A character in Arthur
Binky
Arthur · 265 quotes
5th most-quoted character in Arthur: in 29 of its 265 quotes
Most scenes with: Arthur Read (19), Francine Frensky (12), Buster Baxter (10)
"In 1776, Thomas Jefferson, who would later become the third President of the United States, wrote the Declaration of Independence." [Buster snores. Binky takes off the glasses, which have eyes painted on them. Buster is asleep.] Buster!
Come on, Arthur, into the kitchen.
Pitch up! Sorry. Wow! Nice guitar. Can I see?
Be quiet, tree!
The next day at school, Arthur is walking in the halls
Whoa! You look weird!
You look different! You get a new haircut?
[enraged and yells at Binky] No!!
School bell rings. Arthur walks into the classroom.
Hey, Buster, look there! (Pointing at Arthur) Arthur's a four eyes! (Sing-song voice) Arthur's a four eyes! Arthur's a four eyes! Arthur's a four eyes!
[Everybody laughs except Buster and Arthur]
[chides Francine] Some people need glasses to see, Francine. Big whoop!
[In the school cafeteria Buster holds two drinking glasses in front of his eyes]
Hey, look you guys, I'm Arthur!
[Everybody laughs]
Hmm?
[ears droop] Oh.
Arthur gets annoyed and walks out of the cafeteria and past Binky
I know that, this is a new shirt!
Afraid not!
[meets Arthur in the hallway] Old four eyes wass back.
Hi, Francine.
Huh?
I know that. You're wearing glasses.
Yes, I am.
Four-eyes. [laughs]
Binky? Do you know that Wilbur Rabbit wears glasses?
Yes, I saw that on TV last night.
Francine: I didn't see it.
Yeah, wasn't this great how they make him fly?
[In the classroom, Mr. Marco is writing math problems on the blackboard]
Do not ask me to read this problems to you! I have to concentrate.
All right.
[The kids are playing basketball in the gymnasium]
Watch out everyone, Arthur has got the ball!
[Arthur shoots and makes it, everyone cheers. In the classroom Mr. Marco hands back quizzes]
Very good Arthur. All correct.
Arthur. How would you like to play on my basketball team today? [shows Arthur her fake plastic glasses] Don't you like them?
There was no glass.
They're my movie star glasses. Do they make me look beautiful? Wilbur Rabbit wears glasses, you know.
And his are just like mine!
[catches up with Buster outside Lakewood Elementary] Buster, can you come to my party?
Are you kidding?! Of course!
[give Binky and invitation at his locker] Binky Barnes.
Me?!
Yeah, and Francine. [gives an invitation to Francine as she passes]
Oh boy! We can play spin the bottle!
Arthur and Buster look embarrassed
[whispers] It's not too late to uninvite her.
No, I'll just do the recycling that morning so that there'll be no bottles in the house. [meets Muffy who is also holding invitations] Will you come to my party?
Sure! When is it?
Saturday afternoon! I can't wait!
[gasp]
This Saturday afternoon?! But that's when I'm having my party! [hands out invitations to Arthur’s friends] I would've handed out my invitations two days ago, but they came back late from the printer.
[hands out invitations to the girls] Can't you change your party to another day?
Are you kidding?! The rock band and Pickles the clown have been booked for months!
You got Pickles?! He did my cousin's wedding! He's a genius!
Ooooh, Pickles!
But I can't change my party either! All my relatives are coming from Ohio!
Ooooh, Ohio!
Well then, everybody will just have to choose which party to attend.
Everyone looks at their invitations.
What are you thinking about?
About whose party to go to. Why? What are you thinking about?
Where's Ohio?
Arthur, Buster, Binky and Brain are playing with a basketball during recess
As boys, we have to stick together! [passes the ball to Binky]
The rabbit's right as rain!
I agree! We all go to Arthur's party! [he, Buster and Binky join hands]
What about the girls?
