User blog:Scrooge200/Season 5 Review

Season 4, which I reviewed last time, was "so... close to being perfect." Maybe Season 5 will be a nice surprise.

I will rate each episode on a scale from Vomitrocious, Bad, Okay, Good, Great. At the end of my review, I'll count up how many of each rating there are in the season, and give it a rating as a whole, alongside ranking every episode in the season from best to worst.

I have currently reviewed 8/20 episodes in Season 5.

Arthur and the Big Riddle
I like all the riddles and puns in this episode, especially Arthur's Riddle Land dream sequence. But other than that, this episode is kind of dull and not much happens until the last three minutes. And what really annoys me is the ending: Arthur knows the correct answer to a riddle, but decides to lose out of fear that he'll have to change schools and keep going on the show. Or, you know, he could just get it right, win the prize, and lose the next round so he wouldn't have to keep playing? A very disappointing ending, and this episode's call-backs to "Arthur the Loser" don't help. Are the Arthur writing staff really against winning this much? This is an okay episode.

Double Dare
It's dumb how quick everyone is to accept the dare, even after they realize it's dangerous. And that's the best way to describe this episode; dumb. The ending is dumb, the entire plot is dumb, and it's a rather confusing plot. I think this is a bad episode, just because of how everyone goes along with something they know is stupid, and the sheer boredom I feel while watching it.

Kids are from Earth, Parents are from Pluto
This is a boring episode. I don't really care about the conflict nor can I relate. So what if their parents are embarrassing? Everyone else's will be. And it's not like this episode is very funny. I found it kind of stupid. An okay episode that's not quite bad.

Nerves of Steal
I had a review written for this episode, but I accidentally lost it. So I'll go and say that this is an okay episode and that I thought what Buster did was stupid, especially the note he writes, and that the ending is depressing and I don't like it.

It's a No-Brainer
This episode's beginning and end has a weird obsession with showing people's brains. It's kind of creepy and doesn't add much to the episode. Besides that, this is a really dumb episode. You might as well call this Brain's Best Behavior, because this episode has exactly the same plot as "Buster's Best Behavior." Heck, it's even similar to "Popular Girls" and "Arthur Goes Crosswire"; why does the show like doing these plots so much? There's not much to this plot, it's just that Brain does bad in a math contest and then starts acting like Buster while Buster tries to be the next Brain. I don't even get the ending, where Brain drops a math book and confesses that he wants to do math again; then why was he acting like that if he didn't want to? Ugh, this is a confusing mess. I can't give this episode points for originality, animation (it has that washed out Buster's Best Behavior palette), humor, or even having a coherent plot. It gets a light bad from me.

The Shore Thing
It bugs me that everyone mispronounces "aqua" in this episode. Other than that, this is a good episode. It's not incredibly funny or interesting, but it makes me happy and still has some good moments. I like how Mr. Ratburn randomly appears twice, too. A low good episode, and definitely an improvement over the previous one.

The World Record
I like how many main characters are involved in this episode. Overall, it's a very fun episode. I Like seeing what records they try to break. This episode is pretty unrealistic, but it has a good ending and there are some funny moments. It's a good episode that holds my attention.

The Cave
I don't like Francine and D.W. in this episode. Francine mocks Arthur for being afraid of the dark... why? The dark is like one of the most common and logical things to be afraid of. If Arthur's fear was ridiculous, I could understand, but an 8 year old being scared of the dark isn't unheard of. I like the scenes in the cave and how Francine actually does get scared, but what happens to D.W.? There should have been a scene of Arthur at home talking to David and D.W. after the spelunking trip. Overall, a rather okay episode. This season isn't great, but it isn't terrible either.

Rating Counts

 * Great: 0
 * Good: 2
 * Okay: 4
 * Bad: 2
 * Vomitrocious: 0

Season Ranking



 * 1) The World Record
 * 2) The Shore Thing


 * 1) The Cave
 * 2) Kids are from Earth, Parents are from Pluto
 * 3) Arthur and the Big Riddle
 * 4) Nerves of Steal


 * 1) It's a No-Brainer
 * 2) Double Dare