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|ep. name = Play it Again, D.W.
|ep. name = Play it Again, D.W.
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|season = [[Arthur (season 2)|2]]
|season = [[Season 2|2]]
|airdate = October 27, 1997
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|prev. episode = Buster Baxter, Cat Saver
|us= October 27, 1997<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19980130120447/http://www.ket.org/Visions/Oct97/VL971027.html</ref>|ger= January 31, 2002<ref>https://www.fernsehserien.de/erdferkel-arthur-und-seine-freunde/episodenguide/staffel-2/3906</ref>
|next episode = Arthur's TV-Free Week|prod. code = 20602|writers = [[Joe Fallon]]
|prev. episode = [[Buster Baxter, Cat Saver (episode)|Buster Baxter, Cat Saver]]
|storyboarders = [[Harry Rasmussen]]}}'''Play it Again, D.W.''' is the second half of the 6th episode of [[Season 2]] of the animated children's series ''[[Arthur]]''. Together with [[Buster Baxter, Cat Saver]], it first aired on October 27th, 1997.
|next episode = [[Arthur's TV-Free Week]]
==Premise==
|prod. code = 206b
[[D.W. Read|D.W.]] is still playing her "Crazy Bus" CD (since "Buster Baxter, Cat Saver") and [[Arthur Read|Arthur]] is already annoyed by it. When the CD goes missing, D.W. and the others pin the blame on Arthur.
|writers = [[Joe Fallon]]
|storyboarders = [[Harry Rasmussen]]
|number = 6b
|titlecard = Play It Again, D.W. Title Card.png
}}{{EpisodeHeader|2|6|2}}
==Summary==
[[D.W. Read|D.W.]] suspects [[Arthur Read|Arthur]] as the perpetrator when her favorite kid CD, which she plays relentlessly, disappears.
 
==Plot==
==Plot==
D.W. is still playing her "Crazy Bus" CD (since [[Buster Baxter, Cat Saver|the previous episode]]) and Arthur is getting annoyed by it. She plays her CD constantly and brings the Radio with her, everywhere she goes, and when she's not listening to it she's humming it and playing with its merchandise.
[[Arthur Read|Arthur]] says to the viewers that it's no big surprise when [[D.W. Read|D.W.]] does something annoying. There was one time when she beat him at checkers, and spent the whole year telling everyone about it. But nothing ever in the entire history of Arthur's whole life has ever been as bad as D.W. playing "[[Crazy Bus]]" over and over again.


At one point, Arthur recorded D.W. as having played the song a whopping 532 times in a single week! Unfortunately, neither his friends nor his parents seem to find it as being too much, annoying him even more. D.W. then surprises Arthur with four tickets to "[[Crazy Bus Live]]".
'''Play it Again, D.W.'''


Which he has to attend against his will. Arthur is embarrassed to be there and wears a silly disguise under the alias "Steve" to avoid being seen. He then finds Buster enjoying the show, much to his horror. Arthur has a nightmare where all of his friends and family are riding and singing Crazy Bus, and he desperately tries to find a way off.
D.W. is still playing her "Crazy Bus" CD (since [[Buster Baxter, Cat Saver|the previous episode]]), and Arthur is getting annoyed by it. She plays her CD constantly and brings the radio with her everywhere she goes, and when she's not listening to it she's humming the song and playing with its merchandise.


One night while Arthur is doing his homework, D.W. plays the song yet again and at full volume. Arthur was so frustrated, that he threatens to wreck the "Crazy Bus" CD, scaring D.W. and prompting her to tell on Arthur while her parents are searching for music to listen to at a high school reunion.
D.W. then surprises Arthur with four tickets to [[Crazy Bus Live]], which he has to attend against his will. Arthur is embarrassed to be there and wears a silly elephant trunk disguise under the alias "Steve" to avoid being seen. He then finds [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] enjoying the show, much to his horror. Arthur later imagines that he is trapped in the Crazy Bus with all of his friends and family who are happily singing the song nonstop.


