Brain Gets Hooked

Summary
Brain becomes addicted to a television show, and falls behind on his homework. Fern has to step in and help him before he flunks out of 3rd grade.

Plot
Arthur is in his living room, sitting on the floor and bursting bubble wrap and talking to viewers about what it's like when people become interested in something and then grow obsessed with it, like Buster when he heard a particular radio program during a test, or using so much electricity to decorate for Christmas that it causes a citywide blackout. But he stops when his mom calls him to dinner. - - - - TITLE CARD - - - - Brain is in his house, holding a clock and a chessboard to his Chess Tournament, but his mom calls him that will go a little later. Meanwhile, Brain turn on his TV and, after swap two channels, chooses a program called Junior Island. In the program, two friends are in a room and need to discover a code and Brain knows it. After the code is discovered, the room door starts to close, but they escape. They hear a roar in the jungle, ending the chapter. In this time, Brain’s mom appears and tell to his son that they have to go to the Tournament now, but Brain wants to view the TV a little more.

In lunch time at school, Brain is telling Arthur about the show that he create a big interest. The case repeats with Buster, and Francine.

Back to lessons, Mr. Ratburn leave with the class a History team project and Binky wants be the first to give a topic. After him, Brain’s turn arrive and he tells Mr. Ratburn that will talk about the Magna Carta.

When Brain is searching his report, realizes the remote and turn on the TV and starts attend Junior Island again. The three friends (the other one not appears before) saw a ship and think how escape of the island. Until one have a idea of ride in a boat and arrive in the ship, so, the chapter ends.

Passing very time attending the show, Brain hear the bell and go see who is. Is Arthur and Buster, wants that Brain ride of bicycle with them in the park. Brain don’t wants to and tells them he is doing the report, but Arthur and Buster knows he is attending TV. Brain did convince them the sound that they have heard is in another house.

Brain back to do the report, but starts to attend Junior Island again. In school, Brain discover that Fern likes the show, too. Is the day of present the reports, being the first one of Binky. After he shows a lot of medieval accessories, Brain’s turn is arrived. All is going well, until Brain don’t know what talk and starts to tell to the class about Junior Island. Being revised, he ends his report, lasting five seconds. In the final of lessons, Brain got a "C" in the test, but Mr. Ratburn give more a chance to him. Fern tells Brain that all the episodes is in DVD, making Brain glad.

Brain is in the Library, taking borrowed a DVD of his favorite show. But he takes the book, too, as Ms. Turner said.

Doing his report, he see the DVD and decides to hide it. Putting the DVD in a locked kitchen cabinet. Brain try do his report again, but the cabinet key are calling the Brain’s attention, so, he hides the key in a cabinet in his garage, but he needs hold this other key. When see Buster and Arthur, give it to Buster keep until the next day to he finish his report.

Brain is doing his report, but can’t ignore it anymore and go supplicate Buster to give he back the key and the fact of can’t attend the show is leaving he crazy. Brain did trick Buster and take the key. He go to his house, after open the cabinet, take the key to open a box, that inside had a key to open a toy chest, where a magic cube (or polyhedron) is hidden and was hiding the key to open the kitchen cabinet, where the DVD was hidden. When Brain put the key in the keyhole, it fell down the sink drain, doing Brain get mad at a little time, but to his calm, the cabinet was open.

Arrive the night and Fern calls Brain is the door of his house. Since no one go answer, herself decides enter. In a suspense scene, Brain is desperate with his addiction, making Fern knows that the case is more serious than she thought. When she takes the remote, Brain scream to Fern give back it to he, but is cured when Fern tells he that the show is not real and borrow a book with a real history to he.

At the school, Brain presents a good report and tells Fern that tonight, he'll be watching the finale........ And is so baffled by the ending (there was a land bridge on the island the whole time) that he gets over his addiction.

Trivia

 * This is the second episode in which the Brain receives a low grade "C". In Breezy Listening Blues, he receives a "B" minus on a test.

Goofs

 * The Brain mentions that "a bunch of kids" are stranded on an island on the show, but the only kids on the show we see are Trent, Byron, and Devon.

Home Video
Other Formats:
 * Arthur Favorites: Volume 1 (LeapFrog)