Editing That's a Baby Show!

{{Episode infobox
|ep. name = That's a Baby Show!
|image = Luvvy duckys.PNG
|season = [[Season 4|4]]
|us = October 18, 1999<ref>http://www.ket.org/episode/ARUR%20%20000410/</ref>
|prev. episode = [[My Music Rules]]
|next episode = [[Arthur and the Big Riddle]]
|can = January 17, 2000<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20130719100407/http://ww3.tvo.org/program/157024/arthur/#1997</ref>
|writers = [[Joe Fallon]]
|storyboarders = [[Robert Yap]]
|number = 10B
|titlecard = That's a Baby Show! Title Card.png
}}{{EpisodeHeader|2|10|4}}

==Summary==
[[Arthur Read|Arthur]] is embarrassed to admit that he's hooked on a new TV show that's really targeted for younger kids.

==Plot==
The show starts with Mary Moo Cow singing about fun Arthur cuts her off and blames it on [[D.W. Read|D.W.]]. He says this is where he talks. D.W. is tired of him talking and wants to hear from someone new. Arthur stops her, saying Mary Moo Cow is a baby show. She says she loves it and everyone will love it. Arthur cues the show saying "That's a baby show!"

After the title card, Arthur learns from [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] and [[Francine Frensky|Francine]] about a new show called ''[[Dark Bunny]]''. Eagerly he goes home to see it, only to find [[D.W. Read|D.W.]] already watching "[[Mary Moo Cow]]". D.W. hears Arthur will watch Dark Bunny soon and tells him she watched an episode and it scared her, and Mom doesn't want her to be scared.

As Mary Moo Cow ends, Arthur is about to change the television to the channel on which Dark Bunny airs, but instead ends up watching [[Love Ducks]], which according to D.W. is a "baby show". Arthur is intrigued by it because it's "weird."

Arthur watches The Love Ducks every day instead of Dark Bunny, and, as a result, has difficulty discussing Dark Bunny in any depth with his friends. One day, Buster and Francine see him watching The Love Ducks, and Francine tells everyone about it.

When Buster happens to see The Love Ducks on a television set in a store window, he likes what he sees, and goes to buy a Love Ducks CD. Arthur and his friends gather at his house to watch the show with [[Kate Read|Baby Kate]]. All his friends, even Francine, admit to being fans of "The Love Ducks" because of its strangeness.

==Characters==
===Major===
*[[Arthur Read]]
*[[Buster Baxter]]
*[[Francine Frensky]]
===Minor===
*[[D.W. Read]]
*[[Muffy Crosswire]]
*[[Mary Moo Cow]]
*[[Jane Read]]
*[[Nigel Ratburn]]
*[[Binky Barnes]]
*[[Alan Powers|The Brain]]
*[[Catherine Frensky]]
*[[George Lundgren]]
*[[Prunella Deegan]]
*[[Sue Ellen Armstrong]]
===Cameo===
*[[Kenny]]
*[[Ms. Morgan]]
*[[Alex]]
*[[Maria Pappas]]
*[[3rd Grade Female Aardvark]]
*[[3rd Grade Male Rat]]
*[[3rd Grade Female Cat (Number 2)]]
*[[3rd Grade Male Rabbit]]
*[[John]]
*[[Helen]]
*[[Fern Walters]]
*[[3rd Grade Male Dog]]
*[[Jessica Simmons|Jessica]]
*[[Beulah McInnerny]]
=== Mentioned ===
*[[Bionic Bunny]]
*[[Dark Bunny]]

==Trivia==
*It is revealed that Francine actively watches the Love Ducks.
*It is revealed that Buster has a baby cousin.
*This was the last episode to receive a Dutch dub before RTL 4 cancelled the show along with the rest of their children's Programming in 2001.
*This is the last episode before the CINAR scandal. It aired 5 months before the scandal began.
*This is the last {{Arthur}} episode aired in the 1990s.
* This is the last episode written by Joe Fallon due to his departure.
* This is the last episode where [[Luke Reid]] voices Brain due to him reaching puberty after Season 2.
*It has been revealed that [[George Lundgren]] was watching the Love Ducks for the past year.
*When Buster and Francine leave Arthur's house, the [[Spooky Poo]] theme song can be heard.
*This episode reveals that Buster and Brain hate Mary Moo Cow as much as Arthur does.
*'''Timeline:''' Before [[Buster's New Friend (episode)|Buster's New Friend]] as [[D.W. Read|D.W.]] mispronounces [[Bionic Bunny]]'s name, despite saying it correctly in "[[Buster's New Friend (episode)|the aforementioned episode]]."
*'''Moral:''' Don't judge a show just because it's for babies for your own personal benifit, because you'll ruin their viewing experience.
===Cultural references===
*Love Ducks is a parody of ''{{W|Teletubbies}}'' (like ''Arthur'', also owned by [[WildBrain]] as of 2013), and Dark Bunny is a parody of ''{{W|Batman: The Animated Series}}''. The scene transitions featuring the Dark Bunny logo zooming in and out reference the zooming Batman logo transitions from the 1960s live-action ''Batman'' TV series.
*Several pieces of classical music are heard in the Love Ducks.
*Francine mentions ''The Nutcracker Suite''.
===Production notes===
*This is the last episode in which John Nestorowich is the recording engineer.
*This is the last episode in which Jean-Christophe Verbert is the re-recording engineer.
===Episode connections===
*The book ''[[The Red Dog]]'' is first shown in the episode "[[D.W.'s Library Card (episode)|D.W.'s Library Card]]."
*When [[D.W. Read|D.W.]] mispronounces [[Bionic Bunny]]'s name, this can be similar to her mispronouncing [[Mr. Ratburn]]'s name in [[The Rat Who Came to Dinner]].
*[[Love Ducks]] is mentioned again in "[[The Secret Life of Dogs and Babies]]."

==Home Video==
'''VHS:'''
*[[Arthur Goes to Hollywood (VHS)|Arthur Goes to Hollywood]]
'''DVD:'''
*[[Arthur's Music Jamboree]]
*[[Arthur Goes to Hollywood (DVD)|Arthur Goes to Hollywood]]

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