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|character name = Prunella Deegan
|character name = Prunella Deegan
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|image = Prunella.png
|gender = Female
|gender = Female
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|age = 9<ref name="tradingcard2" /><ref>{{Refquote|You're only 9. You don't have to worry about college yet.|[[Marina Datillo]] to Prunella Deegan|"[[Prunella Packs It In]]"}}</ref> 10 ([[Prunella Gets it Twice]])
|portrayer= [[Tamar Kozlov]]
|voice_actor= '''[[Tamar Kozlov]]''' (TV series)<br>[[Wendee Lee]] (''[[Arthur's Missing Pal]]'') <br>[[Bianca Rasmussen]] ([[Arthur's Teacher Trouble (game)]])<br>[[Michelle Graham]] ([[Arthur's Birthday (game)]])
|family= [[Wanda Deegan]] (mother) <br> [[Rubella Deegan|Rubella]] (sister)
|family= [[Wanda Deegan]] (mother) <br>  
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[[Rubella Deegan|Rubella]] (older sister) <br>
|cartoon first appeared = "[[Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn]]"
[[Unknown Male Adult Poodle]] (father)<br>
|book first appeared = [[Arthur's Teacher Trouble (book)|Arthur's Teacher Trouble]]|hair = Orangish red|imagesize = 225px
[[Prunella's grandparents|Unnamed grandfather]]<br>
|residence = [[Deegans' House]], [[Elwood City]]
[[Prunella's grandparents|Unnamed grandmother]]
|cartoon last appeared = "[[Brain's Biggest Blunder]]"}}
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'''Prunella Deegan '''is a fourth-grader who lives in [[Elwood City]]. She is an avid reader and, like her sister [[Rubella Deegan|Rubella]], is interested in the supernatural. She made her first appearance in the book ''[[Arthur's Teacher Trouble]]'' in 1986, and has appeared in subsequent titles and later into the TV series. Her last name, Deegan, was taken from one of the writer's last names, [[Jacqui Deegan]].
|cartoon_debut = "[[Arthur's Eyes (episode)|Arthur's Eyes]]"
==Appearance==
|book_debut = [[Arthur's Teacher Trouble (book)|Arthur's Teacher Trouble]]
Prunella is a tall, slender anthropomorphic poodle with curly auburn hair and black eyes. In almost all of her appearances she is shown wearing a short turquoise dress. She occasionally has whites for eyes when she expresses surprise about things happening (although in the books, she was sometimes illustrated with visible whites around her eyes as well as the other characters, who were randomly drawn to have white or black eyes).  
|hair = Brown (s1-s15)<br>Red (s16-present)
During formal occasions, she wears a light blue dress with white strings that she ties together.
|residence = [[Prunella's House]], [[Elwood City]]
|grade = 4th
|complexion = Tan (s1-s15)<br>Yellow (s16-present)
|birthday = Winter<ref>In [[Prunella's Prediction]], it is shortly after Prunella's birthday and [[D.W. Read|D.W.]] mentioned that it is winter.</ref>}}'''Prunella Deegan''' is a 4th grader who lives in [[Elwood City]]. She is an avid reader and, like her sister [[Rubella Deegan|Rubella]], is interested in the supernatural and she loves fortune telling, She also likes the Henry Skreever books and movies.
 
==Physical appearance==
<gallery type="slideshow" widths="200" position="left">
Prunella s4.png|Prunella in season 4
Prunella flash animated.png|Prunella in season 18
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Prunella is a tall, slender anthropomorphic poodle with curly auburn hair and black dot eyes. In almost all of her appearances, she is shown wearing a short turquoise dress. She occasionally has whites for eyes when she expresses surprise about things happening (although in the books, she was sometimes illustrated with visible whites around her eyes as well as the other characters, who were randomly drawn to have white or black eyes).  
During formal occasions, she wears a light blue dress with white strings that she ties together. From season 16 onwards, her hair has become a brighter red color.


==Personality==
==Personality==
Prunella is fairly smart, superstitious, and a little bit selfish. At times she can be a snob. She often thinks that she is better than everybody at everything just because she is one year older than the third graders.
Prunella is fairly smart, superstitious, a little bit selfish, and at times can be a bit of a snob. She often thinks that she is better than everybody at everything just because she is one year older than the third graders.
 
While it is unknown if she is a [[Tough Customers|Tough Customer]], she frequently eats lunch with them and is class partners with them. She participates in torturing the younger students, but she does it by herself and instead of pranks, she scares them by telling stories of things she or her sister has experienced. ([[Arthur's Dummy Disaster]]).
 
