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|ep. name = Phony Fern | |ep. name = Phony Fern | ||
|image = Phony Fern. | |image = Phony Fern 68.png | ||
|season = [[ | |season = [[Season 11|11]] | ||
|airdate = | |airdate = | ||
|prod. code = 110401 | |prod. code = 110401 | ||
|prev. episode = [[Prunella Packs It In]] | |prev. episode = [[Prunella Packs It In]] | ||
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|storyboarders = [[Gerry Capelle]] | |storyboarders = [[Gerry Capelle]] | ||
|titlecard = Phony Fern 38.png | |titlecard = Phony Fern 38.png | ||
|number = 4A}}{{EpisodeHeader|1|4|11}} | |number = 4A|us = June 28, 2007<ref>http://www.ket.org/episode/ARUR%20%20001104</ref>|uk = December 11, 2007<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/programmes/schedules/south/2007/12/11</ref>|ger = May 13, 2008<ref>https://www.fernsehserien.de/erdferkel-arthur-und-seine-freunde/episodenguide/staffel-11/3906</ref>}} | ||
{{Cquote|Step Away From the Phone.|Fern's Phone}} | |||
{{EpisodeHeader|1|4|11}} | |||
==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
Fern receives the latest phone for simple communication, but becomes addicted to the appliance. | Fern receives the latest phone for simple communication, but becomes addicted to the appliance. | ||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
The episode | The episode starts with a fantasy sequence. Detectives [[Watteau]] and [[Bastings]] storm an apartment with the [[Baron]] inside. The Baron, however, has a hostage, and is hanging it outside the window. He threatens that he will drop the hostage if the detectives take a single step. However, Bastings sneezes and the startled Baron lets go. Watteau manages to apprehend the Baron with a lasso, but it is too late. She cries over the remains of the hostage - her [[Portilex-360]] phone. | ||
In | In the cinema, [[Muffy Crosswire|Muffy]], [[Fern Walters|Fern]] and others are watching a film about an elephant when [[Chip Crosswire|Chip]], Muffy's brother, calls. Muffy answers the phone during the movie (with Luke keeping on shushing her), which causes everyone else to scoot away. They are later seen eating in Chicken Lickin', where Muffy is texting [[Bailey]], who is just outside the restaurant. She barely pays any attention to Fern, which ends in her getting annoyed and leaving. | ||
When the battery begins to run low during a heated talk with Muffy, Fern frantically attempts to recharge it, but | On her way home with [[Buster Baxter|Buster]], Fern voices contempt for the phone and the consumerism it generates. She doesn't like that seemingly everyone has one and uses it all day, without paying attention to their surroundings. Buster suddenly thinks that phones might be mind-control devices that turn people into robots, and runs home in a panic. | ||
When Fern returns home, she receives a Portilex from her parents, only supposed to be used to contact them, for example during emergencies or to call dad when he is on a business trip. She reluctantly accepts it, sure that she won't become as attached to it as other people seem to be. | |||
The next day during recess, Fern is sitting outside and flipping through the instructions to her new phone. Muffie notices this and teaches her how to set a ringtone and use its other features. Later, when playing detectives with George, Fern plans to use the Portilex's camera instead of a clue pouch. George says that a cell phone doesn't fit the detective era, but Fern starts staring into it and hardly pays attention to what George is saying. | |||
Fern eventually becomes glued to the phone after being lulled by its large amount of features. When she wakes up she immediately picks it up from her nightstand and uses it during her morning routine, even while brushing her teeth or taking a shower. She uses the Portilex almost constantly throughout the day, and even lands herself in trouble with [[Nigel Ratburn|Mr. Ratburn]] when she uses the phone in class. | |||
