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Maria Speaks
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"Maria Speaks" | |
Release information | |
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Series: | Arthur |
Season: | 19 (USA) |
Episode number: | 6A[1] |
Original airdate: | May 24, 2016[1] June 15, 2015[2] May 6, 2015[3][4] May 5, 2015[5] |
Production information | |
Writer: | Vanessa Wiegel |
Storyboard artist: | Jeremy O'Neill |
Production number: | 219A |
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In this episode, Mr. Ratburn's class hosts a school news TV broadcast, forcing silent Maria to be the lead anchor.
Plot
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Characters
Major
- Maria Pappas
- Jenna Morgan
- Arthur Read
- Muffy Crosswire
- Buster Baxter
- Nigel Ratburn
- Francine Frensky
- George Lundgren
- An adult rabbit woman
- Mrs. Morgan
- Ms. Roberts
Cameo
- Big Kid 1
- Otis
- Cheikh
- The Brain
- Binky Barnes
- Timmy and Tommy Tibble
- Fletcher
- Jane Read
- David Read
- A camel
- Ladonna Compson
- Fern Walters
- Francis Haney
- Goldy
- Nancy
- Jack Weasel
- Alberto Molina
- Molly MacDonald
- Slink
- Mrs. Fink
- A gerbil
Mentioned or pictured
- A referee
- The president
- Michelle Kwan
- The Plutonians
- Hoprah Linseed
- Thoreau
Trivia
- Muffy claims to be heir to the Crosswire Motors dynasty.
Cultural references
- The title of the episode is a reference to the PBS Kids show Martha Speaks.
- Mr. Ratburn is in a play based on Don Quixote at the community center.
- Maria mentions that Lewis Carroll, Winston Churchill, and Marilyn Monroe were all stutterers.
- Mr. Ratburn was in the play H.M.S. Pinafore, as the role of Captain Corcoran, in 7th grade.
Episode connections
- George reports on sports. He becomes a sports commentator in "Baseball Blues."
- Jenna has her Athlete of the Year award from "The Good Sport" and "Jenna's Bedtime Blues."
- Muffy likes opera. She first tries it in "Lights, Camera... Opera!"
- Francine mentions Hoping with Hoprah from "Three's a Crowd."
- Buster wears a tin foil hat similar to his foil ears from "Phony Fern."
- Like in this episode, Maria has a supporting role in "Binky Can't Always Get What He Wants."
Animation errors
- When Maria is seen from behind at the news desk, her shoes are pink. These shoes are gray in all other scenes.
- Alberto is seen at Lakewood, even though he is a teenager.
Gallery
Videos
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.ket.org/episode/ARUR%20%20001906/ (archive)
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b05zhfxd/arthur-series-19-11-maria-speaks (archive)
- ↑ http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/arthur/ZX9962A026S00 (archive)
- ↑ http://www.tvcatchupaustralia.com/abc4-kids/arthur/series-19-episode-26-138507 (archive)
- ↑ "마리아의 생방송". EBS. Retrieved May 6, 2015. (archive; retrieved May 6, 2015)