Seasons & episodes

S0 · E1Arthur's Perfect Christmas 2000-11-23 · 55 min＋

Plans are under way in Elwood City for the best holidays ever! Arthur, D.W., their friends and family make preparations for perfect gifts, perfect parties, and perfect family traditions for Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. But, just as in real life, perfection cannot last and things begin to fall apart. Arthur learns that the joy in Christmas isn't found in an artificial vision of the perfect holiday season, but in the wonderfully messy, imperfect world he lives in.

The Backstreet Boys are coming to Elwood City! While Muffy fantasizes about meeting her idol, Nick Carter, Francine gripes about everyone's infatuation with a bunch of sellouts. Fed up with the hype, Francine forms her own anti-sellout band, U Stink. But when U Stink becomes an overnight sensation, the band suffers from an identity crisis and Francine quits in a huff. Will U Stink rise to stardom without Francine? Will the Backstreet Boys make Muffy their manager?

Aired on PBS on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 2005, this two-hour special featured several Arthur stories and two complete episodes of Postcards from Buster. This special featured interstitial postcard segments from Buster, segments with kids from the show Zoom (Taylor and Kyle) and a small additional factoid regarding Arthur and Buster. At the end of the special, a secret password for The Tibble Super Action Challenge, a new game at the official PBS Kids Arthur website was revealed. The Arthur stories shown were: "Buster's Green Thumb" "Dad's Dessert Dilemma" "Thanks a Lot, Binky" "The Ballad of Buster Baxter" The Postcards from Buster episodes shown were: "Best Friends" "Among the Hmong"

The first-ever Arthur movie. In Arthur's Missing Pal, Arthur's dog, Pal, goes missing. Arthur and Buster are certain that D.W. did it, but D.W. denies any involvement. Arthur and his friends mount a search throughout Elwood City for the missing dog.

In this all-new Arthur movie event, D.W.’s fifth birthday doesn’t go the way she had always imagined it would and she chose to escape to the magical island of Ukubonga. Meanwhile, Arthur has skipped her birthday party to go on a school trip to the planetarium – but instead of transporting him into outer space, it transports him four years in the future!

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Pack your bags, buckle your seatbelts, and get ready for an ARTHUR road trip to the family farm! Arthur's Great-Grand Uncle Theo is celebrating his 85th birthday, so the Reads (and Buster) are off to Ohio to join in the festivities. While D.W. and Arthur learn that farm life is a little different than life in Elwood City, Buster worries he may be getting in the way at this family reunion. With the help of Cousin Miles, some llamas, and a little bit of music, they all discover what it truly means to be family.

Arthur and his family are getting ready for Thanksgiving! But when Pal disappears to go on his own adventure, family, friends and the rest of Elwood City try to get Pal home. Will they be able to celebrate the best Thanksgiving yet?

It's finally the first day of fourth grade and Arthur couldn't be more excited -until he learns Buster is in another class! Meanwhile, D.W. is nervous for her first day of kindergarten. Will Arthur and D.W. be able to make new friends?

S1 · E1Arthur's Eyes 1996-10-07 · 13 min＋

Arthur is embarrassed because he now has to wear glasses.

S1 · E2Francine's Bad Hair Day 1996-10-07 · 13 min＋

Francine tries to get through picture day, without messing up her meticulously-crafted hairdo.

S1 · E3Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn 1996-10-08 · 13 min＋

Arthur and Buster fear that their new teacher, Mr. Ratburn, is some kind of evil maniac who collects children's heads - until they discover the truth about him, of course.

S1 · E4Arthur's Spelling Trubble 1996-10-08 · 13 min＋

Arthur does some heavy-duty studying, in order to compete in the school's upcoming spelling bee.

S1 · E5D.W. All Wet 1996-10-09 · 13 min＋

Whew, boy is it HOT today. The Reads decide to head to the beach in order to cool off, but D.W. refuses to go along (she thinks there is an octopus in the water).

S1 · E6Buster's Dino Dilemma 1996-10-09 · 13 min＋

When the class goes on a field trip to a dinosaur museum, Buster finds a fossil on the ground - and wants to keep it for himself.

S1 · E7D.W.'s Imaginary Friend 1996-10-10 · 13 min＋

D.W. has an imaginary friend, Nadine, says she has to come everywhere, but Arthur is sick of it.

S1 · E8Arthur's Lost Library Book 1996-10-10 · 13 min＋

When Arthur checks out a library book and loses it a week later; he thinks he is banned from the library. So he and Binky team up to find it.

S1 · E9Arthur's Pet Business 1996-10-11 · 13 min＋

When Arthur desperately wants a dog, he starts a pet business. When he gets too many he decides to just take care of one pet.

S1 · E10D.W. the Copycat 1996-10-11 · 13 min＋

When D.W. gets told she doesn't like any interesting stuff, she decides to copy Arthur.

S1 · E11Locked in the Library! 1996-10-14 · 13 min＋

After Arthur called Francine a marshmallow, Francine and her friends get really mad and it looks like they are going to fight. But when they both get locked inside the Elwood City Library they either have to make up, or prepare for a long and scary weekend, because it's the weekend and the library closes until Monday.

S1 · E12Arthur Accused! 1996-10-14 · 13 min＋

Arthur had a job to collect coins for Mrs. McGrady to raise money for a new dog for the Elwood City firemen, and when he left the bag of quarters where Mrs. McGrady was working, she said she never received them. While this was happening, Buster opened his detective agency, he has no idea his first job will involve Arthur. Now, it is up to Buster to solve this mystery, was Arthur the real thief?....

S1 · E13Arthur Goes to Camp 1996-10-15 · 13 min＋

Arthur and his friends go to summer camp and Binky brings up the issue that it's boys vs. girls. The other team participating always won because of this problem, so now the kids of Elwood must work together to defeat them this year.

S1 · E14Buster Makes the Grade 1996-10-15 · 13 min＋

Buster's grades aren't as good as his jokes, and now he is on the verge of repeating his third grade year. If he does not receive at least a B on his next test, he fails...

S1 · E15Arthur's New Puppy 1996-10-16 · 13 min＋

Arthur has a new puppy is exactly what he wanted. But the only problem is that he destroys everything in sight, so can Arthur teach Pal to behave, before his parents do something with Pal because of all the disasters he is causing.