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Arthur Wiki:Timeline
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An unofficial timeline of the story of Arthur. Specific years, such as 1984, are not used. Instead, all events are dated by their distance from Arthur Read's 3rd grade year, and only that year is broken into months.
150 Years Ago
123 Years Ago
- Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull pass through Elwood City.[2]
100 Years Ago
- President Theodore Roosevelt declares the lumber town founded by Jacob Katzenellenbogan an official city.[3]
87 Years Ago
- Horace P. Crane, owner of the Elwood City Grebes, takes a home run baseball from a boy, supposedly putting a "curse" on the team.[4]
51 Years Ago
- Ernest J. Cherney was stranded on an Antarctic expedition, but is soon rescued. (March 16th)[5]
40 Years Ago
- Millicent Crosswire was born.[6]
30 Years Ago
- Mrs. Robertson started teaching Kindergarten.[7]
20 Years Ago
16 Years Ago
- Sally McGill was born.[9]
- Catherine was born.[10]
13 Years Ago
10 Years Ago
9 Years Ago
- Binky Barnes was born.[14]
- Prunella Deegan was born.[15]
- Rattles was born.[14]
- Molly MacDonald was born.[14]
- Slink was born.[14]
- Michelle Kwan graduated from Lakewood Elementary School.[16]
8 Years Ago
- Arthur was born. (May 25th)[17]
- Muffy was born. (May 25th)[18]
- Buster was born.[19]
- Francine was born.[20]
- The Brain was born.[21]
- Sue Ellen was born.[22]
- George was born.[23]
- Fern was born.[24]
7 Years Ago
- Art Radley loses his pocketwatch.[25]
5 Years Ago
- Arthur gets his teddy bear.[26]
4 Years Ago (Arthur's Preschool)
- D.W. Read was born. (March 1st)[27]
- Emily was born.[28]
- Binky started being a bully.[29]
- The Tibbles were born.[30]
3 Years Ago (Arthur's Kindergarten)
- The Tree House is built.[31]
- Cousin Mo' spins Arthur on a sprinkler at the family reunion. (July)[32]
2 Years Ago (Arthur's 1st Grade)
- Buster begins keeping a School Lunch Almanac.[33]
- At the Read Family reunion, Cousin Mo' practices karate on Arthur. (July)[32]
1 Year Ago (Arthur's 2nd Grade)
- D.W. first imagines Nadine.[34]
- Kate Read was born.[35]
- Muffy Crosswire transfers to Lakewood Elementary School.[36]
- Arthur goes into the scariest house in town, the Tibbles' Mansion.[37]
- Arthur Read gets his glasses.[38] (November)[39]
- Arthur gets a valentine from a secret admirer, and hopes it is from Sue Ellen. (February 13-14)[40]
- Cousin Mo' dresses up Arthur as a baby at the family reunion. (July)[32]
Arthur's 3rd Grade
This section is particularly under construction. Please refer to the chart here in the meantime.
August
September
- Unknown date
- Arthur and D.W. find Starry Moony in Grandma Thora's attic.[43]
- Arthur and his friends are assigned to Mr. Ratburn, the "toughest teacher in the universe".[44]
- The Tibble Twins try to be well-behaved for their grandmother, since they forgot about Grandparents Day last Sunday.[45]
- (circa) 1st
- 20th
- The Stoddard Wilkins Elementary Aptitude Test is taken.[48]
October
- Unknown date
- The Tough Customers attempt to eliminate all music in the world.[49]
- 31st
- D.W. has a bad case of hiccups that she can't get rid of.[50]
November
- Thanksgiving (exact date unknown)
December
- 25th
- Arthur's family celebrates Christmas in a different way than he had planned. Other families celebrate the holidays in their own ways.[53]
- 31st/January 1st
- Arthur tries to stay up until midnight to see the new year.[54]
January
February
- Unknown date, (before Valentine's Day)
- Arthur and his friends try to invent a new holiday to cure their boredom.[55]
- 15th
March
- 1st
- D.W.'s birthday.[57]
- 10th
