Never, Never, Never

Summary
D.W. has too many toys, so she has to give some to charity. She instead plans to give them to someone who really loves her, but Emily doesn't play along, and the Tibbles end up with the toys.

Plot
After D.W. presented a play about love, Grandma Thora came with a new toy for her. D.W. was about to put it in the closet, when all her other toys fell on her. Mom decides to make D.W. give some of her toys away. D.W. gets upset thinking that her mom doesn't love her, and says that she will give all her toys away to someone who really loves her, to show up her mom up. At the play school, she announces that she is giving all her toys away, and also before they get them they have to say how much they love her. The Tibble Twins then started to kiss up to D.W., but Emily was ashamed of how silly D.W. was acting, and refused to take part. The Tibble Twins got all of D.W.'s toys, but when she how they were playing with them, she went to Arthur for help, who refused. D.W. tried to get back the toys that were not broken, but the Tibbles took them away. Arthur come to get D.W. and she tearfully tells Arthur that the Tibbles are destroying all of her toys. Then he goes inside the Tibbles house get her toys back, and did, but Arthur's glasses were damaged. D.W. then learned that love isn't something you buy or say, but the things your friends and family are willing to do. She hold a yard sale to get some money for Arthur's new glasses and sees Emily. She apologize to her, and promise to never to do something like that again.

Main Characters

 * D.W. Read
 * Tibble twins
 * Emily

Minor Characters

 * Jane Read
 * Arthur Read

Background

 * Sarah
 * Maryann
 * Liam
 * James MacDonald

Trivia

 * In "D.W. Flips," the Tibbles asked if they could have D.W.'s toys if she didn't make it across the balance beam.
 * At the end of the episode if you blink Mr. Ratburn goes by on his bicycle.
 * The episode borrows many elements from William Shakespeare's King Lear: Lear and D.W. both choose untrustworthy inheritors over reliable ones; Emily and Lear's daughter Cordelia refuse to play along with games to prove their love; both Lear and D.W. rage angrily against storms; and the declaration "never, never, never, never, never" features prominently in both stories.
 * D.W.'s half birthday was mentioned in this episode. This means that this episode occurred in September, because her birthday is March 1.