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|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]] | ||
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{{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]], who's widely considered to be the toughest teacher in the entire school. Mr. Haney finally comes and puts up the list. Francine reads the list and finds that they are in Mr. Ratburn's class. The kids start screaming in fear and | 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]], who's widely considered to be the toughest teacher in the entire 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, since she had him as a teacher when she was in 3rd grade. | 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, since she had him as a teacher when she was in 3rd grade. | ||
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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=== | ||
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*[[Nigel Ratburn]] | *[[Nigel Ratburn]] | ||
*[[Francine Frensky]] | *[[Francine Frensky]] | ||
===Minor=== | ===Minor=== | ||
*[[Prunella Deegan]] | *[[Prunella Deegan]] | ||
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*[[Mrs. Fink]] | *[[Mrs. Fink]] | ||
*[[Mrs. Powers]] (debut) | *[[Mrs. Powers]] (debut) | ||
===Cameo=== | ===Cameo=== | ||
*[[Sue Ellen Armstrong]] | *[[Sue Ellen Armstrong]] | ||
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*[[Mary (3rd grader)|Mary]] | *[[Mary (3rd grader)|Mary]] | ||
*[[3rd Grade Female Aardvark]] | *[[3rd Grade Female Aardvark]] | ||
*[[Jessica | *[[Jessica (3rd grader)|Jessica]] | ||
*[[Miss Sweetwater]] (debut) | *[[Miss Sweetwater]] (debut) | ||
*[[Steve]] | *[[Steve]] | ||
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*[[Luke]] | *[[Luke]] | ||
*[[3rd Grade Male Dog]] | *[[3rd Grade Male Dog]] | ||
*[[Timmy and Tommy Tibble]] ( | *[[Timmy and Tommy Tibble|Tommy Tibble]] (debut) | ||
*[[Pickles]] (debut) | *[[Pickles]] (debut) | ||
*[[Leah MacGrady]] (debut) | *[[Leah MacGrady]] (debut) | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Although the title was not spoken on the home video and DVD releases, Francine says it during television airings. | *Although the title was not spoken on the home video and DVD releases, Francine says it during television airings. | ||
* This is the first appearance of [[The Sugar Bowl]], although the interior wasn't shown until "[[Arthur's Lost Library Book]]." | * This is the first appearance of [[The Sugar Bowl]], although the interior wasn't shown until "[[Arthur's Lost Library Book]]." | ||
*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 reminiscent of Dracula with the clothes, the accent and the way he hypnotizes the kids. | *When Mr. Ratburn is imagined as a vampire, it's reminiscent 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 afterwards would also "iris out" at the end. | *This is the first ''Arthur'' episode to end with an "iris out" effect, instead of simply fading to black as usual. Certain other episodes afterwards would also "iris out" at the end. | ||
*Some parts of the episode are adapted from the books [[Arthur and the True Francine (book)|Arthur and the True Francine]] and [[Arthur's Teacher Trouble (book)|Arthur's Teacher Trouble]]. | * Some parts of the episode are adapted from the books [[Arthur and the True Francine (book)|Arthur and the True Francine]] and [[Arthur's Teacher Trouble (book)|Arthur's Teacher Trouble]]. | ||
* | * This is the second episode where [[D.W. Read|D.W.]] is absent. The first was [[Francine's Bad Hair Day]]. | ||
===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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*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 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 wearing different clothes and is not with the other Twin. | *In the carnival scene one of the Tibbles is seen eating cotton candy, but he is wearing different clothes and is not with the other 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 an animation of Buster roaring for the 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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Ratpire.png|Mr. Ratburn as a vampire | Ratpire.png|Mr. Ratburn as a vampire | ||
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Ratburn.png | Ratburn.png | ||
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Arthurvampireroom.png | Arthurvampireroom.png | ||
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Real Mister Ratburn, 3rd Grade Male Dog, Kids Cheering.png | Real Mister Ratburn, 3rd Grade Male Dog, Kids Cheering.png | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
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[[Category:A to Z]] | [[Category:A to Z]] | ||
[[Category:Arthur episodes]] | [[Category:Arthur episodes]] | ||
