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|ep. name = Bitzi's Break-up
|ep. name = Bitzi's Break-up
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|season = [[Arthur (season 8)|8]]
|season = [[Season 8|8]]
|can=January 21, 2004<ref>http://tvo.org/program/157024/arthur - Season 2002, page 2</ref>
|can=January 21, 2004<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120413104003/http://ww3.tvo.org/program/157024/arthur</ref>
|prod. code = 801b
|writers=[[Peter K. Hirsch]]
|writers=[[Peter K. Hirsch]]
|storyboarders=[[Jeremy O'Neill]]
|storyboarders=[[Jeremy O'Neill]]
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|next episode = [[Fernfern and the Secret of Moose Mountain]]
|next episode = [[Fernfern and the Secret of Moose Mountain]]
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|titlecard = 0801btc.jpg
|number = 1b|us = September 15, 2003<ref>http://www.ket.org/tvschedules/episode.php?nola=ARUR++000801</ref>|uk = November 16, 2006<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0079cf8/arthur-series-9-2-bitzis-breakup ([https://web.archive.org/web/20141213214916/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0079cf8/arthur-series-9-2-bitzis-breakup archived page])</ref>}}{{EpisodeHeader|2|1|8}}
|number = 1b|us = September 15, 2003<ref>http://www.ket.org/episode/ARUR%20%20000801/</ref>|uk = November 16, 2006<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0079cf8/arthur-series-9-2-bitzis-breakup ([https://web.archive.org/web/20141213214916/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0079cf8/arthur-series-9-2-bitzis-breakup archived page])</ref>}}{{EpisodeHeader|2|1|8}}


==Summary==
==Summary==
Bitzi is breaking up with her boyfriend, Buster's baseball buddy Harry. Can Buster get them back together in time for the next game? And if not, can Buster and Harry stay friends anyway?
[[Bitzi]] is breaking up with her boyfriend, [[Buster|Buster's]] baseball buddy Harry. Can Buster get them back together in time for the next game? And if not, can Buster and Harry stay friends anyway?


==Plot==
==Plot==
The intro begins with Buster walking home from the circus with his mom Bitzi and her boyfriend Harry Mills. They decide to get something to eat at [[the Sugar Bowl]] and Buster points out the sandwich named after Harry which is called The Harry Mills Meatball Experience. At the table, Bitzi mentions to Buster that she and Harry have something they would like to talk to him about, but Buster is to busy reading the newspaper and notices that the new animated movie House Wars is playing and wants to take his mom and Harry to see it to which they agree. As Buster walks outside, he sadly lets go of his balloon from the circus and it floats away.
Buster is walking home from the circus with his mother Bitzi and her boyfriend Harry Mills. Harry mentions that he has to get home, but Buster suggests they get something to eat at the [[the Sugar Bowl|Sugar Bowl.]] Buster points out the sandwich called The Harry Mills Meatball Experience, which is named after Harry. At a table, Bitzi mentions to Buster that she and Harry have something they would like to talk to him about, but Buster is too busy reading the newspaper. He observes that a new animated movie called House Wars is playing, and dashes out the door to go. Harry and Bitzi leave as well, but thinking that something is wrong, Buster sadly lets go of his balloon from the circus, and it floats up into the sky.


The title is spoken in [[Francine Frensky|Francine]]'s voice and the episode begins with Buster laying in bed throwing his baseball into his glove and when his Mom comes in to see if he's asleep he pretends to be and when she leaves he wakes up and continues throwing his baseball into his glove sadly. The next day, Buster tries to rush off to school early without breakfast, but his Mom stops him and tells him that she has something to tell him. At first, Buster thinks that it's because Harry is moving away because he's decided to become a pilot or a sponge diver or something else you can't do in Elwood City, but Bitzi tells Buster that Harry isn't going anywhere which makes Buster happy and he decides to have breakfast, but becomes shocked when he finds out that the news is that his mom and Harry are breaking up. Later after school, Buster tells Arthur that he's upset that Harry and his Mom are breaking up because he enjoyed going to [[Elwood City Grebes]] baseball games with Harry and that he can't go with his Mom because she doesn't like baseball. When Arthur suggests that Buster's mom might get a new boyfriend, Buster imagines that his mom gets a boyfriend named [[Martin Spivack]] who works in an insurance company and who is very boring and doesn't want to spend time with Buster. Buster decides that his mom and Harry can't break up and goes to Muffy for advice, and she gives him a love magazine to help him get his Mom and Harry back together.
<center>'''Bitzi's Break-up'''</center>


