Arthur's Big Hit/Transcript

ARTHUR'S BIG HIT
Writer: Joe Fallon ---- Storyboard Artist: Robert Yap

• (The scene's a cavernous boxing ring, where Arthur and D.W. are about to fight each other.)
• Francine Frensky: Presenting the Main Event. The Champion, Arthur Read.
• (Audience cheer)
• Arthur Read: I've been waiting for this fight for years. There's no way I can lose.
• Francine: And the challenger. Dora Winifred Read!
• Arthur: (muffled, with subtitles) Prepare to lose!
• D.W. Read: What?
• Arthur: (muffled, with subtitles) "Prepare to Lose"!
• D.W.: (gestures to subtitles) This doesn't help. I can't read.
• Francine: Get ready to fight!
• D.W.: (from the audience) Arthur
• Arthur: (muffled, with subtitles) Two D.W.s?!
• D.W.: No, not two D.W.s. There's only one of me.
• (In the ring, D.W. takes off a rubber mask. It's Binky!)
• Binky Barnes: We figured you'd rather fight someone your own size!
• Arthur: You know. You're right. I would love to fight someone my own size. You wait here. I'll go find someone. (runs off screaming)
• Binky: Come back and fight.
• D.W.: (laughs while Binky chases Arthur)

(Intertitle shows)

(In Arthur's room)

• D.W.: What kind of a game is that?
• Arthur: It's not a game. It's a scale model of a Bell X-1 Rocket Plane. The plane that broke a sound barrier.
• D.W.: The sound barrier must be pretty hard. (Touches the pieces) Because this plane is all smashed up.
• Arthur: It's not smashed. I'm gonna build it. (Snatches the pieces from D.W.) Stop touching everything or you'll mess up the pieces.
• D.W.: I never heard of toys that come already broken
• (Arthur growls at her)
• D.W.: I'm going. Never say I don't go. When you want me to go, Because I'm going. Like that. The minute you want me to go. I'm on my way out of here. No waiting.
• Arthur: (Angrily at D.W.) Go already.
• D.W.: And if you say please, I go even faster. Because When I...
• Arthur: (Angrily; growling at D.W. while turning his head red)
• D.W.: (runs out of his room)

(In the dining room)

• Arthur: (painting his plane until he was interrupted by D.W.)
• D.W.: Is that the same broken plane you were fixing yesterday?
• Arthur: Don't do that! I need to concentrate.
• D.W.: That's a pretty color. (Accidentally spills the paint which angers Arthur)
• Arthur: (Shouts angrily)
• D.W.: (Laughing nervously) Bye.
• Arthur: (Angry growling and moaning)

(In the hallway, Arthur and Buster walking upstairs to his room)

• Arthur: I've been working the plane all week. It's hard, but I'm almost done.

(In Arthur's room)

• Arthur: (enters his room, catches D.W. touching his plane and gets Angry) D.W., don't touch that! The paint isn't dry. (He angrily snatches his plane from D.W. which caused her to be disgusted)
• D.W.: Ew! Mommy, Arthur made my hands orange!
• Buster Baxter: I never thought about it before, but being an only child is nice.

(In Arthur's room, The Bell X-1 Model Plane is all finished and completed)

• Arthur: It's the best thing I've ever made.

(In Arthur's imagination)

• Governor: Arthur Read. You win the blue ribbon.
• (Audience clap)
• (Arthur flies his Bell X-1)

(In Arthur's room)

• Arthur: This calls for a celebration snack!

(In the hallway)

• D.W.: (comes out of her room) Did I hear you say cookies? (Sees the plane and sneakily enters Arthur's room to touch his plane)

(In the kitchen)

• Arthur: (Grabs a bag of dog food)
• Pal: (Barks)
• Arthur: Good boy!

(In Arthur's room)

• D.W.: D.W. Read to headquarters! Sound barrier broken! What's my next mission, General? (Sees an open window) There's a good breeze today, General!

(In the living room)

• Arthur: Arthur Read, winner of 5000 blue ribbons! Request landing coordinates!
• D.W.: (accidentally tosses his model plane)
• Arthur: (Turns around to D.W.)
• D.W.: Arthur. You made that plane all wrong. It doesn't fly at all.
• Arthur: No, D.W. I made it exactly right... what?!