They send Arthur to his room as a punishment and he got banned from watching TV until he finally got a break. But then, a little later, D.W. has a panic attack and flips out when she discovers that her CD is missing.
One night while Arthur is doing his homework, D.W. plays the song yet again and at full volume. Arthur is so annoyed, furious and frustrated that he angrily threatens to wreck D.W.'s "Crazy Bus" CD, scaring D.W. and prompting her to tell on Arthur while their parents are searching for music to listen to at a high school reunion.


She accuses Arthur of stealing it, but he denies it. D.W. goes so far to bring up the snowball incident again, which he immediately shoots down. D.W. begins to harass Arthur endlessly as she is convinced he is the thief, and Arthur is unable to prove his innocence.
Arthur gets in trouble for threatening to wreck D.W.'s CD and is banned from watching TV. But then, a little later, D.W. screams bloody murder when she discovers that her CD is missing. She angrily accuses Arthur of taking it. Arthur tells D.W. and his parents that he didn't take D.W.'s Crazy Bus CD.


The next afternoon, Arthur goes on a rowboat with Buster and Francine at the [[Mill Creek River]] while his family is out on a picnic. Arthur discusses the "Crazy Bus" CD incident with his two friends, and says he doesn't have the CD, but Francine doesn't believe him.
The next afternoon, Arthur goes on a rowboat with Buster and [[Francine Frensky|Francine]] at the [[Mill Creek River]] while his family is out on a picnic. Arthur discusses the Crazy Bus CD incident with his two friends, and says he doesn't have the CD, but Francine doesn't believe him. Buster claims that an ancient race of squids took it to their hidden grotto beneath the sea. The [[Squid People]] who live at the bottom wonder if they have the CD and are singing the Crazy Bus song.


Buster claims that an ancient race of squids took it to their hidden grotto beneath the sea. Arthur imagines squids (who actually live in the ocean) at the bottom of the river to whether or not they have the CD, and sing the "Crazy Bus" song.
Later that week, Francine's older sister [[Catherine Frensky|Catherine]] is asked to babysit for the kids while their parents go to their reunion. D.W. spies on Arthur, trying to catch him with the CD. Then when Arthur walks to the computer holding a disc, D.W. pops out of a purple chest scaring Arthur, Then D.W. jumps from it and then her and Arthur fight for the disc. Then Catherine comes in and tells them "Time Out, I'm trying to do my homework, and what's causing this vexation then D.W. and Arthur freeze and look at Catherine and D.W. tells her, "We're not on vacation we live here." Then Catherine said vexation, it means trouble and then asks what's the trouble, then D.W.'s hands slides off the disc and tells Catherine the trouble is that is her disc, Then Arthur says it isn't her disc and that it was a PC Game he borrowed from Brain. Then Arthur puts it in the disc drive and starts playing it. Then Catherine watches him play it but D.W. walks away saying "I know he has it." Then when Arthur holds D.W.'s plush purple possum he goes over and takes it to her closet then D.W. catches him again Then Arthur tells her she left her possum outside and was putting away in her closet. But now......  She even goes so far as to destroy Arthur's room in an attempt to find it. Arthur loses his patience, forcing Catherine to improvise. She puts a line of tape down in the den and forces the two kids to opposite sides of the room.


Later that week, Francine's sister Catherine is asked to babysit for the kids while their parents go to their reunion, and all the while D.W. spies on Arthur, trying to catch him with the CD even accidentally mistaking a computer game that Arthur borrowed from the Brain for her CD.
When Arthur tries to retrieve his jacket from D.W.'s side, she says her CD is in the jacket and she tries to take it, and they end up arguing over it. After Arthur calls D.W.'s CD "[[Stupid Bus]]", D.W. retaliates by saying that "Stupid Bus" is a lame puppet show.


She goes so far as to destroy Arthur's room in an attempt to find it. Arthur loses his patience, forcing Catherine to improvise. She ties tape down in the den and forces the two kids to opposite sides of the room.
At the reunion, [[David Read|Mr. Read]] puts on the music for his friends the songs that him and them danced to in High School, only to discover that he accidentally took the Crazy Bus CD. "D.W.'s CD." Jane and David cried. Their mom [[Jane Read|Mrs. Read]] calls the house then when D.W. takes the phone from Catherine and answers it, She lets go of the jacket and causes Arthur to fly backward in the open closet and causing the white scarf to fall beside his left and a teal snow boot to fall behind him and a black umbrella to fall on his lap, and a hanger to fall on his right ear then the door slams shut. As soon as D.W. answers the phone Jane tells her that David took the CD by accident, not Arthur.


