Editing Season 8

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'''Season 8''' of ''[[Arthur (series)|Arthur]]'' premiered in the United States on September 15, 2003 on [[PBS]] with "[[Dear Adil]]" and ending December 26, 2003 with "[[Bleep]]".

==Episodes==
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|  width="43%" align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| '''Title'''
|  width="12%" align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| '''Number'''
|  width="13%" align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| '''Episode'''
|  width="20%" align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| '''Original Airdate'''
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|  width="140" rowspan="2" height="100" | [[File:0801ami.jpg|140px]]
|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Dear Adil]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 209
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 1a
|  width="20%" align="center" height="19" | September 15, 2003
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | [[Arthur Read|Arthur]] decides to write to a Turkish boy named [[Adil Akyuz|Adil]] who is looking for a pen pal after reading [[David Read|his dad]]'s letters from Japan. He isn't sure what life is like in [[Turkey]], so to give him an idea, he looks at [[Buster Baxter|Buster]]'s comics set there. However, these give him a stereotypical picture of there, and Adil is confused when Arthur asks him about his camel, tent, or the taste of lamb's eyes. Arthur finds Adil's email address and they find out that they are alike in many ways.
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|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Bitzi's Break-Up]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 210
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 1b
|  width="20%" align="center" height="19" | September 15, 2003
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | [[Bitzi Baxter|Bitzi]] has a confession to make to Buster: she's breaking up with her boyfriend, [[Harry Mills|Harry]]. He is dismayed, so with the help of [[Muffy Crosswire|Muffy]], he creates a plan to get them back together again.
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|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Fernfern and the Secret of Moose Mountain]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 211
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 2a
|  width="20%" align="center" height="19" | September 16, 2003
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | [[Oliver Frensky|Mr. Frensky]] takes several of the girls on a mountain trail hiking trip at [[Moose Mountain]]. [[Fern Walters|Fern]] believes that it's where her hero, Zutzut. went to. She and [[Francine Frensky|Francine]] clash personalities on the way up and end up getting separated from the group. They have to learn to work together and end up as the only ones that make it to the top of the mountain.
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|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Thanks a Lot, Binky]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 212
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 2b
|  width="20%" align="center" height="19" | September 16, 2003
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | After saving [[Rattles]] from getting hurt in a dangerous stunt and not getting thanked for it, [[Binky Barnes|Binky]] is shown in a dream, what the world would be like if he decided to never be nice again with Uncle Sam the wrestler. It ends with his parents leaving on a cruise without him, and without leaving him money, food, or water. Realizing that [[Mrs. Barnes|his mother]] does a lot of things without getting thanked, he decides to do her chores for her and alongside a thank you card.
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|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Arthur's Snow Biz]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 213
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 3a
|  width="20%" align="center" height="19" | September 17, 2003
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Arthur begins a snow shoveling business to make some extra money. He allows Buster to join but he hardly does any work and expects to earn more money. They argue and Buster decides to start his own snow shoveling business and they have to compete to keep their customers.
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|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Bugged]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 214
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 3b
|  width="20%" align="center" height="19" | September 17, 2003
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | [[Alan Powers|The Brain]] has a dream in which he becomes a bug to see how his friends really see him (as someone who bugs them all the time). He decides to never speak or to help them again, but soon learns that that might not be the best solution to his problems.
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|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Fernkenstein's Monster]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 215
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 4a
|  width="20%" align="center" height="19" | September 18, 2003
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Fern tries to write a story that matches up to [[Mary Shelley]]'s novel [[Frankenstein (story)|Frankenstein]]. She completes it and when she reads it to her friends they are horrified and frightened while refusing to talk to her, fearing another story as fear inspiring.
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|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[D.W., Dancing Queen]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 216
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 4b
|  width="20%" align="center" height="19" | September 18, 2003
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | [[D.W. Read|D.W.]] and Binky are paired up together for a school project. He teaches her how to dance, but thinks she is not doing well. [[Molly MacDonald|Molly]] and Rattles then wants to learn "Kung Fu Young" (ballet). This time, they both point out Binky's mistakes. After days of practicing with a reformed curriculum, he teaches D.W. how to spin, but he ends up with a twisted ankle. She has to do the recital herself, although she does not have enough courage.
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|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Vomitrocious]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 217
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 5a
|  width="20%" align="center" height="19" | September 19, 2003
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | Francine and her friends pick on [[George Lundgren|George]] due to his constant nosebleeds. But when she suddenly vomits in the cafeteria during lunch, she learns a hard lesson about teasing others when she and George discuss their embarrassment.
