Editing How the Cookie Crumbles

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The episode begins with [[Arthur Read|Arthur]], [[Francine Frensky|Francine]], [[Binky Barnes|Binky]], and [[Alan Powers|The Brain]] as cookies inside a jar. They climb on top of each other and try to get the lid open to which they succeed and learn that they're cookies.

At home, Muffy tells her cook to bake lots of cookies for her to sell at the Sugar Bowl to which her Cook tells that he will as soon as she gives him the recipe. Muffy reveals that she doesn't have the recipe written down, but that she could remember it though and she tries to bake the cookies herself, but uses different stuff such as pineapple and apples which makes the cookies taste like junk.

At the treehouse, Arthur, Francine, and Binky write out the recipe and plan to make their own cookies so they can drive Muffy out of business. Muffy appears and apologizes for what she did and asks if she can have the recipe to which her friends give it to her and ask if she will give them credit, to which she says that she doesn't think that will be possible and that she had to win because she had to prove that she won it fair and square and that nobody knows that they helped her bake the cookies. Before Muffy leaves, she asks her if the recipe is right and if they didn't put anything in it that would make the cookies taste like junk to which Arthur replies that Muffy can trust them because they're her friends. Muffy then thanks them and leaves.  

Later on, Arthur, Francine, and Binky are walking by the Sugar Bowl, refusing to go in there anymore because of the cookies being sold there, but Muffy comes out with some cookies for her friends to which on the bag it says MUFFY & FRIENDS and the cookies are of Arthur, Binky, Francine, and Brain.

Muffy tells her friends that she has learned that friendship and honesty are more important than winning a contest; she and her dad talked about it, and he said a lie is a lie even when you get away with it, and that he won't stand for any lying.

*[[Jessica Simmons|Jessica]]

*Throughout this episode, a bunch of strawberries fall down any time the scene changes. This is done because of the [[Elwood City Strawberry Festival|Strawberry Festival]] being part of the main plot.

*The newspaper fails to mention that the recipe consists of peach slices, peanuts, and oatmeal. Francine, however, remembers the most of the recipe; but when writing it down, she forgot to mention the chocolate chips and peach slices.

*'''Moral:''' Dont steal the credit for your own benefits.

*'''Running Gag:''' Binky mentioning bananas were his idea.

*It is unknown why Muffy didn't check the newspaper for the ingredients as it was printed on there.

* The barbershop quartet sings ''{{W|The Band Played On}}''.

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