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==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
Arthur trains with Grandma Thora, a marbles champion, so he can beat all his friends. But when the Elwood City marbles tournament comes down to Read vs. Read, he learns that she didn't quite pass along all her secrets. | |||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
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<center>'''Opening'''</center> | <center>'''Opening'''</center> | ||
Arthur discusses how talented and nice his [[Grandma Thora|Grandmother]] is | [[Arthur Read|Arthur]] discusses how talented and nice his [[Grandma Thora|Grandmother]] is. Such as cheering up [[D.W.|D.W]][[D.W.|.]], fixing her toys, taking care of them when they're sick. Then he states that there is one thing he wishes she wasn't good at. | ||
<p style="text-align: center;">'''Episode'''</p> | <p style="text-align: center;">'''Episode'''</p> | ||
Before school, [[Muffy Crosswire|Muffy]] is showing Arthur and friends the gifts she had recently been given for her birthday, such as cards, | Before school, [[Muffy Crosswire|Muffy]] is showing Arthur and friends the gifts she had recently been given for her birthday, such as cards, new polly locket vehicle, and a special singing doll. She stops short upon finding a sack of marbles and comments on how she doesn't really like them and Arthur likes them, so she lets him keep them. [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] comments on how they resemble planets when Muffy chooses she would rather keep them, thinking she can make a profit online. | ||
Later, Arthur and Buster purchase marbles and try to play the game. Buster seems like a natural while Arthur plays badly. Frustrated by his loss, Arthur and D.W. sit at the dining table as she wishes to try a new dish with them. So they quickly claim someone was at the doorbell and then feed it to [[Pal]]. She goes to give them more until seeing that Arthur has a pretty blue marble in his fingers. She then takes the two of them to the attic and shows Arthur her most favorite marbles and then gives the bag to Arthur. | Later, Arthur and Buster purchase marbles and try to play the game. Buster seems like a natural while Arthur plays badly. Frustrated by his loss, Arthur and D.W. sit at the dining table as she wishes to try a new dish with them. So they quickly claim someone was at the doorbell and then feed it to [[Pal]]. She goes to give them more until seeing that Arthur has a pretty blue marble in his fingers. She then takes the two of them to the attic and shows Arthur her most favorite marbles and then gives the bag to Arthur. | ||
The following day, [[Francine Frensky|Francine]] is playing against Arthur when [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] points out that they | The following day, [[Francine Frensky|Francine]] is playing against Arthur when [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] points out that they'll lose heavily should he mess up. Suddenly, Grandma Thora shows up! She asks if she can take Arthur's shot and proceeds to do so once Muffy and Francine confirm it. She shoots and it looks as if she lost, when it suddenly rolls Francine's marble over the line and Arthur wins! However, Grandma Thora takes the won marbles and gives them back to Francine while offering her advice. | ||
As the two of them leave, Arthur asks Grandma Thora to teach him everything she knows | As the two of them leave, Arthur asks Grandma Thora to teach him everything she knows. To which she agrees eagerly. Once Arthur snaps out of his daydream, the two of them begin. First, she gives Arthur many "finger drills" such as typing, holding glasses of water, balancing the marble along his fingers, and waxing the floor (due to needing a good wax...) | ||
A few days later, Arthur shows his skill and when Grandma Thora suggest that he could probably show his friends a thing or two, Arthur is then inspired to try to have other children sign up for a "Marble league". After a few rounds of winning, Arthur is then convinced he'll easily win the final rounds when Buster points out that he has a few more competitors when suddenly Grandma Thora leaves the Sugar Bowl, stating she only taught him what he knows, but there | A few days later, Arthur shows his skill and when Grandma Thora suggest that he could probably show his friends a thing or two, Arthur is then inspired to try to have other children sign up for a "Marble league". After a few rounds of winning, Arthur is then convinced he'll easily win the final rounds when Buster points out that he has a few more competitors when suddenly Grandma Thora leaves the Sugar Bowl, stating she only taught him what he knows, but there's a lot she's left to teach him. | ||
