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'''D.W.'s Blankie''' is the first half of the 27th episode of season 1 of the animated children's series ''[[Arthur]]''. It originally aired on April 28th, 1997.{{Template:Arthur Episode
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|ep. name = D.W.'s Blankie
|image = Blankie painting.png
|season = [[Season 1|1]]
|us= November 12, 1996<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19970723021343/http://www.ket.org/Visions/Nov96/VL961112.html</ref>
|prev. episode = [[Poor Muffy]]
|next episode = [[Arthur's Substitute Teacher Trouble]]
|writers = [[Tom Hertz]]
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==Summary==
[[D.W Read|D.W]]. can't find her blankie and enlists the help of [[Arthur]] to search for it, retracing her steps over Elwood City.
==Plot==
D.W. can't find her blankie, and asks Arthur to help her. At first Arthur refuses because he wants to go to [[Buster Baxter|Buster]]'s Condo and watch the Renagain Joe movies, later D.W. thinks that [[Pal]] took her blankie, then Arthur tells her that Pal didn't do it, but when D.W. says that she will reveal to his friends that Arthur still sleeps with his teddy bear [[Stanley]], Arthur agrees to help her.
 
D.W. first remembers that her [[Jane Read|Mom]] had to give some papers to [[Mrs. Tibble]], and thinks the [[Timmy and Tommy Tibble|Tibble Twins]] stole her blankie while they were not looking.
 
Arthur and D.W. go to the Tibbles' house and Mrs. Tibble says that they are with [[Trixie]]. Mrs. Tibble unexpectedly makes plans for them to see each other when they return.
 
D.W. then believes that her blankie got lost at the dry cleaner's, because she got hypnotized by the washing machines. When they go to the dry cleaner's the [[Dry cleaners worker|worker]] there thinks it is funny, and also thinks that D.W. is cute.
 
After leaving the dry cleaners D.W. thinks that she may have lost her blankie at the [[Elwood City Public Library|library]] because it got caught in one of the books that D.W. and her mom were returning, and that D.W. didn't notice because she was waving goodbye to [[Paige Turner|Ms. Turner]] the librarian.
 
When Arthur and D.W. go to the library Miss Turner checks all the books and doesn't find D.W.'s blankie, but tells D.W. to check the card catalogs to find books about blankies. Also at the library, Arthur spots [[Binky Barnes|Binky]] reading books, and doesn't want him to know that he's looking for D.W.'s Blankie.
 
When Binky sees Arthur, he does not want him to find out that he is reading. On the way out Arthur and Binky manage to avoid each other by not looking at each other.
 
D.W. then tells Arthur that she must have lost her blankie at the car wash, because while she and Mom were going through the car wash and D.W. got scared by the giant dry cleaning vacuum coming down. She also thinks that while D.W. had her eyes closed the vacuum sucked her blankie out the car window.
 
When Arthur and D.W. go to the car wash one of the workers says that the vacuum only sucks up water not blankies. But he offers D.W. his polishing cloth, which she turns down.
 
Finally, D.W. takes Arthur to the last place that she and Mom went; which was the [[Sugar Bowl]]. She believes that she left her blankie there after getting done eating ice cream. Arthur looks in the window and sees [[Francine Frensky|Francine]], [[Muffy Crosswire|Muffy]], [[Prunella Deegan|Prunella]], and [[Sue Ellen Armstrong|Sue Ellen]].
 
He does not want them to know he is looking for D.W.'s blankie, but goes in without a choice. When Francine sees Arthur she asks him to sit with them, but Arthur says no because he's just getting D.W. some ice cream.
 
He looks over, and D.W. is on the floor looking for her blankie. Arthur says that she is playing a make-believe game, and Prunella calls D.W. immature. When D.W. comes over and says they don't have what she was looking for Arthur tells the girls that she was talking about ice cream.
 
