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{{Episode infobox | {{Episode infobox | ||
|ep. name = The Boy Who Cried Comet | |ep. name = The Boy Who Cried Comet | ||
|season = [[Arthur (season 6)|6]] | |||
|airdate = October 22, 2001 | |||
|prod. code = 60501 | |||
|prev. episode = [[Brother, Can You Spare a Clarinet?]] | |||
|next episode = [[Arthur and Los Vecinos]] | |||
|image = Comet.jpg | |image = Comet.jpg | ||
|writers = [[Peter K. Hirsch]] | |writers = [[Peter K. Hirsch]] | ||
|storyboarders = [[Elie Klimos]]<br>[[Zhigang Wang]]|number = 5A|titlecard = The_Boy_Who_Cried_Comet_Title_Card.png}}{{EpisodeHeader|1|book2=[[Arthur and the Comet Crisis]]|5|6}} | |||
|storyboarders = [[Elie Klimos]]<br>[[Zhigang Wang]]}} | |||
{{EpisodeHeader|1|book2=[[Arthur and the Comet Crisis]]|5|6}} | |||
==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
Buster uses Muffy's new telescope to try to prove that the UFOs he's been seeing are real, but discovers something even more frightening: a comet headed straight for Earth! | |||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
Arthur walks through a desolate area. He tells the viewers to imagine they could go to another dimension where teachers are aliens ( | Arthur walks through a desolate area. He tells the viewers to imagine they could go to another dimension where teachers are aliens (Mr. Ratburn appears and pulls his head off, revealing he was an alien), principals who are robots (Principal Haney appears as a robot and explodes) and more UFOs than stars in the sky. He then concludes the intro, saying "Next stop, the Buster Zone." | ||
<p style="text-align:center;">'''The Boy Who Cried Comet'''</p> | <p style="text-align:center;">'''The Boy Who Cried Comet'''</p> | ||
Arthur is at his locker and Fern comes by. She accuses him of oversleeping for 3 reasons: | |||
#He was wearing 2 different colored socks. | |||
#His shirt was on inside out. | |||
#He didn't brush his teeth | |||
She says it was because of a book for detectives, before Buster comes by. He says something is finally happening. Later, at Brain's ice cream shop, he says that while sleeping, he saw aliens come by his house and make a peace sign. He goes on to explain he was in an alien zoo, until he reveals the zoo part was a lie. However, he says he really did se aliens. While his friends don't believe him, he acted so realistically, it was almost spooky. | |||
{{missing|complete plot}} | |||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
*[[Arthur Read]] | *[[Arthur Read]] | ||
*[[Buster Baxter]] | *[[Buster Baxter]] | ||
*[[Fern Walters]] | *[[Fern Walters]] | ||
*[[Alan Powers | *[[Alan Powers]] | ||
*[[Muffy Crosswire]] | *[[Muffy Crosswire]] | ||
*[[Francine Frensky]] | *[[Francine Frensky]] | ||
*[[Sue Ellen Armstrong]] | |||
*[[Binky Barnes]] | |||
*[[Bitzi Baxter]] | *[[Bitzi Baxter]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Nigel Ratburn]] | ||
*[[Mr. Haney]] | |||
*[[ | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* | *The name of the episode is based off of the story of 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf', where a boy claims many times that he sees a wolf and when there actually is one, nobody comes to help him. | ||
*The opening of the episode is a parody of the opening for the show, The Twilight Zone. Arthur refers to the next stop the viewers are about to enter as "The Buster Zone", and is dressed in a similar manner as the host of the original show. | |||
*The Preschoolers are seen at the playground at Lakewood. They were most likely being used as kindergartners. | |||
*The newspaper refers to Buster as "Cat Saver", referring to the name given to him for his actions in "[[Buster Baxter, Cat Saver (episode)|Buster Baxter, Cat Saver]]"; this is odd, as it had since become known that Buster's actions in saving the cat in that episode were not truly heroic. | *The newspaper refers to Buster as "Cat Saver", referring to the name given to him for his actions in "[[Buster Baxter, Cat Saver (episode)|Buster Baxter, Cat Saver]]"; this is odd, as it had since become known that Buster's actions in saving the cat in that episode were not truly heroic. | ||
*The telescope part that Fern picked up appears to be a fastening bolt for the telescope tripod and the telescope, however this part does not appear to be a computer part, so the computer shouldn't have malfunctioned without it. | *The telescope part that Fern picked up appears to be a fastening bolt for the telescope tripod and the telescope, however this part does not appear to be a computer part, so the computer shouldn't have malfunctioned without it. | ||
*When Arthur and Buster pull of their heads, their alien forms are seen. However, Brain's, Fern's and | *The fact that Ratburn pulled off his head to reveal he was an alien in the teaser is a reference to the episode's ending. | ||
*When Arthur and Buster pull of their heads, their alien forms are seen. However, Brain's, Fern's and DW's alien forms are not seen. However, as the screen zooms out to show Arthur-alien and Buster-alien walking out, if the screen is paused at the right time, the viewers can see a yellow alien wearing a pink dress (DW), a purple alien with a white shirt (Brain) and a blue alien with a purple dress (Fern) walking away. | |||
===Errors=== | ===Errors=== | ||
*D.W., the Tibble Twins, and several preschoolers are seen briefly in the background when Buster climbs up the jungle gym. | *D.W., the Tibble Twins, and several preschoolers are seen briefly in the background when Buster climbs up the jungle gym. | ||
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==Home Video== | ==Home Video== | ||
'''DVD:''' | '''DVD:''' | ||
*[[ | *[[Arthur Gets Spooked]] | ||
'''VHS:''' | '''VHS:''' | ||
*[[ | *[[Arthur Gets Spooked]] | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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===Screenshots=== | |||
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The Boy Who Cried Comet 13.jpg|Fern holding the missing telescope part. | The Boy Who Cried Comet 13.jpg|Fern holding the missing telescope part. | ||
Comet.jpg | Comet.jpg | ||
Download (1).jpg | Download (1).jpg | ||
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