Editing Season 7

{{Seasons}}'''Season 7''' of ''[[Arthur (series)|Arthur]]'' premiered in the United States on October 8, 2002 on [[PBS]] with the episode "[[Cast Away]]" and ended on November 29, 2002 with "[[April 9th]]". It featured two half-hour specials: "[[Elwood City Turns 100!]]" and "April 9th". The special "[[Arthur - It's Only Rock 'n' Roll]]" served as its premiere.

==Episodes==
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|  width="140" align="center" bgcolor="#fa1611"| '''Screenshot'''
|  width="43%" align="center" bgcolor="#fa1611"| '''Title'''
|  width="12%" align="center" bgcolor="#fa1611"| '''Number'''
|  width="13%" align="center" bgcolor="#fa1611"| '''Episode'''
|  width="20%" align="center" bgcolor="#fa1611"| '''Original Airdate'''
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|  width="140" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:Cast Away promo.jpg|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Cast Away]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 191
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 1a
|  width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 8, 2002
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | [[Arthur Read|Arthur]] is thrilled when [[David Read|his dad]] invites him to go fly fishing. But there is a change of plan, and [[D.W. Read|D.W.]] has to come along, and he is disappointed. Why does he always have to not get his way and not hers?
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:0701bmi.jpg|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[The Great Sock Mystery]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 192
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 1b
|  width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 8, 2002
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | D.W. is grumpy because one of her socks is missing. [[Pal]] investigates and stumbles upon the sock market, which supposedly helps the economy. He and [[Kate Read|Kate]] team up to play the sock market to get D.W.'s sock back.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:0702ami.jpg|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Francine's Split Decision]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 193
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 2a
|  width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 9, 2002
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | [[Francine Frensky|Francine]]'s bowling tournament and her cousin [[Seth]]'s bar mitzvah being held at the same time. Her friends try to help her so that she can attend both at once, but she is eventually caught by her parents.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:Muffy Goes Metropolitan.jpg|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Muffy Goes Metropolitan]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 194
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 2b
|  width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 9, 2002
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | [[Muffy Crosswire|Muffy]] goes with [[Sue Ellen Armstrong|Sue Ellen]] to [[Crown City]], which Muffy thinks is a glamorous metropolis of high culture. However, her trip is nothing like she imagined it would be. It's a dump there!
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:Ants in Arthur's Pants.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Ants in Arthur's Pants]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 195
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 3a
|  width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 10, 2002
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Arthur is doing a science project on ants to prove that he has PANTS by being patient, attentive, nosy, thoughtful, and systematic. However, all but one make it into the ant farm. After he tries various ways to collect them, he accidentally ruins Francine's project.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:Don't Ask Muffy.jpg|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Don't Ask Muffy]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 196
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 3b
|  width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 10, 2002
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Muffy is starting an advice column and dreams of becoming famous like [[Hoprah Linseed]] but everyone is listening to another advice-giver. After she finds out that it is [[Molly MacDonald|Molly]], Muffy starts acting like her so that she can rival her in giving advice. Molly advises Muffy that she needs to be a better listener in order to be a better advice giver.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:To Tibble the Truth.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[To Tibble the Truth]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 197
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 4a
|  width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 11, 2002
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | When the [[Tibble Twins]]' constant lying lands them in constant trouble, they promise to tell only the truth. But is telling every truth any better? They try to be honest before they lose all their friends—and each other.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:Waiting to Go.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Waiting to Go]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 198
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 4b
|  width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 11, 2002
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | [[Binky Barnes|Binky]] and [[Alan Powers|the Brain]] collide on the soccer field, breaking the Brain's new watch and nearly breaking their friendship. Could things get any worse? Well, yes - the other kids' rides co and go, leaving them behind. Will they spend the next 50 years sitting in the parking lot waiting for theirs?
