| Arthur (season 3) | |||
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| Country of origin | United States Canada |
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| No. of episodes | 15 | ||
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| Original channel | PBS | ||
| Original run | September 21, 1998 – May 31, 1999 | ||
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| DVD release date | March 23, 2009 (R2)[1] | ||
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The third season of the television series Arthur was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States.
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| 51 | 3-1 | "Buster's Back / The Ballad of Buster Baxter" | September 21, 1998 |
| Buster's Back: Buster is coming back and Arthur is excited. He is also afraid that Buster will have changed too much, so he reads up on all the places Buster had visited. His fears worsen when Buster does not call back or come over. The Ballad of Buster Baxter: Art Garfunkel guest stars as a moose with a guitar who sings The Ballad of Buster Baxter. Buster has returned to Elwood City. He is surprised by how much has changed and feels left out because of the things he did not get to experience while he was away. Arthur decides to throw a party for him. |
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| 52 | 3-2 | "D.W., All Fired Up / I'd Rather Read It Myself" | September 28, 1998 |
| D.W., All Fired Up: D.W. is afraid of the upcoming fire drill in her preschool, so her family name her a fire warden and run fire drills in their house. I'd Rather Read It Myself: D.W. wants to prove to the Tibble twins that she can read so she picks up one of Arthur's books and makes up a story because the Tibbles can not read either. The Tibbles are impressed as she rehashes events from the last two seasons into a sci-fi/fantasy adventure story about D.W. (called B.W. in the story). |
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| 53 | 3-3 | "Arthur Goes Crosswire / Sue Ellen and the Brainasaurous" | October 5, 1998 |
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Arthur Goes Crosswire: After Arthur and Muffy are assigned to work on a project together, Muffy turns him into a carbon copy of her, so it's up to Buster and the others to turn Arthur back to normal. |
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| 54 | 3–4 | "Background Blues / And Now Let's Talk to Some Kids" | October 12, 1998 |
| Background Blues: Arthur's class is asked to research their ancestors. Muffy and Francine try to one-up each other with who their ancestors were, even after each find nothing interesting. Even though Muffy is eventually caught lying about her ancestors, Francine continues with her lie. And Now Let's Talk to Some Kids: The Magic Toolbox show is coming to Ratburn's class to put the kids on television. The kids prepare for stardom, all practicing their various talents. Brain is the only one not interested in appearing on the show, but when it turns out that the segment is not what the other kids expect it to be, they need Brain's help. |
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| 55 | 3–5 | "The Chips are Down / Revenge of the Chip" | November 2, 1998 |
| The Chips are Down: Arthur and Buster are sorting potato chips and find a big green one. D.W. eats the chip, so Arthur and Buster trick her into thinking it is poisonous. Binky eats one, too, and the both of them make the best out the last days of their lives. Revenge of the Chip: D.W. does not like to be reminded of the events in "The Chips are Down". Throughout the day, all of the kids and adults tease D.W. incident. D.W. is furious that this went public, and blames Arthur but finds out it was her mom who told other people. Her mom apologizes, but D.W. is upset again and runs off when her mom starts telling the story to someone else. |
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| 56 | 3–6 | "Binky Rules / Meet Binky" | November 9, 1998 |
| Binky Rules: When graffiti stating "Binky Rules" mysteriously appears on the walls of the school, everyone thinks that Binky wrote it. Buster and Fern, who are well known for being good detectives, attempt to prove that Binky did not do it. After more investigating, they realize that the graffiti was done by a radio station to promote a band called Binky, who sung the song. The episode features a song performed by Värttinä. Meet Binky: Binky, the unknown band, has their first concert. Arthur gets to visit them backstage and struggles with whether or not he should bring his friends along and decides to bring them at the last minute. The gang get to meet Binky backstage because Arthur's father is catering for them. When they meet Binky, they realize that they are actually holograms. |
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| 57 | 3–7 | "Arthur Rides the Bandwagon / Dad's Dessert Dilemma" | November 16, 1998 |
| Arthur Rides the Bandwagon: Arthur does not approve of the new Woogle fad, but when everyone else has a Woogle, he tries to get one. Frustrated after several failed attempts, he starts playing with a bottle cap and starts a new fad. Dad's Dessert Dilemma: Arthur brings a cake his dad made to a party in Mr. Ratburn's class celebrating Galileo's birthday. Everyone likes the cake so Arthur asks his dad to make more, but this makes his dad run behind on his other orders. He realizes this after Brain's mom starts bringing ice cream to the school. A subplot has Mr. Ratburn attempting to get Dad's cake by pretending to try to give anyone who is having cake a schedule of Spring Reading, but his final attempt does not work when it turns out that Arthur and dad are not having cake; they are making cakes for other people. |
