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|ep. name = The Half-Baked Sale | |ep. name = The Half-Baked Sale | ||
|image = The Half-Baked Sale.JPG | |image = The Half-Baked Sale.JPG | ||
| | |season = [[Arthur (season 1)|1]] | ||
|airdate = February 3, 1997 | |||
|prod. code = 12002 | |prod. code = 12002 | ||
| | |prev. episode = [[Arthur's Almost Boring Day]] | ||
|next episode = [[Sue Ellen Moves In]] | |||
|writers = [[Ken Scarborough]] | |writers = [[Ken Scarborough]] | ||
|storyboarders = [[Jean Lajeunesse]] | |storyboarders = [[Jean Lajeunesse]]|number = 20B|titlecard = The Half-Baked Sale Title Card.png}}{{EpisodeHeader|2|20|1}} | ||
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==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
Grandma Thora has made goodies for the bake sale, but Arthur worries about what people will think when they discover her terrible cooking. | Grandma Thora has made goodies for the bake sale, but Arthur worries about what people will think when they discover her terrible cooking. | ||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
Arthur explains (while cleaning the garage with [[D.W. Read|D.W]].) that his [[Thora Read|grandma]] is great, that she helps when people are sick and listens to [[Arthur Read|Arthur]] when he is telling what happened on [[Bionic Bunny]], but that her cooking is really bad; when she announces that she has cookies they both hide behind boxes. | Arthur explains (while cleaning the garage with [[D.W. Read|D.W]].) that his [[Thora Read|grandma]] is great, that she helps when people are sick and listens to [[Arthur Read|Arthur]] when he is telling what happened on [[Bionic Bunny]], but that her cooking is really bad; when she announces that she has cookies they both hide behind boxes. | ||
[[Arthur Read|Arthur's]] parents are going away on a trip to see [[ | The next day, [[Arthur Read|Arthur's]] parents are going away on a trip to see [[Grandpa Dave]]. Arthur's [[Jane Read|mom]] is going through a list of things, the last one is about Dr. Bailey's number, but she forgot where it was. | ||
Grandma Thora reminded her she left it on the fridge, she thanked her for covering, but says she loves nothing better than taking care of them and says she is going to cook them something special [[Arthur Read|Arthur]] & D.W. look surprised. | |||
[[David Read|Arthur's Dad]] says that wouldn't be necessary because he left money for fast-food, but she says that she knows she isn't as good as a cook as him, but says that's because he's a professional and says she is going to experiment. | |||
The next scene she's | The next scene she's one the phone saying she is going to help with something. While she is one the phone she makes lots of mistakes with her special dinner [[Kate Read|Baby Kate]] even gets a sample and starts crying, because it tastes nasty. | ||
Then Arthur & D.W. start coming up with ideas to get out of dinner. D.W. suggests they get sick, but Arthur says then they would be given her chicken soup | Then Arthur & D.W. start coming up with ideas to get out of dinner. D.W. suggests they get sick, but Arthur says then they would be given her chicken soup, then Grandma Thora says it's dinner. | ||
Arthur & D.W. hate their dinner because it looks like | Arthur & D.W. hate their dinner because it looks like a olive loaf and tastes nasty. D.W. suggest to Arthur to smash his food and spread it around his plate so it look like that they ate some. She even tried trading with [[Pal]], but Arthur says not to plus Pal growled at her. Later Arthur and D.W. are watching TV and Grandma Thora gave them burnt pudding. She said that she was on the phone for the PTA fundraiser and Arthur asks if she is doing bingo. Grandma says no bingo this year because she'll be cooking for other people. Arthur and D.W. panic and then Grandma Thora tells Arthur to make signs. | ||
The next day Arthur asks [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] about it, he says it's not that bad, and suggests to tell them it's not for eating, but for exercising or a statue. Arthur says he doesn't think it will work out then Buster says he has no choice, but to tell her the truth about her cooking then Arthur says he is afraid he would say that. | The next day Arthur asks [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] about it, he says it's not that bad, and suggests to tell them it's not for eating, but for exercising or a statue. Arthur says he doesn't think it will work out then Buster says he has no choice, but to tell her the truth about her cooking then Arthur says he is afraid he would say that. | ||
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==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
*[[Arthur Read]] | ===Major characters=== | ||
*[[D.W. Read]] | *[[Arthur Read|Arthur]] | ||
*[[Thora Read]] | *[[D.W. Read|D.W.]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Thora Read|Grandma Thora]] | ||
*[[Sarah MacGrady]] | |||
*[[Nigel Ratburn]] | *[[Nigel Ratburn]] | ||
*[[Buster Baxter]] | ===Minor characters=== | ||
*[[Buster Baxter|Buster]] | |||
*[[Jane Read]] | *[[Jane Read]] | ||
*[[David Read]] | *[[David Read]] | ||
*[[Kate Read]] | *[[Kate Read|Baby Kate]] | ||
*[[ | *[[John Morris]] | ||
*[[Francine Frensky]] (cameo) | ===Background characters=== | ||
*[[Oliver Frensky]] (cameo) | *[[Francine Frensky|Francine]] (cameo) | ||
*[[Pal]] (cameo) | *[[Oliver Frensky]] (cameo) | ||
*[[ | *[[Pal]] (cameo) | ||
*[[Uncle Bud]] (cameo) | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
===Episode connections=== | ===Episode connections=== | ||
*Grandma Thora | *Grandma Thora being a bad cook is completely forgotten in other episodes. | ||
**In "[[Go to Your Room, D.W.]]", D.W. dreams she is eating cookies made by Grandma Thora, but in this episode she hates her cookies. | |||
* | **In "[[Arthur's Chicken Pox]]", Grandma Thora cooks up some treats for the sick Arthur, and he likes them. D.W. was even jealous of him. | ||
**In "[[Arthur's Birthday (episode)]] ", Grandma even offers to bake Arthur his birthday cake. | |||
* | *This episode starts the gag of putting tomatoes in desserts; Buster would repeat it in "[[Buster's Sweet Success]]" when he puts tomato in [[Buster Clusters|chocolate]]. | ||
*Mr. Morris injures his leg again in "[[April 9th]]". | |||
*Mr. Haney's future ancestor is seen during the imagination scene. | |||
===Errors=== | ===Errors=== | ||
*Although Mrs. and Mr. Read leaves the house, her voice can be heard calling the kids to dinner instead of Grandma's Thora's voice. | *Although Mrs. Read (and Mr. Read) leaves the house, her voice can be heard calling the kids to dinner instead of Grandma's Thora's voice. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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