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On the Buster Scale
| "On the Buster Scale" | |
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| Season/Series: | 16 |
| Number in season: | 8b |
| Original Airdate: |  May 8, 2013[1] April 22, 2013[2] |
| Credits | |
| Written by: | Dietrich Smith |
| Storyboard by: | Ken Cunningham |
| Episodes | |
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Summary
Buster and Brain never agree on movies. Buster rates every film a 10+, while Brain doesn't seem to like anything. Only one of them can be right… or so they think.[3]
Plot
At the movie theater in the Mill Creek Mall, Arthur, Buster, Francine, Muffy, Binky, and Brain are seeing Giant Exploding Robots 3D. Everyone is amazed by the movie, but Brain is simply bored. Afterwards, Brain starts to argue with Buster over the movie, while Arthur explains to the viewers that there are two things you can count on: Buster and Brain will never agree on a movie, and one of them will not be happy about it.
On The Buster Scale
After the title card, Buster and Brain continue to argue about Giant Exploding Robots 3D. Although Buster heavily defends the movie, Brain's criticism manages to change the minds of Francine, Muffy, and Binky, shocking Buster.
On his way back home, Buster is seen walking with Arthur, and he says to Arthur that everybody loved the movie, but when Brain criticized it, they changed their minds. Arthur says that Brain did make some good points, but Buster says that Brain didn't even get the plot right. When Buster gets back to his condo, his mom Bitzi tells him that she has to take the job of film critic for the week, since the regular film critic at the Elwood City Times is out sick. Buster accompanies his mom to see the movie in question, Giant Exploding Robots 3D.
Coming out of the movie theater, Buster is just as entertained by the film as he was the first time, but Bitzi doesn't know what to think at all.
After Buster helps his mom with the review the night before, Buster reads the review to his friends at The Sugar Bowl the next day (Bitzi ends up recommending it to eight-year-old boys, not adults), but Francine, Muffy, Binky, and Brain are still critical of the movie. However, when Buster shows his review for Giant Exploding Robots 3D, most of his friends are amazed that Buster wrote something for the newspaper. As they continue to read Buster's review, they see that it rates a 10+ on "The Buster Scale". Francine, Muffy, and Binky reconsider their opinions about the movie, which they like now, but Brain sighs and puts his head in his hands.
Afterwards, Brain is walking back to his house with Arthur, upset about Buster's review, but Arthur tells him that it was just a one-time thing. However, this turns out not to be the case, as the newspaper editor loved reading what kids thought of movies. Buster starts reviewing movies weekly, and he rates all of them a 10+. A common theme in the movies Buster reviews is that they all have to do with robots, aliens, monsters, superheroes, and/or explosions in 3D. Brain is more than annoyed, and when he sees a billboard showing Buster's review for Robot Aliens 3, he gets the idea to start his own movie blog.
At The Sugar Bowl one week, Buster finds out that Brain beat him to the punch with a review for Attack of the Monster Superheroes, and he gets mad at Brain for trying to attack him with his review. It leads to the only solution: They both review the same movie, and see which review changes all their friends' minds.
The movie they both review is Le Murmure de Silence, a French movie with English subtitles and no explosions. When Brain and Buster ask their friends who's right about the movie, they don't know, because they haven't seen the movie yet. After most of them walk away, Arthur says to Brain and Buster that while he and the others read their reviews out of respect for their opinions, they have to learn to respect other's opinions. Brain and Buster then decide to agree to disagree, and read each other's reviews. Brain is surprised that Buster praised the movie for its sad themes, while Buster is shocked that Brain criticized it for being sappy, and would have much rather seen an explosion. They agree to see more foreign films, so long as they're more exciting than the movie they reviewed previously. The episode then ends.
Characters
Major
Minor
Cameo
- Dave
- Technician
- Unknown Female Cat (Number 4)
- Emily's mother
- Mrs. Tibble
- Timmy and Tommy Tibble
- Little Boy
- Rattles
Trivia
- Despite hating Le Murmure de Silence, Brain considers a black-and-white French film from 1939 his favorite.
- Francine, Muffy, and Binky never made up their own minds on any of the movies Buster and Brain reviewed, so it is easy to understand why the two thought their opinions were most important.
Cultural references
- The "Light Mass" from the movie from the beginning of the episode might be a parody of the "Red matter" from Star Trek.
Episode connections
- Cameron Ansell, a past voice actor of Arthur Read, returned to provide the voice of Rafi. Michael Yarmush, another past voice of Arthur Read, had previously voiced another waiter, Jay, in "Happy Anniversary."
- A movie poster for "Swamp Monster II" features the same monster that Arthur describes to the Tibbles in "Arthur Babysits."
- Brain makes a movie review blog. He made a blog for Francine in "Muffy and the Big Bad Blog."
- Buster had previously been annoyed at Brain being right in "Mr. Alwaysright."
Production notes
- Rafi is played by Cameron Ansell, a former voice actor of Arthur Read.
Gallery
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