BMr. Barnes
Binky's pajamas don't exactly fit you, but they'll do.
BBinky
My teeth are all brushed. I'm ready for bed!
Arthur's already in your room.
BBinky
What?! [grunts] Um, good night!
BBinky
There's nothing in my hand. [grunts] See?
The other hand. Behind your back.
BBinky
What, this? It's a... my reading lamp. [plugs it in]
Hm. How do you read down there?
BBinky
Like this. [puts a book on the floor and leans out of the bed]
Doesn't look very comfortable.
BBinky
Hey, I don't read a lot, okay? Good night. [lies down]
Hey, you forgot to turn off the light.
BBinky
Oh, yeah. [giggles]
BBinky
Will you go to sleep?
Francine steps into a boxing ring inside a large stadium, with many of the recurring people, and even Bionic Bunny in the audience. A microphone comes down.
Presenting the main event! The champion, Arthur Timothy Read!
[walks to the ring while people cheer and throw flowers and climbs into the ring] I've been waiting for this fight for years. And there's no way that I could lose.
And the challenger, Dora Winifred Read!
[D.W. rides down a ramp on her bicycle and does a somersault into the ring. She is wearing a bicycle helmet and has a unicorn on the back of her robe. Buster takes off Arthur’s robe. D.W. takes off hers and reveals a shirt with a picture of Arthur’s head with Xs for eyes. Buster puts Arthur’s gloves on. Nadine waves her wand and gloves appear on D.W.’s hands. Both Arthur and D.W. get mouthguards. Francine waves both to the center of the ring.]
[mumbling through his mouthguard, and incoherent] Prepare to lose!
[Subtitle: Prepare to lose!]
[still mumbling through his mouthguard, and incoherent] Prepare to lose!!!
[Subtitle: Prepare to lose!!!]
GDGirl and D.W. #1
[pointing to the subtitles] This doesn't help. I can't breathe.
[The two boxers circle each other]
[sees D.W. #2 sitting in the audience eating snacks, and still mumbling through his mouthguard, and incoherent again] Two D.W.’s?!
[Subtitle: Two D.W.'s?!]
DWD.W. #2
Nope, not just two D.W.s. But there was only one of me.
In the ring, the other boxer takes off a D.W. mask, revealing himself to be Binky. Arthur’s mouthguard drops out of his mouth.
BBinky
[stepping out of his D.W. body suit] We figured you'd rather fight someone on your own size.
Well, you know what? Maybe you might be right. And I would like to fight someone on my own size. Now you just stay right here. I'll just go find somebody to fight. [runs off, pursued by Binky, screams]
BBinky
[enraged] Come back here and fight!
DWD.W. #1
[laughs] Binky?!
The next morning, Arthur and Buster arrive at school
[gently provoking] So, I've missed Bionic Bunny from last night, and now I didn't get to watch TV for one week. Can you believe that?!
[withholds to listen to Arthur's story] Well, no. I didn't believe it. You've hit your sister? That was horrible.
They pass Binky, with Rattles, and the Tough Customers
Come on, like you never did hit anyone.
BBinky
[overhears Arthur, and Buster's conversation, and thinking that Arthur hitted his sister] Didn't you hear that? Arthur hit his sister! I, for one, am shocked!
[asks how Binky had been shocked, giving his difficult report] How come you'd be shocked about somebody hitting somebody?
You're Binky Barnes. You've always... [realizing] You know what, I couldn't remember the last time you had hit anyone.
BBinky
Uh... what do you mean? [The Tough Customers, and Rattles disappointedly stared to him in annoyance, before they heard the school bell ring] Oh! There's the bell! Ha! We don't wanna be late! [The Tough Customers, and Rattles quickly walked inside with him]
The Tough Customers cornered Binky at his locker
Binky doesn't have to remind us for his past glorious fights.
BBinky
Yeah, that's right.
And this is why that he's not afraid of no one is a well-established factoid.
BBinky
Yeah, that's right.
And he can prove it easily by socking the very next kid who turns around this corner!
BBinky
Yeah, that's right. [shocked] Wait, what?!
Arthur comes around the corner
Go ahead, Binky. Just sock him.
Arthur passes by
BBinky
[tirelessly] Maybe I didn't feel like it.
[severely] WELL, YOU BETTER FEEL LIKE IT OR YOU'LL MOVE OUT OF THE CLUB IN NO TIME!
BBinky
[fuming, and protests] But I can't be out of the club! That's my club! And I founded it!
Well, if you needed anything on your own way, you shouldn't have let anyone else join! But the next time when you see that kid, you'll sock him!
The other Tough Customers left Binky behind
BBinky
[getting concerned] The next time when I see Arthur, I'll just have to hit him. Oh. But what should I do now? [gets an idea] Wait. What if I never see him?
Arthur sits in the classroom with Buster, Francine and Muffy.
Arthur, why didn't you just apologize?
[still annoyed, and gently objects] Come on, she collapsed my plane. Why couldn't anyone see my side of this?
[replies] Um... because you're wrong.
Binky walks into room while keeping his back turned to Arthur,s and avoids looking in his direction
[turns to Binky at the next table] Oh. Hey, Binky. Didn't you hear that Arthur hit his young sister?
BBinky
Well, I haven't seen Arthur yet. But as far as I know, Arthur isn't even here.
Binky was a little upset about what Arthur did that he won't even look at him.
Class has started
When the day and night are of equal length, it was called the equinox.
The school bell rings and Binky quickly walks out of class immediately, and then met the Tough Customers again
Did you sock that kid yet?
BBinky
I haven't seen him yet. [snickers] I'm so smart. [walks away]
BBinky
[waits outside the school cafeteria] Psst. Hey, is Arthur in here?
