Arthur Wiki:Timeline

As Arthur has many timeline inconsistencies, the episodes are not in order. In May of 2012, Arthur Wiki began this project to fit the episodes (and possibly the books) in order. This will be a major project, and will likely not be completed for some time. For now, the project leader is Magnezonomon. Feel free to leave a message if you have any questions about the project.

Season	Episode Title:	Sue Ellen, Molina Family, Mr. Morris, Mr. Sipple, etc. appears	Tough Customers	Buster's Trip with his dad	Direct References to Past Episodes	Other timeline hints
1	Arthur's Eyes	Sue Ellen				flashback to 2nd grade
1	Francine's Bad Hair Day
1	Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn					first few days of school
1	Arthur's Spelling Trubble
1	D.W. All Wet
1	Buster's Dino Dilemma
1	D.W.'s Imaginary Friend
1	Arthur's Lost Library Book
1	Arthur's Pet Business
1	D.W., the Copycat
1	Locked in the Library!
1	Arthur Accused!
1	Arthur Goes to Camp
1	Buster Makes the Grade
1	Arthur's New Puppy
1	Arthur Bounces Back
1	Arthur Babysits
1	Arthur's Cousin Catastrophe
1	Arthur's Birthday					Arthur's birthday is May 25th, as the calendar says.
1	Francine Frensky, Superstar					After "Stolen Bike" because Francine is seen riding it.
1	Arthur's Baby
1	D.W.'s Baby
1	Arthur Writes a Story
1	Arthur's Lost Dog
1	So Long, Spanky
1	Buster's New Friend
1	Arthur the Wrecker
1	Arthur and the True Francine
1	Arthur's Family Vacation
1	Grandpa Dave's Old Country Farm
1	Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest
1	D.W. Flips
1	Meek for a Week
1	Arthur, World's Greatest Gleeper
1	Arthur's Chicken Pox
1	Sick as a Dog
1	D.W. Rides Again
1	Arthur Makes the Team
1	Arthur's Almost Boring Day
1	The Half-Baked Sale
1	Sue Ellen Moves In
1	The Perfect Brother
1	D.W.'s Snow Mystery				After "The Blizzard" because D.W. had the snowball.
1	Team Trouble
1	Bully for Binky	Sue Ellen
1	Misfortune Teller
1	Arthur's Tooth
1	D.W. Gets Lost
1	D.W. Thinks Big
1	Arthur Cleans Up
1	My Dad, the Garbage Man
1	Poor Muffy
1	D.W.'s Blankie
1	Arthur's Substitute Teacher Trouble
1	I'm a Poet					Early in the year because Francine said "the most she's said all year" and Fern talks in many episodes.
1	The Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club!
1	My Club Rules
1	Stolen Bike
1	Arthur's First Sleepover
1	Arthur's New Year's Eve					Late December, January 1st
2	Arthur Meets Mister Rogers
2	Draw!
2	Binky Barnes, Art Expert
2	Arthur's Lucky Pencil
2	D.W., the Picky Eater
2	Buster and the Daredevils
2	Arthur Makes a Movie
2	Go to Your Room, D.W.
2	Arthur's Underwear
2	Francine Frensky, Olympic Rider
2	Buster Baxter, Cat Saver
2	Play it Again, D.W.
2	Arthur's TV-Free Week
2	Night Fright
2	Arthur vs. the Piano
2	The Big Blow-Up
2	Lost!
2	The Short, Quick Summer
2	D.W. Goes to Washington
2	Arthur's Mystery Envelope
2	D.W.'s Deer Friend
2	Buster Hits the Books
2	Arthur's Faraway Friend
2	Arthur and the Square Dance
2	Water and the Brain
2	Arthur the Unfunny			Away at Italy?
2	Sue Ellen's Lost Diary	Sue Ellen	Binky respects books and is helpful to Muffy		In Binky's fantasy, imaginary Sue Ellen says "3 months have passed" since she met him.
