Operation: D.W.!

"Operation: D.W.!"
Season/Series:	10
Number in season:	8b
Original Airdate:	May 24, 2006; November 16, 2006;
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Written by:	Stephanie Simpson
Storyboard by:	Jeremy O'Neill
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You're under arrest!

This episode Operation: D.W.! is banned from TV because following the Lance Armstrong doping case from the sister episode.

"Operation: D.W.!" is the second half of the eighth episode in the tenth season of Arthur.

Summary[edit]

D.W. has an ear operation because she can't hear well.

Plot[edit]

In the introduction Arthur gives examples of how it helps to be prepared for things. However, he was not prepared for D.W.’s birth.

Title Card

D.W. fails to hear Miss Morgan in preschool. At home she has to turn the TV all the way up to hear it. Her brother and Her Father doesnt like it. He notices something is wrong with D.W.

D.W. and her Father visit Dr. Tinnitus the ear doctor/surgeon. She discovers that D.W.’s ears are full of gunk. Since D.W. has already had several ear infections that year, Dr. Tinnitus wants D.W. to come back for an operation to insert small tubes into her eardrums so the gunk will flow out instead of clogging the middle ear.

At home Arthur is especially nice to D.W. He lets her choose the TV program and brings her cookies. When she asks him why, her tells her that it is because she is being so brave. D.W. did not know that an operation was something you had to be brave about.

Mr. Read takes D.W. to the hospital the day before her operation. A nurse examines her and takes a blood sample. She gives D.W. a teddy bear for being brave and D.W. thanks her and tells her dad that they should go. The nurse tells D.W. that she's not done yet and still has to see more doctors.

At night D.W. tells Arthur about seeing an anesthesiologist. Both Arthur and her dad give her encouraging words.

D.W. dreams about being examined by Miss Morgan and the Tibbles and found to completely lack bravery. The next morning she claims to be able to hear the TV, not realizing that the sound is turned off. Her dad tells her that it is okay to be scared but the operation is necessary.

At the hospital the nurse gives D.W. a hospital gown and a “Number One Patient” sticker. Arthur gives her a good luck mark with his lucky pencil. Dr. Tinnitus arrives and she and Mr. Read bring D.W. to the operating room where she is put under anesthesia.

During the operation D.W. dreams that she is a superheroine with huge ears who protects a unicorn from a troll.

After D.W. wakes up, her parents take her home. D.W. now can hear Arthur whispering and while playing doctor she “discovers” that Arthur has no brains.

Characters[edit]

Patient (cameo)
D.W. Read
Arthur Read
Jane Read
David Read
Kate Read
Dr. Tinnitus
Nurse
Ms. Morgan
Timmy and Tommy Tibble
Mary Moo Cow
Bionic Bunny
Lisa (fantasy)
James MacDonald (fantasy)
Liam (cameo)
Maryann (cameo)
Sarah (cameo)
Amanda Hulser (cameo)
Kyle (cameo)
Edwin (cameo)
Emily (cameo)
Lucy (cameo)

Trivia[edit]

Baby D.W.'s laugh is actually one of Kate's laughs in a higher pitch.
This episode is paired with "Binky vs. Binky," which features Vance Legstrong, a character based on Lance Armstrong.
- Reruns of this episode pair are rare in the United States, following the Lance Armstrong doping case.
The official name for the tubes D.W. gets is tympanostomy tubes.
4th Wall Break: When D.W. is examined before the operation, the other names on the nurse's clipboard are Nancy Simard, Mario Gailloux, Junian Huang and Rolando Chia. They are people who have worked on either Arthur or Postcards from Buster.
Timeline:
- When D.W. turns on the TV the day of the operatation, claiming she can hear the TV loud and clear, despite the fact the sound is muted, the Valkyrian opera singer from Muffy's dream of her falling asleep at the opera in Lights, Camera... Opera! appears on the TV
- Arthur's lucky pencil from the episode "Arthur's Lucky Pencil" appears again. However, unlike in "Sue Ellen Gets Her Goose Cooked," where it is a small one in a plastic bag with its shavings, it is a full size one.
Moral: It's okay to be scared of an operation.

Production notes[edit]

Like all episodes of Season 10, this episode included the number '10' hidden in various places. For a list of them, see ARTHUR Season 10 Scavenger Hunt.