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| 58 | 3–8 | "Popular Girls / Buster's Growing Grudge" | December 7, 1998 |
| Popular Girls: Francine accidentally takes her sister's backpack to day camp at the community center and discovers a magazine called "Popular Girl". Reading it convinces Sue Ellen and Fern to change their personality to become more likable. Buster's Growing Grudge: Buster has never been mad at anyone for long, but he holds a grudge against Binky for telling his joke. This culminates to an onstage rant during a school talent show and Arthur has to set things right. |
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| 59 | 3–9 | "Arthur's Treasure Hunt / The Return of the King" | January 4, 1999 |
| Arthur's Treasure Hunt: After Buster finds an arrowhead in his backyard, Arthur wants to dig around his house to see what he can find. When he gets too involved, he starts digging where he is not allowed to dig. He and D.W. find a cira 30 year old tin of digestive biscuits. The Return of the King: Mr. Ratburn's class is at a medieval fair competing for a trophy against a class from Glenbrook led by Mr. Ratburn's former teacher, Mr. Pryce-Jones. During the competitions, Arthur is sidetracked by the sword in the stone and Mr. Ratburn's class fear that Mr. Pryce-Jones may replace Mr. Ratburn if they lose. |
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| 60 | 3–10 | "Attack of the Turbo Tibbles / D.W. Tricks the Tooth Fairy" | January 11, 1999 |
| Attack of the Turbo Tibbles: The Tibble twins watch an episode of "Terrific Turbo-Trooper Toy T-Bot Team" and start dressing and acting like the T-Bots, a duo of crime-fighting robots. They play roughly while pretending to fight crime and end up hurting D.W. on her lip. D.W. Tricks the Tooth Fairy: D.W. wants a tooth pulled out so that she can get money from the tooth fairy. When her plans do not work, she tries to trick the tooth fairy with a fake tooth. Arthur then tries to replace the wake tooth with his money. |
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| 61 | 3–11 | "Double Tibble Trouble / Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival" | February 8, 1999 |
| Double Tibble Trouble: Tommy Tibble is sad and less active because Timmy is sick. Although D.W. would like to have the Tibbles less hyperactive, they try to help Tommy out by playing like a Tibble. Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival: Arthur and Buster have an imaginary music festival featuring the whole cast in songs based on their lives, themselves, and the library. Features the hit singles Library Card, Jekyll and Hyde, Leftovers Goulash, and Homework from the 'Arthur and Friends: The First Almost Real Not Live CD (or Tape)' soundtrack record. |
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| 62 | 3–12 | "What Scared Sue Ellen? / Clarissa is Cracked" | March 15, 1999 |
| What Scared Sue Ellen?: Sue Ellen is hard to scare, but is frightened by a mysterious howl in the woods which she thinks is a Baba Yaga, kappa or banshee. She gets enlists the help Arthur, Buster, and Binky to investigate the noise. Clarissa is Cracked: D.W. borrows Grandma Thora's porcelain doll, Clarissa, and she cracks the doll the day she is supposed to return it. Arthur gets the help of Mr. Ratburn to try to fix it. |
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| 63 | 3–13 | "Arthur's Dummy Disaster / Francine and the Feline" | April 26, 1999 |
| Arthur's Dummy Disaster: George becomes more popular with his giraffe ventriloquist dummy, Wally, and starts a short-lived ventriloquism fad at school. He starts acting less rationally as Wally starts falling apart, because before Wally, nobody noticed him. Francine and the Feline: Francine's family gets a new cat that Francine renames Nemo after her sister named him Rose Petal. Arthur is a dog person and does not like Nemo, thinking he is trying to kill Pal. He dislikes Nemo so much that it may end his friendship with Francine. |
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| 64 | 3–14 | "Mom and Dad Have a Great Big Fight / D.W.'s Perfect Wish" | May 24, 1999 |
| Mom and Dad Have a Great Big Fight: D.W. and Arthur overhear their Mom and Dad arguing and fear that it will split their family. It turns out that it was an argument over spilled milk. D.W.'s Perfect Wish: D.W. is not as excited about her fifth birthday as her previous birthdays because according to Emily, after she turns five, she will no longer be a kid. Arthur goes over past events (from previous episodes) with D.W. to cheer her up. This works and she goes on to her birthday party to make a wish. |
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| 65 | 3–15 | "Arthur and D.W. Clean Up / The Long, Dull Winter" | May 31, 1999 |
| Arthur and D.W. Clean Up: Arthur and D.W. need to clean their rooms and work together to get things done quicker. However, each is persnickety about what stays and what goes and how it all goes together. The Long, Dull Winter: Arthur and his friends are feeling different, but can not put a finger on it. They eventually realize that they have not had a holiday in a while, so they embark on making a new one. Thew episode references "A Charlie Brown Christmas" as "The Kid who got Pants for Christmas". |
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