It's a No-Brainer

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"It's a No-Brainer"
Season/Series:	5
Number in season:	3a
Original Airdate:	October 9, 2000
Credits
Written by:	Dietrich Smith
Storyboard by:	Robert Yap
Episodes
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"It's a No-Brainer" is the first half of the third episode in the fifth season of Arthur. It was later adapted into the book Arthur and the No-Brainer.

Summary

When Brain loses his cool and loses to Buster in the Math-a-thon, he decides it's time to give up his books and his nickname.

Plot

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Characters

Major

• The Brain
• Arthur Read
• Buster Baxter
• Francine Frensky
• Nigel Ratburn

Minor

• D.W. Read
• Binky Barnes
• Muffy Crosswire
• Francis Haney
• Mr. Powers
• Mrs. Powers
• Brain's Brain
• Buster's Brain

Cameo

• George Lundgren
• Fern Walters
• Sue Ellen Armstrong
• Alex
• Maria Pappas
• 3rd Grade Male Cat
• Jenna Morgan
• Beulah McInnerny
• 3rd Grade Male Rat
• 3rd Grade Male Dog
• Jessica
• Mary
• 3rd Grade Male Rabbit
• 3rd Grade Female Cat (Number 2)

Gallery

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Trivia

• The answer to the equation Francine asks Buster to prove he can't be like Brain, or Alan, is 2164; estimated to the ones place.

Errors

• When Brain's brain reaches for the binoculars, his arms are brown instead of gray like they should be.

Home Video

DVD:

• Arthur's Travel Adventures