When Arthur tries to retrieve his jacket from D.W.'s side, she says her CD is in the jacket and she tries to take it, and end up arguing over. After Arthur calls D.W.'s CD "Stupid Bus", D.W. retaliates him by saying that "Stupid Bus" is a lame puppet show.
Then Catherine helps Arthur take a hanger off his left foot, Then D.W. takes off the tape, then says that the only way for two people to stop fighting is for one of them to say stop, but she does not apologize to Arthur for accusing him of stealing the disc. Then Arthur gets up with the boot on his right hand saying "This is a trick, I know this is a trick." Then Catherine asks D.W. if she was happy that they found her CD. Arthur is furious that D.W. is not giving him the apology she clearly owes him, but D.W. only smiles sheepishly at her mistake.


At the reunion, Mr. Read puts on the music for his friends, only to discover that he accidentally took Crazy Bus! Their mom calls the house and reveals that they took the CD by accident, not Arthur.
Later that night, they give the CD back to her, and tell her that it's okay to listen to her song, but not to the point that it annoys everyone. Surprisingly, D.W. says she doesn't want to listen to it anymore.


D.W. stops fighting and takes off the tape, but Arthur is furious that the CD was found the whole time! That night, they give the CD back to her, but she doesn't want to listen to it anymore, much to Arthur's surprise.
Instead, she watches a Crazy Bus videotape that she received from [[Thora Read|Grandma Thora]]. Arthur then realizes that he spoke too soon. He runs off in annoyance and frustration once again, shouting "Mom!" The episode then finishes.
 
