Actually, for Whom The Bells Toll, they did take her to the doctor, and confirmed DW had laryngitis. Not something you can fake either, her throat would be inflamed. So she probably did have an acute case, but knew she could keep faking after realizing she felt better, so she could keep Arthur as her slave.
Ok, I already knew Arthur’s parents were jerks but until now I’d never even heard of the chip episode. So you’re telling me D.W’s mom KNEW that D.W. 100% truly thought she was going to die, and instead of comforting her and telling her why that wasn’t true so she wouldn’t be scared anymore, SHE TOLD EVERYONE IN TOWN (INCLUDING THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER) AND LET D.W. CONTINUE TO THINK SHE WAS DYING BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT IT WAS “CUTE”??? Oh and she also didn’t tell D.W. she was doing any of this either. How long was she planning on keeping that up if D.W. hadn’t found out on her own? Binky Barnes was literally a better parent in this episode than Mrs. Read because IIRC even if he didn’t know better and also believed she was gonna die, he actually listened to D.W. and sympathized with her instead of laughing. And what she says when D.W. stands up to her about it, even her tone, just SCREAMS “sorry not sorry”. D.W. got it exactly right, “Just because I’m a kid it means a promise doesn’t matter!”
No she didn’t let DW think she was going to die. She was making DW the laughing stock of the city but I can’t sympathize with her when she STILL accused Arthur of stealing her Crazy Bus cd (which I wanna nuke to hell and back) and her snowball
@@MrWill9002 my biggest thing about BOTH parents is that whenever Arthur so much as says something in the wrong tone of voice he gets punished/grounded, but D.W. can break things, whine, be ungrateful, be rude to everybody, give orders and throw tantrums, and they either somehow find a way to blame it on Arthur or just stand there and say nothing.
@@kaylasilverstein4137 yeah. Makes you want to punch them doesn’t it? They’re terrible and there there’s the fact that what they are doing is Authoritarian parenting instead of authoritative…still at least Arthur isn’t being raised like Caillou
Honestly, the Tibble Twins are even worse than DW because their bad behavior is _never_ punished by their parents or their grandparent. _Attack of the Turbo Tibbles_ is the worst example of this because they hit DW in the face with a swing, making her have to get stitches in her lip. I'm sorry but if I were a parent to those brats after they did that, they wouldn't be able to sit for a week!
I agree! At least dw could be sweet and shows that she does love her brother and was sympathetic in that episode when she wasn’t allowed to take part in the wedding just because she was too little, I’m sorry that’s bs. When my aunt got married the first time, her fiancés niece was a flower girl and she was 3!
Aunt? I thought it was their grandma. But yeah. Heck as far as I know we never even SEE their parents. So neglect on their part and they, like Muffy, are fair weather friends. A fair weather friend is someone who is there for you but only when it’s advantageous to them. In other words not really being there for you
@@alisonsouter8788 Yeah but her cons outweigh her pros. And unless she and Muffy really rethought their lives, then I’m legitimately worried for the future of the world, never mind the U.S. (as Muffy unjustly had Arthur taken away as she was giving a speech), or the city. If they haven’t then in Muffy’s case knowing her, she’ll be 100% corrupt
My problem with "A is for Angry" is that Arthur's perfectly right to feel frustrated, and is relentlessly bullied for one moment of weakness, while the people who ganged up on the Brain and then him get away pretty much with no consequences whatsoever.
Yeah. In fact, I'm doing my own ending: After Arthur left, Mr. Ratburn felt his suspicions grow. He had a feeling something was off since this morning and now he was positive. Looking at the class, he saw a pamphlet sticking out of Binky's pocket. "Binky, what's that in your pocket?" At this, Binky pulled out the pamphlet that slandered Arthur and called for a rally for Brain. At Mr. Ratburn's request, Binky showed it to him and the students had a feeling they were in trouble the second Mr. Ratburn's face grew serious. He told Brain to tell Principal Haney to call the parents and to meet them in the basketball court and he told Buster to go get Arthur. As the two left, Mr. Ratburn gave a stern look at his own class. "So...does anyone want to explain this?" He asked, bitter disappointment in his voice as the class stuttered and Muffy and Francine coming up with excuses. Mr. Ratburn had enough and told them to wait on that, seeing as this was getting them nowhere fast. Once everyone was assembled, Mr Ratburn asked for their sides of the story and after Arthur gave his side of the story, Mr Ratburn gave the rest of the class a serious frown as the parents were appalled by what they were hearing. Even Principal Haney knew that what they did was wrong and with a nod, the Principal punished Mr. Ratburn's class harshly. Everyone, minus Brain, Buster and Arthur, were placed in detention for the rest of the semester and he had Muffy suspended, even turning down a bribe from her, which disgusted the parents even more. After Mr. Ratburn told the Reads that he can recommend a good lawyer if they ever wish to sue Muffy, he sternly told the class that this level of bullying is never tolerated at this school. And with that Arthur broke his silence and called them out for not just their behavior but how shallow they truly are and he decided to cut ties with them. Having said what needed to be said he left with Brain, Buster and their families as the other adults gave the kids stern punishments. And it would take the kids a very long time to regain Arthur's friendship, and Muffy was found guilty of cyberbullying, bribery, harassment, and slander and she was forced to post an apology video and to take down the slandering post effective immediately and she was sent to juvenile for the rest of the semester.
It kinda wish D.W.’s episodes were consistently good. D.W. Flips, D.W.’s Library Card, D.W. Rides Again, D.W. Thinks Big…are examples that the writers can truly nail her character without her being too annoying or too spoiled.
Isn't the point of her character to be annoying? If she isn’t a pain in the ass to the characters she isn't really d.w. never understood that complaint about her she's 4.
@kaiser1963 To me, the key with any character who's supposed to be annoying is to make them more annoying to the other characters than they are to the audience.
"You look like a sheepdog" as an insult is made even weirder by the fact that in the Arthur universe, they probably have peers who are actual sheepdogs.
Arthur’s parents are clearly favoriting DW and blaming Arthur for stuff even when he’s in the right, I think maybe they are having marriage problems and are using the kids to avoid.
They do not favor D.W. They’ve shown to care for Arthur as much. Hell, Mr. Read frigging comforts Arthur when he’s worried about him getting hurt at the aquarium due to traumatic experience of him being trapped in Lakewood Elementary School during the fire and tells him a story of how he went through a similar experience. Would a parent who favors the middle child do the same thing for their oldest child? Also, have you forgotten that Mr. and Mrs. Read have disciplined D.W. in a few episodes such as throwing a tantrum over spinach at a restaurant? Or sending D.W. to her room after she threatened to pinch Kate? Even Mr. Read grounded *both* Arthur and D.W. from watching TV for wrecking his soufflé; and keep in mind, not just only Arthur, but D.W. as well. And in an intro for an episode Arthur mentions how D.W. lost her TV time for talking back to her dad. Do you seriously watch the other episodes outside of the ones that portray D.W. and Mr. and Mrs. Read at their worst like Arthur’s Big Hit, D.W.’s Very Bad Mood and Play It Again, D.W.?
@@kidprime6863 The variation of writers that handle DW and Jane and David Read as characters. Those episodes I’ve mentioned where DW is disciplined and punished for her actions are from smart writers while the infamous ones where she gets off Scott-free like “Arthur’s Big Hit”, “Play It Again, DW”, “DW’s Very Bad Mood” and “For Whom the Bell Tolls” are from not so good writers.
10. I kind of like this one tbh 9. Another D.W episode lol 8. Don’t really like fern episodes 7. The scream is funny 6. Muffy is so annoying in this episode 5. The meme was born 4. Yes I agree 3. D.W episode again! Surprising! 2. I felt bad for dw tbh 1. The best one in someone else’s list
As for number 8 I would hate to watch Bugs Bunny or Mickey Mouse with the Brain because he would constantly complain that their logic being too unrealistic.
The episode "Revenge of the Chip" is my least favorite personally. When I was little no one told me there was a difference in adults laughing because they think a child is cute and laughing because they think what happened was stupid. I'm almost 30 and I still deal with low self esteem issues and assuming people are laughing at me rather than with me. Muffy and Francine's friendship always confused me. Muffy is rude to Francine and Francine is really rude to Muffy. They bonded over the fact they have the same middle name "Alice". Like the worst scene in any superhero movie ever! "your Mommy's name is Martha? My mommy's name was Martha" Also Muffy seems to know nothing about the importance of Jewish holidays. Shame on Muffy for not caring about her friend's culture and shame on Francine for not sharing that with Muffy.
And Muffy’s dad is just as bad. He LITERALLY gave the Frenskys a ham. For those of you who don’t know, anything from pigs is considered a big no-no in Jewish culture. And honestly Muffy just seems like a fair weather friend and I swear she’d get along with Veruca Salt
You're calling a 4 year old spoiled, psychopathic, and irrational? That's just literally what 4 year olds are like. Trust me, I've worked in a preschool. I agree the parents suck though.
@@melissacooper4482 true, same goes for bloo from fosters home for imaginary friends. He can be a jerk but he seems more like an annoying little brother rather than a sociopath.
Uh, he never called DW psychopathic. In fact he made a point of saying that in _most_ episodes she's a well-written character who can definitely be annoying, but still cares for others and her big brother.
I recently remembered a few more questionable episodes. "Cast Away": Arthur tries to spend quality time with his dad and DW keeps butting in. "More!" DW starts getting an allowance and does not like the fact some of her friends get more than she does. "Never, Never, Never!" DW doesn't like it when her mother has her go through her toys to donate and is convinced her mother doesn't love her because of it. There's a theme here
Arthur finally snapping in Cast Away is him speaking for everyone. D.W always gets what she wants no matter what. D.W coming along on the fishing trip could've been avoided. Since their dad had a catering job the next weekend, D.W's weekend with dad, she cried thinking she wouldn't get it and Arthur would get two. When they easily could've let D.W have the weekend after that catering job.
@@hardcoreking52 Why not just let them both have the weekend? Have David spend the first half of the week fishing with Arthur and the other half with D.W. That way, D.W. doesn’t have to go on the fishing trip and just let Arthur and her dad have their time alone like he promised. Plus, I think my solution is WAY better than yours.
@@hardcoreking52 I think the heart to heart talk is also bullshit. David tells Arthur he’s proud of him for letting DW come along like that’s supposed to make up for everything. It all could’ve been avoided easily but instead it’s just DW tortures Arthur for 11 minutes and gets away with it.
there's a few decent episodes with her, like the one where she makes a story for the Tibbles, that was cool because of all the references to previous episodes and D.W. Tale Spins was a good one too.
