Freaky Tuesday

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"Freaky Tuesday" is the second half of the third episode in the twenty-fourth season of Arthur.

Summary
Buster switches bodies with Mr. Ratburn for a day and learns how hard it is to be a teacher.

Characters

 * Buster Baxter
 * Nigel Ratburn
 * Cecilia Tingley
 * Arthur Read
 * Francine Frensky
 * Brain
 * Binky Barnes
 * Carl Rambacher
 * Muffy Crosswire (cameo)
 * Ladonna Compson (cameo)
 * Maria Pappas (cameo)
 * Alex (cameo)
 * Jenna Morgan (cameo)
 * Fern Walters (cameo)
 * Sue Ellen Armstrong (cameo)
 * George Lundgren (cameo)

Trivia

 * Running gags:
 * Binky asking if they can study outside.
 * People walking (or running) through the wet cement, with Buster (in Mr. Ratburn's body) warning everyone about it.
 * Moral: Cut students some slack.

Episode connections

 * Buster goes inside the teachers' lounge. He and his friends previously wondered what it was like in "Buster the Lounge Lizard".

Cultural references

 * The title and main plot of the episode is a parody of the 1972 children's novel .
 * Instead of being about a mother and her daughter switching bodies, it is about a teacher (Mr. Ratburn) and his student (Buster) switching bodies.
 * Buster and Mr. Ratburn switching bodies via spanikopita references how the mother and daughter did so via magical fortune cookies in the of Freaky Friday.