Instead, she watches a Crazy Bus tape Grandma Thora gave her! Arthur then realizes that he spoke too soon. He runs off in frustration once again, and shouts for his mom. Then the episode ends.
==Characters==
==Characters==
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 600px; "
*[[D.W. Read]]
| valign="top" width="33%"|'''Major Roles'''
*[[Arthur Read]]
*[[D.W. Read|D.W.]]
*[[Jane Read]]
*[[Arthur Read|Arthur]]
*[[David Read]]
*[[Jane Read|Jane]]
*[[Kate Read]]
*[[David Read|David]]<br />
| valign="top" width="33%"|'''Minor Roles'''
*[[Kate Read|Baby Kate]]
*[[Pal]]
*[[Pal]]
*[[The Tibbles]]
*[[Timmy and Tommy Tibble]]
*[[Buster Baxter|Buster]]
*[[Buster Baxter]]
*[[Catherine Frensky|Catherine]]
*[[Catherine Frensky]]
| valign="top" width="33%"|'''Cameos'''
*[[Francine Frensky]]
*[[Francine Frensky|Francine]]
*[[Muffy Crosswire]] (fantasy)
*[[Muffy Crosswire|Muffy]] (fantasy)
*[[Binky Barnes]] (fantasy)
*[[Binky Barnes|Binky]] (fantasy)
*[[Alan Powers|The Brain]] (fantasy)
*[[Alan Powers|Brain]] (fantasy)
*[[Dr. Iris]] (cameo)
*[[Dr. Iris]]
*[[Thora Read]] (mentioned)
| valign="top" width="33%"|'''Mentioned'''
*[[Grandma Thora]]
|}
==Voice cast==
*[[Michael Yarmush]] as [[Arthur Read]]
*[[Daniel Brochu]] as [[Buster Baxter]]
*[[Michael Caloz]] as [[D.W. Read]]
*[[Sonja Ball]] as [[Jane Read]]
*[[Joe Fallon]] as [[Crazy Bus (character)|Crazy Bus]]
*[[Bruce Dinsmore]] as [[David Read]]
*[[Jonathan Koensgen]] as [[Tibble Twins|Tommy Tibble]]
*[[Ricky Mabe]] as [[Tibble Twins|Timmy Tibble]]
*[[Patricia Rodriguez]] as [[Catherine Frensky]]
==Trivia==
==Trivia==
===Notes===
*This is one of the episodes where the quote, "Life is so unfair" is used. D.W. says that quote while crying in this episode. It was used again in [[The Lousy Week]], where [[Muffy Crosswire]] says that quote also while crying.
*D.W. first played "Crazy Bus" during ''[[Buster Baxter, Cat Saver]]''. Arthur gave her headphones so she could play it without bothering Arthur, but by this episode she ended up breaking them.
*The episode never fully explains how D.W.'s dad accidentally took her CD.
*The snowball incident is brought up again in this episode.
*This is the second time David wore earplugs. The first time was in Arthur's Lost Dog.
*When it aired on UncoTV, there is a video problem where it freezes for ten seconds, then switched to where it was for unknown reasons.
*"Vexation" does not mean "trouble," but actually means "something that causes annoyance" or "the state of being annoyed."
*D.W. played Crazy Bus over 500 times during the course of a single week. Strangely, her own parents don't seem to recognize this as a sign of an unhealthy obsession with the music, and are of little help to Arthur throughout the episode. His complaints about the song are quite justified, seeing as D.W. managed to distract him from doing anything important because she can't stop playing.
*The CD album that Mr. Read is holding has 1978 on the cover, which suggests that he and his wife graduated from high school in 1978. However, the series has no specific timeline as the characters do not age throughout the seasons.
**The same goes for D.W.'s constant rubbing in of the fact that she beat Arthur at checkers once and made a big deal out of it through the seasons in front of her parents and Arthur's friends; once again, they don't seem to recognize this as an unhealthy habit.
*D.W.’s line “Yeah mama!” was later used in the theme song remix.
*David and Jane's graduating class is said to be 1978 as seen on the cover of the jewel case featuring songs they danced to in high school. However, the series has no specific timeline.
*Arthur's screaming sound clip in the prologue is reused from "[[Arthur's Chicken Pox (episode)|Arthur's Chicken Pox]]."
*After D.W looks out the window when her parents leave, when she says, "Good, they're gone," she says ''they're''' '''''very fast, sounding like she's saying "Good God!'
*At the dance party, everyone is dancing the macarena to [[Crazy Bus]].
*When D.W. said,'' Yeah, mama!' when she beat Arthur at checkers, if you can hear while watching the ending credits (techno remix, that is) you can hear D.W. saying the same quote.''
*When they go to the Crazy Bus Live show, Arthur wears a disguise so as not to be embarrassed by his friends’ younger siblings. Yet, all of his immediate friends are either only children or have older siblings (with the exception of Binky's adopted sister Mei Lin who does not appear until Season 11's "Big Brother Binky")
===Goofs===
*'''Timeline:'''  
*While Catherine is doing homework, she was first seen writing with her left hand; but in the next few seconds, she switches to her right hand, although she is normally right-handed like her sister Francine. She could be ambidextrous.
**There is a "Bionic Bunny on Ice" poster in Arthur's room, but it is not the poster that Arthur and Buster got signed in "Buster's New Friend" (yet it retains Bionic Bunny's autograph).
*After Arthur retrieves his jacket from D.W., the closet door closes by itself when he lands in there, despite that it only works if air is flying through the room, but there was no air flying through the room.
**D.W. first played Crazy Bus during the previous episode, [[Buster Baxter, Cat Saver (episode)|Buster Baxter, Cat Saver]]. Arthur gave her headphones so she could play the song without bothering him, but by this episode they had broken.
*Kate didn't speak normally until in ''[[The Secret Life of Dogs and Babies]]'' in Season 6, although it was Arthur's weird imagination.
**[[D.W. Read|D.W.]] mentions her "[[Crazy Bus]]" CD missing, along with her [[snowball]], in "[[Revenge of the Chip]]."
*When Buster is telling Arthur that he likes Crazy bus, Arthur's disguise trunk goes up without the use of anything, and considering that Arthur's nose is flat, this would be impossible in reality. In the same scenario, when Buster is telling Arthur to come to his house, arthur has no visible mouth.
**[[D.W. Read|D.W.]]'s [[Crazy Bus]] CD is also mentioned in [[Arthur vs. the Piano]], but [[Arthur Read|Arthur]] mentions it got thrown out, but it didn't.
==Quotes==
**When D.W. announces to Arthur they're going to the Crazy Bus Live concert, she reminds him of the time Arthur took the whole family to see Bionic Bunny On Ice, previously referenced in "Buster's New Friend."
*'''Arthur: D.W., I'm trying to do my homework! And there's no such word as "Busalooey!" IF YOU DON'T STOP, I'M GOING TO ''WRECK'' THAT CD!!!!!'''
**The [[snowball]] incident is brought up again in this episode from "[[D.W.'s Snow Mystery]]."  
 
