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| |ep. name = That's a Baby Show! | | |ep. name = That's a Baby Show! |
| |image = Luvvy duckys.PNG | | |image = Luvvy duckys.PNG |
| |season = [[Season 4|4]] | | |season = [[Arthur (season 4)|4]] |
| |us = October 18, 1999<ref>http://www.ket.org/episode/ARUR%20%20000410/</ref> | | |airdate = November 8, 1999 |
| |prev. episode = [[My Music Rules]] | | |prev. episode = [[My Music Rules]] |
| |next episode = [[Arthur and the Big Riddle]] | | |next episode = [[Arthur and the Big Riddle]] |
| |can = January 17, 2000<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20130719100407/http://ww3.tvo.org/program/157024/arthur/#1997</ref> | | |prod. code = 41002 |
| |writers = [[Joe Fallon]] | | |writers = [[Joe Fallon]] |
| |storyboarders = [[Robert Yap]] | | |storyboarders = [[Robert Yap]]|number = 10B|titlecard = That%27s_a_Baby_Show!_Title_Card.png}}{{EpisodeHeader|2|10|4}} |
| |number = 10B | | ==Summary== |
| |titlecard = That's a Baby Show! Title Card.png | | Arthur is embarrassed to admit that he's hooked on a new TV show that's really for younger kids. |
| }}{{EpisodeHeader|2|10|4}} | | ==Plot== |
| | Arthur learns from [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] and [[Francine Frensky|Francine]] about a new show called ''[http://arthur.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Bunny Dark Bunny]''. Eagerly he goes home to see it, only to find [[D.W. Read|D.W.]] already watching "[[Mary Moo Cow]]". |
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| | As Mary Moo Cow ends, Arthur is about to change the television to the channel on which Dark Bunny airs, but instead ends up watching "[[The Love Ducks]]", which according to D.W. is a "baby show". Arthur is intrigued by it because it's "weird". |
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| | Arthur watches The Love Ducks every day instead of Dark Bunny, and, as a result, has difficulty discussing Dark Bunny in any depth with his friends. One day, Buster and Francine see him watching The Love Ducks, and Francine tells everyone about it. |
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| | When Buster happens to see The Love Ducks on a television set in a store window, he likes what he sees, and goes to buy a Love Ducks CD. Arthur and his friends gather at his house to watch the show with [[Kate Read|Baby Kate]]. All his friends, even Francine, admit to being fans of "The Love Ducks" because of its strangeness. |
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| ==Summary==
| | *Arthur Read |
| [[Arthur Read|Arthur]] is embarrassed to admit that he's hooked on a new TV show that's really targeted for younger kids.
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| | *Buster Baxter |
| The show starts with Mary Moo Cow singing about fun Arthur cuts her off and blames it on [[D.W. Read|D.W.]]. He says this is where he talks. D.W. is tired of him talking and wants to hear from someone new. Arthur stops her, saying Mary Moo Cow is a baby show. She says she loves it and everyone will love it. Arthur cues the show saying "That's a baby show!"
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| After the title card, Arthur learns from [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] and [[Francine Frensky|Francine]] about a new show called ''[[Dark Bunny]]''. Eagerly he goes home to see it, only to find [[D.W. Read|D.W.]] already watching "[[Mary Moo Cow]]". D.W. hears Arthur will watch Dark Bunny soon and tells him she watched an episode and it scared her, and Mom doesn't want her to be scared.
| | *Francine Frensky |
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| As Mary Moo Cow ends, Arthur is about to change the television to the channel on which Dark Bunny airs, but instead ends up watching [[Love Ducks]], which according to D.W. is a "baby show". Arthur is intrigued by it because it's "weird."
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| Arthur watches Love Ducks every day instead of Dark Bunny, and, as a result, has difficulty discussing Dark Bunny in any depth with his friends. One day, Buster and Francine discover that he was watching Love Ducks, and Francine tells everyone about it.
| | *D.W. Read |
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| When Buster happens to see Love Ducks on a television set in a store window, he likes what he sees, and goes to buy a Love Ducks CD. Arthur and his friends gather at his house to watch the show with [[Kate Read|Baby Kate]]. All his friends, even Francine, admit to being fans of "Love Ducks" because of its strangeness.
