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==Summary==
==Summary==
There is a virus spreading through Lakewood Elementary! It changes the way everyone behaves and how they treat each other - it's the new nicknames! Can [[Alan Powers|Brain]] stop the virus he created or will everyone be mean to each other forever?
There is a virus spreading through Lakewood Elementary! It changes the way everyone acts and how they treat each other - it's the new nicknames! Can Brain stop the virus he created or will everyone be mean to each other forever?


==Plot==
==Plot==
[[Arthur Read|Arthur]] starts the show by saying to the viewers that mean words can hurt sometimes, and occasionally, one little word can make you feel so rotten, you just want to disappear.
<span id="cke_bm_55S" style="display: none;"> </span><span id="cke_bm_56S" style="display: none;"> </span><span style="display: none;"> </span><span style="display: none;"> </span><span style="display: none;"> </span> Arthur starts the show by saying that mean words can really hurt you, and sometimes one little word can make you feel so rotten you just want to disappear.


<center>'''Nicked by a Name'''</center>
One hot, sunny day when Francine and her friends win a game of soccer against Mighty Mountain, Brain cheers Francine on by calling her Francine the Soccer Queen. Binky asks Brain to give him a nickname, too, which he does, calling him Tall Order.


During a soccer game, [[Francine Frensky|Francine]] scores a goal, and [[Alan Powers|Brain]] says, "Give it up for Francine the Soccer Queen!" Francine likes the nickname, and [[Binky Barnes|Binky]] wants one as well. Brain says that it's "a pretty tall order," and then suggests "Tall Order" to Binky. He likes it, and Arthur also wants a nickname, but Brain denies and goes to the library.
When Brain goes to the library to find a book on advertising, Buster also asks him for a nickname; Brain calls him Bust-A-Gut due to his good sense of humour.


At the library, [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] approaches Brain, who is reading a book on advertising, wanting a nickname. Brain imagines himself in an advertising company and comes up with "Bust-a-Gut". Buster likes his new nickname. Arthur asks for a nickname, but is once again denied by Brain.
Later that day, George goes to Brain's ice cream shop in search of a good nickname. He thinks the nicknames Wally made for him, such as the Dummy Kid, will give people the wrong idea. Brain names him Head Gear, which George likes because he thinks it sounds futuristic.


Later, [[George Lundgren|George]] enters the [[Ice Cream Shop]], and asks Brain if he could have a nickname. After once again imagining about being in an advertising company, Brain nicknames him "Head Gear." George likes it, and he runs out of the Ice Cream Shop, passing Arthur on his way by, who again wants a nickname.
When George exits the ice cream shop, Arthur sees him and goes inside to get a nickname, too, but Brain says he's busy now.


Arthur asks Brain again in the middle of a soccer game, and Brain angrily nicknames him "Average Arthur." Arthur dislikes it, especially when Buster and Binky start making jokes about his nickname later on in the school playground. Brain renames Binky "Stinky Binky," and Buster gets renamed as "Antenna Ears". Francine starts mocking Buster, and Buster responds by calling her "Bossy Boots".
Later, as Arthur and his friends play another soccer game, Brain becomes annoyed by Arthur as he asks again for a nickname. Having trouble thinking of a good name for him, Brain blurts out that Arthur's nickname will be Average Arthur.


Brain has a dream that night where he is in the advertising company again, and everyone is a literal version of their nicknames; Binky floats in a large ball of stink, Francine is a boot, Buster has a TV for a head, and Brain is turned into a real brain, after which he wakes up.
At school, Arthur is by Binky teased because of his nickname, and upon hearing this, Brain approaches and asks Binky how would he feel if he were called Stinky Binky. The negative nickname starts a fast trend, a virus of bad nicknames, when the rest of the gang hears what Brain called Binky and starts making up new unflattering nicknames for each other.


