Arthur season 9

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox television season | season_number = 9 | bgcolour = #FF4FB1 | image = | caption = | network = PBS Kids Go! | first_aired = {{Start date|2004|12|27}} | last_aired = {{End date|2005|4|8}} | num_episodes = 10 (20 segments) | episode_list = List of Arthur episodes }}

The ninth season of the television series ''Arthur'' was originally broadcast on PBS Kids Go! in the United States from December 27, 2004, to April 8, 2005, and contains 10 episodes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pbskids.org/arthur/promo/index.html|title=Arthur. Promo. Season 9 Promo|website=PBS Kids|access-date=January 3, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050101025622/http://pbskids.org/arthur/promo/index.html|archive-date=January 1, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ket.org/episode/ARUR%20%20000901/|title=Castles in the Sky/Tipping the Scales|website=KET|access-date=January 3, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606083502/https://www.ket.org/episode/ARUR%20%20000901/|archive-date=June 6, 2019}}</ref> Cameron Ansell, Jessica Kardos, Eleanor Noble, and Tyler Brody-Stein replace Mark Rendall, Patricia Rodriguez, Evan Smirnow, and Aaron Grunfield as the voices of Arthur Read, Sue Ellen Armstrong, George Lundgren, and Tommy Tibble, respectively. It is also the last season to feature Alex Hood as Alan "Brain" Powers and Samuel Holden as Timmy Tibble; Paul-Stuart Brown would step in to voice the former character for a few episodes before permanently taking on the role in the next season. CINAR got rebrand by Cookie Jar Entertainment, until it got merged with DHX Media in 2012, after the 15th season.

== Episodes == {{Main|List of Arthur episodes}} <onlyinclude>{{Episode table|background=#FF4FB1|overall=5|season=5|title=30|writer=20|aux2=20|aux2T=Storyboard by|airdate=18|prodcode=|prodcodeR=<ref name="gbh">From the GBH Open Vault: {{cite web|url=https://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog?f%5Baccess%5D%5B%5D=All+Records&f%5Bseries_title%5D%5B%5D=Arthur|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310032941/https://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog?f%5Baccess%5D%5B%5D=All+Records&f%5Bseries_title%5D%5B%5D=Arthur|title=GBH Open Vault - Search [search: "Arthur"]|publisher=GBH Open Vault|access-date=March 19, 2023|archive-date=March 10, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>|episodes=

