Difference between revisions of "Arthur's Cousin Catastrophe"

"Arthur's Cousin Catastrophe"
Season/Series:	1
Number in season:	9b
Original Airdate:	October 17, 1996; January 16, 1997;
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Written by:	Terence Taylor
Storyboard by:	Jean Charles Fink
	Episodes
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Latest revision as of 12:03, 20 March 2024

"Arthur's Cousin Catastrophe" is the second half of the ninth episode in the first season of Arthur.

Summary[edit]

Arthur does his best to avoid his annoying cousin, Mo, at a family reunion.

Plot[edit]

Arthur's family is getting ready to host their annual family reunion. Just then, Arthur's Aunt Loretta, Uncle Bud, and three cousins: Monique (who usually goes by the name of "Mo"), Ricky, and Loretta's daughter arrive at the front door.

Loretta says that Mo has a surprise for Arthur and then Arthur has flashbacks to past reunions: When Arthur was 5 years old, Mo started the trouble by putting him on a lawn sprinkler; when Arthur was 6 years old, Mo practiced her judo moves on him; and when Arthur was 7 years old, Mo dressed him up as a baby by putting a bonnet on his head, a pacifier in his mouth, and a cloth diaper with a pin over his pants, and placing him in a stroller, causing everyone to start laughing in front of him.

Arthur then screams and starts to run away from Mo. Outside, Arthur hides in a tree to get away from Mo, who he claims is ruining his life. As Arthur gets down from the tree, Cousin George tries to show Arthur a comic book called Spider Guy, but Arthur starts running away because he thinks Mo is approaching him.

As Jane is grilling, Loretta walks over to the grill and shows Jane the Flip'omatic, a three-headed spatula. As Loretta is demonstrating the Flip'omatic, she puts the three blades underneath the hamburgers, and then flips them. The hamburgers fly high into the air and land on Mr. Haney.

While Jane and Loretta are still grilling, David announces a sack race. Just then, he spots Arthur, who is still trying to hide from Mo, and asks very loudly through his megaphone if Arthur wants to join the sack race. Arthur starts stammering excuses about why he can't, but then he spots Mo approaching, so he grabs a sack and begins hopping extremely fast. Arthur ends up winning the race, leaving Uncle Bud marveling at how fast Arthur is "for a little fella," and Ricky angry about losing. Ricky then throws a fit after losing by throwing his cap off of his head and stomping on it while still in the sack.

Jane and Loretta continue lowering the notch of the Flip'omatic to get the hamburgers done. Then, everyone starts eating dinner. Grandma Thora and her son-in-law, Arthur's Uncle Sean, are having a conversation with her mother.

They start having an egg race, and Arthur's great-grandmother wins the race. After that, they play charades, but Uncle Sean picks an obscure book nobody else knows. Then, David dresses as a clown and tells everyone it is time to play a game of musical shoes, but everyone is tired. A thunderstorm arrives, and it starts to rain hard, so everyone runs to get back inside.

At night, Mo starts playing the piano, revealing that this was her surprise for Arthur, and that she had taken up playing the instrument because she saw Arthur doing so; Arthur tutors her a little in the basics of playing the piano. Mo then admits she had been looking for Arthur so she could show him her skills with the piano; when Arthur says he thought she wanted to decorate him like a Christmas tree, or send him into space, Mo replies, "You? You're my favorite relative!" and then adds the only reason she comes to these "dumb" reunions is so she can play with him. Arthur replies that he's glad it's just the piano this time.

They start playing a jazzy tune together, which attracts all of their relatives into the living room and they dance along. Uncle Bud mentions that despite the weather, this has been a great reunion. Then we see the outside of Arthur's house but then we scroll up and see that's it's no longer raining and we see a full white moon in the sky and then the picture fades.