2	Arthur's Knee				D.W. mentions how she was brave in "D.W. Blows the Whistle"
2	Grandma Thora Appreciation Day
2	Fern's Slumber Party
2	Love Notes for Muffy
2	D.W. Blows the Whistle
2	Francine Redecorates
2	Arthur the Loser
2	Arthur vs. the Very Mean Crossing Guard
2	D.W.'s Very Bad Mood
2	D.W.'s Name Game
2	Finders Key-pers	Mr. Morris
2	How the Cookie Crumbles
2	Sue Ellen's Little Sister
2	Buster's Back			Returns to Elwood City
3	The Ballad of Buster Baxter			Directly after "Buster's Back"
3	D.W., All Fired Up
3	I'd Rather Read It Myself
3	Arthur Goes Crosswire					Same school project as "Sue Ellen and the Brainasaurus"
3	Sue Ellen and the Brainasaurus					Same school project as "Arthur Goes Crosswire"
3	Background Blues
3	And Now Let's Talk to Some Kids
3	The Chips are Down
3	Revenge of the Chip				Some time after "The Chips Are Down"
3	Binky Rules				After "Arthur Accused!" and "Fern's Slumber Party"
3	Meet Binky				Right after "Meet Binky"
3	Arthur Rides the Bandwagon
3	Dad's Dessert Dilemma
3	Popular Girls
3	Buster's Growing Grudge
3	Arthur's Treasure Hunt
3	The Return of the King
3	Attack of the Turbo Tibbles
3	D.W. Tricks the Tooth Fairy				After "Arthur's Tooth"
3	Double Tibble Trouble
3	Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival
3	What Scared Sue Ellen?	Sue Ellen				trees look like autumn
3	Clarissa is Cracked
3	Arthur's Dummy Disaster	Wally (debut)
3	Francine and the Feline
3	Mom and Dad Have a Great Big Fight
3	D.W.'s Perfect Wish					This episode took place after the events of D.W., Bossy Boots since Emily tells D.W. she's five years old.
3	Arthur and D.W. Clean Up
3	The Long, Dull Winter					The movie that Arthur and Buster do not understand has some resemblance to 5000 Explosions and a Supernova (mentioned in "Muffy's New Best Friend")
4	D.W.'s Library Card
4	Arthur's Big Hit					Earth Day posters in the hallway when Binky is hiding behind the plant
4	Hide and Snake
4	Muffy's New Best Friend
4	Buster's Breathless					Buster mentions it happened "last fall"
4	The Fright Stuff
4	The Contest
4	Prove It!
4	The Blizzard
4	The Rat Who Came to Dinner
4	D.W. Tale Spins
4	Prunella Gets It Twice
4	Binky Barnes, Wingman!
4	To Beat or Not to Beat
4	1001 Dads					Around Father's Day (3rd Sunday in June)
4	Prunella's Prediction
4	What is That Thing?
4	Buster's Best Behavior
4	My Music Rules
4	That's a Baby Show!
5	Arthur and the Big Riddle
5	Double Dare
5	Kids are from Earth, Parents are from Pluto
5	Nerves of Steal
5	It's a No-Brainer
5	The Shore Thing	Sue Ellen
5	The World Record
5	The Cave
5	The Lousy Week
5	You Are Arthur
5	The Election
5	Francine Goes to War
5	Sleep No More
5	Pet Peeved
5	The Last of Mary Moo Cow
5	Bitzi's Beau
5	Just Desserts
5	The Big Dig
5	Arthur's Family Feud
5	Muffy Gets Mature
6	Sue Ellen Gets Her Goose Cooked
6	Best of the Nest
6	Arthur Plays the Blues
6	Buster's Sweet Success
6	Prunella's Special Edition
6	The Secret Life of Dogs and Babies
6	Muffy's Soccer Shocker
6	Brother Can You Spare a Clarinet?					October, since Arthur says his birthday isn't for 7 months, (his birthday is May 25)