*'''Running Gag:'''  
*'''D.W.: (Rushing downstairs) MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'''
**Everyone blaming [[Arthur]] for taking D.W.s Crazy Bus.
 
**D.W. playing her Crazy bus too much which annoys [[Arthur]].
*'''Mr. Read: (Looking for the music for the party)''' I wouldn't have promised to bring the music to the party if I known I lost it.
*'''Moral:''' No matter if you like a song or not, you should not play it too much to annoy someone for your own benefits.
 
*'''Karma:'''  
*'''Mrs. Read:''' Found it!
**D.W. was singing her song non-stop, so Arthur threatened to break her CD.
 
**Arthur threatened to break D.W.'s CD, so he got sent to his room.
*'''Mr. Read:''' Great!
*'''4th wall break:'''  
 
**The Read parents’ CD ''Avi Winkler’s Greatest Hits'' refers to ''Arthur'' character designer Avi Winkler.
*'''D.W.: (Arrives to the living room) Mom! Arthur's going to wreck my Crazy Bus!'''
**Arthur's "Steve" disguise and D.W.'s comment on the fake trunk being "a big improvement" is likely a reference to Arthur's original design in ''[[Arthur's Nose]]''.
*'''Mrs. Read: Turn it off! I can't hear you!'''
===Errors===
----
*While Catherine is doing homework, she was first seen writing with her left hand, even though she is normally right-handed like her sister Francine; but in the next few seconds, she switches to her right hand. This could mean she's ambidextrous.
 
===Cultural references===
*'''(D.W. Screaming)'''
*Arthur getting tired of  D.W. singing Crazy Bus is similar to how The loud siblings got tired of Lily's song, "Cheer up baby" in [https://theloudhouse.fandom.com/wiki/The_Crying_Dame?oldid=648744 The Crying Dame]
 
**The plot is also similar to [https://bigcitygreens.fandom.com/Barry_Cuda Barry Cuda]
*'''Mom: '''D.W., Are you all right?
**The plot is also very simliar to [https://teen-titans-go.fandom.com/wiki/40%25,_40%25,_20%25 "40% 40% 20%"] from ''Teen Titans Go!''
 
*The parents' CD "1978 - Songs You Can't Believe You Liked" shows a spoof of John Travolta in "Saturday Night Fever", a 1977 movie featuring disco music.
*'''Dad: '''What's wrong?
*The title is a play on the quote "Play it again, Sam" from the film ''Casablanca''.
 
*Catherine mentions {{W|Solomon}}, a biblical king famed for his wisdom.
*'''D.W.: (yelling and pounding her radio down the stairs) CRAZY BUS IS GONE! I LEFT IT ON THE THING AND IT'S GONE! ''GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'''''
*Another CD, ''The Bubblegums,'' could be a reference to {{W|bubblegum music}}, which was popular during the late Sixties and early Seventies.
 
*Arthur being blamed for the theft is similar to the infamous episode of The Amazing world of Gumball titled "The Nobody".
*'''Dad:''' Well, it didn't get up and walk away.
 
*'''D.W.: I know. ''Arthur'' took it!'''
 
*'''Arthur: (In his room)''' I didn't.
 
*'''Dad: Honestly, Arthur?'''
 
*'''Arthur:''' I didn't take it, Dad, Really.
 
*'''D.W.: (sarcastically) Yeah! Like you didn't take my snowball out of the freezer!'''
 
*'''Arthur: Let's not start ''that'' again!'''


