Arthur's Computer Disaster

Arthur's Computer Disaster
Author	Marc Brown
Illustrator	Marc Brown
Publication date	September 1, 1997
Published by	Little, Brown and Company
ISBN	0316105341
Publication order
Preceded by Arthur Writes a Story (1996)	Followed by Arthur Lost and Found (1998)

Arthur's Computer Disaster is the twenty-third book in the Arthur Adventure series. It was written and illustrated by Marc Brown and published by Little, Brown and Company. It is based upon the first half of Episode 14 of Season 1, Arthur the Wrecker.

Trivia

Differences from the cartoon

• When Arthur started playing Deep Dark Sea, he was wearing his pajamas. In the cartoon, he was playing on the computer before changing into his pajamas.

• When Jane tells Arthur and Buster it is tax season that she needs to use the computer all day, she was making a phone call in the kitchen. In the cartoon, she was on the computer when she told them.

• When Arthur and Buster think that the computer crashed, the go to the computer repair shop before they find the Brain to figure out the problem. In the cartoon, they did not go to the computer repair shop, they only went to go find the Brain when they found that he wasn't at home while in search for him.

• The main character in the game Deep Dark Sea was a bear wearing goggles, a snorkel, air (what do you call these?) on its back, a swimsuit, and flippers. In the cartoon, the character in the game was wearing a metal diving suit.

• When Jane uses the computer once again, but decides to play Deep Dark Sea instead of working on her taxes, she grounds Arthur by telling him "No computer games for a week." In the cartoon, she said "I'm forbidding you to use the computer for a week. Fair?".