Sue Ellen Adds It Up

"Sue Ellen Adds It Up"
Season/Series:	19 (AUS)
Number in season:	2A
Original Airdate:	January 19, 2016 June 8, 2015 April 30, 2015
Credits
Written by:	Cusi Cram Peter K. Hirsch
Storyboard by:	Rich Vanatte
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"Sue Ellen Adds It Up" is the first half of the second episode in the nineteenth season of Arthur.

Summary

CBBC: Sue Ellen runs into a problem her artistic vision can't solve.

RadioTimes: Sue Ellen is dismissive about maths until she runs into a problem her artistic vision cannot solve.

Plot

When Sue Ellen is asked to do a problem during math class, she excuses herself. In the hallway, she explains to the viewers that she isn't a math person. Her family doesn't use math either, not even when following recipes or hanging pictures. She finishes with, "The Armstrongs get along just fine without using math." She comes back to class in time for the next problem.

Sue Ellen Adds it Up

In art class, the students are assigned to paint and hang their art in a spot around the school. Sue Ellen decides to paint a nature-themed work in front of the water fountain.

While shopping for supplies, Prunella points out that Sue Ellen can only spend $15. Sue Ellen refuses to calculate the cost, and says that she'll just put something back if she has too much.

Prunella tries to prove that Sue Ellen is using math without realizing it. However, most of her reasoning is wrong, such as when she assumes that Sue Ellen mixed paint to make orange when it came from a tube.

The next day, Muffy informs Sue Ellen that the water fountain was moved because one of the pipes leaked. The space for Sue Ellen's painting is now too small, and she doesn't want to cut off any of the animals she drew.

In the art room, Prunella measures the new spot and Sue Ellen's art. She shows her that she can cut her painting in the middle instead of trimming off the animals.

Sue Ellen signs her painting with "For Prunella Deegan, who taught me we are all math people."

Characters

Major

• Sue Ellen Armstrong
• Prunella Deegan

Minor

• Ms. Bryan
• Muffy Crosswire

Cameo

• Arthur Read
• Buster Baxter
• Francine Frensky
• The Brain
• Binky Barnes
• Fern Walters
• George Lundgren
• Jenna Morgan
• Molly MacDonald
• Rattles
• Ladonna Compson
• Bailey

Trivia

• This marks the first time Ms. Bryan has appeared in an episode since the Season 3 episode, Arthur's Dummy Disaster, and her first speaking role since Season 2.
• Timeline: Before “Prunella Packs it In” as in said episode, shows Prunella to be an art person. Here, she doubts it.
• Moral: Dont force someone to like math for your own benefits.

References

• Jellied Newts and Candied Beetles may have been inspired by Chocolate Frogs and Cockroach Cluster from the Harry Potter books, which were in turn inspired by a Monty Python sketch.