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| |ep. name = Mei Lin Takes a Stand | | |ep. name = Mei Lin Takes a Stand |
| |image = Mei Lin Takes A Stand.jpg | | |image = Mei Lin Takes A Stand.jpg |
| |season = [[Season 12|12]] | | |season = [[Arthur (season 12)|12]] |
| |airdate = | | |airdate = April 22, 2009 |
| |prod. code = 120802 | | |prod. code = 120802 |
| |prev. episode = [[The Blackout]] | | |prev. episode = [[The Blackout]] |
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| |storyboarders = [[Nick Vallinakis]] | | |storyboarders = [[Nick Vallinakis]] |
| |number = 8B | | |number = 8B |
| |titlecard = Ml6.png | | |titlecard = Ml6.png}}{{EpisodeHeader|2|8|12}} |
| |us = April 22, 2009<ref>http://www.ket.org/episode/ARUR%20%20001208</ref>
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| |uk = April 29, 2009<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/programmes/schedules/east/2009/04/29</ref>
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| ==Summary== | | ==Summary== |
| Binky's baby sister Mei-Lin isn't keen on learning to walk and would rather stick to crawling. | | Binky's baby sister Mei-Lin isn't keen on learning to walk and would rather stick to crawling. |
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| ==Plot== | | ==Plot== |
| At the beginning of the episode, Pal and Kate announce to the viewers that this is Mei Lin's first time to announce the show. Mei Lin says she likes the show, but according to her pie graph, only sixteen percent of the characters are babies. Pal is offended by her saying that "even" pets get more screen time. Kate notes that Mei Lin is cranky, and suggests that maybe they woke her up from a nap. Mei Lin is offended that Kate implied that babies only get grumpy when they are tired and says that Kate is acting like an adult and even walked one time. The babies object to this, and then Pal starts the show. | | At the beginning of the episode, Baby Kate and Mei-Lin are shown arguing about walking o two feet. Mei Lin is very against this and says it is being a traitor to babies. Later in the Read's house, Kate tries to convince Mei Lin to stand however Mei Lin doesn't want to. Arthur and Binky are discissing the babies walking, although obviously cannot unerstand their conversation. |
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| At the Read house, Binky and Mei Lin are visiting. Mei Lin almost walks to play with the TV remote but falls down. Binky is sad that Mei Lin has almost walked five times in a row, but never walked. Arthur suggests maybe she is not ready, as Kate has learned to walk a month ago and is still an awkward walker, crawling most of the time. Mei Lin is looking through some glasses. Kate wants her to walk, but Mei Lin thinks crawling is safer. Pal says you also find more leftovers while crawling and eats a dirty biscuit. He then gets an itch, and while inspecting him, Kate finds the fleas Pepe and Sale. Mei Lin wants the fleas to be squashed, but Kate says no, they are their friends and asks for a story. Pepe starts to tell the story about his long-lost brother, but Kate and Pal have already heard that one, so instead he tells another story.
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| In the story, there was an ancient kingdom where no one walked, everyone crawled. In this kingdom was a rich, lazy princess named Lemini, who was about the same age as Kate and Mei Lin. Princess Lemini asked her servant who was a cat named Meno for a grape. Meno grumbled to himself about having to peel Princess Lemini's grapes. After eating the grape, she called for her best friend, a dog in a jester's outfit named Lap, who entertained her by walking on his hind legs. This was entertaining as everyone crawled in this kingdom, so walking was a novelty. But Meno was jealous of Lap, so he fed him a cursed doggie treat, which turned him into stone. This made Princess Lemini crestfallen. Seeing as no one in town could cure Lap, she went off into the desert. Just as she was running out of milk, Princess Lemini ran across a camel, who was surprised to find a baby in the desert. After Lemini explained about Lap, the camel gave her a ride to a beach, where a doctor named Baba Katie was treating a crab. Dr. Baba Katie listens to Princess Lemini's story and concluded that Lap was under an evil spell. She couldn't cure him, but there was a fruit that could, and it was over the sea, so Princess Lemini set off in a boat. A sea monster came, so the princess had to row. She had never rowed before, but got good at it, and came to the fruit's island. Trouble was it was on top of the mountain, but with all her determination and sympathy for Lap, Princess Lemini managed to climb all night and get the fruit at the top of the tree. Then the branch broke.
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| At that point, the story ends, but the babies and Pal don't like the ending, so Pepe adds more.
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| After the branch broke, a pelican caught Lemini in its beak and flew her back to her palace. The trouble was, Lap was standing up, so Princess Lemini had to stand up too to cure him, but she did. And after standing up, Princess Lemini taught everyone to walk, except for Meno.
