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|season = [[Season 16|16]]
|season = [[Season 16|16]]
|number=8a
|number=8a
|airdate =
|prod. code = 1608a
|prod. code = 1608a
|writers = [[Jon Greenberg]]
|writers = [[Jon Greenberg]]
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|image =  Buster's Book Battle (46).png
|image =  Buster's Book Battle (46).png
|us = May 8th, 2013<ref>http://www.ket.org/episode/ARUR%20%20001608</ref>
|us = May 8th, 2013<ref>http://www.ket.org/episode/ARUR%20%20001608</ref>
|aus = December 19, 2012
|aus = <!--December 19, 2012-->
|can = May 8th, 2013
|can = <!--May 8th, 2013-->
|uk = April 19, 2013<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/programmes/schedules/2013/04/19</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20161115074937/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01s1mmm/arthur-series-15-15-busters-book-battle</ref>}}
|uk = April 19, 2013<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/programmes/schedules/2013/04/19</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20161115074937/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01s1mmm/arthur-series-15-15-busters-book-battle</ref>}}{{EpisodeHeader|1|8|16}}
{{Cquote|Today, we are going to learn more about our very own Elwood City|[[Nigel Ratburn]]}}
{{EpisodeHeader|1|8|16}}
==Summary==
==Summary==
[[Lakewood Elementary School|Lakewood Elementary]] has just instituted IRP; a program where kids can earn points (and prizes!) for reading. [[Buster Baxter|Buster]]'s thrilled and gets to work straight away! But will he earn enough points for a skateboard?<ref>http://www.aptv.org/episodes/22448/Arthur/Busters-Book-Battle/on-the-Buster-Scale/</ref>
[[Lakewood Elementary School|Lakewood Elementary]] has just instituted IRP; a program where kids can earn points (and prizes!) for reading. [[Buster Baxter|Buster]]'s thrilled and gets to work straight away! But will he earn enough points for a skateboard?<ref>http://www.aptv.org/episodes/22448/Arthur/Busters-Book-Battle/on-the-Buster-Scale/</ref>
==Plot==
==Plot==
At the school carnival, [[Arthur Read|Arthur]], [[Francine Frensky|Francine]], and [[Binky Barnes|Binky]] all try to knock down the bottles with balls, but they all fail. [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] then shows up, and asks what they're doing, and he knocks the bottles over and wins a giant panda plush just by crunching a pretzel. Buster comments that "you can win prizes for doing anything these days".
At the school carnival, [[Arthur Read|Arthur]], [[Francine Frensky|Francine]], and [[Binky Barnes|Binky]] all try to knock down the bottles with balls, but they all fail. [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] then shows up, and asks what they're doing, and he knocks the bottles over and wins a giant panda plush just by crunching a pretzel. Buster comments that "you can win prizes for doing anything these days".
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*'''4th Wall break:'''
**Buster mentions to Arthur that he read ''sixteen'' other books besides Goodnight Universe. This is a reference to the season that this episode takes place in, season 16.
**The [[9 Story Media Group|9 Story]] logo appears at the top right of the screen when it zooms in on The Sugar Bowl.
*There's no way Buster would have been able to take a quiz for ​''[[City of Droids]]'', because the book was never even published.
*There's no way Buster would have been able to take a quiz for ​''[[City of Droids]]'', because the book was never even published.
*A [[Woogle]] can be seen in the IRP prizes flyer.
*A [[Woogle]] can be seen in the IRP prizes flyer.
*The statement "Today, we are going to learn more about our very own [[Elwood City]]" was also used in [[Get Smart]].
*'''Timeline:''' Arthur doubts Buster's claim of being a big reader. In "Buster Hits the Books," Buster confesses he never read a whole book in his life.
*'''Timeline:''' Arthur doubts Buster's claim of being a big reader. In "Buster Hits the Books," Buster confesses he never read a whole book in his life.
*'''Moral:''' Books are not worth it.
*'''Moral:''' Books are not worth it.
*'''4th Wall break:'''
**Buster mentions to Arthur that he read ''sixteen'' other books besides Goodnight Universe. This is a reference to the season that this episode takes place in, season 16.
**The [[9 Story Media Group|9 Story]] logo appears at the top right of the screen when it zooms in on The Sugar Bowl.
===Cultural references===
===Cultural references===
*''[[Loki Benediktssen and the Teenage Aesir]]'' is a parody of ''[[wikipedia:Percy Jackson and the Olympians (TV series)|Percy Jackson &amp; the Olympians]]''.
*''[[Loki Benediktssen and the Teenage Aesir]]'' is a parody of ''[[wikipedia:Percy Jackson and the Olympians (TV series)|Percy Jackson &amp; the Olympians]]''.
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*One of the books Buster reads at the start of the IRP program is ''[[Goodnight Universe]]'', a parody of ''{{W|Goodnight Moon}}''.
*One of the books Buster reads at the start of the IRP program is ''[[Goodnight Universe]]'', a parody of ''{{W|Goodnight Moon}}''.
*''IRP'' is kind of like "AR" which stands for {{W|Accelerated Reader}}, which you can also take tests on.
*''IRP'' is kind of like "AR" which stands for {{W|Accelerated Reader}}, which you can also take tests on.
**You can can take tests With {{W|Lexile}} and earn a lexile score.
*''City of Droids'' may be similar to ''{{w|Caves of Steel}}'', the first book in {{w|Isaac Asimov}}'s robot trilogy.
*''City of Droids'' may be similar to ''{{w|Caves of Steel}}'', the first book in {{w|Isaac Asimov}}'s robot trilogy.
*One of Kilgore's arm attachments resembles a lightsaber from ''{{w|Star Wars}}.''
*One of Kilgore's arm attachments resembles a lightsaber from ''{{w|Star Wars}}.''

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