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|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Sue Ellen Chickens Out]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 218
|  width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 5b
|  width="20%" align="center" height="19" | September 19, 2003
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|  width="88%" colspan="4" height="81" | The [[Sugar Bowl]] is going out of business and a fast-food chain called [[Chickin Lickin']] is trying to buy it. [[Sue Ellen Armstrong|Sue Ellen]] immediately goes to the Sugar Bowl's defense, but her friends ignore this crisis. She, Binky, and Buster protest at the new location opening at the [[Mill Creek Mall|mall]] but with no avail.
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|  width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Postcards from Buster (episode)|Postcards from Buster]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 219
| width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 6
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | December 22, 2003
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| colspan="4" width="88%" height="81" | Buster is about to start his 2003-2004 travel with [[Bo Baxter|his dad]], and he is convinced that his mother is going to miss him. Meanwhile, D.W. wants to see "Unicornucopia ", a 1-star rated play showing in [[New York City]], so she tries to save money through every way possible. After Buster is finally convinced that his mother won't miss him as much as he thought, he decides to go to New York City with Arthur anyway. While D.W. and her parents go to see the play, Arthur and Buster explore the city with Bo. First they go to Chinatown, El Barrio, meet up with subway break dancers and a sidewalk chalk artist, James De La Vega. Then they try to meet [[Los Viajeros]] at "The Point", a children's recreation center in the Bronx, but they get lost. They ask some girls if they know the way to there which they do find, but they don't meet up with Los Viajeros because they aren't there. Suddenly Arthur forgets he was supposed to see "Unicornucopia" with his family, which was a good thing, because the play wasn't even worth it anyway. At the end he thanks Buster for a good time.
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| width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Desk Wars]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 220
| width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 7a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | December 23, 2003
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| colspan="4" width="88%" height="81" | On a super-hot day, Arthur and his friends get into a complete war over each other's desks involving the seats by the fan. Everyone except George fights over with consequences. After [[Mr. Haney]] gets slapped by a moldy sandwich, they clean up the room and goes to Muffy's pool party.
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| width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Desperately Seeking Stanley]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 221
| width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 7b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | December 23, 2003
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| colspan="4" width="88%" height="81" | D.W. sells Arthur's teddy bear, [[Stanley]], at the garage sale. He regrets this decision and goes on a search. Later, after the commotion, he gives him to [[Mrs. Tibble]], who has a room full of stuffed animals.
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| width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Muffy's Art Attack]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 222
| width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 8a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | December 24, 2003
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| colspan="4" width="88%" height="81" | Muffy tries to build a beach house for her dolls. Owing inspiration from an exhibition of the work of [[Arthur Ganson]], she and [[Bailey]] build kinetic sculptures. The exhibition is a success and Ganson shows up to install "Machine with Wishbone", whom was bought by [[Ed Crosswire|Mr. Crosswire]]. He sees Muffy's beach landscape and tells her that it is art.
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| width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Tales from the Crib]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 223
| width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 8b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | December 24, 2003
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| colspan="4" width="88%" height="81" | [[Vicita Molina|Vicita]] has to use a new bed, but she wants to keep her crib. D.W. tells her the story of when she grew out of hers.
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| width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Flea to Be You and Me]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 224
| width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 9a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | December 25, 2003
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| colspan="4" width="88%" height="81" | A flea named [[Pepe]] tells his around the world story of how he got separated from his brother, [[Sale]].
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| width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Kiss and Tell]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 225
| width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 9b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | December 25, 2003
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| colspan="4" width="88%" height="81" | [[Emily]] tells D.W. how she felt when a boy kissed her on vacation, and D.W. begins to wonder what it feels like. When [[James MacDonald|James]] kisses her, though, she realizes that she may be too young to fully appreciate it, and Emily told her that it was a kiss on the hand.
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| width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Big Horns George]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 226
| width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 10a
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | December 26, 2003
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| colspan="4" width="88%" height="81" | George learns how to sing the blues with a little inspiration from [[Wally]] and the Brain's CDs.
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| width="42%" align="center" height="19" | "'''[[Bleep]]'''"
| align="center" height="19" width="13%" | 227
| width="13%" align="center" height="19" | 10b
| width="20%" align="center" height="19" | December 26, 2003
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| colspan="4" width="88%" height="81" | D.W. overhears a curse word said by a teenage boy, but she's afraid if she says it, something will break. The [[Tibble Twins]] tell her if she says it, anyone will become her zombie servant. She tests this on Vicita, only to get in trouble, but [[Jane Read|her mom]] does not punish her because she did not know what it meant. She then decides to talk to her friends about cursing.
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==Trivia==
*This season is the last one that has Mark Rendall voicing Arthur. 
*This is the last season that is produced by [[Cinar Entertainment]], which would later be rebranded as [[Cookie Jar Entertainment]]. 
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