I remember that episode, Max hit his sister and Ord because he was angry. No one had to hit Max for him to understand what he did was wrong, he knew what he did was wrong but didn't know where to direct his anger. The only issue I have with the episode is when Emmy was hit. Max did ask her in the beginning if he could pitch at the game and if my memory is correct she said okay. Then later she's not letting him pitch and said she never agreed to it. I'm not saying Max was right in hitting her, but I understand why he was angry at her.
@@marvinthemaniac7698 That whole episode could've been written better. They should have made it to where D.W accidentally broke the plane, because she didn't fully understand that it's not a real plane. Arthur still hits her because he's angry, but this time the plot focuses on Arthur understanding he shouldn't have hit his sister, and D.W understanding that she should listen when someone tells her not to do something.
To me, the biggest issue with “So Funny so Forgot to Laugh” isn’t Arthur’s behavior, though he is pretty annoying; One of the biggest issues I have is how his friends go against him. It would have been a lot better if they called him out and explained what was going on, instead of giving him the silent treatment. That way, he’d probably be at least slightly less likely to dig in his heels, so to speak. Also, where did you get the background music to accompany your review for “So Funny I Forgot to Laugh”? I’ve been looking for it for a long time
the thing that bugged me about that episode was Sue Ellen's reaction to the bullying, it shouldn't have bothered her that much considering she wasn't the least bit intimidated by Binky's attempts to intimidate her in "Bully for Binky" so why would some childish remarks by Arthur get under her skin so much? it just does not make sense.
@@jadedheartsz Maybe because she has a crush on him judging from what she said about writing a lot of nice things about Arthur in her diary, I dunno. But either way Arthur would never behave like that
You forgot one that’s infuriating. The one where buster frames Arthur for steeling a toy. Arthur tried to do the right thing and make buster return it. But then not only did both their parents get called, Arthur still got full blame when he was merely dragged into this by buster.
1:10 Play it again, DW 2:16 Go to Your Room, DW 3:06 War of the Worms 4:03 A is for Angry 5:03 Poor Muffy 6:11 Arthur’s Big Hit 7:02 DW’s Very Bad Mood 7:57 For Whom the Bell Tolls 9:09 Revenge of the Chip 10:06 So Funny I Forgot to Laugh
Good list but I feel "Francine and the Feline" should have been on the list. Arthur is very disrespectful to Francine in that episode for no reason other than she has a pet cat
Yeah like he develops this prejudice against cats and doesn’t have any experience of his own to justify why he doesn’t like cats or doesn’t have to be near one. It was also annoying to see him be in such denial about Pal being upset because of Arthur refusing to let him play with Nemo and kept thinking that Pal was upset because of her cat trying to hurt him when that wasn’t the case. For him being a pet owner and Pal’s primary caregiver, he sure lacks some of that knowledge about dogs having the ability to interact and play with other animals besides dogs.
10. Guilty Pleasure 9. Yeah D.W. acts like a Narc in this one 8. I agree With this one. Fern was way too out of character 7. I kind of like this one actually 6. Oh God, it’s The Ultimate “Muffy Being a Bitch” episode 5. Meme 4. Fuck D.W. in this episode 3. Ditto to #4 2. The only episode where I actually felt bad for D.W. 1. OMG this is basically the episode that pretty much made me stop watching new episodes of Arthur! Arthur was so unlikeable and such a jerk that not only did he make Sue Ellen cry but he also called his best friend Buster weird! Fuck this episode and fuck Season 16-onward!
I have autism as too. I'm high-functioned, but that doesn't mean I'm perfect. I still have a long way to go in my life. I decide to keep a slow pace and work my way up with my chin up high.
@@justinhillenburg9286 I don’t think the read parents were trying to help with Dw’s delusions I think they just don’t like Arthur and the reason they enable dw’s brattiness and ego is because they’re trying to keep Arthur on his toes.
@@justinhillenburg9286 The favouritism is age-focused. Kate is favoured more than DW. It's just that Kate is too little to make demands yet, so it's not obvious. But why was DW sent to her room in one episode here? Yes, because she threatened Kate.
For me, I still enjoy a lot of bad _Arthur_ episodes. Episodes like "D.W.'s Very Bad Mood" or "Poor Muffy," I find to be "so bad, they're good" enjoyable, or others, such as "Go To Your Room, D.W." or "Muffy Goes Metropolitan," I watch for the _Schadenfreude._ So if I find an episode bad, then it's *really* bad. Some of my most-hated episodes include, but are not limited to: * "Through The Looking Glasses" * "The Secret Origin of Supernova" * "Buster Gets Real"
The Buster Gets Real episode is one where I don’t understand the logic behind that. Apparently Buster no longer likes Bionic Bunny because “it’s not true to real life/it’s all made up?” What 8 year old kid gives up on watching cartoons for a reason like that? Most children are usually very attached to cartoons no matter what. At the end, he and Arthur were listing some of the other things they both like and Buster listed aliens though that’s something that only applies to him. Wait a minute, so he doesn’t like Bionic Bunny because it’s not real yet still likes and believes in aliens, which are made up creatures?
In For Whom The Bell Tolls DW does get punished but not severely which makes me very mad. Also the parents were written terrible as they acted too stubborn to believe DW and not Arthur.
I don’t remember her getting punished in that episode, but Mrs. Read did take her to the doctor. In the morning she told D.W to hurry up so they could go to the doctor, and when Arthur told her D.W was faking, his mom said “The doctor said D.W can get out of bed once her voice comes back”
They told her that she can enjoy her music but it wasn't right to annoy others with it. DW states that she didn't want to play the CD anymore. At first Arthur thought that she finally grew out of it. But it turned out that Grandma Thora gave her a Crazy Bus movie and DW liked it better!
@@melissacooper4482 My question is why she couldn't use headphones. She mentions losing a pair, but they don't cost that much. Don't tell me her parents wouldn't have bought them for her.
@@chimanruler15 Good question. I'm sorry, but I don't know. They just always take the younger child's side over the older one. DW isn't even the favourite - Kate is. They just seem to favour the middle child because Kate's too little to argue.
The way Sue Ellen acts in "So Funny I Forgot to Laugh" is poor as well. Wasn't one of the first episodes she was in about how she stood up to Binky? She is not a pushover and I cannot see what Arthur did pushing her to literal tears, and changing classes. When Sue Ellen asks Arthur to stop, she asks in a joking manor. "Okay okay you can stop now", or something like that. When he continues, she literally just sighs. The only time she really acts like she wants Arthur to stop is when he made that drawing of her. That encounter should've made it clear to Arthur that he was being rude. Yet he acts all surprised when Ratburn confronts him about it. If the other times didn't convince him, this is the point in other episodes where he would realize what he did wrong, and apologize. Arthur was definitely a massive jerk in this episode. But Sue Ellen was also a sensitive pushover, which she never was before. it's against both of their characters. Plus, the way Sue Ellen is immeidately okay after Arthur apologizes at the end, and literally calls him a mouse, shows that she didn't really care that much to begin with, and contradicts the entire rest of the episode. It's absolutely horrible. At least there's at least a good joke or two in the episode.
Sue Ellen was upset because Arthur was supposed to be her friend, as opposed to Binky, who was just your run-of-the-mill bully who was all talk and no walk. The episode was executed poorly, but I think it deserves a bit more credit than it gets. The message about friends bullying friends is definitely important.
@@LNER4771 not to mention Francine and Muffy were pretty hypocritical in giving Arthur the silent treatment given that both have been far more rude to other people then Arthur was to Sue Ellen, and Arthur's friends giving him the silent treatment instead of actually telling him why what he was doing was wrong was a dumb idea on there part as it didn't help anything and just made Arthur double-down more.
Even as a kid I thought the character development was so inconsistent in this show. Francine for example is basically a malicious bitch and control freak in one episode where she gets her comeuppance and then a voice of reason in another. She learns the same lessons over and over again.
@btamamura but the show has been going on for so long that maybe it would be fine for it to be inconsistent for a couple of season but by now they should have you know DEVELOPMENT
@@tonghan1235 sure, but also in 25 years the kids that started out watching aren't watching throughout the whole run. New kids watch at different points so I guess the writers wanted to retain the original character qualities so the new viewers would have the same sense of character??? That's what I'm guessing but I agree that I prefer development
10. The thing that annoyed me about this episode was the way DW never got punished for wrecking Arthur's room and harassing him with no proof, and then not even apologizing when she found out he didn't take the CD. 9. That's why I always said Kate was the REAL favourite. 8. Never seen it, but I've seen this plot done in Hey Arnold. Obviously, I'm too young to remember when it actually happened. 7. Never seen it. 6. Oh yeah, I remember this one. Muffy has her good moments, but she can get really bitchy about poorness. 5. Do I really need to discuss this? My problem is that DW didn't apologize for breaking the plane. She just said Arthur made the plane wrong. You're not supposed to sympathize with Arthur, but you really, really do. 4. Ignoring clearly didn't work on DW. I don't understand. 3. Never seen this one. 2. Never seen this one. 1. Never seen this one. I guess there's a reason, huh?
The biggest problem in So Funny I Forgot to Laugh is Muffy and Francine BOTH were very hypocritical calling Arthur out. Like they never insulted their friends.
4:57 OMG I remember that scream so well... It was engrained in my brain for like 10 years. 10:09 I remember that episode... It really is out of character for Arthur to act like that and I found the episode hard to watch.
Honestly I do not understand the episode it was so funny I forgot to laugh. It was so out of character for Arthur to be the bully. I think it was more unintentional. But really Suellen didn’t really say clearly to Arthur that she didn’t like him calling her that. It was more hints and subtlety I do not like the newer seasons. I might be biased because I grew up with early Arthur but the new seasons are just trash and the animation style is horrendous
@@epicmarioplushies2167 Yep. It just feels like you’re going off old stereotypes now. I am sad to see Arthur go off the air, but to be honest I think it should’ve gone off the air at least seven seasons ago if not sooner
Yeah. And I’m amazed Ratburn didn’t call out his jerk of a class and quite honestly I think Arthur is well within his rights to sue Muffy (since what she did was technically illegal) and as for everyone except for Brain and Buster? Don’t think or hesitate just cut them out of his life if they’re that shallow. No exceptions
Regarding the one about the chip, perhaps the creators of Arthur were warning us in the future about the dangers of putting too much about your kid on social media.
Theory: Arthur is now self aware that he lives in a universe where he does not age so he does everything he wants now which explains the new seasons being terrible.
My list 10. Arthur The Loser 9. Arthur's Eyes 8. Play It Again, D.W. 7. Fernlets by Fern 6. For Whom The Bell Tolls 5. DW's Very Bad Mood 4. So Funny I Forgot To Laugh 3. A is for Angry 2. The Rat Who Came To Dinner 1. Arthur's Big Hit
Great vid, dude! Definitely watching more of your stuff! Also, 1. Yeah. Mr and Mrs. Reed are terrible parents. 2. Kyle Norty actually reviewed your #1 for his Kids Are Smarter Than This series.
