Arthur's Mystery Envelope (episode)

Arthur's Mystery Envelope is the second half of the 10th episode of Season 2 of the animated children's series Arthur. Together with D.W. Goes to Washington, it first aired on December 15th, 1997.

Summary
Mr. Haney gives an envelope to Arthur to give to his mom. Arthur is worried about the contents of the envelope, thinking that it's a negative report about him, so he comes up with a way of giving it to his mom without her opening it.

Plot
Mr. Haney gives an envelope to Arthur to give to his mom. The episode begins with Arthur's friends wondering what's in the envelope.

Then Francine and Buster have a tug-of-war with the envelope until Binky grabs it and says, "I bet you failed Ratburn's big history tests." Then Francine assumes that Arthur will have to go to summer school. Then we see Arthur in his desk with stacks of textbooks with Mr. Ratburn enjoying an ice cream.

Then we see Arthur's friends flying by the window like it's a tornado until Buster echoes "Repeat it" several times then the school falls quickly then a cow flies by mooing. Arthur is worried about the contents of the envelope thinking that it's about him, so he comes up with a way of giving it to his mom without her opening it. The envelope turns out to contain Mr. Haney's tax documents.

Trivia

 * This is one of the many Arthur Mystery Episodes.
 * The scene where Arthur visions himself in summer school and sees his friends outside fly by during a tornado is a reference to "The Wizard of Oz".
 * During the scene, Buster and the Brain can be seen cooking marshmallows, then Buster can be seen again in his swimsuit swimming (as if there were 2 Busters). This couldn't be an error, yet this was part of Arthur's imagination.

Goofs

 * When David Read puts the mail on the table his sleeve is the same color as Jane Read's, and then when Jane picks up the mail from the table, her sleeve changes to yellow, the same color as Arthur's sleeves.

Home Video
DVD: VHS:
 * Arthur Cracks the Case
 * Arthur's Travel Adventures
 * Arthur Cracks the Case