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{{Episode infobox | {{Episode infobox | ||
|ep. name = Arthur the Loser | |ep. name = Arthur the Loser | ||
|season = [[ | |season = [[Arthur (season 2)|2]] | ||
| | |airdate = March 23, 1998 | ||
|prev. episode = [[Francine Redecorates]] | |prev. episode = [[Francine Redecorates]] | ||
|next episode = [[Arthur vs. the Very Mean Crossing Guard]] | |next episode = [[Arthur vs. the Very Mean Crossing Guard]] | ||
|image = ARTHUR_LOSES.jpg | |image = ARTHUR_LOSES.jpg | ||
|prod. code = 21702|writers = [[Joe Fallon]] | |prod. code = 21702|writers = [[Joe Fallon]] | ||
|storyboarders = [[Brian Anderson]]|number = 17B|titlecard = Arthur the Loser Title Card.png | |storyboarders = [[Brian Anderson]]|number = 17B|titlecard = Arthur the Loser Title Card.png}}{{EpisodeHeader|2|17|2}} | ||
==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
Arthur keeps losing at the new ''No Guessing!'' board game and other things as well, so he starts cheating to win. | |||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
The story begins with Arthur's basketball team facing | The story begins with Arthur's basketball team facing Binky's team at school. Arthur confidently assures his team that if Francine passes him the ball, he'll score the winning point. | ||
Once [[Francine Frensky|Francine]] passes it to Arthur, he dodges Binky and scores the winning basket, earning him the praise of his team. However, the whole event turns out to be a daydream. Arthur comes to in the middle of the game and takes the shot, but misses and his team loses. Arthur remarks how hard it is to win sometimes. | Once [[Francine Frensky|Francine]] passes it to Arthur, he dodges Binky and scores the winning basket, earning him the praise of his team. However, the whole event turns out to be a daydream. Arthur comes to in the middle of the game and takes the shot, but misses and his team loses. Arthur remarks how hard it is to win sometimes. | ||
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He goes up to play it in the tree house against himself and wins. Suddenly, [[Alan Powers|Brain]] shows up so they play the game together. Unfortunately, Arthur gets the questions wrong so Brain wins, leaving Arthur disappointed. | He goes up to play it in the tree house against himself and wins. Suddenly, [[Alan Powers|Brain]] shows up so they play the game together. Unfortunately, Arthur gets the questions wrong so Brain wins, leaving Arthur disappointed. | ||
Later, he plays against Francine, and loses once again. Finally, after losing to Sue Ellen, Arthur | Later, he plays against Francine, and loses once again. Finally, after losing to Sue Ellen, Arthur becomes a sore loser and stashes the game under his bed, too frustrated to try again. | ||
In the days that follow, Arthur is on a losing streak, losing at every game against his friends, including video games, checkers, bowling, among others. His dad assures him he will get lucky and start winning again, but Arthur isn't so sure. | In the days that follow, Arthur is on a losing streak, losing at every game against his friends, including video games, checkers, bowling, among others. His dad assures him he will get lucky and start winning again, but Arthur isn't so sure. | ||
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When she asks if Arthur has a seven, he does, but lies and says he doesn't, afraid that she'll tell everyone. He then tricks her into looking in another direction and looks at her cards, and easily beats her by cheating. | When she asks if Arthur has a seven, he does, but lies and says he doesn't, afraid that she'll tell everyone. He then tricks her into looking in another direction and looks at her cards, and easily beats her by cheating. | ||
D.W. is shocked at her loss and leaves disappointed. Arthur | D.W. is shocked at her loss and leaves disappointed. Arthur decides that in order to win, all he has to do is cheat, so he pulls out No Guessing! again to find the easy questions. He plants these questions in his sleeves and plants them in the card stack for his friends to ask him, allowing him to win easily. | ||
Arthur starts playing No Guessing! with his friends again, and cheats at every game. At first, no one suspects him in the slightest, but Arthur starts winning everything all the time, and Sue Ellen begins to think he's cheating. | Arthur starts playing No Guessing! with his friends again, and cheats at every game. At first, no one suspects him in the slightest, but Arthur starts winning everything all the time, and Sue Ellen begins to think he's cheating. | ||