Good picks. My least favorite episode is Season 5 Episode 10 Part A: Arthur’s family feud. It is eleven minutes that add up to absolutely nothing, and the solution to the main problem could be found out by the audience a lot earlier than when Mr. and Mrs. Reid find out. I find the soufflé that was ruined in this episode to be salvageable compared to this episode.
In that same season, nerves of steal was a worst one too because of Buster being grounded for stealing the cyber toy (for the rest of the episode) which I agree that he shouldn’t have done, and also kind of just desserts just because I feel that one kind of brings the darker version of fairy tales a bit, I don’t know why, but it’s sort of because I kind of find it creepy when Ratburn is shown as a witch and then when grandma Thora is shown as a wedding cake a bit (I just sort of find just desserts a bit haunting for no reason). But the one with that episode which is with grandpa Dave (which is called the big dig), was great though and the one where Buster meets his mom’s boyfriend Harry (which was an episode after nerves of steal and called Bitzi’s beau) was great too. I did like the one after Arthur’s family feud which is Muffy gets mature, because I liked it when she sort of befriends Catherine (especially the part where she introduces herself to her friends and saying that she’s a friend of Catherine’s and she corrects her saying that she’s a friend of her sister’s which of course is Francine), she makes up with Francine in the end, so I thought it was fine no matter what in that episode. I mostly now like certain Arthur episodes from the Christmas movie, season 6, the rock n roll movie, season 7 to season 22 and then probably 25.
I despise Dora Winifred. Almost all the time, she gets zero punishment from her parents playing favorite. In Arthur’s Big Hit, Arthur punched her, but only because she constantly bugged him and broke his plane he worked hard on. Not to mention asking why he’d make something stupid in the end... No punishment, and his friends told him HE was in the wrong. Dora’s Bad Mood. An awful, awful way to show parents how NOT to be parents. They allowed her tantrum to continue for so long and never do anything about it. But what happens? She gets awarded by going to a birthday party. I love Arthur, but it teaches so many awful things to both kids and parents.
Draw! is one of the worst episodes for me. I mean, it's good but I hate the way they tried to make you feel sorry for Francine at the end, when she was the one who started it all by bullying Fern. I understand that the message was that sometimes people can take revenge too far and become bullies themselves, but it would have been nice for Francine to have been properly called out for her actions and have her realise that her friends were only retaliating to her awful behaviour. Instead, they tried to make her the victim.
I feel really alone in hating “DW’s Baby” with a burning passion. In the first half DW is NOTHING but a caring and doting big sister…then her INCOMPETENT parents move a SOBBING Newborn to sleep in DW’s Room leaving her sleep deprived and it’s only then that she becomes jealous and acts out…then she runs away for HOURS and her family doesn’t give a crap!
@@EDifyer881 Not to get serious here or anything, but ll find it hard to believe that she never noticed Arthur at all even when he walked right up in front of her face. She even did a little wave after Arthur left indicating she knew he was there. And how would she have made such an easily avoidable mistake such as dumping a whole bag of quarters into the brownie mix. Was she not paying attention to what she was doing? Did she hear the sound of the quarters as she was handling them? Did she even bother to double check? If she didn't see Arthur place the bag of quarters on the counter, then wouldn't she have found it strange that a random paper bag just instantly showed up? Ms. McGrady is not qualified to make food for anybody.
for Play It Again, DW: I think the worst thing about this one is that just like the infamous episodes Arthur's Big Hit and DW's Very Bad Mood, DW never faces any consequences for overplaying her music around everyone or falsely accusing Arthur. But the moment Arthur threatens to wreck the CD, the parents are quick to ground him. The parents wait until the very end of the episode to throw in the "You can enjoy your music but it isn't right to annoy others with it". for Go To Your Room, DW: To play devil's advocate, at least DW actually faces consequences in this episode and learns a lesson by the end. BUT it did feel like it was more about DW needing to "get along" with Kate, rather than learning how to properly stop Kate from taking her toys. Also, what's especially weird is that in DW Thinks Big, DW literally saved Aunt Lucy's wedding (after being told she was too little to help), so how she warped that into a scenario where she was made to stay home from it and be a slave girl is beyond me. Like you think actively saving the wedding would be a huge core memory for a 4 year old, especially one that was wanting to be involved. for War of the Worms: I don't think this is completely out of character for Fern. In the season 2 episode Draw!, Fern retaliates against Francine being mean to her by initiating a tirade of drawing mean drawings of Francine that practically the whole class joins in on. Which is just as if not more jerkish than her prank in season 12, cause at least the worm prank was her trying to make a point to Brain about telling a good story. Whereas in season 2 she just wanted to make Francine feel bad. Fern may be usually quiet, but in those two episodes as well as I'm a Poet she has shown to have a no-nonsense attitude when people are acting out of line towards her.
I was with Fern in Draw, Francine was being a dick to her for no reason in that episode and yet they expect to actually sorry for her in the end? didn't buy it.
I agree with you, but the part with Dw go to your room, I feel like she has gotten punished and learned her lesson to have a better relationship with her baby sister. But it is important to respect your older siblings as well. Dw should have been sent to her room for what she did to Arthur. Like in Arthur's big hit or Pageant Pickle.
DWs very bad mood has one of the show's all-time quotes: Francine, can I ask you a question? Sure, anything! Why don't you go back to your own house...and STOP BOTHERING US?!?!?
Pretty much all of D.W and Muffy's episodes were the worst. Being easily the two worst characters of the show but I hate Muffy much more at least D.W at times can be funny. But Muffy? Honestly no. At least with time Francine got much better as a character but Muffy never seemed to. If anything she got worse and they made her a mini Karen and made you wonder how her and Francine are still "best friends" let alone friends in the show because of how badly she treats Francine specifically.
@@LNER4771 Peter K Hirsch is also a pretty good writer, and I know Dietrich Smith is divisive but she did write some gems like The Lousy Week(love those talking lice!).
To be honest, Lakewood is a horrible elementary school. Mr. Ratburn has 6-8th grade level assignments. While Mrs. Finch and Miss Sweatwater has kindergarten level assignments. The crazy thing is that they’re all 3rd grade teachers.
Man, the poor kids in Miss Sweetwater’s and Miss Finch’s class aren’t going to survive Middle School because of those teachers’ teachings compared to Arthur and his friends where they’ll have a better advantage over them due to Mr. Ratburn’s teachings.
As for the episode Play it Again DW I can relate to it because I was like DW when I was her age. I once played my favorite records about as constant as DW did with her Crazy Bus CD. My records were songs sung by The Smurfs. Anyway I played those records so much my sister wanted to break them! Unlike Arthur my sister didn't make the threat to me because she knew I would take it to heart and if she really did she would've got grounded.
This is my top ten worst Arthur episodes 10. DW Blows The Whistle 9. Arthur's Eyes 8. Play It Again DW 7. Prunella Gets It Twice 6. Sue Ellen Gets Her Goose Cooked 5. DW's Time Trouble 4. Unfinished 3. DW's Very Bad Mood 2. So Funny, I Forgot To Laugh 1. Arthur's Big Hit
Another worst one that I find is nerves of steal which I find really annoying and sad too, well just because it ends sad, but I agree Buster shouldn’t have stolen the toy in that episode which is why I don’t watch it ever again now. I agree that Arthur’s big hit and so funny I forgot to laugh were other worst episodes in Arthur (which I didn’t like Arthur teasing Sue Ellen in that one, I know he makes up with her in the end, but yeah that one was definitely dumb, but I did like the one after that one which is the best day ever). Some other ones that I don’t like are the first episode Arthur’s eyes, DW all wet, locked in the library, Arthur’s tooth, Arthur’s knee, Arthur’s treasure hunt, prove it, probably some other ones where DW seems to be a bother to Arthur, the cave, just desserts (that episode kind of brings the darker version of fairy tales a bit, I did like the one after that which is the big dig), probably ones when Binky is of course the bully (except for the law of the jungle gym and the play’s the thing (those two, I did like during when he sort of was a bully) and then until the last tough customer). I mostly like the show from season 3, season 4, Arthur’s perfect Christmas, season 6, Arthur it’s only rock n roll, and season 7 to season 22 and then season 25 (I just like certain episodes from those seasons).
I didn't mind Poor Muffy that much, it was laughably hypocritical for Francine to be concerned about the neighbors when she had no issue playing the Drums and waking everyone up early in the morning in another episode, plus let's not forget Francine Goes to War.
I actually hated DW throughout the entire of the Arthur series...she's soo annoying, and her parents are really bad at their job. That was definitely shown in the big hit. I've seen plenty of four year olds, yeah they can be complete brats, especially when they're cranky, but my god DW just gets away with so much, it makes her even more unlikable.
I agree. I mean I'm the youngest of 3 kids and if I broke something that belonged to my brother or sister and caused them to hit me my parents would punish me for not listening when they told me not to touch whatever it was. It's very obvious in Arthur the Reads don't like Arthur and love D.W. More.
I'd have said "The longest 11 minutes" From all of Arthur's friends being lost without the internet(Even though most episodes they never even use the internet, and I can't remember them ever all coming up to Arthurs with devices) to not knowing what a camera was, you know, that thing Arthur uses in the intro to every episode? They did work together to save a baby bird. That was good. The rest of it though, it was like the episode was written by somebody who has never seen a full episode of Arthur. The other episodes I think are bad are the ones hat centre arround Kate and pal talking to each other.
Should have replaced Arthur’s big hit with DW’s Snowball. The Reads parents only punish Arthur on screen, but when it comes to DW she either gets away with it or gets a talking to. Otherwise she rarely gets punished. Arthur punching DW was well deserved for all the sh** she’s done (even blaming Arthur for things he has nothing to do with), even though it was wrong for him to do it in the first place.
Sad that they rehashed A Is For Angry with the next to last season in an episode that came out recently Arthur's Big Meltdown. He gets angry, everyone thinks he's turning into an alter ego like Mr. Hyde and is resolved by Arthur apologizing at the end. The Howard Dean reference is funny, but dated
At least the kids turning on Arthur in Arthur's Big Meltdown was a lot more reasonable than in A is for Angry. In "Meltdown" Arthur gets reasonably upset for his shoes being accidentally ruined but he still does (inadvertently) vandalize Muffy's house/property. He also, out of anger, states that he never wants to see his friends again. Even when Artjur calms down and realizes his mistake and plans to make amends, the other kids don't know that. However, in "Angry" Arthur simply gets frustrated with how mean his friends are being towards Brain and constantly bugging Arthur about winning the checkers tournament. He asks that they leave him alone, but instead, this causes the whole school to turn against Arthur and for Francine and Muffy to spread lies and hateful propaganda about him to others. It's sad to watch.
