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==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
Sent to her room for an excruciatingly long ten minutes, | Sent to her room for an excruciatingly long ten minutes, D.W. spends the time reliving her tragic childhood, pondering why no one seems to understand her, and planning an escape. | ||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
D.W. doesn't get along well with | D.W. doesn't get along well with Kate as Kate keeps trying to take her toys, and is sent to her room a ten minute time out as a punishment after threatening to pinch Kate when she would not give one of her toys back and for trying to take the toy away from Kate by force. | ||
She thinks that her parents only love Arthur and Kate and is angry that they would ever try to punish her. While waiting for the clock to change, she thinks that time has stopped, and imagines everything as having been frozen into place as she runs around the house, unaware that it's all just in her imagination (while D.W. is running around). | She thinks that her parents only love Arthur and Kate and is angry that they would ever try to punish her. While waiting for the clock to change, she thinks that time has stopped, and imagines everything as having been frozen into place as she runs around the house, unaware that it's all just in her imagination (while D.W. is running around). | ||
Her father snaps her out of her bizarre behavior and is sent back up to her room. D.W. then tells her imaginary friend Nadine about all the horrible things that have happened to her ( | Her father snaps her out of her bizarre behavior and is sent back up to her room. D.W. then tells her imaginary friend Nadine about all the horrible things that have happened to her (Even though these things never have happened to her) such as Arthur getting a cold and how D.W. had to stay up all night and take care of him, fulfilling his selfish requests to avoid him telling their mom on her. | ||
She also "recalls" when she couldn't attend her Aunt Lucy's wedding because her mom made her stay home and work like a slave, and then she told her that they liked Kate better than her. Angry at these false recollections she thinks of ways to run away from home, such as running away to Grandma Thora's by calling a cab. | She also "recalls" when she couldn't attend her Aunt Lucy's wedding because her mom made her stay home and work like a slave, and then she told her that they liked Kate better than her. Angry at these false recollections she thinks of ways to run away from home, such as running away to Grandma Thora's by calling a cab. | ||
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Kate starts cuddling up to D.W. but D.W. recollects how Kate made the day difficult for her, such as causing their mom to notice that D.W. tried to steal a doll from the store, falling asleep while D.W. tried to finish a pony ride in the store, or stealing her dolls. | Kate starts cuddling up to D.W. but D.W. recollects how Kate made the day difficult for her, such as causing their mom to notice that D.W. tried to steal a doll from the store, falling asleep while D.W. tried to finish a pony ride in the store, or stealing her dolls. | ||
However, Nadine points out to D.W. that Kate doesn't mean to do those things because she's just a baby. Then Kate starts hugging D.W. and gives D.W. her rattle | However, Nadine points out to D.W. that Kate doesn't mean to do those things because she's just a baby. Then Kate starts hugging D.W. and gives D.W. her rattle, this makes D.W. realizes that she has been a horrible sister, and was her that was being bad, not Kate. She has been pretty mean to her lately, and apologizes for her behavior. | ||
D.W.'s punishment is finally over and Jane asks if she is ready to come downstairs, but she proceeds to play "Lifeboat", where she saves her dolls from being eaten by sharks. Jane says "suit yourself". When dinner finally comes a while later, Kate is asleep, but D.W. doesn't want to leave her room, having too much fun with her dolls and instead wants to stay five more minutes. | D.W.'s punishment is finally over and Jane asks if she is ready to come downstairs, but she proceeds to play "Lifeboat", where she saves her dolls from being eaten by sharks. Jane says "suit yourself". When dinner finally comes a while later, Kate is asleep, but D.W. doesn't want to leave her room, having too much fun with her dolls and instead wants to stay five more minutes. | ||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
===Major=== | |||
*[[Jane Read]] | *[[Jane Read]] | ||
*[[Kate Read]] | *[[Kate Read]] | ||
*[[D.W. Read]] | *[[D.W. Read]] | ||
===Minor=== | |||
*[[Nadine Flumberghast]] | *[[Nadine Flumberghast]] | ||
*[[Arthur Read]] | *[[Arthur Read]] | ||
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*[[David Read]] | *[[David Read]] | ||
*[[Thora Read]] | *[[Thora Read]] | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*D.W. | *Jane sounded like Cinderella's Wicked Stepmother in one of D.W.'s dreams. | ||
*In this episode, D.W. imagines enjoying Grandma Thora's cookies, but in "[[The Half-Baked Sale]], | *In this episode, D.W. imagines enjoying Grandma Thora's cookies, but in "[[The Half-Baked Sale]]", she doesn't like her cookies. | ||
*The | *The time for D.W.'s time out punishment runs 10 minutes from 4:30 to 4:40, as seen on the clock. | ||
*The workers at the taxi company resemble the cast of the 1978 sitcom, ''Taxi''. | |||
*This episode mentions "[[D.W. Thinks Big (episode)|D.W. Thinks Big]]" and "[[Arthur's Chicken Pox (episode)|Arthur's Chicken Pox]]". | |||
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===Errors=== | ===Errors=== | ||
*D.W. refers to Lucy as her cousin, but Lucy is actually her aunt. | *D.W. refers to Lucy as her cousin, but Lucy is actually her aunt (even though D.W. already mentioned her as Aunt Lucy earlier in the episode when she was saying to Jane that Jane loves the family excluding D.W.). | ||
*D.W. | *In the wedding flashback, the family took the [[David's Catering Van|catering van]], not the [[Reads' Car|station wagon]]; and Grandma Thora did not go to the wedding, because Lucy is Jane's sister and those two women are daughters of Grandpa Dave; and Arthur wore a teal tuxedo, not a blue one. However the flashback never actually happened as D.W made it up. | ||
**It is possible that this episode takes place before that one. | *D.W. tried to steal a doll in one of her flashbacks, but it was a [[Princess Sneeze-and-Wet]] doll. D.W. already had this doll in the earlier episode "[[D.W. the Copycat]]". | ||
**It is possible, that this episode takes place before that one. | |||
* When D.W. fusses with Kate over her doll at the beginning, the voice given to Kate as she whines clearly isn't hers, and actually sounds older. | * When D.W. fusses with Kate over her doll at the beginning, the voice given to Kate as she whines clearly isn't hers, and actually sounds older. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:A to Z]] | [[Category:A to Z]] | ||
[[Category:Arthur episodes]] | [[Category:Arthur episodes]] | ||
