When we did special posts about Arthur , it apparently started something of a trend of Arthur being written about here on this blog. I guess it would be apt to write about a special and a recent one too. (Guess We will call it a look now) It was an hour long special that PBS aired on Memorial day as a week to kick off a week of new episodes where they were rounding up season 20's (yes season 20) final episodes.
To screw with continuity or something it's D.W's birthday again but this time they felt it was thing to celebrate with an hour long special.
It starts with D.W getting cake she tries to blow out the candles but some of them decide not to cooperate. The Tibble twins decide to "help" blow out the candles and of course they blew some cake in her face. DW starts telling us (the audience , oh great she can see you) and it flashes back to her waking up and yes she's turning 5. (retconning there eh, Arthur?) She thinks that birthdays should be sunny and she envisions the sun singing. (I am hiding in the corner now) When she looks out the window she notices something , (guess what?) it's raining. (Theory :some other person also has their birthday on the same day and really wanted rain.) D.W had been dropping hints on a toy she really wanted for her birthday. A singing puffin toy that teaches kids the alphabet (puffin, finally a different bird on TV, take that penguins) When she gets her presents she doesn't get the puffin.
What would you like for your birthday D.W? / Copyright WGBH
She's also is un happy that Emily came in a fancier dress and bigger tiara , Bud keeps winning the games they play ,and the Tibbles being themselves. The cake was wrong too. To summarize : Birthday not going to D.W 's liking. D.W suggests they play hide and seek. She decides to hide under the stairs. She was taking with her imaginary friend Nadine, who brings up something important -- This show is called Arthur where the heck is Arthur? We are 7 minutes in well, thanks to Nadine she lets the show transition to Arthur.
Arthur and his friends are at a trip at the Planetarium , he is happy to be missing his sister's birthday party. He explains that D.W's birthdays make him miserable since he has to do everything she says. (It's awkward when she asks him to kill for her.) Ledonna asks is he going to something for her anyway. He got her a card, one that says "To the world's best little Brother" (oops). Arthur also has not gotten her a present.
Back to D.W , nobody has found D.W yet, she thinks they stopped looking. Nadine got her a present : a ticket to a place called Ukubonga (bless you) . DW decides to go there , how to get their you ask? Why magic of course. (Of Course!)
Tickets non refundable / copyright WGBH
D.W heads to Ukubonga and she lands on an Island filled with monsters (of course!) and they look like people she knows , the ones at her party. D.W apparently is the chosen one (always have to have one in a movie) and she is made their queen. Since she is queen they have to listen her. She and monsters party all day. (Also there's a song )
The look familiar/ copyright WGBH
Back at the party , her friends are still looking for her. (No one ever thinks to look under the stairs do they?) It's apparently a new day in Ukubonga and D.W is happy that she keeps winning and the monsters do whatever she wants. Meanwhile , they mention that there's another monster on island called Ruthra (coughs) he's the meanest rudest monster on the island. DW wants to see him anyway. So they capture him. The captured Ruthra doesn't to be with D.W or do anything she says so D.W torture him with a song. (Well that got dark)
RUTHRA -cough cough /copyright WGBH
The other monsters suggest things to do him , but D.W stops them and says that he's interesting because he doesn't do what she says. D.W stops the torture song and tells Ruthra that she gets tired of people doing everything she says. Ruthra agrees and he flashes back to the time he used to be king. Oh yeah his flashback is Arthur , incase the name didn't give you a clue. On his 5th birthday he hid under the same stairs and ended up in Ukubonga too. He says he loved the island and getting everything we wanted but he bored and quit being king. Ruthra also explains that you can leave the island. (this got dark quick) D.W says she is going to go home and taking Ruthra with her. Ruthra helps her escape but he gets stuck on the island .
Meanwhile Arthur's plot line is after the Jump.
