This is a list of episodes for the television series Arthur. It includes special episodes.
As of 16 May 2010[update] Arthur has aired a total of 185 episodes at the end of season 15. The series began airing on September 2, 1996, and premiered season 15 on October 10, 2011. Seasons 1–8 were produced by Cinar, and the company was succeeded by the Cookie Jar Group, starting with season 9.
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | |||
| 1 | 30 | September 2, 1996 | June 2, 1997 | |
| 2 | 20 | September 22, 1997 | May 25, 1998 | |
| 3 | 15 | September 21, 1998 | May 31, 1999 | |
| 4 | 10 | September 6, 1999 | November 8, 1999 | |
| 5 | 10 | September 4, 2000 | November 6, 2000 | |
| 6 | 10 | September 24, 2001 | November 26, 2001 | |
| 7 | 10 | October 8, 2002 | November 29, 2002 | |
| 8 | 10 | September 15, 2003 | December 26, 2003 | |
| 9 | 10 | December 27, 2004 | April 8, 2005 | |
| 10 | 10 | May 15, 2006 | May 26, 2006 | |
| 11 | 10 | June 25, 2007 | September 7, 2007 | |
| 12 | 10 | October 6, 2008 | April 24, 2009 | |
| 13 | 10 | October 12, 2009 | April 9, 2010 | |
| 14 | 10 | October 11, 2010 | April 28, 2011 | |
| 15 | TBA | October 10, 2011 | TBA | |
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1-1 | "Arthur's Eyes / Francine's Bad Hair Day" | September 2, 1996 |
| 2 | 1-2 | "Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn / Arthur's Spelling Trouble" | September 9, 1996 |
| 3 | 1-3 | "D.W. All Wet / Buster's Dino Dilemma" | September 16, 1996 |
| 4 | 1-4 | "D.W.'s Imaginary Friend / Arthur's Lost Library Book" | September 23, 1996 |
| 5 | 1-5 | "Arthur's Pet Business / D.W., the Copycat" | October 7, 1996 |
| 6 | 1-6 | "Locked in the Library! / Arthur Accused!" | October 14, 1996 |
| 7 | 1-7 | "Arthur Goes to Camp / Buster Makes the Grade" | October 21, 1996 |
| 8 | 1-8 | "Arthur's New Puppy / Arthur Bounces Back" | October 28, 1996 |
| 9 | 1-9 | "Arthur Babysits / Arthur's Cousin Catastrophe" | November 4, 1996 |
| 10 | 1-10 | "Arthur's Birthday / Francine Frensky, Superstar" | November 11, 1996 |
| 11 | 1-11 | "Arthur's Baby / D.W.'s Baby" | November 18, 1996 |
| 12 | 1-12 | "Arthur Writes a Story / Arthur's Lost Dog" | November 25, 1996 |
| 13 | 1-13 | "So Long, Spanky / Buster's New Friend" | December 2, 1996 |
| 14 | 1-14 | "Arthur the Wrecker / Arthur and the True Francine" | December 9, 1996 |
| 15 | 1-15 | "Arthur's Family Vacation / Grandpa Dave's Old Country Farm" | December 16, 1996 |
| 16 | 1-16 | "Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest / D.W. Flips" | January 6, 1997 |
| 17 | 1-17 | "Meek for a Week / Arthur, World's Greatest Gleeper" | January 13, 1997 |
| 18 | 1-18 | "Arthur's Chicken Pox / Sick as a Dog" | January 20, 1997 |
| 19 | 1-19 | "D.W. Rides Again / Arthur Makes the Team" | January 27, 1997 |
| 20 | 1-20 | "Arthur's Almost Boring Day / The Half-Baked Sale" | February 3, 1997 |
| 21 | 1-21 | "Sue Ellen Moves In / The Perfect Brother" | February 10, 1997 |
| 22 | 1-22 | "D.W.'s Snow Mystery / Team Trouble" | February 17, 1997 |
| 23 | 1-23 | "Bully for Binky / Misfortune Teller" | February 24, 1997 |
| 24 | 1-24 | "Arthur's Tooth / D.W. Gets Lost" | March 3, 1997 |
| 25 | 1-25 | "D.W. Thinks Big / Arthur Cleans Up" | March 10, 1997 |
| 26 | 1-26 | "My Dad, the Garbage Man / Poor Muffy!" | April 21, 1997 |
| 27 | 1-27 | "D.W.'s Blankie / Arthur's Substitute Teacher Trouble" | April 28, 1997 |
| 28 | 1-28 | "I'm a Poet / The Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club!" | May 19, 1997 |
