Arthur Goes to Camp (episode)

Arthur Goes to Camp is the first half of the 7th episode of Arthur from season one. It was written by Rowby Goren and the storyboards were done by Sylvain Proteau. Together with "Buster Makes the Grade," it first aired on October 21, 1996.

Summary
Arthur and his friends go to Camp Meadowcroak where everything is a competition between girls and boys. The final day arrives and Meadowcroak must work together to compete against Camp Horsewater to win the all-camp scavenger hunt, which Camp Horsewater has won three years in succession.

Plot
Opening

The episode starts out with Binky putting his toe in the cold lake and shivers with falling into Buster's arms and the two of them fall into the lake. Arthur speaks to the audience about why parents send their kids to camp: for punishment! Such as, it looks like a hamburger, wrong! It's a worm-burger. And Monday, they serve macaroni-and-fleas. And how the hungry mosquitoes try to break into the tent. A tornado then comes and sucks up the boys tent. Arthur finishes by saying the worst part of camp is (the girls splash into the lake) THE GIRLS!

Episode

After the title card, it starts off with everyone at the camp bus stop. Arthur's mom brings him a stack of postcards stamped and addressed so he can write back. Before Arthur gets on the bus, she comes running with Arthur's Bionic Bunny underwear. The girls laugh. Arthur angrily take them from her and takes his seat on the bus. Soon all they parents wave gpod-bye as the bus drives away. Arthur sits next to Francine. Binky beckons Arthur. He scholds Arthur can't talk to Francine because at camp it's boys vs. girls. Binky then pulls out some Grade A Itching Powder and attempts to use it on Prunella. However the bus goes over a bump and the powder falls on him. He starts itching all over and everyone laughs. On the way, the bus passes Camp Horsewater. Outside, all the mighty Horsewater kids lift weights and excercise. Then everyone gets off the bus while camp counselor Becky introduces herself. At the meeting spot, she tells everyone about winning the all-camp scavenger hunt trophy. Arthur exlaims "Hey!" Binky tells Arthur that Hosewater has won the trophy three times. The Muffy arrives and boasts that she had a hair appointment. The chaueffer brings out Muffy's fur coat and her electronic air conditioner. Counselor Becky sighs. In the tent, Binky shows all the prank itemsto use on the girls such as stink bombs and wind-up mice. A few seconds later the boys hear a metal sound and they exit their tent. They see their underwear hoisted up on a flagpole. Arthur madly walks up to Francine and shouts looking at her "I hope you know this means war!" Arthur starts writing his first postcard: Dear Mom and Dad, it's war! We made a surprise attack on the enemy today! But they were too tricky! While the boys chase the girls hiding, they fall into a pit full of leaves. Now Arthur's other family reads this next postcard: Tomorrow we go canoeing. It doesn't look good for our side! Arthur and Buster manage to make it past Francine and Sue Ellen, but the two of them his a rock and their canoe capsizes while the girls pass the two boys. Arthur sits in his tent writing this postcard: Dear Mom and Dad, don't ask me where I am writing from, just get me out of here!

Differences from the book

 * At the start, Arthur was getting on the bus with his friends from school to go to Camp Meadowcroak; although in the book, the story started where Arthur didn't want to go to camp and commented it as "gross". The Girls had pull the prank on the boys after that they both went to war and girls always win. They decided to work together to win the Camp Meadowcroak trophy.
 * In the book, the girls' counselor was Becky who was very nice and gentle, and the boys' counselor was Rocky who was very strict and mean. In the cartoon, Becky was the only counselor, who again is nice, and was the counselor for both the boys and girls at Camp Meadowcroak.

Goofs

 * The Brain can be seen swimming in the water, although in "Water and the Brain" from Season 2, it was revealed that he is hydrophobic. However, he had a floaty tube and water wings.
 * When they boys bash into the girls after seeing the "ghoul", Sue Ellen floats in mid-air when they get up.(View Photo Left)Artur_goof.jpg

Home Video
VHS: DVD:
 * Arthur's Great Summer
 * Arthur's Travel Adventures
 * Arthur's Great Summer