The Return of the King

"The Return of the King" is the second half of the 9th episode of season 3 of the animated children's series Arthur. It originally aired on January 4th, 1999.

Summary
Mr. Ratburn's class go on a field trip to a medieval fair. They compete for a trophy against a class from Glenbrook led by Mr. Ratburn's former teacher, Mr. Pryce-Jones. There are doppelgangers of all the students in Mr. Ratburn's class. During the competitions, Arthur is sidetracked from a maze after seeing a sword wedged in stone. Mr. Ratburn's class fears that Mr. Pryce-Jones may replace Mr. Ratburn if they lose. Despite their efforts, the Lakewood students lose all of the competitions. However, due to Arthur's curiousity and thinking, he un-wedges the stone from the sword by wiggling the handle. He is proclaimed "Arthur Read, King of the Medieval Fair".

Trivia

 * The Lakewood kids all sat acrosss from their counterparts at the lunch table, except for Fern sitting across from Maria's lookalike.
 * Arthur's lookalike, Chester, is also an aardvark
 * Buster's lookalike, Rusty, is an aardvark
 * Muffy's lookalike, Buffy, is a rabbit
 * Francine's lookalike, Colleen, is a rabbit
 * Binky's lookalike, Winky, is a rabbit
 * Fern's lookalike, 3rd Grade Female Dog, looks almost exacty like her
 * George's lookalike, 3rd Grade Male Goat, is a goat
 * Maria's lookalike, 3rd Grade Female Bear (Number 2), is a bear
 * Brain's lookalike, IQ, is a dog
 * Sue Ellen's lookalike, 3rd Grade Female Dog (Number 2), is a dog
 * Alex's lookalike, 3rd Grade Male Rat (Number 3), is a rat
 * Jenna's lookalike, 3rd Grade Female Aardvark (Number 8), is an aarvark

Goofs

 * Arthur falls backwards when he sees his "shadow" move, but he rips through the wall facing forwards. It is normally impossible to twist like this in mid-fall.
 * The socrerer's voice is different after Arthur pulls the sword out of the stone.