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|next episode = [[The Buster Report]]
|next episode = [[The Buster Report]]
|writers = [[Raye Lankford]]
|writers = [[Raye Lankford]]
|storyboarders = [[Daniel Miodini]]|number = 1a|titlecard2 = TWD Intertitle.png|us = October 11, 2010<ref>http://www.ket.org/episode/ARUR%20%20001401</ref>
|storyboarders = [[Daniel Miodini]]|number = 1A|titlecard2 = TWD Intertitle.png|us = October 11, 2010<ref>http://www.ket.org/episode/ARUR%20%20001401</ref>
|uk = January 6, 2011<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/programmes/schedules/2011/01/06</ref>
|uk = January 6, 2011<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/programmes/schedules/2011/01/06</ref>
|aus = October 8, 2010{{cite}}
|aus = October 8, 2010{{cite}}
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==Summary==
==Summary==
[[Brain]] is put in a wheelchair after a leg injury and copes with the encouragement of [[Lydia]], a handicapped girl who uses a wheelchair too.
Brain is put in a wheelchair after a leg injury and copes with the encouragement of Lydia, a handicapped girl who uses a wheelchair.


==Plot==
==Plot==
[[Alan Powers|Brain]] suffers a leg injury, and also sprains his ankle, while practicing for a basketball game against the [[Mighty Mountain Elementary School|Mighty Mountain]] team. The incident occurred when [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] tossed a banana peel into the trash, but it accidentaly missed the trash can and landed on the floor, causing Brain to slip on it when he wasn't looking.
[[Alan Powers|Brain]] suffers a leg injury, and also sprains his ankle, while practicing for a basketball game against the [[Mighty Mountain Elementary School|Mighty Mountain]] team. The injury occurred when Buster accidentally tossed a banana peel into the trash, but it missed the trash can and landed on the ground, causing Brain to slip on it.


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He is then in a wheelchair and has difficulty coping with it until he meets [[Lydia Fox|Lydia]], who is also in a wheelchair because she was born unable to walk.
 
After the title card, Brain is then placed in a wheelchair at the hospital. He has difficulty coping with it, until he meets [[Lydia Fox|Lydia]], who is also in a wheelchair because she was born unable to walk.


When playing basketball with Lydia, Brain doesn't do well, so Lydia helps Brain improve his skills while in the wheelchair. After a few days of training, Brain and Lydia go to the [[Ice Cream Shop]], but discover that it is not wheelchair accessible.
When playing basketball with Lydia, Brain doesn't do well, so Lydia helps Brain improve his skills while in the wheelchair. After a few days of training, Brain and Lydia go to the [[Ice Cream Shop]], but discover that it is not wheelchair accessible.


They instead go to [[The Sugar Bowl]], and while talking to each other there, [[Francine Frensky|Francine]] approaches and tells Brain that she could take over for him in the basketball game. Lydia assures her that Brain will do great.
They then go to the Sugar Bowl, and while talking to each other there, [[Francine Alice Frensky|Francine]] approaches and tells Brain that she could take over for him in the basketball game. Lydia assures her that Brain will do great.


The next day at the game Brain does well, but he doesn't have the confidence to finish the game, so Lydia takes over and manages to score plenty points to secure the win. Afterwards, the Ice Cream Shop is made wheelchair accessible and Brain and Lydia head off together to play chess.
The next day at the game Brain does well, but doesn't have the confidence to finish the game, so Lydia takes over and manages to score enough points to secure the win. Afterwards, the Ice Cream Shop is made wheelchair accessible and Brain and Lydia head off together to play chess.


==Characters==
==Characters==
===Major===
===Major===
*[[Alan Powers|The Brain]]
*[http://arthur.wikia.com/wiki/Alan_Powers The Brain]
*[[Lydia Fox]] (debut)
*[[Lydia Fox]]
 
===Minor===
===Minor===
*[[Arthur Read]]
*[[Francine Frensky]]
*[[Francine Frensky]]
*[[Buster Baxter]]
*[[Buster Baxter]]
*[[Arthur Read]]
*[[Sam Scarborough]]
*[[Sam Scarborough]]
*[[Coach Raggett]]
*[[Coach Raggett]]
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*[[Binky Barnes]]
*[[Binky Barnes]]
*[[Sue Ellen Armstrong]]
*[[Sue Ellen Armstrong]]
*[[George Lundgren]]
*[[Fern Walters]]
*[[Fern Walters]]
*[[George Lundgren]]
*[[Jenna Morgan]]
*[[Jenna Morgan]]
*[[Mrs. Powers]]
*[[Mrs. Powers]]
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*This is the first episode '''''NOT '''''  in the U.S. to be in 16:9 widescreen and high-definition.
**This is also the first episode where the title cards are changed to a scene from the episode.
*This is also the first episode since [[When Carl Met George]] to have two title cards.
*In the U.S., this episode is the first and only episode to use the Brain variant of the Slot Machine title card.
*This episode also reveals the name of [[Sam Scarborough|one of the kids]] from Mighty Mountain during the beginning of the episode.
*This episode also reveals the name of [[Sam Scarborough|one of the kids]] from Mighty Mountain during the beginning of the episode.
*'''Timeline:''' This episode could take place before [[April 9th]] because [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] said he knew a kid that lost his cast in three weeks.
*This episode could take place before [[April 9th]] because [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] said he knew a kid that lost his cast in three weeks.
 
===Production notes===
===Production notes===
*This is the first episode in which Éfeso Soares and Dos Santos is the production accountant.
*This is the first episode outside the U.S. to be in 16:9 Widescreen.
*When Lydia says, "Much you have learned, O big-headed one", the 4:3 version adds a slow pan to the right to keep her in view as she says her line. However, this moment is shown in Brain's version of the Which ARTHUR Character Are You? bumper in 16:9 widescreen without the pan.
*This is also the first episode where the title cards are changed to a scene from the episode.
 
*This is also the first episode since [[When Carl Met George]] to have two title cards.
===Cultural references===
*This episode is the first and only episode to use the Brain variant of the Slot Machine title card.
*Lydia mentions writers {{W|Virgil}} and {{W|Marcel Proust}}, as well as the {{W|Pythagorean theorem}}.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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==References==
==References==
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