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{{youmay|the episode originally titled "Arthur's Teacher Trouble"| | {{youmay|the episode originally titled "Arthur's Teacher Trouble"|[[Arthur's Teacher Trouble (book)|the book]], [[Arthur's Teacher Trouble (VHS)|the VHS]], [[Arthur's Teacher Trouble (DVD)|the DVD]], or [[Arthur's Teacher Trouble (game)|the game]]}} | ||
{{Episode infobox | |||
|ep. name = Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn | |ep. name = Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn | ||
|season = [[Season 1|1]] | |season = [[Season 1|1]] | ||
|number = 2a | |number = 2a | ||
|image = Ratburn.png | |image = Ratburn.png | ||
|titlecard = | |titlecard = Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn title card.png | ||
|titlecard2 = Arthur' | |titlecard2 = Arthur's Teacher Trouble title card.png | ||
|us = October 8, 1996<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19970723021343/http://www.ket.org/Visions/Oct96/VL961008.html</ref> | |us = October 8, 1996<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19970723021343/http://www.ket.org/Visions/Oct96/VL961008.html</ref> | ||
|can=January 7, 1997<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120413104003/http://ww3.tvo.org/program/157024/arthur</ref> | |can=January 7, 1997<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120413104003/http://ww3.tvo.org/program/157024/arthur</ref> | ||
|ger=December 10, 2001<ref>https://www.fernsehserien.de/erdferkel-arthur-und-seine-freunde/episodenguide/staffel-1/3906</ref> | |ger=December 10, 2001<ref>https://www.fernsehserien.de/erdferkel-arthur-und-seine-freunde/episodenguide/staffel-1/3906</ref> | ||
|writers = [[Joe Fallon]] | |writers = [[Joe Fallon]] | ||
|storyboarders = [[John Pagan]] <br>[[Norm Roen]] | |storyboarders = [[John Pagan]] &<br>[[Norm Roen]] | ||
|prev. episode = [[Francine's Bad Hair Day]] | |prev. episode = [[Francine's Bad Hair Day]] | ||
|next episode = [[Arthur's Spelling Trubble]]|uk = May 26, 1998<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0078872/arthur-series-1-2-arthur-and-the-real-mr-ratburnspelling-trubble ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150111014555/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0078872/arthur-series-1-2-arthur-and-the-real-mr-ratburnspelling-trubble archived page])</ref>}} | |next episode = [[Arthur's Spelling Trubble]]|uk = May 26, 1998<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0078872/arthur-series-1-2-arthur-and-the-real-mr-ratburnspelling-trubble ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150111014555/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0078872/arthur-series-1-2-arthur-and-the-real-mr-ratburnspelling-trubble archived page])</ref>}} | ||
{{EpisodeHeader|1|book1=[[Arthur's Teacher Trouble (book)|Arthur's Teacher Trouble]]|2|1|title2 = Arthur's Teacher Trouble}} | {{EpisodeHeader|1|book1=[[Arthur's Teacher Trouble (book)|Arthur's Teacher Trouble]]|2|1|title2 = Arthur's Teacher Trouble}} | ||
==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
Arthur, Buster, and Francine investigate whether the rumor that their new teacher is a vampire is really true. | |||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
Arthur and his friends are waiting for [[Francis Haney|Mr. Haney]] to put up a list of what teacher they will get in the third grade. Mr. Haney arrives, but goes back for he forgot a tack. | Arthur and his friends are waiting for [[Francis Haney|Mr. Haney]] to put up a list of what teacher they will get in the third grade. Mr. Haney arrives, but goes back for he forgot a tack. | ||
Arthur tells the viewers the three teachers for the third grade: [[Mrs. Sweetwater]], who is very nice, [[Mrs. Fink]], who is very fun, and [[Nigel Ratburn|Mr. Ratburn]], | Arthur tells the viewers the three teachers for the third grade: [[Mrs. Sweetwater]], who is very nice, [[Mrs. Fink]], who is very fun, and [[Nigel Ratburn|Mr. Ratburn]], the toughest teacher in the whole school. Mr. Haney finally comes and puts up the list. [[Francine Frensky|Francine]] reads the list and finds that they are in Mr. Ratburn's class. The kids start screaming in fear and Binky passes out. | ||
