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Swept Away
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| "Swept Away" | |
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| Season/Series: | 11 |
| Number in season: | 1a |
| Original Airdate: |  June 25, 2007[1] |
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| Written by: | Peter K. Hirsch |
| Storyboard by: | Jean Lacombe |
| Episodes | |
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"Swept Away" is the first half of the first episode in the eleventh season of Arthur.
Summary
Arthur, D.W., and Buster discover the simple joys of building sand castles.
Plot
At the beach, Arthur, Buster, and D.W. are about to go into the water when the lifeguard blows the whistle and points to the red flag. They look to see the ocean surfs are rough and they can't go into the water yet. While waiting for it to be safe to go into the water, the three are busy playing cards. Soon, Arthur, Buster, and D.W. decide to build a sandcastle.
First, D.W. wanted to be a fairy princess castles but Arthur and Buster refuse to be that since it too girly so they deicde to just make a regular sandcastle.They spend hours building it even as the lifeguard blows the whistle letting everyone know it's safe to go in the water. Soon, they are done completing the castle Grandma Thora suggested to give it a name. D.W. suggets "Princess Misty Merimad Mansion" but Buster and Arthur said no. Buster finds a starfish and suggets they call it "Starfish Enterprise." but D.W. said she can hardly say that word until Arthur pointed that she just said it perfectly. D.W. still doesn't like that name suggests "Castle Starfish" which they all agree with the name.
It's soon time for them to go to sleep. When they return to the beach the next day they find the castle is partially damaged, but still intact, so they then make a moat and make slight improvements to the sandcastle. Arthur's mom then takes a picture of the sandcastle along with Arthur, Buster, and D.W. posing for the picture. To make sure the tide doesn't damage the sandcastle, they add a huge piece of wood to block the water. The next morning, they see the sandcastle mostly gone and they try to rebuild it, but the sand is too wet to do so. Then, they soon have to leave the beach. They then come back to the location some time later to find the sand castle, but they don't see any remains of it around although D.W. finds a seashell from the castle. Arthur's mom calls out to the kids and tells them to hurry up as she doesn't want them starting school with a cold. The three kids then walk back towards the van.
Characters
Major Roles
Minor Roles
Background
Trivia
- This episode is so far the last time Buster wears his bathing cap.
- Bear Lake Lifeguard reappears in this episode.
- This is one of the episodes that focus on water. The others being Arthur Makes Waves, Feeling Flush, D.W. All Wet, The Shore Thing, and Water and the Brain.
Cultural references
- When Arthur and Buster want to call the castle the "Starfish Enterprise" is a reference to the Star Trek spaceship Enterprise from Star Trek
Production notes
- This is the first episode in which Robert Naylor voices D.W.
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