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*Two chips that Arthur and Buster find are shaped like Mr. Ratburn and Francine. | *Two chips that Arthur and Buster find are shaped like Mr. Ratburn and Francine. | ||
*Usually it shows the playground outside of Mr. Haney's office and not a woodland. | *Usually it shows the playground outside of Mr. Haney's office and not a woodland. | ||
*[http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/06/what-causes-green-potato-chips-and-are-they-really-poisonous/ Green potato chips are technically poisonous, but a person would have to eat a bunch of them in order for it to do any real damage to them.] | |||
*[http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/06/what-causes-green-potato-chips-and-are-they-really-poisonous/ Green potato chips are technically poisonous, but | |||
*[[James]], [[Edwin]], [[Sarah]], and [[Maryann]] are with [[Mary Moo Cow]] in the [[Magic Christmas|Magic Christmas Special]]. | *[[James]], [[Edwin]], [[Sarah]], and [[Maryann]] are with [[Mary Moo Cow]] in the [[Magic Christmas|Magic Christmas Special]]. | ||
*[[D.W. Read|D.W.]] and [[Binky Barnes|Binky]] refer to each other as "Arthur's sister" and "Big Head Kid" until the end of the episode when they introduce themselves with their real (nick)names. | *[[D.W. Read|D.W.]] and [[Binky Barnes|Binky]] refer to each other as "Arthur's sister" and "Big Head Kid" until the end of the episode when they introduce themselves with their real (nick)names. | ||
*Francine's fantasy in which she practices hockey in orbit around Saturn has her doing it on its rings, as they are made of ice and Saturn itself has no solid surface. But while the dream sequence depicts the rings as solid bands, which is how they appear when viewed from a distance, in reality, they are actually made up of billions of floating ice chunks kept in orbit around the planet by its strong gravity. | *Francine's fantasy in which she practices hockey in orbit around Saturn has her doing it on its rings, as they are made of ice and Saturn itself has no solid surface. But while the dream sequence depicts the rings as solid bands, which is how they appear when viewed from a distance, in reality, they are actually made up of billions of floating ice chunks kept in orbit around the planet by its strong gravity. | ||
*'''Moral:''' Dont believe everything you hear. | *'''Moral:''' Dont believe everything you hear. | ||
=== Episode connections === | |||
* [[D.W. Read|D.W.]] eats the green chip in this episode, and she eats it again during a fairy tale fantasy sequence in [[Just Desserts]]. | |||
* The green chip is mentioned in the next episode, [[Revenge of the Chip]]. | |||
===Cultural references=== | ===Cultural references=== | ||
* Mr. Haney compares Binky to | * Mr. Haney compares Binky to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Whitman Walt Whitman], a famous American poet ("O Captain! My Captain!"). | ||
*Mr. Haney reveals that his lifelong dream is to climb [[Mount Everest]]. | *Mr. Haney reveals that his lifelong dream is to climb [[Mount Everest]]. | ||
*The spacecraft Francine uses to visit Saturn in her dream sequence bears some resemblance to the U.S. Space shuttles. | *The spacecraft Francine uses to visit Saturn in her dream sequence bears some resemblance to the U.S. Space shuttles. | ||
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*[[Emily]] is seen dancing in the ballet recital, and she looks seemingly taller. | *[[Emily]] is seen dancing in the ballet recital, and she looks seemingly taller. | ||
*When Binky refers to Mr. Haney by his first name he calls him Herb, but in other episodes it is seen that Mr. Haney's first name is actually Francis. | *When Binky refers to Mr. Haney by his first name he calls him Herb, but in other episodes it is seen that Mr. Haney's first name is actually Francis. | ||
===Production | ===Production== | ||
* The idea for this episode was inspired by [[Kathy Waugh]] (creative producer and writer for ''[[Arthur (TV series)|Arthur]]'') who, as a child, ate something and feared death because of it.<ref>"That had actually happened to me. It wasn't a potato chip, but I ate something and I thought I was going to die. I thought it was going to kill me, and I worried about it in secret for days and days and days..." - [[Kathy Waugh]] on [https://anchor.fm/jason-szwimer/episodes/EPISODE-3-e149hu4 ''Finding D.W.'' podcast]</ref> | * The idea for this episode was inspired by [[Kathy Waugh]] (creative producer and writer for ''[[Arthur (TV series)|Arthur]]'') who, as a child, ate something and feared death because of it.<ref>"That had actually happened to me. It wasn't a potato chip, but I ate something and I thought I was going to die. I thought it was going to kill me, and I worried about it in secret for days and days and days..." - [[Kathy Waugh]] on [https://anchor.fm/jason-szwimer/episodes/EPISODE-3-e149hu4 ''Finding D.W.'' podcast]</ref> | ||
== Home video == | == Home video == | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
===Screenshots=== | |||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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