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{{youmay|the game|[[Buster's Growing Grudge|the episode]]}}
{{youmay|the game|[[Buster's Growing Grudge|the episode]]}}
{{Game
{{Game
|title=Buster's Growing Grudge
|name=Buster's Growing Grudge
|image=Buster's Growing Grudge game.png
|image=Buster's Growing Grudge game.png
|type=Educational
|type=Grudge holding
|date=2017
|date=2017
|link=https://pbskids.org/arthur/friends/busters-grudge
|link=https://pbskids.org/arthur/friends/busters-grudge
}}
}}
'''Buster's Growing Grudge''' is an educational online game based on the [[Buster's Growing Grudge|episode]] with the same name. It is part of the "[[Being a Friend]]" series, and the topic is "Forgiveness."
'''Buster's Growing Grudge''' is an educational online game based on the [[Buster's Growing Grudge|episode]] with the same name. It is part of the "[[Being a Friend]]" series, and the topic is "Forgiveness."
==Game-play==
 
The game is essentially a trimmed-down version of the what happened in the episode. Screenshots from the episode and speech bubbles are presented in a comic format. Occasionally, a splash screen will appear with a discussion question for the reader about Buster's King Tutankhamun joke and Binky stealing said joke. Buster's grudge is represented as a green blob sticking out of his backpack, and it will grow and shrink depending on the events of the ending, where the reader can tell Buster what he should do about his vendetta against Binky. Some of the options include confronting Binky or talking to his buddy Arthur.
==Gameplay==
The game plays through a trimmed-down version of the story in the episode. Screenshots from the episode and speech bubbles are presented in a panel format. Occasionally, a splash screen will appear with a discussion question for the reader, such as if the reader thinks if Binky stole Buster's joke on purpose and why. The grudge is shown as a green blob sticking out of Buster's backpack, and it will grow and shrink depending on the events of the ending, where the reader can tell Buster what he should do about his grudge against Binky, such as confronting Binky or talking to Arthur.


==Characters==
==Characters==
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*[[Nigel Ratburn]]
*[[Nigel Ratburn]]


==Differences from the Episode==
==Differences from the episode==
===Page 1===
===Page 1===
*The intro before the title card is cut and Mr. Ratburn narrates the title instead of Binky.
*The intro before the title card is cut and Mr. Ratburn narrates the title instead of Binky.
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*Buster showed Arthur his grade in the school corridor but in the comic, he talks about his report when playing checkers and the picture from the school corridor is shown.
*Buster showed Arthur his grade in the school corridor but in the comic, he talks about his report when playing checkers and the picture from the school corridor is shown.
*The soccer scene is cut and goes straight to the Sugar Bowl.
*The soccer scene is cut and goes straight to the Sugar Bowl.
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Game Busters Grudge.jpg|The story as a comic
Game Busters Grudge Get Back at Binky.jpg|Get back at Binky
Game Busters Grudge Talk About Binky.jpg|Talk about Binky
Game Busters Grudge Talk to a Friend.jpg|Talk to a friend
Game Busters Grudge Think About It.jpg|Think about himself
Game Busters Grudge Talk To Binky.jpg|Talk to Binky
</gallery>
==Unused content==
There exists five unused sprites for the grudge. These are present in a sprite sheet called <tt>comic_sprites.png</tt>.
<gallery>
Buster's Growing Grudge game unused sprite 1.png
Buster's Growing Grudge game unused sprite 2.png
Buster's Growing Grudge game unused sprite 3.png
Buster's Growing Grudge game unused sprite 4.png
Buster's Growing Grudge game unused sprite 5.png
</gallery>
There exists an unused splash screen for the game, titled <tt>splash.png</tt>. The one used in-game is called <tt>splash.jpg</tt>. Both of these have versions that only display on mobile devices.
<gallery>
Buster's Growing Grudge early splash.png
Buster's Growing Grudge early splash mobile.png
</gallery>
Graphics titled <tt>question1.jpg</tt> through <tt>question8.jpg</tt> feature the question slides shown in-game, but with the text pre-added. In-game, these all use the same base background, with the text drawn over it rather than already in the image data.
<gallery>
Buster's Growing Grudge question 1.jpg
Buster's Growing Grudge question 2.jpg
Buster's Growing Grudge question 3.jpg
Buster's Growing Grudge question 4.jpg
Buster's Growing Grudge question 5.jpg
Buster's Growing Grudge question 6.jpg
Buster's Growing Grudge question 7.jpg
Buster's Growing Grudge question 8.jpg
</gallery>


==External links==
==External links==
*[https://pbskids.org/arthur/friends/busters-grudge Page on PBSKids.org]
*[https://pbskids.org/arthur/friends/busters-grudge Page on PBSKids.org]
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[[Category:Being a Friend]]
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[[Category:PBS Kids website games]]
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Latest revision as of 01:20, 4 November 2021

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Buster's Growing Grudge
Buster's Growing Grudge game.png
Game Information
Game type Grudge holding
Release date 2017
Website link Play now!

Buster's Growing Grudge is an educational online game based on the episode with the same name. It is part of the "Being a Friend" series, and the topic is "Forgiveness."

Gameplay[edit]

The game plays through a trimmed-down version of the story in the episode. Screenshots from the episode and speech bubbles are presented in a panel format. Occasionally, a splash screen will appear with a discussion question for the reader, such as if the reader thinks if Binky stole Buster's joke on purpose and why. The grudge is shown as a green blob sticking out of Buster's backpack, and it will grow and shrink depending on the events of the ending, where the reader can tell Buster what he should do about his grudge against Binky, such as confronting Binky or talking to Arthur.

Characters[edit]

Differences from the episode[edit]

Page 1[edit]

  • The intro before the title card is cut and Mr. Ratburn narrates the title instead of Binky.
  • Bizti is cut from the scene.
  • There is an alarm clock that shows each time Buster spent watching Bionic Bunny.

Page 2[edit]

  • Binky saying he would be the second person is cut.
  • When Buster was up to read his report, he did not imagine everyone as aliens.

Page 3[edit]

  • Buster showed Arthur his grade in the school corridor but in the comic, he talks about his report when playing checkers and the picture from the school corridor is shown.
  • The soccer scene is cut and goes straight to the Sugar Bowl.

Gallery[edit]

Unused content[edit]

There exists five unused sprites for the grudge. These are present in a sprite sheet called comic_sprites.png.

There exists an unused splash screen for the game, titled splash.png. The one used in-game is called splash.jpg. Both of these have versions that only display on mobile devices.

Graphics titled question1.jpg through question8.jpg feature the question slides shown in-game, but with the text pre-added. In-game, these all use the same base background, with the text drawn over it rather than already in the image data.

External links[edit]