| | *Jane Read |
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| ==Characters==
| | *Nigel Ratburn |
| ===Major===
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| *[[Arthur Read]] | |
| *[[Buster Baxter]]
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| *[[Francine Frensky]]
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| ===Minor===
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| *[[D.W. Read]]
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| *[[Muffy Crosswire]]
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| *[[Mary Moo Cow]]
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| *[[Jane Read]]
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| *[[Nigel Ratburn]]
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| *[[Binky Barnes]]
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| *[[Alan Powers|The Brain]]
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| *[[Catherine Frensky]]
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| *[[George Lundgren]]
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| *[[Prunella Deegan]]
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| *[[Sue Ellen Armstrong]]
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| ===Cameo===
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| *[[Kenny]]
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| *[[Ms. Morgan]]
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| *[[Alex]]
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| *[[Maria Pappas]]
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| *[[3rd Grade Female Aardvark]]
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| *[[3rd Grade Male Rat]]
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| *[[3rd Grade Female Cat (Number 2)]]
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| *[[3rd Grade Male Rabbit]]
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| *[[John]]
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| *[[Helen]]
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| *[[Fern Walters]]
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| *[[3rd Grade Male Dog]]
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| *[[Jessica Simmons|Jessica]]
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| *[[Beulah McInnerny]]
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| === Mentioned ===
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| *[[Bionic Bunny]]
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| *[[Dark Bunny]]
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| *It is revealed that Francine actively watches the Love Ducks. | | *George admits he has been watching the Love Ducks for the past year. |
| *It is revealed that Buster has a baby cousin.
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| *This was the last episode to receive a Dutch dub before RTL 4 cancelled the show along with the rest of their children's Programming in 2001.
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| *This is the last episode before the CINAR scandal. It aired 5 months before the scandal began.
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| *This is the last {{Arthur}} episode aired in the 1990s.
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| * This is the last episode written by Joe Fallon due to his departure.
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| * This is the last episode where [[Luke Reid]] voices Brain due to him reaching puberty after Season 2.
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| *It has been revealed that [[George Lundgren]] was watching the Love Ducks for the past year.
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| *When Buster and Francine leave Arthur's house, the [[Spooky Poo]] theme song can be heard.
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| *This episode reveals that Buster and Brain hate Mary Moo Cow as much as Arthur does.
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| *'''Timeline:''' Before [[Buster's New Friend (episode)|Buster's New Friend]] as [[D.W. Read|D.W.]] mispronounces [[Bionic Bunny]]'s name, despite saying it correctly in "[[Buster's New Friend (episode)|the aforementioned episode]]."
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| *'''Moral:''' Don't judge a show just because it's for babies for your own personal benifit, because you'll ruin their viewing experience.
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| ===Cultural references=== | | ===Cultural references=== |
| *Love Ducks is a parody of ''{{W|Teletubbies}}'' (like ''Arthur'', also owned by [[WildBrain]] as of 2013), and Dark Bunny is a parody of ''{{W|Batman: The Animated Series}}''. The scene transitions featuring the Dark Bunny logo zooming in and out reference the zooming Batman logo transitions from the 1960s live-action ''Batman'' TV series. | | *The book D.W. came in with, "The Red Dog" could be a reference to Clifford the Big Red Dog and the book was first shown in the episode [[D.W.'s Library Card (episode)]] |
| *Several pieces of classical music are heard in the Love Ducks.
| | *Love Ducks is a parody of Teletubbies, and Dark Bunny is a parody of Batman. |
| *Francine mentions ''The Nutcracker Suite''.
| | *When Buster and Francine leave Arthur's house, the Spooky Poo theme song can be heard. |
| ===Production notes===
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| *This is the last episode in which John Nestorowich is the recording engineer.
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| *This is the last episode in which Jean-Christophe Verbert is the re-recording engineer.
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| ===Episode connections===
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| *The book ''[[The Red Dog]]'' is first shown in the episode "[[D.W.'s Library Card (episode)|D.W.'s Library Card]]."
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| *When [[D.W. Read|D.W.]] mispronounces [[Bionic Bunny]]'s name, this can be similar to her mispronouncing [[Mr. Ratburn]]'s name in [[The Rat Who Came to Dinner]]. | |
| *[[Love Ducks]] is mentioned again in "[[The Secret Life of Dogs and Babies]]."
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| ==Home Video== | | ==Home Video== |
| '''VHS:''' | | '''VHS:''' |
| *[[Arthur Goes to Hollywood (VHS)|Arthur Goes to Hollywood]] | | *[[Arthur Goes To Hollywood]] |
| '''DVD:''' | | '''DVD:''' |
| *[[Arthur's Music Jamboree]] | | *[[Arthur's Music Jamboree]] |
| *[[Arthur Goes to Hollywood (DVD)|Arthur Goes to Hollywood]] | | *[[Arthur Goes To Hollywood]] |
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
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| | ===Screenshots=== |
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| ==References==
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