6	The Boy Who Cried Comet!
6	Arthur and Los Vecinos
6	Citizen Frensky
6	D.W.'s Backpack Mishap
6	The Boy with His Head in the Clouds
6	More!
6	Rhyme for Your Life
6	For Whom the Bell Tolls
6	The Good Sport
6	Crushed
6	Arthur Loses His Marbles
6	Friday the 13th					On a Friday the 13th
7	Cast Away
7	The Great Sock Mystery
7	Francine's Split Decision
7	Muffy Goes Metropolitan
7	Ants in Arthur's Pants
7	Don't Ask Muffy
7	To Tibble the Truth	Vicita and Alberto
7	Waiting to Go
7	Elwood City Turns 100!
7	Pick a Car, Any Car
7	Jenna's Bedtime Blues
7	D.W.'s Time Trouble
7	Buster's Amish Mismatch				After events of "Buster's Dino Dilemma"
7	The World of Tomorrow
7	Is There a Doctor in the House?
7	Prunella Sees the Light
7	Return of the Snowball
7	April 9th					April 9th and some days afterwards
8	Dear Adil	Alberto
8	Bitzi's Break Up					Takes place after the episode, Bitzi's Beau.
8	Fernfern and the Secret of Moose Mountain
8	Thanks a Lot, Binky
8	Arthur's Snow Biz	Ramon Molina
8	Bugged
8	Fernkenstein's Monster				Muffy says "months since you split your pants" (Arthur's Underwear)
8	D.W., Dancing Queen				D.W. says that Arthur had nighmares about his underwear (Arthur's Underwear)
8	Vomitrocious!	Mr. Morris
8	Sue Ellen Chickens Out
8	Postcards from Buster	Ramon Molina
8	Desk Wars
8	Desperately Seeking Stanley
8	Muffy's Art Attack
8	Tales from the Crib	Molina family
8	Flea to Be You and Me
8	Kiss and Tell
8	Big Horns George
8	Bleep	Molina family
9	Castles in the Sky
9	Tipping the Scales
9	Francine's Big Top Trouble
9	George Blows His Top
9	Arthur Weighs In
9	The Law of the Jungle Gym
9	Buster's Green Thumb
9	My Fair Tommy					Tommy may have been more willing to learn manners because D.W. and Emily were nice to him before in "Double Tibble Trouble"
