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| {{EpisodeBan|Operation: D.W.!|following the Lance Armstrong doping case from the sister episode}} | | {{Episode_infobox |
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| | |ep. name = Operation D.W. |
| |ep. name = Operation: D.W.! | | |image = Operation D.W.JPG |
| |image = Operation D.W. 2.jpg | | |season = [[Arthur (season 10)|10]] |
| |season = [[Season 10|10]] | | |airdate = May 24, 2006 |
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| |prod. code = 100802 | | |prod. code = 100802 |
| |prev. episode = [[Binky vs. Binky]] | | |prev. episode = Binky vs. Binky |
| |next episode = [[Do You Speak George?]] | | |next episode = Do You Speak George?|writers = [[Stefanie Gignac]] |
| |writers = [[Stephanie Simpson]] | | |storyboarders = [[Jeremy O'Neill]]}}'''Operation D.W.''' is the second half of episode eight of [[Arthur (season 10)|Season 10]]. It aired on May 25, 2006 along with [[Binky vs. Binky]]. |
| |storyboarders = [[Jeremy O'Neill]] | |
| |number = 8b
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| |titlecard = Operation D.W. Title Card.JPG|us = May 24, 2006<ref>http://www.ket.org/episode/ARUR%20%20001008</ref>|uk = November 16, 2006<ref>http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/2006-11-16</ref>}}{{EpisodeHeader|2|8|10}}
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| ==Summary== | | ==Summary== |
| [[D.W. Read|D.W.]] has an ear operation because she can't hear well. | | After a series of ear infections, [[D.W. Read|D.W.]]'s been having some problems hearing. It turns out that she needs to have an operation to remove some fluid in her ears. At first she isn't scared because she doesn't think it's a big deal. When [[Arthur Read|Arthur]] says that she's being brave, she begins to wonder if she really is so brave at all. |
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| ==Plot== | | ==Plot== |
| In the introduction Arthur gives examples of how it helps to be prepared for things. However, he was not prepared for D.W.’s birth.
| | The episode opens up at the preschool, where D.W. can't hear the teacher say that it's time for storytime. Later at her house she can only hear Mary Moo Cow if she turns it up really loudly. D.W. goes to the ear doctor where the doctor says she has fluid in her ears and she has to get an operation to remove it. Arthur starts being nice to D.W. because she is beinng so brave about it. But D.W. doesn't know if she's brave enough. She gets her checkup the day before the surgery and learns a little more about the hospital. On the day of the surgery she doesn't know if she's brave enough. But she realizes it's ok to be scared and goes through with the ioperation. After she gets put to sleep she has a dream that she is a superhero with big ears. When she wakes up, she realizes she was brave enough after all. |
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| D.W. fails to hear Miss Morgan in preschool. At home she has to turn the TV all the way up to hear it. [[Arthur|Her brother]] and Her Father doesnt like it. He notices something is wrong with D.W.
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| D.W. and her Father visit Dr. Tinnitus the ear doctor/surgeon. She discovers that D.W.’s ears are full of gunk. Since D.W. has already had several ear infections that year, Dr. Tinnitus wants D.W. to come back for an operation to insert small tubes into her eardrums so the gunk will flow out instead of clogging the middle ear.
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| At home Arthur is especially nice to D.W. He lets her choose the TV program and brings her cookies. When she asks him why, her tells her that it is because she is being so brave. D.W. did not know that an operation was something you had to be brave about.
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| Mr. Read takes D.W. to the hospital the day before her operation. A nurse examines her and takes a blood sample. She gives D.W. a teddy bear for being brave and D.W. thanks her and tells her dad that they should go. The nurse tells D.W. that she's not done yet and still has to see more doctors.
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| At night D.W. tells Arthur about seeing an anesthesiologist. Both Arthur and her dad give her encouraging words.
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| D.W. dreams about being examined by Miss Morgan and the Tibbles and found to completely lack bravery. The next morning she claims to be able to hear the TV, not realizing that the sound is turned off. Her dad tells her that it is okay to be scared but the operation is necessary.
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| At the hospital the nurse gives D.W. a hospital gown and a “Number One Patient” sticker. Arthur gives her a good luck mark with his lucky pencil. Dr. Tinnitus arrives and she and Mr. Read bring D.W. to the operating room where she is put under anesthesia.
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| During the operation D.W. dreams that she is a superheroine with huge ears who protects a unicorn from a troll.
