The Master Builders

"The Master Builders"
Season/Series:	21
Number in season:	2
Original Airdate:	October 24, 2017
Credits
Written by:	Peter K. Hirsch
Storyboard by:	Gerry Capelle Michel Carbonneau
Episodes
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"The Master Builders" is the second episode in the twenty-first season of Arthur. It is a two-part episode.

Official synopsis

Buster struggles to build a birdhouse that will save the community garden from pests, while Muffy and Francine design a cat toy that they think will really change the pet toy game.

Plot

Buster has to build a bird house for the Purple Martin. The birds will keep the Cabbage Butterflies from eating Fritz's garden.

Characters

Major

• Buster Baxter
• Fritz Langley
• George Lundgren
• Muffy Crosswire
• Francine Frensky

Minor

• Bitzi Baxter
• Ed Crosswire
• Wally
• Potato (Cat)
• Arthur Read
• Catherine Frensky
• Pet Store Owner
• Nemo

Cameo

• Brain
• Mrs. Powers
• Portia Demwiddy

Trivia

• It is revealed in this episode that Catherine attends a Career and Technical Education high school, and uses the school's 3D printer.

Episode connections

• In the beginning of the episode, Muffy is wearing the same outfit that she wore when she was a news reporter in "Maria Speaks."

Cultural references

• At the beginning of the second part, Fritz is depicted to be like "Absolem" from Lewis Carrol's book Alice in Wonderland. Instead of smoking a hookah, he is blowing bubbles.