*'''D.W.: (whimpers) Life is so unfair! (at bedtime) Mommy, I can't sleep because I'm starting to forget how the song goes.'''
===Episode connections===
*Catherine babysits D.W. and Arthur again in "[[D.W.'s Name Game]]."
*[[D.W. Read|D.W.]] losing [[Crazy Bus]] can be seen as a clip from this episode in the intro of [[Buster's Growing Grudge]].


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==Home Video==
*'''Timmy: '''I can sing louder than you.
*'''VHS:''' Arthur the Music Video
*'''Tommy: '''No you can't!
*'''DVD:''' Arthur the Music Video
*'''Timmy: '''Laffy taffy goofy goofy...
**[[Arthur: The Complete Series 2]]
*'''(The Tibbles sing on top of each other) '''
==Gallery==
*'''Tommy: '''Crazy crazy!
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*'''Tommy and Timmy: '''Crazy crazy crazy crazy! Crazy!
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*'''Arthur: ''' How can you STAND that?!
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*'''Dad: (pulls earplugs out of ears) '''Excuse me?
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</gallery>


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==References==
* '''Dad: (At the party)''' Here's the music I promised- The songs we danced to in high school.
{{Reflist}}
* '''(Plays the music and it winds up being D.W.'S CD)'''
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* '''Mom and Dad:''' D.W.'s CD!
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Latest revision as of 01:29, 10 February 2024

"Play it Again, D.W."
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Season/Series: 2
Number in season: 6b
Original Airdate: United States October 27, 1997[1]
Canada December 1, 1997[2]
Germany January 31, 2002[3]
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Written by: Joe Fallon
Storyboard by: Harry Rasmussen
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"Play it Again, D.W." is the second half of the sixth episode in the second season of Arthur.

Summary[edit]

D.W. suspects Arthur as the perpetrator when her favorite kid CD, which she plays relentlessly, disappears.

Plot[edit]

Arthur says to the viewers that it's no big surprise when D.W. does something annoying. There was one time when she beat him at checkers, and spent the whole year telling everyone about it. But nothing ever in the entire history of Arthur's whole life has ever been as bad as D.W. playing "Crazy Bus" over and over again.

Play it Again, D.W.

D.W. is still playing her "Crazy Bus" CD (since the previous episode), and Arthur is getting annoyed by it. She plays her CD constantly and brings the radio with her everywhere she goes, and when she's not listening to it she's humming the song and playing with its merchandise.

D.W. then surprises Arthur with four tickets to Crazy Bus Live, which he has to attend against his will. Arthur is embarrassed to be there and wears a silly elephant trunk disguise under the alias "Steve" to avoid being seen. He then finds Buster enjoying the show, much to his horror. Arthur later imagines that he is trapped in the Crazy Bus with all of his friends and family who are happily singing the song nonstop.

One night while Arthur is doing his homework, D.W. plays the song yet again and at full volume. Arthur is so annoyed, furious and frustrated that he angrily threatens to wreck D.W.'s "Crazy Bus" CD, scaring D.W. and prompting her to tell on Arthur while their parents are searching for music to listen to at a high school reunion.

Arthur gets in trouble for threatening to wreck D.W.'s CD and is banned from watching TV. But then, a little later, D.W. screams bloody murder when she discovers that her CD is missing. She angrily accuses Arthur of taking it. Arthur tells D.W. and his parents that he didn't take D.W.'s Crazy Bus CD.

The next afternoon, Arthur goes on a rowboat with Buster and Francine at the Mill Creek River while his family is out on a picnic. Arthur discusses the Crazy Bus CD incident with his two friends, and says he doesn't have the CD, but Francine doesn't believe him. Buster claims that an ancient race of squids took it to their hidden grotto beneath the sea. The Squid People who live at the bottom wonder if they have the CD and are singing the Crazy Bus song.

