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| {{Episode infobox | | {{episode infobox |
| |season= [[Season 16|16]] | | |ep. name = Get Smart |
| |prev. episode= [[Blockheads]] | | |season = [[Arthur (season 16)|16]] |
| |next episode= [[Baby Steps]] | | |airdate = October 18, 2012 |
| |prod. code= 1604a | | |prev. episode = Blockheads |
| |writers= [[Claudia Silver]] | | |next episode = Baby Steps|prod. code = 160401|writers = [[Claudia Silver]] |
| |titlecard= Get Smart Title Card.png
| | |storyboarders = [[Cilbur Rocha]] |
| |storyboarders= [[Cilbur Rocha]] | | }}'''Get Smart''' is the 1st part of the 4th episode of [[Arthur (season 16)|Season 16]]. It aired on October 18, 2012 along with "[[Baby Steps]]". |
| |image = Get Smart.JPG
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| |number = 4a
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| |us = October 18, 2012<ref>http://www.ket.org/episode/ARUR%20%20001604</ref>
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| |uk=April 9, 2013<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/programmes/schedules/2013/04/09</ref>
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| }}
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| {{Cquote|Today, we are going to learn more about our very own Elwood City|[[Nigel Ratburn]]}}
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| {{EpisodeHeader|1|4|16}}
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| ==Summary==
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| A battle begins when Hugo, the new interactive whiteboard, corrects Mr. Ratburn in front of the class.
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| ==Plot==
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| [[Arthur Read|Arthur]] announces the beginning of a match between Mr. Ratburn and the unknown challenger from Cupertino, California. [[Francine Frensky|Francine]] and [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] are shocked to see the challenger, and Mr. Ratburn nervously gulps at the sight of the challenger. Arthur tells the two to have a good, clean match and to shake hands before beginning. | |
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| <center>'''Get Smart'''</center> | | == Synopsis == |
| | Mr. Ratburn's class enjoys [[HUGO]], the new interactive whiteboard that claims to be 100% accurate. However, [[Nigel Ratburn|Mr. Ratburn]] has trouble operating the advanced machine. After the [[Alan Powers|Brain]] provides a brief explanation of how to use it, Mr. Ratburn embraces the high-tech teaching tool; that is, until HUGO corrects him in front of the class. Let the battle of rat vs. machine begin!<ref>http://www.klru.org/schedule/viewProgram.php?id=264867</ref> |
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| After the title card, [[Francis Haney|Mr. Haney]] announces that Mr. Ratburn's class was chosen to test out a new smartboard for two weeks. After Brain helps Mr. Ratburn turn on [[Hugo]], the smartboard, the students ask Hugo several questions. Then, Mr. Ratburn tells the students that he has to read the instruction manual first. Then, Brain offers to help Mr. Ratburn after class, and Mr. Ratburn accepts Brain's offer.
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| [[File:Getsmart - hugo's manual.jpg|Hugo's manual|thumb|right]]
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| After school that day, Brain spends some time helping Mr. Ratburn, and they manage to go through the whole manual. Then Brain sees something in the manual that proclaims Hugo is 100% accurate and he questions how nothing can be 100% accurate.
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| The next day at school, Mr. Ratburn is teaching the class about the early history of Elwood City, including how Elwood City was catapulted into the industrial age by the opening of the first steam-powered sawmill. Hugo says that Mr. Ratburn is incorrect when he mentions that [[Jacob Katzenellenbogan]] opened the first steam-powered sawmill in Elwood City, because Hugo believes that [[Francis Wheaton]] was the one who built it. The class is shocked that Mr. Ratburn was wrong, but Brain isn't convinced.
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| Brain has a dream that night how Pseudo Meta Corporation intentionally programmed Hugo to only be 98% accurate instead of 100%, claiming that most people won't care about a little 2%, which makes Hugo sad. Brain then wakes up from his dream.
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| Over the next few days, Brain does some research at the library about the early history of Elwood City, while Mr. Ratburn keeps trying to prove Hugo wrong at school to no success. While doing research at the library, Brain learns in a Spring 1902 article of the [[Elwood City Gazette]] that Jacob Katzenellenbogan was the one who built the first steam-powered sawmill in Elwood City after all.
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| One morning at school, after Mr. Ratburn fails to prove Hugo wrong with a question about puppetry, Brain comes in with [[Alfred Katzenellenbogan]], the great-nephew of Jacob Katzenellenbogan, proving Hugo wrong with a document that proves that Alfred's great-uncle built the first steam-powered sawmill in Elwood City.
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| Hugo malfunctions after being told by Mr. Ratburn to admit that he isn't 100% accurate, after which the entire class cheers. Mr. Ratburn then asks Alfred Katzenellenbogan if he would mind telling the class about Elwood City in its earlier days, and Alfred is more than greatful to do so. He starts telling the class about the time he visited his great-uncle's sawmill, ending the episode.