Prunella likes to tell the 3rd graders stories of when she was in Mr. Ratburn's class, though she tends to exaggerate. For example, in "[[Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn]]", she tells the kids going into Mr. Ratburn's class that Mr. Ratburn eats nails for breakfast. She has also told kids other stories that they believe, but later they figure out that what she tells them is far from their actual experience of 3rd grade.


Prunella likes to tell the 3rd graders stories of when she was in Mr. Ratburn's class. She tends to exaggerate. For example, in Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn, she tells the kids going into Mr. Ratburns class that Mr. Ratburn eats nails for breakfast. She has also told kids other stories that they believe, but later they figure out that what she tells them is far from their actual experience of 3rd grade.
She also at times has helped her third grade friends. ([[Fern's Slumber Party]], [[Team Trouble]]).


Prunella can be influenced by Muffy, even though they do not hang out with each other very often. For example, she hates kickball because she doesn't want to get her shoes dirty and she desires the finest clothes. She even acts like Muffy, like when she wanted new, hip pants called "[[Flash Pants]]".
Prunella can be influenced by Muffy, even though they do not hang out with each other very often. For example, she hates kickball because she doesn't want to get her shoes dirty and she desires the finest clothes. She even acts like Muffy, like when she wanted new, hip pants called "[[Flash Pants]]".
She is also known to have a compulsive hoarding disorder as seen in the episode "[[Prunella the Packrat]]", where she tries to save items she believes are important to her when she is told to clean out her closet.
===Interests===
===Interests===


Prunella is a major [[Henry Skreever]] fan along with her best friend Marina. They both have all of the books, loads of Henry Skreever merchandise, and even have Henry Skreever themed slumber parties.
Prunella is a major [[Henry Skreever (character)|Henry Skreever]] fan along with her best friend Marina. They both have all of the books, loads of Henry Skreever merchandise, and even have Henry Skreever themed slumber parties.


Along with Henry Skreever she enjoys fortune-telling (such as gazing at the crystal ball and playing [[Cootie Catcher|cootie catcher]]), yoga, and paranormal phenomena. However, her predictions are usually not accurate. Instead, she incorporates the prediction with an object in the room she is in.
Along with Henry Skreever, she enjoys fortune-telling (such as using a crystal ball, reading [[I Ching, You Ching]] and playing [[Cootie Catcher|cootie catcher]]), yoga, and paranormal phenomena. However, her predictions are usually not accurate. Instead, she incorporates the prediction with an object in the room she is in.


At school, Prunella takes [[shop class]], plays trombone in the[[Lakewood Elementary Band| school band]], and competes on the[[Lakewood Elementary Baseball Team| Lakewood Elementary baseball team]]. She served on the decorating committee of the [[Earth Day Fair ]]and paints sets for plays at school. All in all, she is very active in school activities.
At school, Prunella takes [[wikipedia:Shop class|shop class]], plays trombone in the [[Lakewood Elementary Band|school band]], and competes on the [[Lakewood Elementary Baseball Team|Lakewood Elementary baseball team]]. She served on the decorating committee of the [[Earth Day Fair]] and paints sets for plays at school. All in all, she is very active in school activities.


==Family==
==Family==
Prunella lives in Elwood City with [[Wanda Deegan|her mother]] and older teenage sister Rubella. Prunella has a father who lives with her, but it is assumed that he works a lot because he is never home. He appeared momentarily in the episode "[[The Chips Are Down]]" at Rubella and [[Binky Barnes|Binky]]'s ballet recital.  
Prunella lives in Elwood City with [[Wanda Deegan|her mother]] and older teenage sister Rubella. Prunella has a father who lives with her, but it is assumed that he works a lot because he is never home. He appeared momentarily in the episode "[[The Chips are Down]]" at Rubella and [[Binky Barnes|Binky]]'s ballet recital. She is nicknamed "Pruney" by her mother.
She is nicknamed "Pruney" by her older sister.
 
