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==Characters==
==Characters==
===Main===
===Major===
*[[Sue Ellen Armstrong]]
*[[Sue Ellen Armstrong]]
*[[Mr. Armstrong]]
*[[Mr. Armstrong]]
*[[Mrs. Armstrong]]
*[[Mrs. Armstrong]]
===Major===
*[[Arthur Read]]
*[[Arthur Read]]
*[[Binky Barnes]]
*[[Binky Barnes]]
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*[[Buster Baxter]]
*[[Buster Baxter]]
*[[Francine Frensky]]
*[[Francine Frensky]]
*[[Nigel Ratburn]]
 
===Minor===
===Minor===
*[[Oliver Frensky]]
*[[Oliver Frensky]]
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*[[Millicent Crosswire]]
*[[Millicent Crosswire]]
*[[Mrs. Bofini]]
*[[Mrs. Bofini]]
===Cameo===
===Cameo===
*[[D.W. Read]]
*[[D.W. Read]]
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Before this episode, the intro uses the boing sound in Arthur’s crash.
===Cultural references===
*The mid-show feature for this episode (on [[PBS]] airings in the US) is called "And Now a Word from Us Parents," a one-time special where the parents talk about their children.
*The title is a reference to the 1992 relationship book "''{{w|Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus}}'' by John Gray, Ph.D."
*'''Timeline:''' Binky is worried about embarrassing nicknames. “[[What's in a Name?]]” reveals that his real name is Shelley and that his parents nicknamed him Binky because he was so fond of his pacifier as a baby. Brain, on the other hand, is the only character who is usually called by his nickname, but not by his parents.
*'''Moral:''' Dont humiliatlate kids for your own benefits.
===Episode Connections===
*"[[Fern's Slumber Party]]" also features an Open House at Lakewood Elementary.
*[[Mrs. Drone]] is named for her way of talking, like [[Ms. Tremello]] from “[[Arthur's Substitute Teacher Trouble|Arthur’s Substitute Teacher Trouble]]”.
*Buster refers to the events of "[[Sue Ellen Moves In]]." Two scenes from that episode are shown again.
*[[Prunella Deegan|Prunella]] told the third-graders horror stories about Mr. Ratburn in “[[Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn]]”, but she was telling the truth about Mr. Ratburn usually giving quizzes on open house night.
===Errors===
===Errors===
*In the classroom during the open house, [[Francine Frensky|Francine]] and her parents aren't seen in a wide view of the classroom, but Francine is later seen sitting at a desk beside [[Oliver Frensky|her father]].
*In the classroom during the open house, [[Francine Frensky|Francine]] and her parents aren't seen in a wide view of the classroom, but Francine is later seen sitting at a desk beside [[Oliver Frensky|her father]].
*Throughout, Sue Ellen's father's skin color changes from caramel to a paler color.
*Throughout, Sue Ellen's father's skin color changes from caramel to a paler color.
*When Sue Ellen tells her parents that being normal is boring, her father's eyebrows can be seen switching from brown to black and back to brown in a quick flash.
*When [[Sue Ellen Armstrong|Sue Ellen]] tells her parents that being normal is boring, her father's eyebrows can be seen switching from brown to black and back to brown in a quick flash.
*When [[Mrs. Lundgren]] is taking to [[Mr. Armstrong]] in the cafeteria, her hair is brown instead of black and she has a lighter complexion.
*When [[Mrs. Lundgren]] is taking to [[Mr. Armstrong]] in the cafeteria, her hair is brown instead of black and she has a lighter complexion.
*The central cross on [[Mrs. Armstrong]]'s {{W|Union Jack}} dress is blue, even though it is red on the actual flag.
*The central cross on [[Mrs. Armstrong]]'s Union Jack dress is blue, even though it is red on the actual flag.
*On Amazon Prime Video, this episode is incorrectly titled as "Kids '''A'''re '''F'''rom Earth, Parents '''A'''re '''F'''rom '''Mars'''." The first letter of every word in the title is  capitalized, and "Pluto" is replaced with "Mars."
 
===Cultural references===
===Episode Connections===
*The title is a reference to the 1992 relationship book ''{{W|Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus}}'' by John Gray, Ph.D.
*Buster refers to the events of [[Sue Ellen Moves In]].
*Sue Ellen imagines being asked by Mr. Ratburn who the 6th [[President]] of the United States was. (The answer, as Mr. Ratburn tells her, is {{W|John Quincy Adams}}.
===Production notes===
*Brain made a tribal mask like that of the {{W|Yoruba people}} in West Africa.
*The mid-show feature for this episode is called "And Now a Word from Us Parents," a one-time special where the parents talk about their children.
*Brain's lessons for his parents include the {{W|Pythagorean theorem}} and {{W|Benjamin Franklin}}.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===Screenshots===
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