- The class goes on a trip to the Science Museum, but Binky finds most of it boring, since he had already gone on the trip last year.[58]
- 16th-17th
- Bitzi Baxter breaks up with Harry Mills, but they remain good friends.[59]
April
- Unknown date
- Arthur punches D.W., eventually leading to the "de-founding" of the Tough Customers.[60]
- 1st
- 9th
- A fire burns Lakewood Elementary, and the students go to Mighty Mountain in the meantime.[62]
- 22nd
May
- Unknown date
- Unknown date, (right after Mothers Day)
- Muffy and Fern team up to sell greeting cards.[65]
- 1st
- Mrs. MacGrady is diagnosed with cancer.[66]
- 16th
- Doria Walters's birthday.[67]
- 25th
- Arthur Read's birthday.[68]
- Muffy Crosswire's birthday.[68]
- Muffy and Sue Ellen go to Crown City and meet with Sue Ellen's old babysitter, Carla.[69]
- 26th
- Arthur goes against Grandma Thora in a marbles championship.[70]
June
- 2nd
- Mrs. MacGrady finally returns to work after recovering from cancer.[71]
- 14th - 16th
- Buster and the Read family go to the beach, where Buster finds a note in a bottle that he thinks to be from Atlantis.[72]
July
- Unknown date
- 25th
- Buster goes to Camp Meadowcroak without his friends, but makes new ones instead.[74]
- 26th
August, (technically part of 4th grade year)
- Unknown date
- In the last week of summer break, Arthur tries to find his list of things to do over the summer.[76]
1 Year Later (Arthur's 4th Grade)
Please note! This section particularly has not been officially approved by Marc Brown or the Arthur team.
- Buster receives a mysterious box of chocolates from a secret admirer, and tries to identify the person so he can thank them.[77]
5 Years Later (Arthur's 8th Grade)
- The Andy and Company contest winners are announced.[78]
100 Years Later
- R4 and 3W watch a Datagram of the episode "Background Blues".[79]
References
- ↑ "Grandpa Dave's Old Country Farm"
- ↑ "On This Spot" - Arthur specifically says it happened 123 years ago.
- ↑ "Elwood City Turns 100!"
- ↑ "The Curse of the Grebes"
- ↑ "Buster Baxter and the Letter from the Sea"
- ↑ "Arthur's Treasure Hunt"
- ↑ "Brain's Shocking Secret"
- ↑ "Muffy's Soccer Shocker"
- ↑ "Crushed"
- ↑ "Muffy Gets Mature"
- ↑ "Francine's Split Decision"
- ↑ "To Tibble the Truth" - Alberto says he is in 8th grade.
- ↑ "The Butler Did... What?"
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 "But Binky has three other 9 year olds to help him!" - Buster Baxter in, "Brother, Can You Spare a Clarinet?"
- ↑ "Prunella Gets It Twice"
- ↑ "The Good Sport"
- ↑ "Arthur's Birthday"
- ↑ "Arthur's Birthday"
- ↑ "The Ballad of Buster Baxter"
- ↑ "Francine's Split Decision"
- ↑ http://pbskids.org/arthur/print/tradingcards/cards.html#pg-brain2
- ↑ http://pbskids.org/arthur/print/tradingcards/cards.html#pg-sueellen1
- ↑ http://pbskids.org/arthur/print/tradingcards/cards.html#pg-george1
- ↑ http://pbskids.org/arthur/print/tradingcards/cards.html#pg-fern1
- ↑ "Based on a True Story"
- ↑ "Desperately Seeking Stanley"
- ↑ "D.W.'s Perfect Wish"
- ↑ "D.W., Bossy Boots"
- ↑ "Bully for Binky"
- ↑ http://pbskids.org/arthur/print/tradingcards/cards.html#pg-tibbles1
- ↑ "Castles in the Sky"
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 "Arthur's Cousin Catastrophe" - The calendar transition shows it was July.
- ↑ "The Great MacGrady" - Arthur says so in the opening sequence.
- ↑ "D.W.'s Imaginary Friend" - Also: Nadine said in "Baby Steps" that D.W. was 3 when she first imagined her.
- ↑ "Arthur's Baby" and "D.W.'s Baby"
- ↑ "Arthur and the True Francine"
- ↑ Arthur's Halloween (book)
- ↑ "Arthur's Eyes"
- ↑ In the book, the calendar on Mr. Marco's desk says November.
- ↑ Arthur's Valentine - despite Mr. Ratburn being the teacher in "Sue Ellen Moves In", the book shows Arthur is still in Mr. Marco's class.