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| After D.W. wakes up, her parents take her home. D.W. now can hear Arthur whispering and while playing doctor she “discovers” that Arthur has no brains.
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| ==Characters==
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| *[[D.W. Read]]
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| *[[Arthur Read]]
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| *[[Jane Read]]
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| *[[David Read]]
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| *[[Kate Read]]
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| *[[Dr. Tinnitus]]
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| *[[Unknown Female Adult Bear|Nurse]]
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| *[[Ms. Morgan]]
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| *[[Timmy and Tommy Tibble]]
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| *[[Mary Moo Cow]]
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| *[[Bionic Bunny]]
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| *[[Lisa]] (fantasy)
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| *[[James MacDonald]] (fantasy)
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| *[[Liam]] (cameo)
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| *[[Maryann]] (cameo)
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| *[[Sarah]] (cameo)
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| *[[Amanda Hulser]] (cameo)
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| *[[Kyle]] (cameo)
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| *[[Edwin]] (cameo)
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| *[[Emily]] (cameo)
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| *[[Lucy (preschooler)|Lucy]] (cameo)
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| *Baby D.W.'s laugh is actually one of Kate's laughs in a higher pitch. | | *Arthur's lucky pencil from the episode [[Arthur's Lucky Pencil]] appears when Arthur draws a good luck mark on D.W's hand prior to her operation. |
| *This episode is paired with "[[Binky vs. Binky]]," which features [[Vance Legstrong]], a character based on [[Lance Armstrong (guest star)|Lance Armstrong]].
| | *The last part of the prologue of this episode is actually a flashback where Arthur met his baby sister, Dora Winifred. |
| **Reruns of this episode pair are rare in the United States, following the {{W|Lance Armstrong doping case}}.
| | ==Goofs== |
| *The official name for the tubes D.W. gets is {{w|Tympanostomy tube|tympanostomy tubes}}.
| | *In the flashback when D.W. comes home, she smiles and ssays "Boo!" to Arthur. However she is a newborn baby. Newborn babies cannot smile or even speak baby talk. |
| *'''4th Wall Break:''' When D.W. is examined before the operation, the other names on the nurse's clipboard are Nancy Simard, Mario Gailloux, Junian Huang and Rolando Chia. They are people who have worked on either ''Arthur'' or ''Postcards from Buster''.
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| *'''Timeline:''' | |
| **When D.W. turns on the TV the day of the operatation, claiming she can hear the TV loud and clear, despite the fact the sound is muted, the Valkyrian opera singer from Muffy's dream of her falling asleep at the opera in Lights, Camera... Opera! appears on the TV
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| **Arthur's [[Lucky Pencil (item)|lucky pencil]] from the episode "[[Arthur's Lucky Pencil]]" appears again. However, unlike in "[[Sue Ellen Gets Her Goose Cooked]]," where it is a small one in a plastic bag with its shavings, it is a full size one.
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| ===Production notes=== | |
| {{hidden10|Operation D.W.}}
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| ===Cultural references===
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| * Dr. {{W|Tinnitus}} is named for a malfunction of the ear which causes the patient to hear sounds that are not there.
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| ==Home Video== | | ==Home Video== |
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| *[[D.W., Bossy Boots (DVD)]] | | *[[D.W., Bossy Boots (DVD)]] |
| *[[Arthur: Season 10]] | | *[[Arthur: Season 10]] |
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| Operation D.W.JPG
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| Screen Shot 2015-10-18 at 3.43.38 PM.png|"It's a good thing I brought my monster-shrinkervator!"
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| 1008b_01 Newborn DW.jpg|Nothing could have prepared Arthur for this.
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| Screen Shot 2015-10-18 at 3.44.38 PM.png|"Get on your listening ears!!"
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| Screen Shot 2015-10-18 at 3.47.21 PM.png|Dr. Tinnitus
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| 1008b_02 Ear.jpg|Who on "Arthur" has ears like that?
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| Name List 3.JPG|Nurse's clipboard
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| 1008b_03 Nurse.jpg|Nurse
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| Operation_D.W._2.jpg|Number One Patient
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| Dr. T.png|Dr. Tinnitus in surgery uniform
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| 1008b_04 Hug.jpg|We don't see this very often.
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| Be gone evil troll.png|"Nothing's too quiet for Super Ear Girl!"
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| 1008b_05 Examine.jpg|Looking for brains
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| </gallery>
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