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==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
Arthur at first ridicules the silly toys called [[Woogles]]. But when everyone else has one, Arthur is alone and feels pressured into getting it. Will he get one? | |||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
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Francine then tells Arthur he looks Woogleless and offers him one, but Arthur refuses to take it and says he does not need one of those stupid things. | Francine then tells Arthur he looks Woogleless and offers him one, but Arthur refuses to take it and says he does not need one of those stupid things. | ||
When he is talking to [[Alan Powers|Brain]], thinking he doesn't have one until Brain shows him the Albert Einstein Woogle, he bought, Arthur gets annoyed. Later on, he goes to an unknown store and goes to buy a Woogle, but everywhere he goes, they're all sold out. Eventually he finds what he thinks is one, except | When he is talking to [[Alan Powers|Brain]], thinking he doesn't have one until Brain shows him the Albert Einstein Woogle, he bought, Arthur gets annoyed. Later on, he goes to an unknown store and goes to buy a Woogle, but everywhere he goes, they're all sold out. Eventually he finds what he thinks is one, except it’s actually called a Poogle. | ||
He buys it immediately and shows his friends. When his friends say that the Poogle is a rip-off and not an actual Woogle, he gets sad. After that, Arthur is desperate to have a Woogle, so he tries to trick Buster into throwing his out so he can take it, but it fails. | He buys it immediately and shows his friends. When his friends say that the Poogle is a rip-off and not an actual Woogle, he gets sad. After that, Arthur is desperate to have a Woogle, so he tries to trick Buster into throwing his out so he can take it, but it fails. | ||
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Then when Arthur is alone sitting on the bench, Francine comes and tells him he can have one of hers and tells him to play with them, but first he has to say he actually really wanted them. However, he refuses to say that and says that a juice cap is a lot more fun than a Woogle. He then starts [[Bottlecap Clicking|playing with it]], and Francine says “Oh, yeah — like that old cap is more fun than a lovable Woogle.” | Then when Arthur is alone sitting on the bench, Francine comes and tells him he can have one of hers and tells him to play with them, but first he has to say he actually really wanted them. However, he refuses to say that and says that a juice cap is a lot more fun than a Woogle. He then starts [[Bottlecap Clicking|playing with it]], and Francine says “Oh, yeah — like that old cap is more fun than a lovable Woogle.” | ||
However, everyone else | However, everyone else doesn’t agree with her, as they’re shown dropping their Woogles and going over to Arthur. | ||
Concluding this episode, Grandma Thora gives him an orange Woogle for doing so well on his report card, but he says that juice caps are a lot more cool now, and that lots of people have them. | Concluding this episode, Grandma Thora gives him an orange Woogle for doing so well on his report card, but he says that juice caps are a lot more cool now, and that lots of people have them. | ||
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===Cameo=== | ===Cameo=== | ||
*[[Alex]] | *[[Alex]] | ||
*[[3rd Grade Female Cat (Number 2)]] | *[[3rd Grade Female Cat (Number 2)]] | ||
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*[[Jenna Morgan]] | *[[Jenna Morgan]] | ||
*[[Mary (3rd grader)|Mary]] | *[[Mary (3rd grader)|Mary]] | ||
*[[Jessica | *[[Jessica (3rd grader)|Jessica]] | ||
*[[Fletcher]] | *[[Fletcher]] | ||
*[[Maria Pappas]] | *[[Maria Pappas]] | ||
*[[Unknown Female Aardvark (Number 3)]] | *[[Unknown Female Aardvark (Number 3)]] | ||
*[[Dave]] (mentioned) | |||
*[[3rd Grade Male Dog (Number 3)]] | *[[3rd Grade Male Dog (Number 3)]] | ||
*[[Rattles]] | *[[Rattles]] | ||
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*[[3rd Grade Male Dog]] | *[[3rd Grade Male Dog]] | ||
*[[3rd Grade Male Rat]] | *[[3rd Grade Male Rat]] | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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*Maria had a yellow [[Woogles|Woogle]]. Alex and Fern are seen stretching a yellow one on the playground, despite their Woogles being lime-green and purple, respectively. This could mean that Maria lent hers to them. | *Maria had a yellow [[Woogles|Woogle]]. Alex and Fern are seen stretching a yellow one on the playground, despite their Woogles being lime-green and purple, respectively. This could mean that Maria lent hers to them. | ||
*This is the only episode when Robert Shedlowich is a storyboard artist. | *This is the only episode when Robert Shedlowich is a storyboard artist. | ||
* | *In Arthur's Nightmare. These Woogles can be seen from night 1 trough 4. | ||
===Cultural references=== | ===Cultural references=== | ||
*The [[Woogles]] are likely based on Silly Slammers; which also made noises and said things when squeezed or hit against. | *The [[Woogles]] are likely based on Silly Slammers; which also made noises and said things when squeezed or hit against. | ||
*Buster's Woogle's name is {{W|Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo}} which in fact is the name of the main protagonist of the novel ''The Hobbit'' by J.R.R. Tolkien, which was also adapted as a trilogy of films. Bilbo is also important to the events of Tolkien's most famous series, '' | *Buster's Woogle's name is {{W|Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo}} which in fact is the name of the main protagonist of the novel ''The Hobbit'' by J.R.R. Tolkien, which was also adapted as a trilogy of films. Bilbo is also important to the events of Tolkien's most famous series, ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy. | ||
*There actually was a fad of "Pet Rocks" in the 1970s, and the rocks came in cardboard cages, just as David's old Pet Rock did. | *There actually was a fad of "Pet Rocks" in the 1970s, and the rocks came in cardboard cages, just as David's old Pet Rock did. | ||
===Episode connections=== | ===Episode connections=== | ||
*Arthur's imaginary baby is identical to the one he imagined in "[[Arthur's Baby (episode)|Arthur's Baby]]." | *Arthur's imaginary baby is identical to the one he imagined in "[[Arthur's Baby (episode)|Arthur's Baby]]." | ||
* In Arthur's dream, adult Francine wears the same clothes she wore in Arthur's dream in the intro to the episode " | * In Arthur's dream, adult Francine wears the same clothes she wore in Arthur's dream in the intro to the episode "Arthur and the Square Dance." | ||
===Errors=== | ===Errors=== | ||
*[[Maria Pappas|Maria]]'s Woogle is yellow when first seen in the class picture scene, but it turns orange when Arthur is holding the broccoli. When the older Arthur shows the picture, the Woogle is yellow again. | *[[Maria Pappas|Maria]]'s Woogle is yellow when first seen in the class picture scene, but it turns orange when Arthur is holding the broccoli. When the older Arthur shows the picture, the Woogle is yellow again. | ||
*In one scene, the Poogle's legs is transparent. | *In one scene, the Poogle's legs is transparent. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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[[Category:A to Z]] | [[Category:A to Z]] | ||
[[Category:Arthur episodes]] | [[Category:Arthur episodes]] | ||