Buster first gives Harry a secret invitation from his mom inviting him to dinner at their apartment and then goes to the park to get some flowers and tries to order some food from a restaurant, but finds it to be too expensive and buys a pizza instead. He takes everything home and sets up the dinner with love music from [[Tyrone Bellows]], but when Bitzi arrives home Harry shows up and they begin to argue over what's happening to which Buster tells them they shouldn't be fighting they should be making up, but his Mom tells him that she doesn't want to make up with Harry because ''she'' broke up with him. That night she explains to him that the reason she broke up with Harry was because she is too busy for a relationship.
Buster is laying in his bed and throwing an autographed baseball into his glove. His mom comes in to talk to him, but he pretends to be sleeping. When she leaves his room, he wakes up and continues throwing his baseball into his glove. The next day, Buster tries to rush off to school without breakfast, but is stopped by his mother and is told to have breakfast while she talks to him about something. At first, Buster thinks that it is because Harry is moving away because he has chosen to get a new job, requiring him to move out of Elwood City. He is happy when Bitzi tells him that Harry isn't going anywhere, but becomes surprised when he finds out that his mom's news is that she and Harry are breaking up. Later in the [[treehouse]], Buster tells Arthur that he is upset about Harry and his mom breaking up because he enjoyed going to [[Elwood City Grebes]] baseball games with Harry. A flashback occurs where Harry and Buster are at a game: a Grebe throws a baseball, and lands in Harry's drink, but Harry and Buster are happy to get it. Buster mentions that he can't go with his mom because she doesn't like baseball. When Arthur suggests that Buster's mom might get a new boyfriend, Buster imagines that his mom gets a boyfriend named [[Martin Spivak]] who works for an insurance company, and is very boring and doesn't want to spend time with him. Then Buster prclaims that his mom and Harry can't break up and goes to [[Muffy Crosswire|Muffy]] for advice. Muffy assumes that Buster has come to her about winning Sue Ellen, but he insists that it is about his mom. Muffy gives him a love magazine to help him get Bitzi and Harry back together.


The next day after school, Buster gives Muffy her magazine back and tells her that his Mom and Harry didn't get back together. Then Harry shows up and tells Buster that although he and Buster's Mom broke up they're still friends and he and Buster can still go to Grebes Games. They then go to the Sugar Bowl where they share Buster's own sandwich called The Buster with Buster's Mom. Then Harry and Buster leave to go to the Grebes game and Buster's mom gets her sandwich to go and the episode ends.
First, at the [[Elwood City Times]], Buster drops off a secret invitation at Harry's office. Despite Buster using too much of his mom's perfume, and his misspelling of "dinner" as "diner", Harry is convinced that Buster's mom is inviting him to dinner at their apartment. Buster then looks for some flowers: he is about to pick a stranger's flowers off his lawn until he is caught, not realizing that the stranger is on his front porch, and instead goes to the park to get some. He tries to order some food from a restaurant, but finds it to be too expensive and buys a $0.99 pizza instead. He takes everything home and sets up the dinner with love music from [[Tyrone Bellows]]. Bitzi arrives home, surprised to see Buster's setup, and even more surprised when Harry shows up. As Bitzi and Harry bicker, Harry mentions Bitzi's invitation that she never wrote. Buster tells them they shouldn't be fighting and that they should be making up, but his mom tells him that she doesn't want to Harry to take him back because ''she'' broke up with him. That night, she explains to Buster that the reason she broke up with Harry was because she is too busy for a relationship. Still disappointed, Buster goes to sleep.