==Friends==
==Friends==
Although Prunella is in fourth grade, she is usually friends with the third graders, but had a few fourth grade friends at her parties in ''[[Misfortune Teller]]'' and ''[[Prunella Gets it Twice]]''.
Although Prunella is in fourth grade, she is usually friends with the third graders but had a few fourth-grade friends at her parties in "[[Misfortune Teller]]" and "[[Prunella Gets it Twice]]."
*[[Marina Dattilo]]: Prunella's best friend. They both like ''Henry Skreever'' and they play games related to it at each other's houses. Marina is a blind rabbit.
*[[Marina Datillo]]: Prunella's best friend. They both like ''Henry Skreever'' and they play games related to it at each other's houses.
*[[Muffy Crosswire|Muffy]]: Prunella's second best friend. Even if they don't hang out much Prunella acts a lot like Muffy sometimes, such as shopping (usually for new clothes). Prunella was once jealous when she didn't get to buy flash pants that Muffy bought and enjoyed.
*[[Muffy Crosswire|Muffy]]: Prunella's second best friend. Even if they don't hang out much Prunella acts a lot like Muffy sometimes, such as shopping (usually for new clothes). Prunella was once jealous when she didn't get to buy flash pants that Muffy bought and enjoyed. It is revealed in the episode [[Sue Ellen Moves In]] that at first they hated each other but eventually learned to get along.
*[[Francine Frensky|Francine]]: They don't hang out much, and they don't share a lot in common, even though they are friends. Francine once bought her a second Polly Locket for her 10th birthday in ''Prunella Gets it Twice'', and she also cheated Francine into thinking Arthur was in love with her in ''[[Arthur and the Square Dance]]''.
*[[Francine Frensky|Francine]]: They don't hang out much and they don't share a lot in common, even though they are friends. Francine once bought her a second Polly Locket for her 10th birthday in "Prunella Gets it Twice", and she also cheated Francine into thinking Arthur was in love with her in "[[Arthur and the Square Dance]]."
*[[Alan Powers|Brain]]: Prunella and Brain are both smart but they rarely hang out with each other. However, Prunella did manage to keep Brain's secret of being held back in kindergarten in [[Brain's Shocking Secret]]. In [[The Blizzard]], it could be implied that their mothers are friends, because Brain just happens to be at Prunella's house during most of the episode.
*[[Alan Powers|Brain]]: Prunella and Brain are both smart but they rarely hang out with each other. However, Prunella did manage to keep Brain's secret of being held back in kindergarten in "[[Brain's Shocking Secret]]". In "[[The Blizzard]]," it could be implied that their mothers are friends because Brain just happens to be at Prunella's house during most of the episode.
*[[Jenna]]: In [[Arthur Goes Crosswire]], she is seen with Jenna throughout the episode.
*[[Jenna Morgan|Jenna]]: In [[Arthur Goes Crosswire]], she is seen with Jenna throughout the episode.
 
