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|image = Ungifted.JPG
|image = Ungifted.JPG
|season = [[Season 12|12]]
|season = [[Season 12|12]]
|airdate =  
|can=January 30, 2009<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120413104003/http://ww3.tvo.org/program/157024/arthur</ref>
|prod. code = 120402
|prod. code = 120402
|prev. episode = [[For the Birds]]
|prev. episode = [[For the Birds]]
|next episode = [[The Chronicles of Buster]]
|next episode = [[The Chronicles of Buster]]
|writers = [[Susan Kim]]
|writers = [[Susan Kim]]
|storyboarders = [[Ivan Tankushev]]|number = 4B|titlecard = Ungifted Title Card.JPG|us = October 27, 2008<ref>http://www.ket.org/episode/ARUR%20%20001204</ref>|uk = April 9, 2009<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/programmes/schedules/west/2009/04/09</ref>}}{{EpisodeHeader|2|4|12}}
|storyboarders = [[Ivan Tankushev]]
|number = 4B
|titlecard = Ungifted Title Card.JPG
|us = October 27, 2008<ref>http://www.ket.org/episode/ARUR%20%20001204</ref>
|uk = April 9, 2009<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/programmes/schedules/west/2009/04/09</ref>
|ger=November 19, 2012<ref>https://www.fernsehserien.de/erdferkel-arthur-und-seine-freunde/episodenguide/staffel-12/3906</ref>}}
{{EpisodeHeader|2|4|12}}
==Summary==
==Summary==
Arthur gives away a present that he had received from Buster.
Arthur gives away a present that he had received from Buster.
==Plot==
==Plot==
Buster digs out an old model called [[The Grain Reaper]] that he found in the closet and builds it. However, he has trouble figuring out where the last piece of the model goes. Arthur comes by to tell Buster that they are giving out movie posters at the Mill Creek Cinema, but when Arthur gets a chance to visit the movie theater, Binky has already bought the last poster. Binky spots the model thresher and Arthur trades it for the poster. Arthur shows Buster the poster and explains how he got it, but Buster is sad and angry. Arthur tries to make a sorry card for Buster, but he rejects it. That night, Arthur has a bad dream where the thresher's "mother" is invading Buster's house. Arthur desperately asks to get the model back, but the Tibble Twins destroy it on a little touchdown celebration by playing a little "offensive football" on a pass play. Later, Arthur visits Buster while his family is still having dinner. Arthur gives Buster the repaired model and Buster is happy again. The episode finishes with Buster choosing another model at a store. What will happen to ''this'' model?
Buster digs out an old model called [[The Grain Reaper]] that he found in the closet and builds it. However, he has trouble figuring out where the last piece of the model goes. Arthur comes by to tell Buster that movie posters are being given out at the Mill Creek Cinema, but when Arthur gets a chance to visit the movie theater, Binky has already bought the last poster. Binky spots the model thresher and Arthur trades it for the poster. Arthur shows Buster the poster and explains how he got it, but Buster is unhappy. Arthur tries to make a sorry card for Buster, but he rejects it. That night, Arthur has a bad dream where the thresher's "mother" is invading Buster's house. Arthur desperately asks to get the model back, but the Tibble Twins destroy it on a little touchdown celebration by playing a little "offensive football" on a pass play. Later, Arthur visits Buster while his family is still having dinner. Arthur gives Buster the repaired model and Buster is happy again. The episode finishes with Buster choosing another model at a store.
 
==Characters==
==Characters==
*[[Arthur Read]]
*[[Arthur Read]]
*[[Buster Baxter]]
*[[Buster Baxter]]
*[[Binky Barnes]]
*[[Bitzi Baxter]]
*[[Bitzi Baxter]]
*[[Harry Mills]]
*[[Stu]] (debut)
*[[D.W. Read]]
*[[D.W. Read]]
*[[Thora Read]] (flashback)
*[[Mrs. Tibble]]
*[[Timmy and Tommy Tibble]] (cameo)
*[[Timmy and Tommy Tibble]]
*[[Mrs. Tibble]] (cameo)
*[[Muffy Crosswire]] (opening)
*[[Binky Barnes]] (cameo)
*[[Alan Powers|The Brain]]
*[[Muffy Crosswire]] (Jack and the Beanstalk Parody)
*[[Nigel Ratburn|Mr. Ratburn]]
*[[Alan Powers]] (cameo)
*[[Thora Read]] (imagination)
*[[George Lundgren]] (cameo)
*[[George Lundgren]] (imagination)
*[[Neal Lundgren]] (imagination)
*[[Mrs. Fink]] (cameo)
*[[Mrs. Fink]] (cameo)
*[[Sue Ellen Armstrong]] (cameo)
*[[Sue Ellen Armstrong]] (cameo)
*[[Patrick (4th grader)]] (cameo)
*[[Alfonz]] (cameo)
*[[Alfonz]] (cameo)
*[[Prunella Deegan]] (cameo)
*[[Prunella Deegan]] (cameo)
*[[Mary]] (cameo)
*[[Mary (3rd grader)|Mary]] (cameo)
 
