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|ep. name = The Play's the Thing | |ep. name = The Play's the Thing | ||
|image = | |image = The Play's the Thing.JPG | ||
|season = [[ | |season = [[Arthur (season 14)|14]] | ||
|us = October 13, 2010<ref>http://www.ket.org/episode | |us = October 13, 2010<ref>http://www.ket.org/tvschedules/episode.php?nola=ARUR++001403</ref> | ||
|can = November 3, 2010<ref>http://ww3.tvo.org/program/157024/arthur - | |can = November 3, 2010<ref>http://ww3.tvo.org/program/157024/arthur - Tab 2010, page 2</ref> | ||
|prev. episode = [[Nicked by a Name]] | |prev. episode = [[Nicked by a Name]] | ||
|next episode = [[Falafelosophy]] | |next episode = [[Falafelosophy]] | ||
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|writers = [[P. Kevin Strader]] | |writers = [[P. Kevin Strader]] | ||
|storyboarders = [[Chris Damboise]]<br>[[Jean-Marc Paradis]]<br>[[Dev Ramsaran]] | |storyboarders = [[Chris Damboise]]<br>[[Jean-Marc Paradis]]<br>[[Dev Ramsaran]] | ||
|number = | |number = 3B | ||
|titlecard = | |titlecard = 1403b Title card 1.png|titlecard2 = The Play's the Thing title card 2.png}} | ||
{{EpisodeHeader|2|3|14}} | {{EpisodeHeader|2|3|14}} | ||
==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
The playground has been quiet lately - too quiet - and the Tough Customers don't like it. All the rest of the kids seem more interested in electronics than in good old-fashioned fun! | The playground has been quiet lately - too quiet - and the Tough Customers don't like it one bit. All the rest of the kids seem more interested in electronics than in good old-fashioned fun! | ||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
The episode starts at the playground at [[Lakewood Elementary School|Lakewood]] where [[Rattles]] is about to reveal something to the Tough Customers. He then shows them shirts he had made that have written, "The Costumer Is Always Right" and [[Molly MacDonald|Molly]] questions him as to how that | The episode starts off at the playground at [[Lakewood Elementary School|Lakewood]] where no one is using it and [[Rattles]] is about to reveal something to the Tough Customers. He then shows them shirts he had made that have written, "The Costumer Is Always Right" and [[Molly MacDonald|Molly]] questions him as to how that's scary. | ||
The kids are too busy paying attention to the new cellphone Muffy has and the Tough Customers prepare to throw water balloons at them, but Muffy tells them that if they get her phone wet her dad will sue them and [[Arthur Read|Arthur]] tells everyone that they should go back into the school. | The kids are too busy paying attention to the new cellphone Muffy has and the Tough Customers prepare to throw water balloons at them, but Muffy tells them that if they get her phone wet her dad will sue them and [[Arthur Read|Arthur]] tells everyone that they should go back into the school. | ||
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[[Binky Barnes|Binky]] then uses an empty pizza box to try luring the kids into a trap and [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] almost falls for it, but Muffy's phone detects no pizza and she and Buster go back to the benches. | [[Binky Barnes|Binky]] then uses an empty pizza box to try luring the kids into a trap and [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] almost falls for it, but Muffy's phone detects no pizza and she and Buster go back to the benches. | ||
The Tough Customers are left with no one | The Tough Customers are left with no one, but [[George Lundgren|George]] who is called on by Binky. George already has an umbrella and even he is getting tired of the same routine. Molly tells Binky it's to easy and gives him until Friday to figure out something otherwise the Tough Customers are going solo. | ||
George then tells them to hurry up and they throw water balloons at him. Binky then tries to bribe Muffy into not using the phone during | George then tells them to hurry up and they throw water balloons at him. Binky then tries to bribe Muffy into not using the phone during recces, but instead an idea comes up with renovating the old playground and they talk to Mr. Haney about it and he agrees to it. | ||
Muffy tells Binky to have the Tough Customers there to run the playground. When the renovated playground opens on Friday everyone is surprised, but soon has to be shut down since students had to pay to use it, which was used to cover the maintenance of the playground. | Muffy tells Binky to have the Tough Customers there to run the playground. When the renovated playground opens on Friday everyone is surprised, but soon has to be shut down since students had to pay to use it, which was used to cover the maintenance of the playground. | ||
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Soon the other kids start joining in and the Tough Customers return to the jungle gym and start throwing water balloons at the kids. | Soon the other kids start joining in and the Tough Customers return to the jungle gym and start throwing water balloons at the kids. | ||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
===Major=== | ===Major Roles=== | ||
*[[Arthur Read]] | *[[Arthur Read]] | ||
*[[Buster Baxter]] | *[[Buster Baxter]] | ||
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*[[Molly MacDonald]] | *[[Molly MacDonald]] | ||
*[[Slink]] | *[[Slink]] | ||
===Minor=== | ===Minor Roles=== | ||
*[[George Lundgren]] | *[[George Lundgren]] | ||
*[[Francis Haney]] | *[[Francis Haney]] | ||
=== | ===Background=== | ||
*[[Bitzi Baxter]] | *[[Bitzi Baxter]] | ||
*[[Sue Ellen Armstrong]] | *[[Sue Ellen Armstrong]] | ||
*[[Maria | *[[Maria]] | ||
*[[Alex]] | *[[Alex]] | ||
*[[Jenna Morgan]] | *[[Jenna Morgan]] | ||
*[[Fern Walters]] | *[[Fern Walters]] | ||
*[[Otis]] | *[[Otis]] | ||
*[[Alan | *[[Alan "The Brain" Powers]] | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*In this episode, Binky says the term, "Or my name isn't Binky Barnes!", but in the episode [[What's in a Name?]], he finds out his real name is Shelley. | |||
*In this episode, Binky says the term, "Or my name isn't Binky Barnes!" | ===Cultural references=== | ||
*'' | *Buster's aging the [[Frosted Cakey Cake]] and it staying the same is a reference to the myth that {{W|Twinkies}} last forever. | ||
*The episode title is a reference to Shakespeare's Hamlet: "the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king." | |||
===Episode connections=== | ===Episode connections=== | ||
*In a way this is the second time Muffy beat the Tough Customers (this time inadvertently that is). The first time occurred in [[The Law of the Jungle Gym]]. | |||
*In a way | |||
===Errors=== | ===Errors=== | ||
*Throughout the entire episode, [[Bailey]] is colored like [[Carl Pacheva]]. | *Throughout the entire episode, [[Bailey]] is colored like [[Carl Pacheva]]. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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===Screenshots=== | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Season 14 episodes]] | [[Category:Season 14 episodes]] | ||
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