| 29 | 1-29 | "My Club Rules / Stolen Bike" | May 26, 1997 |
| 30 | 1-30 | "Arthur's First Sleepover / Arthur's New Year's Eve" | June 2, 1997 |
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 2-1 | "Arthur Meets Mister Rogers / Draw!" | September 22, 1997 |
| 32 | 2-2 | "Binky Barnes, Art Expert / Arthur's Lucky Pencil" | September 29, 1997 |
| 33 | 2-3 | "D.W., the Picky Eater / Buster and the Daredevils" | October 6, 1997 |
| 34 | 2-4 | "Arthur Makes a Movie / Go to Your Room, D.W." | October 13, 1997 |
| 35 | 2-5 | "Arthur's Underwear / Francine Frensky, Olympic Rider" | October 20, 1997 |
| 36 | 2-6 | "Buster Baxter, Cat Saver / Play it Again, D.W." | October 27, 1997 |
| 37 | 2-7 | "Arthur's TV-Free Week / Night Fright" | November 3, 1997 |
| 38 | 2-8 | "Arthur vs. the Piano / The Big Blow-Up" | November 10, 1997 |
| 39 | 2-9 | "Lost! / The Short, Quick Summer" | December 8, 1997 |
| 40 | 2-10 | "D.W. Goes to Washington / Arthur's Mystery Envelope" | December 15, 1997 |
| 41 | 2-11 | "D.W.'s Deer Friend / Buster Hits the Books" | January 19, 1998 |
| 42 | 2-12 | "Arthur's Faraway Friend / Arthur and the Square Dance" | January 28, 1998 |
| 43 | 2-13 | "Water and the Brain / Arthur the Unfunny" | February 7, 1998 |
| 44 | 2-14 | "Sue Ellen's Lost Diary / Arthur's Knee" | February 14, 1998 |
| 45 | 2-15 | "Grandma Thora Appreciation Day / Fern's Slumber Party" | March 9, 1998 |
| 46 | 2-16 | "Love Notes for Muffy / D.W. Blows the Whistle" | March 16, 1998 |
| 47 | 2-17 | "Francine Redecorates / Arthur the Loser" | March 23, 1998 |
| 48 | 2-18 | "Arthur vs. the Very Mean Crossing Guard / D.W.'s Very Bad Mood" | April 27, 1998 |
| 49 | 2-19 | "D.W.'s Name Game / Finders Key-pers" | May 18, 1998 |
| 50 | 2-20 | "How the Cookie Crumbles / Sue Ellen's Little Sister" | May 25, 1998 |
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 3-1 | "Buster's Back / The Ballad of Buster Baxter" | September 21, 1998 |
| 52 | 3-2 | "D.W., All Fired Up / I'd Rather Read It Myself" | September 28, 1998 |
| 53 | 3-3 | "Arthur Goes Crosswire / Sue Ellen and the Brainasaurous" | October 5, 1998 |
| 54 | 3–4 | "Background Blues / And Now Let's Talk to Some Kids" | October 12, 1998 |
| 55 | 3–5 | "The Chips are Down / Revenge of the Chip" | November 2, 1998 |
| 56 | 3–6 | "Binky Rules / Meet Binky" | November 9, 1998 |
| 57 | 3–7 | "Arthur Rides the Bandwagon / Dad's Dessert Dilemma" | November 16, 1998 |
| 58 | 3–8 | "Popular Girls / Buster's Growing Grudge" | December 7, 1998 |
| 59 | 3–9 | "Arthur's Treasure Hunt / The Return of the King" | January 4, 1999 |
| 60 | 3–10 | "Attack of the Turbo Tibbles / D.W. Tricks the Tooth Fairy" | January 11, 1999 |
| 61 | 3–11 | "Double Tibble Trouble / Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival" | February 8, 1999 |
| 62 | 3–12 | "What Scared Sue Ellen? / Clarissa is Cracked" | March 15, 1999 |
| 63 | 3–13 | "Arthur's Dummy Disaster / Francine and the Feline" | April 26, 1999 |
| 64 | 3–14 | "Mom and Dad Have a Great Big Fight / D.W.'s Perfect Wish" | May 24, 1999 |
| 65 | 3–15 | "Arthur and D.W. Clean Up / The Long, Dull Winter" | May 31, 1999 |
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 4-1 | "D.W.'s Library Card / Arthur's Big Hit" | September 6, 1999 |
| 67 | 4-2 | "Hide and Snake / Muffy's New Best Friend" | September 13, 1999 |
| 68 | 4-3 | "Buster's Breathless / The Fright Stuff" | September 20, 1999 |
| 69 | 4-4 | "The Contest / Prove It!" | September 27, 1999 |
