Arthur and the Square Dance

Arthur and the Square Dance
Season	2
Episode no.	84
Date aired	January 28, 1998
Episode Guide
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"Arthur and the Square Dance" is the second half of twelfth episode of the Arthur's second season.

Premise

Arthur's and Francine's friends think that they are in love with each other, leading both of them to think the other is in love. The two avoid each other afraid of getting "cooties" and finally solve the problem.

Trivia

Notes

• First cameo appearance of Buster Baxter

Goofs

• In Arthur's dream about running his own catering business, he says he had his 18th birthday and was married to Francine, although marriage law in the United States was since restricted to couples ages 18 and over.

• Also, the son in the dream looks exactly like Arthur and is just an aardvark, although if Arthur and Francine had children, their children would usually be half-aardvark and half-monkey, since Arthur is an aardvark and Francine is a monkey. However, it might be likely that Arthur would appear to have married another aardvark, and then divorced her, and then married Francine where she would rather be the aardvark son's stepmother.
• Arthur and his friends mention that the worn-out glove was a "glove that won last year's championship". However, Arthur did not have the talent for baseball until in Arthur Makes the Team, which took place in his and his classmates' third grade year.
• Arthur and Francine have fell in love in Arthur's Valentine so it is likely for Arthur and Francine that they would fell in love at that point.

References

• Francine joking to Arthur that she would rather have head lice is a foreshadowing to the Season Five episode The Lousy Week which aired approximately two and three-quarter years later.