Francine asks what D.W.'s favorite flavor is Arthur says Chocolate-Vanilla Chip-Blankie. After Arthur and D.W. leave the Sugar Bowl, Arthur protests and says that he is going to Buster's. But he still takes D.W. with him. Buster tells Arthur that his mom returned the Renagain Joe movies to the movie rental store.
 
As Buster went on and on about how wonderful all the movies are, Arthur gave D.W. an angry look for making him miss the Renagain Joe movies. That night when [[David Read|Dad]] tucks D.W. into bed she asks him about her blankie. He says that they'll look for it in the morning and that D.W. should go to bed. When D.W. falls asleep she has a dream about her blankie.
 
Arthur hears her and rushes in to wake her up from the dream. When D.W. tells Arthur that she can't sleep without her blankie Arthur offers her Stanley but she does not accept it. Pal hands D.W. her real blankie, which at first she doesn't recognize because it was clean, so Arthur tells her that Mom washed it, but she then recognizes it and hugs it warmly, then apologizes to Pal for blaming him.


Arthur takes Pal and goes to his room to go to bed. When he tries to fall asleep he notices that Stanley isn't there. D.W. appears with Stanley which Arthur left in her room and she says to Arthur I'm sure you don't need him.


|image = [[File:1x27a.png|300px|Arthur giving D.W. her blanket back.]]
'''Arthur first gets angry then chases D.W. trying to get Stanley and screams:''' '''"BRING THAT BACK, D.W.! DAD! D.W. GIVE IT BACK TO ME! I'M TELLING DAD, D.W.! HEY, DAD! D.W. WON'T GIVE ME BACK STANLEY!"'''
|name = D.W.'s Blankie
==Characters==
|season = [[Arthur (season 1)|1]]
*[[Arthur Read]]
|episode = 53
*[[D.W. Read]]
|written = [[Tom Hertz]]
*[[Jane Read]]  (mentioned/flashback/fantasy)
|storyboard = [[Stephanie Gignac]]
*[[Paige Turner]]
|date = April 28, 1997
*[[Timmy and Tommy Tibble]] (fantasy)
|previous = [[Poor Muffy]]
*[[Binky Barnes]]
|next = [[Arthur's Substitute Teacher Trouble]]
*[[Francine Frensky]]
}}
*[[Muffy Crosswire]]
*[[Buster Baxter]]
*[[Prunella Deegan]]
*[[David Read]]
*[[Sue Ellen Armstrong]] (cameo)
*[[Pal]] (cameo)
==Trivia==
*This is the last time that a Bionic Bunny quote is used in the Super Sister title card.
*Arthur's teddy bear's name is revealed to be Stanley.
*At the end of the 2000 rerun intro on PBS Kids before this episode, Arthur’s crashing sound changes to the Season 5 version.
*'''Karma:''' Arthur was rude to D.W., so she made him miss the movie.
===Differences from the book===
*In the episode, Arthur was unwilling to help D.W. find her blankie because he wanted to go to a ''Renagain Joe'' movie marathon with [[Buster Baxter|Buster]], until D.W. blackmailed him into it by threatening to tell his friends that he still sleeps with [[Stanley (teddy bear)|Stanley]]. In the book, there is no mention of the ''Renegade Joe'' movies and Arthur agrees to help D.W. right away when she asks him to.
*Arthur and D.W. never look for blankie at the dry cleaning station like they do in the episode.
=== Episode connections ===
* [[D.W. Read|D.W.]] loses her [[blankie]] in this episode as one of her items, similar to her losing her [[snowball]] in [[D.W.'s Snow Mystery]].