| 70 | 4-5 | "The Blizzard / The Rat Who Came to Dinner" | October 4, 1999 |
| 71 | 4-6 | "D.W. Tale Spins / Prunella Gets It Twice" | October 11, 1999 |
| 72 | 4-7 | "Binky Barnes, Wingman! / To Beat or Not to Beat" | October 18, 1999 |
| 73 | 4-8 | "1001 Dads / Prunella's Prediction" | October 25, 1999 |
| 74 | 4-9 | "What is That Thing? / Buster's Best Behavior" | November 1, 1999 |
| 75 | 4-10 | "My Music Rules / That's a Baby Show!" | November 8, 1999 |
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | 5-1 | "Arthur and the Big Riddle / Double Dare" | September 4, 2000 |
| 77 | 5-2 | "Kids are from Earth, Parents are from Pluto / Nerves of Steal" | September 11, 2000 |
| 78 | 5-3 | "It's a No-Brainer / The Shore Thing" | September 18, 2000 |
| 79 | 5-4 | "The World Record / The Cave" | September 25, 2000 |
| 80 | 5-5 | "The Lousy Week / You Are Arthur" | October 2, 2000 |
| 81 | 5-6 | "The Election / Francine Goes to War" | October 9, 2000 |
| 82 | 5-7 | "Sleep No More / Pet Peeved" | October 16, 2000 |
| 83 | 5-8 | "The Last of Mary Moo Cow / Bitzi's Beau" | October 23, 2000 |
| 84 | 5-9 | "Just Desserts / The Big Dig" | October 30, 2000 |
| 85 | 5-10 | "Arthur's Family Feud / Muffy Gets Mature" | November 6, 2000 |
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 86 | 6-1 | "Sue Ellen Gets Her Goose Cooked / Best of the Nest" | September 24, 2001 |
| 87 | 6-2 | "Arthur Plays the Blues / Buster's Sweet Success" | October 1, 2001 |
| 88 | 6-3 | "Prunella's Special Edition / The Secret Life of Dogs and Babies" | October 8, 2001 |
| 89 | 6-4 | "Muffy's Soccer Shocker / Brother Can You Spare a Clarinet?" | October 15, 2001 |
| 90 | 6-5 | "The Boy Who Cried Comet! / Arthur and Los Vecinos" | October 22, 2001 |
| 91 | 6-6 | "Citizen Frensky / D.W.'s Backpack Mishap" | October 29, 2001 |
| 92 | 6-7 | "The Boy with His Head in the Clouds / More!" | November 5, 2001 |
| 93 | 6-8 | "Rhyme for Your Life / For Whom the Bell Tolls" | November 12, 2001 |
| 94 | 6-9 | "The Good Sport / Crushed" | November 19, 2001 |
| 95 | 6-10 | "Arthur Loses His Marbles / Friday the 13th" | November 26, 2001 |
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 96 | 7-1 | "Cast Away / The Great Sock Mystery" | October 8, 2002 |
| 97 | 7-2 | "Francine's Split Decision / Muffy Goes Metropolitan" | October 9, 2002 |
| 98 | 7-3 | "Ants in Arthur's Pants / Don't Ask Muffy" | October 10, 2002 |
| 99 | 7-4 | "To Tibble the Truth / Waiting to Go" | October 11, 2002 |
| 100 | 7-5 | "Elwood City Turns 100!" | October 14, 2002 |
| 101 | 7-6 | "Pick a Car, Any Car / Jenna's Bedtime Blues" | November 25, 2002 |
| 102 | 7-7 | "D.W.'s Time Trouble / Buster's Amish Mismatch" | November 26, 2002 |
| 103 | 7-8 | "The World of Tomorrow / Is There a Doctor in the House?" | November 27, 2002 |
| 104 | 7-9 | "Prunella Sees the Light / Return of the Snowball" | November 28, 2002 |
| 105 | 7-10 | "April 9th" | November 29, 2002 |
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 106 | 8-1 | "Dear Adil / Bitzi's Break Up" | September 15, 2003 |
| 107 | 8-2 | "Fernfern and the Secret of Moose Mountain / Thanks a Lot, Binky" | September 16, 2003 |
| 108 | 8-3 | "Arthur's Snow Biz / Bugged" | September 17, 2003 |
| 109 | 8-4 | "Fernkenstein's Monster / D.W., Dancing Queen" | September 18, 2003 |
| 110 | 8-5 | "Vomitrocious! / Sue Ellen Chickens Out" | September 19, 2003 |
| 111 | 8-6 | "Postcards from Buster" | December 22, 2003 |
| 112 | 8-7 | "Desk Wars / Desperately Seeking Stanley" | December 23, 2003 |