After the title card, the kids are still screaming, they stop and Arthur rechecks the list again, but is disappointed that Francine was right. | After the title card, the kids are still screaming, they stop and Arthur rechecks the list again, but is disappointed that Francine was right. | ||
During a baseball game, Buster is dreading over Mr. Ratburn and doesn't pay attention to anything that's going on. | During a baseball game, [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] is dreading over Mr. Ratburn and doesn't pay attention to anything that's going on. | ||
Same happens to Francine while she is playing soccer, she ends up getting hit on the head with a soccer ball yet she still dreads over Ratburn. | |||
Arthur and his friends walk down the street, passing Brain's Mom's ice cream shop. She offers free samples of her new flavor, but they are still miserable and don't notice. Francine suggests they ask [[Prunella Deegan|Prunella]] about Mr. Ratburn | Arthur and his friends walk down the street, passing Brain's Mom's ice cream shop. She offers free samples of her new flavor, but they are still miserable and don't notice. Francine suggests they ask [[Prunella Deegan|Prunella]] about Mr. Ratburn for she was in his class last year. | ||
She scares them silly with false stories about Ratburn, that he eats nails for breakfast (without milk), and that if anybody answers a question wrong he would send them to death row. Arthur imagines him in death row, forced to do heavy school work. She also claims he's a vampire with dark powers. Buster imagines Ratburn as a vampire, hypnotizing the students to hate recess. Prunella wishes them good luck and leaves. | She scares them silly with false stories about Ratburn, that he eats nails for breakfast (without milk), and that if anybody answers a question wrong he would send them to death row. Arthur imagines him in death row, forced to do heavy school work. She also claims he's a vampire with dark powers. Buster imagines Ratburn as a vampire, hypnotizing the students to hate recess. Prunella wishes them good luck and leaves. | ||
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Arthur believes that Mr. Ratburn is much worse than a vampire. Just then, they notice Mr. Ratburn walking into the hardware store. They watch him closely and see him taking a box of nails, they believe it's for breakfast. Mr. Ratburn then takes a saw. | Arthur believes that Mr. Ratburn is much worse than a vampire. Just then, they notice Mr. Ratburn walking into the hardware store. They watch him closely and see him taking a box of nails, they believe it's for breakfast. Mr. Ratburn then takes a saw. | ||
Francine wonders what it's for, although the two boys figure why. Buster remembers a book about kids finding a spooky mystery | Francine wonders what it's for, although the two boys figure why. Buster remembers a book about kids finding a spooky mystery a becoming detectives to figure it out. He suggests they should find out what Mr. Ratburn is up to. Arthur makes an excuse of them needing to do homework, but they ultimately decide to 'face horrifying, scary danger'. | ||
A montage is shown with Arthur, Buster, and Francine | A montage is shown with Arthur, Buster, and Francine spy on Mr. Ratburn around town to see if he does anything unusual. He does nothing out of the ordinary, but they do see him do many different things such as being a writer for the newspaper and being the basketball coach. | ||
Francine decides to stop and goes home to do homework. Just after she leaves, Arthur and Buster see Mr. Ratburn carrying a case with him, but when he's pushing it down the stairs, an ''arm'' hangs out of the case, scaring the boys. | Francine decides to stop and goes home to do homework. Just after she leaves, Arthur and Buster see Mr. Ratburn carrying a case with him, but when he's pushing it down the stairs, an ''arm'' hangs out of the case, scaring the boys. | ||
