone I must thank you for!! I have ALWAYS hated Francine because as an older kid, she should know better than to be an absolute bleep. Any episode where she got her just desserts was a great episode in my mind. (The barfing episode especially I love because the brat finally learns about the school food chain. Her friend are nice to her, yet she still suspects they are making fun behind her back, but they harass poor George for his recurring bloody nose.) In the first 2 seasons I honestly felt D.W had more redeeming qualities than Francine.
How the episode where they imagined her as the blob? Or when Arthur was trapped in a library with Francine? Or when Francine had a new horse? Or when muffy became her new roommate?
@@mattneff DW is easy on there but I'm not sure who else. I was wondering who your 5 least favorite Arthur characters are. There was Cora who appeared once and she was somehow worse than DW but at least Cora only appeared in 1 episode
As someone who was bullied a lot in elementary school and got glasses halfway through fifth grade: I never got bullied for wearing glasses. My friends even thought they were cool🤷🏽♀️
Top 5 worst characters: 1:DW 2:Muffy 3:Franchise 4:The Brain for being a smart-ass 5:Mr.Ratphirn for making a shity play (Srry if I spelt the name wrong)
There are 2 episodes in particular that show Francine calling Arthur out on his bullying. The episode where Arthur is happy that D.W. lost her voice and when Arthur makes fun of Sue Ellen for wearing a tacky sweater. She on the other hand made of Arthur for wearing glasses and not losing his baby teeth, made fun of Fern for liking a puppet show and calling out Muffy on her hockey skills. She really was one of the first hypocrites I ever got introduced to during my childhood 😂
One Francine episode that I STILL can’t stand is the episode where she bullies Fern. Having also been introverted and quiet and rather read/write Fern was always my favorite. She rightfully lashed out with comics making fun of Francine (everyone else joined in but she’s awful to them too) and the show made them be in the wrong because it made Francine cry. So?? She made Fern cry too. She never apologized either just said “she knew she shouldn’t have been mean” then she should’ve said sorry, she finally knew how everyone else felt when she was cruel. But no she’s the victim. At least they didn’t show Fern apologizing instead
For the next FU Francine, can you do these episodes? 1. THE INFAMOUS DRAW EPISODE! 2. Poor Muffy 3. A is for Angry ( even though Muffy was the worst in this episode)
When I watched this as a kid, I only hated DW but now that I am grown up and watch this I see that Francine was not better than DW. Think I could not watch this nowadays without being fed up with most characters. It is also interesting to see what their original names are. Back then I watched it in German Dub and they changed some Names 😂
I was already like 17 before Arthur even came out, so it kind of passed me by back in the 90s. But geez it is a WILD show, I totally should have watched it.
I'll always remember that episode where Francine spent the whole episode picking on Arthur because he still hadn't lost his baby teeth, and how she had the gall to get mad when called out on what a bad person she was being.
The show seems to go with the idea of "she hurts you because she secretly likes you" no that's not how relationships work. Personal I ship Arthur and Molly. Given their interactions in later episodes I can actually see being a couple in highschool
Fun fact: Daniel Day Lewis is one of the most famous method actors ever and will do stuffs that sound douche-y such as making people call him “Mr. President” (for Lincoln) or making people carry him around (for My Left Foot). However, when interviewed for why he method act, he gave a down-to-Earth response of “it’s just easier for me.” Not for attention or his own ego
Man i was laughing the whole time on this vid. I didn’t need glasses until last year. Growing up on 90s TV, it was internalized in me that glasses r for nerds. I dont wear my glasses at all in public even tho i am a full grown man now. I only wear my glasses at home when playing Nintendo. Thank you francine
I just got a physical jolt from remembering when I walked into the girls bathroom at an airport when I was like 10. I think that may have been the cringiest moment of my life.
10:58 Interestingly enough, this Arthur episode is one of the RARE times Princess Peach was referred to as such outside Japan. The other times being Yoshi’s Safari and Super Mario 64. Before, she was referred to as “Princess Toadstool” in English.
