Dear Adil (game)

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Dear Adil (game)
Game Information
Game type	Educational
Release date	2017
Website link	Play now!

Dear Adil is an educational online game based on the episode with the same name. It is part of the "Being a Friend" series, and the topic is "Learning From Others."

Gameplay

The game plays through a trimmed-down version of the story in the episode. Screenshots from the episode and speech bubbles are presented in a panel format. Near the end, the player can do an interactive email chat with Adil by choosing one of three pre-made questions, which Adil will respond to.

Characters

• Adil Akyuz
• Arthur Read
• D.W. Read
• Buster Baxter
• David Read
• Alberto Molina
• Onder (mentioned)
• Mr. Higgins

Differences from the Episode

Page 1

• The teaser was removed and the title is narrated by Arthur instead of Binky.
• The game starts with Arthur finding the letters, with no mention of the olive depitter.
• The line in the beginning was changed from "But I did find these letters! Cool stamps!" to "Hey Dad! I found these letters with cool stamps on them! What are they?"
• D.W. was cut from these scenes.
• David does not mention any specific parts of the letters.
• Arthur is not shown waking up in the morning.

Page 2

• The part with Mr. Ratburn was removed.
• Arthur asking Buster about Turkey was removed, although Buster's lines about the food Turkey were kept in.
• Buster's line about the turkey bone was removed, but the image of him holding it was kept in.

Page 4

• Onder is not in these scenes.
• Adil does not know what brownies are, instead of not knowing what a mall is. The pepperoni was kept in.

Page 5

• D.W.'s lines were cut from these scenes.
• The line "maybe he was just being polite" was removed.
• Arthur trying to write another letter and his fantasy of everyone in Turkey falling asleep were removed, and it just cuts to the Sugar Bowl.

Page 6

• Buster asks "What's wrong? You're so quiet," instead of him playing with straws.
• Buster talking about eating twenty-seven cherries was removed.
• Arthur writes "A brownie is a type of chocolate cake" instead of "A mall is a big building with lots of stores."
• Buster taking offense at Arthur calling pepperoni boring was removed.

Page 7

• Adil says that he doesn't know if he's going to write back.

Page 8

• Arthur asking his parents about the mail was removed.
• Mr. Higgins, the mailman, says "Nope! Sorry!" when being asked by Arthur about his letters when in the episode, Higgins just shook his head and said nothing.
• Alberto is wearing his normal clothes, and he is drawn in the Season 17+ animation style.
• Arthur did not say to Alberto about Buster giving him the comic.
• Alberto doesn't mention about the Illinois going to the Mayan temple in Ecuador and saying that the Maya were from Mexico.
• Alberto doesn't include that he watched the American shows when he was a little kid in Ecuador and the order was kids living in a skyscraper, going surfing after school, and putting ketchup on all of their food when it was first surfing, skyscrapers, and ketchup in the episode.

Page 10

• The line about the mall was removed. Adil says that his questions are not boring are removed.
• After Arthur says "That's because my answers sounded boring," Adil tells Arthur to "ask his questions" and they can choose from a few pre-written questions.
• Adil talks about his questions.

Page 11

• D.W.'s line is removed, and Arthur is frustrated about his sister "typing on the keyboard" instead of "annoying him".
• Adil says "his sister" instead of Ayse's actual name.

External links

• Page on PBSKids.org