Characters[edit]

Arthur Read
Monique (debut)
Jane Read
David Read
Uncle Bud (debut)
Loretta (debut)
Thora Read
Thora's Mother (debut)
Cousin George (debut)
Uncle Sean (debut)
D.W. Read
Francis Haney
Ricky (debut)
Loretta's daughter (debut)
Aunt Bonnie (debut)
Pal (cameo)
Kate Read (cameo)

Trivia[edit]

Arthur saying "hi" to the people arriving at the Family Reunion was recycled from Arthur saying "hi" in the title card "Arthur Underwater."
Kate can be seen next to the table when Arthur views a wide angle of the yard through his binoculars.
Arthur's Bionic Bunny binoculars has a special "DANGER" detector that goes off if spying on a person he has had a negative influence on or if someone appears out of nowhere.
Running Gag: Arthur trying to avoid Cousin Mo.
Moral: Don't stress yourself out planning a party, setting high expectations will only cause you more grief.
Timeline:
- In the flashback of the reunion where Mo dresses Arthur as a baby from one year prior, Arthur's wearing glasses. However, he started wearing glasses in "Arthur's Eyes" during his second grade school year and the current family reunion is meant to take place in the summertime shortly before Arthur goes back to school and begins his third grade school year.
- The Read Family Reunion takes place in the month of July.
- The Read Family Reunion has supposedly been going on for at least three years.

Cultural references[edit]

Spider Guy is a parody of Spider-Man.
Musical Shoes is based on Musical Chairs.
D.W.'s guess as to which bridge her uncle's charading is "London Bridge is Falling Down," a children's song.

Errors[edit]

In the flashback where Mo dresses Arthur up as a baby, the diaper disappears in the later shot as the scene ends.
When Arthur and Mo play the piano together, some of Arthur's fingers go through the keys.
When Arthur was going to the freezer he got buried in snow in the next shot all of the snow on him was gone.

Home video[edit]

VHS

D.W. Rides Again (VHS)

DVD:

Gallery[edit]

:Main article: Arthur's Cousin Catastrophe/Gallery

References[edit]