@@sandwichgod692 And part of it was seemingly just referencing the Howard Dean scream joke that was relevant at the time, but it just seems silly now, unlike the That Girl opening reference in Muffy Goes Metropolitan, which I rewatched a few months ago. Too many good ones, though I'd hate to try and find the worst Arthur episodes, just weeding down the good ones to 50 overall will have to wait until S25 comes out and wraps things up sadly.
Even they rehashed "Arthur's Eyes" (the first ever Arthur episode) with the infamous Arthur episode "So Funny I Forgot to Laugh", which is hands down the worst Arthur episode ever!
@@NinteSegaRarew I wouldn't say they rehashed it exactly, since the Arthur getting angry plot was almost point for point in places. Sue Ellen being the one mocked in So Funny I Forgot To Laugh was at least different, even if it was character assassination for Arthur in particular
Let me tell you one of the BEST Arthur episodes is actually attached to one of your picks for worst, Rhyme for Your Life which precedes For Whom the Bell Tolls. It’s one of the best Binky-centric episodes next to the one with his peanut allergy and where his little sister is adopted. It’s insanely creative with the rhyming and the dream he has is wildly imaginative while trying to come up with a poem for his mom’s birthday.
I've thought about that episode quite a bit recently. Interesting how William Carlos Williams was chosen as Binky's inspiration to tunnel out of his poetry slump.
I can't stand the episode "A is for Angry". There is absolutely not justice for the all terrible things Muffy and Francine did to Arther. I would have been a good episode if they (especially Muffy) got punished for actively bullying and cyberbullying Arther. At least Francine felt guilty, but Muffy didn't learn a thing, behaving more selfish and spoiled than I've ever seen her. Ironically, the episode only serves to make me very, very angry. Maybe that was actually the point and it was a meta-commentary. A genius move by the writers if so!
You what other Character besides, as you mentioned, Francine or Mentioned would have worked better as the bully in “So Funny I Forgot To Laugh?” Buster. He is a comedian after all, and it would be interesting to see him actually take a joke too far.
Oh it's not only DW getting stubbed at the invite that's the problem. But more then that it's a party for a girl who DW's not friends with or even likes but she feels self entitled to an Invite and acts like the hurt party because her plan fails. I am thinking she needs Millitary school
THANK YOU! I 100% agree with your number 1 choice, which was a stupid episode that not only put forth the wrong message but was so out of the realm of possibility concerning the "bully" that I couldn't even finish watching it. It made Arthur, the guy the show is named after and whom we generally support, such a jerk that it would have completely changed my view of him for life if I didn't blame the writers so much for their poor decisions for the episode. Thoroughly enjoyed your video, though.
"So Funny I Forgot to Laugh" deserves to be #1 in the top 10 worst episode list as it is the worst Arthur episode ever! It ruined Arthur's character by demonizing him as the bully, Arthur's friends turned against him and jumped on him by giving him the silent treatment which doesn't solve the problem in the slightest and no matter the circumstances you must never do, even to a friend, making Arthur's friends extremely unlikable in the episode as them turning against Arthur and jumping on him with the silent treatment towards him were extremely unpleasant to watch since it made him feel pissed off, betrayed, ostracized and unwanted, and of course, the episode teaches a very bad moral: "tease your friends no matter what". Either Francine or Muffy or both could've been the bully in the episode due to how those two girls act and behave, but making the main protagonist Arthur as the bully?!?! (sighs and facepalms) WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?! Why would Arthur do such a thing?! It's like what have they done to you Arthur?! They really were out of their minds and were not thinking at all when they made the main protagonist Arthur as the bully. Besides, Francine was bullying Fern in the episode "Draw" and both Francine and Muffy were bullies at some points in the cartoon before, so them calling out on Arthur for bullying makes both of those girls very hypocritical. Same can be said when they refused to be anywhere near Arthur, so why would they remind Arthur that Sue Ellen is switching classes? Even Sue Ellen never did it when Binky bullied everyone. Therefore, this is why Francine and Muffy could've been the perfect role as the bully in the episode, not Arthur! I only liked the very ending part where Sue Ellen jokingly tells Arthur that her sweater on him makes him look like a mouse as it made me laugh. Other than that, the episode was awful and atrocious and it is the worst Arthur episode ever as I said before! Even Arthur's Big Hit, Play It Again, D.W., Go To Your Room D.W., D.W., Bossy Boots and Nerves of Steal were worthy of watching. I rather watch D.W.'s Very Bad Mood (and have my ears hurt by D.W.'s screaming, yelling and ranting throughout the entire episode) than watch So Funny I Forgot to Laugh! Yeah, So Funny I Forgot to Laugh?! Title name says it all as I deliberately forgot to laugh. Why? Because the episode surely isn't funny at all!
Eh I personally think the episode where Arthur gets humiliated by dressing up as a pickle in a pageant as a result of DW tricking him was worse, it was just a downer ending for no good reason, also the episode where DW hangs out with an older kid named Hana and claims she's "mean" because she'd rather hang out with friends her own age then pre-schoolers, that message makes no sense at all.
@jacksonteller3973 Are you referring to "The Pageant Pickle"? Also, the episode I just mentioned and talked about calling "So Funny I Forgot to Laugh" is the #1 worst Arthur episode ever due to the reasons I mentioned above.
It seems like every worse episodes is all because of D.W. I used to like D.W, due to she knew how to get Arthur in trouble, but as an adult, I grew hatred
That, my fine Feldstein, is utterly impossible. So many Arthur episodes are so great they cannot be imprisoned in a single Top 10 list. However, if you are curious, PBS is holding a poll for the best Arthur episodes for a marathon on May 11, 2019. Check it out here: pbskids.org/arthur/marathon
Not to mention abusive. They let Binky listen to the Tough Customers by having Arthur get punched in the arm. Despite being an abusive dad, David put ice onto Arthur's left arm though.
Actually, for Whom The Bells Toll, they did take her to the doctor, and confirmed DW had laryngitis. Not something you can fake either, her throat would be inflamed. So she probably did have an acute case, but knew she could keep faking after realizing she felt better, so she could keep Arthur as her slave.
And DW gives me a good reason to punch that brat in the face
That’s what I thought too she actually was sick but she kept lying after he got better
Ok, I already knew Arthur’s parents were jerks but until now I’d never even heard of the chip episode. So you’re telling me D.W’s mom KNEW that D.W. 100% truly thought she was going to die, and instead of comforting her and telling her why that wasn’t true so she wouldn’t be scared anymore, SHE TOLD EVERYONE IN TOWN (INCLUDING THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER) AND LET D.W. CONTINUE TO THINK SHE WAS DYING BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT IT WAS “CUTE”??? Oh and she also didn’t tell D.W. she was doing any of this either. How long was she planning on keeping that up if D.W. hadn’t found out on her own? Binky Barnes was literally a better parent in this episode than Mrs. Read because IIRC even if he didn’t know better and also believed she was gonna die, he actually listened to D.W. and sympathized with her instead of laughing.
And what she says when D.W. stands up to her about it, even her tone, just SCREAMS “sorry not sorry”. D.W. got it exactly right, “Just because I’m a kid it means a promise doesn’t matter!”
No she didn’t let DW think she was going to die. She was making DW the laughing stock of the city but I can’t sympathize with her when she STILL accused Arthur of stealing her Crazy Bus cd (which I wanna nuke to hell and back) and her snowball
@@MrWill9002 my biggest thing about BOTH parents is that whenever Arthur so much as says something in the wrong tone of voice he gets punished/grounded, but D.W. can break things, whine, be ungrateful, be rude to everybody, give orders and throw tantrums, and they either somehow find a way to blame it on Arthur or just stand there and say nothing.
@@kaylasilverstein4137 yeah. Makes you want to punch them doesn’t it? They’re terrible and there there’s the fact that what they are doing is Authoritarian parenting instead of authoritative…still at least Arthur isn’t being raised like Caillou
@@MrWill9002 but DW is being raised EXACTLY like Caillou lol
@@kaylasilverstein4137 No doubt about that. I swear she is more spoiled than Veruca
Honestly, the Tibble Twins are even worse than DW because their bad behavior is _never_ punished by their parents or their grandparent. _Attack of the Turbo Tibbles_ is the worst example of this because they hit DW in the face with a swing, making her have to get stitches in her lip.
I'm sorry but if I were a parent to those brats after they did that, they wouldn't be able to sit for a week!
Finally, someone who agrees with me about the Tibbles.
I agree! At least dw could be sweet and shows that she does love her brother and was sympathetic in that episode when she wasn’t allowed to take part in the wedding just because she was too little, I’m sorry that’s bs. When my aunt got married the first time, her fiancés niece was a flower girl and she was 3!
I think it was their grandma that raised them actually. But yeah she never punished them so they did whatever they felt like.
Aunt? I thought it was their grandma. But yeah. Heck as far as I know we never even SEE their parents. So neglect on their part and they, like Muffy, are fair weather friends. A fair weather friend is someone who is there for you but only when it’s advantageous to them. In other words not really being there for you
@@alisonsouter8788 Yeah but her cons outweigh her pros. And unless she and Muffy really rethought their lives, then I’m legitimately worried for the future of the world, never mind the U.S. (as Muffy unjustly had Arthur taken away as she was giving a speech), or the city. If they haven’t then in Muffy’s case knowing her, she’ll be 100% corrupt
My problem with "A is for Angry" is that Arthur's perfectly right to feel frustrated, and is relentlessly bullied for one moment of weakness, while the people who ganged up on the Brain and then him get away pretty much with no consequences whatsoever.
Yeah. In fact, I'm doing my own ending:
After Arthur left, Mr. Ratburn felt his suspicions grow. He had a feeling something was off since this morning and now he was positive. Looking at the class, he saw a pamphlet sticking out of Binky's pocket. "Binky, what's that in your pocket?"
At this, Binky pulled out the pamphlet that slandered Arthur and called for a rally for Brain. At Mr. Ratburn's request, Binky showed it to him and the students had a feeling they were in trouble the second Mr. Ratburn's face grew serious. He told Brain to tell Principal Haney to call the parents and to meet them in the basketball court and he told Buster to go get Arthur. As the two left, Mr. Ratburn gave a stern look at his own class. "So...does anyone want to explain this?" He asked, bitter disappointment in his voice as the class stuttered and Muffy and Francine coming up with excuses. Mr. Ratburn had enough and told them to wait on that, seeing as this was getting them nowhere fast.
