Brain Gets Hooked

"Brain Gets Hooked"
Season/Series:	13
Number in season:	3b
Original Airdate:	October 14, 2009 February 16, 2009 April 20, 2009
Credits
Written by:	Matt Steinglass
Storyboard by:	Aliaksei Kazakou Michel Carbonneau
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"Brain Gets Hooked" is the second half of the third episode in the thirteenth season of Arthur.

Summary

Brain gets hooked on the latest tween reality show "Junior Island." When he starts to ignore his friends and his schoolwork, he knows he's got a problem. But what can he do to break the addiction?

Plot

Arthur is in his living room, sitting on the floor and bursting bubble wrap and talking to viewers about what it's like when people become interested in something and then grow obsessed with it, like Buster when he heard a particular radio program during a test, or using so much electricity to decorate for Christmas that it causes a citywide blackout. But he stops when his mom calls him to dinner.

Brain Gets Hooked

Brain is in his house, holding a clock and a chessboard as he waits for his Chess Tournament, but his mom tells him that they will not go until a little later. To pass the time, Brain turns on his TV and stumbles upon a program called Junior Island. In the program, two kids are in a room and need to discover a code. After the code is discovered, the room starts to close, but they escape. They hear a roar in the jungle, ending the episode. Brain’s mom tells him that they have to go to the tournament, but Brain wants to watch the show some more.

At lunch time at school, Brain is telling Arthur about the show and how he's really into it. He also tells Buster, and Francine.

Later that day, Mr. Ratburn gives the class a History project. Brain is distracted, but decides to do a report on the Magna Carte.

While Brain is working on his report, he turns on the TV and starts to watch Junior Island again. The three kids see a ship and think how escape of the island. Brain remains distracted by the show and does not accomplish much work.

Passing very time attending the show, Brain hear the bell and go see who is. Is Arthur and Buster, wants that Brain ride of bicycle with them in the park. Brain don’t wants to and tells them he is doing the report, but Arthur and Buster knows he is attending TV. Brain did convince them the sound that they have heard is in another house.

Brain back to do the report, but starts to attend Junior Island again. In school, Brain discover that Fern likes the show, too. Is the day of present the reports, being the first one of Binky. After he shows a lot of medieval accessories, Brain’s turn is arrived. All is going well, until Brain don’t know what talk and starts to tell to the class about Junior Island. Being revised, he ends his report, lasting five seconds. In the final of lessons, Brain got a "C" in the test, but Mr. Ratburn give more a chance to him. Fern tells Brain that all the episodes is in DVD, making Brain glad.

Brain is in the Library, taking borrowed a DVD of his favorite show. But he takes the book, too, as Ms. Turner said.

Doing his report, he see the DVD and decides to hide it. Putting the DVD in a locked kitchen cabinet. Brain try do his report again, but the cabinet key are calling the Brain’s attention, so, he hides the key in a cabinet in his garage, but he needs hold this other key. When see Buster and Arthur, give it to Buster keep until the next day to he finish his report.

Brain is doing his report, but can’t ignore it anymore and go supplicate Buster to give he back the key and the fact of can’t attend the show is leaving he crazy. Brain did trick Buster and take the key. He go to his house, after open the cabinet, take the key to open a box, that inside had a key to open a toy chest, where a magic cube (or polyhedron) is hidden and was hiding the key to open the kitchen cabinet, where the DVD was hidden. When Brain put the key in the keyhole, it fell down the sink drain, doing Brain get mad at a little time, but to his calm, the cabinet was open.

Arrive the night and Fern calls Brain is the door of his house. Since no one go answer, herself decides enter. In a suspense scene, Brain is desperate with his addiction, making Fern knows that the case is more serious than she thought. When she takes the remote, Brain scream to Fern give back it to he, but is cured when Fern tells he that the show is not real and borrow a book with a real history to he.

At the school, Brain presents a good report and tells Fern that tonight, he'll be watching the finale........ And is so baffled by the ending (there was a land bridge on the island the whole time) that he gets over his addiction.

Characters

Major Roles Brain Arthur Buster Fern Mr. Ratburn

Minor Roles Francine Binky Mrs. Powers

Trivia

• This is the second episode in which the Brain receives a low grade "C". In Breezy Listening Blues, he receives a "B" minus on a test.
• The Brain mentions that "a bunch of kids" are stranded on an island on the show, but the only kids on the show we see are Trent, Byron, and Devon.
• The flashback of Dave and Mr. Molina's competition over who had the best Christmas lights may be a reference to the 2006 Christmas film Deck the Halls.
• The show Junior Island is loosely a parody of the American TV series Lost, both shows take place on a deserted island, with the walrus being a parody of the polar bear, the science lab being a parody of the Swan Station, and the ship being a parody of the plane.

Home Video

Other Formats:

• Arthur Favorites: Volume 1 (LeapFrog)