Later that week, Francine's older sister Catherine is asked to babysit for the kids while their parents go to their reunion. D.W. spies on Arthur, trying to catch him with the CD. Then when Arthur walks to the computer holding a disc, D.W. pops out of a purple chest scaring Arthur, Then D.W. jumps from it and then her and Arthur fight for the disc. Then Catherine comes in and tells them "Time Out, I'm trying to do my homework, and what's causing this vexation then D.W. and Arthur freeze and look at Catherine and D.W. tells her, "We're not on vacation we live here." Then Catherine said vexation, it means trouble and then asks what's the trouble, then D.W.'s hands slides off the disc and tells Catherine the trouble is that is her disc, Then Arthur says it isn't her disc and that it was a PC Game he borrowed from Brain. Then Arthur puts it in the disc drive and starts playing it. Then Catherine watches him play it but D.W. walks away saying "I know he has it." Then when Arthur holds D.W.'s plush purple possum he goes over and takes it to her closet then D.W. catches him again Then Arthur tells her she left her possum outside and was putting away in her closet. But now...... She even goes so far as to destroy Arthur's room in an attempt to find it. Arthur loses his patience, forcing Catherine to improvise. She puts a line of tape down in the den and forces the two kids to opposite sides of the room.

When Arthur tries to retrieve his jacket from D.W.'s side, she says her CD is in the jacket and she tries to take it, and they end up arguing over it. After Arthur calls D.W.'s CD "Stupid Bus", D.W. retaliates by saying that "Stupid Bus" is a lame puppet show.

At the reunion, Mr. Read puts on the music for his friends the songs that him and them danced to in High School, only to discover that he accidentally took the Crazy Bus CD. "D.W.'s CD." Jane and David cried. Their mom Mrs. Read calls the house then when D.W. takes the phone from Catherine and answers it, She lets go of the jacket and causes Arthur to fly backward in the open closet and causing the white scarf to fall beside his left and a teal snow boot to fall behind him and a black umbrella to fall on his lap, and a hanger to fall on his right ear then the door slams shut. As soon as D.W. answers the phone Jane tells her that David took the CD by accident, not Arthur.

Then Catherine helps Arthur take a hanger off his left foot, Then D.W. takes off the tape, then says that the only way for two people to stop fighting is for one of them to say stop, but she does not apologize to Arthur for accusing him of stealing the disc. Then Arthur gets up with the boot on his right hand saying "This is a trick, I know this is a trick." Then Catherine asks D.W. if she was happy that they found her CD. Arthur is furious that D.W. is not giving him the apology she clearly owes him, but D.W. only smiles sheepishly at her mistake.

Later that night, they give the CD back to her, and tell her that it's okay to listen to her song, but not to the point that it annoys everyone. Surprisingly, D.W. says she doesn't want to listen to it anymore.

Instead, she watches a Crazy Bus videotape that she received from Grandma Thora. Arthur then realizes that he spoke too soon. He runs off in annoyance and frustration once again, shouting "Mom!" The episode then finishes.

Characters[edit]

Trivia[edit]