Once everyone was assembled, Mr Ratburn asked for their sides of the story and after Arthur gave his side of the story, Mr Ratburn gave the rest of the class a serious frown as the parents were appalled by what they were hearing. Even Principal Haney knew that what they did was wrong and with a nod, the Principal punished Mr. Ratburn's class harshly. Everyone, minus Brain, Buster and Arthur, were placed in detention for the rest of the semester and he had Muffy suspended, even turning down a bribe from her, which disgusted the parents even more. After Mr. Ratburn told the Reads that he can recommend a good lawyer if they ever wish to sue Muffy, he sternly told the class that this level of bullying is never tolerated at this school. And with that Arthur broke his silence and called them out for not just their behavior but how shallow they truly are and he decided to cut ties with them. Having said what needed to be said he left with Brain, Buster and their families as the other adults gave the kids stern punishments. And it would take the kids a very long time to regain Arthur's friendship, and Muffy was found guilty of cyberbullying, bribery, harassment, and slander and she was forced to post an apology video and to take down the slandering post effective immediately and she was sent to juvenile for the rest of the semester.
Arthur doesn’t know that much about zodiacs and that much makes him feel pressured around Capricorn’s, cancers, libras, geminis.
It kinda wish D.W.’s episodes were consistently good. D.W. Flips, D.W.’s Library Card, D.W. Rides Again, D.W. Thinks Big…are examples that the writers can truly nail her character without her being too annoying or too spoiled.
And don’t forget DW, All Fired Up where she’s afraid of her first fire drill. Something relatable with most kids.
@@hunterolaughlin I’m always have been afraid of fire drills because the alarms are so loud.
Isn't the point of her character to be annoying? If she isn’t a pain in the ass to the characters she isn't really d.w. never understood that complaint about her she's 4.
@kaiser1963 To me, the key with any character who's supposed to be annoying is to make them more annoying to the other characters than they are to the audience.
@Kaiser her being 4 isn't the issue, her being spoiled rotten is. Her parents barely do anything with her.
Arthur's parent's logic
Arthur: *Trash*
D.W. : *BETTER THAN JESUS*
Kate: *The baby*
Where does that leave Kate? Whenever DW teases her, she gets punished. It's only when she goes for Arthur that she gets away with it.
@@strawberrysoulforever8336 In the Read household the hierarchy is better for you if you're younger apparently
@@fetal.beetle07734 I noticed. Kate might well be even more of a raging spoilt brat than DW when she gets older.
All of the Arthur universe suck DW’s dick
Because SHE’S FOUR
"You look like a sheepdog" as an insult is made even weirder by the fact that in the Arthur universe, they probably have peers who are actual sheepdogs.
"You look like a ni-"
@@royalblanket -ice guy
actually his parents are sheepdogs lol
@@EDifyer881 Lies,they're aardvarks
@@DrPlagueReborn duh it's a joke lol
The crazy bus episode could have been over in a second if they just gave her a pair of headphones
They did in the previous episode, but in this episode she claimed they "broke"
@@LNER4771 Let's just say for arguments sake that every single TV Show has had some flukes
@@LNER4771 I personally think she broke them on purpose.
I believe the reason the headphones broke was because she had the volume up too loud. I'm surprised that she didn't damage her eardrums!
Arthur did give her a pair of headphones she broke them so no that wouldn't work.
Arthur’s parents are clearly favoriting DW and blaming Arthur for stuff even when he’s in the right, I think maybe they are having marriage problems and are using the kids to avoid.
@btamamura I have a 6 year old brother!
They do not favor D.W. They’ve shown to care for Arthur as much. Hell, Mr. Read frigging comforts Arthur when he’s worried about him getting hurt at the aquarium due to traumatic experience of him being trapped in Lakewood Elementary School during the fire and tells him a story of how he went through a similar experience. Would a parent who favors the middle child do the same thing for their oldest child? Also, have you forgotten that Mr. and Mrs. Read have disciplined D.W. in a few episodes such as throwing a tantrum over spinach at a restaurant? Or sending D.W. to her room after she threatened to pinch Kate? Even Mr. Read grounded *both* Arthur and D.W. from watching TV for wrecking his soufflé; and keep in mind, not just only Arthur, but D.W. as well. And in an intro for an episode Arthur mentions how D.W. lost her TV time for talking back to her dad. Do you seriously watch the other episodes outside of the ones that portray D.W. and Mr. and Mrs. Read at their worst like Arthur’s Big Hit, D.W.’s Very Bad Mood and Play It Again, D.W.?
@btamamura I’m so sorry
@@hunterolaughlin I'm curious. How come they showed discipline to DW in those episodes and not those bad ones?
@@kidprime6863 The variation of writers that handle DW and Jane and David Read as characters. Those episodes I’ve mentioned where DW is disciplined and punished for her actions are from smart writers while the infamous ones where she gets off Scott-free like “Arthur’s Big Hit”, “Play It Again, DW”, “DW’s Very Bad Mood” and “For Whom the Bell Tolls” are from not so good writers.
10. I kind of like this one tbh
9. Another D.W episode lol
8. Don’t really like fern episodes
7. The scream is funny
6. Muffy is so annoying in this episode
5. The meme was born
4. Yes I agree
3. D.W episode again! Surprising!
2. I felt bad for dw tbh
1. The best one in someone else’s list
WestinghouseIs Awesome I saw the persons list your talking about in 1. What was the name of the TH-cam called? I can’t find his vids
ARGH AAAAAA
As for number 8 I would hate to watch Bugs Bunny or Mickey Mouse with the Brain because he would constantly complain that their logic being too unrealistic.
I've heard nothing but disdain for this episode
The episode "Revenge of the Chip" is my least favorite personally. When I was little no one told me there was a difference in adults laughing because they think a child is cute and laughing because they think what happened was stupid. I'm almost 30 and I still deal with low self esteem issues and assuming people are laughing at me rather than with me.
Muffy and Francine's friendship always confused me. Muffy is rude to Francine and Francine is really rude to Muffy. They bonded over the fact they have the same middle name "Alice". Like the worst scene in any superhero movie ever!
"your Mommy's name is Martha? My mommy's name was Martha"
Also Muffy seems to know nothing about the importance of Jewish holidays. Shame on Muffy for not caring about her friend's culture and shame on Francine for not sharing that with Muffy.
ikr
And Muffy’s dad is just as bad. He LITERALLY gave the Frenskys a ham. For those of you who don’t know, anything from pigs is considered a big no-no in Jewish culture.
And honestly Muffy just seems like a fair weather friend and I swear she’d get along with Veruca Salt
@@MrWill9002 The ham went over my head oh jeez
@@somewherefarfromsleep oh jeez indeed
Eh that scene in Justice League wasn't bad at all, so tired of people whining about it.
You're calling a 4 year old spoiled, psychopathic, and irrational? That's just literally what 4 year olds are like. Trust me, I've worked in a preschool. I agree the parents suck though.
DW is just a spoiled child. She is not a psychopath!
@@melissacooper4482 true, same goes for bloo from fosters home for imaginary friends. He can be a jerk but he seems more like an annoying little brother rather than a sociopath.
Uh, he never called DW psychopathic. In fact he made a point of saying that in _most_ episodes she's a well-written character who can definitely be annoying, but still cares for others and her big brother.
She's is spoiled tho, and her parents don't really seem to monitor her behavior
@@xXPurpleLoliTranceXx I do agree her parents need to discipline her better. I'm just saying her behavior is not out of the ordinary for a 4 year old.
I recently remembered a few more questionable episodes.
"Cast Away": Arthur tries to spend quality time with his dad and DW keeps butting in.
"More!" DW starts getting an allowance and does not like the fact some of her friends get more than she does.
"Never, Never, Never!" DW doesn't like it when her mother has her go through her toys to donate and is convinced her mother doesn't love her because of it.
There's a theme here
Arthur finally snapping in Cast Away is him speaking for everyone. D.W always gets what she wants no matter what. D.W coming along on the fishing trip could've been avoided. Since their dad had a catering job the next weekend, D.W's weekend with dad, she cried thinking she wouldn't get it and Arthur would get two. When they easily could've let D.W have the weekend after that catering job.
@@hardcoreking52 Why not just let them both have the weekend? Have David spend the first half of the week fishing with Arthur and the other half with D.W. That way, D.W. doesn’t have to go on the fishing trip and just let Arthur and her dad have their time alone like he promised. Plus, I think my solution is WAY better than yours.
@@hunterolaughlin Okay
And Sue Ellen is such a snowflake
@@hardcoreking52
I think the heart to heart talk is also bullshit. David tells Arthur he’s proud of him for letting DW come along like that’s supposed to make up for everything. It all could’ve been avoided easily but instead it’s just DW tortures Arthur for 11 minutes and gets away with it.
Literally every episode where D.W. is a prominent character is torture to sit through.
Especially the episode where she gets an allowance.
there's a few decent episodes with her, like the one where she makes a story for the Tibbles, that was cool because of all the references to previous episodes and D.W. Tale Spins was a good one too.
Dragon Tales did the whole hitting-is-wrong plot so much better in the episode "No Hitter."
I remember that episode, Max hit his sister and Ord because he was angry. No one had to hit Max for him to understand what he did was wrong, he knew what he did was wrong but didn't know where to direct his anger.
The only issue I have with the episode is when Emmy was hit. Max did ask her in the beginning if he could pitch at the game and if my memory is correct she said okay. Then later she's not letting him pitch and said she never agreed to it.
I'm not saying Max was right in hitting her, but I understand why he was angry at her.
@@hardcoreking52 I agree. Unlike Emmy and Ord, DW needed to be hit.
@@marvinthemaniac7698 That whole episode could've been written better. They should have made it to where D.W accidentally broke the plane, because she didn't fully understand that it's not a real plane. Arthur still hits her because he's angry, but this time the plot focuses on Arthur understanding he shouldn't have hit his sister, and D.W understanding that she should listen when someone tells her not to do something.
@@hardcoreking52 Jane & David didn't do shit about DW breaking Arthur's model airplane.
@@marvinthemaniac7698 "We'll deal with what she did." What did they do? We sure never found out.
To me, the biggest issue with “So Funny so Forgot to Laugh” isn’t Arthur’s behavior, though he is pretty annoying; One of the biggest issues I have is how his friends go against him. It would have been a lot better if they called him out and explained what was going on, instead of giving him the silent treatment. That way, he’d probably be at least slightly less likely to dig in his heels, so to speak.
Also, where did you get the background music to accompany your review for “So Funny I Forgot to Laugh”? I’ve been looking for it for a long time
And the fact that Arthur would NEVER behave like that under any circumstances
the thing that bugged me about that episode was Sue Ellen's reaction to the bullying, it shouldn't have bothered her that much considering she wasn't the least bit intimidated by Binky's attempts to intimidate her in "Bully for Binky" so why would some childish remarks by Arthur get under her skin so much? it just does not make sense.
@@jadedheartsz Maybe because she has a crush on him judging from what she said about writing a lot of nice things about Arthur in her diary, I dunno. But either way Arthur would never behave like that
You forgot one that’s infuriating. The one where buster frames Arthur for steeling a toy. Arthur tried to do the right thing and make buster return it. But then not only did both their parents get called, Arthur still got full blame when he was merely dragged into this by buster.