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They follow him to the carnival, they lose track of him at the house of mirrors and end up walking into a water gun tent, ending up all wet. | They follow him to the carnival, they lose track of him at the house of mirrors and end up walking into a water gun tent, ending up all wet. | ||
They then try another tent, which turns out to be Mr. Haney with Mrs. MacGrady's help, trying to take a picture of him in an action pose on a horse, but Arthur accidentally knocks over a cactus, which hits the horse causing Mr. Haney to start falling backwards with Mrs. MacGrady taking the picture. | They then try another tent, which turns out to be Mr. Haney, with Mrs. MacGrady's help, trying to take a picture of him in an action pose on a horse, but Arthur accidentally knocks over a cactus, which hits the horse causing Mr. Haney to start falling backwards with Mrs. MacGrady taking the picture. | ||
They leave and Buster chooses a tent, in which they see silhouettes moving. They run in and end up being on a stage in front of kids who seem entertained. The two boys warn the kids to run from Mr. Ratburn, but they just continue laughing. A puppet of Jack notices them, and a puppet boom box claims they did his lines for him. Then the boys hear Mr. Ratburn from above, controlling the Jack puppet, telling them to leave. He controls Jack and leads them out of the show. Backstage, Arthur and Buster are surprised to see a box full of puppet show props. At the show, the boom box comments that Jack would lose his head if it wasn't attached. Jack disagrees, but has his head fly off. The boom box warns Jack to hide, for the giant was coming. Jack's head bounces toward Arthur and Buster and it cracks. Jack's body walks away just as the giant arrives. Backstage, Mr. Ratburn is examining the cracked headed and is frustrated that they keep breaking when he does the head gag. Buster and Arthur then realize that it was puppet heads that Mr. Ratburn was looking for in the first place. Ratburn is in a hurry to get Jack prepared and tells the boys that he must stay on schedule for what he does. Arthur compliments that he does many different things in a day and the he himself couldn't do nearly as well. Mr. Ratburn explains about organization and how many people say that he gives a large amount of homework. The boys pretend to never have heard of it. The boom box on stage asks where Jack is. Mr. Ratburn, acting as Jack, says he'll be there in a moment. He further explains to Arthur and Buster about self-discipline and how they can do their homework in time for the things they like to do. He has Jack prepared and goes back on stage. Ratburn tells Arthur and Buster to leave so he can concentrate. They begin to leave, but Mr. Ratburn reminds them about their geography projects, causing them to scream. | They leave and Buster chooses a tent, in which they see silhouettes moving. They run in and end up being on a stage in front of kids who seem entertained. The two boys warn the kids to run from Mr. Ratburn, but they just continue laughing. A puppet of Jack notices them, and a puppet boom box claims they did his lines for him. Then the boys hear Mr. Ratburn from above, controlling the Jack puppet, telling them to leave. He controls Jack and leads them out of the show. Backstage, Arthur and Buster are surprised to see a box full of puppet show props. At the show, the boom box comments that Jack would lose his head if it wasn't attached. Jack disagrees, but has his head fly off. The boom box warns Jack to hide, for the giant was coming. Jack's head bounces toward Arthur and Buster and it cracks. Jack's body walks away just as the giant arrives. Backstage, Mr. Ratburn is examining the cracked headed and is frustrated that they keep breaking when he does the head gag. Buster and Arthur then realize that it was puppet heads that Mr. Ratburn was looking for in the first place. Ratburn is in a hurry to get Jack prepared and tells the boys that he must stay on schedule for what he does. Arthur compliments that he does many different things in a day and the he himself couldn't do nearly as well. Mr. Ratburn explains