George Lundgren

George Lundgren  (formerly George Nordgren ) is a 3rd grader who attends Lakewood Elementary School, in Mr. Ratburn's class. He daydreams frequently, and is a skilled carpenter and ventriloquist. His family is Swedish, but has been seen wearing a shirt saying "I Love Norway", in The Long Road Home (although he may simply be of Swedish-Norwegian descent) "Ladonna's Like List, it was said that he was from Norway  He has a ventriloquist dummy; a wooden giraffe named Wally.

He is very often shown as isolated from the other children. This is possibly because of his nosebleeds (which occur on a regular basis), or it may be that he is simply a quiet person, or both. However, in the later seasons, like most of the other children, he has effectively socialized into the group. Also, his nosebleeds have only happened in one episode.

Though in earlier seasons George is shown as a background character with very few talking roles, starting in season 9, he made a transition into a main character, appearing in a good portion of episodes. It is unknown why this sudden change happened.

In the episode, "The Boy with His Head in the Clouds," George is revealed to have dyslexia.

In Arthur's Perfect Christmas, George does celebrate Christmas, but he celebrates it in a different way than the other kids in Elwood City, since his mom is from Sweden. On Christmas, according to Norwegian tradition, they would dance and parade in traditional clothes and eat traditional Christmas food.

He has a friend named Carl. George also has a sister who only appeared in earlier episodes, also as a background character.

Description
George is an anthropomorphic moose whose most distinctive trait is his antlers. As a result of his horns, he was often given nicknames such as "Big Horns" in the episode "Big Horns George", and "Head Gear" in the episode "Nicked by Name". However, his antlers also give him some disadvantages as his horns accidentally knock coats off their racks by accident and getting his head stuck in his locker. George is depicted as wearing an orange shirt, cream colored khakis, and green and white sneakers. In a promotional illustration on the show's official website, he was depicted wearing a beige shirt, blue shorts, and red and white sneakers. During the winter time, George can be seen wearing a green jacket with a red hat with flaps. In the summer time George wears a green shirt, short khakis, and green and white sneakers.

Personality
Since his first appearance in "Arthur's Eyes", George was depicted as a background character, and was not made into a major character until "Arthur's Dummy Disaster" much later. This could be as a result of how quiet he is at school, and the fact that he is also rather shy. Despite his timidness, George is shown to be a very kind character as he is willing to help his friends even if it means sacrificing his own needs. However, his quiet attitude is often misinterpreted by the other characters, and as a result he is often forgotten and left out of many of their events. It is the result of being isolated from the other characters that cause George to play mostly with his dummy Wally. George is shown to treat Wally very much like a real person (even though he is well aware he isn't real), and often discusses his problems at school with him as he rarely gets the chance to speak with his classmates. George is defender for the Lakewood Elementary Soccer Team. He has been given several nicknames: Hammer (by Binky in "The Boy with His Head in the Clouds"), Big Horns (by Koko Taylor in "Big Horns George"), and Headgear (by Brain in "Nicked by a Name")

Friends
Although George might be isolated at times, he's proven to care for others even if they might occasionally be mean to him which makes him very likable amongst Arthur and his group of friends for being so kind and forgiving. George's best friend is Carl.
 * Carl: When Carl Met George was the first time Carl and George met. Carl is also one of the rare people George doesn't use Wally to talk to because he tried showing Wally to Carl one time and it frightened Carl.
 * Fern- Fern seems to be very close to George. She and George are usually seen together acting out a detective scenario where George is her assistant, similar to Sherlock and Watson. In The Case of the Girl with the Long Face, he becomes very concerned for her and thinks she is depressed when she suddenly stops their game and seems unlike herself.
 * The Brain: In the episode Do You Speak George? when everyone was speaking their own languages, The Brain and George decide to work together to make their own unique language. They ended up not agreeing on how their language should be. The Brain also helps George have a better understanding on Carl's Asperger's Syndrome in When Carl Met George.
 * Buster Baxter: George and Buster are great pals. George admires Buster enough to write a paper about how & why he's so admirable. Buster is known to stand up for George's well-being occasionally like when Francine knocked George's dominos down and Buster confronted her and explained she should apologize.
 * Arthur Read: George describes one of his best days ever as when Arthur talked to him and helped him after Wally fell apart. There's times when they hang out and when they were playing cards at George's house as Binky came over, Arthur told Binky "George isn't home right now." Knowing poor George is scared of Binky.