When the insulting nicknames cause distractions during a soccer game, Brain comes up with "cool soccer nicknames" for everyone; Arthur is "Awesome Action Aardvark," Binky is "Barnes-stormer," and Buster is "Eat-My-Dust Buster." Francine stays "Francine the Soccer Queen." Using these names, they are able to win the soccer game.
At the next soccer game, Brain decides to introduce a new nickname virus, and the gang starts calling each other by positive nicknames, including Awesome Action Aardvark, Barnstormer, and Eat-My-Dust, and together they became the Goal-Getters. After the gang wins the game, they try to find a good nickname for Brain because they say he doesn't have one yet. They all begin suggesting possibilities as Brain protests that he already has a nickname, the Brain.
 
Afterwards, Arthur realizes that Brain never got a nickname, and he responds that he already has one: Brain. Everyone then starts suggesting different nicknames as the episode finishes.


==Characters==
==Characters==
*[[Frog (Nicked by a Name)|Frog]]
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*[[Binky Barnes]]
*[[Alan Powers|The Brain]]
*[[Mighty Mountain Player]]
*[[George Lundgren]]
*[[Arthur Read]]
*[[Buster Baxter]]
*[[Francine Frensky]]
*[[Muffy Crosswire]]
*[[Tom Tapir]] (cameo)
*[[Nancy]] (cameo)
*[[Luke]] (cameo)
*[[Fern Walters]] (cameo)
*[[Jenna Morgan]] (cameo)
*[[Alex]] (cameo)
*[[3rd Grade Male Aardvark]] (cameo)
*[[Jack Weasel]] (cameo)
*[[3rd Grade Female Aardvark (Number 5)]] (cameo)
*[[Sam Scarborough]] (cameo)
*[[Mighty Mountain Bowler No. 8]] (cameo)


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*In the U.S., this is the last use of the "Brain Underwater" title card.
The Mighty Mountain Cheerleaders singing "Pass it to Antenna Ears!" might be a reference to [[Arthur and the True Francine (book)]], where Muffy referred to Buster by that name.
*In the opening, when the word "ANNOYING" crawls out of Arthur's sweater, he screams using a stock scream from Cameron Ansell.
*The dramatic music heard when Arthur gets bitten by "pests" in the opening is frequently heard on ''Cyberchase'', another PBS Kids show. This music is also used in the episode Muffy's Classy Classics Club.
*The Mighty Mountain Cheerleaders singing "Pass it to Antenna Ears!" might be a reference to the book, ''[[Arthur and the True Francine (book)|Arthur and the True Francine]]'', where Muffy refers to Buster by that name. Additionally, "Antenna Ears" is Buster's username in ''[[Virtual Goose!]]''
*'''Moral:''' Don't overreact over a name for your own benefits.
*'''Timeline:''' In Brain's dream there are ads for Woogles (“Arthur Rides the Bandwagon”), the Grain Reaper (“Ungifted”), and Might-A-Max energy drinks (“The Secret Origin of Supernova”) hanging on the wall.
===Cultural references===
===Cultural references===
*When Brain has his imagine spots, it's most likely a parody of {{W|Mad Men}}, a show about an ad business in the 1960s. Tom Tapir references the main character Don Draper.
*When Brain has his imagine spot, it's most likely a parody of ''{{W|Mad Men}}'', a show about an Ad business in the 1960s.
 
===Errors===
===Errors===
*In the opening scene, [[Muffy Crosswire|Muffy]] is shown cheering the soccer team on wearing a skirt, but by the end of practice, she is depicted wearing normal soccer shorts like everyone else on the team.
*In the opening scene, [[Muffy Crosswire|Muffy]] is shown cheering the soccer team on wearing a skirt, but by the end of practice, she is depicted wearing normal soccer shorts like everyone else on the team.
*When Arthur enters the ice cream shop, [[Mr. Armstrong]] and [[Sue Ellen]] suddenly appear in line behind him. But in the next shot, they disappear.
*When Arthur enters the ice cream shop, [[Mr. Armstrong]] and [[Sue Ellen]] suddenly appear in line behind him. But in the next shot, they disappear.
*When Lakewood scores, it would not make a difference since Mighty Mountain already had 6 points. However the scoreboard makes it say 10–6.
===Episode connections===
*When Brain turns into a brain, he looks like his brain did in “It’s a No-Brainer”.


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