*[[Pal]] (cameo in imagination)
*[[Francine Frensky]] (cameo in imagination)
*[[Oliver Frensky]] (cameo in imagination)
==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The Grain Reaper is a reference to the Grim Reaper
*Arthur's laugh in the title card is in a lower pitch.
*Arthur's laugh in the title card is in a lower pitch.
 
*[[Sue Ellen Armstrong|Sue Ellen]] and [[Patrick (4th grader)|Patrick]] can be seen outside the movie theater. Strangely, they do not move at all.
*The [[Bionic Bunny Walkie-Talkies]] make another appearance.
*'''Timeline:''' A poster for the Harvest Day Celebration that is mentioned in "[[Arthur's Number Nightmare]]" can be seen in the library. The Harvest Day Celebration would be mentioned again in "[[Prunella and the Disappointing Ending]]."
===Errors===
*The video description refers to George as "Moose".
*When Buster is first shown holding the model combine kit at the end of the episode, one of the box's sides misspells "COMBINE" as "COMBIVE".
===Cultural references===
*[[The Grain Reaper]] is a reference to the {{W|Death (personification)|Grim Reaper}}.
*Convert-o-nauts refer to {{W|Transformers}}.
*The introduction combines elements from “Hans in Luck” and “Jack and the Beanstalk”.
*Arthur and Buster's shoe-shaped house in the introduction may refer to the old woman who lived in a shoe.
*"Dark Bunny vs. the Cisco Squid" refers to “{{W|The Cisco Kid}}”.
==Home Video==
*'''DVD:''' [[The Ultimate Friendship Collection]]
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
{{Main|Ungifted/Gallery}}
{{Main|Ungifted/Gallery}}
==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 16:18, 23 June 2023

"Ungifted"
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Ungifted Title Card.JPG
Season/Series: 12
Number in season: 4B
Original Airdate: United States October 27, 2008[1]
Canada January 30, 2009[3]
United Kingdom April 9, 2009[2]
Germany November 19, 2012[4]
Credits
Written by: Susan Kim
Storyboard by: Ivan Tankushev
Episodes
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"For the Birds" 		Next
"The Chronicles of Buster"

"Ungifted" is the second half of the fourth episode in the twelfth season of Arthur.

Summary[edit]

Arthur gives away a present that he had received from Buster.

Plot[edit]

Buster digs out an old model called The Grain Reaper that he found in the closet and builds it. However, he has trouble figuring out where the last piece of the model goes. Arthur comes by to tell Buster that movie posters are being given out at the Mill Creek Cinema, but when Arthur gets a chance to visit the movie theater, Binky has already bought the last poster. Binky spots the model thresher and Arthur trades it for the poster. Arthur shows Buster the poster and explains how he got it, but Buster is unhappy. Arthur tries to make a sorry card for Buster, but he rejects it. That night, Arthur has a bad dream where the thresher's "mother" is invading Buster's house. Arthur desperately asks to get the model back, but the Tibble Twins destroy it on a little touchdown celebration by playing a little "offensive football" on a pass play. Later, Arthur visits Buster while his family is still having dinner. Arthur gives Buster the repaired model and Buster is happy again. The episode finishes with Buster choosing another model at a store.

Characters[edit]

Trivia[edit]

Errors[edit]

  • The video description refers to George as "Moose".
  • When Buster is first shown holding the model combine kit at the end of the episode, one of the box's sides misspells "COMBINE" as "COMBIVE".

Cultural references[edit]

  • The Grain Reaper is a reference to the Grim Reaper.
  • Convert-o-nauts refer to Transformers.
  • The introduction combines elements from “Hans in Luck” and “Jack and the Beanstalk”.
  • Arthur and Buster's shoe-shaped house in the introduction may refer to the old woman who lived in a shoe.
  • "Dark Bunny vs. the Cisco Squid" refers to “The Cisco Kid”.

Home Video[edit]

Gallery[edit]

:Main article: Ungifted/Gallery

References[edit]

  1. ↑ http://www.ket.org/episode/ARUR%20%20001204
  2. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/programmes/schedules/west/2009/04/09
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120413104003/http://ww3.tvo.org/program/157024/arthur
  4. ↑ https://www.fernsehserien.de/erdferkel-arthur-und-seine-freunde/episodenguide/staffel-12/3906



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