Editing Arthur's Birthday (episode)/Transcript

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|style="background:#{{Color3}};"|''[Arthur and Francine ride their bike to Muffy's House. When they get there, they see the workers rolling out new lawn. Then, a weedwhacker comes across]''
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![[Francine Frensky|Francine]] and [[Arthur Read|Arthur]]:
|''[gasp and run]''
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!Francine:
|You think you can do it Arthur?
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!Arthur:
|I've got to, Francine! ''[He heads over to the mailbox and puts in the invitation]''
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![[Muffy Crosswire|Muffy]]:
|Are you sure this is going to be done in time?
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!Millicent:
|Muffy, why don't you go check the mail.
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!Muffy:
|Okay. Maybe there's something for me!
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!Francine:
|Muffy's coming!
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!Muffy:
|''[runs towards the mailbox]''
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!Arthur ''[hides behind a tree, and then says to the viewers]'':
|Oh no! If Muffy catches me, my entire birthday will be ruined!
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|style="background:#{{Color3}};"|''[Title Card]''
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|style="background:#{{Color3}};"|''[Arthur is writing invitations to his friends for his birthday party. Meanwhile, D.W. comes along]''
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!D.W.:
|What are you playing?
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!Arthur:
|I'm not playing. I'm writing invitations to my birthday party.
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!D.W. ''[picks up a piece of paper and begins to write]'':
|How do you spell "party"?
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!Arthur:
|P-A-R-T-Y. Why?
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!D.W. ''[while writing on the paper]'':
|I'm making invitations to my birthday party.
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!Arthur:
|Your birthday is not for six months!
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!D.W.:
|Yeah, but I'm gonna invite everyone! And I write slow!''[begins writing, then realizes her pencil broke]''
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|style="background:#{{Color3}};"|''[In the basement of the Read House]''
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![[Jane]]:
|''[takes out the laundry. Pal snatches a towel and bites on it.]'' Give me that, you little scamp!
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!Arthur:
|Mom, my invitations are all written!
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!D.W. ''[with one invitation in her hand while Arthur has a majority of them notices Pal tugging on the towel]'':
|Look at that dog! He's eating a towel! Arthur, your dog can't tell towels from food!
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!Arthur ''[picks up Pal and takes him to the calendar]'':
|Come on boy! I can't wait! How many days left? One, two, three... four more days until my birthday!
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!D.W.:
|I think it would be easier to teach him to use a calculator than to count.
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!Jane:
|Arthur? Are you ready to go buy party supplies?
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!Arthur:
|Yeah! ''[Everyone walks out of the basement]''
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|style="background:#{{Color3}};"|''[At the Party Store, Arthur and D.W. are amazed to see all the different types of party supplies on sale. They then run and explore the store.]''
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!Arthur:
|Whoa!
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!D.W.:
|Double whoa! ''[She then stops and notices some square balloons. Then she asks the store employee....]'' How do you get square balloons?
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!Store Employee:
|Blow square breaths!
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!D.W.:
|Oh...
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!Jane and Arthur:
|''[Goof around by blowing the noisemakers at eachother]''
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!Arthur:
|''[Continues shopping around the store and then notices a balloon in the shape of Mr. Haney's head.]''
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!D.W. ''[Walks up to Arthur with unicorn plates in her hand]'':
|Get these pretty plates Arthur!
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!Arthur:
|No way D.W.! I'm getting these! ''[Shows her Bionic Bunny Plates]''
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!D.W.:
|Blech!
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|style="background:#{{Color3}};"|''[At Home, Everyone is sitting at the dining table. Kate puts her food all over her face then laughs.]''
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![[Grandma Thora]]:
|What kind of birthday cake should I bake?
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!Arthur:
|Chocolate!
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![[Kate]]:
|''[coos]''
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!D.W.:
|See, Arthur? Even Kate agrees with me about the plates.
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!Jane:
|Have a good day at school honey!
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!D.W.:
|And don't forget to hand out your invitations! ''[hands over the invitations to Arthur]''
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!Arthur:
|I hope everybody can come to my party!
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|style="background:#{{Color3}};"|''[At School, Arthur hands out invitations to his friends]''
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!Arthur:
|Buster, can you come to my party?
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![[Buster Baxter|Buster]]:
|Are you kidding?! Of course!
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!Arthur:
|Binky Barnes.
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!Binky:
|Me?!
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!Arthur:
|Yeah, and Francine.
