Desperately Seeking Stanley

Summary
On his third birthday, Arthur's favorite present was Stanley, his teddy bear. Stanley protected Arthur when he was afraid of the dark...and even when his new baby sister D.W. arrived. What will he do if he sells him out of peer pressure?

Plot
The story starts off with Stanley and a woogle on the second highest shelf. Stanley looks old and needs to be sewn. Arthur's mom sews it and then the family has a garage sale. D.W. thinks a penny is good enough. Arthur disagrees. D.W. tries to sell her singing fish Thelma to Vicita Molina, but Ramón Molina says it's too expensive (which was 1,000 dollars.) Soon, she hears from D.W. about Stanley and gets even more excited than she did with Thelma.

Trivia

 * In Arthur's third birthday party flashback, Francine was seen at his birthday party, but they didn't know each other until in the preschool flashback in the earlier episode "Locked in the Library!."
 * At the end of the epsiode, when Arthur is in the attic of the Tibble house, a pig wearing something similar to a toga can be seen. This is probably Brain's old stuffed animal Plato the Pig, meaning that the person he gave it to was Mrs. Tibble.
 * This episode is probably named after the popular 80's movie "Desperately Seeking Susan" featuring Madonna.

Cultural references

 * Stanley and the Woogle coming alive when Arthur's not around is a reference to Toy Story where the toys come alive when Andy's not around.

Episode connections

 * Mr. Ratburn's class had previously studied clouds in "Arthur's Substitute Teacher Trouble".
 * Arthur's Woogle from "Arthur Rides the Bandwagon" returns.

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