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|ep. name = The Fright Stuff | |ep. name = The Fright Stuff | ||
|image = Arthur and pumpkin head.png | |image = Arthur and pumpkin head.png | ||
|season = [[ | |season = [[Arthur (season 4)|4]] | ||
|code = 66A | |code = 66A | ||
|prev. episode = [[Buster's Breathless]] | |prev. episode = [[Buster's Breathless]] | ||
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|storyboarders = [[Jeremy O'Neill]] | |storyboarders = [[Jeremy O'Neill]] | ||
|number = 3B | |number = 3B | ||
|titlecard = | |titlecard = The_Fright_Stuff_Title_Card.png | ||
|us = October 7, 1999<ref>http://www. | |us = October 7, 1999<ref>http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/arthur/episode-6-season-4/the-fright-stuff/194495/</ref> | ||
|uk = August 1, 2001<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150409040512/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0085fp5/arthur-series-5-3-buster-and-breathlessthe-fright-stuff</ref> | |uk = August 1, 2001<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150409040512/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0085fp5/arthur-series-5-3-buster-and-breathlessthe-fright-stuff</ref> | ||
|can = January 19, 2000<ref> | |can = January 19, 2000<ref>http://tvo.org/program/157024/arthur - Season 1999</ref>}} | ||
{{EpisodeHeader|2|3|4}} | {{EpisodeHeader|2|3|4}} | ||
==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
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Muffy also says the boys will be her "extra special" guests, due to a prank the boys pulled on her on April Fool's Day. The party will be held in Castle Manor, which is supposedly haunted (which is why the party is being held there). | Muffy also says the boys will be her "extra special" guests, due to a prank the boys pulled on her on April Fool's Day. The party will be held in Castle Manor, which is supposedly haunted (which is why the party is being held there). | ||
Arthur and the other three boys decide to turn the tables on the girls. They come up with several prank ideas centered around popular tales (''The Tell-Tale Heart'', ''The War of the Worlds'', and ''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow''), but they can't decide on which one to do. | Arthur and the other three boys decide to turn the tables on the girls. They come up with several prank ideas centered around popular tales (''The Tell-Tale Heart'', ''The War of the Worlds'', and ''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow''), but they can't decide on which one to do. | ||
Meanwhile, the girls come up with a prank that involves glow-in-the-dark balloons and a tape recorder in Castle Manor's upstairs library. The lights unexpectedly turn off by themselves after the girls rehearse their trick on the boys by scaring their pants off. Muffy tells Francine that she will tell her father about the lights requiring a repair. | Meanwhile, the girls come up with a prank that involves glow-in-the-dark balloons and a tape recorder in Castle Manor's upstairs library. The lights unexpectedly turn off by themselves after the girls rehearse their trick on the boys by scaring their pants off. Muffy tells Francine that she will tell her father about the lights requiring a repair. | ||
Ultimately, Arthur comes up with a prank that involves Binky wearing a pumpkin head and crab claws and standing behind a curtain, so when the girls see his shadow (courtesy of Buster with a flashlight) making eerie sounds (performed by Brain), they will play a trick on the girls at the party. The boys agree to use Arthur's idea. | Ultimately, Arthur comes up with a prank that involves Binky wearing a pumpkin head and crab claws and standing behind a curtain, so when the girls see his shadow (courtesy of Buster with a flashlight) making eerie sounds (performed by Brain), they will play a trick on the girls at the party. The boys agree to use Arthur's idea. | ||
During the party, the girls make a plan about playing their trick on the boys after Ms. McWord reads her own story. The girls introduce Ms. McWord's storytelling to the party attendants. Meanwhile, Arthur tells Buster and Brain they can set up in the upstairs library (which is where Francine and Muffy are doing their prank). However, Binky is nowhere to be seen. | During the party, the girls make a plan about playing their trick on the boys after Ms. McWord reads her own story. The girls introduce Ms. McWord's storytelling to the party attendants. Meanwhile, Arthur tells Buster and Brain they can set up in the upstairs library (which is where Francine and Muffy are doing their prank). However, Binky is nowhere to be seen. | ||
A child in a sheet and wearing a pumpkin shows up at the punch bowl next to Arthur, who assumes that the child is Binky. Arthur tells him to go up to the library to meet up with Buster and Brain. | A child in a sheet and wearing a pumpkin shows up at the punch bowl next to Arthur, who assumes that the child is Binky. Arthur tells him to go up to the library to meet up with Buster and Brain. | ||
The girls tell Arthur he will miss out on Ms. McWord's | The girls tell Arthur he will miss out on Ms. McWord's storytelling, but he talks them into coming up to the library. The girls try to play their trick on Arthur, but Muffy discovers that the tape recorder is missing when Francine asks her about the wait. Suddenly, the pumpkin-head kid appears in front of them and then vanishes. Both of the girls scream as they flee from the library. | ||