I remember an episode where Arthur and Francine get locked in a public library overnight, and Francine is mad at Arthur almost the whole episode because he recently made fun of her for wearing a sweater that made her look like “a marshmallow.” She gets bent out of shape for days over someone calling her a name probably just one time, as opposed to the weeks that she spent endlessly taunting Arthur on two separate occasions. He even calls her out on this towards the end of the episode, but she completely sidesteps it by pointing out and flattering him over something more considerate that he just did for her in that scene. Talk about a hypocritical narcissist.
7:35 in the AFEU (Arthur and friends expanded universe) there’s an edition where Brain is responsible for erasing his friends and everyone in Ellwood city in a science experiment involving gluons, neutrinos, and quantum mechanics, but he deviates from the timeline in which Marc Brown never existed. ☝️🤓
Would you mind reviewing the following episodes: 1. Arthur and the True Francine 2. Francine's Bad Hair Day 3. Buster and the Daredevils 4. Binky Barnes, Art Expert 5. Arthur's Lucky Pencil 6. Arthur Makes a Movie 7. Arthur's Underwear 8. Francine Frensky, Olympic Rider 9. Buster Baxter, Cat Saver 10. Arthur's TV-Free Week 11. Night Fright 12. Arthur vs. the Piano 13. The Big Blow-Up 14. Lost! 15. The Short, Quick Summer 16. Arthur's Mystery Envelope 17. Buster Hits the Books 18. Arthur's Faraway Friend 19. Arthur and the Square Dance 20. Water and the Brain 21. Arthur the Unfunny 22. Sue Ellen's Lost Diary 23. Arthur's Knee 24. Grandma Thora Appreciation Day 25. Fern's Slumber Party 26. Love Notes for Muffy 27. Francine Redecorates 28. Arthur the Loser 29. Arthur vs. the Very Mean Crossing Guard 30. Finders Key-pers 31. How the Cookie Crumbles
@@mattneff that's the one where she mocked Fern about Fern being too quiet (and then got her comeuppance from Fern and the others) I'm a Poet also had her mocking Fern a bunch
Happy birthday buddy. I pray and hope God grants you an awesome year full of breakthrough and awesomeness and that DW the devil’s daughter doesn’t ruin it.
WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT. HOLD THE FUCK ON. Look at Arthur's failed test compared to francine's. Second question- 7+9= 16. Why is that marked wrong for arthur but not for francine? Mr. Marco you crazy
the Edison episode is prime example of being ungrateful. Even kids who weren't her direct friends were vouching for her at the beginning. Also. i'd argue Francine nailed Edison's personality perfectly.
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Challenge accepted
Do it
DO THE THING
Lol I added a like 70 pushups
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How to know if you’re in a toxic relationship? If your girlfriend is a DW, Francine, Muffy or Jetta dump her. If your boyfriend’s a Caillou dump him.
It’s like you can read my mind 🙃
Or Emily (DW's bestie). This little ableist show off...
If your boyfriends a buster or arthur there a keeper
Yes
@@Pinksatin-vl8jm How’s Emily ableist?
Most of DW's issues are because she's five and isnt regularly disciplined.
Francine's issues are because of her personality.
To be fair, Francine is only 8
@@ccannon1 that is true
Francine makes the tough customers look like angels
Francine has even ADMITTED outright that she knows she is rude. 😂
“And you could say she teases him because she has a crush on him. But that’s not about excuse. And it never is. BULLYING IS BULLYING.”
FACTS!👏👏
valid* excuse not about.
Francine is a lesbian. No way she had a crush on Arthur.
@@JLDReactions Tomboy, yes. Lesbian? I don't think so.
I think he's referring to the A OK version😂😂😂 @@99thJediWarrior
What I find ironic as I rewatch this show is that Francine claims that she's the nicest person in school, and yet she acts more like a bully than Binky.
Very true. Do you think Francine is worse than Binky?
@@mattneff absolutely. Binky has had a lot more nice moments than her.
@@mattneffyes. Binky admits he's putting on a facade alot of time meanwhile francince claims to be virtuous
Yes, that's pretty true. 90% of the time that Binky is acting like a bully, it's because he's being pressured by the rest of the 'tough customers'.
