Arthur and Francine ride their bikes to Muffy's House. When they get there, they see duck workers rolling out new lawn. A man with a hedge trimmer walks past them.
FAFrancine and Arthur
(gasp)
You think you can do it, Arthur?
I've got to, Francine! [surreptitiously walks over to the mailbox and puts in an envelope]
Are you sure this is going to be done in time?
CMrs. Crosswire
Muffy, why don't you go check the mail?
Okay. Maybe there's something for me!
Muffy comes running
[hides behind a tree] Oh no! If Muffy catches me, my entire birthday will be ruined!
[writes invitations on the table]
I'm not playing. I'm writing invitations to my birthday party.
[walks to Arthur] How do you spell "party"?
I'm making invitations to my birthday party.
Your birthday is not for six months!
Yeah, but I'm gonna invite everyone. And I write slow.
[picks up the invitations]
[takes the laundry out of the washing machine, but tugs on a towel] Give me that, you little scamp!
[comes with his invitations] Mom, my invitations are all written!
Look at that dog! He's eating a towel! Arthur, your dog can't tell towels from food!
[put the invitations on the washing machine, picks up Pal and takes him to a calendar on the wall] Come on, boy! I can't wait! How many days left? One, two, three... four more days until my birthday.
I think it would be easier to teach him to use a calculator than to count.
Arthur? Are you ready to go buy party supplies?
Arthur and D.W. enter a party supply store with their mom and explore the store
Double whoa! [notices some square balloons] Huh? How do you get square balloons?
SEStore Employee
Blow square breaths!
Arthur and Mrs. Read blow noisemakers at each other
Arthur looks at balloons, one of which is the shape of Mr. Haney’s head. Arthur scratches his head
[comes with a unicorn plate] Get these pretty plates, Arthur!
No way D.W.! I'm getting these! [shows her a Bionic Bunny plate]
The Read parents, Kate and D.W. sit at the dining table. D.W. has a unicorn plate.
[eats messily, coos, laughs]
What kind of birthday cake should I bake?
See, Arthur? Even Kate agrees with me about the plates.
Have a good day at school, honey!
And don't forget to hand out your invitations! [hands them to Arthur]
I hope everybody can come to my party!
[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.
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?
Saturday afternoon! I can't wait!
PSPrunella, Sue Ellen and Fern
[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!
SStudents
Ooooh, Pickles!
But I can't change my party either! All my relatives are coming from 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?
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]
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
CGCoach Grimslid
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!
CGCoach Grimslid
Okay then, the team that pulls the other team over this line wins! [blows her whistle]
KKids
[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]
Boys and girls sit at separate tables in the Powers’ ice-cream shop.
Francine and Arthur both walk to the counter.
Everybody's really starting to hate each other.
This is just terrible Arthur!
BMBuster, Muffy, Sue Ellen and Fern
[angrily blows raspberry]
I wish you could come to my party.
I promised Muffy. How can I go to both? What's a party without boys?!
Wait a minute! I have an idea! [whispers in her ear]
That's a great idea, Arthur!!
[covers Francine's mouth] Shhh! But we have to keep it secret!
Arthur and Francine sit in the treehouse.
Let me write them. It has to look like Muffy's handwriting.
Okay, but be sure that there's one for all the girls. I'll write the note to Muffy myself. [begins writing]
[Arthur shows a revised invitation to his parents in his dad's workshop]
That's a very good plan! I wish I'd thought of it!
Francine and I will deliver them first thing in the morning!
Arthur and Francine ride through town on their bikes and put invitations in several mailboxes.
[checks a clipboard] All that's left is....
AFArthur and Francine
Muffy!
The opening scene at the Crosswires’ gate is shown again
You think you can do it, Arthur?
I've got to, Francine! [walks to the mailbox]
Arthur ducks and an anthropomorphic duck worker walks by.
Arthur hides until the worker has gone back through the gate. Then he runs to the mailbox and is about to put his note in when he hears Muffy.
Are you sure this is going to be done in time for my big party?
CMrs. Crosswire
Muffy, why don't you go check the mail?
Okay. Maybe I got more presents!
Arthur quickly puts in the note.
Muffy runs towards the mailbox and Arthur hides behind a tree. Francine covers her eyes.
[gets the invitation and runs back through the gate] Mommy! I got a note from Arthur!
Arthur is not to be seen. Francine scratches her head. Arthur peeps out of some rolls of lawn.
[comes out covered in mud] Let's go!