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| ==Characters==
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| *[[Alan Powers|The Brain]]
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| *[[Hugo]]
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| *[[Nigel Ratburn]]
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| *[[Alfred Katzenellenbogan]]
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| *[[Arthur Read]]
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| *[[Binky Barnes]]
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| *[[Buster Baxter]]
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| *[[Dave (rabbit)|Dave]]
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| *[[Francine Frensky]]
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| *[[Francis Haney]]
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| *[[Paige Turner]]
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| *[[Technician]]
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| *[[Alex]] (cameo)
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| *[[Carlos (pen pal)|Carlos]] (pictured,cameo)
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| *[[Fern Walters]] (cameo)
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| *[[Francis Wheaton]] (pictured,cameo)
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| *[[George Lundgren]] (cameo)
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| *[[Jacob Katzenellenbogan]] (pictured)
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| *[[Maria Pappas]] (cameo)
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| *[[Muffy Crosswire]] (cameo)
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| *[[Prunella Deegan]] (cameo)
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| *[[Vladimir and Estragon]] (cameo)
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| *[[Sue Ellen Armstrong]] (cameo)
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| ==Songs==
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| *"[[Daisy Bell]]"
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| ==Trivia==
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| *In Korean, this episode is titled "인공지능 칠판", which translates to "Artificial intelligence (black)board."
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| *The statement "Today, we are going to learn more about our very own [[Elwood City]]" was also used in [[Buster's Book Battle]].
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| *'''4th Wall break:''' When Hugo starts up, for a split second, you can see a photo of ''Arthur'' director [[Greg Bailey]].
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| *'''Timeline:'''
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| **The [[Bolivia]] postcard from Sue Ellen's old journal from "[[April 9th]]" can be briefly seen as one of the photos right after Brain turns on Hugo.
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| **Mr. Ratburn still has [[Vladimir and Estragon]] from "[[Cents-less]]."
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| *'''Moral:''' Dont expoilt robots for your own benefits.
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| ===Episode connections===
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| *This episode's plot is similar to "[[Mr. Alwaysright]]," where Buster continuously tries to prove Brain wrong. However, this time, it is Brain who is trying to prove Hugo wrong.
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| ===Errors===
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| *When Brain is printing out a copy of the Elwood City Gazette at the library, his white shirt collar temporarily turns yellow.
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| ===Cultural references=== | |
| *This episode is set in 2012, as "cymotrichous" was the winning word of the 2011 national spelling bee, and Mr. Ratburn says it was the winning word of last year's national spelling bee.
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| **It also aired in 2012.
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| *When Mr. Ratburn asks Hugo a question about poetry, music similar to the music theme from ''Who Wants to be a Millionare'' plays in the background.
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| *The episode has a simliar premise to [https://theloudhouse.fandom.com/wiki/The_Loud_Cloud The Loud Cloud] from ''The Loud House'' and [https://theloudhouse.fandom.com/wiki/I,_Breakfast_Bot I, Breakfast Bot] from ''{{W|The Casagrandes}}.
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| *[[Hugo]] is a reference to the supercomputer HAL-9000 from ''{{W|2001: A Space Odyssey}}''. In fact, both computers sing the 'Daisy Bell' song when they break down.
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| **In Brain's dream segment, one of the scientists in the lab testing on Hugo is referred to as [[Dave (rabbit)|Dave]], which is the name of a main character in ''2001: A Space Odyssey''.
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| *The title is a reference to the television show ''{{W|Get Smart}}''. The word "smart" also refers to high-tech gagdets.
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| *In the cold open of the episode, "the challenger" is said to originate from Cupertino, California, the real location of {{W|Apple Computers}}'s headquarters.
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| Getsmart_-_arthur_suit.jpg
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| Karagöz and Hacivat.jpg
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| Getsmart -elwood swamp.jpg
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| Getsmart -brain pinch the earth.jpg
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| Getsmart - you wouldn't like maria when she's angry.jpg
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| Getsmart - some things can still only be found in books.jpg
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| Getsmart - saw mill.jpg
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| Getsmart - ratburn's house.jpg
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| Getsmart - ratburn nightgown and the fish.jpg
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| Getsmart - pyramids.jpg
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| Getsmart - pseudo meta logo hugo screen.jpg
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| Getsmart - pseudo meta conversation.jpg
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| Getsmart - pseudo meta lab.jpg
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| Getsmart - prunella and fern.jpg
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| Getsmart - may i.jpg
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| Getsmart - logging industry.jpg
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| Getsmart - jacob katzenellenbogan.jpg
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| Getsmart - library.jpg
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| Getsmart - it's just wonderful to see someone researching the old-fashioned way.jpg
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| Getsmart - hugo's manual.jpg
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| Getsmart - hugo's instructions.jpg
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| Getsmart - hugo startup - taj mahal.jpg
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| Getsmart - hugo startup - something.jpg
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| Getsmart - hugo startup - siberian tigers.jpg
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| Getsmart - hugo startup - music sheets.jpg
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| Getsmart - hugo startup - ice cream.jpg
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| Getsmart - hugo startup - foot.jpg
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| Getsmart - hugo startup - emc2.jpg
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| Getsmart - hugo startup - carlos postcard.jpg
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| Getsmart - hugo 5 percent.jpg
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| Getsmart - francine coat.jpg
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| Getsmart - evil laugh.jpg
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| Getsmart - elwood city map.jpg
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| Getsmart - elwood city gazette.jpg
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| Getsmart - dave.jpg
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| Getsmart - composite image of class hearing haney read hugo's instructions.jpg
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| Getsmart - buster suit.jpg
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| Getsmart - brain sleeping clothes.jpg
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| Getsmart - brain can stay.jpg
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| Get Smart.JPG
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| </gallery>
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| | == Trivia == |
| | * The title is a reference to the television show ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Smart Get Smart]''. |
| | ** "Smart" also refers to high-tech devices. |
| | * HUGO is a reference to the supercomputer HAL-9000 from ''2001: A Space Odyssey''. Both computers sing the 'Daisy Bell' song when they break down. |
| ==References== | | ==References== |
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