“Nerves of Steal”
Yeah, I know right? I mean, Arthur was an innocent victim. 😢
1:10 Play it again, DW
2:16 Go to Your Room, DW
3:06 War of the Worms
4:03 A is for Angry
5:03 Poor Muffy
6:11 Arthur’s Big Hit
7:02 DW’s Very Bad Mood
7:57 For Whom the Bell Tolls
9:09 Revenge of the Chip
10:06 So Funny I Forgot to Laugh
8:47 In the episode, Jane says they took DW to doctors, and that she has laryngitis.
...Uhm...gotta run!
Kendall Miller-Rider it’s just rediculous how the Reed parents were written so bad
I'm suprised he didn't add the bleep episode even tho I liked it cuz it's funny
Me 2
Bleep has a good lesson, it’s just controversial
What are you talking about? That’s the BEST episode!! Including it here would be a shame;)
Good list but I feel "Francine and the Feline" should have been on the list. Arthur is very disrespectful to Francine in that episode for no reason other than she has a pet cat
Yeah like he develops this prejudice against cats and doesn’t have any experience of his own to justify why he doesn’t like cats or doesn’t have to be near one. It was also annoying to see him be in such denial about Pal being upset because of Arthur refusing to let him play with Nemo and kept thinking that Pal was upset because of her cat trying to hurt him when that wasn’t the case. For him being a pet owner and Pal’s primary caregiver, he sure lacks some of that knowledge about dogs having the ability to interact and play with other animals besides dogs.
@@Lauren_210 Another thing that bothers me is that in all episodes that follow they pretty much retcon this episode since Pal and Nemo are enemies
My family and I have both dogs and cats. And they get along well together!
If there’s one good thing to come from “Francine and the Feline”, it’s that at least Francine has a pet of her own. That’s nice. 😊
Some of the characters ARE cats.
10. Guilty Pleasure
9. Yeah D.W. acts like a Narc in this one
8. I agree With this one. Fern was way too out of character
7. I kind of like this one actually
6. Oh God, it’s The Ultimate “Muffy Being a Bitch” episode
5. Meme
4. Fuck D.W. in this episode
3. Ditto to #4
2. The only episode where I actually felt bad for D.W.
1. OMG this is basically the episode that pretty much made me stop watching new episodes of Arthur! Arthur was so unlikeable and such a jerk that not only did he make Sue Ellen cry but he also called his best friend Buster weird! Fuck this episode and fuck Season 16-onward!
I have autism as too. I'm high-functioned, but that doesn't mean I'm perfect. I still have a long way to go in my life. I decide to keep a slow pace and work my way up with my chin up high.
Me too!
Who else is surprised that Arthur's parents constantly act like D.W's lawyers?
It's a clear favoritism in the Read household. It doesn't help with DW's delusions.
@@justinhillenburg9286 I don’t think the read parents were trying to help with Dw’s delusions I think they just don’t like Arthur and the reason they enable dw’s brattiness and ego is because they’re trying to keep Arthur on his toes.
@@justinhillenburg9286 The favouritism is age-focused. Kate is favoured more than DW. It's just that Kate is too little to make demands yet, so it's not obvious. But why was DW sent to her room in one episode here? Yes, because she threatened Kate.
For me, I still enjoy a lot of bad _Arthur_ episodes. Episodes like "D.W.'s Very Bad Mood" or "Poor Muffy," I find to be "so bad, they're good" enjoyable, or others, such as "Go To Your Room, D.W." or "Muffy Goes Metropolitan," I watch for the _Schadenfreude._ So if I find an episode bad, then it's *really* bad. Some of my most-hated episodes include, but are not limited to:
* "Through The Looking Glasses"
* "The Secret Origin of Supernova"
* "Buster Gets Real"
The Buster Gets Real episode is one where I don’t understand the logic behind that. Apparently Buster no longer likes Bionic Bunny because “it’s not true to real life/it’s all made up?” What 8 year old kid gives up on watching cartoons for a reason like that? Most children are usually very attached to cartoons no matter what. At the end, he and Arthur were listing some of the other things they both like and Buster listed aliens though that’s something that only applies to him. Wait a minute, so he doesn’t like Bionic Bunny because it’s not real yet still likes and believes in aliens, which are made up creatures?
Yeah. In Buster Gets Real, Buster just feels 100% out of character
The secret origin of supernova makes Arthur look dumber than hell and he’s annoying in that one
In For Whom The Bell Tolls DW does get punished but not severely which makes me very mad. Also the parents were written terrible as they acted too stubborn to believe DW and not Arthur.
Very true! Arthur's and D.W.'s parents are so very stubborn, even especially in "Arthur's Big Hit".
I don’t remember her getting punished in that episode, but Mrs. Read did take her to the doctor. In the morning she told D.W to hurry up so they could go to the doctor, and when Arthur told her D.W was faking, his mom said “The doctor said D.W can get out of bed once her voice comes back”
Why didn't DW's parents actually take away the DVD after Arthur continues to complain about her playing the same song over and over again?
It was a CD. Also, Mr. and Mrs. Read are bad parents.
They told her that she can enjoy her music but it wasn't right to annoy others with it. DW states that she didn't want to play the CD anymore. At first Arthur thought that she finally grew out of it. But it turned out that Grandma Thora gave her a Crazy Bus movie and DW liked it better!
@@melissacooper4482 My question is why she couldn't use headphones. She mentions losing a pair, but they don't cost that much. Don't tell me her parents wouldn't have bought them for her.
@@strawberrysoulforever8336 Are Arthur's parents just idiots, then? That's what it seems like to me.
@@chimanruler15 Good question. I'm sorry, but I don't know. They just always take the younger child's side over the older one. DW isn't even the favourite - Kate is. They just seem to favour the middle child because Kate's too little to argue.
The way Sue Ellen acts in "So Funny I Forgot to Laugh" is poor as well. Wasn't one of the first episodes she was in about how she stood up to Binky? She is not a pushover and I cannot see what Arthur did pushing her to literal tears, and changing classes. When Sue Ellen asks Arthur to stop, she asks in a joking manor. "Okay okay you can stop now", or something like that. When he continues, she literally just sighs. The only time she really acts like she wants Arthur to stop is when he made that drawing of her. That encounter should've made it clear to Arthur that he was being rude. Yet he acts all surprised when Ratburn confronts him about it. If the other times didn't convince him, this is the point in other episodes where he would realize what he did wrong, and apologize.
Arthur was definitely a massive jerk in this episode. But Sue Ellen was also a sensitive pushover, which she never was before. it's against both of their characters. Plus, the way Sue Ellen is immeidately okay after Arthur apologizes at the end, and literally calls him a mouse, shows that she didn't really care that much to begin with, and contradicts the entire rest of the episode.
It's absolutely horrible. At least there's at least a good joke or two in the episode.
Good point. I completely forgot about her in the episode with Binky. Gosh, she should have just karate tossed Arthur!
Sue Ellen was upset because Arthur was supposed to be her friend, as opposed to Binky, who was just your run-of-the-mill bully who was all talk and no walk. The episode was executed poorly, but I think it deserves a bit more credit than it gets. The message about friends bullying friends is definitely important.
I liked neither of them.
@@LNER4771 not to mention Francine and Muffy were pretty hypocritical in giving Arthur the silent treatment given that both have been far more rude to other people then Arthur was to Sue Ellen, and Arthur's friends giving him the silent treatment instead of actually telling him why what he was doing was wrong was a dumb idea on there part as it didn't help anything and just made Arthur double-down more.
Even as a kid I thought the character development was so inconsistent in this show. Francine for example is basically a malicious bitch and control freak in one episode where she gets her comeuppance and then a voice of reason in another. She learns the same lessons over and over again.
@btamamura but the show has been going on for so long that maybe it would be fine for it to be inconsistent for a couple of season but by now they should have you know DEVELOPMENT
@@tonghan1235 sure, but also in 25 years the kids that started out watching aren't watching throughout the whole run. New kids watch at different points so I guess the writers wanted to retain the original character qualities so the new viewers would have the same sense of character??? That's what I'm guessing but I agree that I prefer development
10. The thing that annoyed me about this episode was the way DW never got punished for wrecking Arthur's room and harassing him with no proof, and then not even apologizing when she found out he didn't take the CD.
9. That's why I always said Kate was the REAL favourite.
8. Never seen it, but I've seen this plot done in Hey Arnold. Obviously, I'm too young to remember when it actually happened.
7. Never seen it.
6. Oh yeah, I remember this one. Muffy has her good moments, but she can get really bitchy about poorness.
5. Do I really need to discuss this? My problem is that DW didn't apologize for breaking the plane. She just said Arthur made the plane wrong. You're not supposed to sympathize with Arthur, but you really, really do.
4. Ignoring clearly didn't work on DW. I don't understand.
3. Never seen this one.
2. Never seen this one.
1. Never seen this one. I guess there's a reason, huh?
Well for A is for Angry I feel that Arthur and his family can sue Muffy for cyberbullying and slander among other things
The biggest problem in So Funny I Forgot to Laugh is Muffy and Francine BOTH were very hypocritical calling Arthur out. Like they never insulted their friends.
4:57 OMG I remember that scream so well... It was engrained in my brain for like 10 years.
10:09 I remember that episode... It really is out of character for Arthur to act like that and I found the episode hard to watch.
Honestly I do not understand the episode it was so funny I forgot to laugh. It was so out of character for Arthur to be the bully. I think it was more unintentional. But really Suellen didn’t really say clearly to Arthur that she didn’t like him calling her that. It was more hints and subtlety I do not like the newer seasons. I might be biased because I grew up with early Arthur but the new seasons are just trash and the animation style is horrendous
@@canadiangirl2207 Finally someone who agrees with me the new animation is ugly and awful and all the characters feel really bland and rundown
@@epicmarioplushies2167 Yep. It just feels like you’re going off old stereotypes now. I am sad to see Arthur go off the air, but to be honest I think it should’ve gone off the air at least seven seasons ago if not sooner
Yeah. And I’m amazed Ratburn didn’t call out his jerk of a class and quite honestly I think Arthur is well within his rights to sue Muffy (since what she did was technically illegal) and as for everyone except for Brain and Buster? Don’t think or hesitate just cut them out of his life if they’re that shallow. No exceptions
Regarding the one about the chip, perhaps the creators of Arthur were warning us in the future about the dangers of putting too much about your kid on social media.
Theory:
Arthur is now self aware that he lives in a universe where he does not age so he does everything he wants now which explains the new seasons being terrible.
I was hoping “Nerves of Steal” would be the worst Arthur episode.
Which else, "Queen of the Comeback"?