(Outside of house)

• Arthur: (Sees his broken plane and gasps)

(Imagination)

• Arthur: (flies his plane but only broke which caused him to fall. He screams.)

(Outside of house)

• D.W.: If it could break the sound barrier, falling out of a window shouldn't be able to break it!
• Arthur: (Angry at D.W.) I told you not to touch it!
• D.W.: You build it all wrong. Did you even read the directions?
• (Having finally had enough of D.W., Arthur furiously gets up, grits his teeth and clenches his fist)
• D.W.: It didn't fly for one second! It's not my fault if you made a plane that can't fly!
• Arthur: (furiously) I told you... NOT TO TOUCH IT! (Raises his fist and punches D.W.'s arm)
• (D.W. falls to the ground holding her arm in the air from the hit)

• D.W.: (She cries and walks back to the house) Aaaaaaaah! Aaaaaaaaaah!
• Jane Read: (off-screen) Arthur Timothy Read, come here!
• Arthur: Uh-oh. Middle name.

(In the kitchen)

• D.W.: Are they gonna have to amputake my arm?
• David Read: No, honey, it's amputate, not amputake.
• D.W.: They're gonna amputate?!
• David: No. I'm in charge, and I'm putting ice on you. (he does so, and D.W. screams loudly) What's wrong?
• D.W.: That's cold!

(In the hallway)

• Jane: Apologize to your sister!
• Arthur: No way! She should apologize to me! I worked all week on this! (shows his mom the broken model plane) I told her a million times not to touch it!
• (David carries a half-naked D.W. past them)
• D.W.: You're bad!

(In the living room)

• David: Arthur, this means no TV for a week! (Cuts to Arthur with the TV positioned facing behind him)
• Arthur: WHAT?! That is so unfair! (Arthur furiously turns to his left on the stool) You don't even care what she did to me!
• Jane: We'll deal what she did, but what you did was wrong too.
• Arthur: Hmph.

(At the school, Arthur and Buster walking)

• Arthur: (sulking) So I missed Bionic Bunny last night, and I can't watch TV all week! Can you believe that?
• Buster: No! I don't believe it. You hit your sister? That's terrible!
• Arthur: Oh, c'mon, like you never hit anybody!
• Buster: Nope!
• (Arthur and Buster entering the school, Binky and the Tough Customers overhear the case and pry into Arthur's business)
• Binky: Did you hear that? Arthur hit his sister, I for one, am shocked!
• 4th Grade Male Dog: How could you be shocked about someone hitting someone?
• Binky: Why not?
• (Binky stands up to Molly)
• Molly: Well, you're Binky Barnes, you always... You know, I can't remember the last time you hit anybody.
• (Binky gets confused)
• Binky: Well, what do you mean?
• (School bell rings)
• Binky: There's the bell! Ha, don't want to be late!

(In the school hallways)

• Molly: So, when was it, Bink?
• 4th Grade Male Dog: Binky does not have to remind us of his past glorious fights.
• (Binky turns around)
• Binky: That's right.
• 4th Grade Male Dog: That he is not afraid of no one is a well established factoid.
• Binky: That's right.
• 4th Grade Male Dog: He can prove it easily by socking the very next kid who turns that corner.
• Binky: That's right. What?!
• (Arthur comes in the hallway where the Tough Customers are.)
• Molly: Go ahead, Binky, Sock him!
• Binky: Maybe I don't feel like it.
• Molly: You better feel like it or you're out of the club.
• Binky: I can't be out of the club. It's my club. I founded it.
• Molly: If you wanted everything your own way. You shouldn't have let anyone else join. The next time you see that kid, You sock him.
• Binky: The next time I see Arthur, I have to hit him. Oh, what can I do? Hey! What if I never see him?