about organization and how many people say that he gives a large amount of homework. The boys pretend to never have heard of it. The boom box on stage asks where Jack is. Mr. Ratburn, acting as Jack, says he'll be there in a moment. He further explains to Arthur and Buster about self-discipline and how they can do their homework in time for the things they like to do. He has Jack prepared and goes back on stage. Ratburn tells Arthur and Buster to leave so he can concentrate. They begin to leave, but Mr. Ratburn reminds them about their geography projects, causing them to scream. | ||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
===Major=== | ===Major characters=== | ||
*[[Arthur Read]] | *[[Arthur Read]] | ||
*[[Buster Baxter]] | *[[Buster Baxter]] | ||
*[[Nigel Ratburn]] | *[[Nigel Ratburn]] | ||
*[[Francine Frensky]] | *[[Francine Frensky]] | ||
===Minor=== | |||
===Minor characters=== | |||
*[[Prunella Deegan]] | *[[Prunella Deegan]] | ||
*[[Alan Powers | *[[Alan Powers]] | ||
*[[Francis Haney]] | *[[Francis Haney]] | ||
*[[Mrs. Fink]] | *[[Mrs. Fink]] | ||
*[[Mrs. Powers]] (debut) | *[[Mrs. Powers]] (debut) | ||
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===Background characters=== | |||
*[[Sue Ellen Armstrong]] | *[[Sue Ellen Armstrong]] | ||
*[[Fern Walters]] | *[[Fern Walters]] | ||
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*[[Binky Barnes]] | *[[Binky Barnes]] | ||
*[[Jenna Morgan]] | *[[Jenna Morgan]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Mary]] | ||
*[[3rd Grade Female Aardvark]] | *[[3rd Grade Female Aardvark]] | ||
*[[ | *[[3rd Grade Female Rabbit]] | ||
*[[Miss Sweetwater]] (debut) | *[[Miss Sweetwater]] (debut) | ||
*[[Steve]] | *[[Steve]] | ||
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*[[Otis]] | *[[Otis]] | ||
*[[3rd Grade Female Cat (Number 2)]] | *[[3rd Grade Female Cat (Number 2)]] | ||
*[[3rd Grade Male Cat]] | *[[3rd Grade Male Cat]] (debut) | ||
*[[3rd Grade Male Dog (Number 3)]] | *[[3rd Grade Male Dog (Number 3)]] | ||
*[[Beulah McInnerny]] | *[[Beulah McInnerny]] | ||
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*[[Luke]] | *[[Luke]] | ||
*[[3rd Grade Male Dog]] | *[[3rd Grade Male Dog]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Tibble Twins|Tommy Tibble]] (debut) | ||
*[[Pickles]] (debut) | *[[Pickles]] (debut) | ||
*[[Leah MacGrady]] (debut) | *[[Leah MacGrady]] (debut) | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* | *Although the title card did not get narrated on the home video and DVD releases, Francine narrates the title card when this aired on television. | ||
* This is the first appearance of [[The Sugar Bowl]], although the inside wasn't shown until "[[Arthur's Lost Library Book]]." | |||
* This is the first appearance of [[The Sugar Bowl]], although the | |||
*Buster tells Francine and Arthur that he read a book where kids discovered a similar case to the one they're trying to solve and became detectives to solve it, but in the episode "[[Buster Hits the Books]]" Buster tells his friends that he's never read a whole book before in his entire life. | *Buster tells Francine and Arthur that he read a book where kids discovered a similar case to the one they're trying to solve and became detectives to solve it, but in the episode "[[Buster Hits the Books]]" Buster tells his friends that he's never read a whole book before in his entire life. | ||
*When Mr. Ratburn is imagined as a vampire, it's reminesent of Dracula with the clothes, the accent and the way he hypnotizes the kids. | |||
*This is the first ''Arthur'' episode to end with an "iris out" effect, instead of simply fading to black as usual. Certain other episodes later on would also "iris out" at the end. | |||
*When Mr. Ratburn is imagined as a vampire, it's | |||
*This is the first ''Arthur'' episode to end with an "iris out" effect, instead of simply fading to black as usual. Certain other episodes | |||
===Errors=== | ===Errors=== | ||
*[[Paige Turner|Ms. Turner]] is seen but she is colored differently than in later episodes. | *[[Paige Turner|Ms. Turner]] is seen but she is colored differently than in later episodes. | ||