Ah, who needs girls?
Muffy, Francine, Prunella, Sue Ellen and Fern are nearby at the jungle gym
Who needs boys? Anyone who doesn't come to my party can't be my friend anymore!
But a party won't be fun without the boys!
Are you my friend or not!
A teacher calls the kids with a whistle. There’s a rope lying on the ground
Come here kids! Let's choose sides for a tug of war! Muffy, you be one captain! Buster, you be the other! Muffy, choose your first player!
This team looks good to me!
That's fine!
Okay then, the team that pulls the other team over this line wins! [blows her whistle]
[starts pulling and strains]
Who needs boys?! Pull! Who needs boys?! Pull!
Who needs girls?! Pull! Who needs girls?! Pull!
Come on guys, pull! [ties the rope to his waist and leans back. Prunella ties the other end to the jungle gym. Suddenly the rope breaks and all kids fall down]
I guess nobody wins.
(At the gym, Binky and Arthur are fighting, but Arthur loses.)
You better buy some clothespins. Babies never stop pooping! (evilly begins to laugh, and the imagination scene fades in, where the new baby has a dirty diaper.)
(holding his nose) Can we open a window, please.
What?
(loudly) I said, open a window!
(Arthur’s Mom contorts her face and grunts. The smell grows worse and Arthur holds his nose)
(A firetruck passes by the Read house. We see the firefighters hold their noses.)
So you can forget about smelling good. (laughs)
(Later, he and his friends are at the pool.)
Poor Arthur. In a few months, he'll be changing all those stinky diapers! (plugs her nose before jumping into the pool, causing the screen to be splashed by water effects)
(At the mall, Arthur and Buster see some babies in strollers, which gets him confused.)
What's the big deal with babies? They didn't even do anything.
Maybe you can teach your baby to do something useful, like earn money for you.
(In Arthur's imagination, he imagines he is a magician.)
Presenting the Amazing Baby.
(The audience is thrilled by the Amazing Baby, and they give their money to Arthur the magician.)
Thank you. Thank you.
(In the second imagination, Arthur pretends he has a smart baby who does his homework for him.)
Or do your homework.
And when you're done with math, don't forget to write my report on Magellan!
(Now Arthur and Buster are in the treehouse while the imagination fades out.)
*sighs* If only life were like it.
Pretty soon, you can forget about playing after school; you'll have to babysit! (laughs)
(in disappointmently) Yes.
And you'll start talking baby talk. All the time.
(Arthur and his friends are playing football and he trips to other side of the team and falls.)
Good catch, Read! You all right?
(in baby talk) Got a stinky diaper..
(Everyone on the football team, including their coach, hold their noses in disgust. They all start laughing out loud.)
(holding her nose) Oh, Arthur still uses diapers like a baby..
(Arthur let’s put a long groan before sighing in relief)
(holding his nose) And you stink real bad, too.
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.
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.
You big liar! You lie! You're just a lie-y liar! You big lying lie-face!
Well, I hope you've learned your lesson, Arthur, which is, namely, never to lie because when you lie, you... well, you're doing a very, very bad thing.
Hi, Arthur. I wanted to tell you, I'm glad you told the truth.
Hey, anybody wanna play kickball?
Yeah, sure! Come on, Binky!
Come on, Arthur. I'm not mad at you anymore.
My mom's here. See you later.
Close that raincoat, you'll get double pneumonia!
Mom, yahoo!
Maybe your parents forgot about you.
No, they're coming from my Aunt Lucy's house. It's pretty far.
If they don't come, you'll be alone in an empty school all night.
Uh-uh.
Uh-huh. [a car horn sounds] That's my mom! Too bad. I guess you'll be here all alone.
Arthur, your mom called me. Your family has to spend the night at your aunt's because they had car trouble. So you'll be spending the night at our house. You can share Binky's room.
[his gloating smile disappears] He... uh-ah-ah! What?!
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