Play it Again, D.W.

Play it Again, D.W. is the second half of the 6th episode of Season 2 of the animated children's series Arthur. Together with Buster Baxter, Cat Saver, it first aired on October 27th, 1997.

Premise
D.W. is still playing her "Crazy Bus" CD (since "Buster Baxter, Cat Saver") and Arthur is already annoyed by it. When the CD goes missing, D.W. and the others pin the blame on Arthur.

Plot
D.W. is still playing her "Crazy Bus" CD (since the previous episode) and Arthur is getting annoyed by it. She plays her CD constantly and brings the Radio with her, everywhere she goes, and when she's not listening to it she's humming it and playing with its merchandise. At one point, Arthur recorded D.W. as having played the song a whopping 532 times in a single week! Unfortunately, neither his friends nor his parents seem to find it as being too much, annoying him even more. D.W. then surprises Arthur with four tickets to "Crazy Bus Live".

Which he has to attend against his will. Arthur is embarrassed to be there and wears a silly disguise under the alias "Steve" to avoid being seen. He then finds Buster enjoying the show, much to his horror. Arthur has a nightmare where all of his friends and family are riding Crazy Bus, and he desperately tries to find a way off.

One night while Arthur is doing his homework, D.W. plays the song yet again and at full volume. Arthur was so frustrated, that he threatens to wreck the "Crazy Bus" CD, scaring D.W. and prompting her to tell on Arthur while her parents are searching for music to listen to at a high school reunion. They send Arthur to his room as a punishment and he got banned from watching TV until he finally got a break. But then, a little later, D.W. has a panic attack and flips out when she discovers that her CD is missing. She accuses Arthur of stealing it, but he denies it. D.W. goes so far to bring up the snowball incident again, which he immediately shoots down. D.W. begins to harass Arthur endlessly as she is convinced he is the thief, and Arthur is unable to prove his innocence.

The next afternoon, Arthur goes on a rowboat with Buster and Francine at the Mill Creek River while his family is out on a picnic. Arthur discusses the "Crazy Bus" CD incident with his two friends, and says he doesn't have the CD, but Francine doesn't believe him. Buster claims that an ancient race of squids took it to their hidden grotto beneath the sea. Arthur imagines squids (who actually live in the ocean) at the bottom of the river to whether or not they have the CD, and sing the "Crazy Bus" song.

Later that week, Francine's sister Catherine is asked to babysit for the kids while their parents go to their reunion, and all the while D.W. spies on Arthur, trying to catch him with the CD even accidently mistaking a computer game that Arthur borrowed from the Brain for her CD. She goes so far as to destroy Arthur's room in an attempt to find it. Arthur loses his patience, forcing Catherine to improvise. She ties tape down in the den and forces the two kids to opposite sides of the room. When Arthur tries to retrieve his jacket from D.W.'s side, she says her CD is in the jacket and she tries to take it, and end up arguing over. After Arthur calls D.W.'s CD "Stupid Bus", D.W. retaliates him by saying that "Stupid Bus" is a lame puppet show.

At the reunion, Mr. Read puts on the music for his friends, only to discover that he accidentally took Crazy Bus! Their mom calls the house and reveals that they took the CD by accident, not Arthur. D.W. stops fighting and takes off the tape, but Arthur is furious that the CD was found the whole time! That night, they give the CD back to her, but she doesn't want to listen to it anymore, much to Arthur's surprise. Instead, she watches a Crazy Bus tape Grandma Thora gave her! Arthur then realizes that he spoke too soon. He runs off in frustration once again, and shouts for his mom. Then the episode ends.

Voice cast

 * Michael Yarmush as Arthur Read
 * Daniel Brochu as Buster Baxter
 * Michael Caloz as D.W. Read
 * Sonja Ball as Jane Read
 * Joe Fallon as Crazy Bus
 * Bruce Dinsmore as David Read
 * Jonathan Koensgen as Tommy Tibble
 * Ricky Mabe as Timmy Tibble
 * Patricia Rodriguez as Catherine Frensky

Goofs

 * The CD for the computer game called Captain Sludge VS Drain Boy that Arthur borrowed from the Brain is mistaken for D.W.'s "Crazy Bus" CD.


 * While Catherine is doing homework, she was first seen writing with her left hand; but in the next few seconds, she switches to her right hand, although she is normally right-handed like her sister Francine. She could be ambidextrous.
 * After Arthur retrieves his jacket from D.W., the closet door closes by itself when he lands in there, despite that it only works if air is flying through the room, but there was no air flying through the room.
 * Kate didn't speak normally until in The Secret Life of Dogs and Babies in Season 6, although it was Arthur's weird imagination.
 * When Buster is telling Arthur that he likes Crazy bus, Arthur's disguise trunk goes up without the use of anything, and considering that Arthur's nose is flat, this would be impossible in reality. In the same scenario, when Buster is telling Arthur to come to his house, arthur has no visible mouth.

Quotes

 * Arthur: D.W., I'm trying to do my homework! And there's no such word as "Busalooey!" IF YOU DON'T STOP, I'M GOING TO WRECK THAT CD!!!!!


 * D.W.: (Rushing downstairs) MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


 * Mr. Read: (Looking for the music for the party) I wouldn't have promised to bring the music to the party if I known I lost it.


 * Mrs. Read: Found it!


 * Mr. Read: Great!


 * D.W.: (Arrives to the living room) Mom! Arthur's going to wreck my Crazy Bus!
 * Mrs. Read: Turn it off! I can't hear you!


 * (D.W. Screaming)


 * Mom: D.W., Are you all right?


 * Dad: What's wrong?


 * D.W.: (yelling and pounding her radio down the stairs) CRAZY BUS IS GONE! I LEFT IT ON THE THING AND IT'S GONE! GONE!!!!!!!!!!


 * Dad: Well, it didn't get up and walk away.


 * D.W.: I know. Arthur took it!


 * Arthur: (In his room) I didn't.


 * Dad: Honestly, Arthur?


 * Arthur: I didn't take it, Dad, Really.


 * D.W.: (sarcastically) Yeah! Like you didn't take my snowball out of the freezer!


 * Arthur: Let's not start that again!


 * D.W.: (whimpers) Life is so unfair! (at bedtime) Mommy, I can't sleep because I'm starting to forget how the song goes.

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 * Dad: (At the party) Here's the music I promised- The songs we danced to in high school.
 * (Plays the music and it winds up being D.W.'S CD)
 * Mom and Dad: D.W.'s CD!