==Appearances==
*Specials
**[[Arthur's Perfect Christmas]]
**[[Arthur - It's Only Rock 'n' Roll]]
**[[D.W. and the Beastly Birthday]]
*Season 1
**[[Arthur's Eyes (episode)|Arthur's Eyes]] 10101
**[[Francine's Bad Hair Day]] 10102
**[[Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn]] 10201
**[[Arthur's Spelling Trubble]] 10202
**[[Arthur's Pet Business (episode)|Arthur's Pet Business]] 10501
**[[Locked in the Library! (episode)|Locked in the Library!]] (Cameo) 10601
**[[Arthur Goes to Camp (episode)|Arthur Goes to Camp]] 10701
**[[Arthur Babysits (episode)|Arthur Babysits]] 10901
**[[Francine Frensky, Superstar]] 11002
**[[Arthur's Baby (episode)|Arthur's Baby]] (Cameo) 11101
**[[Arthur and the True Francine (episode)|Arthur and the True Francine]] (Cameo) 11402
**[[Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest (episode)|Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest]] (Cameo) 11601
**[[Arthur, World's Greatest Gleeper]] (Cameo) 11702
**[[Sue Ellen Moves In]] 12101
**[[Team Trouble]] 12202
**[[Bully for Binky]] 12301
**[[Misfortune Teller]] 12302
**[[Arthur Cleans Up]] 12502
**[[D.W.'s Blankie]] 12701
**[[The Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club]] 12802
**[[Stolen Bike]] 12902
**[[Arthur's New Year's Eve]] 13002
*Season 2
**[[Arthur Meets Mister Rogers]] 20101
**[[Arthur Makes a Movie]] 20401
**[[Francine Frensky, Olympic Rider]] 20502
**[[Buster Baxter, Cat Saver (episode)|Buster Baxter, Cat Saver]] (Cameo) 20601
**[[Arthur's TV-Free Week|Arthur's TV Free Week]] 20701
**[[Night Fright]] 20702
**[[The Big Blow-Up]] 20802
**[[The Short, Quick Summer]] 20902
**[[D.W. Goes to Washington]] (Dream sequence only) 21001
**[[Arthur's Mystery Envelope (episode)|Arthur's Mystery Envelope]] 21002
**[[Buster Hits the Books]] (Cameo) 21102
**[[Arthur and the Square Dance]] 21202
**[[Water and the Brain]] 21301
**[[Grandma Thora Appreciation Day]] (Cameo) 21501
**[[Fern's Slumber Party]] 21502
**[[Love Notes for Muffy]] 21601
**[[D.W. Blows the Whistle]] (Cameo) 21602
**[[D.W.'s Very Bad Mood]] (Cameo) 21802
**[[Finders Key-pers]] 21902
**[[Sue Ellen's Little Sister]] 22002
*Season 3
**[[Buster's Back]] 30101
**[[The Ballad of Buster Baxter]] (Cameo) 30102
**[[Arthur Goes Crosswire]] 30201
**[[Dad's Dessert Dilemma]] 30702
**[[Popular Girls]] 30801
**[[Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival]] 31102
**[[Arthur's Dummy Disaster]] 31301
**[[Arthur and D.W. Clean Up]] (Cameo) 31501
**[[The Long, Dull Winter]] 31502
*Season 4
**[[Muffy's New Best Friend]]
**[[The Fright Stuff]] (Cameo) 40302
**[[The Blizzard]] 40501
**[[Prunella Gets it Twice|'''Prunella Gets it Twice''']] 40602
**[[To Beat or Not to Beat]] 40702
**[[1001 Dads]] (Cameo) 40801
**[[Prunella's Prediction]] 40802
**[[That's a Baby Show!]] (Doesn't speak) 41002
*Season 5
**[[Double Dare]] 50102
**[[The World Record]] (Cameo) 50401
**[[You Are Arthur]] 50502
**[[Francine Goes to War]] 50602
**[[Bitzi's Beau]] 50802
*Season 6
**[[Best of the Nest]] 60102
**[[Buster's Sweet Success]] 60202
**[[Prunella's Special Edition]] 60301
**[[The Boy Who Cried Comet]] 60501
**[[Citizen Frensky]] (Cameo) 60601
*Season 7
**[[Francine's Split Decision]] 70201
**[[Don't Ask Muffy]] 70302
**[[Elwood City Turns 100!]] (Cameo) 70500
**[[Jenna's Bedtime Blues]] 70602
**[[Prunella Sees the Light|'''Prunella Sees the Light''']] 70901
**[[April 9th]] (Cameo) 71000
*Season 8
**[[Fernfern and the Secret of Moose Mountain]] 80201
**[[Arthur's Snow Biz]] (Cameo) 80301
**[[Bugged]] 80302
**[[Fernkenstein's Monster]] (Cameo) 80401
**[[Vomitrocious]] 80501
**[[Muffy's Art Attack]] 80801
*Season 9
**[[Lights, Camera... Opera!]] 90501
**[[Three's a Crowd|'''Three's a Crowd''']] 90701
**[[A is for Angry]] (Cameo) 90702
**[[Buster the Myth Maker]] (Cameo) 90902
*Season 10
**[[Happy Anniversary]] (Cameo) 100100
**[[Feeling Flush]] (Fantasy) 100401
**[[Arthur Changes Gears]] 100602
**[[Do You Speak George?]] 100901
**[[What's Cooking?]] (Cameo) 101001
*Season 11
**[[Germophobia]] (Cameo) 110102
**[[Prunella Packs It In|'''Prunella Packs It In''']] 110302
**[[Brain's Shocking Secret]] 110402
**[[Dancing Fools]] (Cameo) 110602
**[[Francine's Pilfered Paper]] (Cameo) 110801
**[[Buster Gets Real]] (Cameo) 110802
**[[Spoiled Rotten!]] (Cameo) 110902
*Season 12
**[[For the Birds]] (Cameo) 120401
**[[Ungifted]] (Cameo) 120402
**[[On This Spot]] (Cameo) 120502
**[[Matchmaker, Match Breaker]] (Cameo) 120602
**[[War of the Worms]] (Cameo) 120701
**[[I Owe You One]] (Cameo) 120702
*Season 13
**[[The Great MacGrady]] (Mentioned) 130100
**[[Kung Fool]] 130202
**[[Arthur's Number Nightmare]] 130301
**[[MacFrensky]] 130401
**[[Prunella and the Disappointing Ending|'''Prunella and the Disappointing Ending''']] 130502
**[[Fernlets by Fern]] (Cameo) 130801
**[[Prunella and the Haunted Locker]] 130802
**[[Looking for Bonnie]] (Fantasy) 130101
*Season 14
**[[The Play's the Thing]] (Error) 140302
**[[All the Rage]] (Cameo) 140802
*Season 15
**[[Fifteen]] (Cameo) 150100
**[[I Wanna Hold Your Hand]] (Cameo) 150201
**[[Buster's Secret Admirer]] 150301
**[[Cents-less]] (Cameo) 150401
**[[Prunella the Packrat|'''Prunella the Packrat''']] 150701
**[[Muffy's Classy Classics Club]] (Cameo) 150801
*Season 16
**[[Get Smart]] (Cameo)
**[[Brain's Biggest Blunder]] 160702
*Season 17
**[[Speak Up, Francine!]] 170601 (cameo)
*Season 18
**[[Surprise!]]
**[[Best Wishes]] 180401
**[[The Tardy Tumbler|'''The Tardy Tumbler''']] 180402
**[[Whip. Mix. Blend.]]
*Season 19
**[[Sue Ellen Adds It Up]] 190201
**Besties
**Postcards from Binky
**[[The Last Day]] (mentioned)
*Season 20
**[[Cereal]] 200202
**[[Prunella's Tent of Portent|'''Prunella's Tent of Portent''']] 200601
*Season 21
**[[Brain and the Time Capsule]] 210102
**[[Sue Ellen & the Last Page]] (cameo) 210302
**[[Muffy Misses Out]] (cameo) 210401
**[[Arthur Takes A Stand]] (cameo) 210402