==Plot==
==Home video==
D.W. can't find her blankie and asks Arthur to help her. At first Arthur refuses because he wants to go to Buster's and watch Renagain Joe movies but when D.W. says that when she asks Arthur's friends where her blankie is she might also reveal to them that Arthur still sleeps with his teddy bear Stanley Arthur agrees to help her. D.W. first remembers that their Mom had to give some papers to Mrs. Tibble and thinks the Tibble Twins but of stole her blankie while she and her mom weren't looking because Mrs. Tibble threw magic dust on them but when Arthur and D.W. get to the Tibble Twins' house Mrs. Tibble says that the twins are off playing with some girl named Trixie and that she'll let them know that Arthur wants to play with them, not realizing that's not why Arthur was asking to see them. D.W. then says that her blankie must of got lost at the drycleaners because she got hypnotise at the rack of clothes going around and around and while their Mom was paying the machine ordered D.W. to hand over her blankie but when Arthur and D.W. go to the Drycleaners the lady working there thinks that D.W. being hypnotise is the funniest thing she ever heard and she also thinks that D.W. is the cutest little girl she has ever seen. After leaving the drycleaners D.W. thinks that she lost her blankie at the library because it got caught in one of the books that D.W. and Mom were returning and D.W. didn't notice because she was waving goodbye to Miss Turner the librarian but when Arthur and D.W. go to the library Miss Turner checks all the books and doesn't find D.W.'s blankie but tells D.W.to check the card catelogs to find a book about blankies. Also at the library Arthur spots Binky Barnes reading books and doesn't want him to know that he's looking for a blankie and Binky spots Arthur and doesn't want Arthur to know that he's reading books. On the way out Arthur and Binky manage to avoid eachother by not looking at eachother. D.W. then tells Arthur that she must of lost her blankie at the carwash because while she and Mom were going through the carwash D.W. got scared by the giant dry cleaning vacaum coming down and while D.W. had her eyes closed the vacaum must of sucked her blankie out the car window which she left opened but when Arthur and D.W. go to the carwash one of the workers says that the vacaum only sucks up water not blankies but he offers D.W. to keep his polishing cloth to which she turns it down and Arthur replies It's not dirty enough for her. Finally D.W. takes Arthur to the last place that she and Mom went which was at the Sugar Bowl to which D.W. thinks that she left her blankie at the table after she and Mom left after finishing their ice cream. Arthur looks in the window and sees Francine, Muffy, Prunella, and Sue Ellen sitting at a table and doesn't want them to know that he's looking for a blankie but follows D.W. in. When Francine sees Arthur she asks him to sit with them but Arthur says No because he's just there getting D.W. some ice cream and then he looks over and sees D.W. crawling on the floor and tells the girls that she's doing that because she's playing some make believe game to which Prunella says that little kids can be so in-mature. When D.W. comes over and says they don't have what she was looking for Arthur tells the girls that they don't have their favorite flavor and when Francine asks what D.W.'s favorite flavor is Arthur says Chocolate-Vanilla Chip-Blankie. After Arthur and D.W. leave the Sugar Bowl they go to Buster's but Buster tells Arthur that his mom returned the Renagain Joe movies to the movie rental store and Arthur gives D.W. an angry look for making him miss the Renagain Joe movies and help her find her blankie. That night when Dad tucks D.W. into bed she asks him about her blankie to which he says that they'll look for it in the morning and that D.W. should go to bed know. When D.W. falls asleep she begins to dream about her blankie to which Arthur hears her and rushes in to wake her up from her dream. When D.W. tells Arthur that she can't sleep without her blankie Arthur offers her Stanley but she says that it's not the same thing. Then Pal hands D.W. her real blankie which at first she doesn't recognize because it was clean but then she recognizes it and hugs it warmly. Arthur takes Pal and goes to bed but when he tries to fall asleep he notices that Stanley isn't there but then D.W. appears with Stanley which Arthur left in her room and she says to Arthur I'm sure you don't need him. IArthur then chases D.W. trying to get Stanley and screams BRING THAT BACK D.W.! DAD! D.W. GIVE IT BACK TO ME! I'M TELLING DAD D.W.! HEY DAD D.W. WON'T GIVE ME BACK STANLEY!
'''VHS:'''
[[Category:Episodes]]
*[[D.W.'s Blankie (VHS)]]
'''DVD:'''
*[[D.W.'s Blankie (DVD)]]
==Gallery==
<gallery>
1x27a.png|Arthur being nice to D.W.
Blankie painting.png|The Blankie Painting!
D.W.'s Blankie Title Card.png|Title Card
Arthur Really Angry at DW (DW's Blankie).png| Arthur Angry With D.W.
</gallery>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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[[Category:Season 1 episodes]]
[[Category:Season 1 episodes]]
[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Arthur episodes]]
[[Category:1996]]