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Brain can't believe that Arthur would do that. Arthur starts being a "sore winner" and brags about how he wins at everything, and begins cheating in all of their other activities. | Brain can't believe that Arthur would do that. Arthur starts being a "sore winner" and brags about how he wins at everything, and begins cheating in all of their other activities. | ||
When | When his friends play cards, he puts up mirrors so he can see their cards, but says that they only "make the room seem bigger". He also sneezes on purpose during a mini-golf game with Brain, causing him to miss a perfect shot. | ||
Arthur's friends decide Arthur will only go back to normal if he loses again, so they convince Binky to play against him because he has no problem cheating, and thus will win. Binky challenges Arthur and he accepts, with everybody watching him. | Arthur's friends decide Arthur will only go back to normal if he loses again, so they convince Binky to play against him because he has no problem cheating, and thus will win. Binky challenges Arthur and he accepts, with everybody watching him. | ||
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Unfortunately, when Arthur shakes Binky's hand, the cards fall out of his sleeves, exposing his cheating. Everyone berates Arthur for lying to everyone, and Arthur apologizes for what he did. Everyone forgives him and they all go out to celebrate everything being normal again. | Unfortunately, when Arthur shakes Binky's hand, the cards fall out of his sleeves, exposing his cheating. Everyone berates Arthur for lying to everyone, and Arthur apologizes for what he did. Everyone forgives him and they all go out to celebrate everything being normal again. | ||
That night, Arthur writes to Buster to thank him for all of "his" advice, apparently forgetting that everything Buster told him was all a dream. The episode | That night, Arthur writes to Buster to thank him for all of "his" advice, apparently forgetting that everything Buster told him was all a dream. The episode ends with Buster reading the letter on his dad's plane, except he has no idea what Arthur is talking about. | ||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
*[[Arthur Read]] | * [[Arthur Read]] | ||
*[[Alan Powers| | * [[Alan Powers|Brain]] | ||
*[[Francine Frensky]] | * [[Francine Frensky]] | ||
*[[Binky Barnes]] | * [[Binky Barnes]] | ||
*[[Sue Ellen Armstrong | * [[Sue Ellen Armstrong]] | ||
* [[Nigel Ratburn|Mr. Ratburn]] | |||
*[[Nigel Ratburn]] | * [[David Read]] | ||
*[[David Read]] | * [[Jane Read]] | ||
*[[Jane Read]] | * [[D.W. Read]] | ||
*[[D.W. Read]] | * [[Kate Read]] | ||
*[[Kate Read]] | * [[Buster Baxter]] | ||
*[[Buster Baxter]] | * [[Bo Baxter]] (doesnt speak) | ||
* [[Alex]] (doesnt speak) | |||
*[[Bo Baxter]] ( | |||
*[[ | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*This is the first appearance of the No Guessing Game. It appears again in "[[Big Brother Binky]]". | |||
*This is the first appearance of the No Guessing Game. It appears again in "[[Big Brother Binky | |||
*The girl in the ''[[No Guessing!]]'' game commercial strongly resembles [[Muffy Crosswire]]. | *The girl in the ''[[No Guessing!]]'' game commercial strongly resembles [[Muffy Crosswire]]. | ||
*This is the | *This is the second cameo of [[Buster Baxter]] in Season 2 since [[Arthur's Faraway Friend]]. | ||
* | ===Episode Connections=== | ||
* Francine mentions this episode in the later episode [[Francine Goes to War]]. | |||
===Errors=== | ===Errors=== | ||
[[File:Sue_Ellen_I_win.png|thumb | [[File:Sue_Ellen_I_win.png|thumb]] | ||
*In the scene when Sue Ellen beat Arthur in No Guessing, the word "[[Egypt]]" in the poster behind Sue Ellen is misspelled "Eygpt". | *In the scene when Sue Ellen beat Arthur in No Guessing, the word "[[Egypt]]" in the poster behind Sue Ellen is misspelled "Eygpt". | ||
*When Arthur is explaining to Brain that making someone mess up is part of the game, the hole behind him is physically impossible, the hole is on a 90 degree position. | |||
*When Arthur is explaining to Brain that making someone mess up is part of the game, the hole behind him is physically impossible, | *In the dream sequence at the beginning of the episode, Molly Macdonald is briefly shown on the Mighty Mountain team. This is incorrect, Molly attends Lakewood Elementary. | ||
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=== | ===Production Notes=== | ||
* | *This is the first episode to use the Family Photo as a title card. | ||
==Home Video== | ==Home Video== | ||
'''DVD:''' | '''DVD:''' | ||
*[[Arthur Makes The Team (video)|Arthur Makes The Team]] | *[[Arthur Makes The Team (video)|Arthur Makes The Team]] | ||
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