D.W. Thinks Big (episode)

"D.W. Thinks Big"
Season/Series:	1
Original Airdate:	March 10, 1997
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Written by:	Judy Rothman
Storyboard by:	Gerry Capelle
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D.W. Thinks Big is the first half of the 25th episode of season 1 of the animated children's series Arthur. It originally aired on March 10th, 1997.

Summary

At Aunt Lucy's wedding, Arthur is the ringbearer and their dramatic diva cousin Cora is the flower girl, but D.W. is too little to do anything. However, when the wedding ring gets lost in the pipe organ at the wedding, D.W.'s size helps her.

Plot

Cora is the flower girl for her Aunt Lucy's wedding and because of this she tends to be a bit of a show off like telling a jealous D.W. that the wedding can't go on with her. She also shows D.W. her locket that Aunt Lucy gave her, which she accidentally breaks and blames it on D.W. Cora shows her mom the locket and Cora's mom tells D.W. not to play rough with Cora's locket even though D.W. didn't do anything wrong.

That night Cora sleeps in D.W.'s bed while D.W. sleeps on the floor, but Cora asks her mom if she can sleep with her because she hates D.W.'s room and that the awful colors hurt her eyes, but her mom tells Cora that she's just tired and needs her sleep because she has an important job in the wedding tomorrow, to which Cora replies "That's right. I do." The next day, when the flowers arrive, D.W.'s mom puts Cora's crown on her head and Cora's dad takes a picture of her. At the wedding when Cora arrives she shows off by saying "I'm here everybody! I'm here!" And Grandpa Dave takes Cora to get her pictures taken with the rest of the people in the wedding.

After getting their pictures taken, Arthur (who is the ringbearer) and Cora walk down the aisle, but before they do, Cora warned Arthur not to make a mistake because if he does he'll ruin the whole wedding. While they're walking, Cora tells Arthur to smile but the distraction makes him lose his balance and throw the wedding ring into the air, landing in the piano's pipe organ. Arthur volunteers to go in and get the ring but can't fit in the organ because of his size, so Grandpa Dave suggests Cora but she refuses, saying it's dirty in there and asks if they can get another ring.

Cora's Mom approaches her and takes her away telling her that she doesn't have to go into the organ. Finally, D.W. volunteers and manages to fit in the organ and bring the ring back out. Because of this, Arthur lets D.W. carry the ring and Aunt Lucy takes off Cora's crown and puts it on D.W.'s head, making D.W. the second flower girl.

At first Cora starts to complain but when Aunt Lucy calls her, Cora says "All Right" and allows D.W. to be the flower girl too. At the end Cora is seen waving good-bye to Aunt Lucy and her husband as they leave for their honeymoon. Cora isn't seen in anymore episodes after this nor is she mentioned by any of the characters.

Trivia

• Lucy didn't have lipstick on, although a wedding is an occasion women normally wear lipstick for.
• In this episode, Lucy's hair is blonde and her husband's hair is brown; although the later episode D.W. Unties the Knot swapped their hair colors for unknown reasons.

Differences from the book

• When Arthur loses the ring, it ends up in the organ. In the book, the ring fell into the floor vent.
• In the end of the book Arthur is seen shaking Aunt Lucy's husband's hand but in the end of episode Arthur is seen just waving good-bye to Aunt Lucy and her husband as they leave for their honeymoon.
• Arthur, D.W., and Kate's Aunt Jessica, Uncle Richard, Cousin Cora, and Grandpa Dave are exclusive to the cartoon. Grandpa Dave did not appear in the books until later.
• Lucy's hair is slightly straighter than in the books.
• Arthur's tuxedo is teal-colored. In the book, it was gray.

Goofs

• Before the Photographer takes the picture, he is white. When D.W. leaves, he is brown.
• Arthur was sitting in the front seat of his father's catering van, but he's eight years old and the front seat is not safe for children under the age of thirteen, and his mother should have sat there instead.
• During the interior view of the catering van, the two seats in the front appear to be close together when they should be spaced apart.
• While the Reads were on the way to the wedding, Kate was riding along in the van; but while they were at the wedding and waving goodbye to Lucy and her husband, Kate was missing.
• When Arthur's Mom handed the ring to Arthur, her skin was darker