That evening, Arthur nervously tries to practice, but | That evening, Arthur nervously tries to practice, but its no use. So he chooses to go to bed and ends up having a terrible nightmare involving big ants, a blueberry, and "Cannonball". It ends just as he is about to be run over by the marble. | ||
That morning, Arthur is awaiting his turn when he reveals to Buster he | That morning, Arthur is awaiting his turn when he reveals to Buster he's going to lose. Not wanting to embarrass his grandmother. He then makes Buster promise not to tell anyone... of course Buster doesn't listen and throughout the game, Grandma Thora is becoming very suspicious that Arthur is purposely cheating to lose. She confront him, but he lies, and so she sticks her foot into the marbles ring and claims she is now disqualified. Arthur asks why that is and she explains its a rule. And so Arthur wins automatically, but he doesn't feel too happy about it, stating that he was only fake-losing so that he wouldn't lose in front of his friends. | ||
He then mentions he did have his grandmother and she fails to believe him and he begins to show her where she "messed up" according to him with the candies in his sundae as the episode finishes. | |||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
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*[[Thora Read]] | *[[Thora Read]] | ||
*[[Muffy Crosswire]] | *[[Muffy Crosswire]] | ||
===Minor=== | ===Minor=== | ||
*[[D.W. Read]] | *[[D.W. Read]] | ||
*[[Bingo roller (Arthur Loses His Marbles) | *[[Bingo roller (Arthur Loses His Marbles)]] | ||
*[[Stinky | *[[Stinky MacDovish]] | ||
*[[Binky Barnes]] | |||
*[[Buster Baxter]] | |||
*[[Pal]] | *[[Pal]] | ||
===Cameo=== | ===Cameo=== | ||
*[[Mary Moo Cow]] (stuffed animal) | *[[Mary Moo Cow]] (stuffed animal) | ||
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*[[Fern Walters]] | *[[Fern Walters]] | ||
*[[George Lundgren]] | *[[George Lundgren]] | ||
*[[Alan Powers | *[[Alan Powers]] | ||
*[[Bionic Bunny]] (action figure) | *[[Bionic Bunny]] (action figure) | ||
*[[Mr. Bickles]] | *[[Mr. Bickles]] | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* | *The name of the famous marbles player "Lefty" Raposo is a reference to [[Nick Raposo]], a writer for ''Arthur'', who wrote this particular episode. | ||
*This is the last episode where D.W. is voiced by [[Oliver Grainger]]. | *This is the last episode where D.W. is voiced by [[Oliver Grainger]]. | ||
*When Buster is telling Arthur there are seven different types of candy on the prize, Buster is holding up eight fingers instead of seven. | *When Buster is telling Arthur there are seven different types of candy on the prize, Buster is holding up eight fingers instead of seven. | ||
*This episode takes place on May 26. This can be seen in the lower right corner of the video camera, where the date and time are shown. Oddly, this is the day after Arthur's birthday. | |||
===Cultural references=== | ===Cultural references=== | ||
*Grandma Thora in a robe in a foggy swamp is a reference to ''Star Wars Episode V: the Empire Strikes Back''. | *Grandma Thora in a robe in a foggy swamp is a reference to ''Star Wars Episode V: the Empire Strikes Back''. | ||
*When Buster said "Oh, the humanity!," it is a reference to the famous line by reporter Herbet Morrison when he witnessed the Hindenburg blimp crash. | |||
*When Buster said "Oh, the humanity!," it is a reference to the famous line by reporter | *[[Dopeyman]] is a parody of ''Pokemon''. | ||
*[[Dopeyman]] is a parody of '' | |||
*When Arthur runs away from a marble in his dream, it is similar to the Indiana Jones movie Raiders of the Lost Ark, when Indiana Jones runs away from a boulder rolling after him in a lost temple in South America. | *When Arthur runs away from a marble in his dream, it is similar to the Indiana Jones movie Raiders of the Lost Ark, when Indiana Jones runs away from a boulder rolling after him in a lost temple in South America. | ||
*[[Tiny Figgy]] is singing [[wikipedia: Non più andrai|Non più andrai]] which was composed by [[wikipedia: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]], with an Italian libretto written by [[wikipedia: Lorenzo Da Ponte|Lorenzo Da Ponte]]. | *[[Tiny Figgy]] is singing [[wikipedia: Non più andrai|Non più andrai]] which was composed by [[wikipedia: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]], with an Italian libretto written by [[wikipedia: Lorenzo Da Ponte|Lorenzo Da Ponte]]. | ||
===Episode connections=== | ===Episode connections=== | ||
*Stock footage from "[[Arthur's Chicken Pox (episode)|Arthur's Chicken Pox]]" is used in the intro. | *Stock footage from "[[Arthur's Chicken Pox (episode)|Arthur's Chicken Pox]]" is used in the intro. | ||
* Video camera is the same one from "[[Arthur Makes a Movie]]". | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
===Screenshots=== | |||
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