[runs into the kitchen looking relieved] Mission accomplished!
[holds a plate of pancakes] Just in time for your favorite!
BAunt Bonnie
With maple syrup all the way from Ohio!
CGCousin George
[brings a present] Happy birthday, Arthur! Guess what it is?
CGCousin George
It's a chemistry set!
Mrs. Read, Grandma Thora and George hang up decorations in the hallway
Time for birthday kisses! [kisses Arthur on the head]
And eight birthday hugs! [hugs Arthur]
And a pinch to grow an inch! [laughs and annoyingly chases Arthur]
The doorbell rings. Mr. Read opens to Buster and Brain.
Prunella walks up to the house.
Hey, what's she doing here?
And here comes Francine too.
(comes running and giggles)
Binky, Fern and Sue Ellen come in.
Arthur: Yeah, come in!
It's a surprise for Muffy!
It's a surprise for all of us!
The kids follow Arthur and Mr. Read closes the door.
The living room grandfather clock strikes noon
Everyone find a place to hide! Muffy will be here any minute!
What did you say in your note to Muffy?
I said, "I have a special present for you. It's so big that I can't carry it by myself. Please come to my house today at noon to get it!"
The doorbell rings.
Arthur opens the door to Muffy.
The kids leap out of hiding.
I told you your present was too big to carry.
What's a birthday party without all of your friends?
The kids put on party hats. They play limbo. Binky falls on his back while Kate easily crawls under the stick. Mr. Read lifts her up in victory. Buster tries to smash a clown-shaped piñata. So does Francine, but the piñata merely swings
Maybe I better help you out. [hits the piñata to no avail]
Mr. Read hits the piñata with a hammer. The kids continue to party.
The kids gather around a birthday cake.
This is great! We should do this every year! Thank you everybody!
Next year we'll do it at your house.
Time to open your presents! I picked this out especially for you! [gives the present to Arthur]. You have to promise me you'll use it right away!
Arthur: Sure, I can't wait! [unpacks a box in a bottle]
It's a spin the bottle game.
Let me show you how it works. [spins the bottle. It points to Pal and he licks her face].
Francine looks annoyed but then pets Pal.
Outside, Mr. Read tries to open the piñata with a chainsaw.
[At the Frensky's apartment, Francine starts flickering with the lights, but Catherine gets irritated by this]
Francine! I'm trying to read Shakespeare.
Srry, Catherine. But if I'm to play Edison convincingly, I need experience with electric lights.
[Francine continues flickering with the light switch, but Catherine is still annoyed]
Why didn't you just study a phonograph or a movie camera? He invented these.
Great idea, I would. [pause] As soon as I'm done here. [Francine flickers with the light switches once again]
ASArthur's Mom
Happy first birthday, Kate!
ADArthur and D.W.
Happy birthday, Kate!
(Kate giggles and stuffs the cake in her mouth)
Babies do some dopey things, but I guess we were all babies once, like my friend Buster.
(Baby Buster eats food placed in the shopping cart at the grocery store)
No, sweetie. Don't do it.
(Bitzi throws the apple away. Buster eats the celery)
(Bitzi takes the celery away from him)
(Baby Mr. Ratburn is drawing math problems on the walls while his mother is vacuuming)
RSMr. Ratburn's Mother
Emil, what are you doing?
ASArthur's Mom as a baby
Clean my diaper!
Even my little sister Kate is growing up.
(Arthur's Mom wipes Kate's mouth with a napkin.)
I already miss the days when she was a cute little baby.
(gets into a heated argument with Arthur) No, you don't!
You didn't even like Kate when she was a little baby!
(annoyed) Uh-huh, sure. I remember exactly what happened...
(Arthur and D.W. are having a grape-eating contest to see which one will eat the last grape.)
You already ate more than me!
I needed more than you. You're only bigger than me because you're full of so much poop!
(The last grape lands into D.W.'s mouth.)
(annoyed) You know how the world could be perfect? Remove all little sisters! That's my idea of perfect!
(swallows the grape) Delicious!
ASArthur's Dad
Arthur! D.W.! We have a surprise for you.
ADArthur and D.W.
What is it? What is it?
ASArthur's Mom
We're going to have a baby!
(making a disgusted face) Gross! All babies do was poop and stink up the whole house!
(Arthur’s Mom contorts her face and grunts. A smell fills the room.)
(holding her nose) Eww! Mom!
ASArthur's Dad
It will be about six months before the baby comes. Plenty of time to get ready.