When the battery begins to run low during a heated talk with Muffy, Fern frantically attempts to run home and recharge it, but trips and drops it onto a street, where a road roller crushes it. Fern's parents are disappointed that Fern did not stick to the phone's main purpose - calling them - and so Fern decides upon a simple, no-frills model, deciding that she would be happier with that. The next day at school, when Muffy finds out what happened, she becomes disappointed and walks away, but before leaving invites Fern to a family dinner and the episode finishes. | |||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
===Greater=== | |||
*[[Fern Walters]] | |||
*[[Muffy Crosswire]] | |||
*[[Virgule Watteau]] | |||
*[[Bastings]] | |||
===Recurring=== | |||
*[[Baron|The Baron]] | |||
*[[George Lundgren]] | |||
*[[Buster Baxter]] | |||
*[[Doria Walters]] | |||
*[[Mr. Walters]] | |||
*[[Nigel Ratburn]] | |||
===Background=== | |||
*[[Unknown Female Adult Rabbit (Number 2)]] | |||
*[[Bailey]] | |||
*[[3rd Grade Male Cat]] | |||
*[[Billy]] | |||
*[[Mary (3rd grader)|Mary]] | |||
*[[3rd Grade Male Dog (Number 3)]] | |||
*[[Molly MacDonald]] | |||
*[[Paige Turner]] | |||
*[[Luke]] | |||
*[[Sarah]] | |||
*[[Daniel Lapp]] | |||
*[[Jenna Morgan]] | |||
*[[3rd Grade Male Rat]] | |||
*[[3rd Grade Female Aardvark]] | |||
*[[Edwin]] | |||
*[[Sue Ellen Armstrong]] | |||
*[[James MacDonald]] | |||
*[[Lisa]] | |||
*[[Theodore Roosevelt]] | |||
*[[Monique]] | |||
*[[Loretta]] | |||
*[[Arthur Read]] | |||
*[[Prunella Deegan]] | |||
*[[Mrs. Wood]] | |||
=== Mentioned === | |||
* [[Chip Crosswire]] (on the phone) | |||
==Songs== | ==Songs== | ||
*"[[Fern's Cell Phone Song]]" | *"[[Fern's Cell Phone Song]]" | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* | *'''Moral:''' Just because you hate phones doesn't mean you have to prevent others from having fun with said device for your own personal benefit. | ||
* | *This is the first appearance of [[Mr. Walters|Fern's father]]. | ||
* | **He was mentioned in [[Fern's Slumber Party]]. | ||
===Cultural references=== | ===Cultural references=== | ||
*In Fern's opening | *In Fern's opening fantasy sequence, she and George's alter egos - Detectives [[Virgule Watteau|Watteau]] and [[Bastings]] - are a parody of {{W|Hercule Poirot}} and {{W|Arthur Hastings|Captain Hastings}}, respectively. George later mentions Inspector Clapp, referencing {{W|Inspector Japp}}. All characters belong to Agatha Christie's Poirot series. | ||
* "{{W|Masterpiece Theatre}}" is a reference to the PBS Masterpiece Theatre. It may also be a parody of an old opening, which was seen in "[[Binky Rules]]". | |||
* Mr. Ratburn has a copy of Plato's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_(Plato) Republic] in his desk. | |||
*The portliex 360 is a parody of {{W|Xbox 360}}. | |||
===Errors=== | ===Errors=== | ||
*When the book cart is pushed out of the library in Fern's song, the background outside the doors is the school hallway. | *When the book cart is pushed out of the library in Fern's song, the background outside the doors is the school hallway. | ||
==Home Video== | ==Home Video== | ||
'''DVD:''' | '''DVD:''' | ||
*[[ | *[[Arthur: Season 11]] | ||
*[[Big Brother Binky (DVD)]] | *[[Big Brother Binky (DVD)]] | ||
*[[Germophobia (DVD)]] | *[[Germophobia (DVD)]] | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
{{ | {{Main|Phony Fern/Gallery}} | ||
Phony Fern | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}}{{EpisodeNav|11}} | |||
{{EpisodeNav|11}} | |||
[[Category:Season 11 episodes]] | [[Category:Season 11 episodes]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Pages needing attention]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Episodes with songs]] | ||
[[Category:A to Z]] | |||
[[Category:Arthur episodes]] | |||
[[Category:2007]] | |||
Latest revision as of 17:45, 27 November 2022
| "Phony Fern" | |
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| Season/Series: | 11 |
| Number in season: | 4A |
| Original Airdate: |  June 28, 2007[1] December 11, 2007[2] May 13, 2008[3] |
| Credits | |
| Written by: | Peter K. Hirsch |
| Storyboard by: | Gerry Capelle |
| Episodes | |
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Next "Brain's Shocking Secret" |
| Read transcript | |
| “ | Step Away From the Phone. | ” |
—Fern's Phone | ||
"Phony Fern" is the first half of the fourth episode in the eleventh season of Arthur.