@@Mikaracat And he grew out of that shit.
This show taught me that even tomboys can be such divas.
Do you think Francine is worse than DW?
@@mattneff Eh... That's a tough question, DW is certainly more malignant but Francine is older and should know better.
@@mattneff francine became ok in the so funny i forgot to laugh episode instead of making fun of se, she actually defends her with muffy and buster.
To me, Muffy and DW were WAY worse. Francine may have been a diva at times, but she had her good values and limits that she knew never to cross.
@@amylee8969 Muffy was more an ignoramus than a malignant character in my mind. I can't think of an episode where Muffy consciously did something cruel.
The Brain: has homemade rocket fuel. Also The Brain: doesn't know the guy how created the lightbulb.
Yeah, what's up with that?
@@mattneffIs there some kind of law against consistency?
Thomas didn't Invent the Lightbulb!
It was Collaborative Effort that Created the Lightbulb! He was a Bloody Fraud!
@@mattneff He's probably a Nicola Tesla Stan and refuses to acknowledge the other guy
@@pallydan893the Brain is a Joseph Swan stan too.
The “Francine has to be nice episode” doesn’t work when she’s forced to and she physically struggles to be a good person
Francine is the kind of kid that would literally laugh at you falling on your face after you ride your bike without training wheels. Then, when she does the same thing, she doesn't like it.
Very true, what do you think her worst moment is?
@mattneff Well, two of her worst moments for me were not giving airholes to Buster's costume during the play even though he has asthma and for being a bully to Fern during Draw.
That sounds like the time when Sue Ellen fell into the mud, and Francine laughed at her
@@mechadoggy Oh, I remember that. Francine's a whole bully.
@@haileyharmon5298 To be fair about Buster’s asthma, the play episode was prior to the asthma episode
Francine is the kid playing in a hockey tournament and goes full Sidney Crosby by tripping your goalie behind the net and then crying to the refs about how you retaliated and are now serving a game misconduct.
I honestly don't know anything about hockey, but I'll take your word for it lol
@@mattneffI swear the shows take great joy in seeing Arthur suffer don’t they
Francine is also the kind of person in hockey to step out of the rink and attack the people in the stands Hanson style
@@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881 or Philadelphia Flyers and Boston Burins of the 1970’s
@@mattneff Miss Wayne Gretzky right there!!!!!
Theres actually an episode called "locked in the library" where Francine shows the rarest amount of kindess to arthur at the end of the episode, even though she was being an asshole to him over a petty insult that probably wasn't even meant to be one.
@rach3092Arthur was at least trying to be nice and respectful to her in the library before it closed, but she kept acting like a fucking karen the whole time.
And he was right. She was an effin marshmallow! XD
Oh I remember that episode. That was a classic FU Francine episode.
@@madgang201 "He should talk! You should see what he looks like in pajamas!"
She was such a hypocrite in that episode. She got offended at him for calling her a marshmallow even though she made fun of him for wearing glasses and not losing his baby teeth.
“Without Lights, You’d Have To Shop In The ‘DARK’!! Oh Sorry, I Guess You ALREADY Do.”
(GASPS)
HOT-DIGGITY DAMN!! 😢😅😂😮
Jeez, and aren't Francine and Muffy best friends?
They are always are throwing shade at each other. She gave Francine an aloe plant and told her to break the tip off, and rub the gel into her hair to help with the dryness and dandruff 😂😂😂
Muffy kind of needs it every now and then lol
Pumped Up Kicks playing during the sequence with the Brain.
😂😂😂
Arthur once again points out that Francine is not the boss of the show and she needs to cut the crêpe.
Unpopular Opinion: Bullying is just another word for abuse
Can you explain
That's not even an opinion. That's literally what bullying is.
@@changingpeopleslivesmoon2993 yes. Bullying and abuse require the same kind of behavior
@@Lego_Ninjago_ unfortunately many would disagree
True. And it isn't just kids that do it. Adults do it to each other and their kids at times.
Honestly, D.W. and Francine are the same. Both are the younger siblings of their respective families and they tend to be bratty in some form or another. They often resent their older siblings for one reason or another. And their egos often tend to get the better of them and they have Aesop Amnesia.
