Arthur's Teacher Trouble (game)

The front cover of Arthur's Teacher Trouble

Arthur's Teacher Trouble is a Living Books animated storybook computer game. It was first released in 1993, and based upon the 1986 book. It was re-released a quantity of times to become compatible with the later operating systems. The latest version was labeled "Windows XP Compatible".

Gameplay

Like most Living Books games, the narrator reads the story out loud and the player can play mini-games to get clues about the the book. Also, if you click objects in the background, they will make an animation.

Plot

See Arthur's Teacher Trouble

Differences from the book

• Many details were removed in order to simplify animation process.
• On the first page, there are two classroom doors with the second one being shown 1/4. Also, the perspective a few inches higher where peoples' feet can never be seen.
• The word "FIRE ALARM" on the red school bell was removed in order to simplify animation process.
• The things on the bulletin board in the hallway are different, in contrast to the book.
• On the second page, Prunella is looking in her locker before closing it and telling everyone she had Mr. Ratburn when she was in third grade; although in the book, she did not go through her locker.
• In Arthur's imagination of being put to death row, he has on red and white horizontal stripes instead of black and white stripes.
• In Arthur's imagination of Mr. Ratburn as a vampire, Arthur's eyes twirl, his sweater is teal instead of yellow, and the background is blue instead of gray.
• The names on the SPELLING AWARD trophy are removed.
• When Arthur comes home from school, Jane is mixing the cookie dough; although in the book, she was shown to open up the oven to take out the cookies.
• While Arthur is doing working on his project of Africa using cookie dough, he is wearing blue pajamas like in the cartoon that aired later; but in the book, he was wearing yellow and red striped pajamas.
• In Arthur's room, a green stuffed dragon is added to his work desk.
• Also, in Arthur's room, a record player is in the shelf that replaces a box of books, a tall cylinder can, and a toy car.
• D.W. can be seen giving Arthur words to study while he's in his tree house, and she tells him that their mom found more words for him to study; but the text never said in the book about D.W. giving Arthur more words to study.
• On Page 11, when the player clicks on the Next Page arrow, Mr. Ratburn says "Pencils down, please. Pass your papers to the front," which he never said in the book.
• Sue Ellen has blonde hair instead of orange that the book illustrated her.
• The wording on the tag on the basket of fruits that are from Muffy that said "FOR: MR. RATBURN, FROM: MUFFY CROSSWIRE" is shortened to "FROM: MUFFY".
• The unnamed rabbit girl has brown hair instead of gray.
• While Arthur is in the spellathon, he is wearing a red sweater instead of a yellow one, and a blue bowtie instead of a red one.
• In the scene where Mr. Ratburn corrects his students' spelling tests, Fern is standing next to Francine; although in the book, Fern was behind the rabbit girl.

See Also

• Arthur's Birthday (computer game)