| 113 | 8-8 | "Muffy's Art Attack / Tales from the Crib" | December 24, 2003 |
| 114 | 8-9 | "Flea to Be You and Me / Kiss and Tell" | December 25, 2003 |
| 115 | 8-10 | "Big Horns George / Bleep" | December 26, 2003 |
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 116 | 9-1 | "Castles in the Sky / Tipping the Scales" | December 27, 2004 |
| 117 | 9-2 | "Francine's Big Top Trouble / George Blows His Top" | December 28, 2004 |
| 118 | 9-3 | "Arthur Weighs In / The Law of the Jungle Gym" | December 29, 2004 |
| 119 | 9-4 | "Buster's Green Thumb / My Fair Tommy" | December 30, 2004 |
| 120 | 9-5 | "Lights, Camera, Opera! / All Worked Up!" | December 31, 2004 |
| 121 | 9-6 | "Arthur Makes Waves / It Came from Beyond" | April 4, 2005 |
| 122 | 9-7 | "Three's a Crowd / "A" is for Angry" | April 5, 2005 |
| 123 | 9-8 | "The "A" Team / Emily Swallows a Horse" | April 6, 2005 |
| 124 | 9-9 | "D.W. Beats All / Buster the Myth Maker" | April 7, 2005 |
| 125 | 9-10 | "Binky Goes Nuts / Breezy Listening Blues" | April 8, 2005 |
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | 10-1 | "Happy Anniversary" | May 15, 2006 |
| 127 | 10-2 | "The Squirrels / Fern & Persimmony Glitchet" | May 16, 2006 |
| 128 | 10-3 | "Desert Island Dish / The Secret About Secrets" | May 17, 2006 |
| 129 | 10-4 | "Feeling Flush / Family Fortune" | May 18, 2006 |
| 130 | 10-5 | "D.W. Aims High / Flaw and Order" | May 19, 2006 |
| 131 | 10-6 | "The Curse of the Grebes / Arthur Changes Gears" | May 22, 2006 |
| 132 | 10-7 | "Unfinished / D.W., Bossy Boots" | May 23, 2006 |
| 133 | 10-8 | "Binky vs. Binky / Operation D.W." | May 24, 2006 |
| 134 | 10-9 | "Do You Speak George? / World Girls" | May 25, 2006 |
| 135 | 10-10 | "What's Cooking? / Buster's Special Delivery" | May 26, 2006 |
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 136 | 11-1 | "Swept Away / Germophobia" | June 25, 2007 |
| 137 | 11-2 | "Arthur Sells Out / Mind Your Manners" | June 26, 2007 |
| 138 | 11-3 | "Buenas Noches, Vicita / Prunella Packs It In" | June 27, 2007 |
| 139 | 11-4 | "Phony Fern / Brain's Shocking Secret" | June 28, 2007 |
| 140 | 11-5 | "Baby Kate and the Imaginary Mystery / Strangers on a Train" | June 29, 2007 |
| 141 | 11-6 | "The Making of Arthur / Dancing Fools" | September 4, 2007 |
| 142 | 11-7 | "Hic or Treat / Mr. Alwaysright" | September 5, 2007 |
| 143 | 11-8 | "Francine's Pilfered Paper / Buster Gets Real" | September 6, 2007 |
| 144 | 11-9 | "D.W. on Ice / Spoiled Rotten" | September 7, 2007 |
| 145 | 11-10 | "Big Brother Binky" | September 7, 2007 |
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 146 | 12-1 | "Is That Kosher? / Never, Never, Never" | October 6, 2008 |
| 147 | 12-2 | "Room to Ride / The Frensky Family Fiasco" | October 13, 2008 |
| 148 | 12-3 | "D.W's Stray Netkitten / Bats in the Belfry" | October 20, 2008 |
| 149 | 12-4 | "For the Birds / Ungifted" | October 27, 2008 |
| 150 | 12-5 | "The Chronicles of Buster / On This Spot" | November 3, 2008 |
| 151 | 12-6 | "The Cherry Tree / Matchmaker Matchbreaker"[1] | April 20, 2009 |
| 152 | 12-7 | "War of the Worms / I Owe You One"[2] | April 21, 2009 |
| 153 | 12-8 | "The Blackout / Mei Lin Takes a Stand"[3] | April 22, 2009 |
| 154 | 12-9 | "Home Sweet Home / Do You Believe in Magic"[4] | April 23, 2009 |
| 155 | 12-10 | "The Perfect Game / D.W.'s Furry Freakout"[5] | April 24, 2009 |
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 156 | 13-1 | "The Great MacGrady"[6] | October 19, 2009 |
