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| {{Episode infobox
| | [[File:For Whom The Bell Tolls.png|thumb|300px|right|For Whom The Bells]] "For Whom the Bell Tolls" is the second half of episode 8 of Season 6. It was written by Kathy Waugh and storyboards were drawn by Stefanie Gignac. |
| |ep. name = For Whom the Bell Tolls
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| |image = For Whom The Bell Tolls.png
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| |season = [[Season 6|6]] | |
| |us = November 12, 2001<ref name=ket>http://www.ket.org/episode/ARUR%20%20000608</ref> | |
| |can = January 9, 2002<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120413104003/http://ww3.tvo.org/program/157024/arthur</ref> | |
| |prod. code = 608b
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| |prev. episode = [[Rhyme for Your Life]]
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| |next episode = [[The Good Sport (episode)|The Good Sport]]
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| |writers = [[Kathy Waugh]]
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| |storyboarders = [[Stéphanie Gignac]]
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| |number = 8b
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| |titlecard = For Whom the Bell Tolls Title Card.png
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| }}
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| {{EpisodeHeader|2|8|6}}
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| ==Summary==
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| [[Arthur Read|Arthur]] takes care of a sick [[D.W. Read|D.W.]], and he finds himself at the mercy of her sign language.
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| ==Plot==
| | During dinner one day in May, D.W. and the family were sitting around the table talking. Or at least, listening to D.W. talking ''at'' them. Suddenly, her voice becomes harder to hear, and is very hoarse. Later, as Arthur is watching Dark Bunny, Jane Read comes in and informs Arthur that D.W. has lost her voice. Dark Bunny says, "Did I just hear that correctly? D.W. lost her voice? WOOWHEE! No more 'I don't like that show, it's scary! I wanna watch Mary Moo Cow.' It's kids like that who spoil the ratings." Dark Bunny grabs Arthur by his shirt and pulls him into the tv. He sits in Dark Bunny's car, and a parade begins. There is some diologue between Arthur and Francine, who is standing on the street. She says Arthur is mean, (M-E-A-N, mean!) The car drives away, and it goes to the title card. |
| During dinner one day in May, D.W. and the family were sitting around the table talking. Or at least, listening to D.W. talking to them. Suddenly, her voice becomes harder to hear, and is very hoarse. Later, as Arthur is watching Dark Bunny, Jane Read comes in and informs Arthur that D.W. has lost her voice. Dark Bunny says, "Did I hear that correctly? She's lost her voice? WHOO-EE! No more 'I don't like that show! It's scary! I want to watch [[Mary Moo Cow (show)|Mary Moo Cow]]!'. It's Kids like that who spoil the ratings. Well? What are you waiting for?" Dark Bunny grabs Arthur by his shirt and pulls him into the TV. Arthur finds himself sitting in Dark Bunny's car, and a parade begins. There is some dialogue between Arthur and Francine, who is standing on the sidewalk; she says Arthur is "mean, M-E-A-N, mean". The car becomes airborne, and it goes to the title card. | |
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| '''For Whom the Bell Tolls''' | | Arthur enjoys D.W.'s lost voice..... for a while. D.W. uses her lost voice to her advantage, so she makes Arthur do whatever she wants.Arthur tells Francine later that he might have to be her slave. Francine says, "That's watcha get for being mean, Arthur." One day, Arthur catches D.W. talking out loud to herself, and runs to Jane telling D.W.'s little secret. Mom doesn't believe him though, and D.W. is a lot more careful about speaking. |
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| Arthur enjoys D.W.'s lost voice... for a while. With more work for her accounting job at the moment than usual, Jane places most of the responsibility of catering to D.W. on Arthur, and he is soon waiting on her hand and foot. Arthur tells Francine later that he might have to be D.W.'s slave, then imagines himself as exactly that, while also speaking for her during his fantasies of talking to [[Emily]] and a dinner party. After the fantasy ends, Francine says, "She can't be that bad if you understand her." | | Arthur is at Francine's house later, talking with her. Arthur says Francine is also mean. She looks as if she is thinking, and Arthur says "Surely you can remember being mean at one time." Francine says she was trying to remember. They get a call on the phone, and it is D.W. calling with a bell. After the call is over, Arthur tells Francine what she said. Francine said it was time for drastic action. |
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| Arthur replies, "That's just it. Except for Mom, I'm the only one who does. Oh, what if she never gets better? What if I have to spend my whole life speaking for D.W.?"
| | Arthur, Buster, Brain, and Francine set up a trap to trick D.W. into speaking. They mute the T.V., unplug the phone, and do other various things to make everything quiet. D.W. comes in, falling for the trap, and finally screams that she has gone deaf. Mom comes in, and realizes that Arthur was telling the truth. D.W., Francine and Mom leave the room, while D.W. says hello to different things in the house. |
| | | ==Trivia and Goofs:== |
| Francine, however, turns and begins walking away while saying, "That's what you get for being mean, Arthur. Don't say I didn't '''warn''' you."
| | *This episode might be set before Bionic Bunny is cancelled. |
| | | *D.W. says "Hello Computer!" However, the room she left with Arthur, Buster and Brain still in it housed the family computer. |
| As he gets a glass of juice (along with a crazy straw), Arthur remarks to Pal, "Francine's right, Pal. I '''am''' being punished. I guess I shouldn't have been so happy when she lost her voice."