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"D.W.'s Blankie"
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D.W.'s Blankie Title Card.png
Season/Series: 1
Number in season: 27A
Original Airdate: United States November 12, 1996[1]
Credits
Written by: Tom Hertz
Storyboard by: Stéphanie Gignac
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"D.W.'s Blankie" is the first half of the twenty-seventh episode in the first season of Arthur. It was later adapted into the book D.W.'s Lost Blankie.

Summary[edit]

D.W. can't find her blankie and enlists the help of Arthur to search for it, retracing her steps over Elwood City.

Plot[edit]

D.W. can't find her blankie, and asks Arthur to help her. At first Arthur refuses because he wants to go to Buster's Condo and watch the Renagain Joe movies, later D.W. thinks that Pal took her blankie, then Arthur tells her that Pal didn't do it, but when D.W. says that she will reveal to his friends that Arthur still sleeps with his teddy bear Stanley, Arthur agrees to help her.

D.W. first remembers that her Mom had to give some papers to Mrs. Tibble, and thinks the Tibble Twins stole her blankie while they were not looking.

Arthur and D.W. go to the Tibbles' house and Mrs. Tibble says that they are with Trixie. Mrs. Tibble unexpectedly makes plans for them to see each other when they return.

D.W. then believes that her blankie got lost at the dry cleaner's, because she got hypnotized by the washing machines. When they go to the dry cleaner's the worker there thinks it is funny, and also thinks that D.W. is cute.

After leaving the dry cleaners D.W. thinks that she may have lost her blankie at the library because it got caught in one of the books that D.W. and her mom were returning, and that D.W. didn't notice because she was waving goodbye to Ms. Turner the librarian.

When Arthur and D.W. go to the library Miss Turner checks all the books and doesn't find D.W.'s blankie, but tells D.W. to check the card catalogs to find books about blankies. Also at the library, Arthur spots Binky reading books, and doesn't want him to know that he's looking for D.W.'s Blankie.

When Binky sees Arthur, he does not want him to find out that he is reading. On the way out Arthur and Binky manage to avoid each other by not looking at each other.

D.W. then tells Arthur that she must have lost her blankie at the car wash, because while she and Mom were going through the car wash and D.W. got scared by the giant dry cleaning vacuum coming down. She also thinks that while D.W. had her eyes closed the vacuum sucked her blankie out the car window.

When Arthur and D.W. go to the car wash one of the workers says that the vacuum only sucks up water not blankies. But he offers D.W. his polishing cloth, which she turns down.

Finally, D.W. takes Arthur to the last place that she and Mom went; which was the Sugar Bowl. She believes that she left her blankie there after getting done eating ice cream. Arthur looks in the window and sees Francine, Muffy, Prunella, and Sue Ellen.

He does not want them to know he is looking for D.W.'s blankie, but goes in without a choice. When Francine sees Arthur she asks him to sit with them, but Arthur says no because he's just getting D.W. some ice cream.

He looks over, and D.W. is on the floor looking for her blankie. Arthur says that she is playing a make-believe game, and Prunella calls D.W. immature. When D.W. comes over and says they don't have what she was looking for Arthur tells the girls that she was talking about ice cream.

Francine asks what D.W.'s favorite flavor is Arthur says Chocolate-Vanilla Chip-Blankie. After Arthur and D.W. leave the Sugar Bowl, Arthur protests and says that he is going to Buster's. But he still takes D.W. with him. Buster tells Arthur that his mom returned the Renagain Joe movies to the movie rental store.

As Buster went on and on about how wonderful all the movies are, Arthur gave D.W. an angry look for making him miss the Renagain Joe movies. That night when Dad tucks D.W. into bed she asks him about her blankie. He says that they'll look for it in the morning and that D.W. should go to bed. When D.W. falls asleep she has a dream about her blankie.

