Maria Speaks

"Maria Speaks"
Season/Series:	19 (US)
Number in season:	6A
Original Airdate:	May 24, 2016 June 15, 2015 May 6, 2015 May 5, 2015
Credits
Written by:	Vanessa Wiegel
Storyboard by:	Jeremy O'Neill
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"Maria Speaks" is the first half of the sixth episode in the nineteenth season of Arthur.

Summary

Maria has always been a silent fixture in Mr. Ratburn's third-grade class but her time to speak has finally come.

Plot

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Characters

• Maria
• Jenna
• Arthur
• Muffy
• Buster
• Mr. Ratburn
• Francine
• George
  • Wally
• An adult rabbit woman
• Mrs. Morgan
• Ms. Roberts

Background

• Big Kid 1
• Otis
• Cheikh
• Brain
• Binky
• Tommy
• Timmy
• Fletcher
• Mrs. Read
• Mr. Read
• A camel
• Ladonna
• Fern
• Mr. Haney
• Goldy
• Nancy
• Jack
• Alberto
• Molly
• Slink
• Mrs. Fink
• A gerbil

Mentioned or pictured

• A referee
• The president
• Michelle Kwan
• The Plutonians
• Hoprah
• 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".

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".

Errors

• Alberto is seen at Lakewood even though he is a teenager.
• When Maria is seen from behind at the news desk, her shoes are pink when they are normally gray.

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