Summary[edit]
Fern receives the latest phone for simple communication, but becomes addicted to the appliance.
Plot[edit]
The episode starts with a fantasy sequence. Detectives Watteau and Bastings storm an apartment with the Baron inside. The Baron, however, has a hostage, and is hanging it outside the window. He threatens that he will drop the hostage if the detectives take a single step. However, Bastings sneezes and the startled Baron lets go. Watteau manages to apprehend the Baron with a lasso, but it is too late. She cries over the remains of the hostage - her Portilex-360 phone.
In the cinema, Muffy, Fern and others are watching a film about an elephant when Chip, Muffy's brother, calls. Muffy answers the phone during the movie (with Luke keeping on shushing her), which causes everyone else to scoot away. They are later seen eating in Chicken Lickin', where Muffy is texting Bailey, who is just outside the restaurant. She barely pays any attention to Fern, which ends in her getting annoyed and leaving.
On her way home with Buster, Fern voices contempt for the phone and the consumerism it generates. She doesn't like that seemingly everyone has one and uses it all day, without paying attention to their surroundings. Buster suddenly thinks that phones might be mind-control devices that turn people into robots, and runs home in a panic.
When Fern returns home, she receives a Portilex from her parents, only supposed to be used to contact them, for example during emergencies or to call dad when he is on a business trip. She reluctantly accepts it, sure that she won't become as attached to it as other people seem to be.
The next day during recess, Fern is sitting outside and flipping through the instructions to her new phone. Muffie notices this and teaches her how to set a ringtone and use its other features. Later, when playing detectives with George, Fern plans to use the Portilex's camera instead of a clue pouch. George says that a cell phone doesn't fit the detective era, but Fern starts staring into it and hardly pays attention to what George is saying.
Fern eventually becomes glued to the phone after being lulled by its large amount of features. When she wakes up she immediately picks it up from her nightstand and uses it during her morning routine, even while brushing her teeth or taking a shower. She uses the Portilex almost constantly throughout the day, and even lands herself in trouble with Mr. Ratburn when she uses the phone in class.
When the battery begins to run low during a heated talk with Muffy, Fern frantically attempts to run home and recharge it, but trips and drops it onto a street, where a road roller crushes it. Fern's parents are disappointed that Fern did not stick to the phone's main purpose - calling them - and so Fern decides upon a simple, no-frills model, deciding that she would be happier with that. The next day at school, when Muffy finds out what happened, she becomes disappointed and walks away, but before leaving invites Fern to a family dinner and the episode finishes.
Characters[edit]
Greater[edit]
Recurring[edit]
Background[edit]
- Unknown Female Adult Rabbit (Number 2)
- Bailey
- 3rd Grade Male Cat
- Billy
- Mary
- 3rd Grade Male Dog (Number 3)
- Molly MacDonald
- Paige Turner
- Luke
- Sarah
- Daniel Lapp
- Jenna Morgan
- 3rd Grade Male Rat
- 3rd Grade Female Aardvark
- Edwin
- Sue Ellen Armstrong
- James MacDonald
- Lisa
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Monique
- Loretta
- Arthur Read
- Prunella Deegan
- Mrs. Wood
Mentioned[edit]
- Chip Crosswire (on the phone)
Songs[edit]
Trivia[edit]
- Moral: Just because you hate phones doesn't mean you have to prevent others from having fun with said device for your own personal benefit.
- This is the first appearance of Fern's father.
- He was mentioned in Fern's Slumber Party.
Cultural references[edit]
- In Fern's opening fantasy sequence, she and George's alter egos - Detectives Watteau and Bastings - are a parody of Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings, respectively. George later mentions Inspector Clapp, referencing Inspector Japp. All characters belong to Agatha Christie's Poirot series.
- "Masterpiece Theatre" is a reference to the PBS Masterpiece Theatre. It may also be a parody of an old opening, which was seen in "Binky Rules".
- Mr. Ratburn has a copy of Plato's Republic in his desk.
- The portliex 360 is a parody of Xbox 360.
Errors[edit]
- When the book cart is pushed out of the library in Fern's song, the background outside the doors is the school hallway.
Home Video[edit]
DVD:
Gallery[edit]
:Main article: Phony Fern/Gallery
References[edit]