It's kind of funny looking back at all the episodes of kids shows where they really hyped up Thomas Edison as this amazing inventor, once you get older and find out that he didn't actually invent a lot of the things he took credit for inventing
yeah, he's kinda a crock
Thomas Edison is to Millennials what Steve Jobs is to Gen Z.
@@midnalazuli793 I'm on the older end of Gen Z, and I remember them teaching us the pro Thomas Edison stuff in elementary school. So it went on into the 2000s at least, lol
He also tried to destroy Teslas career
@@jacobplacencio989 Yeah he was a dick
An episode you should cover is that one episode where Francine gets a taste of her own medicine when she makes fun of Fern.
Also, as a kid, I was delusional enough to believe that Francine and Arthur were friends. But seeing her as she is now, she didn't have a leg to stand on during So Funny I Forgot to laugh.
Yeah, like considering how much she’s done much worse stuff, I can’t really side with anyone in that episode (besides Sue Ellen). At least Arthur did eventually apologize, which Francine has done so many things worth apologizing for that she didn’t
It does seem that Francine has something of a crush on Arthur, but this shouldn’t excuse her behavior, especially after the tooth episode where Arthur finally standing up for himself and ignoring Francine’s taunts is met with assault
It seemed to have been on accident that Arthur got hit with a soccer ball but I’m not too fond of Francine’s behavior not being met with more derision or punishment.
Also that Arthur's valentine book shows Francine at her worse too.
I'm not sure I remember that one. What happens?
@@mattneff Long time since I've seen the book.
@mattneff She, Buster, and even Sue Ellen mocked Arthur when his Valentines cards fell out of his jacket and later in the classroom the next day.
@@purkle200 Plus she looked hostile towards Arthur.
@@mattneffFrancine and Arthur go on a date at the end of that book, and during the date, when Arthur says, “I’ll give you kisses,” Francine closes her eyes and puckers up in anticipation of making out with Arthur (except that the joke is that Arthur only gave her chocolate kisses, probably because he’s at the age where doesn’t want to get cooties)
BINKY: I DON’T WANNA DO SOME GIRLS PLAY.
MATT: HEY!, NO BAD!
well he did do ballet in the fu dw episode where dw thinks that she was poisoned.
@@viviennemorgan7217talk about character development
@@viviennemorgan7217 I believe that takes place after the episode where he says that, so we could say that's some character development!
@@user-ee2wv3ic2l oh
For an fu muffy episode i suggest the one where muffy is a drama queef about the fact that everyone isnt utterly helpless without her so they stage fake scenarios to placate her sorry ego
What episode is that?
@@Angelmama22 Muffy Misses Out
@@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881 Thank you!
when she said that she doesn’t need makeup she’s already beautiful “but francine sure could use some” 😭😭
Francine was suppose to be the sandy cheeks of the show but instead Francine just ends up being more of a worst DW than DW herself.
True, what do you think her worst moment is?
@@mattneff One where she bullies Arthur when he started to wear glasses.
I think they tried to attempt a sandy cheeks with Ladonna but instead ended up with the hillbilly version of Sandy
@@mattneff Arthur just can’t catch a break in his own show
Francine was created long before Sandy
What a beautiful lawn
What a beautiful flag!!! 🩷💜💙
what a beautiful sock.
@@MichaelBlaneWalker why bring politics into a simple comment
@@0xm Because I like the colors.
Ew. No. @@MichaelBlaneWalker
Francine Frensky is just the same as Peppermint Patty from Peanuts. Although they’re a close friend/friendly rival to the main character (Charlie Brown/Arthur Read), they both often tease them or berate them even when it’s not their fault, thus making them feel like bullies. And like you said, even though they deep down have a crush on them, similar to how Helga Pataki and Cindy Vortex are with Arnold Shortman and Jimmy Neutron, bullying is still bullying.
Other examples of tomboyish characters that can act rude and boastful include Cera from The Land Before Time and Rainbow Dash from MLP, but too bad you can’t do an FU Rainbow Dash review cause you’d get in trouble from Hasbro again.
