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Eiffel Tower
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The Eiffel Tower is a famous tower in Paris, France. It has received a wide variety of references in the Arthur series:
- In "Sue Ellen Moves In" we see a flashback of Brain building the Eiffel Tower out of snow.
- In "Fern's Slumber Party" Fern's mother made cookies of famous landmarks. Francine passed them out; the Eiffel Tower was one of the cookies on the plate.
- In "Buster's Back," there is a photo of Buster in front of the Eiffel Tower in Arthur's room.
- In "The World Record," when Buster imagines going around the world walking backwards, he fantasizes himself walking in France past the Eiffel Tower.
- In "Pet Peeved," to demonstrate the importance of following instructions, the opening depicts the crew of the Eiffel Tower building it sideways because they didn't follow the plan.
- When Muffy is on a train in her fantasy during the song "What's the Use of Presents?" in Arthur's Perfect Christmas, the train goes past the Eiffel Tower.
- In "D.W.'s Backpack Mishap," D.W. finds a clay model of the Eiffel Tower in the backpack she picked up by mistake.
- In "D.W., Bossy Boots," Emily has a birthday cake shaped like the Eiffel Tower. It also appears in a video watched by Emily and her friends at the party.
- In the opening of "World Girls," the Eiffel Tower is present in a fantasy of sorts that depicts the World Girls as talking characters.
- In "Strangers on a Train", Sue Ellen is telling a story to Betsy Johnson, in which she references the Eiffel Tower: "The taxi driver who spoke perfect English, asked where we wanted to go, and I said, 'take us to the awful tower', oh it was terrible. My mom and dad couldn't stop laughing."
- In "Mr. Alwaysright," Mr. Ratburn asks which structure Gustav Eiffel is most famous for. The answer to the question was the Eiffel Tower, which Brain purposely answered wrong.
- In "Prunella and the Haunted Locker," Prunella" builds a model of the Eiffel Tower for class.
- In "The Case of the Girl with the Long Face," Virgule Watteau must find out who replaced the Eiffel Tower with a giant baguette.
The Eiffel Tower in a video shown at Emily's birthday party
The Eiffel Tower in Buster's fantasy in "The World Record"
An incorrectly-built Eiffel Tower.
The Eiffel Tower in "World Girls"
