World Girls (episode)

Summary
The girls anticipate the grand opening of World Girl World, which sells dolls from every country.

Plot
Muffy has become obsessed of Worlds Girls dolls. Each doll is dressed in the national costume of a particular country, and comes with accessories related to that country, along with a book accompanying each doll. Sue Ellen has one World Girl doll, Pema from Tibet. When they discover a World Girl World store is opening, Muffy and Sue Ellen invite Francine to come along with them.

However, nothing really works out. Sue Ellen is interested in purchasing an accessory for her doll, but when it becomes discontinued (including its whole country), she decides on another solution. Francine ends up buying a doll (so she can get the book she came with), and a new "country" is opened every time the girls turn their backs. Later, they discover that the "Doll Hospital" leads to a secret factory where a machine copies each World Girl doll and just changes the outfits, exposing World Girl World as "a scam to sell worthless dolls".

Major Roles

 * Muffy Crosswire
 * Francine Frensky
 * Sue Ellen Armstrong

Minor Roles

 * Dave
 * Unknown Female Adult Rabbit (Number 6)
 * Bailey

Background

 * Unknown Female Rabbit (Number 12)
 * Unknown Male Adult Rabbit (Number 5)
 * Unknown Female Rabbit (Number 4)
 * Unknown Female Dog
 * Technician
 * Unknown Female Rabbit (Number 10)
 * Unknown Female Rabbit (Number 9)
 * Unknown Female Rabbit (Number 3)
 * Unknown Female Rabbit (Number 8)
 * Unknown Female Adult Rabbit (Number 7)
 * Unknown Female Dog (Number 3)
 * Rae
 * Unknown Male Adult Aardvark
 * Unknown Female Adult Aardvark (Number 2)
 * Czech student
 * Unknown Female Cat
 * Steve
 * Lisa
 * Unknown Female Dog (Number 2)
 * Unknown Female Adult Dog (Number 2)
 * Unknown Female Rabbit (Number 5)
 * Unknown Female Rabbit (Number 14)
 * Unknown Male Adult Rabbit (Number 4)
 * Unknown Female Aardvark
 * 3rd Grade Female Aardvark (Number 10)
 * Unknown Female Rabbit (Number 11)
 * Slink's Mother
 * Last Year's Brain

Trivia

 * D.W. is seen in the back train car at point 4:08.
 * This is one of the 12 episodes Arthur doesn't appear in.

Cultural references

 * World Girls are a parody of the dolls.

Episode connections

 * This is Francine's second doll, her first doll was in "Prunella Gets it Twice".

Errors

 * Even though Muffy says she does not even have the Estonian doll, she somehow has the book.
 * Although there is a Hawaiian doll, Hawaii is not a country, it is a state of The United States since August 21 1959.
 * As seen in the very beginning of the world girl world scene, D.W. Read is seen on the roller coaster without her parents.

Production notes

 * The song used in the World Girls TV comercial is re-used again as the song played outside the Yumbobo ice-cream shop in Brain Freeze.

Home Video
DVD:
 * D.W., Bossy Boots (DVD)
 * Arthur: Season 10

Gallery
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