Read and Flumberghast

Summary
A cupcake has been stolen! The primary suspect: Tommy Tibble. D.W. gathers a jury and demands that justice be served.

Plot
At the beginning of the show, Arthur is seen talking about a new refrigerator when D.W. tells him to come and look at something. When Arthur says that he sees an average box, D.W. says that she sees an elevator, a mobile home for birds, a motorboat, a submarine, and more. After the title card Read and Flumbergast, dad and Arthur are seen helping D.W. make her own office. While D.W is playing with Nadine, Arthur walks in with Bud, who asks D.W. if he can borrow some fingerpaint but, D.W. objects and instead, welcome Bud to Read and Flumberghast, which reveals that Nadine's last name is Flumberghast. So then, Bud asks D.W. to get his cupcake back because he thinks that Tommy stole his red icing cupcake. Then, Bud and D.W. went to Tommy's house, but Tommy says that Bud is not being truthful and that Timmy is his lawyer. Since D.W. doesn't understand what a lawyer is, she went to Ladonna and she told D.W. what it is. So then D.W. asked and convinced Arthur to make a trial. Then D.W. proved that Tommy stole Bud's cupcake and unfortunately D.W.'s office was gone due to recycling day.

Characters

 * D.W. Read
 * Nadine Flumberghast
 * Arthur Read
 * David Read
 * Timmy and Tommy Tibble
 * Bud Compson
 * Ladonna Compson
 * Buster Baxter
 * Binky Barnes
 * Chiekh
 * James MacDonald
 * Uncle Wormy (mentioned)
 * Emily (cameo)
 * Oliver Frensky (cameo)
 * Ms. Morgan (cameo)

Trivia

 * Nadine's last name, "Flumberghast," is revealed for the first time.

Cultural references

 * The plot of this episode is very similar to the  episode, "Krabs vs. Plankton." Both episodes feature characters in a courtroom setting. In addition, both cases are resolved by tempting the character on trial with a food item.

Episode connections

 * The Tibbles had previously stolen a cupcake in "My Fair Tommy."
 * D.W. says that Bud is new in town. He and his family moved to Elwood City in "Based on a True Story."

Errors

 * "Flumberghast" is misspelled as "Flumbergast" on the title card.

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