(In the classroom)

• Francine: Arthur, why didn't you just apologize?
• Arthur: Oh, come on. She wrecked my plane. Why can't anybody see my side of this?
• Muffy Crosswire: Uh, because you're wrong.
• (Francine turns her attention to Binky and starts talking behind Arthur's back)
• Francine: Hey, Binky. Did you hear that Arthur hit his little sister?
• Binky: (lying) Well, I haven't seen Arthur. As far as I know, Arthur isn't even here.
• Francine: Binky is so upset about what Arthur did that he won't even look at him.
• Nigel Ratburn: When the day and night are of equal length, it's called the equinox.
• (School bell rings)

(In the school hallways)

• Molly: You socked that kid yet?
• Binky: Haven't see him. (chuckles) I am so smart.

(Outside of the school cafeteria)

• Binky: Psst. Hey! Is Arthur in there?
• Francine: Yeah.
• Binky: I'll just eat outside then.
• Francine: Binky won't even eat near Arthur.
• Buster: That's awful. We should bring them together. Arthur will thank us.

(At recess)

• Buster: Binky's out here somewhere.

(Binky jumps in the bush)

• Sue Ellen Armstrong: I'll get it. Thanks! Binky? What are you doing?
• Binky: Avoiding Arthur, I don't see him, I don't have to hit him.
• Sue Ellen: Oh. Why would you want to hit Arthur?
• Binky: I don't. That's why I don't wanna see him.
• Sue Ellen: (disbelief) Hmm... boys.

(In the school hallways)

• Binky: Is Arthur in there?
• The Brain: No.
• Binky: Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you so much.

(In the school hallways)

• Arthur: She broke my plane.
• Fern Walters: But she's just a little girl.
• Arthur: (irate) Saying D.W.'s just a little girl Is like saying a tornado's just a little wind.
• Buster: Hey, Arthur! Over here!

(Grabs Buster and hides him in the plant he's hiding at)

• Arthur: Thought someone called my name.

(Outside of school)

(School bell rings)

• Binky: I made it through one whole day. Now only... the rest of my life to go.

(Outside of The Sugar Bowl)

• Binky: So I never saw that glasses kid again. Probably never will.
• Arthur: (Comes in running with Binky's pen) Hey Binky! You dropped your pen when you ran out of school, kind of sideways, at the end of the day.
• Molly: Here's your chance you've been waiting for.
• 4th Grade Male Dog: Show him, Binky! Pop him one!
• Binky: (Feels tough, nervous look, cracks his fingers and punches Arthur on the arm)
• Arthur: (Yells in pain) Ow!
• Molly: Okay, you're right. He will hit anybody.
• 4th Grade Male Dog: All right Binky! You're still in the club! Binky? Where are you going? Hey, Binky!
• Arthur: Ow!

(In the kitchen)

• Arthur: And the next thing I knew, I was on the ground. It hurt, and it was embarrassing, and-
• David: Well, maybe that's how D.W. felt when you punched her.
• Arthur: Maybe. But what's that got to do with this? Binky Barnes is huge! Yeah, I guess I get it.

(In dining room)

• Arthur: (apologizes to D.W. for hitting her) I'm sorry I hit you.
• D.W.: (apologizes to Arthur for breaking his plane) And I'm sorry I broke your plane. But what kind of a stupid plane doesn't fly?
• Arthur: A model plane.
• D.W.: Well, I didn't know. I'm just a child. Give me a break.

(In the park)

• Binky: Arthur. Hey. I feel rotten. And I want to apologize.
• Arthur: I just wanna thank you.
• Binky: You... you what?
• Arthur: Everybody told me I was wrong and I didn't get it. But you made me understand how bad I made D.W. feel.
• Binky: Well, you're welcome. But I wouldn't try to help you learn some boring lesson. It was an accident.
• 4th Grade Male Dog: It's the kid who got hit by Binky and lived.
• Molly: You deserve to be in our club, kid.
• Binky: There is no club. I founded it, and I'm de-founding it. Any club that makes you want do something you don't wanna do is dumb. Anybody want to make something of it?
• 4th Grade Male Dog: Um, no.
• Binky: Come on, Arthur. Let's go get a soda.
• Molly: Aw, man. Now we got no club.

(Binky walks near them scaring them as they shriek)

• Binky: You guys wanna come with us? How about we form a new club with no dumb hitting and stuff? And if anybody breaks that rule, I'll clobber 'em!