The Wheel Deal

"The Wheel Deal"
Season/Series:	14
Number in season:	1A
Original Airdate:	October 11, 2010
Credits
Written by:	Raye Lankford
Storyboard by:	Daniel Miodini
Episodes
Previous "The Secret Origin of Supernova"	Next "The Buster Report"

"The Wheel Deal" is the first half of the first episode in the fourteenth season of Arthur.

Summary

Brain is put in a wheelchair after a leg injury and copes with the encouragement of Lydia, a disabled girl who uses a wheelchair.

Plot

Brain suffers a leg injury, and also sprains his ankle, while practicing for a basketball game against the Mighty Mountain team. The injury occurred when Buster accidentally tossed a banana peel into the trash, but it missed the trash can and landed on the ground, causing Brain to slip on it.

He is then in a wheelchair and has difficulty coping with it until he meets Lydia, who is also in a wheelchair because she was born unable to walk.

When playing basketball with Lydia, Brain doesn't do well, so Lydia helps Brain improve his skills while in the wheelchair. After a few days of training, Brain and Lydia go to the Ice Cream Shop, but discover it is not wheelchair accessible.

They then go to the Sugar Bowl, and while talking to each other there, Francine approaches and tells Brain that she could take over for him in the basketball game. Lydia assures her that Brain will do fine.

The next day at the game Brain does well, but doesn't have the confidence to finish the game, so Lydia takes over and manages to score enough points to secure the win. Afterward, the Ice Cream Shop is made wheelchair accessible and both Brain and Lydia head off together to play chess.

Characters

Major Roles

• Brain
• Lydia Gordon
• Buster

Minor Roles

• Francine
• Arthur
• Sam Scarborough
• Coach Raggett

Cameos

• Muffy Crosswire
• Binky Barnes
• Alan Powers
• Sue Ellen Armstrong
• George Lundgren
• Fern Walters
• Jenna Morgan
• Mrs. Powers
• Alex
• Maria

Trivia

• This episode is Lydia's debut.
• This episode also reveals the name of one of the kids from Mighty Mountain during the beginning of the episode.
• Arthur is a cameo character throughout this episode. He spoke during the opening of the show, but was used as a cameo character throughout the episode.

Production notes

• This is the first episode outside the U.S. to be in 16:9 Widescreen.
• This is the first episode where the graphics are brighter and is painted better, due to the fact that Cookie Jar will soon be replaced by 9 Story Entertainment.

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