Francine Goes to War/Transcript

Opening Segment

Francine: (to another student) You take that back right now!

Arthur: (to audience) Francine is great. But it's not a good idea to get her mad.

Francine: (at Arthur) You take that back right now, Arthur Read!

I'm the nicest person you've ever known!

(Arthur laughing disbelieveigly)

Oh yeah! Remember when you were mean to Fern?

(flashback to "Draw")

Francine: (walking by Fern) What's that mouse going to do? Be quiet at me?

Ooh! I'm so scared.

(Fern frowns sadly)

Arthur: Or when you started bossing everyone around during the play.

(flashback to "Francine Frensky, Superstar")

Francine: (angrily) If you don't do it right I'll uninvent (at Arthur's face) you and you won't be in my play at all!

Arthur: Or how about you said you could be nice for a week and you practically lost!

(flashback to "Meek for a Week")

(Francine angrily grunts, then falls over)

(back to present time)

Francine: That is so rude!

You took all my worst moments and put them together!

Even I could make you look bad by doing that!

Arthur: Okay! Try it!

Francine: Okay!

How about when you started cheating at that stupid No Guessing game?

(flashback to "Arthur the Loser")

Arthur: Oh, my shoe's untied.

(takes a card out of sleeve and puts in the deck)

Francine: Or when you stole your sister's snowball.

(flashback to "D.W.'s Snow Mystery")

(Arthur, Buster, and Francine laughing pointing magnifying glass at the melting snowball)

(back to present time)

Arthur: That's not true!

I didn't take the snowball! D.W. lost it! Besides,

Both: I'm just as nice as you!

I'm the nicest person you've ever met!

(transitions to title card)

(Buster reads the title card)

FRANCINE GOES TO WAR- Written by Kathy Waugh/Storyboard by Lyndon Ruddy and Patricia Atchison.

(Francine bangs gong loudly)

Arthur: Aaah!