A character in Arthur
Arthur Read
Arthur · 265 quotes
Most-quoted character in Arthur: in 148 of its 265 quotes
Most scenes with: DW Read (69), Francine Frensky (39), Buster Baxter (36)
(At the park, Arthur and his friend Buster are flying kites together when they see three cooing babies in their strollers.)
I guess I'm ready for this baby right now. I've thought of everything.
What if your mom has more than one?
(In Arthur's imagination, he dreams that he has more than one baby, which makes him scream. Meanwhile, at home, Doctor D.W. asks him if he wants to pretend to change a baby's diaper.)
Arthur. Come over here and I'll show you how to diaper a baby.
(D.W. bends over revealing that she is wearing a diaper. D.W. loudly grunts as she fills the diaper.)
(Holding his nose) Oh, gross! Mom!
(Arthur’s mom is laying on the couch wearing a diaper. She proceeds to fill it and the smell grows worse)
(holds her nose) Ew! Mom!
Forget the diapers, come over here. I need to show you two something. You were a baby once, too, you know! (turns on the TV and plays a video of when Arthur was a baby.)
Is this me?
(on TV) Come on, dear. Oh.
Yes, you're such a cute baby.
Yeah, what went wrong?
(Arthur's Mom now puts on a video of when D.W. was a baby with lots of crying.)
Is this me? Didn't I look adorable? And I bet the new baby's going to be just like me.
(cringes) This is what I'm afraid of.
(Now, Arthur's mom is now preparing her trip to the hospital to have a baby, and she is gathering all her stuff.)
(confused) What are you doing now?
I have to be ready to go to the hospital at anytime now.
Here's something to look at while you're in the hospital to help you make another perfect kid.
(giggles) I'll pack it with my other things.
(The next morning, Arthur and D.W. are riding down the stairs and D.W. thought she won and she laughs.)
I win! I win!
Did not, it's a tie!
*laughs*
*grunts in frustration* Huh??
(Arthur is really surprised to see that Grandma Thora is in the house making pancakes, which makes him confused.)
Who wants blueberry pancakes?
Grandma Thora, you're in the wrong house.
Where are Mom and Dad, Grandma?
They're at the hospital. You both have a new baby sister.
A sister! My sister! She'll be just like me! Yahoo!
Oh, brother.
Oh, sister! Yay!
(weakly) Yahoo....
(At the hospital, D.W. and Arthur's dad look and see which baby is theirs. Arthur's dad finds her.)
Which one was my sister?
This is her, and her name was Kate.
(Kate starts crying. This makes Arthur confused.)
She's got your nose, Arthur.
And your mouth.
(That afternoon, Arthur's dad decides to record a video of Kate.)
She's kind of cute.
Arthur, would you like to hold Kate?
(When Arthur holds Kate, she starts crying.)
(holding his nose) MOM!!! MOM!!!!
Can I hold her? Can I hold her? She doesn't cry when I hold her.
(At school, Francine doesn't understand why Kate cries when Arthur accidentally gets near her.)
What do you mean, she hates you?
She cries every time I get near her.
She's a baby. Babies cry.
D.W. doesn't make her cry. Just me.
(Then on Wednesday afternoon, his mother wants him to babysit Kate while she is gone.)
Arthur, can you watch Kate while I go upstairs?
Um, are you sure?
Oh, I'm sure you'll do just fine.
Here, you dropped this.
(angrilyerish) ARTHUR!!! WAS THAT ON THE FLOOR? IT HAS TO BE "STERILIZED"!!
(Kate cries, and D.W. asks Arthur to hold the pacifier while she gets something from her nurse bag.)
Hold this. (opens the bag, but things fall on the floor) Dang it. (grabs the tissue) Don't worry about it, I will take care of everything. (wipes the pacifier with her tissue, blows on it, rubs it on her nurse outfit, and puts it back in Kate's mouth. Then Kate stops crying and falls asleep when the pacifier is in her mouth. Afterwards, the doorbell rings.) I'll get it.
(Buster and Francine are at the front door and D.W. answers it.)
Hi.
Can Arthur come out?
No, he was babysitting. Would you like to come in and see the baby?
Yeah. Sure.
(When Buster and Francine are in the house, they awe at the way Kate is when she's sleeping.)
Do not get too close, because you have germs!
What a cute baby. She looks just like me when I was a baby.
(Kate squirms, spits out her pacifier, and starts crying again.)
Everyone stand back. I know what she needs. (She then grabs the baby bottle out of her nurse bag and tries giving it to Kate. She jolts her head back and forth, then cries again. D.W. then gives the bottle to Francine.) Everyone remain calm!
Arthur, aren't you going to help?
No, I'll only make it worse!
I know what to do. Arthur, hold her while I get a clean diaper.
Come on, Kate. (makes mouth noises, but Kate continues crying)
(holding Kate and patting her) I wonder what she's trying to tell us! (Kate then poops and sighs. She then falls asleep right on Arthur's shoulders)
Ew!
Oh what is this smell!? Is everything all right? (D.W. is shocked to see that Arthur calmed Kate down.)
It was now.
Arthur got the baby to poop right when she was about to explode! (Kate then kisses Arthur, but Buster thinks she's spitting on him) Oh, gross. She's spitting on him.
She's not. She's kissing him.
