Through the Looking Glasses

Through the Looking Glasses is the second half of the 8th episode of Season 15. It aired for the first time on May 24, 2012 with "Buster's Garden of Grief."

Summary
Arthur can't find his glasses, so he gets a new pair. After thinking his classmates will laugh at him, he actually receives praise about them, but becomes overconfident with his new look.

Plot
Opening At the Ice Cream shop, Brain serves Buster a giant jello mold and Muffy asks Buster if he is sad. But he denies this and says he is fine, then asked Muffy why she looks so shocked but she tells him he isn't. It's then Binky comes in and he has a mustache! Arthur peaks on everyone as Brain suddenly leaps over the counter having horse legs! As Arthur then walks away he's revealed to have a ballerina tutu and legs and dances away. Episode Arthur wakes up and notices his glasses are missing. He goes to breakfast and realizes that he's eating his dads yucky cereal. As their dad comes in to see Arthur about to pour orange juice onto his cereal their dad promises they'll all look after breakfast. And so the entire Read family searches but its no use, nobody can find Arthur's glasses anywhere!

Arthur is forced to go to the eye doctors and a strange doctor measures everything about Arthur's head and manages to find him a nice pair of glasses. But Arthur tells him the lenses are too small and he hands them back to his mom. She likes them, but not the price and the doctor puts them away. Arthur then sees a pair he likes and tries them on. He likes them and they decide to purchase them after he promises to also throw in a musical case.

At home Arthur is being mocked by D.W. But his parents think he looks nice and smart. Eventually Kate ends up crying and Arthur puts the glasses down, a bit worried now that he'll look weird to everybody. He then has a dream involving him walking into class and having a funny pair of glasses on his face, stuck! So he was sent to Clown Class as a result, eventually waking up the following morning as he then decides to head to school without his glasses. However, when he answers wrongly he claims to have forgotten to wear them but Mr. Ratburn has him put them on.

Right away everybody compliments them, even Binky and Arthur realizes that his new glasses may be cool after all. Then during lunch, Buster is trying to tell Arthur a story but he isn't listening...

And so, everybody begins to comment, compliment, and ask Arthur for advice. Eventually Arthur makes his way to the Sugar Bowl and sees Brain playing chess with someone else and asks Arthur for advice on how to beat this man. Arthur does manage to help Brain win, and then Brain gives Arthur a free Brain Frost, for the help. Buster is getting increasingly upset by Arthur's sudden popularity...

Later, Buster goes on to see Arthur, only to see he's with a "patient" and sees Arthur pretending to be a therapist. Then Arthur tells Buster that he's going to see Sue Ellen in order to give her a drawing lesson. But Buster points out that Sue Ellen is a much better artist but Arthur won't listen..

As he leaves, Arthur suddenly trips and his glasses get smashed! The following day, everybody begins to look at Arthur strangely and he explains that he "dropped them" and suddenly Buster arrives with new glasses. Arthur claims they look terrible, and they're not even glasses. But Muffy thinks they look cool and Buster walks off, crashing into a locker in response. George claims they both look ridiculous and they both decide to just forget about the popularity and rid themselves of their glasses.

Buster asks what they should do now and Arthur asks him to help him home since he can't see and the two young boys walk away. Not aware of a Mr. Toad riding a dog, while wearing Arthur's glasses! The episode then ends...

Trivia

 * Mr. Toad was the one who stole Arthur's glasses.
 * This is the last episode where Lyle O'Donohue voice The Brain.

Goofs

 * In the laundry room scene while Arthur and his parents are searching all around the house for the pair of glasses that he regularly wears, there are two dryers, excluding the washing machine. This is clearly a storyboard mistake.
 * The bow on the Polkadot dress flashes for a second when Muffy moves it.
 * When Arthur was inside Muffy's limo, his glasses are round.

Quotes
Muffy: "Arthur, I need your advice. Daddy's taking me to the opera, which one do you think I should wear?" (She holds out two dresses, one yellow with red polka dots and the other with black and white stripes)

Buster: "Why are you asking him?"

Muffy: "Because Arthur obviously has a keen sense of fashion, just look at those glasses! So, retro-chic or sleek and sassy?"

Arthur: "Um, well, I always say; what's old is new."

Muffy: (looks at dresses and smiles) "You're so right! The stripes are much better!"

Buster: (pointing angrily at Arthur) "You don't say that!"

Arthur: (happily) "I just said it! Great choice Muffy, you can go girl!"

Buster: "It's, you go girl there's no can in it!"