Arthur's Family Vacation (episode)

"Arthur's Family Vacation" is the first half of the fifteenth episode of Season 1 of the animated children's series Arthur. It originally aired on December 16th, 1996. It is based upon the book of the same name.

Plot
Arthur wants to go back to Camp Meadowcroak (from "Arthur Goes to Camp") with Buster for the summer and tries to get out of the family vacation to the beach. He changes his mind with the mention of lobster and after several impediments, they finally make it to the beach. They lose their hotel reservation and stay in a leaky rundown hotel. It also rains alot but things eventually start to get better. They go to a cow festival, on a surfari, take a tour of Flo's Fudge Factory, and go to see a movie called JAWS. On their last day the sun comes out and Dad takes a picture of Arthur burying D.W. in the sand. When Arthur gets home he asks Buster how camp was and Buster says that camp was okay until the Hurricane hit and pretty much ruined everything.

CHARACTERS

ARTHUR READ

D.W. READ

JANE READ

DAVID READ

KATE READ

BUSTER BAXTER

SHARKY

MR. SIPPLE (cameo)

Quotes

 * D.W. (to a group of mean-looking bikers with tattoos on their arms): Hi, I'm D.W. You're lucky. Your mom lets you draw on your arms.


 * Mr. Read: Lobster!


 * Mrs. Read: D.W., Sit! You can have a hot-dog tomorrow when we're at the beach!


 * (Thunderclaps)


 * Arthur: Sun!

Trivia
Near the end of this episode, Arthur thinks the sky is finally clear as the sun shines. So he and his family went to the beach.

The man in the JAWS movie that the Read Family go to see at the movies is Arthur's neighbor Mr. Sipple.

Differences from the book

 * This story takes place shortly after the events of Arthur Goes to Camp, which also takes place before Arthur starts third grade. In the book, the story started out as Arthur's last day of school in third grade.
 * In the book Buster says that camp was great and that he missed Arthur while in the episode Buster says Camp was okay until they got hit by a Hurricane.

Goofs

 * While the Read family was leaving the diner, David was holding a candy bar in one hand while he was driving. In the next few seconds, the candy bar is gone and he has both of his hands on the steering wheel.


 * Sharky's fins change different colors in different scenes.
 * DW was brave at looking at a shark in D.W. All Wet so she should have been brave to watch the movie and shouldn't have been scared to watch.