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|ep. name = On This Spot
|ep. name = On This Spot
|image = On This Spot.JPG
|image = On This Spot.JPG
|season = [[Season 12|12]]
|season = [[Arthur (season 12)|12]]
|can=February 9, 2009
|airdate =  
|prod. code = 120502
|prev. episode = [[The Chronicles of Buster]]
|prev. episode = [[The Chronicles of Buster]]
|next episode = [[The Cherry Tree]]
|next episode = [[The Cherry Tree]]
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|storyboarders = [[Daniel Decelles]]
|storyboarders = [[Daniel Decelles]]
|number = 5B
|number = 5B
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==Summary==
==Summary==
[[Arthur Read|Arthur]] is dismayed to find out that his friends care more about celebrity sightings than local history.
Arthur is dismayed to find that his friends care more about celebrity sightings than local history.
==Plot==
==Plot==
After a history lecture, Arthur prints some images of the famous Native American [[Sitting Bull]] and a tree on the site where Sitting Bull performed in [[Buffalo Bill]]'s Wild West Show. Arthur's friends are not interested, and [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] starts making a tour called the "[[Derek Montaigne]] Tour" after Arthur asks what historic events have taken place in [[Elwood City]]. Arthur and [[Nigel Ratburn|Mr. Ratburn]] pay a visit to [[Seymour Turkel]] (a parody of the famous writer and biologist). Turkel hands a petition to Arthur to make the same tree shown above a memorial. When Buster continues the Montaigne Tour and finds out that Montaigne never visited Elwood City, he hands the tour over to Arthur, who then changes the subject of the tour. By then, Arthur gets even more signatures on the petition.
After a lecture, [[Arthur Read|Arthur]] prints out some images of the famous Native American [[Sitting Bull]] and a tree on the site where Sitting Bull performed in [[Buffalo Bill]]'s Wild West Show. Arthur's friends are not interested, and [[Buster]] starts making a tour called the "Derek Montaigne Tour" after Arthur asks what historic events have taken place in [[Elwood City]]. Arthur and [[Mr. Ratburn]] pay a visit to Seymour Turkel (a parody of the famous author and biologist). Turkel hands a petition to Arthur to make the same tree shown above a memorial. When Buster continues the Montaigne Tour and finds out that Montaigne never was in Elwood City, he hands the tour over to Arthur, who then changes the subject of the tour. By then, he gets more signatures on the petition.
 
==Characters==
==Characters==
*[[Arthur Read]]
===Major Roles===
*[[Nigel Ratburn]]
*[[Arthur Read|Arthur ]]
*[[Buster Baxter]]
*[[Mr. Ratburn|Mr. Ratburn ]]
*[[Buster Baxter|Buster]]
*[[Sitting Bull]]
*[[Sitting Bull]]
*[[Seymour Turkel]]
*[[Seymour Turkel]]
*[[Francine Frensky]]
===Minor Roles===
*[[Muffy Crosswire]]
*[[Francine Frensky|Francine]]
*[[Binky Barnes]]
*[[Muffy Crosswire|Muffy]]
*[[Binky Barnes|Binky]]
*[[Mr. Higgins]]
*[[Mr. Higgins]]
*[[Gus]] (cameo)
===Background===
*[[Sue Ellen Armstrong]] (cameo)
*[[Gus]]
*[[Prunella Deegan]] (cameo)
*[[Sue Ellen Armstrong|Sue Ellen]]
*[[3rd Grade Male Dog (Number 3)|3rd Grade Male Dog]] (cameo)
*[[Prunella Deegan|Prunella]]
*[[Nancy]] (cameo)
*[[3rd Grade Male Dog (Number 3)]]
*[[Otis]] (cameo)
*[[Nancy]]
*[[Mrs. Tibble]] (cameo)
*[[Otis]]
*[[Helen]] (cameo)
*[[Mrs. Tibble]]
*[[Alex]] (cameo)
*[[Helen]]
*[[Matt Damon]] (mentioned)
*[[Mister Rogers]] (mentioned)
==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*In U.S. markets, this is the last ''Arthur'' episode to use the 1992 [[WGBH]] logo at the end of the credits. Starting from "[[The Cherry Tree]]" the logo is replaced with a 2009 [[WGBH]] Kids logo at the end of the credits. This change wouldn't occur until the middle of [[Season 14]] for non-U.S. markets.
*This episode is last time the DVS narrator does not say, "The end."
*'''Moral:''' Don't make fun of celebrities for your own benefits.
*'''Timeline:'''
**Arthur's line, "Actually, it was 123 years ago" indirectly reveals that this episode takes place in the year 2008.
**[[Buster Baxter|Buster]] mentions that [[Fred Rogers|Mister Rogers]] stayed in Elwood City, which occurred in "[[Arthur Meets Mister Rogers]]".
===Episode connections===
*Buster's alter ego "Dusty Buckets" already appeared in a fantasy in "Happy Anniversary".
===Cultural references===
===Cultural references===
*"Buccaneers of the Bahamas, Part Four” refers to Pirates of the Caribbean. In the real world, the fourth “Pirates” movie was released two and a half years after this episode.
*Summer School Musical is a parody of the Disney film [[wikipedia:High School Musical|High School Musical]].
*Summer School Musical is a parody of the Disney film {{W|High School Musical}}.
*Francine and Buster's hover scooters and the year 1885 are both elements in ''{{W|Back to the Future Part II}}''.
*Francine and Buster's hover scooters and the year 1885 are elements in {{W|Back to the Future}}.
*The two dinosaurs in the opening scene are ''Daspletosaurus'' and ''Albertonykus'', with the latter being depicted with feathers to reflect modern information on dinosaurs.
 
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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===Screenshots===
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Troodon.png
Troodon.png
On This Spot.JPG
On This Spot.JPG
Petition 1.JPG
Petition 1.JPG
</gallery>
</gallery>}}
 
==References==
==References==
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