| 157 | 13-2 | "The Silent Treatment / Kung Fool"[7] | October 13, 2009 |
| 158 | 13-3 | "Arthur's Number Nightmare / Brain Gets Hooked"[8] | October 14, 2009 |
| 159 | 13-4 | "MacFrensky / The Good, the Bad, and the Binky"[9] | October 15, 2009 |
| 160 | 13-5 | "No Acting Please / Prunella Deegan and the Disappointing Ending"[10] | October 12, 2009 |
| 161 | 13-6 | "George and the Missing Puzzle Piece / D.W. Swims with the Fishes"[11] | April 5, 2010 |
| 162 | 13-7 | "The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Tibble / The Secret Guardians"[12] | April 6, 2010 |
| 163 | 13-8 | "Fernlets by Fern / Prunella and the Haunted Locker"[13] | April 7, 2010 |
| 164 | 13-9 | "Paradise Lost / The Pride of Lakewood"[14] | April 8, 2010 |
| 165 | 13-10 | "Looking for Bonnie / The Secret Origin of Supernova"[15] | April 9, 2010 |
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 166 | 14-1 | "The Wheel Deal / The Buster Report"[16] | October 11, 2010 |
| 167 | 14-2 | "The Agent of Change / D.W. Unties the Knot"[17] | October 12, 2010 |
| 168 | 14-3 | "Nicked by a Name / The Play's the Thing"[18] | October 13, 2010 |
| 169 | 14-4 | "Falafelosophy / The Great Lint Rush"[19] | October 25, 2010 |
| 170 | 14-5 | "Tales of Grotesquely Grim Bunny / Pet Projects"[20] | October 29, 2010 |
| 171 | 14-6 | "Follow the Bouncing Ball / Buster Baxter and the Letter from the Sea" | April 22, 2011 |
| 172 | 14-7 | "Around the World in 11 Minutes / Muffy and the Big Bad Blog" | April 25, 2011 |
| 173 | 14-8 | "Arthur Unravels / All the Rage" | April 26, 2011 |
| 174 | 14-9 | "D.W., Queen of the Comeback / In My Africa" | April 27, 2011 |
| 175 | 14-10 | "Buster Spaces Out / The Long Road Home" | April 28, 2011 |
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 176 | 15-1 | "Fifteen" | October 10, 2011 |
| 177 | 15-2 | "I Wanna Hold Your Hand / Whistling in the Wind" | October 11, 2011 |
| 178 | 15-3 | "Buster's Secret Admirer / The Last King of Lambland" | October 12, 2011 |
| 179 | 15-4 | "Cents-Less / Buster the Lounge Lizard" | October 13, 2011 |
| 180 | 15-5 | "To Eat or Not to Eat / S.W.E.A.T." | October 14, 2011 |
| Special number |
Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| S1 | "Arthur's Perfect Christmas" | November 23, 2000 |
| Arthur is trying to make his Christmas perfect, but is struggling with his attempts, while Buster's mom is trying too hard to make Buster's Christmas perfect. Meanwhile, Muffy is having a huge Christmas party and Francine can't come because celebrating Hanukkah with her family is more important to her. | ||
| S2 | "Arthur, It's Only Rock and Roll" | September 1, 2002 |
| After Muffy and Francine watch a Backstreet Boys music video, Francine decides to host auditions for a rock band called "You Stink." She rejects Arthur, Buster, and George, who later start their own band called "We Stink." Meanwhile, Muffy is daydreaming about meeting Nick Carter. Muffy eventually joins the band as manager. The Backstreet Boys Made Special Guest Apperances. Notes: This episode was later adapted into an Arthur Adventure book. | ||
| # | Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| Movie | "Arthur's Missing Pal" | August 18, 2006 (select PBS stations) August 19, 2006 (Treehouse TV) August 22, 2006 (DVD release) |
| Pal goes missing after Arthur leaves for his friends' water balloon fight because Arthur has forgotten to feed Pal. | ||
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