BBinky
Well, maybe I'll just eat outside then. [walks outside]
Binky won't even get to eat near Arthur.
Well, that was awful. Maybe, we should bring them together. Then Arthur will thank us.
Shortly afterwards, Binky is having lunch on the lawn behind the school
[drags Arthur out of the door] Binky was out here somewhere.
BBinky
Er.. oof! [jumps into a bush, when a soccer ball flies into the bush]
I'll get it! [Binky hands it out] Thanks. [stops and comes back] Binky, what are you doing?
BBinky
Avoiding Arthur. And if I didn't see him, I didn't have to hit him.
Oh. Well, why would you need to hit Arthur?
BBinky
I didn't. And this is why I didn't need to see him.
Hmm... Boys. [walks away]
BBinky
[paces outside the boys’ room, Brain comes out] Was Arthur in here?
[shakes his head] Well, nope.
BBinky
[walks in, very relieved] Oh, uh... thanks, thanks, thanks so much!
After recess, the kids come inside
[talks to Fern] She shattered my plane!
But she was just a little girl.
Saying that D.W. was just a little girl was like saying a tornado, just like a little wind.
Binky is hiding behind an ornamental plant
[stands beside him] Hey, Arthur! Over here!
BBinky
Shh! [grabs Buster and pulls him behind the plant. Buster stands beside him]
I thought somebody had called my name.
The school bell rings and the kids leave the building
BBinky
[holds an open book around his head] I made it through one whole day. Now only... the rest of my life to go.
Binky, Molly, Rattles and the Dog Boy walk past the Sugar Bowl
BBinky
So I never saw that glasses kid again. I probably never will.
[runs after them. Binky looked very surprised to Arthur running towards him, Rattles, and the Tough Customers, implying that Binky's scheme of avoiding Arthur backfired] Hey, Binky! You dropped your pen when you walk out of school, kind of sideways, at the end of the day.
[whispering] Now, here's the chance you have been waiting for.
[whispering] Show her, Binky. Just tap, and pop him one.
[Binky looks around at the Tough Customers who grin expectantly, and gulps, then sinisterly looks at Arthur, who holds the pen, and "pops him one" by hits him on his arm]
All right, you're right. He will hit anyone.
OK, Binky. You're still in your club. Binky? Where are you going?! Wait! Binky!
Binky rushes, and runs off in discomfort, when the Tough Customers rushed after him
[holds his arm in pain] Ow!
All right, maybe you're right. He's gonna hit anyone.
After Arthur gets a taste of his own medicine, the scene pans to the kitchen. That is, where Arthur is getting his injury treated.
Later that evening, Arthur sits beside the kitchen sink, and his father hands him and ice pack.
[holds the ice pack on his arm] And the next thing I knew, I was on the ground. It hurt, and it was so embarrassing, and...
D.W. and her mother come in.
Well, maybe this is how D.W. felt when you punched her.
As a result, the incident makes Arthur understand how D.W must have felt.
Well, yeah. But what's it got to do with this? Binky Barnes was huge!
Mrs. Read carries D.W. to the kitchen, and his parents just looked to them
[calmly] Yeah, I guess I kind of get it now.
[walks into the dining room where D.W. is waiting] I'm sorry for hitting you.
And I'm sorry for shattering your plane. But what kind of a weak plane doesn't fly?
Well, I didn't even know yet. But I'm just a little child. Just give me a break.
The next day, at the park, Binky sits on a swing looking worried. Arthur rides by on his bike
BBinky
Hey, Arthur. I feel really rotten earlier. I just wanted to apologize.
I just wanna say thank you.
BBinky
[gets up] Huh... what?
Well, everyone had told me that I was wrong, when I didn't get it. [feels his balls] But... you made me understand how bad I made D.W. feel.
BBinky
Well, you're very welcome. But I didn't try to help you learn some boring lessons. But it was just an accident.
The other Tough Customers come
[points to Arthur] Hey, it's the kid, again, who got hit by Binky, and now lived with him.
Now you've deserved to be in his club, kid.
BBinky
[walks to Tough Customers] Actually, there was no club. But I founded it earlier, and now I'm de-founding it. Because any club that makes you wanna do something you don't wanna do was so dumb. Anyone else wanna make something of it?
BBinky
Come on, Arthur. Let's go get a soda.
Oh, man. Now he's got no club. Hmm.
BBinky
[walks up to them] Do you guys wanna come with us? How about if we just form a new club with no dumb hitting, and all this stuff? And because if anyone does break the rules, I will clobber them.
BBinky
[reading] What I did was dumb and dangerous. It was also mean to all the Mighty Mountain kids who had been really nice to me. I'm very sorry and I'll never pull the fire alarm when there isn't a fire again. The end.
I'm glad you understand the seriousness of this offense, Binky. But I have to admit, I'm still baffled. Why did you do it?
Maybe you should talk to the school counselor about this.
BBinky
But I said I was sorry! Can't you just punish me now?
Normally, you'd be suspended for something like this. But because of the circumstances, I have something else in mind.
What are you guys doing?!
Why do you ask? Because you're angry?
Well, what would you call it?
And stop passing these out! I told you yesterday, I don't want any more pep rallies!
Don't worry, Mr. Hyde, it's not for you!
"A is for angry. B is for brains. Pep rally for Brain before the game"? I thought you said he was conceited?!
Wow, angry and mean! I think you need to chill out!
Why are you doing this? Is it because I asked you guys to leave me alone yesterday?
If you call what you did asking. Brain may seem conceited, but at least he's nice.
We just care about the integrity of checkers. [Arthur roars angrily like a Shrek and the kids run away]
BBinky
Hey, man, I wanna congratulate you. It took me years to get scary. You did it overnight!
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