(Arthur's Mom, Francine and Buster are all in awe. Then D.W. enters the living room, proud of what Arthur has done.)
Did this really happen?
Well, sort of. It started out as a story of how I got my dog.
It did?
Yeah, but I thought it might be too boring.
I'd like to hear this story. But, don't worry about what you think people want to hear. Just tell your story the way it means the most to you.
[Arthur and Buster are in the computer den]
Can't you just show it to me for one second?
I guess. Mom would never even know. [they start playing "Deep Dark Sea"]
Arthur, what are you doing? Mom told you not to play on her computer.
I'm not playing. I'm just showing it to Buster. Go somewhere else!
If I go away, I will probably tell Dad. And besides, I need to watch.
Be quiet.
Wow! Even the Brain didn't get this far.
What's that?
I don't know.
Go for it. Maybe this is the thing.
A treasure chest.
I think this is it. This is...
The thing!
I think I won. We've gotta open it.
[Arthur and Buster both grab at the mouse, then Buster accidentally knocks the keyboard off the desk along with the mouse which crash to the floor. Arthur, Buster and D.W. gasp in horror and the computer starts buzzing as the CRT monitor starts to flicker in waves, the screen goes nearly black with a dot in the middle, the screen appears again, and then wipes away completely]
You've wrecked it!
No, I didn't. You knocked the keyboard off the desk.
Because you pushed my arm. Try turning it off and on again. [Arthur presses the top button below the slot, but nothing seems to budge]
You killed it! Now Mom will lose her job. Then we'll lose the house, and live in the street, and Kate will get pneumonia, and we'll all starve!
D.W., I'm thinking.
And it was all your fault! So you better fix it, because I love living here! [Buster grabs onto the computer tensely]
Don't do it. You'll make it worse.
Maybe you better call your mom.
I could't. She said not to play with it. But now I wrecked it! I got it. Maybe we could fix it before she gets home.
Maybe a rich family will adopt me. I'm cute.
Who'd know how to fix a computer?
[enthusiastically] The Brain!
[Now we fade to the seafood restaurant, where a waiter walks up to the family's table doing a fancy walk and holding a platter.]
Here they come! Quick, kids, close your eyes. [they all do so] OK, you can open your eyes!
[The waiter lifts the lid off to reveal a large red cooked lobster.]
AAHHHH!!!! It's a giant bug!
How are you supposed to eat these things anyway?!
[stands up on her seat] I want a hot dog, and no claws!
[sternly] D.W., sit! You can have a hot dog tomorrow when we're at the beach.
[Outside the restaurant window, lightning flashes, and thunder booms overhead as a storm begins. Arthur does not look amused.]
Okay, kids. Leave those dishes on the table. We're going to the fair!
The fair! Alright! Let's go!
Hmm-hmm!
Oops. Um, Grandpa, the fair sure would be fun, but...
Like what? Are you feeling sick?
No, I'm fine, but we can't go to the fair. We have to stay home today and build the hen-house.
Horsefeathers. I can't make you two stay here and work, or what'll I tell your folks. And besides, this farm has been in our family for a hundred and fifty...
Grandpa! We are your family!
Oh, well, you have a point there. I guess I could use a couple of... assistants... for a while.
There he is! Arrest him! Arrest him and make him give it back! Lock him up and throw away the key!
Huh?
Now, now, Muffy, calm down.
What in Nirvana is going on?
Arthur stole my cellular phone!
What?? Why would I? I did not!
Did too, Arthur! Everybody knows you're the biggest gleeper in school.
Biggest what?
Gleeper. Someone who steals.
Make him give it back, Mr. Haney! Torture him till he confesses! Send him up the river for life! He's a menace to society! Take away his TV privileges! Shave his head! Make him eat... Oh. Excuse me. Hello, Muffy here. Oh, hi, Mommy. Yes, I did remember to tell Mr. Haney about my manicure appointment Friday.
Arthur, could I see you in my office? Make yourself comfortable. I was rather upset when Muffy called you the biggest beeper... beeper, yes? In school. Lollipop?
No thank you, sir.
Now, I wouldn't want to take hearsay too seriously. If we believed everything we heard, we'd probably still think the world was full of monsters and sea serpents. And people would be afraid to go swimming, which would be a shame, since swimming is a perfectly good form of exercise. I do it myself, in fact. But bleeping, now that's something very serious, indeed. And if you have anything to do with it, I warn you to stop immediately because you will get caught. Then you'll be in deep trouble.
Yes, sir.
Did I say that right? Bleeping? Blurping?
Gleeping, sir.
Gleeping, of course. Now, run along, Arthur. You'll be late for class.
So? What'd he do to you?
Well, nothing. He just warned me.
All right! Did you tell him where to get off?
You old con-artist. I bet you had him going in circles.
Listen, you guys, there's something I have to tell you.
I bet he sold out on us! I bet he told them everything he knew about us! Otherwise, how come Mr. Haney didn't punish him?
Grr!
Arthur, you didn't... Did you?
Didn't what? I mean, no!
Why, you little cheat! You little squealer! Why, I oughta...
But I didn't! I didn't! Ow, stop it!
Okay, so if you didn't, why don't you prove it. Prove you really are our chief gleeper.
How?
Gleep all the ice cream bars from the cafeteria.
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