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|uk = November 25, 2006<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0079cg5/arthur-series-9-1-dear-adil ([https://web.archive.org/web/20141213220027/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0079cg5/arthur-series-9-1-dear-adil archived page])</ref> | |uk = November 25, 2006<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0079cg5/arthur-series-9-1-dear-adil ([https://web.archive.org/web/20141213220027/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0079cg5/arthur-series-9-1-dear-adil archived page])</ref> | ||
|ger = December 17, 2007 <ref>https://www.fernsehserien.de/erdferkel-arthur-und-seine-freunde/folgen/106a-lieber-adil-90066</ref> | |ger = December 17, 2007 <ref>https://www.fernsehserien.de/erdferkel-arthur-und-seine-freunde/folgen/106a-lieber-adil-90066</ref> | ||
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==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
Arthur gets a new Turkish pen pal, [[Adil]]. Imagining Adil riding a camel to school and eating exotic foods, he worries that his letters about life in Elwood City will be really boring by comparison. | |||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
In Murat Pasha Street of [[Istanbul]], [[Mr. Akyuz]] looks at his watch. He calls for Adil and says, "It's time for school" in Turkish. Adil replies to him, saying "We woke up, dad. We'll be downstairs in a minute" in Turkish as well. He observes the audience and talks in English. In his room, there is a cat kid named [[Onder]] rolling up a sleeping bag. We find out that Onder is Adil's best friend. They talk about school and their teacher, [[Mr. Yuksel]], that he could throw Onder into the Sea of Marmara. Adil's sister, [[Ayse Akyuz|Ayse]], walks into the room and shouts at Adil to come downstairs, as his father wants him. She walks out, and closes the door. | In Murat Pasha Street of [[Istanbul]], [[Mr. Akyuz]] looks at his watch. He calls for Adil and says, "It's time for school" in Turkish. Adil replies to him, saying "We woke up, dad. We'll be downstairs in a minute" in Turkish as well. He observes the audience and talks in English. In his room, there is a cat kid named [[Onder]] rolling up a sleeping bag. We find out that Onder is Adil's best friend. They talk about school and their teacher, [[Mr. Yuksel]], that he could throw Onder into the Sea of Marmara. Adil's sister, [[Ayse Akyuz|Ayse]], walks into the room and shouts at Adil to come downstairs, as his father wants him. She walks out, and closes the door. | ||
Adil logs on to his computer, explaining that when he is annoyed by Ayse, there is only one thing he wants to do: talk to other kids online. Onder asks Adil if Arthur can ask the Brain to give answers to his math homework; however, he mistakenly refers to the Brain as "the Head". Adil points this out, and corrects Onder. His computer makes beeping sounds, and the intertitle shows. | |||
<p style="text-align: center;">'''Dear Adil'''</p> | <p style="text-align: center;">'''Dear Adil'''</p> | ||
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Arthur is enjoying reading the letters — even laughing at them. By the time he wakes up, the letters are all over his bed. | Arthur is enjoying reading the letters — even laughing at them. By the time he wakes up, the letters are all over his bed. | ||
At [[Lakewood Elementary School|school]], [[Nigel Ratburn|Mr. Ratburn]] is clapping erasers. Arthur asks if he understands how | At [[Lakewood Elementary School|school]], [[Nigel Ratburn|Mr. Ratburn]] is clapping erasers. Arthur asks if he understands how he can get a pen pal. Mr. Ratburn recently found a "webspot" for teachers about pen-pals. Unsurprisingly, Mr. Ratburn doesn't understand how to turn on the computer, so Arthur turns it on for him. Mr. Ratburn prints out a list of names and addresses. | ||
For those who are interested, here is a list of mentioned names, their ages and their respective addresses: | |||
*Jose Maura - 8 - 1290 San Miguel, Santa Cruz, Antigua | *Jose Maura - 8 - 1290 San Miguel, Santa Cruz, Antigua | ||
*Alex Tankushev - 9 - 104 Lemin Str.Ap.12, Sofia, Bulgaria | *Alex Tankushev - 9 - 104 Lemin Str.Ap.12, Sofia, Bulgaria | ||
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In the next letter Arthur writes to Adil, Arthur wonders how he gets to school. He wonders if he rides a camel there, like a character in Illinois Jack. Adil receives the letter, asking him if his camel has its own room or if it sleeps in his. Adil finds this question weird. Arthur then asks Adil his favorite food; maybe it is lamb's eyes. Adil finds this question disgusting, and doesn't understand what he will write back. | In the next letter Arthur writes to Adil, Arthur wonders how he gets to school. He wonders if he rides a camel there, like a character in Illinois Jack. Adil receives the letter, asking him if his camel has its own room or if it sleeps in his. Adil finds this question weird. Arthur then asks Adil his favorite food; maybe it is lamb's eyes. Adil finds this question disgusting, and doesn't understand what he will write back. | ||