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*When the students are filing out of class, [[Alan Powers|Brain]] is in front. But when the line is seen again in the next scene, [[Muffy Crosswire|Muffy]] is in front. | *When the students are filing out of class, [[Alan Powers|Brain]] is in front. But when the line is seen again in the next scene, [[Muffy Crosswire|Muffy]] is in front. | ||
**In the same scene, [[George Lundgren|George]] is behind [[Buster Baxter|Buster]], yet in the next scene, [[Francine Frensky|Francine]] is behind him. | **In the same scene, [[George Lundgren|George]] is behind [[Buster Baxter|Buster]], yet in the next scene, [[Francine Frensky|Francine]] is behind him. | ||
*Sue Ellen's hair is black during the Ratburn vampire | *Sue Ellen's hair is black during the Ratburn vampire dream and brown in Mr. Ratburn's class. | ||
*The [[Alan Powers|Brain]]'s shirt does not have its white collar during the Ratburn vampire | *The [[Alan Powers|Brain]]'s shirt does not have its white collar during the Ratburn vampire dream. | ||
*The desks were seen like they were whole tables for four students, but later episodes had them divided into four desks per group. | *The desks were seen like they were whole tables for four students, but in later episodes had them divided into four desks per group. | ||
*Mr. Ratburn can be seen reaching to students' desks to pass out the papers while barely moving. | *Mr. Ratburn can be seen reaching to students' desks to pass out the papers while barely moving. | ||
*In one shot, there were three students in Mr. Ratburn's class who are actually Miss Sweetwater's and/or Mrs. Fink's, and Jenna was missing from that shot. The students in that shot were all of Mr. Marco's former students. After that shot, Jenna appeared and students from the other third grade classes were removed from that scene. | *In one shot, there were three of the students in Mr. Ratburn's class who are actually Miss Sweetwater's and/or Mrs. Fink's, and Jenna was missing from that shot. The students in that shot were all of Mr. Marco's former students. After that shot, Jenna appeared and students from the other third grade classes were removed from that scene. | ||
*In the carnival scene one of the Tibbles is seen eating cotton candy, but he is | *In the carnival scene one of the Tibbles is seen eating cotton candy, but he is in different clothes and is not with the other Tibble Twin. | ||
*Miss Sweetwater was referred to | *Miss Sweetwater was referred to a "Missus"; but in all other episodes, she is actually a "Miss". | ||
*When Arthur is sent to his alphabetical place in line, he is behind Francine, Buster, and Muffy, whereas the Brain (Allen) should've been in front of Arthur, then Binky and then Buster. | *When Arthur is sent to his alphabetical place in line, he is behind Francine, Buster, and Muffy, whereas the Brain (Allen) should've been in front of Arthur, then Binky and then Buster. | ||
===Cultural references=== | |||
*Mr. Ratburn's puppet show is [[Jack and the Beanstalk]]. | |||
===Production notes=== | ===Production notes=== | ||
*This episode was originally titled as "[[Arthur's Teacher Trouble (book)|Arthur's Teacher Trouble]]," but was changed late in production. However, the title was kept intact in the original Home Video release. | *This episode was originally titled as "[[Arthur's Teacher Trouble (book)|Arthur's Teacher Trouble]]," but was changed late in production. However, the title was kept intact in the original Home Video release. | ||
*This is the first episode to use Buster Making A Roar as a title card | |||
*This is the first episode | |||
==Home video== | ==Home video== | ||
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*[[Arthur: The Complete Series One]] | *[[Arthur: The Complete Series One]] | ||
*[[Arthur's Teacher Trouble (DVD)|Arthur's Teacher Trouble]] | *[[Arthur's Teacher Trouble (DVD)|Arthur's Teacher Trouble]] | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
===Screenshots=== | |||
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