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!Francine:
|Oh boy! We could play spin the bottle! ''[walks away. Buster, Arthur, and Francine are a little creeped out]''
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!Binky:
| ''[whispers]'' It's not too late to uninvite her.
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!Arthur:
| No, I'll just do the recycling that morning so there'll be no bottles in the house.
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!Arthur and Muffy (in unison):
| Will you come to my party?
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!Muffy:
| Sure! When is it?
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!Arthur:
|Saturday Afternoon! I can't wait!
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!Prunella, Sue Ellen, and Fern:
|''[gasp]''
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!Muffy:
|This Saturday?! But that's when I'm having ''my'' party! ''[hands out her invitations]'' I would've handed out my invitations two days ago, but they came back late from the printer.
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!Arthur:
|''[hands out his invitations to the girls]'' Can you change your party to another day?
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!Muffy:
|Are you kidding?! The rock band and Pickles the Clown have been booked for months!
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!Buster:
|You got Pickles?! He did my cousin's wedding! He's a genius!
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!Students:
|Ooooh, Pickles!
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!Arthur:
|But I can't change my party either! All of my relatives are coming from Ohio!
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!Students:
|Ooooh, Ohio!
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!Muffy:
|Well then, everybody will just have to choose which party to attend.
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|style="background:#{{Color3}};"|''[Everyone looks at their invitations and thinks about which party to attend.]''
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!Binky:
|What are you thinking about?
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!Francine:
|About who's party to go to. Why? What are ''you'' thinking about?
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!Binky:
|Where's Ohio?
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|style="background:#{{Color3}};"|''[Outside on the playground during recess]''
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!Buster ''[while dribbling a basketball]'':
|As boys, we have to stick together! ''[passes the ball to Binky]''
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!Binky:
|The rabbit's right as rain!
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!Brain:
|I agree! We all go to Arthur's party!
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!Arthur:
|What about the girls?
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!Buster:
|Ah, who needs girls?
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| style="background:#{{Color3}};" |};"|''[Meanwhile....
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!Muffy:
|Who needs boys? Anyone who doesn't come to my party can't be my friend anymore!
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!Francine:
|But a party won't be fun without the boys!
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!Muffy:
|Are you my friend or not?!
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!Coach Grimslid:
|''[blows whistle]'' Come here kids! ''[everyone rushes to a rope for tug of war]'' Let's choose sides for a tug of war! Muffy, you be one captain! Buster, you be the other! Muffy, choose your first player!
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!Muffy ''[chooses the girls]'':
|This team looks good to me!
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!Buster ''[angrily]'':
|That's fine!
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!Coach Grimslid:
|Okay then, the team that pulls the other team over this line wins! ''[blows whistle]''
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| style="background:#{{Color3}};" |};"|''[Everyone pulls the rope and Muffy and Buster argue verball
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!Muffy:
|Who needs boys?! Pull! Who needs boys?! Pull!
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!Buster:
|Who needs girls?! Pull! Who needs girls?! Pull!
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!Binky:
|Come on guys, pull! ''[then ties the rope to his waist]''
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!Prunella:
|''[ties the other part of the rope to the playground set, but then the rope breaks]''
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!Arthur:
|I guess nobody wins.
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!Arthur:
|Everybody's really starting to hate each other.
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!Francine:
|This is just terrible, Arthur! What's a party without boys?!
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!Buster:
|''[makes a raspberry while pulling down his ears to the girls]''
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!Muffy, Prunella, and Fern:
|''[make a raspberry]''
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!Arthur:
|I wish you could come to my party.
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!Francine:
|I promised Muffy. How can I go to both?
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!Arthur:
|Wait a minute! I have an idea! ''[whispers in Francine's ear]''
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!Francine:
|That's a great idea, Arthur!!
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!Arthur:
|Shhh, but we have to keep it secret!
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| style="background:#{{Color3}};" |;"|''[At the Treehouse. Arthur and Francine are re-writing the invitations]
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!Francine:
|Let me write them. It has to look like Muffy's handwriting.
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!Arthur:
|Okay, but be sure there's one for all the girls. I'll write the note to Muffy myself. ''[begins writing]''
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!David:
|That's a very good plan! I wish I'd thought of it!
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!Arthur:
|Francine and I will deliver them first thing in the morning!
