Meek for a Week

"Meek for a Week" is the first half of the seventeenth episode of season 1. It originally aired on January 13th, 1997.

Summary
Francine bets Muffy that she can be nice for a whole week. Her friends notice right away and try to release her anger before it builds up too much and makes her "pop".

Home Video
VHS: Arthur Makes The Team

DVD: Arthur Makes The Team

Trivia

 * There was also a song based on this episode, which can be found on Arthur and Friends: The First Almost Real Not Live CD (or Tape).
 * "They very soon came upon a gryphon..." is a line from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Chapter IX: The Mock Turtle's Story by Lewis Carroll.
 * Muffy and Francine bet on a Princess Peach watch. Princess Peach is the name of a character from the Super Mario Bros. video games, but it is unknown if this was an intentional reference.
 * In an earlier version of the title card for this episode, the name of the episode is not read by an Arthur character, and Arthur does not yelp when Francine hits the gong. In a later version of this, however, Binky says the name of the episode, and Arthur DOES yelp when Francine hits the gong.

Goofs

 * When Francine approaches to Muffy and screeches her bike to a stop, the tires on her bike are shown white in that scene, although her bike has gray to black tires in its other appearances.
 * When the Brain is wearing his helmet, his ears are not shown; although the helmet has openings for the ears to be shown for top-eared species like aardvarks, bears, cats, rabbits, and etc.
 * Arthur and Buster were not wearing their baseball caps during the second baseball game.
 * Right before Muffy tells Francine she's "So rude" the helmet hole showing her hair flashes yellow, the same color as the helmet for a second.
 * At the Sugar Bowl, when Francine sits next to Arthur and is offered a cherry soda which she rejects but tries it anyway, she is sitting next to the outside, and Arthur is sitting next to the wall; but after Francine finishes off the soda, she and Arthur are sitting on the opposite side of the booth, and Arthur is sitting next to the outside while Francine is sitting next to the wall.
 * Muffy is briefly shown to be eating cilantro.