The next day after school, Buster gives Muffy her magazine and tells her that his mom and Harry didn't get back together. Then Harry shows up and tells Buster that although he and Bitzi broke up, they are still friends, and that he and Buster can still go to Grebes games. Then they go to the Sugar Bowl and enjoy a new salami, Swiss cheese and peanut butter sandwich. As the episode finishes, Harry and Buster leave to go to a Grebes game, and Bitzi gets her sandwich to go, which is shown on the sandwich menu as The Buster.
==Characters==
==Characters==
*[[Buster Baxter]]
*[[Buster Baxter]]
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*[[Harry Mills]]
*[[Harry Mills]]
*[[Arthur Read]]
*[[Arthur Read]]
*[[Martin Spivack]]
*[[Muffy Crosswire]]
*[[Muffy Crosswire]]
*[[Sue Ellen Armstrong]] (Mentioned)
*[[Martin Spivak|Martin Spivack]] (cameo)
*[[Cheryl Featherfoffer]]
*[[Francine Frensky]] (cameo)
*[[Francine Frensky]]
*[[Alex]] (cameo)
*[[Alex]]
*[[3rd Grade Male Rat]] (cameo)
 
*[[Maria Pappas]] (cameo)
*[[4th Grade Male Rabbit]] (cameo)
*[[Fletcher]] (cameo)
*[[Backstreet Boys]] (mentioned)
*[[Sue Ellen Armstrong]] (mentioned)
==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*When Buster tells his mom that he thought Harry was becoming a pilot, it could be a reference that [[Bo Baxter|Buster's father]] is a pilot.
* When Buster asks his mom if Harry is leaving in order to become a pilot, it could be a reference to [[Bo Baxter|Buster's father]], who is a pilot, breaking up with Bitzi because he didn't spend enough time at home.
*Buster wears Arthur's disguise he wore at the Crazy Bus LIVE In [[Play it Again, D.W.]].
* Harry brings over Bitzi's favorite dessert, a Boston cream pie. It is also mentioned as Buster and Harry's favorite when they first meet in the episode, "[[Bitzi's Beau]]."
*'''Timeline:'''
**A St. Patrick's Day banner appears in the school, so it might mean this episode takes place in Saint Patrick's day.
**Bitzi can be heard discussing "the new bug wing at [[Elwood City Museum of Science|the museum]]" which first appeared in "[[Binky Barnes, Wingman]]," which could hint that this episode takes place before the events of Bug Week.
===Cultural references===
===Cultural references===
*''[[House Wars]]'' is a parody of ''{{W|Star Wars}}''.
* As Buster looks through his condo's records for music, he mentions that some of them are from folk-singing trio [[Peter, Paul and Mary]]. "Tyrone Bellows" spoofs Barry White, a soul singer who was famous for his deep voice and romantic songs.
=== Episode connections===
* Buster murmurs "Comet is coming..." when pretending to sleep, referencing the events of "[[The Boy Who Cried Comet]]."
* Buster wears Arthur's elephant nose disguise he wore at [[Crazy Bus Live]] in "[[Play it Again, D.W.]]."
===Errors===
*'''Possible:''' Buster pulls out a 5 dollar bill and five coins and says that he has seven dollars. These coins could not add up to the two extra dollars.


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Latest revision as of 13:10, 22 July 2022

"Bitzi's Break-up"
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Season/Series: 8
Number in season: 1b
Original Airdate: United States September 15, 2003[1]
Canada January 21, 2004[3]
United Kingdom November 16, 2006[2]
Credits
Written by: Peter K. Hirsch
Storyboard by: Jeremy O'Neill
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"Bitzi's Break-up" is the second half of the first episode in the eighth season of Arthur.

Summary[edit]

Bitzi is breaking up with her boyfriend, Buster's baseball buddy Harry. Can Buster get them back together in time for the next game? And if not, can Buster and Harry stay friends anyway?

Plot[edit]

Buster is walking home from the circus with his mother Bitzi and her boyfriend Harry Mills. Harry mentions that he has to get home, but Buster suggests they get something to eat at the Sugar Bowl. Buster points out the sandwich called The Harry Mills Meatball Experience, which is named after Harry. At a table, Bitzi mentions to Buster that she and Harry have something they would like to talk to him about, but Buster is too busy reading the newspaper. He observes that a new animated movie called House Wars is playing, and dashes out the door to go. Harry and Bitzi leave as well, but thinking that something is wrong, Buster sadly lets go of his balloon from the circus, and it floats up into the sky.

