D.W. the Copycat

D.W. dressed up like Arthur.
D.W. the Copycat
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D.W. the Copycat is the second part of the fifth episode of the first season in the Arthur TV Series. The script was written by Joe Fallon. The storyboards were done by Stefanie Gignac. It first aired on October 7, 1996, alongside with Arthur's Pet Business.

Plot Outline

D.W. is coloring in the pictures in Arthur's book. Arthur notices this and takes the book out of her hands. D.W. thinks that they forgot the colors, so she's filling them in. Yet they are supposed to be colorless. Arthur wishes that D.W. would change. He imagines her acting like the Brain. She bursts into his room and says she'll do his homework for him. She does so in an amazing speed. After she finishes, she and Arthur run outside to play ball. He also imagines her more like Bionic Bunny. Arthur is checking his bike which has a flat tire. D.W. flies down to him and takes him to get more air. Then Arthur imagines her in the form of a donkey. Francine, Buster, and himself are riding a carriage with D.W. pulling. Arthur has her going by luring her with a carrot on a stick. Buster wishes he had a sister which is a donkey too. Back in reality, Arthur thinks that any change would be better. A sudden crashing sound is heard. {Title Card} Arthur's mom is playing with Baby Kate with a stuffed bunny, until Arthur walks in all mopey and bored. Mom asks what's wrong. Arthur says that none of his friends can play with him at the moment. His mom suggests he should play with D.W., who seems to be bored also. Arthur doesn't agree, but he goes along with this as long as she won't annoy him. As Arthur and D.W. are going outside, D.W. jumps up and down and tells Arthur to let her know if she's being annoying, for she doesn't want to be. While they are playing baseball, D.W. takes out her Princess Sneeze-and-Wet doll to bat. But Arthur refuses to have her doll play baseball. D.W. thinks that everyone should get equal chances. Arthur is annoyed and tells D.W. that she's a baby and that she should play with Kate. D.W. denies this, but Arthur says she acts like one. Again, she denies it. Later, D.W. is watching Mary Moo Cow, until Arthur comes in and is about to change the channel. D.W. stops him, but he says he needs to watch the award-winning, three-part episode of Bionic Bunny. He and D.W. start to fight over the remote. They take this to the kitchen where their mom is working. Arthur and D.W. try to have their mom convinced. She asks them who was first. This was, of course, D.W., which has Arthur irritated. While she is watching her show. Arthur is exasperated at D.W. She complains that he won't do anything with her anymore. He claims that she does boring things and wishes that she was more like himself. She asks if he would play with her then. "Sure" he responds. This gives D.W. an idea. One day, the family is out on a picnic. Dad gives D.W. a banana and peanut butter sandwich, her favorite. Arthur asks for a watermelon. Suddenly, D.W. asks for a watermelon also. At the park, Dad asks D.W. if she would want to go on the swings. She is excited at this, until Arthur comes running and asks Dad to play catch. Immediately, D.W. wants to play catch too and runs up to catch the football, but she bumps into Arthur by accident. At home, D.W. is watching TV. Arthur enters and is annoyed again. But as he leaves, the Bionic Bunny Show is heard on the TV, which surprises Arthur. D.W. seems to be enjoying the show, but Arthur asks if she is going to watch Mary Moo Cow. But she says that it's boring. While watching the show, D.W. copies Arthur whenever he gasps, laughs, or says anything. When the show is over, D.W. asks if he wants to watch Foreign Metallic Spelunking Squad. He agrees and asks if she wants ice cream. She too agrees. While Arthur is getting the ice cream, his mom asks if their fighting over the televisioni again. "No, D.W.'s finally got good taste." Arthur answers. he re-enters the den and gives D.W. the ice cream and they both eat and watch TV together. Things get more strange the next day. Arthur is practicing the piano, while D.W. goes to try on her new clothes. When she returns, Arthur sees that she is wearing clothes that look just like his. Later, while watching Bionic Bunny, Arthur begins to notice D.W. acting strange. When they hear an inside joke on the show, Arthur laughs, likewise D.W. Arthur sighs at her copying him, same as before, she does too. At the library, D.W.'s copying continues. Every time Arthur picks a book, does a gesture, or merely scratches his head, D.W. does also. In reaction, Arthur runs to the boys restroom. D.W. notices this, but bravely follows, causing the other boys to scream. Back at home, Arthur fills a glass of milk to drink, but D.W. copies this too. Arthur tells her to stop copying him. But she claims that they are just interested in the same things. Arthur takes off his glasses to clean them, but this has D.W. thinking again. The next day, Arthur's friends come over and Arthur comes out to get his bike. Likewise, D.W., who is now wearing glasses like Arthur's, does the same. This leaves Arthur friends bewildered. While riding to the Sugar Bowl Buster asks what's with D.W. Arthur says that she has to come, for his parents are out shopping. But Buster was talking about the glasses. Arthur asks D.W. if she was wearing his old glasses, but they are actually her sunglasses without the lenses. Buster is confused at her acting and asks Arthur why she's acting like him. But Arthur doesn't know why she's doing this either. The kids begin to race the rest of the way. Arthur gets there last, excluding D.W. The friends enter the sugar bowl to get a table, while D.W. parks her bike. As she locks it, Binky walks by and greets her, but he mistaken her as Arthur.