D.W. & Bud's Higher Purpose

"D.W. & Bud's Higher Purpose"
Season/Series:	18
Number in season:	1b
Original Airdate:	October 1, 2014 February 23, 2015 October 1, 2014
Credits
Written by:	Peter K. Hirsch
Storyboard by:	Jeremy O'Neill
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"D.W. & Bud's Higher Purpose" is the second half of the first episode in the eighteenth season of Arthur.

Summary

D.W. and Bud can't wait to ride "The Buzzard", Wonder World's newest rollercoaster. Will they make it past the persnickety ticket taker...or will they come up short?

Plot

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Characters

Major

• D.W. Read
• Bud Compson

Minor

• David Read
• Ticket taker
• Arthur Read
• Ladonna Compson
• Emily
• James MacDonald
• Rapty
• Nadine Flumberghast
• Ed Crosswire (voice only)
• Francis Haney

Cameo

• Marie-Hélène
• Big Kid 2
• Nancy
• Slink
• Mr. Bevel
• Rattles
• Helen
• Mrs. Barnes
• Big Kid 1
• Phil
• Mr. Morris
• 3rd Grade Female Bear (Number 3)
• Mr. Armstrong
• Madison Compson
• 3rd Grade Male Dog (Number 5)
• Ramón Molina
• Steve
• Maria Pappas
• Chip Crosswire
• Catherine Frensky
• Lucy's mother
• Molly MacDonald
• Slink
• Prunella Deegan
• Brain
• Sue Ellen Armstrong

Mentioned

• Bailey

Trivia

• Moral: If you want to have a lot of fun don't ride baby rides.
• Bud's middle name is revealed to be Tucker.

Episode connections

• The Hurl-A-Whirl from "D.W.'s Imaginary Friend" is mentioned.

Errors

• Big Kid 2 is seen in the line at the same time he is on the roller coaster.
• The title card spells D.W.'s name without periods.
  • Its possible they wrote the periods and scribbled them out.
    • That means D.W.s name is incomplete

Production notes

• This episode was first announced in May 2014 when a fan sent and email to 9 Story Entertainment, asking for Season 18 episode titles, and received four of them.

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