D.W., the Picky Eater (episode)

"D.W., the Picky Eater" is the first half of the 3rd episode of season 2 of the animated children's series Arthur. It originally aired on October 6th, 1997.

Plot
D.W. is such a picky eater. She only likes to eat stuff like peanut butter and jelly, strawberries, birthday cake, and chocolate ice cream. She hates food like fish and hawian shrimp, cucumbers, tomatoes, and most of all she hates spinach. One night Mom, Dad, Arthur, and D.W. go out to eat at a restaurant and D.W. orders a salad but when she finds out that there's spinach in it she angrily punches the salad right on the waiter and everyone stares at them. The waiter angrily quits his job and Mom and Dad look angrily at D.W. and Mom says Dora Winifred Read. At home Grandma Thora is babysitting Kate when the family returns and she asks if they had a good time. Arthur tells Grandma Thora abot D.W. punching her salad and it exploading all over the waiter and everyone was staring at them. Mom sends D.W. to her room and when Arthur asks about Grandma Thora's birthday party at the Once Upon A Restaurant next week Mom says that D.W. will not be joining them. When Grandma Thora hears this she asks to instead have her birthday at their house because her birthday wouldn't be happy if D.W. wasn't there. Arthur decides to get D.W. to try something new to eat and maybe they can still go to the restaurant. The next day Arthur and D.W. ride bikes together

Differences from the book

 * When D.W. receives a bowl of spinach, she quickly shouts that she hates it, and pounds on the bowl, and the bowl lands on the waiter's head. In the book, D.W. pounds on the bowl with her fist which causes the lettuce to fly around, and shouts "NO!", and spills her carton of milk.