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*It is revealed in [[Arthur's Spelling Trubble]] she is a great speller.
*It is revealed in ''[[Arthur's Spelling Trubble]]'' that Prunella is a great speller, but soon lost the crown to Arthur.
*Her surname, Deegan, was taken from one of the writer's last names, [[Jacqui Deegan]].
*She has been seen erroneously in [[Nigel Ratburn's class]] several times, due to the fact that she was in his class the previous school year.
*She sometimes is erroneously referred to as a rat, despite the shape of her ears and lack of whiskers.<ref>http://www.pbs.org/parents/arthur/help/answers/faq_friends.html?cat=faq#animal</ref>
* Prunella's bedtime is 10:00 PM.<ref name="Ending">[[Prunella and the Disappointing Ending]]</ref>


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Latest revision as of 05:18, 17 February 2024

Prunella Deegan
Prunella.png
Age 9[1][2] 10 (Prunella Gets it Twice)
Grade 4th
Gender Female
Animal Poodle[3]
Rat[4]
Birthday Winter[5]

Hair color Brown (s1-s15)
Red (s16-present)
Complexion Tan (s1-s15)
Yellow (s16-present)
Favorite color Gold[1]
Residence Prunella's House, Elwood City
Family Wanda Deegan (mother)

Rubella (older sister)
Unknown Male Adult Poodle (father)
Unnamed grandfather
Unnamed grandmother

Book debut Arthur's Teacher Trouble
Cartoon debut "Arthur's Eyes"
Voiced by Tamar Kozlov (TV series)
Wendee Lee (Arthur's Missing Pal)
Bianca Rasmussen (Arthur's Teacher Trouble (game))
Michelle Graham (Arthur's Birthday (game))

Prunella Deegan is a 4th grader who lives in Elwood City. She is an avid reader and, like her sister Rubella, is interested in the supernatural and she loves fortune telling, She also likes the Henry Skreever books and movies.

Physical appearance

  • Prunella in season 4

  • Prunella in season 18

Prunella is a tall, slender anthropomorphic poodle with curly auburn hair and black dot eyes. In almost all of her appearances, she is shown wearing a short turquoise dress. She occasionally has whites for eyes when she expresses surprise about things happening (although in the books, she was sometimes illustrated with visible whites around her eyes as well as the other characters, who were randomly drawn to have white or black eyes). During formal occasions, she wears a light blue dress with white strings that she ties together. From season 16 onwards, her hair has become a brighter red color.

Personality

Prunella is fairly smart, superstitious, a little bit selfish, and at times can be a bit of a snob. She often thinks that she is better than everybody at everything just because she is one year older than the third graders.

While it is unknown if she is a Tough Customer, she frequently eats lunch with them and is class partners with them. She participates in torturing the younger students, but she does it by herself and instead of pranks, she scares them by telling stories of things she or her sister has experienced. (Arthur's Dummy Disaster).

