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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| *Pal is seen nearly licking Arthur's hot chocolate, even though chocolate is poisonous to dogs (in large quantities). | | ===Episode connections=== |
| *To commemorate the new year and the end of the show’s first season, the ending features a montage of clips from several previous episodes as Arthur is implored by Grandma Thora to remember all his memories from the past year.
| | *Clips from "[[Buster's Dino Dilemma (episode)|Buster's Dino Dilemma]]", "[[Team Trouble]]", "[[Francine Frensky, Superstar]]", "[[Sue Ellen Moves In]]" and "[[Arthur Makes the Team (episode)|Arthur Makes the Team]]" are shown at the end of this episode. |
| *Beginning in spring 2024, as part of a partnership with Bridge Multimedia, as well as funding provided by the US Department of Education (US-DOE), this and a few other popular episodes of the Arthur series were rereleased with the addition of an American Sign Language interpreter on screen, allowing individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing to fully immerse themselves in the program. Interpretation was also provided to a variety of other popular Arthur episodes, the full list can be viewed [[List of Episodes With American Sign Language (ASL) Interpretation|here]].
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| *'''4th Wall Break:'''
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| **D.W. mentioning a time warp is in reference to the fact that even though the Arthur characters celebrate birthdays, because of continuity errors, they are always referenced to being younger or the same age they were, even if they are actually one year older.
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| **After Buster tells Arthur the story of parents' New Year's Eve meetings, a UFO pops out of a toaster as a transition to the next scene. Arthur and Buster react to the UFO as it pops out.
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| *'''Moral:''' Don't brag about something you got to something the other person didn't get for your own benefits.
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| ===Production notes=== | | ===Production notes=== |
| *PBS traditionally re-airs this episode (and "Arthur's First Sleepover") every December 31 (or the Friday prior if the 31st is a weekend), including during the 2010s/2020s decade, a period where Season 1 episodes very rarely appeared in reruns.
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| *A repeat of this episode aired on December 31, [[2010 (real world)|2010]] on KCET Los Angeles, which made it the last ''Arthur'' episode to air on KCET Los Angeles due to the station dropping its affiliation with [[PBS]] after 40 years on January 1, [[2011 (real world)|2011]]. | | *A repeat of this episode aired on December 31, [[2010 (real world)|2010]] on KCET Los Angeles, which made it the last ''Arthur'' episode to air on KCET Los Angeles due to the station dropping its affiliation with [[PBS]] after 40 years on January 1, [[2011 (real world)|2011]]. |
| *Some TV providers incorrectly list this episode's original air date as June 2, 1997.
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| **This is the last episode to premiere on 1996.
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| ===Errors=== | | ===Errors=== |
| *During the "green flash" sequence, the crowd's reaction, "Ooh! Ahh! Green!" is misinterpreted in the closed captioning as, "Ooh! Ahh! Mmm!" | | *Jane should have said to D.W., "You can do it, when you're one year older." Because when D.W. is Arthur's age, Arthur will still be a year older. |
| *D.W.'s glass of ice would have melted into water by nighttime, unless her bedroom was freezing cold.
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| *Although Arthur wakes up only seconds after midnight, the alarm clock reads 12:05 when he holds it up.
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| ===Episode connections===
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| *Clips from "[[Buster's Dino Dilemma (episode)|Buster's Dino Dilemma]]", "[[Team Trouble]]", "[[Francine Frensky, Superstar]]", "[[Sue Ellen Moves In]]" and "[[Arthur Makes the Team (episode)|Arthur Makes the Team]]" are shown at the end of this episode.
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| ==Home Video== | | ==Home Video== |