Arthur Wiki:Timeline

As Arthur has many timeline inconsistencies, the episodes are not in order. This timeline chart will organize clues as to when the episodes fit into the story.

Season	Title:	Timeline hints:
1	Arthur's Eyes
1	Francine's Bad Hair Day
1	Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn
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
1	Francine Frensky, Superstar
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 Fracine
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	The snowball came from "The Blizzard"
1	Team Trouble
1	Bully for Binky	Sue Ellen appears
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"
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
2	Sue Ellen's Lost Diary	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
2	How the Cookie Crumbles
2	Sue Ellen's Little Sister
2	Buster's Back
3	The Ballad of Buster Baxter
3	D.W., All Fired Up
3	I'd Rather Read It Myself
3	Arthur Goes Crosswire
3	Sue Ellen and the Brainasaurous
3	Background Blues
3	And Now Let's Talk to Some Kids
3	The Chips are Down
3	Revenge of the Chip
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
3	Double Tibble Trouble
3	Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival
3	What Scared Sue Ellen?
3	Clarissa is Cracked
3	Arthur's Dummy Disaster
3	Francine and the Feline
3	Mom and Dad Have a Great Big Fight
3	D.W.'s Perfect Wish
3	Arthur and D.W. Clean Up
3	The Long, Dull Winter
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
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
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?
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
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
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
8	Bitzi's Break Up
8	Fernfern and the Secret of Moose Mountain
8	Thanks a Lot, Binky
8	Arthur's Snow Biz
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!
8	Sue Ellen Chickens Out
8	Postcards from Buster
8	Desk Wars
8	Desperately Seeking Stanley
8	Muffy's Art Attack
8	Tales from the Crib
8	Flea to Be You and Me
8	Kiss and Tell
8	Big Horns George
8	Bleep
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
9	Lights, Camera, Opera!
9	All Worked Up!
9	Arthur Makes Waves
9	It Came from Beyond
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
10	The Secret About Secrets
10	Feeling Flush
10	Family Fortune
10	D.W. Aims High
10	Flaw and Order
10	The Curse of the Grebes
10	Arthur Changes Gears
10	Unfinished
10	D.W., Bossy Boots
10	Binky vs. Binky
10	Operation D.W.
10	Do You Speak George?
10	World Girls
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
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?)
11	Baby Kate and the Imaginary Mystery
11	Strangers on a Train
11	The Making of Arthur
11	Dancing Fools
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?
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
12	Mei Lin Takes a Stand	Mei-Lin appears (after "Big Brother Binky")
12	Home Sweet Home	Summer
12	Do You Believe in Magic
12	The Perfect Game
12	D.W.'s Furry Freakout
13	The Great MacGrady
13	The Silent Treatment
13	Kung Fool
13	Arthur's Number Nightmare
13	Brain Gets Hooked
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	Before "April 9th" (Mr. Morris appeared), Sue Ellen appears, a poster says "party fri 6:00", the chalkboard says "monday show and tell Tavish", 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)
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 appears (after Francine and the Feline)
14	Follow the Bouncing Ball
14	Buster Baxter and the Letter from the Sea
14	Around the World in 11 Minutes
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
15	Fifteen
15	I Wanna Hold Your Hand
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.	International Talk-Like-a-Pirate Day is September 19th
15	Grandpa Dave's Memory Album
15	Buster's Carpool Catastrophe
15	Trouble with Trophies
15	The Butler Did... What?
15	Buster's Garden of Grief
15	Through the Looking Glasses
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
Movie (2006)	Arthur's Missing Pal
Non-Canon Episode	Arthur's New Friend