Bitzi's Break-up

Buster is laying in his bed and throwing an autographed baseball into his glove. His mom comes in to talk to him, but he pretends to be sleeping. When she leaves his room, he wakes up and continues throwing his baseball into his glove. The next day, Buster tries to rush off to school without breakfast, but is stopped by his mother and is told to have breakfast while she talks to him about something. At first, Buster thinks that it is because Harry is moving away because he has chosen to get a new job, requiring him to move out of Elwood City. He is happy when Bitzi tells him that Harry isn't going anywhere, but becomes surprised when he finds out that his mom's news is that she and Harry are breaking up. Later in the treehouse, Buster tells Arthur that he is upset about Harry and his mom breaking up because he enjoyed going to Elwood City Grebes baseball games with Harry. A flashback occurs where Harry and Buster are at a game: a Grebe throws a baseball, and lands in Harry's drink, but Harry and Buster are happy to get it. Buster mentions that he can't go with his mom because she doesn't like baseball. When Arthur suggests that Buster's mom might get a new boyfriend, Buster imagines that his mom gets a boyfriend named Martin Spivak who works for an insurance company, and is very boring and doesn't want to spend time with him. Then Buster prclaims that his mom and Harry can't break up and goes to Muffy for advice. Muffy assumes that Buster has come to her about winning Sue Ellen, but he insists that it is about his mom. Muffy gives him a love magazine to help him get Bitzi and Harry back together.

First, at the Elwood City Times, Buster drops off a secret invitation at Harry's office. Despite Buster using too much of his mom's perfume, and his misspelling of "dinner" as "diner", Harry is convinced that Buster's mom is inviting him to dinner at their apartment. Buster then looks for some flowers: he is about to pick a stranger's flowers off his lawn until he is caught, not realizing that the stranger is on his front porch, and instead goes to the park to get some. He tries to order some food from a restaurant, but finds it to be too expensive and buys a $0.99 pizza instead. He takes everything home and sets up the dinner with love music from Tyrone Bellows. Bitzi arrives home, surprised to see Buster's setup, and even more surprised when Harry shows up. As Bitzi and Harry bicker, Harry mentions Bitzi's invitation that she never wrote. Buster tells them they shouldn't be fighting and that they should be making up, but his mom tells him that she doesn't want to Harry to take him back because she broke up with him. That night, she explains to Buster that the reason she broke up with Harry was because she is too busy for a relationship. Still disappointed, Buster goes to sleep.

The next day after school, Buster gives Muffy her magazine and tells her that his mom and Harry didn't get back together. Then Harry shows up and tells Buster that although he and Bitzi broke up, they are still friends, and that he and Buster can still go to Grebes games. Then they go to the Sugar Bowl and enjoy a new salami, Swiss cheese and peanut butter sandwich. As the episode finishes, Harry and Buster leave to go to a Grebes game, and Bitzi gets her sandwich to go, which is shown on the sandwich menu as The Buster.

Characters[edit]

Trivia[edit]

  • When Buster asks his mom if Harry is leaving in order to become a pilot, it could be a reference to Buster's father, who is a pilot, breaking up with Bitzi because he didn't spend enough time at home.
  • Harry brings over Bitzi's favorite dessert, a Boston cream pie. It is also mentioned as Buster and Harry's favorite when they first meet in the episode, "Bitzi's Beau."
  • Timeline:
    • A St. Patrick's Day banner appears in the school, so it might mean this episode takes place in Saint Patrick's day.
    • Bitzi can be heard discussing "the new bug wing at the museum" which first appeared in "Binky Barnes, Wingman," which could hint that this episode takes place before the events of Bug Week.

Cultural references[edit]

  • As Buster looks through his condo's records for music, he mentions that some of them are from folk-singing trio Peter, Paul and Mary. "Tyrone Bellows" spoofs Barry White, a soul singer who was famous for his deep voice and romantic songs.

Episode connections[edit]

Errors[edit]

  • Possible: Buster pulls out a 5 dollar bill and five coins and says that he has seven dollars. These coins could not add up to the two extra dollars.

Gallery[edit]

Storyboards[edit]

Screenshots[edit]

References[edit]