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:Elwood City Turns 100!.JPG|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Elwood City Turns 100!]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 199
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 5
|  width="20%" align="center" height="19" | October 14, 2002
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | [[Lakewood Elementary School|Lakewood Elementary]] has been chosen to put on a musical tribute for [[Elwood City]]'s centennial. However, Francine hasn't arrived and a prop is accidentally destroyed. In the interstitial, Arthur and a few of his friends talk to [[Larry King]] about their centennial production. In Part II, the show goes on without Francine. When she arrives with the destroyed prop, [[Buster Baxter|Buster]], in a makeshift alien costume, enters onstage unscripted and entertains much of the bored audience. The entire production is deemed ruined as he accidentally tears the backdrop, but it goes on better than expected as they realize that the audience enjoyed his stunt.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:Car For Sale Sign.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Pick a Car, Any Car]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 200
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 6a
|  width="20%" align="center" height="19" | November 25, 2002
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | [[The Reads]] have to replace [[Reads' car|their car]] because it would cost too much to fix. Arthur is attached to it and fights to keep it from being sold to the mechanic. He makes a call to Car Talk, hoping they know how to fix it. [[Tom and Ray Magliozzi]] ([[the Car Talk guys]]) guest star as Click and Clack Tappet from Car Talk.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:Jenna's Bedtime Blues.JPG|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Jenna's Bedtime Blues]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 201
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 6b
|  width="20%" align="center" height="19" | November 25, 2002
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | [[Jenna Morgan|Jenna]] is reluctant to go to Muffy's annual slumber party because she still wets the bed. She goes and has a great time while trying to keep herself from needing to use her diaper when she sleeps.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:D.W.'s Time Trouble.jpg|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[D.W.'s Time Trouble]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 202
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 7a
|  width="20%" align="center" height="19" | November 26, 2002
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | D.W. is sick of being the younger one. In a dream, she travels through time and changes it so that she is born first and Arthur second. After a time travel mishap, she realizes how much she appreciates having an older sibling.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:Buster's Amish Mismatch.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Buster's Amish Mismatch]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 203
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 7b
|  width="20%" align="center" height="19" | November 26, 2002
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | After a field trip to Amish country to see how they live, Buster wants to live like them. However, his Amish lifestyle clashes with that of the city and he has only himself to help him with that lifestyle.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:The World of Tomorrow.JPG|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[The World of Tomorrow]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 204
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 8a
|  width="20%" align="center" height="19" | November 27, 2002
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Binky had already failed [[Nigel Ratburn|Mr. Ratburn]]'s class once and went on the sleepover at the [[Science Museum]]. This year, they're going again and he's just as bored as he was the first time. Interested in a new unopened exhibit, he sneaks in when everyone else is asleep.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:Is their an doctor in the house.jpg|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Is There a Doctor in the House?]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 205
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 8b
|  width="20%" align="center" height="19" | November 27, 2002
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Arthur and D.W. face the ultimate challenge when [[Jane Read|their mom]] gets a bad cold and then (gulp!) gives it to their dad! What if Arthur has to take over his dad's catering business and how would D.W. be an accountant if she can't count past ten? And most importantly, how will they raise Kate all by themselves?
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:Prunella Sees the Light 18.jpg|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Prunella Sees the Light]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 206
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 9a
|  width="20%" align="center" height="19" | November 28, 2002
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | [[Prunella Deegan|Prunella]] is inviting [[Marina Datillo|Marina]] over for a [[Henry Skreever (franchise)|Henry Skreever]] themed sleepover. However, she worries that Marina may not see the decoration in her room or get injured because she is blind.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:Return of the Snowball.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Return of the Snowball]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 207
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 9b
|  width="20%" align="center" height="19" | November 28, 2002
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | D.W. finds that her [[snowball]] has returned (from "D.W.'s Snow Mystery"). She keeps it at bedside to prevent it from being stolen again, but it starts to melt. When Arthur doesn't answer accusations to his snowball theft, D.W. tricks the Brain to come over and investigate, only to discover that wasn't actually her snowball.
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|  width="" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:April 9th.png|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[April 9th]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 208
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 10
|  width="20%" align="center" height="19" | November 29, 2002
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | It's April 9, but the day goes awry when a fire destroys Lakewood Elementary. Buster is devastated that he didn't go through it. The kids are sent to [[Mighty Mountain School]]. Binky pulls the fire alarm because of his fear of the flames at the burning school. When Arthur fakes an illness, his dad finds out that he is worried about him because he was trapped in the school during the fire. He helps him see that it's his job to worry about Arthur. Sue Ellen gets a new diary from Muffy. Soon the kids return to Lakewood.
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==Trivia==
*This is the first season where [[Mark Rendall]] does the voice of [[Arthur Read|Arthur]], replacing [[Justin Bradley]]. Rendall also redubbed Bradley's dialogue for [[Season 6]] when it went into syndication. This is also the first season that [[Jason Szwimmer]], [[Alex Hood]] and [[Aaron Grunfeld]] voices [[D.W. Read|D.W.]], [[Alan Powers|Brain]] and [[Tommy Tibble]], respectively, replacing [[Oliver Grainger]], [[Steven Crowder]] and [[Jonathan Koensgen]].
*The series' first two-part episode is featured in this season, and it is the only season to have 2 two-part episodes.
*This season was released on DVD in Region 1 in 2006, under the title [[Sleepovers, Sports and More (DVD)|Arthur: Sleepovers, Sports and More]].
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