Sue Ellen Armstrong

Sue Ellen Armstrong
Major Character
Gender	Female
Animal	Cat
Age	8
Portrayed by	Patricia Rodriguez (1-8) Jessica Kardos (9-current)
First appeared	Arthur's Valentine (books) Arthur's Eyes (cartoon)
Family	Mr. Armstrong (father) Mrs. Armstrong (mother)

Sue Ellen Armstrong is a 3rd grader in Mr. Ratburn's class at Lakewood Elementary School. She was originally voiced by Patricia Rodriguez, but is currently voiced by Jessica Kardos.

Appearance and Personality

Sue Ellen is a cat who is depicted with a tan complexion, curly orange hair worn in pigtails, and wears a teal dress with a cream-colored vest over it and red and white sneakers. In the early Arthur books, her hair was worn loose; although she was given her pigtails starting with the book Arthur's TV Trouble. In some of the later books, her hair color ranged from blonde to yellow-orange. Sue Ellen is assertive, proactive, brave, tough, kind, tolerant, honest, and creative. She is an amazing storyteller and is open-minded. She is also easy to get along with and can solve problems on her own. She is very mature and artistic for her age and interested in world culture, whic is the reason she makes friends with people older then her, like Betsy. Athletic-wise, she is defender for the Lakewood Elementary Soccer Team. She wanted a sibling so she would not be as lonely, but she ends up regretting the need after she goes to Arthur's house and played with D.W. for a few hours.

Sue Ellen talking to her stuffed bear, Chester (stuffed animal). Chester is very much like Nadine.

Profile

• Name: Sue Ellen Armstrong
  

  Sue Ellen painting.
• Alias: Sue Ellen
• Gender: Female
• Age: 8
• Characteristics: Brave, outgoing, artistic, creative, kind

Life Before Arthur

Sue Ellen enjoying a travelling story while on board the Crown City Star (Strangers on a Train)

Sue Ellen's father is a diplomat, so she and her family have lived in various places around the world. It is

Sue Ellen in World Girls.

unknown why her family has settled in Elwood City. She has lived in places like Egypt and Nicaragua, mostly for a couple of months to a year. Her family also spent a year in South Africa. She had never been to a place with snow before moving to Elwood City. She is skilled in martial arts, for example Tae Kwon Do.

Life After Arthur

If the intro to the episode, The Election does happen in the future, she will be either future President Muffy's running mate or a member of her party. In the imagination of Arthur in Arthur Rides the Bandwagon Sue Ellen appears next to the Brain and with a child much like him(but with glasses) suggesting that they were married and had a child together.

Family

Sue Ellen lives with her father, a diplomat, and mother, a homemaker. She is an only child but keeps in touch with her brother-like friend in Tibet (she also has a Tibet World Girl doll.) Other family members aren't mentioned or seen. Like the Brain, her parents' given names are unknown.

Season One

In "Sue Ellen Moves In", Sue Ellen moves to Elwood City. Buster thinks she is an alien because she has many

Sue-Ellen discussing her interests.

strange objects. He later realizes that she has lived all over the world and they become friends. In "Bully For Binky", Sue Ellen stands up to Binky and is not afraid to stand up to someone much bigger than her. Binky becomes intimidated by her because she knows martial arts. Later, Sue Ellen says that she doesn't want to fight him but if he ever does, she'll be ready. Binky soon stops his bullying.

Season Two

In "Sue Ellen's Lost Diary", she loses her diary in the library. She asks her friends but they haven't seen it. They

A snippet of Sue Ellen's personal information.

wonder what is inside. Soon, they find her diary but they ultimately chose to not open it. Sue Ellen recovers her diary and hints that she has a crush on Arthur; this was probably to an allusion to Arthur's crush on Sue Ellen in the Arthur books. In "Sue Ellen's Little Sister", Sue Ellen feels sad that she doesn't have a sibling. She asks her friends to be their siblings and realize that older brothers won't work. She looks for little sisters and ends up with D.W. whom she can't stand. She later realizes the pros of being an only child. Her parents get her a brother-like friend from Tibet to whom she can write letters to.

Season Three

One of Sue Ellen's biggest appearance in this season is in "Sue Ellen and the Brainasaurus". She later appears in Popular Girls, in which she is the central character with Fern, and Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival.

Clothing

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  Sue Ellen in summer wear.

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  Sue Ellen's nightgown

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  Sue Ellen's cultural/traditional ensemble.

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  Bathing Suit

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  Sue Ellen's Summer Clothes

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  Taekwondo Uniform