Prunella likes to tell the 3rd graders stories of when she was in Mr. Ratburn's class, though she tends to exaggerate. For example, in "Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn", she tells the kids going into Mr. Ratburn's class that Mr. Ratburn eats nails for breakfast. She has also told kids other stories that they believe, but later they figure out that what she tells them is far from their actual experience of 3rd grade.

She also at times has helped her third grade friends. (Fern's Slumber Party, Team Trouble).

Prunella can be influenced by Muffy, even though they do not hang out with each other very often. For example, she hates kickball because she doesn't want to get her shoes dirty and she desires the finest clothes. She even acts like Muffy, like when she wanted new, hip pants called "Flash Pants".

She is also known to have a compulsive hoarding disorder as seen in the episode "Prunella the Packrat", where she tries to save items she believes are important to her when she is told to clean out her closet.

Interests

Prunella is a major Henry Skreever fan along with her best friend Marina. They both have all of the books, loads of Henry Skreever merchandise, and even have Henry Skreever themed slumber parties.

Along with Henry Skreever, she enjoys fortune-telling (such as using a crystal ball, reading I Ching, You Ching and playing cootie catcher), yoga, and paranormal phenomena. However, her predictions are usually not accurate. Instead, she incorporates the prediction with an object in the room she is in.

At school, Prunella takes shop class, plays trombone in the school band, and competes on the Lakewood Elementary baseball team. She served on the decorating committee of the Earth Day Fair and paints sets for plays at school. All in all, she is very active in school activities.

Family

Prunella lives in Elwood City with her mother and older teenage sister Rubella. Prunella has a father who lives with her, but it is assumed that he works a lot because he is never home. He appeared momentarily in the episode "The Chips are Down" at Rubella and Binky's ballet recital. She is nicknamed "Pruney" by her mother.

Friends

Although Prunella is in fourth grade, she is usually friends with the third graders but had a few fourth-grade friends at her parties in "Misfortune Teller" and "Prunella Gets it Twice."

  • Marina Datillo: Prunella's best friend. They both like Henry Skreever and they play games related to it at each other's houses.
  • Muffy: Prunella's second best friend. Even if they don't hang out much Prunella acts a lot like Muffy sometimes, such as shopping (usually for new clothes). Prunella was once jealous when she didn't get to buy flash pants that Muffy bought and enjoyed. It is revealed in the episode Sue Ellen Moves In that at first they hated each other but eventually learned to get along.
  • Francine: They don't hang out much and they don't share a lot in common, even though they are friends. Francine once bought her a second Polly Locket for her 10th birthday in "Prunella Gets it Twice", and she also cheated Francine into thinking Arthur was in love with her in "Arthur and the Square Dance."
  • Brain: Prunella and Brain are both smart but they rarely hang out with each other. However, Prunella did manage to keep Brain's secret of being held back in kindergarten in "Brain's Shocking Secret". In "The Blizzard," it could be implied that their mothers are friends because Brain just happens to be at Prunella's house during most of the episode.
  • Jenna: In Arthur Goes Crosswire, she is seen with Jenna throughout the episode.

Appearances

Trivia

  • It is revealed in Arthur's Spelling Trubble that Prunella is a great speller, but soon lost the crown to Arthur.
  • Her surname, Deegan, was taken from one of the writer's last names, Jacqui Deegan.
  • She has been seen erroneously in Nigel Ratburn's class several times, due to the fact that she was in his class the previous school year.
  • She sometimes is erroneously referred to as a rat, despite the shape of her ears and lack of whiskers.[6]
  • Prunella's bedtime is 10:00 PM.[7]

Gallery

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The full image gallery for Prunella Deegan may be viewed at Prunella Deegan/Gallery.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://pbskids.org/arthur/print/tradingcards/cards.html#pg-prunella2
  2. ↑ "You're only 9. You don't have to worry about college yet." — Marina Datillo to Prunella Deegan, "Prunella Packs It In"
  3. ↑ Marc Brown Studios (July 17, 2013). "Your instincts are correct; she is, indeed, a poodle! I'm 99% sure the only rodent related character is Ratburn." Facebook.
  4. ↑ http://www.pbs.org/parents/arthur/help/answers/faq_friends.html?cat=faq
  5. ↑ In Prunella's Prediction, it is shortly after Prunella's birthday and D.W. mentioned that it is winter.
  6. ↑ http://www.pbs.org/parents/arthur/help/answers/faq_friends.html?cat=faq#animal
  7. ↑ Prunella and the Disappointing Ending



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