That's a good point. What would an FU Peppermint Patty be about?
@@mattneffmy guess would be the infamous Thanksgiving special in which Peppermint Patty invited herself and some friends to Charlie Brown's house, then yelled at him for not having cooked 'a real Thanksgiving dinner'
(...or is that one too well-known? 🤔 I never followed Peanuts closely but even as a kid, that was just hard to watch 😣)
@@mattneff Well in A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, Peppermint Patty invited herself, Marcy, and Franklin for Thanksgiving dinner with Charlie Brown against his wishes.
In Happy New Year , Charlie Brown, Peppermint Patty wanted to dance with Charlie Brown at the New Year’s party even though Charlie was busy with his War & Peace book report.
In It’s Arbor Day, Charlie Brown, Peppermint was upset with Charlie Brown with how the baseball field became a garden and Charlie’s team was beating her’s, even though Linus and Lucy were the ones who planted everything.
In the first airing of It’s Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown, Peppermint Patty blamed Charlie Brown for their football team’s loss even though actually, Lucy couldn’t resist swiping the football from Charlie Brown as usual, so FU Lucy too. Thankfully in later airings, Peppermint Patty’s rant at Charlie Brown was changed to backwards speech.
Peppermint Patty's signature tantrum at Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving dinner, followed by her tantrum over Marcie's fumbled attempt at making a dress for figure skating
Ironic, cause I once read a strip about how Charlie Brown was having a shitty day and Peppermint Patty actually felt sorry for him and told him that he’s not the only one. And Charlie Brown starts talking about how the previous year he had 165 bad days.
Please do stolen bike and my dad the garbage man!!! Francine treats her dad so poorly when all he does is try to help and provide for her 😭
How about Francine's Bad Hair Day, Arthur and the True Francine, Draw!, Binky Barnes - Art Expert, Arthur's Lucky Pencil, Francine Frensky - Olympic Rider, Locked in the Library!, Fright Night, The Big Blow-Up, Arthur Goes to Camp, Francine Redecorates
Still i can't believe in the episode where D.W. lost her voice, Francine had the hypocritical gall to lecture Arthur about being mean.
Keep up the good work on your videos! Through your FU DW series, you have created a series that one day could be better than the Arthur series itself!
Better Arthur spinoff than "Postcards from Buster"
@@garrettscott6948 Yeah honestly I do agree with you. The Postcards From Buster were okay but not great, so right now, FU DW is where it’s at.
You could also do an F U prunella. She can be very stuck up around people. I remember, she misplaced a fortuneteller that she was using, and she immediately blamed Muffy, (who did nothing wrong) with no evidence.
Or the episode where she ends up receiving two dolls for her birthday, and as she’s opening up the second doll at her birthday party, disparagingly casts it aside without even so much as a ‘thank you’ to Francine who bought it.
@@abeiradapraia Francine worked so hard to get it too.
0:09 Here's a better title for FU Francine, "Get a Grip, Francine!"
Pretty appropriate why 9 out of 10 times Francine takes Dora Weinstein’s side, they’re both terrible.
Her name is Dora Winifred not Weinstein
@@Rromeey
Uh it’s just a joke.
@@MrCrowZombie Oh my bad thought you made a mistake. I wasn’t being rude or anything. 🤗
@@Rromeey
It’s cool.
A reminder that Francine wanted to suffocate Buster by blocking the holes on his costume so he couldn't breathe. Canon-wise, Buster later discovers he has asthma, so Francine was going to make an asthma kid have less oxygen to breathe. 😭
Personally, I think Muffy is slightly worse, but yeah, Francine's no picnic either.
I think Muffy is out of touch but not intentionally mean
Muffy is capable of being humiliated, and the narrative doesn't try to gaslight the audience into thinking she's right.
I’m shocked the ‘Draw!’ episode didn’t make this video! After Francine unapologetically makes fun of Fern, she gets revenge & shows the friends a comic she drew of a conceited cow named Frank who makes fun of everyone else. The kids find this hilarious, but when Francine discovers this, she is less than amused understanding the cow represents her. Soon enough, the group draw their own depictions of Francine, deciding to give her a taste of her own medicine.