- ↑ http://pbskids.org/arthur/backstreet/chat/index.html - As he says he was 8 years, 3 months, 22 days old; calculating that from May 25th, "Arthur's Birthday", the result is August 16th right before the 3rd grade school year begins.
- ↑ http://pbskids.org/arthur/backstreet/chat/index.html - She says she was 8 years, 3 months, 29 days old; calculating that from May 25th, "Arthur's Birthday", the result is August 23rd right before the 3rd grade school year begins.
- ↑ "Bats in the Belfry", Buster says the month when D.W. shows the calendar.
- ↑ "Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn"
- ↑ "Mind Your Manners" - Grandparents Day is the first Sunday after Labor Day, meaning it is in September.
- ↑ "Do You Believe in Magic" - It was D.W.'s half-birthday, which "D.W.'s Perfect Wish" revealed to be March 1st, so 6 months away is September 1st.
- ↑ "Never, Never, Never" - It was D.W.'s half-birthday, which "D.W.'s Perfect Wish" revealed to be March 1st, so 6 months away is September 1st.
- ↑ "S.W.E.A.T."
- ↑ "Brother, Can You Spare a Clarinet?" The logic for this month being that Arthur said his birthday isn't for 7 months, and "Arthur's Birthday" tells that his birthday is in May.
- ↑ "Hic or Treat" - It was Halloween, which is on October 31st.
- ↑ "Francine's Pilfered Paper"
- ↑ Arthur's Thanksgiving
- ↑ Arthur's Perfect Christmas
- ↑ "Arthur's New Year's Eve"
- ↑ "The Long, Dull Winter" - At the end, they say that Valentine's Day is coming up.
- ↑ "Dad's Dessert Dilemma"
- ↑ "D.W.'s Perfect Wish"
- ↑ "The World of Tomorrow" - Thruster said the date was March 10, 2203; to which Binky exclaimed "You mean I've been asleep for 200 years?!"
- ↑ "Bitzi's Break-Up" - In the scene where Buster returns Muffy's magazine, a "Happy St. Patrick's!" banner is briefly visible in the hallway. St. Patrick's Day is March 17th.
- ↑ "Arthur's Big Hit" - When Buster calls Arthur in the hallway, the bulletin board has Earth Day information. Earth Day is April 22nd.
- ↑ Arthur's April Fool - It happened this year because it mentions Mr. Ratburn
- ↑ "April 9th"
- ↑ "Prunella the Packrat" - Earth Day is April 22nd.
- ↑ "The Big Blow-Up" - Arthur says it's May when D.W. is writing her letter to Santa.
- ↑ "Fernlets by Fern"
- ↑ "The Great MacGrady" - after the moving goulash splatters on Buster, the calendar transition has the 1st crossed off, before it crosses off the 2nd and 3rd.
- ↑ "Fernlets by Fern" - As Mother's Day is the 2nd Sunday in May, it gives enough space for her birthday on the 16th to be in the same month. This makes sense, because it shortens the span of the episode from 1 month to 1 week.
- ↑ 68.0 68.1 Arthur's Birthday"
- ↑ "Muffy Goes Metropolitan" - The festival is May 25th, which Muffy says is tonight.
- ↑ "Arthur Loses His Marbles" - Buster's video camera reads May 26th, but in a few shots mistakenly says May 24th.
- ↑ "The Great MacGrady" - Buster says the date when he is writing in his journal right before he confronts Skip Bitterman and Mrs. MacGrady returns.
- ↑ "Buster Baxter and the Letter from the Sea" - Calculating 51 years, 3 months, and 7 days after March 9, 1960.
- ↑ "Arthur's Cousin Catastrophe" - The calendar transition for the past 3 years shows the reunion takes place in July.
- ↑ "Home Sweet Home" - On the day the bus comes to Buster's house, the calendar transition shows that the 25th is circled.
- ↑ 75.0 75.1 "The Long Road Home" - George writes on a calendar.
- ↑ "The Short, Quick Summer"
- ↑ "Buster's Secret Admirer" - Buster mentions Baxter Day at the end, and since Fern said it was September, this episode must be in 4th Grade because Baxter Day was not invented until Christmas (December).
- ↑ "The Contest"
- ↑ "Background Blues"