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 ==Summary==
-Arthur does his best to avoid his annoying cousin, Mo, at a family reunion.
+[[Arthur Read|Arthur]] does his best to avoid his annoying cousin, Mo, at a family reunion.
 ==Plot==
-[[Arthur Read|Arthur]]'s family was getting ready to host their annual family reunion, known as the "ANNUAL READ FAMILY REUNION". Just then, Arthur's [[Loretta|Aunt Loretta]], [[Uncle Bud]], and three cousins: [[Monique]] (who usually goes by the name of "Mo"), [[Ricky]], and [[Loretta's daughter]] form the family arrive at the front door.
+[[Arthur Read|Arthur]]'s family is getting ready to host their annual family reunion. Just then, Arthur's [[Loretta|Aunt Loretta]], [[Uncle Bud]], and three cousins: [[Monique]] (who usually goes by the name of "Mo"), [[Ricky]], and [[Loretta's daughter]] arrive at the front door.
-Bud takes a picture of Arthur with his Supernova Solar Flash (a camera that X-rays people during the flash), and then Arthur politely welcomes them in. Loretta says that Mo has a surprise for Arthur and then Arthur remembers back in time for the past reunions: When Arthur was 5 years old, Mo started the trouble by putting him on a lawn sprinkler; when Arthur was 6 years old, Mo was doing judo on him; and when Arthur was 7 years old, Mo dressed him up as a baby by putting a bonnet on his head, a pacifier in his mouth, and a cloth diaper with a pin over his pants, and placing him in a pram, and everyone started laughing in front of him.
+Loretta says that Mo has a surprise for Arthur and then Arthur has flashbacks to past reunions: When Arthur was 5 years old, Mo started the trouble by putting him on a lawn sprinkler; when Arthur was 6 years old, Mo practiced her judo moves on him; and when Arthur was 7 years old, Mo dressed him up as a baby by putting a bonnet on his head, a pacifier in his mouth, and a cloth diaper with a pin over his pants, and placing him in a stroller, causing everyone to start laughing in front of him.
-Arthur then screams and starts to run away from Mo, but Loretta states that Arthur has grown into an excitable boy. Outside, David starts the grill, but he doesn't have the burgers and hot dogs, but [[Jane Read|Jane]] does, and she walks over to the grill with the burgers and hot dogs and then takes over.
+Arthur then screams and starts to run away from Mo. Outside, Arthur hides in a tree to get away from Mo, who he claims is ruining his life. As Arthur gets down from the tree, [[Cousin George]] tries to show Arthur a comic book called ''[[Spider Guy]]'', but Arthur starts running away because he thinks Mo is approaching him.
-Arthur was hiding up in the tree to get away from Mo, whom he claimed was ruining his life. As Arthur gets down from the tree, [[Cousin George]] was about to show Arthur a comic book called ''SPIDERKIY'', but Arthur starts running away as Mo is about to go near him, so George shows the comic book to Mo instead.
+As Jane is grilling, Loretta walks over to the grill and shows Jane the [[Flip'omatic]], a three-headed spatula. As Loretta is demonstrating the Flip'omatic, she puts the three blades underneath the hamburgers, and then flips them. The hamburgers fly high into the air and land on [[Francis Haney|Mr. Haney]].
-As Jane is grilling, Loretta walks to the grill and shows Jane the three-bladed spatula with a button, known as the Flip'omatic. As Loretta is demonstrating the Flip'omatic to Jane, she puts the three blades underneath the hamburgers, and then presses the button, but the hamburgers start flying way up high in the air, and Loretta admits she set it too high.
+While Jane and Loretta are still grilling, David announces a sack race. Just then, he spots Arthur, who is still trying to hide from Mo, and asks very loudly through his megaphone if Arthur wants to join the sack race. Arthur starts stammering excuses about why he can't, but then he spots Mo approaching, so he grabs a sack and begins hopping extremely fast. Arthur ends up winning the race, leaving Uncle Bud marveling at how fast Arthur is "for a little fella," and Ricky angry about losing. Ricky then throws a fit after losing by throwing his cap off of his head and stomping on it while still in the sack.
-Meanwhile, outside at [[Francis Haney's house|Mr. Haney's house]], Mr. Haney starts going outside the front door for a wonderful day, but three hamburgers start landing on his head, and he brushes them off with his bare hand and runs back into the house.
+Jane and Loretta continue lowering the notch of the Flip'omatic to get the hamburgers done. Then, everyone starts eating dinner. [[Thora Read|Grandma Thora]] and her son-in-law, Arthur's [[Sean (uncle)|Uncle Sean]], are having a conversation with her [[Thora's Mother|mother]].
-While Jane and Loretta are still grilling, David announces a sack race. During the sack race, Arthur takes the lead and wins the race, but Ricky throws a fit for losing by throwing his cap off of his head and stomping on it while still in the sack.
+They start having an egg race, and Arthur's great-grandmother wins the race. After that, they play charades, but Uncle Sean picks an obscure book nobody else knows. Then, David dresses as a clown and tells everyone it is time to play a game of musical shoes, but everyone is tired. A thunderstorm arrives, and it starts to rain hard, so everyone runs to get back inside.
