Arthur's New Year's Eve

"Arthur's New Year's Eve" is the second half of the thirtieth episode of the animated children's series Arthur. It originally aired on June 2nd, 1997.

Plot

Arthur has never stayed up until midnight on New Year's Eve because his parents have always told him he's too young. He has tried a couple of times to stay up but has fallen asleep so he decides not to. On New Years Day Arthur is making his bed when Pal jumps on wanting to play. Arthur's Mom comes in and tells him that she and his Dad are going out for New Years Eve and that Grandma Thora will be babysitting. D.W. comes in and asks her Mom if she can stay up until midnight and her Mom tells her that she's too young but she gives Arthur the permission to stay up until Midnight but he says that he's not going to. Arthur and Pal then go outside to play in the snow and Prunella stops by and asks Arthur if he's going to stay up to see the green flash tonight on New Years Eve and that if there's no green flash it has to stay the same year again. After Prunella leaves Arthur goes and tells Francine about the green flash but Francine tells Arthur that there is no green flash and that on midnight on New Years Eve everyone has to throw out last year's calendar because it becomes offically illegal and that the New Years Eve police will check on people and anyone who still has last year's calendar will be arrested. Arthur then imagines that the New Years Eve police come to his house and find that Grandma Thora sill has last year's calendar and arrest her. Arthur then goes to Binky's house and tells Binky about the New Years Eve Police but Binky says that there isn't any New Years Eve Police and that on New Years Eve at Midnight there's this wrestling show that comes on t.v. where this baby and this old guy fight and if the baby wins the New Year begins but if the Old Guy wins the baby has to go and live with a groundhog and there's six more weeks of winter. Arthur then goes to Buster's and tells Buster about the wrestling show to which Buster says that's the sillest things that he's ever heard. However, what Arthur's friends explained to him about New Year's Eve were just complete myths.