My list
10. Arthur The Loser
9. Arthur's Eyes
8. Play It Again, D.W.
7. Fernlets by Fern
6. For Whom The Bell Tolls
5. DW's Very Bad Mood
4. So Funny I Forgot To Laugh
3. A is for Angry
2. The Rat Who Came To Dinner
1. Arthur's Big Hit
Glad you included #2.
@@JerkyD why
Number 1 should always be locked in the library
What about Bleep?
Great vid, dude! Definitely watching more of your stuff! Also,
1. Yeah. Mr and Mrs. Reed are terrible parents.
2. Kyle Norty actually reviewed your #1 for his Kids Are Smarter Than This series.
Just watched Kyle's video. He did a pretty great job on it.
@@LNER4771 Agreed. He's a pretty talented TH-camr.
Arthur screaming in A is for Angry was actually hilarious.
Good picks. My least favorite episode is Season 5 Episode 10 Part A: Arthur’s family feud. It is eleven minutes that add up to absolutely nothing, and the solution to the main problem could be found out by the audience a lot earlier than when Mr. and Mrs. Reid find out. I find the soufflé that was ruined in this episode to be salvageable compared to this episode.
In that same season, nerves of steal was a worst one too because of Buster being grounded for stealing the cyber toy (for the rest of the episode) which I agree that he shouldn’t have done, and also kind of just desserts just because I feel that one kind of brings the darker version of fairy tales a bit, I don’t know why, but it’s sort of because I kind of find it creepy when Ratburn is shown as a witch and then when grandma Thora is shown as a wedding cake a bit (I just sort of find just desserts a bit haunting for no reason). But the one with that episode which is with grandpa Dave (which is called the big dig), was great though and the one where Buster meets his mom’s boyfriend Harry (which was an episode after nerves of steal and called Bitzi’s beau) was great too. I did like the one after Arthur’s family feud which is Muffy gets mature, because I liked it when she sort of befriends Catherine (especially the part where she introduces herself to her friends and saying that she’s a friend of Catherine’s and she corrects her saying that she’s a friend of her sister’s which of course is Francine), she makes up with Francine in the end, so I thought it was fine no matter what in that episode. I mostly now like certain Arthur episodes from the Christmas movie, season 6, the rock n roll movie, season 7 to season 22 and then probably 25.
I find it weird Arthur used "dog" as an insult when dogs are people in this world
This guy looks like Dwight Shrute.
Personally I feel like they should've called poor Muffy Poor Francine
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I despise Dora Winifred. Almost all the time, she gets zero punishment from her parents playing favorite. In Arthur’s Big Hit, Arthur punched her, but only because she constantly bugged him and broke his plane he worked hard on. Not to mention asking why he’d make something stupid in the end... No punishment, and his friends told him HE was in the wrong. Dora’s Bad Mood. An awful, awful way to show parents how NOT to be parents. They allowed her tantrum to continue for so long and never do anything about it. But what happens? She gets awarded by going to a birthday party. I love Arthur, but it teaches so many awful things to both kids and parents.
How come no mention of Locked in the Library?
That one was awesome
That episode was amazing
Draw! is one of the worst episodes for me. I mean, it's good but I hate the way they tried to make you feel sorry for Francine at the end, when she was the one who started it all by bullying Fern. I understand that the message was that sometimes people can take revenge too far and become bullies themselves, but it would have been nice for Francine to have been properly called out for her actions and have her realise that her friends were only retaliating to her awful behaviour. Instead, they tried to make her the victim.
Same with Sue Ellen, She's a snowflake and she even became vegan
true
Fern is master of revenge, remember Francine's many comics lol
Francine is bossy
4:56 -5:03 Probably the only thing I liked in that episode because it was kind of funny.
I feel really alone in hating “DW’s Baby” with a burning passion. In the first half DW is NOTHING but a caring and doting big sister…then her INCOMPETENT parents move a SOBBING Newborn to sleep in DW’s Room leaving her sleep deprived and it’s only then that she becomes jealous and acts out…then she runs away for HOURS and her family doesn’t give a crap!
As someone who hasn't seen Arthur since probably 2008 or so, seeing the new animation at the end was... very depressing.
"arthur accused" is bad too
The Detective arc is brilliant tho
@@jeanmichellelaurent I agree
I don’t think it’s terrible, Buster tried his best to save the day which leads to some development and having a strong friendship with Arthur.
it would have never happened if ms McGrady wasn't flapping her gums on the phone
@@EDifyer881 Not to get serious here or anything, but ll find it hard to believe that she never noticed Arthur at all even when he walked right up in front of her face. She even did a little wave after Arthur left indicating she knew he was there. And how would she have made such an easily avoidable mistake such as dumping a whole bag of quarters into the brownie mix. Was she not paying attention to what she was doing? Did she hear the sound of the quarters as she was handling them? Did she even bother to double check? If she didn't see Arthur place the bag of quarters on the counter, then wouldn't she have found it strange that a random paper bag just instantly showed up? Ms. McGrady is not qualified to make food for anybody.
for Play It Again, DW: I think the worst thing about this one is that just like the infamous episodes Arthur's Big Hit and DW's Very Bad Mood, DW never faces any consequences for overplaying her music around everyone or falsely accusing Arthur. But the moment Arthur threatens to wreck the CD, the parents are quick to ground him. The parents wait until the very end of the episode to throw in the "You can enjoy your music but it isn't right to annoy others with it".
for Go To Your Room, DW: To play devil's advocate, at least DW actually faces consequences in this episode and learns a lesson by the end. BUT it did feel like it was more about DW needing to "get along" with Kate, rather than learning how to properly stop Kate from taking her toys. Also, what's especially weird is that in DW Thinks Big, DW literally saved Aunt Lucy's wedding (after being told she was too little to help), so how she warped that into a scenario where she was made to stay home from it and be a slave girl is beyond me. Like you think actively saving the wedding would be a huge core memory for a 4 year old, especially one that was wanting to be involved.
for War of the Worms: I don't think this is completely out of character for Fern. In the season 2 episode Draw!, Fern retaliates against Francine being mean to her by initiating a tirade of drawing mean drawings of Francine that practically the whole class joins in on. Which is just as if not more jerkish than her prank in season 12, cause at least the worm prank was her trying to make a point to Brain about telling a good story. Whereas in season 2 she just wanted to make Francine feel bad. Fern may be usually quiet, but in those two episodes as well as I'm a Poet she has shown to have a no-nonsense attitude when people are acting out of line towards her.
I was with Fern in Draw, Francine was being a dick to her for no reason in that episode and yet they expect to actually sorry for her in the end? didn't buy it.
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@@LNER4771 gotcha!
Wouldn't Arthur being insulting the dog characters like Binky and Fern when insulting Sue Ellen's coat and calling her a dog ?
“Crazy bus” episode... I think family guy got the idea for the surfing bird episode from this xD
If it wasn't for the fact that "Surfin' Bird" predates both cartoons, I'd think it was based on this song (It's actually from the 60s).
I agree with you, but the part with Dw go to your room, I feel like she has gotten punished and learned her lesson to have a better relationship with her baby sister. But it is important to respect your older siblings as well. Dw should have been sent to her room for what she did to Arthur. Like in Arthur's big hit or Pageant Pickle.
I swear sometimes I feel like DW is Arthur parents favourite kid
Or Kate would be the favorite.
3:00 Arthur go to your room and never come out LOL
DWs very bad mood has one of the show's all-time quotes:
Francine, can I ask you a question?
Sure, anything!
Why don't you go back to your own house...and STOP BOTHERING US?!?!?
7:04 Who else think there might as well be a alternate cut of the episode where the title card read's "D.W the Entitled"?
Pretty much all of D.W and Muffy's episodes were the worst. Being easily the two worst characters of the show but I hate Muffy much more at least D.W at times can be funny. But Muffy? Honestly no. At least with time Francine got much better as a character but Muffy never seemed to. If anything she got worse and they made her a mini Karen and made you wonder how her and Francine are still "best friends" let alone friends in the show because of how badly she treats Francine specifically.
The mysterious Mr enter also reviewed DWs very bad mood which you also could've linked in the description box
Basically any episode written by Joe Fallon is a Masterpiece
Can't argue with you there.
Joe Fallon actually also wrote a few episodes of the disney incarnation of "Doug"
@@LNER4771 Peter K Hirsch is also a pretty good writer, and I know Dietrich Smith is divisive but she did write some gems like The Lousy Week(love those talking lice!).
To be honest, Lakewood is a horrible elementary school.
Mr. Ratburn has 6-8th grade level assignments. While Mrs. Finch and Miss Sweatwater has kindergarten level assignments.
The crazy thing is that they’re all 3rd grade teachers.
Man, the poor kids in Miss Sweetwater’s and Miss Finch’s class aren’t going to survive Middle School because of those teachers’ teachings compared to Arthur and his friends where they’ll have a better advantage over them due to Mr. Ratburn’s teachings.
As for the episode Play it Again DW I can relate to it because I was like DW when I was her age. I once played my favorite records about as constant as DW did with her Crazy Bus CD. My records were songs sung by The Smurfs. Anyway I played those records so much my sister wanted to break them! Unlike Arthur my sister didn't make the threat to me because she knew I would take it to heart and if she really did she would've got grounded.
This is my top ten worst Arthur episodes
10. DW Blows The Whistle
9. Arthur's Eyes
8. Play It Again DW
7. Prunella Gets It Twice
6. Sue Ellen Gets Her Goose Cooked
5. DW's Time Trouble
4. Unfinished
3. DW's Very Bad Mood
2. So Funny, I Forgot To Laugh
1. Arthur's Big Hit
Another worst one that I find is nerves of steal which I find really annoying and sad too, well just because it ends sad, but I agree Buster shouldn’t have stolen the toy in that episode which is why I don’t watch it ever again now. I agree that Arthur’s big hit and so funny I forgot to laugh were other worst episodes in Arthur (which I didn’t like Arthur teasing Sue Ellen in that one, I know he makes up with her in the end, but yeah that one was definitely dumb, but I did like the one after that one which is the best day ever). Some other ones that I don’t like are the first episode Arthur’s eyes, DW all wet, locked in the library, Arthur’s tooth, Arthur’s knee, Arthur’s treasure hunt, prove it, probably some other ones where DW seems to be a bother to Arthur, the cave, just desserts (that episode kind of brings the darker version of fairy tales a bit, I did like the one after that which is the big dig), probably ones when Binky is of course the bully (except for the law of the jungle gym and the play’s the thing (those two, I did like during when he sort of was a bully) and then until the last tough customer). I mostly like the show from season 3, season 4, Arthur’s perfect Christmas, season 6, Arthur it’s only rock n roll, and season 7 to season 22 and then season 25 (I just like certain episodes from those seasons).
