Maria Speaks

"Maria Speaks"
Release information
Series:	Arthur
Season:	19 (USA)
Episode number:	6A
Original airdate:	May 24, 2016 June 15, 2015 May 6, 2015 May 5, 2015
Production information
Writer:	Vanessa Wiegel
Storyboard artist:	Jeremy O'Neill
Production number:	219A
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"Maria Speaks" is the first half of the sixth episode in the nineteenth season of Arthur.

In this episode, Mr. Ratburn's class hosts a school news TV broadcast, forcing silent Maria to be the lead anchor.

Plot

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Characters

Major

• Maria Pappas
• Jenna Morgan
• Arthur Read
• Muffy Crosswire
• Buster Baxter
• Nigel Ratburn
• Francine Frensky
• George Lundgren
  • Wally
• An adult rabbit woman
• Mrs. Morgan
• Ms. Roberts

Cameo

• Big Kid 1
• Otis
• Cheikh
• The Brain
• Binky Barnes
• Timmy and Tommy Tibble
• Fletcher
• Jane Read
• David Read
• A camel
• Ladonna Compson
• Fern Walters
• Francis Haney
• Goldy
• Nancy
• Jack Weasel
• Alberto Molina
• Molly MacDonald
• Slink
• Mrs. Fink
• A gerbil

Mentioned or pictured

• A referee
• The president
• Michelle Kwan
• The Plutonians
• Hoprah Linseed
• Thoreau

Trivia

• Muffy claims to be heir to the Crosswire Motors dynasty.
• The title of the episode is a reference to the PBS Kids show, Martha Speaks.
• Alberto is seen at Lakewood even though he is a teenager.
• This is the first if not only time we hear Maria speak.

Cultural references

• Mr. Ratburn is in a play based on Don Quixote at the community center.
• Maria mentions that Lewis Carroll, Winston Churchill, and Marilyn Monroe were all stutterers.
• Mr. Ratburn was in the play H.M.S. Pinafore, as the role of Captain Corcoran, in 7th grade.

Episode connections

• Maria was a mime for Halloween. Emily had a mime at her birthday party in "D.W., Bossy Boots".
• Maria imagines going to Egypt. Buster went to Egypt in "Buster's Egyptian Adventure".
• George reports on sports. He had shown an interest in sports commentary in "Baseball Blues".
• Jenna has her Athlete of the Year award from "The Good Sport".
• Muffy likes opera. She first tried it in "Lights, Camera... Opera!".
• Francine mentions Hoping with Hoprah from "Three's a Crowd".
• Buster wears a tin foil hat similar to his foil ears from "Phony Fern".

Animation errors

• When Maria is seen from behind at the news desk, her shoes are pink. These shoes are gray in all other scenes.

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