I won’t continue the plot as I believe many in this comment section would be familiar with the episode, just I think it would’ve been a better choice than the “bet to be nice” episode. Francine was a true blue bully in ‘Draw!’ & while the repercussions were well deserved, it also taught kids about the vicious cycle of bullying. To this day I still remember Mrs. MacGrady’s words: “I always say, - never serve anyone a stew that you wouldn't want to eat yourself."
The only problem is, I remember at the end of the episode Francine admitting to Mrs.MacGrady that she was wrong to bully Fern, but we don’t see her apologize TO Fern. Arthur & the gang are shown to be apologetic at the end & run to make amends - but the resolution feels one sided.
Yeah, Let’s Talk about Francine. Why is she the worst? Oh wait, here’s the answer because of her attitude towards her Friends that’s why!
Yeah, why are they friends with her, again?
@@mattneffwell elwood city is a small town so I'm guessing limited options
The title alone I must thank you for!! I have ALWAYS hated Francine because as an older kid, she should know better than to be an absolute bleep.
Any episode where she got her just desserts was a great episode in my mind. (The barfing episode especially I love because the brat finally learns about the school food chain. Her friend are nice to her, yet she still suspects they are making fun behind her back, but they harass poor George for his recurring bloody nose.)
In the first 2 seasons I honestly felt D.W had more redeeming qualities than Francine.
5:55 those are the faces that say “we should’ve never had kids”
You've got one thing wrong. Francine is narcissistic enough to go back in time and watch yourself in a play.
How the episode where they imagined her as the blob?
Or when Arthur was trapped in a library with Francine?
Or when Francine had a new horse?
Or when muffy became her new roommate?
The FBI would burst down your door if they heard that sus line,(Chris Hanson,too,)LOL 😂😂😂😂
The squirting contest lol. I have abs from laughing so much
Francine thinks she's Helga (fitting, since Arthur and Hey Arnold premiered the same day)
I don’t know why this popped up in my feed, but the commentary is HILARIOUS!! 😂😂😂
Subscribed!!!
I remember they tried to make her redeemable with the episode about her working her butt off to buy that doll for a birthday present.
The commentary on this was so accurate😭🤣 Loved the video!
8:56 two arthurs
DW might be your worst Arthur character but is Francine a close second worst
True, who do you think the top 5 worst Arthur characters are?
@@mattneff DW is easy on there but I'm not sure who else. I was wondering who your 5 least favorite Arthur characters are. There was Cora who appeared once and she was somehow worse than DW but at least Cora only appeared in 1 episode
@@adantelee5017Muffy is another terrible character.
As someone who was bullied a lot in elementary school and got glasses halfway through fifth grade: I never got bullied for wearing glasses. My friends even thought they were cool🤷🏽♀️
Buster and muffy are also in the crowd next to Francine.
And what looks kinda like lois and Peter Griffin?
And maybe even a normal human?
Your commentary and edits are hilarious 😅. Subscribed. ❤
Top 5 worst characters:
1:DW
2:Muffy
3:Franchise
4:The Brain for being a smart-ass
5:Mr.Ratphirn for making a shity play (Srry if I spelt the name wrong)
Ah yes, Franchise. The worst Arthur character.
*Ratburn*
Sir you have a forever fan for this one. I loathed this character growing up because I had my own Francine giving me hell as a kid.
Arthur-san messing with canon events knowing damn well he's only in the early chapters of the manga.
Hey Matt Neff can you do a FU Arthur video on the episode “So Funny I Forgot To Laugh” where Arthur makes fun of Sue Ellen for days and goes too far
17:14 What's DW doing there?
Thanks for watching everyone! Let me know what episodes I should cover next!
Locked in the Library
Could you cover the episode “Draw”.
"Citizen Frensky"
FRANCINE BECOMES A VOYUER
Draw or MacFrensky (even though I think Muffy is worse in it)
@@BlackOrderAlchemist yeah I agree. Muffy is worse in MacFrensky though.
Love your videos
Same here. Matts videos are the GOAT!
Thanks for watching!
