Arthur's Big Hit

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"Arthur's Big Hit"
Season/Series:	4
Number in season:	1B
Original Airdate:	September 6, 1999 January 17, 2000
Credits
Written by:	Joe Fallon
Storyboard by:	Robert Yap
Episodes
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"Arthur's Big Hit" is the second half of the first episode in the fourth season of Arthur.

Summary

Is it ever okay to hit someone? Of course it is! Arthur punches D.W. and Arthur is popular.

Plot

Arthur beats the everliving shit out of D.W. and he's popular, THE END

Characters

• Arthur Read
• D.W. Read
• Buster Baxter
• Binky Barnes
• Francine Frensky
• Fern Walters
• David Read
• Jane Read
• Molly MacDonald
• Rattles

Trivia

• Arthur's middle name is revealed to be Timothy.
• Both Arthur and D.W. got hit on the left arm.
• During the week in which Arthur made his plane, he wore more different outfits than he's usually seen wearing in most of the series.

Episode connections

• Arthur saying that Binky's huge is a reference to "Bully for Binky."
• In the later episode "Bleep," Arthur was working on another model plane as a replacement for the one D.W. broke in this episode. But in that episode, D.W. said the curse word, which made him drop and break the second plane.

Production notes

• This episode was originally rated TV-Y7 due to Arthur punching D.W. However, it was later changed back to TV-Y.

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