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|storyboarders = [[Robert Yap]]
|storyboarders = [[Robert Yap]]
|titlecard = Kung Fool Card.png
|titlecard = Kung Fool Card.png
|number = 2b|us = October 13, 2009<ref>http://www.ket.org/episode/ARUR%20%20001302</ref>|uk = May 1, 2009<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/programmes/genres/childrens/schedules/2009/05/01</ref>|can = February 24, 2010<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120413104003/http://ww3.tvo.org/program/157024/arthur</ref>|ger = December 10, 2012<ref>https://www.fernsehserien.de/erdferkel-arthur-und-seine-freunde/episodenguide/staffel-13/3906</ref>}}
|number = 2b|us = October 13, 2009<ref>http://www.ket.org/episode/ARUR%20%20001302</ref>|uk = May 1, 2009<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/programmes/genres/childrens/schedules/2009/05/01</ref>|can = February 24, 2010<ref>http://tvo.org/program/157024/arthur - Season 2008, page 1</ref>|ger = December 10, 2012<ref>https://www.fernsehserien.de/erdferkel-arthur-und-seine-freunde/episodenguide/staffel-13/3906</ref>}}{{EpisodeHeader|2|2|13}}
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==Summary==
==Summary==
[[Fern]] helps an elderly neighbor, who was once a kung-fu star, with his household chores.
Fern helps an elderly neighbor, who was once a kung-fu star, with his household chores.
 
==Plot==
==Plot==
Arthur starts the show by saying you think you know someone, but suddenly they do something that surprises you. Arthur gives out two examples: how D.W. liked Mr. Read's green Turkish food to Arthur's surprise the other night, and Mr. Haney who performed the theremin while balancing plates at the faculty talent show. He is about to give a third example, when Fern shows up doing kung fu. Arthur was surprised at Fern being into martial arts. Then she quoted an ancient proverb, bowed, and left. Arthur asked the viewers what that meant. Then he shows them the story.
Arthur starts the show by saying you think you know someone, but suddenly they do something that surprises you. Arthur gives out two examples: how D.W. liked Dad's green Turkish food to Arthur's surprise the other night, and Mr. Haney who performed the theremin while balancing plates at the faculty talent show. He's about to give a third example, when Fern shows up doing kung fu. Arthur was surprised at Fern being into martial arts. Then she quoted an ancient proverb, bowed, and left. Arthur asked the viewers what that meant. Then he shows them a story.


<center>'''Kung Fool'''</center>
<center>'''Kung Fool'''</center>


Fern volunteers to help out a senior citizen named Tony Wu in order to earn her Jr. Explorer's badge. She initially finds him quite boring, but when she tells [[Sue Ellen Armstrong|Sue Ellen]] about helping Tony Wu at school, Sue Ellen shows Fern one of the movies he starred, entitled "Master Wu and the Rebel Monks." After Fern finds this out, she treats him like her kung-fu master. However, he takes this as a joke and asks her to file out letters from fans. She figures it's for her training to become a martial artist, so she does chores around his house with pleasure.
Fern volunteers to help out a senior citizen named Tony Wu in order to earn her Jr. Explorer's badge. She initially finds him quite boring, but when she tells [[Sue Ellen Armstrong|Sue Ellen]] about helping Tony Wu at school, Sue Ellen shows Fern one of the movies he starred, entitled "Master Wu and the Rebel Monks". After Fern finds this out, she treats him like her kung-fu master. However, he takes this as a joke and asks her to file out letters from fans. She figures it's for her training to become a martial artist, so she does chores around his house with pleasure.


He thinks this is a joke, which made Fern disappointed. So he promises her to teach her a little about his form of martial arts in his living room. Fern doesn't understand why she was making him doing simple things like standing up straight and focusing. Fern suggests they go to the park. Tony doesn't want to at first, but soon agrees. While practicing martial arts there, three other people join in to learn Tai-chei.
He thinks this is a joke, which made Fern disappointed. So he promises her to teach her a little about his form of martial arts in his living room. Fern doesn't understand why she was making him doing simple things like standing up straight and focusing. Fern suggests they go to the park. Tony doesn't want to at first , but soon agrees. While practicing martial arts there, three other people join in to learn Tai-chei.


==Characters==
==Characters==
===Major===
===Major===
*[[Fern Walters]]
*[[Fern Walters]]
*[[Tony Wu]]
*[[Tony Wu]]
*[[Sue Ellen Armstrong]]
*[[Sue Ellen Armstrong]]
*[[Doria Walters]]
 
===Minor===
===Minor===
*[[D.W. Read]]
*[[D.W. Read]]
*[[David Read]]
*[[David Read]]
*[[Arthur Read]]
*[[Arthur Read]]
*[[Binky Barnes]]
*[[Binky Barnes]]
===Cameo===
 
*[[Mary (3rd grader)|Mary]]
===Mentioned===
*[[3rd Grade Male Rat]]
*[[3rd Grade Female Cat (Number 2)]]
*[[Kenny]]
*[[3rd Grade Male Rabbit]]
*[[3rd Grade Male Dog (Number 3)]]
*[[Molly MacDonald]]
*[[Prunella Deegan]]
*[[3rd Grade Male Cat]]
*[[Beulah McInnerny]]
*[[Alex]]
*[[Maria Pappas]]
*[[George Lundgren]]
*[[Jenna Morgan]]
*[[Alan Powers]]
*[[Francis Haney]]
*[[Francis Haney]]


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*'''Timeline:''' The "Save Our Sugar Bowl" banner from "Sue Ellen Chickens Out" is still on display outside Sue Ellen's house.
*In the previous episodes of Fern, her mom wanted her to join in an activity, which she is now in another one.
*Some images are in 16:9 very rare for season 1-15 to have that.
===Episode connections===
*Arthur says "you think you know someone, but suddenly, they do something that surprises you." This type of theme is done in some other ''Arthur'' episodes, such as "[[What's in a Name?]]" and "[[Binky's 'A' Game]]."
===Errors===
===Errors===
*When Fern visits Sue Ellen, Sue Ellen was not wearing shoes, but when the video "[[Master Wu and the Rebel Monks]]" concluded, her shoes appear.
*When Fern visits Sue Ellen, Sue Ellen was not wearing shoes, but when the video "[[Master Wu and the Rebel Monks]]" concluded, her shoes appear.
===Cultural references===
*Mr. Read serves [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarma_(food) yaprak dolması]
*Kung Fu means a "skill acquired through training." Along with Wu Shu, meaning "martial art," it is an umbrella term for various {{W|Chinese martial arts|Chinese fighting styles}}, including Tai Chi.
*{{W|Tai chi|Tai Chi}} is short for ''t'ai chi ch'üan, ''meaning "supreme ultimate fist." It is a Chinese martial art that in most forms focuses on fitness and meditation rather than actual fighting.
*Despite Fern wanting to learn Kung Fu (Chinese), her clothes in the fantasy are a {{W|Karate gi|karategi}} suit (Japanese) and a {{W|Mongkhon|mongkon}} headdress (Thai).
*Master Wu in the movie is based on {{W|Bak Mei}}, a legendary shaolin monk. Fictionalized versions of him have appeared in various martial arts movies. He always has huge white eyebrows and a long beard.
*"Go with the flow" was a hippie slogan. Tony Wu mentions learning it in {{W|Berkeley, California|Berkeley}}, which was a major hub for the {{W|Hippie|hippie movement}}.
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===Screenshots===
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