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What is that Thing?
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| "What is that Thing?" | |
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| Season/Series: | 4 |
| Number in season: | 9A |
| Original Airdate: | November 1, 1999 |
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| Written by: | Peter K. Hirsch |
| Storyboard by: | Jeremy O'Neill Emmanuelle Gignac |
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Next "Buster's Best Behavior" |
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Summary
A magical device helps everyone finish their seemingly impossible tasks — but what is it?
Plot
The plot begins with D.W. pestering Arthur with questions such as-who invented movies? Who thought of dolls? It's driving Arthur crazy but when he tells her to stop, she simply retorts that she wouldn't need to ask those questions if he would take her to the puppet show on inventions that Mr. Ratburn is holding. Arthur doesn't want to go and asks D.W. to their mom or dad take her. Unfortunately, both Arthur's Mom and Dad are working and can't go, and force Arthur to take her. Arthur reluctantly complies and decides it wouldn't be so bad if his friends went with him, so he goes to find However, Buster is trying to figure out an idea for the "Write An Episode For Bionic Bunny" contest, as the deadline that day. Arthur suggests an idea which Buster likes, however that was Arthur's entry, though Arthur is happy his friend likes his episode idea. Then he goes to Francine, but she can't go either because she wants to be there for her cat, Nemo,because as of watching 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea he had developed a fear of water so acute that even at the sound of a shower being taken is enough to frighten him. Muffy can't go because her new doll, Annie, fell down a sewer, and she won't go without getting it out
Characters
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Trivia
- Muffy uses the bobbin to save a plush anteater of hers named "Andy". It wears Arthur's sweater - a clever in-joke.
- Nemo's design has changed in this episode after his debut in "Francine and the Feline", and has remained in subsequent seasons.
Cultural references
- Elias Howe was a real-world inventor. He was the first to make a sewing machine with: a needle with the eye at the point, a shuttle operating beneath the cloth to form the lock stitch, and an automatic feed.
