The Buster Report

"The Buster Report"
Season/Series:	14
Number in season:	1b
Original Airdate:	October 11, 2010 October 20, 2010 January 7, 2011
Credits
Written by:	Ken Scarborough
Storyboard by:	Zhigang Wang Lisa Whittick
Episodes
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"The Buster Report" is the second half of the first episode in the fourteenth season of Arthur.

Summary

George plans a homework report on Buster.

Plot

In class Mr. Ratburn tells the class they will be doing a report on someone they admire. At lunch the gang is discussing who they are doing. However, Buster can't think of what he is going to do.

George then says that he had chosen the perfect person for his report and he chooses Buster much to the surprise of Buster. At first Buster is excited about it and shows George the inside of his room, then they go to the Sugar Bowl where they see their friends at one of the tables discussing their reports.

The next day, George goes to Buster's Condominium and finds out Buster is not there, so Bitzi invites him in until Buster got back. By the time Buster gets back George had already left.

He also finds out that his mother gave George information for his report including a DVD with pictures of him, much to the dismay of Buster himself. While sleeping that night Buster has a dream that during class George is telling the report and after hearing the report everyone laughs at Buster.

The next morning at school, Buster meets George again and wants to give him an alternate report he made, which took him the rest of the night to complete, but George declines to use it.

Right after Binky has completed his report, George does his report next and Buster places his head on the desk, expecting everyone to laugh at him. However, the report was well done and everyone applauds George for it.

Ratburn then asks Buster if he is ready to present his report, but Buster didn't make one and mentions that he will do his report on George.

Characters

Major

• George Lundgren
• Buster Baxter
• Binky Barnes
• Arthur Read
• Sue Ellen Armstrong

Minor

• Nigel Ratburn
• Muffy Crosswire
• Francine Frensky

Cameos

• The Brain
• Jenna Morgan
• Fern Walters
• Alex
• Maria Pappas
• Otis
• Mrs. Wood
• 3rd Grade Male Dog
• Jessica
• Beulah McInnerny
• 3rd Grade Male Rabbit
• Mary
• 3rd Grade Male Dog (Number 3)
• Kenny
• 3rd Grade Male Cat
• Maria lookalike
• Unknown Female Adult Rabbit (Number 4)
• Ethel

Trivia

• It is revealed that Mr. Ratburn was in a rock band known as "The Ratburn Rats".

Cultural references

• The episode title is a parody of "The Colbert Report".

Episode connections

• In his report, George mentions Buster's asthma ("Buster's Breathless"), Buster's involvement in the community garden ("Buster's Green Thumb") and when Buster solved the mystery of the missing quarters ("Arthur Accused!")

Errors

• In this episode, Buster does not know that Bionic Bunny is not real, but in "Buster Gets Real", he does understand that Bionic Bunny is not real. (However this episode may be set before "Buster Gets Real".)

Gallery

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References