You dare say "crazy bus"
whats wrong with the music it raises and lowers in volume and quality frequently
I think we're supposed to hate D.W
I didn't mind Poor Muffy that much, it was laughably hypocritical for Francine to be concerned about the neighbors when she had no issue playing the Drums and waking everyone up early in the morning in another episode, plus let's not forget Francine Goes to War.
I actually hated DW throughout the entire of the Arthur series...she's soo annoying, and her parents are really bad at their job. That was definitely shown in the big hit. I've seen plenty of four year olds, yeah they can be complete brats, especially when they're cranky, but my god DW just gets away with so much, it makes her even more unlikable.
PassTheCandle her episodes were lit tho
I agree. I mean I'm the youngest of 3 kids and if I broke something that belonged to my brother or sister and caused them to hit me my parents would punish me for not listening when they told me not to touch whatever it was. It's very obvious in Arthur the Reads don't like Arthur and love D.W. More.
(*Referring to David and Jane Read*)
Rear kissers (like many other parents).
Crazy Bus? Is that a reference to that Genesis "game" called Crazybus?
I'd have said "The longest 11 minutes" From all of Arthur's friends being lost without the internet(Even though most episodes they never even use the internet, and I can't remember them ever all coming up to Arthurs with devices) to not knowing what a camera was, you know, that thing Arthur uses in the intro to every episode?
They did work together to save a baby bird. That was good. The rest of it though, it was like the episode was written by somebody who has never seen a full episode of Arthur.
The other episodes I think are bad are the ones hat centre arround Kate and pal talking to each other.
I'm sorry but we have shared together
@@HayaAuf What do you mean?
Should have replaced Arthur’s big hit with DW’s Snowball.
The Reads parents only punish Arthur on screen, but when it comes to DW she either gets away with it or gets a talking to. Otherwise she rarely gets punished. Arthur punching DW was well deserved for all the sh** she’s done (even blaming Arthur for things he has nothing to do with), even though it was wrong for him to do it in the first place.
4:57-5:02 (ARTHUR SCREAMING)
Brain deserved the prank. Not only is he stoic and a nerd, he's also a buzzkill.
Even the worst episodes are my childhood.
Sad that they rehashed A Is For Angry with the next to last season in an episode that came out recently Arthur's Big Meltdown. He gets angry, everyone thinks he's turning into an alter ego like Mr. Hyde and is resolved by Arthur apologizing at the end.
The Howard Dean reference is funny, but dated
At least the kids turning on Arthur in Arthur's Big Meltdown was a lot more reasonable than in A is for Angry. In "Meltdown" Arthur gets reasonably upset for his shoes being accidentally ruined but he still does (inadvertently) vandalize Muffy's house/property. He also, out of anger, states that he never wants to see his friends again. Even when Artjur calms down and realizes his mistake and plans to make amends, the other kids don't know that. However, in "Angry" Arthur simply gets frustrated with how mean his friends are being towards Brain and constantly bugging Arthur about winning the checkers tournament. He asks that they leave him alone, but instead, this causes the whole school to turn against Arthur and for Francine and Muffy to spread lies and hateful propaganda about him to others. It's sad to watch.
@@sandwichgod692 And part of it was seemingly just referencing the Howard Dean scream joke that was relevant at the time, but it just seems silly now, unlike the That Girl opening reference in Muffy Goes Metropolitan, which I rewatched a few months ago.
Too many good ones, though I'd hate to try and find the worst Arthur episodes, just weeding down the good ones to 50 overall will have to wait until S25 comes out and wraps things up sadly.
Even they rehashed "Arthur's Eyes" (the first ever Arthur episode) with the infamous Arthur episode "So Funny I Forgot to Laugh", which is hands down the worst Arthur episode ever!
@@NinteSegaRarew I wouldn't say they rehashed it exactly, since the Arthur getting angry plot was almost point for point in places. Sue Ellen being the one mocked in So Funny I Forgot To Laugh was at least different, even if it was character assassination for Arthur in particular
@Christopher Bingham And I mostly remember it for the Howard Dean reference
they kinda ruined fern at a certain point and stopped making enough fern episodes
Let me tell you one of the BEST Arthur episodes is actually attached to one of your picks for worst, Rhyme for Your Life which precedes For Whom the Bell Tolls. It’s one of the best Binky-centric episodes next to the one with his peanut allergy and where his little sister is adopted. It’s insanely creative with the rhyming and the dream he has is wildly imaginative while trying to come up with a poem for his mom’s birthday.
I've thought about that episode quite a bit recently. Interesting how William Carlos Williams was chosen as Binky's inspiration to tunnel out of his poetry slump.
@@LNER4771 I actually liked For Whom the Bell Tolls because of Arthur getting revenge on DW in the end, very satisfying.
I can't stand the episode "A is for Angry". There is absolutely not justice for the all terrible things Muffy and Francine did to Arther. I would have been a good episode if they (especially Muffy) got punished for actively bullying and cyberbullying Arther. At least Francine felt guilty, but Muffy didn't learn a thing, behaving more selfish and spoiled than I've ever seen her.
Ironically, the episode only serves to make me very, very angry. Maybe that was actually the point and it was a meta-commentary. A genius move by the writers if so!
Which else, Kenobi?
This guy nailed this video, these truly are the worst Arthur episodes👌🏻
You what other Character besides, as you mentioned, Francine or Mentioned would have worked better as the bully in “So Funny I Forgot To Laugh?” Buster. He is a comedian after all, and it would be interesting to see him actually take a joke too far.
Think whatever you want about A is for anger but the yelling is hillarious, I was creasing when I first saw it
Oh it's not only DW getting stubbed at the invite that's the problem. But more then that it's a party for a girl who DW's not friends with or even likes but she feels self entitled to an Invite and acts like the hurt party because her plan fails.
I am thinking she needs Millitary school
Was this shot in your garage?
It was back when I just graduated from university and living with my folks. I made a little filming space for myself in the basement.
@@LNER4771 ah okay. It was the first video on the channel that I ever saw. I've gone through a couple of the videos, They're very good.
THANK YOU! I 100% agree with your number 1 choice, which was a stupid episode that not only put forth the wrong message but was so out of the realm of possibility concerning the "bully" that I couldn't even finish watching it. It made Arthur, the guy the show is named after and whom we generally support, such a jerk that it would have completely changed my view of him for life if I didn't blame the writers so much for their poor decisions for the episode. Thoroughly enjoyed your video, though.
Well Actually Poor Muffy Is Actually The Worst Episode Of Arthur Because Well?,I Hate Muffy
I'm convinced that A Is For Angry was the writer's attempt to do an episode about Howard Dean's similar yelling moment.
Yep, that's what I thought as well!
"So Funny I Forgot to Laugh" deserves to be #1 in the top 10 worst episode list as it is the worst Arthur episode ever! It ruined Arthur's character by demonizing him as the bully, Arthur's friends turned against him and jumped on him by giving him the silent treatment which doesn't solve the problem in the slightest and no matter the circumstances you must never do, even to a friend, making Arthur's friends extremely unlikable in the episode as them turning against Arthur and jumping on him with the silent treatment towards him were extremely unpleasant to watch since it made him feel pissed off, betrayed, ostracized and unwanted, and of course, the episode teaches a very bad moral: "tease your friends no matter what". Either Francine or Muffy or both could've been the bully in the episode due to how those two girls act and behave, but making the main protagonist Arthur as the bully?!?! (sighs and facepalms) WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?! Why would Arthur do such a thing?! It's like what have they done to you Arthur?! They really were out of their minds and were not thinking at all when they made the main protagonist Arthur as the bully. Besides, Francine was bullying Fern in the episode "Draw" and both Francine and Muffy were bullies at some points in the cartoon before, so them calling out on Arthur for bullying makes both of those girls very hypocritical. Same can be said when they refused to be anywhere near Arthur, so why would they remind Arthur that Sue Ellen is switching classes? Even Sue Ellen never did it when Binky bullied everyone. Therefore, this is why Francine and Muffy could've been the perfect role as the bully in the episode, not Arthur! I only liked the very ending part where Sue Ellen jokingly tells Arthur that her sweater on him makes him look like a mouse as it made me laugh. Other than that, the episode was awful and atrocious and it is the worst Arthur episode ever as I said before! Even Arthur's Big Hit, Play It Again, D.W., Go To Your Room D.W., D.W., Bossy Boots and Nerves of Steal were worthy of watching. I rather watch D.W.'s Very Bad Mood (and have my ears hurt by D.W.'s screaming, yelling and ranting throughout the entire episode) than watch So Funny I Forgot to Laugh! Yeah, So Funny I Forgot to Laugh?! Title name says it all as I deliberately forgot to laugh. Why? Because the episode surely isn't funny at all!
Eh I personally think the episode where Arthur gets humiliated by dressing up as a pickle in a pageant as a result of DW tricking him was worse, it was just a downer ending for no good reason, also the episode where DW hangs out with an older kid named Hana and claims she's "mean" because she'd rather hang out with friends her own age then pre-schoolers, that message makes no sense at all.
@jacksonteller3973 Are you referring to "The Pageant Pickle"? Also, the episode I just mentioned and talked about calling "So Funny I Forgot to Laugh" is the #1 worst Arthur episode ever due to the reasons I mentioned above.
@@NinteSegaRarew yeah that episode stunk, I know what episode you're talking about, i'm saying the Pickle one is worse IMO.
@@jadedheartsz Which episode was that? And if you say it's worse in your opinion, that's okay.
Pageant Pickle@@NinteSegaRarew
It seems like every worse episodes is all because of D.W. I used to like D.W, due to she knew how to get Arthur in trouble, but as an adult, I grew hatred
I hate DW and Arthur.
1:09 Play it Again DW
2:16 Go To Your Room DW
number 3. D.W DID lose her voice... it just came back but she didn't tell anyone.
Great video! Are you going to also do a Top 10 Best Arthur episodes?
That, my fine Feldstein, is utterly impossible. So many Arthur episodes are so great they cannot be imprisoned in a single Top 10 list. However, if you are curious, PBS is holding a poll for the best Arthur episodes for a marathon on May 11, 2019. Check it out here: pbskids.org/arthur/marathon
Captain Rutlidge I voted for Bleep to be played!!! 🤞😁
How is Prove It! Not on this list D. W. acts like a smart Alec for the entire episode
It’s so frustrating that Brain doesn’t contradict her “science” information considering how intelligent he is in the series.
the parents can be incompetent sometimes
Not to mention abusive. They let Binky listen to the Tough Customers by having Arthur get punched in the arm. Despite being an abusive dad, David put ice onto Arthur's left arm though.
How dare Arthur disrespect sheep dogs like that. Son of a Sheppard will not accept this.
Please tell me how you found the background music.
People have probably uploaded the background music all over TH-cam.
I can't tell who's worse DW or Caillou
Caillou and Barney
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