Francine and Muffy are upset and accuse Arthur of stealing their prank, but Arthur calls for the boys to come out. Buster and Brain arrive and tell Arthur that their trick has been moved to the playroom because the library was locked. | Francine and Muffy are upset and accuse Arthur of stealing their prank, but Arthur calls for the boys to come out. Buster and Brain arrive and tell Arthur that their trick has been moved to the playroom because the library was locked. | ||
Arthur points out that their trick went perfectly, but Brain says they did not do it. Buster points out that balloons and a tape recorder (from Francine and Muffy's prank) were in there, but Francine did not move them. The pumpkin-head child appears, and Arthur asks for an explanation. | Arthur points out that their trick went perfectly, but Brain says they did not do it. Buster points out that balloons and a tape recorder (from Francine and Muffy's prank) were in there, but Francine did not move them. The pumpkin-head child appears, and Arthur asks for an explanation. | ||
Suddenly, Binky enters in a cyclops costume. He apologizes for being late because he walked into the refrigerator and broke his pumpkin | Suddenly, Binky enters in a cyclops costume. He apologizes for being late because he walked into the refrigerator and broke his pumpkin. Arthur is now bewildered. After asking "Binky, if you just got here..." Arthur turns to the pumpkin-head child and finishes with "then, who is-?" | ||
When the boys and girls both look down and see that the pumpkin-head child is floating off the ground, the gang realizes that the pumpkin-head child is | When the boys and girls both look down and see that the pumpkin-head child is floating off the ground, the gang realizes that the pumpkin-head child is really a ghost. | ||
The children run downstairs and | The children run downstairs and try to explain what happened, but Ed does not listen and scolds them about playing tricks. In the attic, the ghost turns out to be a little girl's ghost who was only trying to attend the party until she got caught up in the pranks. | ||
Her father's ghost also scolds her for pulling pranks, but subsequently says that there are better ways to have fun at the party. | Her father's ghost also scolds her for pulling pranks, but subsequently says that there are better ways to have fun at the party. This episode ends with the gang putting off their pranks. At that moment, George gives a compliment to the girl about her costume without being aware that she is a real ghost. The ghost girl and her parents secretly attend the party by concealing their actual appearances of being real ghosts. | ||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
Major Characters | |||
*[[Arthur Read]] | *[[Arthur Read]] | ||
*[[Buster Baxter]] | *[[Buster Baxter]] | ||
*[[Alan Powers | *[[Alan Powers]] | ||
*[[Binky Barnes]] | *[[Binky Barnes]] | ||
*[[Muffy Crosswire]] | *[[Muffy Crosswire]] | ||
*[[Francine Frensky]] | *[[Francine Frensky]] | ||
Minor Characters | |||
*[[Ed Crosswire]] | *[[Ed Crosswire]] | ||
*[[Ms. McWord]] | *[[Ms. McWord]] | ||
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*[[George Lundgren]] | *[[George Lundgren]] | ||
*[[Jenna Morgan]] | *[[Jenna Morgan]] | ||
* | * ghost girl | ||
* | * ghost father | ||
* | * ghost mother | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*It is a Halloween-themed episode | *It is a Halloween-themed episode. | ||
*Skull transitions are shown with a | *Skull transitions are shown with a Jack-O-Lantern laughing sound effect. | ||
===Cultural references=== | ===Cultural references=== | ||
*The title is probably a pun on the title of the movie ''{{W|The Right Stuff}}''. | *The title is probably a pun on the title of the movie ''{{W|The Right Stuff}}''. | ||
*Buster's idea | *Buster's idea was based on {{W|H. G. Wells}}' novel ''[[The War of the Worlds]]''. | ||
*Brain's plan | *Brain's plan was based on [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s short story "{{w|The Tell-Tale Heart}}". | ||
*Binky's plan | *Binky's plan was based on {{W|Washington Irving}}'s short story "[[The Legend of Sleepy Hollow]]". | ||
==Home Video== | ==Home Video== | ||
'''VHS:''' | '''VHS:''' | ||
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*[[Arthur's Scary Stories (DVD)|Arthur's Scary Stories]] | *[[Arthur's Scary Stories (DVD)|Arthur's Scary Stories]] | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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===Screenshots=== | |||
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Headlesshorseman.png | Headlesshorseman.png | ||
Waroftheworlds.png | Waroftheworlds.png | ||
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Castle manor main room 1.png|Part of the main room | Castle manor main room 1.png|Part of the main room | ||
Castle manor main room 2.png|Another part of the main room | Castle manor main room 2.png|Another part of the main room | ||
Halloween Party.JPG | Halloween Party.JPG | ||
Castle manor main room.png|An overhead view of the main room | Castle manor main room.png|An overhead view of the main room | ||
Castle manor upstairs hallway.png|The upstairs hallway | Castle manor upstairs hallway.png|The upstairs hallway | ||
King Ed.jpg | King Ed.jpg | ||
Castle manor attic.png|The attic | Castle manor attic.png|The attic | ||
Ghostfamilycostumes.jpg | Ghostfamilycostumes.jpg | ||
Ghostgirlandgeorge.jpg | Ghostgirlandgeorge.jpg | ||
The Fright Stuff.JPG | The Fright Stuff.JPG | ||
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TheFrightStuff3.jpg | TheFrightStuff3.jpg | ||
TheFrightStuff2.jpg | TheFrightStuff2.jpg | ||
TheFrightStuff1.jpg | TheFrightStuff1.jpg | ||
</gallery> | </gallery>}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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