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As soon as Jane comes back home through the front door, Buster and the Brain leave, and D.W. goes up to her room. Jane tells Arthur that she won't need the computer until after dinner, so he is welcome to go play on it; however, Arthur declines. | As soon as Jane comes back home through the front door, Buster and the Brain leave, and D.W. goes up to her room. Jane tells Arthur that she won't need the computer until after dinner, so he is welcome to go play on it; however, Arthur declines. | ||
After dinner that night, Jane proceeds to get the computer to work, but Arthur attempts to distract her from finding out what happened to the computer. Finally, he tells her that he wrecked it after playing on it, and apologizes. Luckily, Mom is able to fix the computer by toggling a switch in the back; D.W. then says that they're not going to starve. Mom then tells Arthur that he could’ve just called her and asked her for help instead of worrying, and Arthur admits that he thought she'd be mad | After dinner that night, Jane proceeds to get the computer to work, but Arthur attempts to distract her from finding out what happened to the computer. Finally, he tells her that he wrecked it after playing on it, and apologizes. Luckily, Mom is able to fix the computer by toggling a switch in the back; D.W. then says that they're not going to starve. Mom then tells Arthur that he could’ve just called her and asked her for help instead of worrying, and Arthur admits that he thought she'd be mad. Mom replies, “I’m not mad; I’m disappointed.” She then tells Arthur that she's forbidding him from playing on the computer for a whole week. When she asks if that's fair, Arthur nods, accepting his mom's punishment. | ||
The episode finishes as Jane becomes fascinated with Deep Dark Sea, and plays it passionately that evening. | The episode finishes as Jane becomes fascinated with Deep Dark Sea, and plays it passionately that evening. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*"Arthur the Wrecker" became adapted into a book in the ''[[Arthur Adventure]]'' series and re-titled ''[[Arthur's Computer Disaster]]''. | *"Arthur the Wrecker" became adapted into a book in the ''[[Arthur Adventure]]'' series and re-titled ''[[Arthur's Computer Disaster]]''. | ||
*It was also an entry in the Living Book series, going by the title ''[[ | *It was also an entry in the Living Book series, going by the title ''[[Arthur's Computer Adventure]]''. | ||
*'''The episode's intro features three historical landmarks and pieces that are accidentally made famous by Arthur: '''in ancient [[Egypt]] he dislodges the nose from the Great Sphinx; in ancient [[Greece]], he breaks Dad's sculpture that a Greek version of [[Francis Haney|Mr. Haney]] later buys, by chopping of the arms holding a marble sculpture of D.W, thus creating the famous [[Venus de Milo]] sculpture; in colonial [[America]], Arthur is running and flying a kite, but rams into a giant bell, creating a big crack in it, and making it the famous {{W|Liberty Bell}}. | *'''The episode's intro features three historical landmarks and pieces that are accidentally made famous by Arthur: '''in ancient [[Egypt]] he dislodges the nose from the Great Sphinx; in ancient [[Greece]], he breaks Dad's sculpture that a Greek version of [[Francis Haney|Mr. Haney]] later buys, by chopping of the arms holding a marble sculpture of D.W, thus creating the famous [[Venus de Milo]] sculpture; in colonial [[America]], Arthur is running and flying a kite, but rams into a giant bell, creating a big crack in it, and making it the famous {{W|Liberty Bell}}. | ||
*When Arthur saves the game, the sonar sounds from the [[List of Title Cards#Arthur Underwater|Arthur Underwater]] title card can be heard. | *When Arthur saves the game, the sonar sounds from the [[List of Title Cards#Arthur Underwater|Arthur Underwater]] title card can be heard. | ||
=== Cultural references === | === Cultural references === | ||
* When Arthur imagines himself in ancient Egypt, ''The Streets of Cairo'' can be heard in the background. | * When Arthur imagines himself in ancient Egypt, ''The Streets of Cairo'' can be heard in the background. | ||
*When Arthur imagines himself in colonial America, ''Yankee Doodle'' can be heard in the background. | *When Arthur imagines himself in colonial America, ''Yankee Doodle'' can be heard in the background. | ||
=== Errors === | === Errors === | ||
* When [[Arthur Read|Arthur]] and [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] look for [[Alan Powers|Brain]], his dad tells them he's not home, then they go to the library looking for him realizing he's not there, but he's suddenly standing behind [[Binky Barnes|Binky]] looking at library books in which they never even knew about, because they continue looking for him, and they suddenly find him at the pond throwing rocks. | * When [[Arthur Read|Arthur]] and [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] look for [[Alan Powers|Brain]], his dad tells them he's not home, then they go to the library looking for him realizing he's not there, but he's suddenly standing behind [[Binky Barnes|Binky]] looking at library books in which they never even knew about, because they continue looking for him, and they suddenly find him at the pond throwing rocks. | ||
==Home video== | ==Home video== | ||
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