Sue Ellen Armstrong

Sue Ellen Armstrong is a retarted character from Arthur. She was originally voiced by Patricia Rodriguez and is now currently voiced by Jessica Kardos.

Appearance and Personality
Sue Ellen is a cat who is depicted with a tan complexion, curly orange hair worn in pigtails, and wears a teal dress with a cream-colored vest over it and red and white sneakers. In the early Arthur books, her hair was worn naturally; although she was given her pigtails starting with the book Arthur's TV Trouble. In some of the later books, her hair color ranged from blonde to yellow-orange. Sue Ellen is assertive, proactive, brave, tough, kind, tolerant, honest, and creative. She is an amazing storyteller and is open-minded. She is also easy to get along with and can solve problems on her own. She is very mature for her age and interested in world culture.

Favorite Books
Sue Ellen's favourite books:


 * Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess


 * Page by Richard Platt


 * Emma's Journal: The Story of a Colonial Girl by Marissa Moss


 * Good-bye for Today by Peter and Connie Roop


 * I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl by Joyce Hansen

Life Before Arthur
Sue Ellen's father is a diplomat, so she and her family have lived in various places around the world. It is unknown why her family has settled in Elwood City. She has lived in places like Egypt and Nicaragua. Her family also spent a year in South Africa. She had never been to a place with snow before moving to Elwood City. She is interested in world culture, and is skilled in martial arts like Tae Kwon Do.

Family
Sue Ellen lives with her father, a diplomat, and mother, a homemaker. She is an only child but keeps in touch with her brother-like friend in Tibet. Other family members aren't mentioned or seen. Like the Brain, her parents' given names are unknown.

Season One
In "Sue Ellen Moves In", Sue Ellen moves to Elwood City. Buster thinks she is an alien because she has many strange objects. He later realizes that she has lived all over the world and they become friends. In "Bully For Binky", Sue Ellen stands up to Binky and is not afraid to stand up to someone much bigger than her. Binky becomes intimidated by her because she knows martial arts. Later, Sue Ellen says that she doesn't want to fight him but if he ever does, she'll be ready. Binky soon stops his bullying.

Season Two
In "Sue Ellen's Lost Diary", she loses her diary in the library. She asks her friends but they haven't seen it. They wonder what is inside. Soon, they find her diary but they ultimately chose to not open it. Sue Ellen recovers her diary and hints that she has a crush on Arthur; this was probably to an allusion to Arthur's crush on Sue Ellen in the Arthur books. In "Sue Ellen's Little Sister", Sue Ellen feels sad that she doesn't have a sibling. She asks her friends to be their siblings and realize that older brothers won't work. She looks for little sisters and ends up with D.W. whom she can't stand. She later realizes the pros of being an only child. Her parents get her a brother-like friend from Tibet to whom she can write letters to.

Season Three
One of Sue Ellen's biggest appearance in this season is in "Sue Ellen and the Brainasaurus". She later appears in Popular Girls, in which she is the central character with Fern, and Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival.