Arthur (season 6)

The 6th season of the television series Arthur was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States on September 24 to November 26, 2001 and contains 10 episodes. A shortened version of the remix of the opening theme song, "Believe in Yourself", is played at the ending credits of this season as a promotion for the third music album of the franchise. Olympic figure skater Michelle Kwan guest starred on "The Good Sport" as herself. Justin Bradley replaced Michael Yarmush as Arthur, due to his voice changing in the previous season. When Mark Rendall was hired to voice for Arthur in season 7, he re-dubbed for the U.S. reruns of season 6. Executive producer Carol Greenwald and Peter Moss said the reason was because Bradley's voice was too deep and lacked the vocal range of Michael Yarmush. This is the last season where Steven Crowder voices Brain. This is also the last season where Oliver Grainger voices D.W. The versions of these episodes with Bradley's voice were distributed in VHS and DVD home media, and they are still aired on TV in countries outside and in North America.

Arthur
Season 6
Country of origin	United States Canada
No. of episodes	10 (20 segments)
Release
Original network	PBS
Original release	September 24 – November 26, 2001
Season chronology

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original air date
86a	1a	"Sue Ellen Gets Her Goose Cooked"	Written by : Peter K. Hirsch Idea by : Bill Shribman	Robert Yap	September 24, 2001
Sue Ellen gets obsessed with a video game called Virtual Goose and forbids herself from playing it for a week. She struggles to resist the urge to play it when none of her friends can beat a mysterious challenger named Fourhand451. When Sue Ellen tries, she loses, and the challenger seems unbeatable, until D.W., who knows the game is a virtual version of her favorite board game, "Confuse the Goose", steps in to save the day.
86b	1b	"Best of the Nest"	Peter K. Hirsch	Zhigang Wang	September 24, 2001
While playing a nonsensical Choose Your Own Adventure-esque game, Brain questions the game's knowledge of science and is challenged as to whether or not he could survive out in the wild, so he plans a camping trip. However, his friends and even Mr. Ratburn seem more interested in playing the game.
87a	2a	"Arthur Plays the Blues"	Catherine Lieuwen	Jeremy O'Neill	October 1, 2001
Arthur's piano teacher is retiring, so he gets a strict new teacher, Dr. Fugue. When Arthur fails to practice sufficiently, Dr. Fugue fires Arthur. Wanting to be rehired, Arthur begins practicing the piece he was supposed to practice.
87b	2b	"Buster's Sweet Success"	Nick Raposo	Robert Yap	October 1, 2001
Buster tries selling chocolates for a school fundraiser, but he ends up eating all of them. Since he does not have the money to pay for them, he opts to make and sell his own chocolates to pay off his debt, but they end up tasting awful. Mr. Haney gives Buster another chance by having him work in Jack's Joke Shop for a weekend.
88a	3a	"Prunella's Special Edition"	Matthew Lane	Robert Yap	October 8, 2001
Prunella is excited to get her new monogrammed Henry Skreever book in the mail, but finds that it is in Braille. When she goes to the library to get the book with words, she meets and makes friends with a blind girl named Marina, who is looking for the same book in Braille.
88b	3b	"The Secret Life of Dogs and Babies"	Peter K. Hirsch	Patricia Atchinson & Elie Klimos	October 8, 2001
Kate and Pal can understand each other, but older people like the rest of the Read family can not. When Mr. Read cannot find the figurine that goes on top of the wedding cake he made for Muffy's cousin's wedding, Kate and Pal work together to get the figurine on top of the cake before the wedding starts.
89a	4a	"Muffy's Soccer Shocker"	Matt Steinglass	Lyndon Ruddy & Patricia Atchinson	October 15, 2001
Muffy's father is the new soccer coach, but the kids, especially Muffy, doubt his coaching methods. Muffy cannot keep up with her father's training drills and fears her team will not win any games with her being goalie.
89b	4b	"Brother, Can You Spare a Clarinet?"	Dietrich Smith	Jeremy O'Neill & Stefanie Gignac	October 15, 2001
Binky cannot perform well with his malfunctioning clarinet and his family cannot afford to buy a new one, so he starts a scheme with the rest of the Tough Customers to get rid of music by making so-called modifications to his classmates' instruments and using a megaphone and his clarinet to disrupt tryouts for the Young Person's Orchestra.
90a	5a	"The Boy Who Cried Comet"	Peter K. Hirsch	Elie Klimos & Zhigang Wang	October 22, 2001
Buster thinks he has seen UFOs, but Arthur, Fern, and Brain do not believe him. Buster borrows Muffy's telescope and finds a comet headed for Earth. Nobody believes him again, but when Brain confirms it, everyone starts to panic, until Fern notices a piece is missing on the telescope, and it alters the telescope's findings, showing the comet has no chance of hitting Earth.
90b	5b	"Arthur and Los Vecinos"	Cusi Cram	Patricia Atchinson & Elie Klimos	October 22, 2001
