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"The Return of the King"
Season/Series:	3
Number in season:	9b
Original Airdate:	January 4, 1999;
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Written by:	Peter K. Hirsch
Storyboard by:	Mario Cabrera
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"The Return of the King" is the second half of the ninth episode in the third season of Arthur. It was later adapted into the book King Arthur.

Summary

On a field trip to the medieval fair, Arthur's class is being humiliated in competitions against a class led by Mr. Ratburn's old teacher. Can Arthur turn things around?

Plot

The episode opens with the kids going on a field trip to a medieval fair. When they make it to the fair, Mr. Ratburn's class sees that another school, Glenbrook Academy is there too.

The teacher with them is Mr. Pryce-Jones, who was Mr. Ratburn's teacher when he was in school. Arthur notices a sword put in a stone and anyone who can get it out will become "King of the Fair", but no matter how hard he pulls, it will not come out.

Throughout the day the Lakewood students compete with the Glenbrook students in several Middle Ages-themed competitions, losing every single one. Arthur loses at a medieval maze. Francine loses at archery. The Brain fails at a trivia competition.

Buster even loses at a pie eating contest! At lunch, it is revealed that Mr. Pryce-Jones was very strict, and when Arthur, Buster, Francine, and Brain overhear Mr. Haney talking with him, they think that if Lakewood loses all of the contests Mr. Pryce-Jones will replace Mr. Ratburn.

The final event is a castle building contest. The Lakewood students work hard and build a beautiful castle, but they lose to Glenbrook because their castle is not historically accurate. Arthur and the gang are dejected because they think that Mr. Pryce-Jones will replace Mr. Ratburn, but fortunately Mr. Ratburn will stay.

At the end of the day, the Glenbrook students and Mr. Pryce-Jones all try to remove the sword from the stone, but they all fail. When it is Arthur's turn, he is able to pull it out. Arthur becomes the King of the Fair and everyone cheers.

Characters

Major

Minor

All minor characters don't speak

Cameos

Binky (cameo)
Fern (cameo)
George (cameo)
Maria (cameo)
Sue Ellen (cameo)
Alex (cameo)
Jenna (cameo)
3rd Grade Female Dog (cameo)
3rd Grade Male Goat (cameo)
3rd Grade Female Bear (Number 2) (cameo)
3rd Grade Female Dog (Number 2) (cameo)
3rd Grade Male Rat (Number 3) (cameo)
3rd Grade Female Aardvark (Number 8) (cameo)

Trivia

The Lakewood kids all sat across from their counterparts at the lunch table, except for Fern sitting across from Maria's lookalike.
Buster's doppelganger is voiced by Oliver Grainger, the second actor of D.W.
Henry the Fifth was Muffy's counterpart's great-great-great-great-great-great uncle. That is, unless she was making it up like Muffy did in "Background Blues".
When Arthur pulls the sword from the stone, it is a play on the King Arthurian Legends, because Arthur's name is Arthur.
The title for this episode is a reference to the third instalment of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
There was a remade clip of the episode from D.W., Queen of the Comeback.

Errors

Arthur falls backwards when he sees his "shadow" move, but he rips through the wall facing forwards.

Gallery

Screenshots

On the bus heading to Lakewood Elementary School...
The ending of the episode.
Arthur is crowned king of the medieval fair.
Mr. Haney's Niece and Nephew 1
Mr. Haney's Niece and Nephew 2
The castle building contest.
Muffy arguing with her counterpart about how the ball was too heavy to be a tennis ball.
The pie eating contest, Buster included.
Arthur's Bionic Bunny watch.
The archery contest.
Arthur pulls the sword from the stone!
A person trying to pull the sword from the stone.
Merlin's Maze
Mr. Pryce-Jones' Class walking to the fair
celebration of the Glenbrook Academy