{{Episode list/sublist|Arthur season 9 |EpisodeNumber = 116a |EpisodeNumber2 = 1a |Title = Castles in the Sky |RTitle = |WrittenBy = Peter K. Hirsch |Aux2 = Jeremy O'Neill |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|12|27}} |ProdCode = 116A |ShortSummary = Arthur's tree house falls apart due to hefty snow, so Arthur and his friends come up with their own designs to re-build it, while getting help from famous architect Frank Gehry. |LineColor = FF4FB1 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Arthur season 9 |EpisodeNumber = 116b |EpisodeNumber2 = 1b |Title = Tipping the Scales |RTitle = |WrittenBy = Alan Silberberg |Aux2 = Robert Yap |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|12|27}} |ProdCode = 119A |ShortSummary = The school choir is excited about performing at a recital in Crown City. Unfortunately, Ms. Krasny is sick and Dr. Fugue (from "Arthur Plays the Blues") returns, substituting for her, and this time he means business. On the way to Crown City, the roads are blocked due to a snowstorm and the class has to perform their recital at a nearby diner. |LineColor = FF4FB1 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Arthur season 9 |EpisodeNumber = 117a |EpisodeNumber2 = 2a |Title = Francine's Big Top Trouble |RTitle = |WrittenBy = Adam Felber |Aux2 = Ivan Tankushev |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|12|28}} |ProdCode = 117B |ShortSummary = Francine attends circus camp, and tries to perform better than Catherine. She finds herself unable to perform the same stunts as her sister, until she discovers she is good at clowning around. |LineColor = FF4FB1 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Arthur season 9 |EpisodeNumber = 117b |EpisodeNumber2 = 2b |Title = George Blows His Top |RTitle = |WrittenBy = Courtney Lilly |Aux2 = Gerry Capelle |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|12|28}} |ProdCode = 116B |ShortSummary = George is increasingly bothered when Buster starts to influence his kindness. Buster finally discovers the mistake of his ways, and he apologizes. |LineColor = FF4FB1 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Arthur season 9 |EpisodeNumber = 118a |EpisodeNumber2 = 3a |Title = Arthur Weighs In |RTitle = |WrittenBy = Raye Lankford |Aux2 = Francois Brisson |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|12|29}} |ProdCode = 120A |ShortSummary = After being unable to fit into his costume during rehearsals for a play, Arthur looks for ways to lose weight.<br />'''Note''': This episode was removed from its rerun in 2020 along with its sister episode due perceived comments of Arthur being fat-shamed for being "a little husky". |LineColor = FF4FB1 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Arthur season 9 |EpisodeNumber = 118b |EpisodeNumber2 = 3b |Title = The Law of the Jungle Gym |RTitle = |WrittenBy = Matt Steinglass |Aux2 = Gerry Capelle, Ivan Tankushev & Francois Brisson |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|12|29}} |ProdCode = 118A |ShortSummary = The playground's jungle gym is the Tough Customers' hangout spot, leading to arguments when Muffy gets a new camera and wants to take photos from the jungle gym. |LineColor = FF4FB1 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Arthur season 9 |EpisodeNumber = 119a |EpisodeNumber2 = 4a |Title = Buster's Green Thumb |RTitle = |WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Written by|t=Peter K. Hirsch|ex1label=Idea by|ex1= Catherine Lieuwen}} |Aux2 = Jeremy O'Neill |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|12|30}} |ProdCode = 120B |ShortSummary = Buster decides to try his own hand at gardening in the community garden after using out home-grown compost on tomatoes and finding out that commercial ones do not taste as good. He also becomes friends with the garden's caretaker, Fritz Langley. |LineColor = FF4FB1 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Arthur season 9 |EpisodeNumber = 119b |EpisodeNumber2 = 4b |Title = My Fair Tommy |RTitle = |WrittenBy = Dietrich Smith |Aux2 = Stéfanie Gignac |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|12|30}} |ProdCode = 117A |ShortSummary = Fed up with punishments for incidents Timmy causes (like ruining D.W's Good Behavior Award cupcake), Tommy asks D.W. to teach him good manners to prepare for Parent-Visiting Day and get a chance to win the Good Behavior Award. D.W. is reluctant at first, but when Emily proposes a chance, D.W. gives in and teaches Tommy good manners. |LineColor = FF4FB1 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Arthur season 9 |EpisodeNumber = 120a |EpisodeNumber2 = 5a |Title = Lights, Camera... Opera! |RTitle = |WrittenBy = Peter K. Hirsch |Aux2 = Stéfanie Gignac |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|12|31}} |ProdCode = 119A |ShortSummary = Muffy isn't thrilled about going to see an opera performance of ''Carmen'', fearing that it will be boring.<hr>''Guest star'': Rodney Gilfrey as himself. |LineColor = FF4FB1 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Arthur season 9 |EpisodeNumber = 120b |EpisodeNumber2 = 5b |Title = All Worked Up |RTitle = |WrittenBy = Daisy Scott |Aux2 = Jeremy O'Neill |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|12|31}} |ProdCode = 118B |ShortSummary = Arthur aces five quizzes in a row, but his and D.W.'s luck run out when Mrs. Read takes a client and they believe that she will not be around as often. |LineColor = FF4FB1 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Arthur season 9 |EpisodeNumber = 121a |EpisodeNumber2 = 6a |Title = Arthur Makes Waves |RTitle = |WrittenBy = Raye Lankford |Aux2 = Patricia Atchinson & Robert Yap |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|4|4}} |ProdCode = 123A |ShortSummary = When Elwood City's temperature rises, Arthur and D.W. want to go swimming, but they notice the community pool is closed for repairs, so James invites them to his pool for a party, but Arthur is shocked to find out that Molly is James' older sister. Fortunately, both have fun together and become close friends, but avoid each other in public because their own friend groups will be unimproved. |LineColor = FF4FB1 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Arthur season 9 |EpisodeNumber = 121b |EpisodeNumber2 = 6b |Title = It Came