James MacDonald

''This article is about the preschooler. You may be looking for James Hound (film series) or James Greenberg, a writer for Arthur.''

James MacDonald is a student at the same preschool that D.W. goes to, and they are friends. He is a rabbit, like Buster, and has an older sister in the 4th grade who goes to Lakewood Elementary named Molly. Despite Molly being mean, James is kind and caring making him an easy target for being manipulated by the Tibble Twins.

Profile

 * Name: James MacDonald


 * Gender: Male


 * Alias: None


 * Age: 5
 * Friends: D.W. Read, Emily


 * Parents: Mr. and Mrs. MacDonald


 * Siblings: Molly and Unknown Rabbit (seen in Sue Ellen's Little Sister")


 * Other: Miles MacDougall (Paternal Uncle)

Appearance
James wears a light green button t-shirt with denim shorts. He also wears glasses and appears to be very clumsy in the episodes that he has appeared in.

Trivia

 * In the episode Arthur Makes Waves, James' mom is shown as a rat, even though Molly and James are rabbits. This has brought up the speculation they are adopted or their parents divorced and remarried, or like Emily is mixed. This was further indicated in the Last King of Lambland, when a rabbit was shown in Scotland and was James and Molly`s uncle Miles.
 * In earlier episodes a rabbit similar to James (down to size, clothes, and even glasses) can be seen on the Mary Moo Cow TV show.
 * While James can be seen in earlier episodes his first speaking appearance and name-debut is not revealed until much later on the in the preschool year.
 * James trade mark would probably be asking to go to the bathroom multiple times during the series.
 * In Kiss and Tell, D.W.'s friend Emily said she was kissed by a French boy named Pierre, in which D.W. wanted to be kissed, too. She decided on kissing James (even though Emily said something bad would happen if she did), and tried several times, but failed. Finally, she told James that she wanted him to kiss her, and he kissed her on the cheek. D.W. seemed shocked after this, hinting that she might have feelings for James, and when Emily came to talk to her about it, Emily said that Pierre only kissed her on the hand, not the cheek.