@@mattneff Your videos are always good, keep up the good work!
I honestly hate her more than DW. At least the DW episodes make me laugh. This makes me want to reenact what Homer does to Bart.
Between DW, Francine, Binky and his father, no wonder Arthur talks to himself
MATT NEFF THE JUNETEENTH GOD!
Lol, not my intention, but I'll take it
Arthur taught me that the real bullies in life aren't people like Binky, but people like francine, muffy, and dw.
The episode where binky punches arthur in the face
There are 2 episodes in particular that show Francine calling Arthur out on his bullying. The episode where Arthur is happy that D.W. lost her voice and when Arthur makes fun of Sue Ellen for wearing a tacky sweater. She on the other hand made of Arthur for wearing glasses and not losing his baby teeth, made fun of Fern for liking a puppet show and calling out Muffy on her hockey skills. She really was one of the first hypocrites I ever got introduced to during my childhood 😂
Locked in the library has FU Francine qualities!
15:22 they been ruining lore since episode 1 that’s a accomplishment
The intro was the third scariest thing I've ever saw second is DW and first is Caillou
The fact that Francine and Arthur end up married worries me.
Do they canonically get married?
@@nicholassmith41 I remember seeing a flash forward of them as adults being married and the fan wiki backs this up.
Francine was more of a bully than all of the Tough Customers combined.
One Francine episode that I STILL can’t stand is the episode where she bullies Fern. Having also been introverted and quiet and rather read/write Fern was always my favorite. She rightfully lashed out with comics making fun of Francine (everyone else joined in but she’s awful to them too) and the show made them be in the wrong because it made Francine cry. So?? She made Fern cry too. She never apologized either just said “she knew she shouldn’t have been mean” then she should’ve said sorry, she finally knew how everyone else felt when she was cruel. But no she’s the victim. At least they didn’t show Fern apologizing instead
He covered that episode in the so funny I forgot to laugh review the second half of it
For the next FU Francine, can you do these episodes?
1. THE INFAMOUS DRAW EPISODE!
2. Poor Muffy
3. A is for Angry ( even though Muffy was the worst in this episode)
When I watched this as a kid, I only hated DW but now that I am grown up and watch this I see that Francine was not better than DW. Think I could not watch this nowadays without being fed up with most characters. It is also interesting to see what their original names are. Back then I watched it in German Dub and they changed some Names 😂
I was already like 17 before Arthur even came out, so it kind of passed me by back in the 90s. But geez it is a WILD show, I totally should have watched it.
how about fu princess morbucks from powerpuff girls
This is one of the reasons Fern giving her a taste of her own medicine was one of the best episodes.
I'll always remember that episode where Francine spent the whole episode picking on Arthur because he still hadn't lost his baby teeth, and how she had the gall to get mad when called out on what a bad person she was being.
The show seems to go with the idea of "she hurts you because she secretly likes you" no that's not how relationships work. Personal I ship Arthur and Molly. Given their interactions in later episodes I can actually see being a couple in highschool
I shipped Arthur with Francine when I was a kid, but as an adult I know better so Molly and Arthur all the way.
As a theater kid myself I’m grateful I never had a Francine to deal with
Fun fact:
Daniel Day Lewis is one of the most famous method actors ever and will do stuffs that sound douche-y such as making people call him “Mr. President” (for Lincoln) or making people carry him around (for My Left Foot). However, when interviewed for why he method act, he gave a down-to-Earth response of “it’s just easier for me.” Not for attention or his own ego
Any episodes without Francine or Muffy in any Arthur episodes are always a relief.
Or DW, I don’t understand why everyone hates muffy though, the most she does is be annoying but she never outright tried to be mean
Man i was laughing the whole time on this vid.
I didn’t need glasses until last year. Growing up on 90s TV, it was internalized in me that glasses r for nerds. I dont wear my glasses at all in public even tho i am a full grown man now. I only wear my glasses at home when playing Nintendo. Thank you francine
These are awesome
Thanks! What episode should I cover next?