Arthur hears her and rushes in to wake her up from the dream. When D.W. tells Arthur that she can't sleep without her blankie Arthur offers her Stanley but she does not accept it. Pal hands D.W. her real blankie, which at first she doesn't recognize because it was clean, so Arthur tells her that Mom washed it, but she then recognizes it and hugs it warmly, then apologizes to Pal for blaming him.

Arthur takes Pal and goes to his room to go to bed. When he tries to fall asleep he notices that Stanley isn't there. D.W. appears with Stanley which Arthur left in her room and she says to Arthur I'm sure you don't need him.

Arthur first gets angry then chases D.W. trying to get Stanley and screams: "BRING THAT BACK, D.W.! DAD! D.W. GIVE IT BACK TO ME! I'M TELLING DAD, D.W.! HEY, DAD! D.W. WON'T GIVE ME BACK STANLEY!"

Characters[edit]

Trivia[edit]

  • This is the last time that a Bionic Bunny quote is used in the Super Sister title card.
  • Arthur's teddy bear's name is revealed to be Stanley.
  • At the end of the 2000 rerun intro on PBS Kids before this episode, Arthur’s crashing sound changes to the Season 5 version.
  • Karma: Arthur was rude to D.W., so she made him miss the movie.

Differences from the book[edit]

  • In the episode, Arthur was unwilling to help D.W. find her blankie because he wanted to go to a Renagain Joe movie marathon with Buster, until D.W. blackmailed him into it by threatening to tell his friends that he still sleeps with Stanley. In the book, there is no mention of the Renegade Joe movies and Arthur agrees to help D.W. right away when she asks him to.
  • Arthur and D.W. never look for blankie at the dry cleaning station like they do in the episode.

Episode connections[edit]

Home video[edit]

VHS:

DVD:

Gallery[edit]

  • Arthur being nice to D.W.

  • The Blankie Painting!

  • Title Card

  • Arthur Angry With D.W.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/19970723021343/http://www.ket.org/Visions/Nov96/VL961112.html



Episodes
Season 1
  1. Arthur's Eyes / Francine's Bad Hair Day
  2. Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn / Arthur's Spelling Trubble
  3. D.W. All Wet / Buster's Dino Dilemma
  4. D.W.'s Imaginary Friend / Arthur's Lost Library Book
  5. Arthur's Pet Business / D.W. the Copycat
  6. Locked in the Library! / Arthur Accused!
  7. Arthur Goes to Camp / Buster Makes the Grade
  8. Arthur's New Puppy / Arthur Bounces Back
  9. Arthur Babysits / Arthur's Cousin Catastrophe
  10. Arthur's Birthday / Francine Frensky, Superstar
  11. Arthur's Baby / D.W.'s Baby
  12. Arthur Writes a Story / Arthur's Lost Dog
  13. So Long, Spanky / Buster's New Friend
  14. Arthur the Wrecker / Arthur and the True Francine
  15. Arthur's Family Vacation / Grandpa Dave's Old Country Farm
  16. Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest / D.W. Flips
  17. Meek for a Week / Arthur, World's Greatest Gleeper
  18. Arthur's Chicken Pox / Sick as a Dog
  19. D.W. Rides Again / Arthur Makes the Team
  20. Arthur's Almost Boring Day / The Half-Baked Sale
  21. Sue Ellen Moves In / The Perfect Brother
  22. D.W.'s Snow Mystery / Team Trouble
  23. Bully for Binky / Misfortune Teller
  24. Arthur's Tooth / D.W. Gets Lost
  25. D.W. Thinks Big / Arthur Cleans Up
  26. My Dad, the Garbage Man / Poor Muffy
  27. D.W.'s Blankie / Arthur's Substitute Teacher Trouble
  28. I'm a Poet / The Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club
  29. My Club Rules / Stolen Bike
  30. Arthur's First Sleepover / Arthur's New Year's Eve
Full list
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