Tipping the Scales

Summary
The school choir is excited about singing in Crown City, but they aren't so excited about Ms. Krasny's replacement, Dr. Fugue.

Plot
Arthur and his friends have been preparing for their concert at Crown City. Binky even mentions Finkelmeyers. Then Mr. Haney mentions Dr. Fugue will be their substitute. After school, Binky develops a plan. The next day they practice for their concert in Crown City. At lunch, Arthur and Buster sang to each other. It took a few days of practice, and then they are ready. On their way to the concert, the road was closed, so they took a detour to a diner. At 4:00 they sang. Then Buster tries a pie, and it was good. Then they go home, finishing the episode.

Major

 * Francis Haney
 * Arthur Read
 * Frederique Fugue
 * Buster Baxter
 * Binky Barnes
 * Francine Frensky

Minor

 * Fern Walters
 * The Brain

Cameo

 * D.W. Read (title card)
 * Nigel Ratburn
 * Helen
 * Luke
 * Muffy Crosswire
 * Sue Ellen Armstrong
 * George Lundgren
 * Jenna Morgan
 * Maria Pappas
 * Alex
 * Norman Hedgehog
 * Otis
 * Steve
 * Lisa
 * Brian
 * John
 * Patrick
 * Violinist Hippopotamus
 * Violinist Cow
 * Tuba Playing Pig

Mentioned

 * Ms. Krasny

Trivia

 * In this episode, the kids get a glimpse into the past of Dr. Fugue.
 * This is the only episode that Alan Silberberg wrote.
 * This is another episode focusing on music (with the others being Arthur vs. the Piano, Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival, My Music Rules, Arthur Plays the Blues, Brother, Can You Spare a Clarinet?, Big Horns George, and Lights, Camera... Opera!).
 * Like the previous episode, this episode also takes place in winter.
 * We learn that Binky went to Crown City with his class the previous year at Finkelmeyers where he ate a pastrami sandwich and cheesecake.
 * D.W. is absent from the episode except for the title card.

Episode connections

 * Frederique Fugue returns again from Arthur Plays the Blues.

Cultural References

 * Among the books Francine uses for breathing practise are „Horses for Dunces“ (a parody of the „For Dummies“-books) and „Black Beauty“, an 1877 novel by Anna Sewell abut the life of a horse.
 * The Lakewood Elementary Choir sings In the Good Old Summer Time during a snowstorm which impeded them from getting to Crown City. This may be a reference to the 1930 Laurel and Hardy short Bellow Zero in which the characters attempt to earn money as street musicians by singing the song on a cold winter day.

Errors

 * When the kids are done singing, the waitress brings them the pie. There is ice cream on the plates beside the pie, but when she puts the pie on the table gives it to the kids, the ice cream disappears. But when the shot is a close up of Buster and Binky that are eating the pie, the ice cream reappears.
 * Lisa appears in the cafeteria, but she's in Elwood City Preschool and not Lakewood Elementary School.
 * A sign in the music room reads „Plese sign out...“.

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