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|ep. name = D.W. Tale Spins | |ep. name = D.W. Tale Spins | ||
|image = Winged-Unicorn.png | |image = Winged-Unicorn.png | ||
|season = [[ | |season = [[Arthur (season 4)|4]] | ||
| | |airdate = October 11, 1999 | ||
|prev. episode = [[The Rat Who Came to Dinner]] | |prev. episode = [[The Rat Who Came to Dinner]] | ||
|next episode = [[Prunella Gets | |next episode = [[Prunella Gets It Twice]] | ||
|prod. code = 40601 | |prod. code = 40601 | ||
|writers = [[Joe Fallon]] | |writers = [[Joe Fallon]] | ||
|storyboarders = [[ | |storyboarders = [[Stefanie Gignac]]|number = 6A|titlecard = D.W._Tale_Spins_Title_Card.png}}{{EpisodeHeader|1|6|4}} | ||
==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
The combination of Greek mythology and D.W.'s imagination results in a fantastic tale. | The combination of Greek mythology and D.W.'s imagination results in a fantastic tale. | ||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
D.W. told Grandma thora that arthur was tease about not being able to write makes her bad story teller | |||
Once Grandma Thora tells D.W. stories do not have to be written down, she tells Arthur and Buster one. It is a story from ancient Greek mythology. O-D.W.-eus is traveling with her preschool crew. She stole a unicorn belonging to Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea. Then, everyone gets stuck in The Layer of the Lotus Eaters (also known as Cyclops Island). They make everyone want to stay. Everyone but D.W. had one. They get stuck in Polyphemus' cave. Since he is dumb, D.W. wraps his ear around his head. The Tibble Twins are eaten alive. Everyone is no longer hypnotized and leaves. Later, they pass the Sirens. Sirens play music which hypnotizes the sailors into crashing their boats onto the rocks. Later, she passes an Arthur whirlpool. She gets home safely, but with nobody else in her crew. | |||
D.W. looks at Arthur and Buster, feeling quite pleased with herself. "Good story, huh?" | D.W. looks at Arthur and Buster, feeling quite pleased with herself. "Good story, huh?" | ||
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Arthur says he didn't like the story. "No. Nobody fought crime with mutant potato powers or anything. That just proves you can't make up a good story." | Arthur says he didn't like the story. "No. Nobody fought crime with mutant potato powers or anything. That just proves you can't make up a good story." | ||
"No," says D.W. "It just proves you don't know what's a good story." | "No," says D.W.."It just proves you don't know what's a good story." | ||
She then explains that the story she just told them was told to her by Grandma Thora. "It's called | She then explains that the story she just told them was told to her by Grandma Thora. "It's called The Odyssey. It's from long ago, and people still read it." | ||
D.W. just changed a few bits in order to test Buster and Arthur; now, when Arthur tells her she's no good, he's just as wrong about that since he was wrong about her story being no good. | D.W. just changed a few bits in order to test Buster and Arthur; now, when Arthur tells her she's no good, he's just as wrong about that since he was wrong about her story being no good. | ||
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As the story fades out, we hear D.W. start to retell it again. Buster interrupts her, saying, "Start with the Cyclops. He's the best. He eats everything." | As the story fades out, we hear D.W. start to retell it again. Buster interrupts her, saying, "Start with the Cyclops. He's the best. He eats everything." | ||
D.W. then explains that the Cyclops had only one eye in the middle of his face and lived in a | D.W. then explains that the Cyclops had only one eye in the middle of his face and lived in a cave- | ||
"And he ate stuff," Buster says. | "And he ate stuff," Buster says. | ||
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==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
===Main Characters=== | |||
*[[D.W. Read]] | *[[D.W. Read]] | ||
*[[Arthur Read]] | *[[Arthur Read]] | ||
*[[Buster Baxter]] | *[[Buster Baxter]] | ||
*[[Thora Read]] | *[[Thora Read]] | ||
*O-D.W.-eus ( | ===Characters in her Story=== | ||
*Cyclops ( | *O-D.W.-eus (D.W. Read) | ||
*Scylla ([[ | *Cyclops (Buster Baxter) | ||
*Poseidon ([[ | *Scylla ([[Muffy]]) | ||
*Charybdis ( | *Poseidon ([[Francine]]) | ||
*Charybdis (Arthur) | |||
*[[ | *[[Tibble Twins]] | ||
*[[Nadine | *[[Nadine]] | ||
*[[Emily]] | *[[Emily]] | ||
*[[Amanda | *[[Amanda Holser]] | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
===Cultural references=== | ===Cultural references=== | ||
* | *In D.W.'s version of ''The Odyssey, Part 1'', many of Arthur's and D.W.'s friends are featured as different characters in the story, as listed: | ||
**D.W. as | **D.W. as Odysseus | ||
**Buster as the | **Buster as the Cyclops | ||
**Francine as | **Francine as Poseidon | ||
**Muffy as | **Muffy as Scylla | ||
**Arthur as | **Arthur as Charybdis | ||
**Emily, the Tibbles, Nadine, Amanda | **Emily, the Tibbles, Nadine, Amanda Holster, and Liam as the Queen's crew | ||
*The name "O-D.W.-eus", is a spoof off of name "Odysseus" from the original version of ''The Odyssey''. | *The name "O-D.W.-eus", is a spoof off of name "Odysseus" from the original version of ''The Odyssey''. | ||
* | *The ''[[Vegemorphs]]'' book series is a parody of the ''Animorphs'' books, while there is an actual "Vegemorphs" book in real life. | ||
===Episode connections=== | |||
*The [[Crazy Bus]] song is featured as the song of the Sirens. | |||
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