Arthur's Baby (episode)

Arthur's Baby is the first-half of the 11th episode of Season 1. It first aired on November 18, 1996. It is based on the book of the same name.

Premise
Arthur and D.W.'s mother Jane is pregnant with their new baby sister Kate. Arthur is nervous, wondering what it would be like to have a new baby in the house.

Differences from the book

 * Kate's bassinet was purple; although in the book, it was white, as well as on the cover illustration.


 * The videos of Arthur and D.W. as infants showed Arthur as a toddler at the age of 1 and D.W. when she was just a baby with a lot of crying. In the book, it was a photo album that showed Arthur wearing a cowboy hat and crawling at 9 months and sitting in a highchair with a bowl of food on his head and eating at the age of 1, and D.W. when she was 2 months old and when she was 5 months old.
 * When D.W. diapers a load of toys, Arthur had spotted his Bionic Bunny action figure wearing a diaper, which angered him, and then he quickly took the diaper off of Bionic Bunny. In the book, the Bionic Bunny action figure was not featured, and D.W. was only diapering her dolls.

Goofs

 * Arthur's parents David and Jane didn't really know each other until they grew up, although it was Arthur's imagination.


 * T-shirts should never be tucked into diapers, nonetheless this goof continues to be done. The only character to be properly seen with the shirt hanging out of the diaper was Arthur when he was a baby.
 * It's impossible for a baby or toddler to write perfectly or even backwards, although it was Arthur's imagination.
 * Arthur states that babies do dopey things, but it normally doesn't happen until after they learned to crawl and walk.


 * After Binky teases Arthur in the gym about what he might do if the new baby arrives, the next scene changes to the swimming pool scene.


 * When Arthur and D.W.'s parents said that they're waiting six months for the baby to arrive, Arthur was wearing glasses; although the events of Arthur's Eyes appears to take place only approximately a month and a half before Kate was born. This goof also happened in the book as well.
 * If a baby or toddler fell backwards and landed on the floor, he or she would usually start to cry; but Arthur did not cry in the video, he probably had a soft landing, as babies or toddlers have hard landings. Arthur (not when he was a baby) won't cry until the episode Lost.
 * Arthur was supposed to take his jacket off when he goes inside his house.
 * In Arthur's House, Arthur yanks the boot off of his face but he grabs it, Buster goes flying with a crash, and Buster breaks himself.
 * Buster has to go to the hospital because he is limping.

Quotes

 * D.W.: Arthur, Come over here and I'll show you how to diaper a baby.
 * Arthur: (Spots his Bionic Bunny doll) Oh, No. No! GET THAT DIAPER OFF MY BIONIC BUNNY RIGHT NOW! AND STOP TRYING TO TURN EVERYTHING INTO A BABY!

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D.W.'s Baby