@@mattneff you should do when Patrick made SpongeBob look like a idiot in front of strangers
(For it’s just a cartoon)
I saw franchise be nice once when she stood up for someone still needing training pants
I just got a physical jolt from remembering when I walked into the girls bathroom at an airport when I was like 10. I think that may have been the cringiest moment of my life.
Im the new member of fu franchise 1:42
During the montage of Francine is getting her ass kicked Buster is able to send her air born that's some crazy upper body strength
1:54 I swear to god this joke gets me every single time
10:58
Interestingly enough, this Arthur episode is one of the RARE times Princess Peach was referred to as such outside Japan. The other times being Yoshi’s Safari and Super Mario 64. Before, she was referred to as “Princess Toadstool” in English.
7:33 Arthur:You got soft hands buddy boy!
Binky:AYO WTF?!
Still love how the future shows that Francine's better and she ends up with Arthur
I remember an episode where Arthur and Francine get locked in a public library overnight, and Francine is mad at Arthur almost the whole episode because he recently made fun of her for wearing a sweater that made her look like “a marshmallow.” She gets bent out of shape for days over someone calling her a name probably just one time, as opposed to the weeks that she spent endlessly taunting Arthur on two separate occasions. He even calls her out on this towards the end of the episode, but she completely sidesteps it by pointing out and flattering him over something more considerate that he just did for her in that scene. Talk about a hypocritical narcissist.
7:35 in the AFEU (Arthur and friends expanded universe) there’s an edition where Brain is responsible for erasing his friends and everyone in Ellwood city in a science experiment involving gluons, neutrinos, and quantum mechanics, but he deviates from the timeline in which Marc Brown never existed. ☝️🤓
Another example of a narcissistic friendship is between Lucy and Charlie Brown in Peanuts
Would you mind reviewing the following episodes:
1. Arthur and the True Francine
2. Francine's Bad Hair Day
3. Buster and the Daredevils
4. Binky Barnes, Art Expert
5. Arthur's Lucky Pencil
6. Arthur Makes a Movie
7. Arthur's Underwear
8. Francine Frensky, Olympic Rider
9. Buster Baxter, Cat Saver
10. Arthur's TV-Free Week
11. Night Fright
12. Arthur vs. the Piano
13. The Big Blow-Up
14. Lost!
15. The Short, Quick Summer
16. Arthur's Mystery Envelope
17. Buster Hits the Books
18. Arthur's Faraway Friend
19. Arthur and the Square Dance
20. Water and the Brain
21. Arthur the Unfunny
22. Sue Ellen's Lost Diary
23. Arthur's Knee
24. Grandma Thora Appreciation Day
25. Fern's Slumber Party
26. Love Notes for Muffy
27. Francine Redecorates
28. Arthur the Loser
29. Arthur vs. the Very Mean Crossing Guard
30. Finders Key-pers
31. How the Cookie Crumbles
Please do an FU Francine on the Draw! episode
Remind me which episode that is
@@mattneff that's the one where she mocked Fern about Fern being too quiet (and then got her comeuppance from Fern and the others) I'm a Poet also had her mocking Fern a bunch
Today is my birthday 😀🎉
Happy birthday buddy. I pray and hope God grants you an awesome year full of breakthrough and awesomeness and that DW the devil’s daughter doesn’t ruin it.
Thank you so much 😃👍🏻🤩
Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday
Thank you guys so much 😀😃🤩🎉🧁
WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT. HOLD THE FUCK ON.
Look at Arthur's failed test compared to francine's.
Second question- 7+9= 16. Why is that marked wrong for arthur but not for francine? Mr. Marco you crazy
4:50 You can also see Sue Ellen, Buster, and Muffie in the crowd watching themselves perform
Are you gonna make a playlist
Yep: th-cam.com/video/0mZ88g-3zig/w-d-xo.html&pp=gAQBiAQB
the Edison episode is prime example of being ungrateful. Even kids who weren't her direct friends were vouching for her at the beginning.
Also. i'd argue Francine nailed Edison's personality perfectly.
You ever think Francine acts out, because she’s the “poor kid” at her school, she knows it and doesn’t want anyone looking down on her?
Also if you do more FU Francine videos, I recommend you do FU Francine on the episode “Poor Muffy”.