Season 6

Season 6 of Arthur premiered in the United States on September 24, 2001 on PBS.

Production
Starting with this season, the color palettes for the characters were given brighter touches and better colors.

This was the first season in which Arthur had a new voice actor, Justin Bradley. Mark Rendall, the voice actor for Arthur in seasons 7 and 8, later redubbed the voice of Arthur in this season after Bradley's was unfavorable.

Among other firsts in this season, the following are introduced:


 * Virtual Goose.


 * Frederique Fugue as Arthur's new piano teacher.


 * Marina Datillo becoming a new friend for Prunella.


 * Kate, Pal, and Nemo each talking for the first time.


 * Ed Crosswire as Lakewood Elementary's soccer coach.


 * The Molina family and their dog Amigo becoming the new neighbors for the Reads.

Trivia

 * This season is the first and only one to feature Justin Bradley as the voice of Arthur, taking over from Michael Yarmush whose voice matured in 2000 (season 5) and the first season where Samuel Holden voices Timmy Tibble instead of Ricky Mabe.
 * This season is the second and last one to feature Steven Crowder as The Brain.
 * This season is also the last one to feature Oliver Grainger as D.W. and Jonathan Koensgen as Tommy Tibble.
 * This season's end credits originally used a remixed end theme music, containing the original theme song mixed with Francine's "You Can Fly If You Try" soul music as well as D.W. chanting "Yeah, Mama!". It was replaced during U.S. second run syndication in the mid-2010s.
 * The VHS and DVD releases would use 3 different color background fundings and would use different PBS Kids logos depending on the background. Originally, after the yellow background version ended, the PBS Kids logo is absent, but beginning with the 2003 DVD of Arthur Gets Spooked, the PBS Kids Dot Transformation logo is added after the yellow background funding. The Dot Transformation logo is also used after the green background funding starting with the 2002 DVD of Arthur the Good Sport. When the background was now purple, beginning with the 2004 DVD of Arthur Parents Are From Pluto, the PBS Kids Dash Transformation logo was added after that version of the funding. The green background version makes a surprise appearance on the 2005 DVD of Arthur's Tooth, but the PBS Kids Dot Transformation logo was replaced by the PBS Kids Fishbowl logo. The yellow background variant makes a surprise appearance on the 2005 DVD of You are Arthur, along with the PBS Kids Dot Transformation logo. However, all TV airings just had the yellow background funding and PBS Kids Dot Transformation logo. Reruns of Season 5 also used the funding.
 * The Justin Bradley version for this season somehow ended up moving to Australia. It was even released on DVD as a result.