Appearances

 * Specials
 * Arthur's Perfect Christmas
 * Arthur - It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (cameo)
 * D.W. and the Beastly Birthday (cameo)
 * Season 1
 * Arthur Eyes 10101
 * D.W.'s Imaginary Friend 10401
 * Arthur's Tooth 12401
 * My Dad, the Garbage Man 12601
 * I'm a Poet 12801
 * Season 2
 * The Short, Quick Summer 20902
 * D.W.'s Very Bad Mood 21802
 * Sue Ellen's Little Sister 22002
 * Season 3
 * Arthur's Dummy Disaster 31301
 * Season 4
 * Muffy's New Best Friend 40202
 * 1001 Dads 40801
 * Season 5
 * Arthur and the Big Riddle 50101
 * Double Dare 50102
 * Kids are from Earth, Parents are from Pluto 50201
 * The Lousy Week 50501
 * You Are Arthur 50502
 * The Election 50601
 * Season 6
 * The Boy with His Head in the Clouds 60701
 * Season 7
 * Francine's Split Decision 70201
 * Muffy Goes Metropolitan 70202
 * Ants in Arthur's Pants 70301
 * Don't Ask Muffy 70302
 * Jenna's Bedtime Blues 70602
 * D.W.'s Time Trouble 70701
 * Buster's Amish Mismatch 70702
 * Return of the Snowball 70902
 * April 9th 710
 * Season 8
 * Arthur's Snow Biz 80301
 * Bugged 803b
 * Fernkenstein's Monster (Cameo) 80401
 * D.W., Dancing Queen (Cameo) 80402
 * Vomitrocious 80501
 * Desk Wars 80701
 * Big Horns George 81001
 * Season 9
 * Castles in the Sky (Cameo) 90101
 * Tipping the Scales (Cameo) 90102
 * Francine's Big Top Trouble (Cameo) 90201
 * George Blows His Top 90202
 * Arthur Weighs In (Cameo) 90301
 * The Law of the Jungle Gym 90302
 * Lights, Camera... Opera! 90501
 * All Worked Up 90502
 * A is for Angry 90702
 * The "A" Team 90801
 * Buster the Myth Maker 90902
 * Binky Goes Nuts 91001
 * Breezy Listening Blues 91002
 * Season 10
 * Happy Anniversary 1001
 * The Squirrels 1002a
 * Desert Island Dish 1003a
 * Binky vs. Binky (cameo) 1008a
 * Do You Speak George? 1009a
 * What's Cooking? (cameo) 1010a
 * Buster's Special Delivery 1010b
 * Season 11
 * Germophobia (cameo) 1101b
 * Prunella Packs It In 110302
 * Phony Fern 110401
 * Brain's Shocking Secret 110402
 * The Making of Arthur 110601
 * Dancing Fools 110602
 * Mr. Alwaysright 110702
 * Francine's Pilfered Paper (cameo) 110801
 * Buster Gets Real (cameo) 110802
 * Spoiled Rotten! (cameo) 110902
 * Big Brother Binky 1110
 * Season 12
 * Home Sweet Home 120901
 * Do You Believe in Magic? (cameo) 120902
 * The Perfect Game 121001
 * Season 13
 * The Great MacGrady (cameo) 1301
 * The Silent Treatment 130201
 * MacFrensky (cameo) 130401
 * When Carl Met George 130601
 * Fernlets by Fern (cameo) 130801
 * The Pride of Lakewood 130902
 * Looking for Bonnie 130101
 * Season 14
 * The Wheel Deal (Cameo) 140101
 * The Buster Report 140102
 * Nicked by a Name 140301
 * The Play's the Thing 140302
 * Follow the Bouncing Ball 140601
 * Muffy and the Big Bad Blog (Cameo) 140702
 * All the Rage (Cameo) 140802
 * Buster Spaces Out 141001
 * The Long Road Home 141002
 * Season 15
 * Fifteen 150101
 * I Wanna Hold Your Hand 150201
 * Buster's Secret Admirer (Cameo) 150301
 * Cents-less (Cameo) 150401
 * Buster the Lounge Lizard (Cameo) 150402
 * To Eat or Not to Eat 150501
 * S.W.E.A.T. (Cameo) 150502
 * Prunella the Packrat 150701
 * What's in a Name? 150702
 * Buster's Garden of Grief (Cameo) 150901
 * Through the Looking Glasses 150902
 * The Trouble with Trophies 151002
 * Season 17
 * Crime and Consequences 170802
 * Season 18
 * Best Wishes 180401
 * Season 19
 * Maria Speaks 190601
 * Season 20
 * Buster's Second Chance 2001a
 * Cereal 2002b
 * He Said, He Said 2003a
 * Ladonna's Like List 2007b

Future Life
If the intro to the episode, "The Election" is truly in the future, he will either be future President, Muffy's running mate, or a member of her party.

Trivia

 * George has been watching The Love Ducks every day for a year, even before Arthur and his friends did.
 * He is seen playing a guitar in "Big Horns George" and "The Pride of Lakewood"; although, George also plays the guitar called "Bonnie" in "Looking for Bonnie", but in his dreams
 * "Vomitrocious!" is the only episode that George spoke in that Wally did not appear.
 * George wins many talent competitions by jumping on a pogo stick.
 * George constantly wins contests that Elwood city kids enter.
 * Despite being bullied by Binky, George is at times seen with him and even going to the Ferris wheel together once.
 * For the assignment in "Desert Island Dish", George brought a pumpkin. It may be a food that he enjoys.
 * During early production, he was known only as "Moose".
 * George's last name was "Nordgren" before season 11.
 * He has dyslexia so people try to offend him by using this weakness. Molly MacDonald used this in The Last Tough Customer.
 * He has Scandinavian ancestry.