I'd Rather Read It Myself

Summary
Tired of the Tibble twins always being ahead of her, D.W. tries to convince them that she's already learned how to read.

Plot
The episode starts with Arthur telling the audience about how Timmy and Tommy Tibble drive D.W. crazy. He explains about how they want to prove they're better at everything.

Characters

 * Arthur Read
 * D.W. Read
 * Timmy Tibble
 * Tommy Tibble
 * Mrs. Tibble
 * Herbert Haney
 * Jane Read
 * Buster Baxter (appeared in fantasy)
 * Walter (appeared in fantasy)
 * Nadine (appeared in fantasy)
 * Pickles (appeared in fantasy)
 * Lucy's husband (appeared in fantasy)
 * Jessica (appeared in fantasy)
 * Spanky (appeared in fantasy)
 * The President (appeared in fantasy)

Trivia

 * The snowball incident is a central plot element in D.W.'s story, in which Arthur really did steal it.
 * Arthur says he has 207,000 math problems for homework from Mr. Ratburn; this is an insane amount of work even for Mr. Ratburn to pass out. This definitely could be an exaggeration.

Cultural references

 * Arthur's ability to transform into whatever he pleases in D.W.'s story may be a parody of Transformers.
 * The book is about Leonardo da Vinci.
 * "Bust-Rantor" is a based off of ', the 1960s American adaptation of the Japanese anime ', with similar suit and theme music.

Episode connections
This episode combines events from episodes from seasons 1 and 2, such as D.W. All Wet, D.W. Thinks Big, D.W.'s Snow Mystery, So Long, Spanky, D.W., the Picky Eater, D.W. Goes To Washington, and D.W. Gets Lost.
 * In "D.W. Thinks Big", Arthur says that the ring bearer is always a boy. But in D.W's fantasy, Cora is the ring bearer.
 * Numerous incidents from the first two seasons are prominently featured in this episode:
 * Aunt Lucy's wedding.
 * D.W.'s hatred for spinach.
 * D.W.'s missing blanket.
 * The death of D.W.'s bird Spanky.
 * Getting lost in the mall.
 * D.W.'s friend Walter the deer.
 * D.W.'s fear of octopi at Bear Lake.
 * D.W. and the balance beam.
 * D.W. learning to ride a two-wheel bicycle.
 * D.W. meeting the President.

Errors

 * In the wedding scene that is based upon D.W. Thinks Big, the bride who may or may not resemble Lucy is not shown at the wedding and only the look-alike of Lucy's husband was shown there; and the Cora-like girl was being the ring-bearer instead of any male, although being a ring-bearer is a job for males.
 * In the scene where the Crazy Bus is actually the evil Arthur-like mega-transforbalizer, the Blankie is shown to be blue; although it is pink in all of its other appearances.
 * D.W. states in the story she made up that the lake had 7,000 octopuses in it, but it was a giant sea creature with eleven tentacle legs, which is three more legs than an actual octopus has. However, it might be likely that she cannot precisely determine multiple quantity due to her young age.
 * When D.W. says that she can read before the Tibbles, there is no table. But when she says that she's read books since last Thursday, a table full of books appears beside her.

Production notes

 * This is the first episode to use Octopus Arms as a title card.

Home Video
DVD:
 * Arthur Writes a Story (video)

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