-Jane and Loretta continue lowering the notch of the Flip'omatic to get the hamburgers done. Then everyone starts eating dinner. [[Thora Read|Grandma Thora]] and her son-in-law Arthur's uncle are having a conversation with her [[Thora's Mother|mother]] (Arthur, [[D.W. Read|D.W.]], and [[Kate Read|Kate]]'s great-grandmother).
+At night, Mo starts playing the piano, revealing that this was her surprise for Arthur, and that she had taken up playing the instrument because she saw Arthur doing so; Arthur tutors her a little in the basics of playing the piano. Mo then admits she had been looking for Arthur so she could show him her skills with the piano; when Arthur says he thought she wanted to decorate him like a Christmas tree, or send him into space, Mo replies, "You? You're my favorite relative!" and then adds the only reason she comes to these "dumb" reunions is so she can play with him. Arthur replies that he's glad it's just the piano this time.
-Then they start having an egg race, and Arthur's great-grandmother wins the race, while some others lose the egg before they reach the goal. Then they play charades, but it's hard when [[Uncle Sean]] picks an obscure book nobody else knows. Then David dresses as a clown and tells everyone it is time to play a game of musical shoes, but everyone was tired. A thunderstorm arrives, while it starts to rain very hard, and everyone gets back inside.
+They start playing a jazzy tune together, which attracts all of their relatives into the living room and they dance along. Uncle Bud mentions that despite the weather, this has been a great reunion. Then we see the outside of Arthur's house but then we scroll up and see that's it's no longer raining and we see a full white moon in the sky and then the picture fades.
-Later at night, Mo starts playing the piano, revealing that this was her surprise for Arthur, that she had taken up playing the instrument because she saw Arthur doing so. Arthur tutors her a little in piano basics. When Arthur says he thought she wanted to decorate him like a Christmas tree, or send him into outer space, Mo replies, “You? You’re my favorite relative”, and then adds the only reason she comes to these “dumb” reunions is so she can play with him.
-They start playing a jazzy tune together, and then all their relatives come into the living room and dance along, and then David and Jane look on before turning to each other and kissing. Uncle Bud mentions that despite the weather, this has been a great reunion, and we then see that the storm has cleared up with a full moon in the starry sky.
 ==Characters==
-===Major characters===
 *[[Arthur Read]]
 *[[Monique]] (debut)
+*[[Jane Read]]
 *[[David Read]]
-===Minor characters===
 *[[Uncle Bud]] (debut)
 *[[Loretta]] (debut)
-*[[Jane Read]]
-*[[D.W. Read]]
 *[[Thora Read]]
 *[[Thora's Mother]] (debut)
 *[[Cousin George]] (debut)
 *[[Sean (uncle)|Uncle Sean]] (debut)
+*[[D.W. Read]]
 *[[Francis Haney]]
-===Background characters===
 *[[Ricky]] (debut)
 *[[Loretta's daughter]] (debut)
 *[[Aunt Bonnie]] (debut)
-*[[Pal]]
+*[[Pal]] (cameo)
-*[[Kate Read]]
+*[[Kate Read]] (cameo)
 ==Trivia==
-*Kate can be seen next to the table when Arthur views a wide angle of the yard through his binoculars. She is absent throughout the rest of the episode.
+*Arthur saying "hi" to the people arriving at the Family Reunion was recycled from Arthur saying "hi" in the title card "Arthur Underwater."
+*Kate can be seen next to the table when Arthur views a wide angle of the yard through his binoculars.
-===Animation errors===
+*Arthur's Bionic Bunny binoculars has a special "DANGER" detector that goes off if spying on a person he has had a negative influence on or if someone appears out of nowhere.
-*In the flashback where Mo dressed Arthur up as a baby, the diaper disappeared in the later shot as the scene ends.
+*'''Running Gag:''' Arthur trying to avoid Cousin Mo.
-*The dormer window to the master bedroom is missing as shown in the top perspective shot when Loretta flips the hamburgers.
+*'''Moral:''' Don't stress yourself out planning a party, setting high expectations will only cause you more grief.
-*When Arthur and Mo play the piano together, some of Arthur's fingers go through the keys.
+*'''Timeline:'''
+**In the flashback of the reunion where Mo dresses Arthur as a baby from one year prior, Arthur's wearing glasses. However, he started wearing glasses in "[[Arthur's Eyes]]" during his second grade school year and the current family reunion is meant to take place in the summertime shortly before Arthur goes back to school and begins his third grade school year.
+**The Read Family Reunion takes place in the month of July.
+**The Read Family Reunion has supposedly been going on for at least three years.
 ===Cultural references===
-*Spider Guy is a parody of Spider-Man.
+*''Spider Guy'' is a parody of ''Spider-Man''.
 *Musical Shoes is based on Musical Chairs.
+*D.W.'s guess as to which bridge her uncle's charading is "London Bridge is Falling Down," a children's song.
+===Errors===
+*In the flashback where Mo dresses Arthur up as a baby, the diaper disappears in the later shot as the scene ends.
+*When Arthur and Mo play the piano together, some of Arthur's fingers go through the keys.
+*When Arthur was going to the freezer he got buried in snow in the next shot all of the snow on him was gone.
 ==Home video==
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+[[Category:1996]]

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