from Beyond |RTitle = |WrittenBy = Peter K. Hirsch |Aux2 = Gerry Capelle |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|4|4}} |ProdCode = 124B |ShortSummary = On a dark and stormy night, Grandma Thora finds a stray dog named Killer on her porch. Killer turns out to be a bully, intimidating D.W., Kate, Pal, and Amigo. Kate and the other dogs doubt that they like Killer, but reconsider after Killer rescues Nemo from a tree. |LineColor = FF4FB1 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Arthur season 9 |EpisodeNumber = 122a |EpisodeNumber2 = 7a |Title = Three's a Crowd |RTitle = |WrittenBy = Hilary Selden Illick |Aux2 = Stéfanie Gignac |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|4|5}} |ProdCode = 123B |ShortSummary = Prunella's favorite time in the mornings is doing yoga with her mother, Mrs. Deegan, but she is jealous when Marina joins in with better poses, as Prunella has trouble posing her legs over her shoulders and she gets stuck. Later, Prunella thinks that Marina is "stealing" Mrs. Deegan from her, but Mrs. Deegan assures her that she will never like Marina as much as her daughter. |LineColor = FF4FB1 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Arthur season 9 |EpisodeNumber = 122b |EpisodeNumber2 = 7b |Title = A is for Angry |RTitle = |WrittenBy = Dietrich Smith |Aux2 = Robert Yap |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|4|5}} |ProdCode = 121A |ShortSummary = Arthur joins an inter-scholastic checkers tournament, facing off against the Brain. However, Arthur's friends take the game too seriously, and he is ballistic with their unwanted support. |LineColor = FF4FB1 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Arthur season 9 |EpisodeNumber = 123a |EpisodeNumber2 = 8a |Title = The "A" Team |RTitle = |WrittenBy = Daisy Scott |Aux2 = Jeremy O'Neill & Robert Yap |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|4|6}} |ProdCode = 125A |ShortSummary = The Brain and Francine move into a more advanced soccer team, but are immediately overwhelmed by their new team's strict demands. They rejoin their old team after they learn their team is short two players. |LineColor = FF4FB1 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Arthur season 9 |EpisodeNumber = 123b |EpisodeNumber2 = 8b |Title = Emily Swallows a Horse |RTitle = |WrittenBy = Melissa Kirsch |Aux2 = Stèfanie Gignac |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|4|6}} |ProdCode = 121B |ShortSummary = D.W. finds a ball, drops it, and sees Emily holding it. Emily makes up an excuse to keep the ball, but starts telling bigger lies to cover up the first one, and D.W. eventually forgets why Emily started lying in the first place. Emily eventually decides to tell the truth and D.W. forgives her. |LineColor = FF4FB1 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Arthur season 9 |EpisodeNumber = 124a |EpisodeNumber2 = 9a |Title = D.W. Beats All |RTitle = |WrittenBy = Raye Lankford & Ken Scarborough |Aux2 = Jeremy O'Neill |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|4|7}} |ProdCode = 124A |ShortSummary = When the Tibbles get a set of drums and decide to perform for the Summer Serenade Festival, D.W. is jealous that she doesn't have an instrument of her own to play, and, with inspiration from Arthur, Buster, Francine, and Fern, she ultimately creates her own kinetic instrument. |LineColor = FF4FB1 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Arthur season 9 |EpisodeNumber = 124b |EpisodeNumber2 = 9b |Title = Buster the Myth Maker |RTitle = |WrittenBy = Matt Steinglass |Aux2 = Stéfanie Gignac |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|4|7}} |ProdCode = 125B |ShortSummary = Arthur and Buster go to investigate a rumor that tigers are loose in the park. This turns out to be an experiment by the Brain, who wanted to see if anyone would believe a seemingly true internet rumor with no leads. The Brain's story leads to Arthur and Buster solving a mystery about dogs disappearing from the park. |LineColor = FF4FB1 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Arthur season 9 |EpisodeNumber = 125a |EpisodeNumber2 = 10a |Title = Binky Goes Nuts |RTitle = |WrittenBy = Cusi Cram |Aux2 = Gerry Capelle |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|4|8}} |ProdCode = 122A |ShortSummary = Binky learns that he is not only bitten by a butterfly, but is also allergic to peanuts and is upset when he realizes he has to give up Chinese food, as it is cooked with peanut oil. Fortunately, with Jenna's advice, as she is allergic to milk, Binky discovers that there are many ways to cope with his allergy, and finds a peanut-free Chinese restaurant. |LineColor = FF4FB1 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Arthur season 9 |EpisodeNumber = 125b |EpisodeNumber2 = 10b |Title = Breezy Listening Blues |RTitle = |WrittenBy = Peter K. Kirsch |Aux2 = Jeremy O'Neill |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|4|8}} |ProdCode = 122B |ShortSummary = After scoring a B− on his test, the Brain thinks it may be caused by the Breezy Listening CD playing in his parents' local ice cream shop. Despite suggestions from his friends, he is unable to find music for the store that satisfies everyone. Soon after, the Brain gets a better grade on his next test, and accepts that the CD didn’t impact his performance. |LineColor = FF4FB1 }} }}</onlyinclude>

==References== {{Reflist}} {{refbegin}} ;General references  * {{Cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=194495&more=ucepisodelist|title=Arthur Episodes|publisher=TV Guide|accessdate=March 7, 2010}} * {{Cite web|url=http://tv.msn.com/tv/series-episodes/arthur|title=Arthur: Episode Guide|publisher=MSN TV|accessdate=March 7, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108211733/http://tv.msn.com/tv/series-episodes/arthur/|archive-date=January 8, 2010|url-status=dead}} * {{Cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/arthur/show/2804/episode.html?tag=list_header;paginator;1&season=9|title=Arthur Season 9 Episode Guide|publisher=TV.com|accessdate=March 7, 2010}} * {{Cite web|url=http://pbskids.org/arthur/parentsteachers/schedule/ep_desc9_11.html|title=Seasons 9-11|work=Arthur episodes|publisher=PBS parents|accessdate=March 7, 2010}} {{refend}}

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