A new family, the Molinas, move in next to the Reads after their neighbor, Mr. Sipple, moves away. The Molinas have two children, Alberto and Vicita. Arthur is worried that Alberto will be mean to him, while D.W. gets frustrated that Vicita wins at every game they play. They both find common ground with their new neighbors when they realize they share many common interests.
91a	6a	"Citizen Frensky"	Jacqui Deegan	Jeremy O'Neill	October 29, 2001
Francine creates her own newspaper after shadowing Buster's mother at work and becomes a tabloid writer, taking out-of-context pictures of her friends with insulting captions. When Francine finds an embarrassing picture of her circulating the school, she finds that her sister Catherine is behind it, and understands how her friends felt.
91b	6b	"D.W.'s Backpack Mishap"	Cusi Cram	Jeremy O'Neill	October 29, 2001
D.W. accidentally grabs the wrong backpack at the pool; due to most of the letters on the name tag having rubbed off, they spell out a nonsensical name, "Omble." Arthur and D.W. examine the contents of the backpack, and the mysterious "Omble" is later revealed to be Tommy Tibble.
92a	7a	"The Boy with His Head in the Clouds"	Peter K. Hirsch	Robert Yap	November 5, 2001
George has dyslexia and does not want anyone to think he is dumb. He takes Binky to be his mentor to teach him to be more hard-headed so no one will tease him, but realizes he was not meant for being tough. Mr. Ratburn helps him figure out how to get past his dyslexia, and George's confidence improves.
92b	7b	"More!"	Dietrich Smith	Elie Klimos & Patricia Atchinson	November 5, 2001
D.W. is excited to be getting an allowance, but is upset once she learns that Emily and the Tibbles have already been getting an allowance and have more money. When she fails to get a bigger allowance, she pretends that she gets more money than they do since they do not know how much she gets.
93a	8a	"Rhyme for Your Life"	Peter K. Hirsch	Robert Yap	November 12, 2001
Binky tries to write a poem for his mother's birthday, but he cannot think of the right words. That night, he has a dream where he finds himself in a village where it is against the law to speak in prose. The next morning, he unintentionally starts speaking in rhyme and continues to do so for the next week.
93b	8b	"For Whom the Bell Tolls"	Kathy Waugh	Stefanie Gignac	November 12, 2001
Arthur is overjoyed that D.W. lost her voice, but is not so excited when he has to do what she wants him to do, especially when he has to be a translator. When he discovers that D.W. is better but continues faking, he gets his friends to come up with a plan to expose her fib by making her think she is deaf.
94a	9a	"The Good Sport"	Kathy Waugh	Jeremy O'Neill	November 19, 2001
Michelle Kwan is presenting the Athlete of the Year Award, and Jenna wins the award, which makes Francine very jealous and upset. With the help of Muffy, Francine tries to prove that she deserves the award by pretending to act like a good sport and giving Jenna special attention, but nothing works. Guest star: Michelle Kwan as herself.
94b	9b	"Crushed"	Catherine Lieuwen	Lyndon Ruddy, Robert Yap & Jeremy O'Neill	November 19, 2001
Arthur develops a crush on his new babysitter, Sally, after playing a video game with her. He is devastated when he discovers that she has a boyfriend and refuses to see her again. However, when Buster invites Arthur over for a sleepover, Arthur discovers that Sally is babysitting for Buster. She tells Arthur that she enjoys playing video games more with him as her boyfriend is not good at video games.
95a	10a	"Arthur Loses His Marbles"	Nick Raposo	Alex Hawley & Elie Klimos	November 26, 2001
Muffy's new marbles prompt Arthur and his friends to start playing in a marbles tournament. Arthur is trained by Grandma Thora, a former professional marbles player herself, but when he discovers that he has to compete against Thora in the marbles tournament, he plays poorly on purpose. Thora forfeits when she finds out what is happening.
95b	10b	"Friday the 13th"	Gerard Lewis	Alex Hawley & Lyndon Ruddy	November 26, 2001
Brain does not believe in superstitions and tries to prove his hypothesis by doing things superstitiously believed to bring bad luck, like walking under a ladder, stepping on a crack, and destroying a mirror. Counter to his hypothesis, a streak of bad luck strikes. Brain goes to Buster to get lucky charms, but during a baseball game on Friday the 13th, Brain forgets the charms and hits a home run that wins his team the game, proving his hypothesis.

References

General references

• "Arthur Episodes". TV Guide. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
• "Arthur: Episode Guide". MSN TV. Archived from the original on January 8, 2010. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
• "Arthur Season 6 Episode Guide". TV.com. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
• "Seasons 4-8". Arthur episodes. PBS parents. Retrieved March 7, 2010.

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