Editing The Shore Thing

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{{Episode infobox
|ep. name = The Shore Thing
|image = The Shore Thing 8.jpg
|season = [[Season 5|5]]
|us= October 9, 2000<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20001109024700/http://www.pbs.org:80/wgbh/arthur/tv/2000-10.html#503</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170616021610/https://www.ket.org/episode/ARUR%20%20000503/</ref>
|can=January 10, 2001<ref>http://tvo.org/program/157024/arthur - Season 2000, page 1</ref>
|prod. code = 503b
|prev. episode = [[It's a No-Brainer]]
|next episode = [[The World Record]]
|writers = [[Bruce Akiyama]]
|storyboarders = [[Zoran Vanjaka]]
|number = 3b
|titlecard = The_Shore_thing.png}}
{{EpisodeHeader|2|3|5}}
==Summary==
Arthur and D.W. beg Dad to take them to Aqualand—the coolest water park ever! But Dad knows an even better place—Ocean Zone. The kids explore the ocean and find all kinds of cool sea stuff by the seashore.<!--NO LONGER VERBATIM APPARENTLY <ref>http://www.klru.org/schedule/episode/182574/ ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150110080140/http://www.klru.org/schedule/episode/182574/ archived page])</ref>-->
==Plot==
In the introduction Arthur gives examples of getting something better than what you expected.

Tite Card: Arthur Swims

Arthur and D.W. want to go to an amusement park called [[Aqualand]]. Their dad instead promises to take them to [[Marine World]] which he used to visit as a boy.

Arthur tells his friends about how cool the park looked on his dad’s home videos. In the end, Buster, Binky and Sue Ellen come along with Arthur, D.W. and Mr. Read.

Mr. Read drives to an ordinary beach explaining that Marine World has been gone for years. He tells the kids to form groups and look for “Ocean Zone”.

Brain and Buster find crabs, sea hares, and other aquatic life forms in the tide pools.

The girls look for shells when D.W. is “attacked” by kelp. Sue Ellen meets Mr. Ratburn and sees a dolphin.

Arthur and Binky float to a rock in an inflatable chair. The chair floats away and the tide comes in, trapping them on the rock. Mr. Read rescues them using an air mattress. Then the kids use the mattress to surf on the tide.

In the evening they talk about their adventures and realize that the ocean zone is where they have been all day. They see a beautiful sundown with jumping dolphins.

==Characters==
*[[Arthur Read]]
*[[Buster Baxter]]
*[[Binky Barnes]]
*[[Sue Ellen Armstrong]]
*[[Alan Powers|The Brain]]
*[[D.W. Read]]
*[[David Read]]
*[[Pal]]
*[[Nigel Ratburn]]
*[[Bitzi Baxter]] (cameo)
*[[Mary Moo Cow]] (cameo)
*[[Jane Read]] (cameo)
*[[3rd Grade Male Dog]] (cameo)
*[[3rd Grade Male Rat]] (cameo)

==Trivia==
*Sue Ellen mistaking Mr. Ratburn for a shark could be a reference to the show's intro.
*[[Arthur Read|Arthur]]'s laugh is used from the "[[Buster Baxter|Buster]] Makes Sounds" title card.
*1 screenshot in in 16:9 very rare for season 1-15 to have that.
*'''Timeline:''' [[Sharky]] returns again from [[Arthur's Family Vacation (episode)|Arthur's Family Vacation]].
=== Episode connections ===
* [[D.W. Read|D.W.]] gets scared of kelp tangling her foot, and thinks it's an octopus, similar to her getting scared of octopus in [[D.W. All Wet (episode)|D.W. All Wet]].

=== Errors ===
*When the sun goes down, David's skin briefly changes to the same color as Brain's.
=== Cultural references ===
*Buster mentions {{W|Jules Verne}}'s novel ''{{W|Twenty_Thousand_Leagues_Under_the_Seas|20.000 Leagues Under the Seas}}''. A fantasy shows {{W|Captain Nemo}}.

==Gallery==
<gallery spacing="small" position="center">
0503b 01 Christmas.jpg|Flashback: Best Christmas ever
Untitled 488426.jpg|The city pool.
Untitled 488422.jpg|The city pool.
Marine World 1.JPG|Marine World
Marine World 2.JPG|Marine World
Marine World 3.JPG|Marine World
Marine World 4.JPG|Marine World today.
Death Stare.png|"Oh, Marine World's been gone for years."
Crab.png|Crab
Sea_Hair.png|Sea hares. "Do you think they know Bionic Bunny?"
Ananomy.png|Sea anemones
Sea_Star.png|Starfish. "Sea stars is the preferred term."
Dolphin.png|Dolphin
Lobster.png|Lobster
The Shore Thing 8.jpg|"I was minding my own business and that kelp attacked me."
Hermit_Crab.png|Hermit crab
Urchine.png|Looking for aquatic life.
Untitled 488427.jpg|Swimming to the island
Untitled 488425.jpg
Untitled 488424.jpg
</gallery>

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