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'''A Cloudy Day''' is the second half of the second episode of the [[Season 25|twenty-fifth season]] of {{Arthur}}.
==Summary==
==Summary==
[[Arthur Read|Arthur]] and his friends learn that old silent films are just as much fun as the movies they are used to.
[[Arthur Read|Arthur]] and friends learn that old silent films are just as much fun as the movies they are used to.
==Plot==
==Plot==
The cartoon opens with a silent film called "Silent Times," introducing Arthur and his friends as various silent film stock characters.
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Muffy invites her friends to join her at the Elwood City Tech Expo, but they have trouble finding it, and it starts raining. Running into George, he explains he is going to go see Silent Times at the Gaslight Theater, after being invited by Norman in the previous episode, so they follow him into the lobby to get out of the rain. Norman invites them to all to see the film, which is a silent one from the 1920s. Muffy is reluctant because she considers silent films old, but when Norman reveals that the screening is only five cents, the rest of the group agrees and [[Muffy]] reluctantly joins them.
 
Norman explains that silent films had live music, which he performs on a piano. The kids watch and quickly find themselves entertained by and invested in the story as they imagine themselves in the role of the various silent film characters. After the film ends, Norman reveals that the screening is actually a double feature. The rest of the group considers going to the Tech Expo, but eventually everyone decides to keep watching.
 
==Characters==
==Characters==
*[[Arthur Read]]
*[[Arthur Read]]
*[[Alfonz]] (cameo)
*[[Alfonz]]
*[[Binky Barnes]]
*[[Binky Barnes]]
*[[Buster Baxter]]
*[[Buster Baxter]]
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*'''Moral:''' It's worth giving things a try, even if they're "old."
*'''Moral:''' It's worth giving things a try, even if they're "old."
*'''Timeline:''' The events of [[Making Conversation|the previous episode]] are referenced by George.
*'''Timeline:''' The events of [[Making Conversation|the previous episode]] are referenced by George.
===Cultural references===
*'''As a tribute to silent films of the 1920s, this episode includes multiple references to the era:'''
**[[Whizbang Dupree]] is based on [[wikipedia:Charlie Chaplin|Charlie Chaplin]]'s "tramp" character.
**"Silent Times" is a nod to the Chaplin film ''[[wikipedia:Modern Times (film)|Modern Times]]''.
**Posters in the theater's lobby include ''Arthur''-themed renditions of ''[[wikipedia:A Trip to the Moon|A Trip to the Moon]]'' with a recreation of the film's iconic image of a rocket in the Moon's eye, ''[[wikipedia:Metropolis (1927 film)|Metropolis]]'', [[wikipedia:Harold Lloyd|Harold Lloyd]] hanging from the clock in ''[[wikipedia:Safety Last!|Safety Last!]]'', and ''The Great Horse Robbery'' which parodies ''[[wikipedia:The Great Train Robbery|The Great Train Robbery]]''.
**Buster plays "Buster", referencing [[wikipedia:Buster Keaton|Buster Keaton]].
==Home video==
'''DVD:''' [[Believe in Yourself!]]


==References==
==References==

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