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| style="background:#{{Color3}};" |r3}};"|''[Arthur and Francine put the revised invitations in the mailboxes. Then we see Francine put another invitation go through a door s
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!Francine:
|Okay, it's in!
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!Arthur:
|All that's left is....
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!Arthur and Francine (in unison):
|Muffy!
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!Francine:
|You think you can do it, Arthur?
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!Arthur:
|I've got to, Francine! ''[walks to the mailbox]''
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!Francine:
|''[gasps]'' Duck!
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!Duck Worker:
|''[quack]''
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!Arthur:
|''[hides until the coast is clear. He then proceeds to the mailbox and puts the invitation in the mailbox.]''
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!Muffy:
|Are you sure this is going to be done in time for my big party?
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!Millicent:
|Muffy, why don't you go check the mail.
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!Muffy:
|Okay. Maybe I got more presents!
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!Francine:
|Muffy's coming!
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!Muffy:
|''[runs towards the mailbox]''
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!Arthur:
|''[hides behind a tree]''
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!Muffy:
|''[walks to the mailbox and notices a note from Arthur]'' Mommy! I got a note from Arthur!
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!Arthur:
|''[now is hidden in the lawn]''
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!Francine:
|''[laughs]''
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!Arthur:
|''[covered in mud]'' Let's go!
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!Arthur:
|Mission accomplished!
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!David:
|Just in time for your favourite!
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!Aunt Bonnie:
|With maple syrup all the way from Ohio!
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!Cousin George ''[with a present in his hands]'':
|Happy birthday, Arthur! Guess what it is?
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!Arthur:
|Uhhhh....
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!Cousin George:
|It's a chemistry set!
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!Arthur ''[in disbelief]'':
|Oh, thanks.
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| style="background:#{{Color3}};" |};"|''[Everyone is setting up party decoration
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!Jane:
|Time for birthday kisses! ''[kisses Arthur on the head]''
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!Grandma Thora:
|And 8 birthday hugs! ''[hugs Arthur]''
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!D.W.:
|And a pinch to grow an inch! ''[laughs, then chases Arthur around. Meanwhile, the doorbell rings.]''
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!Arthur:
|Mooooom!
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!David:
|''[answers the door to let the Brain and Buster in, as they are carrying their presents to Arthur]''
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!Buster:
|Happy birthday!
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!Brain:
|''[notices Prunella coming to the door, also with a present in her hands]'' Hey, what's she doing here?!
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!Buster:
|And here comes Francine too!
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!Francine:
|''[giggles as Binky and Sue Ellen enter the house]''
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!Sue Ellen:
|Am I at the right place?
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!Arthur:
|Yeah, come in!
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!Francine:
|It's a surprise for Muffy!
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!Brain:
|It's a surprise for all of us! ''[David closes the door as everyone walks in]''
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!Arthur:
|Everyone find a place to hide! Muffy will be here any minute!
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!Buster:
|What did you say in your note to Muffy?
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!Arthur:
|I said, "I have a special present for you. It's so big that I can't carry it by myself. Please come to my house today at noon to get it!" ''[doorbell rings]''
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!Francine:
|Shhhhhhh! ''[Francine is frozen.]'' ''[Arthur opens the door, covering her.]''
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!Muffy:
|I'm here for my present!
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!Everyone:
|Surprise! Happy birthday!
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!Arthur:
|I told you your present was too big to carry!
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!Francine:
|What's a birthday party without ALL of your friends?
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| style="background:#{{Color3}};" |uster and Francine take whacks. However, the piñata does not break.]''
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!David:
|Maybe I better help you out. ''
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!David:
|Maybe I better help you out. ''[hits the piñata hard. Everyone giggles, but then look shocked when he gets the hammer. David then hits the hammer and everyone runs around cheering and blowing noisemakers.]''
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!Muffy:
|This is great! We should do this every year! Thank you everybody!
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!Jane:
|Next year we'll do it at your house.
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!Francine:
|Time to open your presents! I picked this out especially for you! ''[gives the present to Arthur]'' You have to promise me you'll use it right away!
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!Arthur:
| ''[opens the present]'' Sure, I can't wait!
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!Francine:
| It's a spin the bottle game!
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!Everyone:
| ''[gasps]''
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!Francine:
| Let me show you how it works. ''[spins the bottle, lands on Pal.]''
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!Everyone:
| ''[laughs as Pal kisses Francine. Francine then pets him]''
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!David:
| ''[outside trying to open the piñata with a chainsaw]''
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