  • This is one of the episodes where the quote, "Life is so unfair" is used. D.W. says that quote while crying in this episode. It was used again in The Lousy Week, where Muffy Crosswire says that quote also while crying.
  • The episode never fully explains how D.W.'s dad accidentally took her CD.
  • This is the second time David wore earplugs. The first time was in Arthur's Lost Dog.
  • "Vexation" does not mean "trouble," but actually means "something that causes annoyance" or "the state of being annoyed."
  • The CD album that Mr. Read is holding has 1978 on the cover, which suggests that he and his wife graduated from high school in 1978. However, the series has no specific timeline as the characters do not age throughout the seasons.
  • D.W.’s line “Yeah mama!” was later used in the theme song remix.
  • Arthur's screaming sound clip in the prologue is reused from "Arthur's Chicken Pox."
  • At the dance party, everyone is dancing the macarena to Crazy Bus.
  • When they go to the Crazy Bus Live show, Arthur wears a disguise so as not to be embarrassed by his friends’ younger siblings. Yet, all of his immediate friends are either only children or have older siblings (with the exception of Binky's adopted sister Mei Lin who does not appear until Season 11's "Big Brother Binky")
  • Timeline:
    • There is a "Bionic Bunny on Ice" poster in Arthur's room, but it is not the poster that Arthur and Buster got signed in "Buster's New Friend" (yet it retains Bionic Bunny's autograph).
    • D.W. first played Crazy Bus during the previous episode, Buster Baxter, Cat Saver. Arthur gave her headphones so she could play the song without bothering him, but by this episode they had broken.
    • D.W. mentions her "Crazy Bus" CD missing, along with her snowball, in "Revenge of the Chip."
    • D.W.'s Crazy Bus CD is also mentioned in Arthur vs. the Piano, but Arthur mentions it got thrown out, but it didn't.
    • When D.W. announces to Arthur they're going to the Crazy Bus Live concert, she reminds him of the time Arthur took the whole family to see Bionic Bunny On Ice, previously referenced in "Buster's New Friend."
    • The snowball incident is brought up again in this episode from "D.W.'s Snow Mystery."
  • Running Gag:
    • Everyone blaming Arthur for taking D.W.s Crazy Bus.
    • D.W. playing her Crazy bus too much which annoys Arthur.
  • Moral: No matter if you like a song or not, you should not play it too much to annoy someone for your own benefits.
  • Karma:
    • D.W. was singing her song non-stop, so Arthur threatened to break her CD.
    • Arthur threatened to break D.W.'s CD, so he got sent to his room.
  • 4th wall break:
    • The Read parents’ CD Avi Winkler’s Greatest Hits refers to Arthur character designer Avi Winkler.
    • Arthur's "Steve" disguise and D.W.'s comment on the fake trunk being "a big improvement" is likely a reference to Arthur's original design in Arthur's Nose.

Errors[edit]

  • While Catherine is doing homework, she was first seen writing with her left hand, even though she is normally right-handed like her sister Francine; but in the next few seconds, she switches to her right hand. This could mean she's ambidextrous.

Cultural references[edit]

  • Arthur getting tired of D.W. singing Crazy Bus is similar to how The loud siblings got tired of Lily's song, "Cheer up baby" in The Crying Dame
  • The parents' CD "1978 - Songs You Can't Believe You Liked" shows a spoof of John Travolta in "Saturday Night Fever", a 1977 movie featuring disco music.
  • The title is a play on the quote "Play it again, Sam" from the film Casablanca.
  • Catherine mentions Solomon, a biblical king famed for his wisdom.
  • Another CD, The Bubblegums, could be a reference to bubblegum music, which was popular during the late Sixties and early Seventies.
  • Arthur being blamed for the theft is similar to the infamous episode of The Amazing world of Gumball titled "The Nobody".

Episode connections[edit]

Home Video[edit]

Gallery[edit]

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References[edit]

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/19980130120447/http://www.ket.org/Visions/Oct97/VL971027.html
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130719100407/http://ww3.tvo.org/program/157024/arthur/#1997
  3. ↑ https://www.fernsehserien.de/erdferkel-arthur-und-seine-freunde/episodenguide/staffel-2/3906



Episodes
Season 2
  1. Arthur Meets Mister Rogers / Draw!
  2. Binky Barnes, Art Expert / Arthur's Lucky Pencil
  3. D.W., the Picky Eater / Buster and the Daredevils
  4. Arthur Makes a Movie / Go to Your Room, D.W.
  5. Arthur's Underwear / Francine Frensky, Olympic Rider
  6. Buster Baxter, Cat Saver / Play it Again, D.W.
  7. Arthur's TV-Free Week / Night Fright
  8. Arthur vs. the Piano / The Big Blow-Up
  9. Lost! / The Short, Quick Summer
  10. D.W. Goes to Washington / Arthur's Mystery Envelope
  11. D.W.'s Deer Friend / Buster Hits the Books
  12. Arthur's Faraway Friend / Arthur and the Square Dance
  13. Water and the Brain / Arthur the Unfunny
  14. Sue Ellen's Lost Diary / Arthur's Knee
  15. Grandma Thora Appreciation Day / Fern's Slumber Party
  16. Love Notes for Muffy / D.W. Blows the Whistle
  17. Francine Redecorates / Arthur the Loser
  18. Arthur vs. the Very Mean Crossing Guard / D.W.'s Very Bad Mood
  19. D.W.'s Name Game / Finders Key-pers
  20. How the Cookie Crumbles / Sue Ellen's Little Sister
Full list
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