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| The story finishes and everyone liked it, but Mei Lin wants to know what the moral was. Pal says the moral was don't trust cats. He is about to ask what happened to Meno, but Pepe and Sale have left. Then Binky and Mei Len leave the Read House. | | Pepe, Pal's flea, then goes on to tell the babies and pal a story. The story is suppose to portray Mei Lin not walking. (It features a princess, dog and cat) The princess in the story finds walking on two legs a silly thing and doesn't walk herself. The Cat then freezes the dog who walks to entertain Mei Lin. The Princess crawls along the desert to find a cure. She finds a Doctor (Kate) who tells Mei Lin of a tree that can help, So Mei Lin sails to it. |
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| That night, Mei Lin finally stands up, and notes that older people are impressed by the little things.
| | A Sea Monster (Arthur) attacks the boat and Mei Lin must row to saftey to the island. When there, Mei Lin climbs the montain to the tree, and gets the magic fruit. Pepe then announces it is the end of the story. However he then remembers to tell them a stalk grabs Mei Lin and carries her back to the Kingdom. However the Princess could not reach to feed the Dod the fruit. She has to stand, and oes so with ease and the Dog comes back to life. The princess loves standing and teaches the whole Kingdom how to, then it is the end. |
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| | Kate then tries to get Mei Lin to stand, but it is time for Mei Lin to leave. When in her cot, Mei Lin finally stands for the first time. |
| ==Characters== | | ==Characters== |
| *[[Mei Lin Barnes]] | | *[[Mei Lin Barnes]] |
| *[[Kate Read]] | | *[[D.W. Read]] |
| *[[Pepe]] | | *[[Pepe]] |
| *[[Pal]] | | *[[Pal]] |
| *[[Sale]] | | *[[Salé]] |
| *[[Arthur Read]] | | *[[Arthur ]] |
| *[[Binky Barnes]] | | *[[Binky ]] |
| *[[Princess Lemini]]
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| *[[Meno]]
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| *[[Lap]]
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| *[[Camel (Mei Lin Takes a Stand)|Camel]]
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| *[[Dr. Baba Kety]]
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| *[[Pelican (Mei Lin Takes a Stand)|Pelican]]
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| *[[Sea Monster (Mei Lin Takes a Stand)|Sea Monster]]
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| *[[Jane Read]] (cameo)
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| *[[Mrs. Barnes]] (cameo)
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| *The main image was wide-screen which is rare for season 1-13 or 15 to have this. | | *"Lap", the name of the Princess's court Jester is Pal's name spelled backwards. |
| *This is Pepe and Sale's second appearance on ''Arthur'', after their debut in "[[Flea to Be You and Me]]".
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| **This is also the first time they meet Sale in person.
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| *'''Moral:''' Dont be picky for your own benefits.
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| *''' 4th Wall Break:'''
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| **[[Mei Lin]] breaks the fourth wall in the intro.
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| **The names of Princess Lemini, Lap and Meno are anagrams of Mei Lin, Pal and [[Nemo]], respectively.
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| ===Errors===
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| *When Mei Lin calls to Binky after Pepe finishes his story with an unhappy ending, the closed captioning displays "Stinky!" instead of "[[Binky]]!"
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| ===Episode connections===
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| *Uncle Slam appeared in a fantasy in “Thanks a Lot, Binky”. He is seen on TV in "The Good, the Bad, and the Binky" and appears in person in the remake of The Great MacGrady (replacing Lance Armstrong, who was written out of the original episode due to Armstrong's real life doping scandal.)
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| === Cultural references ===
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| * Sale communicates by blowing a horn while his brother speaks with an Italian accent. This could refer to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marx_Brothers Harpo and Chico Marx]
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| * The red crescent on Dr. Baba Kety's tent is a symbol of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Red_Cross_and_Red_Crescent_Movement Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement]
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| * The stork carrying Princess Lemini looks like a folkloristic depiction of a stork delivering a baby.
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
| <gallery spacing="small" position="center"> | | {{CollapsingGallery| |
| ml1.png | | ===Screenshots=== |
| ml2.png|Kate Presses a button | | <gallery widths="180"> |
| ml3.png | | ml1.png|Opening |
| ml4.png|Mei Lin's Pie chart | | ml2.png|Opening |
| ml5.png | | ml3.png|Opening |
| ml7.png | | ml4.png|Opening - Mei Lin's graph |
| ml8.png | | ml5.png|Opening |
| ml9.png | | ml7.png|Mei Lin ALMOST walks. |
| ml10.png | | ml8.png|Reeeeaaaaccchhh... |
| ml11.png | | ml9.png|Oops! |
| ml12.png | | ml10.png|"It's like falling...but then you catch yourself..." - [[Kate]] |
| ml13.png | | ml11.png|But Mei Lin likes to crawl! |
| ml14.png | | ml12.png|Itchy! |
| ml15.png | | ml13.png|Look!... |
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| | ml14.png|...It's [[Pepe]]! |
| </gallery> | | ml15.png|...And Sale!! |
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