9	Lights, Camera, Opera!
9	All Worked Up!
9	Arthur Makes Waves
9	It Came From Beyond	Ramon Molina and Amigo
9	Three's a Crowd
9	"A" is for Angry
9	The "A" Team
9	Emily Swallows a Horse
9	D.W. Beats All
9	Buster the Myth Maker
9	Binky Goes Nuts
9	Breezy Listening Blues
10	Happy Anniversary
10	The Squirrels
10	Fern & Persimmony Glitchet
10	Desert Island Dish					End of the school year
10	The Secret About Secrets
10	Feeling Flush
10	Family Fortune
10	D.W. Aims High
10	Flaw and Order					Before "Arthur Accused!" and "Binky Rules" because Buster claimed not to know about sleuthing
10	The Curse of the Grebes
10	Arthur Changes Gears				After "Prunella Gets It Twice" because Prunella recognized the Ghost of Lunch Tomorrow
10	Unfinished
10	D.W., Bossy Boots					This episode took place before D.W.'s Perfect Wish since Emily turned five in this episode.
10	Binky vs. Binky
10	Operation D.W.
10	Do You Speak George?
10	World Girls	Sue Ellen
10	What's Cooking?
10	Buster's Special Delivery
11	Swept Away					Summer
11	Germophobia
11	Arthur Sells Out
11	Mind Your Manners
11	Buenas Noches, Vicita	Molina family
11	Prunella Packs It In
11	Phony Fern
11	Brain's Shocking Secret					By the way Binky phrases his decline of "esophagus" at the end, it seems like he knows that "Binky" is a nickname (which he doesn't learn until What's in a Name?) Same movies playing at the theater as "Muffy's New Best Friend"
11	Baby Kate and the Imaginary Mystery	Nemo
11	Strangers on a Train	Mr. Morris
11	The Making of Arthur	Vicita
11	Dancing Fools	Mrs. Molina
11	Hic or Treat
11	Mr. Alwaysright
11	Francine's Pilfered Paper					Thanksgiving (the 4th Thursday of November)
11	Buster Gets Real
11	D.W. on Ice
11	Spoiled Rotten
11	Big Brother Binky
12	Is That Kosher?					Around Yom Kippur (Somewhere from September 14 to October 14)
12	Never, Never, Never
12	Room to Ride
12	The Frensky Family Fiasco
12	D.W's Stray Netkitten
12	Bats in the Belfry					Before "The Cave" because Arthur hadn't seen a bat before, and before "The Making of Arthur" because D.W. didn't know about rabies
12	For the Birds
12	Ungifted
12	The Chronicles of Buster
12	On This Spot
12	The Cherry Tree
12	Matchmaker, Matchbreaker
12	War of the Worms
12	I Owe You One
12	The Blackout	Molina family
12	Mei Lin Takes a Stand	Mei-Lin
12	Home Sweet Home				after Buster's Green Thumb since Fritz and Buster are friends	Summer
12	Do You Believe in Magic
12	The Perfect Game
12	D.W.'s Furry Freakout
13	The Great MacGrady				After Arthur, It's Only Rock 'n' Roll	May 1 to June 2nd (as shown by calendar)
13	The Silent Treatment
13	Kung Fool
13	Arthur's Number Nightmare
13	Brain Gets Hooked	Ramon Molina is mentioned
13	MacFrensky
13	The Good, the Bad, and the Binky
13	No Acting Please
13	Prunella Deegan and the Disappointing Ending
13	When Carl Met George (George and the Missing Puzzle Piece)
13	D.W. Swims with the Fishes
13	The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Tibble
13	The Secret Guardians
13	Fernlets by Fern
13	Prunella and the Haunted Locker
13	Paradise Lost
13	The Pride of Lakewood	Mr. Morris, Sue Ellen			the Tibbles' painting is in Mr. Ratburn's classroom (The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Tibble), the rock climbing wall is set up (The Chronicles of Buster)	a poster says "party fri 6:00", the chalkboard says "monday show and tell Tavish"
13	Looking for Bonnie
13	The Secret Origin of Supernova				Buster mentions Piano Tamer (Buster Baxter, Cat Saver) and Captain Pomodoro (Buster's Green Thumb)
14	The Wheel Deal
14	The Buster Report
14	The Agent of Change
14	D.W. Unties the Knot
14	Nicked by a Name
14	The Play's the Thing
14	Falafelosophy
14	The Great Lint Rush
14	Tales of Grotesquely Grim Bunny
14	Pet Projects	Nemo
14	Follow the Bouncing Ball	Vicita and Alberto
14	Buster Baxter and the Letter from the Sea
14	Around the World in 11 Minutes	Vicita and Alberto
14	Muffy and the Big Bad Blog
14	Arthur Unravels
14	All the Rage
14	D.W., Queen of the Comeback
14	In My Africa
14	Buster Spaces Out
14	The Long Road Home	Vicita and Alberto
15	Fifteen
15	I Wanna Hold Your Hand	Mei-Lin
15	Whistling in the Wind
15	Buster's Secret Admirer					September, the Vernal Equinox
15	The Last King of Lambland
15	Cents-Less
15	Buster the Lounge Lizard
15	To Eat or Not to Eat
15	S.W.E.A.T.	Sue Ellen				International Talk-Like-a-Pirate Day is September 19th, but Binky may have gotten it wrong
15	Grandpa Dave's Memory Album				after Is That Kosher?
15	Buster's Carpool Catastrophe
15	Trouble with Trophies
15	The Butler Did... What?
15	Buster's Garden of Grief				After Buster's Green Thumb, as Buster and Fritz are friends, and after Home Sweet Home because Fritz is at the retirement home.
15	Through the Looking Glasses	Ramon Molina
15	Muffy's Classy Classics Club
15	Best Enemies					Before "Cast Away" because Dad hadn't gone fly-fishing before
15	What's in a Name?					Give report on Monday, Muffy's 4th class disruption this year by cell phone
15	Prunella the Pack Rat					Earth Day, April 22nd
Movie (2000)	Arthur's Perfect Christmas
Movie (2002)	Arthur, It's Only Rock 'n' Roll	Ramon Molina
Movie (2006)	Arthur's Missing Pal
Non-Canon Episode	Arthur's New Friend