At Arthur's house, the mail comes. None of it is from Adil. The next day, no mail for Arthur. And the next day there is still no mail addressed to him. [[Alberto Molina|Alberto]] sees Arthur's Illinois Jack comic | At Arthur's house, the mail comes. None of it is from Adil. The next day, no mail for Arthur. And the next day there is still no mail addressed to him. [[Alberto Molina|Alberto]] sees Arthur's Illinois Jack comic. He thinks they are funny, much to Arthur's surprise. When Arthur says he thought the comic was accurate, Alberto disagrees, saying they always get everything wrong. He mentions that they are like those American TV shows that he used to watch as a kid back in Ecuador; they made it seem like Americans went surfing after school, went home to their skyscraper and put ketchup on all of their food. "Yep, you'd sure have a weird impression of a place if all you knew of it came from TV and comics." | ||
Arthur finally figures out that Adil | Arthur finally figures out that Adil hasn't written back because he is stereotyping, and is embarrassed. He looked on the piece of paper that Mr. Ratburn gave him, and he finds out that Adil has an e-mail address. | ||
Arthur plans to e-mail Adil. | Arthur plans to e-mail Adil. | ||
* | *Arthur: Dear Adil. Just wondering if you got my letters. P.S. I didn't know you had e-mail. How do you plug your computer in? | ||
* | *Adil: Dear Arthur, I plug my computer into the wall of OUR APARTMENT. I don't live in a tent. | ||
* | *Arthur: Oh, sorry. I read this comic and it gave me some weird ideas about how you lived. Is that why you didn't write back? | ||
* | *Adil: Yes, I was going to correct you but I thought you would take forever. And then you didn't answer my questions. | ||
* | *Arthur: That's because my answers sounded boring. I mean, a mall is just one really big store with lots of little stores in it. | ||
* | *Adil: We have lots of those in Istanbul. The biggest and oldest is the Kapali Carsi. That's the covered bazaar in English. | ||
* | *Adil: Arthur, are you still there? | ||
* | *Arthur: Sorry Adil. My pesky little sister just interrupted me. | ||
* | *Adil: Ayse is always doing that and it's always when I really don't want to be disturbed. How does she know? | ||
* | *Arthur: Adil, I think we have a lot more in common than we ever imagined. | ||
Back at Adil's apartment, Adil is online, but he can't talk to Arthur now because it is late at night in Elwood City. Arthur is irritated at Adil because Ayse found the Turkish Mary Moo Cow CD. D.W. sings it at the Reads' house, despite it being after hours. | Back at Adil's apartment, Adil is online, but he can't talk to Arthur now because it is late at night in Elwood City. Arthur is irritated at Adil because Ayse found the Turkish Mary Moo Cow CD. D.W. sings it at the Reads' house, despite it being after hours. <span style="font-weight:400;">Arthur tells D.W. to go to sleep. </span>She sings: | ||
Arthur tells D.W. to go to sleep. | |||
''"Seni seviyorum, evet çok çok seviyorum. O kadar tatlı, o kadar güzelsin ki. Seni (...) seviyor, evet seviyor, evet seviyor."'' | ''"Seni seviyorum, evet çok çok seviyorum. O kadar tatlı, o kadar güzelsin ki. Seni (...) seviyor, evet seviyor, evet seviyor."'' | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* | *One of the kids on the pen-pal list has the last name Tankushev, the same last name as the storyboard artist of this episode. Also, that same kid is from Sofia, Bulgaria (which is misspelled as "Sophia") on the list. | ||
=== Cultural references === | |||
*Illinois Jack is a reference to Indiana Jones. | |||
*The [[Mr. Higgins|mailman]] is whistling "Ode to Joy," a song composed by [[Beethoven]]. | |||
*Arthur's imagination of what Adil dresses like is reminiscent of characters from Disney's ''Aladdin''. | |||
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=== Episode connections === | === Episode connections === | ||
*[[David Read]]'s [[Uncle Niko's Olive De-Pitter|Christmas present]] from ''[[Arthur's Perfect Christmas]]'' is featured at the beginning of the episode. | |||
*[[Adil Akyuz]] is briefly seen exiting [[Virtual Goose]], first seen in "[[Sue Ellen Gets Her Goose Cooked]]," when he receives Arthur's email. | *[[Adil Akyuz]] is briefly seen exiting [[Virtual Goose]], first seen in "[[Sue Ellen Gets Her Goose Cooked]]," when he receives Arthur's email. | ||
*The dress Ayse wears in the episode's intro barely a striking resemblance to the dress Francine wears in "[[Francine's Bad Hair Day]]," but with longer sleeves. | *The dress Ayse wears in the episode's intro barely a striking resemblance to the dress Francine wears in "[[Francine's Bad Hair Day]]," but with longer sleeves. | ||
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*The printed pen-pal list has typos in Korean romanization. Kim Heong Han misspelled as "Kim Houng Han." Munjeong-dong misspelled as "Munjung-dong." "Dong" accidentally combined with "song," which made it seem to be "Dongsong." Also, "ku" is a wrong way to use, rather than "gu" in the romanizations of the district suffixes. | *The printed pen-pal list has typos in Korean romanization. Kim Heong Han misspelled as "Kim Houng Han." Munjeong-dong misspelled as "Munjung-dong." "Dong" accidentally combined with "song," which made it seem to be "Dongsong." Also, "ku" is a wrong way to use, rather than "gu" in the romanizations of the district suffixes. | ||
*The lamb that Ayse holds is white for most of the cold open, but changes to brown in another shot. | *The lamb that Ayse holds is white for most of the cold open, but changes to brown in another shot. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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