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*Part of this episode was included on the sample VHS included with the Microsoft ActiMates TV Pack.
*Part of this episode was included on the sample VHS included with the Microsoft ActiMates TV Pack.
*This is one of the few episodes where [[Arthur Read|Arthur]] cries.
*This is one of the few episodes where [[Arthur Read|Arthur]] cries.
*This is the first episode to use Buster arriving on a Spaceship as a title card.
*[[Buster Baxter|Buster]] returns after being away from home so long, and it's his first major appearance since [[Arthur's Faraway Friend]].
*'''Irony:''' Arthur worries that Buster will have changed, and does a lot of reading to catch up on all the places where his best friend visited. Buster actually just wants to sit down, shoot the breeze, and play some checkers.
*'''Timeline:'''
**[[Arthur Read|Arthur]] and [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] love playing checkers. They also play in "[[The Ballad of Buster Baxter]]", "[[Buster's Growing Grudge]]",  "[[The Substitute Arthur]]" and "[[The Rhythm and Roots of Arthur]]."
**Buster returns to Elwood City to be a major character. He left in "[[Arthur's Faraway Friend]]" and only appeared in flashbacks and fantasies during the second half of season 2.
===Cultural references===
===Cultural references===
*Buster's mutations before the title card (stone, fire, stretching, invisibility) are a parody of the powers of the {{W|Fantastic Four}}. Buster even implies that cosmic rays are responsible for them.
*Buster's mutations before the title card (stone, fire, stretching, invisibility) are a parody of the powers of the {{W|Fantastic Four}}. Buster even implies that cosmic rays are responsible for them.
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*When Arthur tells Muffy that Buster's coming home, he shows a her a piece of paper underwater unscathed, which would be impossible because the paper and his drawing would normally get ruined underwater.
*When Arthur tells Muffy that Buster's coming home, he shows a her a piece of paper underwater unscathed, which would be impossible because the paper and his drawing would normally get ruined underwater.
*During the flashbacks where [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] comes over to [[Arthur Read|Arthur]] and [[D.W. Read|D.W.]]'s house as different things, the front door doesn't have a mail slot on it, but when [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] shows up as a cowboy riding a donkey, [[Arthur Read|Arthur]] slams the front door and the mail slot is on it, after that, the mail slot is gone again.
*During the flashbacks where [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] comes over to [[Arthur Read|Arthur]] and [[D.W. Read|D.W.]]'s house as different things, the front door doesn't have a mail slot on it, but when [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] shows up as a cowboy riding a donkey, [[Arthur Read|Arthur]] slams the front door and the mail slot is on it, after that, the mail slot is gone again.
===Episode connections===
===Production Notes===
*Prunella gives a job-related prediction to Arthur. In "[[Bugged]]", she does the same to Brain, though neither boy has a job.
*This is the first episode to use Buster arriving on a Spaceship as a title card.


==Home Video==
==Home Video==

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