D.W. Tale Spins

D.W. Tale Spins is the first half of the sixth episode of Season 4. It aired with Prunella Gets It Twice.

Summary
Arthur and Buster are into the Vegemorphs series which they think is better than the Scare-Your-Pants-Off-Books. D.W. says she can tell a better story than the Vegemorphs to which Arthur disagrees. With some help from Grandma Thora, she retells "The Odyssey" to prove that not all stories have to be written down.

Plot
Once Grandma Thora tells DW stories do not have to be written down, she tells Arthur one. It is a story from ancient greek mythology. Oh DW-ius is traveling with her preschool crew. She stole Posiedon, the greek god of the sea's, best unicorn, which makes sense since Poseidon created horses. Then, everyone gets stuck in The Layer of the Lotus Eaters. They make everyone want to stay. Everyone but DW had one. They get stuck in Pollydectus' cave. Since he is dumb, DW raps his ear around his head. The Tibble Twins are eaten alive. Everyone is no longer hypnotized and leaves. Later, they pass sirens. Sirens play music which lour sailors to their death on sharp rocks. Later, she passes an Arthur whirlpool. She gets home safely, but with nobody else in her crew.

Trivia

 * In D.W.'s version of The Odyssey, Part 1, many of Arthur's and D.W.'s friends are featured as different characters in the story, as listed:
 * D.W. as Queen O-D.W.-eus
 * Buster as the Cyclops
 * Francine as Poseiden
 * Muffy as Scylla
 * Arthur as Charybdis
 * Emily, the Tibbles, Nadine, Amanda Holster, and Liam as the Queen's crew
 * The name "O-D.W.-eus", is a spoof off of name "Odysseus" from the original version of The Odyssey.
 * The Crazy Bus song is featured as the song of the Sirens.
 * The VeggieMorph book series is a parody of its real life counterpart: the Animorphs.
 * Several parts of the original story were left out, including the Land of the Dead, the character Circe, and the theft of the cattle of the Sun God, Helios.