Arthur's New Year's Eve

Summary
On New Year's Eve, Arthur and D.W. are determined to stay up till midnight to see what happens.

Plot
Arthur has never stayed up until midnight on New Year's Eve because his parents have always told him he's too young. He has tried a couple of times on his own to stay up, but has fallen asleep before midnight each time he tried; therefore, this year he decides not to even try to stay up until midnight.

On New Years Day Arthur is making his bed when Pal jumps on wanting to play. Arthur's Mom comes in and tells him that she and his Dad are going out for New Year's Eve and that Grandma Thora will be babysitting.

D.W. comes in and asks her Mom if she can stay up until midnight and her Mom tells her that she's too young but she gives Arthur the permission to stay up until Midnight but he says that he's not going to.

Arthur and Pal then go outside to play in the snow and Prunella stops by and asks Arthur if he's going to stay up to see the green flash tonight on New Year's Eve and that if there's no green flash it has to stay the same year again.

After Prunella leaves Arthur goes and tells Francine about the green flash but Francine tells Arthur that there is no green flash and that on midnight on New Year's Eve everyone has to throw out last year's calendar because it becomes officially illegal and that the New Year's Police will check on people and anyone who still has last year's calendar will be arrested.

Arthur then imagines that the New Year's Eve police come to his house and find that Grandma Thora still has last year's calendar and arrest her. Arthur then goes to Binky's house and tells Binky about the New Year's Eve Police, but Binky says that there isn't any New Year's Eve Police.

He says that on New Year's Eve at midnight there's this wrestling show that comes on T.V. where this baby and this old guy fight and if the baby wins the New Year begins but if the Old Guy wins the baby has to go and live with a groundhog and there's six more weeks of winter.

Arthur then goes to Buster's and tells Buster about the wrestling show to which Buster says that's the silliest things that he's ever heard. However, what Arthur's friends explained to him about New Year's Eve were just complete myths. D.W. developed a plan to stay up till midnight with pincing and ice to Arthur. Later, Mr. and Mrs. Read went out, leaving Grandma Thora in charge of Arthur and D.W. D.W. got out her clock and ice for her plan.

Meanwhile, Gramdma Thora and Arthur were having a thumb war when thew saw D.W. getting a drink of water. Later, they were playing Go Fish when they saw D.W. getting another drink of water. Back in bed, she was feeling tired, so she sent a ice cube down her back, which made her jiggle.

Meanwhile, Grandma Thora and Arthur were making noise when D.W. came in saying she had a nightmare. Arthur then falls asleep on Grandma Thora's shoulder. Later, it reaches midnight, Arthur was sad he missed it, but he cheers up because it's gonna be a great new year.

Major

 * Arthur


 * DW


 * Grandma Thora


 * Mom


 * Dad

Minor

 * Prunella


 * Buster


 * Francine


 * Binky

Background

 * Kate
 * Pal

Home Video
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 * Arthur's Celebration
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