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| At that moment, Arthur catches D.W. talking out loud to herself, so he runs to Jane telling D.W.'s little secret. Mom doesn't believe him, though, and D.W. is a lot more careful about speaking.
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| Arthur is at Francine's house later, talking with her. Arthur says Francine is also mean. She looks as if she is thinking, and Arthur says "Surely '''you''' can remember being mean at one time." Francine says she was trying to remember. They get a call on the phone, and it is D.W. calling with a bell. After the call is over, Arthur tells Francine what she said. Francine remarks that "it's time for drastic action."
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| Arthur, Buster, Brain, and Francine set up a trap to trick D.W. into speaking. They mute the TV, unplug the phone and do other various things to make everything quiet. D.W. comes in, falling for the trap, and finally screams that she has gone deaf. Mom comes in, and realizes that Arthur was telling the truth. D.W., Francine and Mom leave the room, while D.W. says hello to different things in the house. | |
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| ==Characters==
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| *[[Arthur Read]]
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| *[[Alan Powers|Brain]]
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| *[[Buster Baxter]]
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| *[[D.W. Read]]
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| *[[Francine Frensky]]
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| *[[Emily]]
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| *[[Dark Bunny]]
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| *[[Jane Read]]
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| *[[David Read]]
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| *[[Pal]]
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| *[[Kate Read]](cameo)
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| *[[Maryann]](cameo)
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| *[[Lucy (preschooler)|Lucy]](cameo)
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| *[[Lisa]](cameo)
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| *[[Amanda Hulser]](cameo)
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| ==Trivia== | |
| *As with all [[Season 6|season six]] episodes, the end credits originally featured a remixed version of [[Believe in Yourself]]. Beginning in 2015, the credits were reformatted for reruns and now include the standard version of the song. | |
| *Arthur really shouldn't have been around D.W. as much as he was, as Laryngitis is highly contagious.
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| *It is unknown what happened to D.W. after Jane found out that the former was faking after her voice recovered, but it is very likely that she got grounded for what she did.
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| *The crazy straw seen in one scene is a nod to the episode "[[Arthur's Chicken Pox (episode)|Arthur's Chicken Pox]]."
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| *It is unknown what happened to D.W. after Jane found out that the former was faking after her voice recovered, but it is very likely that she got grounded for what she did.
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| *'''Karma:''' D.W. bribed Arthur, so she got tricked and caught by their mother.
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| *'''Moral:'''
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| **Don't be proud someone is sick for your own personal benefit.
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| **Don’t bribe people to get what you want for your own benefits.
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| *'''Timeline:'''
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| **D.W. loses her voice in this episode. She mentions losing her voice in "Double Tibble Trouble."
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| **This episode took place around May 5, as seen on the calendar.
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| ===Errors===
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| *In reality, Arthur really shouldn't have been around D.W. as much as he was, as Laryngitis is highly contagious.
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| *D.W. says, "Hello, computer!" However, the room she left with Arthur, Buster and Brain still in it housed the family computer. | |
| *In the scene where Arthur and Francine are listening to D.W. on the telephone, Francine's skin color is the same as Arthur's.
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| ===Production notes===
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| *This episode's original title was "The Great Pretender."<ref>[[Media:Dark Bunny modelsheet.jpg]]</ref>
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| ===Cultural references===
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| *The title is a reference to the Ernest Hemingway's {{W|For Whom the Bell Tolls|novel of the same name}}.
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| **The title is similar to [https://dog-man.fandom.com/wiki/Dog_Man:_For_Whom_the_Ball_Rolls "For Whom The Ball Rolls!", A Dog Man Book]
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| **The phrase "for whom the bell tolls" was coined by John Donne in Devotions upon Emergent Occasions in 1624 and originally referred to funeral bells
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| ===Episode Connections===
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| *D.W.'s friend Emily loses her voice in "All About D.W."
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| *D.W. tells her doll that it will need stitches and D.W. needed stitches in [[Attack of the Turbo Tibbles]].
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| ==Gallery==
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| ===Modelsheets===
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| <gallery spacing="small" position="center">
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| Dark Bunny modelsheet.jpg
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| </gallery>
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| ===Screenshots===
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| <gallery spacing="small" position="center">
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| For Whom The Bell Tolls.png
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| For Whom the Bell Tolls Title Card.png
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| DarkBunnymockingD.W..png
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| DarkBunnymockingD.W. (2).png
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| Not_One_Single_Sound.png
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| </gallery>
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| ==References==
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| {{Reflist}}
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| [[Category:Season 6 episodes]]
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