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|number = 8A|us = September 5, 2007<ref>http://www.ket.org/episode/ARUR%20%20001108</ref>|uk = December 21, 2007<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/programmes/schedules/south/2007/12/21</ref>}}{{EpisodeHeader|1|8|11}} | |number = 8A|us = September 5, 2007<ref>http://www.ket.org/episode/ARUR%20%20001108</ref>|uk = December 21, 2007<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/programmes/schedules/south/2007/12/21</ref>}}{{EpisodeHeader|1|8|11}} | ||
==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
Francine copies and pastes information from a web site for her entire five-page report. | |||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
Mr. Ratburn asks the class to write a topic based on Thanksgiving | Mr. Ratburn asks the class to write a topic based on Thanksgiving, giving each person in the class a specific topic to research. Francine feels that she will not be able to handle the topic (What the Pilgrims ate), so Brain shows her that she could look up information on the Internet and gave a warning that that not all the stuff she might find is accurate. | ||
She goes home and finds a website that she feels suits her topic. She copies the information and pastes it into a new document, complete with the title "Food For Thought". The next day she hands in the assignment early and surprises her classmates. Mr. Ratburn complemented on the neatness and timing of the assignment. Buster checks Francine to make sure she is not a robot. | She goes home and finds a website that she feels suits her topic. She copies the information and pastes it into a new document, complete with the title "Food For Thought". The next day she hands in the assignment early and surprises her classmates. Mr. Ratburn complemented on the neatness and timing of the assignment. Buster checks Francine to make sure she is not a robot. | ||
The next day, while everyone is working on their assignment, Francine is watching the football game on TV. She gets called in by her sister [[Catherine Frensky|Catherine]], who tells her that she found a website that might help her with her assignment. Francine was surprised and tells her that this is her assignment, as it was the website she had copied it from. Catherine is surprised, and when Francine tells her how she composed her paper, Catherine tells her that she can't use someone else's work as her own, and explains that doing so is plagiarism. Francine is horrified to learn that she unknowingly stole someone else's work and could be suspended if she is caught, and Catherine urges her to tell Mr. Ratburn what happened. At dinner, | The next day, while everyone is working on their assignment, Francine is watching the football game on TV. She gets called in by her sister [[Catherine Frensky|Catherine]], who tells her that she found a website that might help her with her assignment. Francine was surprised and tells her that this is her assignment, as it was the website she had copied it from. Catherine is surprised, and when Francine tells her how she composed her paper, Catherine tells her that she can't use someone else's work as her own, and explains that doing so is plagiarism. Francine is horrified to learn that she unknowingly stole someone else's work and could be suspended if she is caught, and Catherine urges her to tell Mr. Ratburn what happened. At dinner, Oliver Frensky, Francine's father, talks about "stealing" a recipe he used to make dinner. This causes Francine to feel guilty about her assignment. She asks to be excused from the dinner table, and then rides her bike to Mr. Ratburn's house. | ||
Mr. Ratburn meets Francine at the door. He assumes | Mr. Ratburn meets Francine at the door. He assumes she has come over to get her assignment. He walks over to his desk and grabs a marker and marked Francine's project with A minus. He says that there was some inaccurate information regarding when yams were introduced to the pilgrims, but that the paper was excellent overall. That night Francine has a dream that she is a highly successful novelist as an adult who capitalized on the success of her plagiarized work, only to be confronted by the website's original author who publicly denounces Francine as a plagiarist. | ||
On Monday morning | On Monday morning she gets to class early, tells Mr. Ratburn about her accidental plagiarism and gives him a different report. In class, Mr. Ratburn was handing back the Thanksgiving assignment. He comes to Francine and says to her how original her real report was. Francine looks at the assignment and sees that she earned a B plus. Arthur asks her what was so exciting for her that she earned a B plus. She replies that it's because she turned in a paper that happens to be original, and the episode ends. | ||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
===Major=== | ===Major=== | ||
*[[Francine Frensky]] | *[[Francine Frensky]] | ||
*[[Nigel Ratburn]] | *[[Nigel Ratburn]] | ||
===Minor=== | ===Minor=== | ||
*[[Arthur Read]] | *[[Arthur Read]] | ||
*[[Buster Baxter]] | *[[Buster Baxter]] | ||
*[[Muffy Crosswire]] | *[[Muffy Crosswire]] | ||
*[[Alan Powers | *[[Alan Powers]] | ||
*[[Binky Barnes]] | *[[Binky Barnes]] | ||
*[[Bitzi Baxter]] | *[[Bitzi Baxter]] | ||
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*[[Aunt Frensky]] | *[[Aunt Frensky]] | ||
*[[Article author (Francine's Pilfered Paper)]] | *[[Article author (Francine's Pilfered Paper)]] | ||
===Cameo=== | ===Cameo=== | ||
*[[Maria Pappas]] | *[[Maria Pappas]] | ||
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*[[Julie]] | *[[Julie]] | ||
*[[Mr. Morris]] | *[[Mr. Morris]] | ||
===Mentioned=== | |||
*Boris (greengrocer) | ===Mentioned characters=== | ||
*[[Boris (greengrocer)]] | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*During the prologue, which takes place before the first Thanksgiving, Francine is the only one who doesn't speak like a pilgrim. | *During the prologue, which takes place before the first Thanksgiving, Francine is the only one who doesn't speak like a pilgrim. | ||
*[[Nigel Ratburn|Mr. Ratburn]] says that the report has to be at least | *[[Nigel Ratburn|Mr. Ratburn]] says that the report has to be at least 5 pages and [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] says it must be what college is like, however Mr. Ratburn said to the class in [[The Boy with His Head in the Clouds]] about another 5 page report, but it didn't seem like they were bothered how hard it was. | ||
===Cultural references=== | ===Cultural references=== | ||
*[[WooHoo!]] is a parody of '' | *[[WooHoo!]] is a parody of ''Yahoo!''. | ||
*In the prologue, Francine has a red letter 'P' on the front of her cap. This a reference to '' | *In the prologue, Francine has a red letter 'P' on the front of her cap. This a reference to ''[[wikipedia:The Scarlet Letter|The Scarlet Letter]]'', while the 'P' presumably standing for 'plagiarist/plagiarism'. | ||
*The character who appears in Francine's dream is a parody of Erik, better known as the Phantom, from the novel/musical, ''{{W|The Phantom of the Opera}}''. One of the problems Erik faces is that the opera managers, ashamed of Erik, pass off his operas as their own, angering Erik. | *The character who appears in Francine's dream is a parody of Erik, better known as the Phantom, from the novel/musical, ''{{W|The Phantom of the Opera}}''. One of the problems Erik faces is that the opera managers, ashamed of Erik, pass off his operas as their own, angering Erik. | ||
=== | ===Animation errors=== | ||
*When Francine is watching TV she is wearing socks. Then, when she goes into her and Catherine's room | *When Francine is watching TV she is wearing socks. Then, when she goes into her and Catherine's room she is wearing shoes. | ||
==Home Video== | ==Home Video== | ||
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*[[Arthur: Season 11]] | *[[Arthur: Season 11]] | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
===Videos=== | |||
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Arthur P is for "plagiarism" PBS KIDS GO! | |||
</gallery> | |||
===Screenshots=== | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}}{{EpisodeNav|11}} | ||
{{EpisodeNav|11}} | [[Category:Episodes]] | ||
[[Category:Season 11 episodes]] | [[Category:Season 11 episodes]] | ||