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The show revolves around the lives of 8-year-old Arthur Read, an anthropomorphic aardvark, his friends and family, and their daily interactions with each other.
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Season 1

  • Arthur's Eyes
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    Arthur's Eyes

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/1996

    Arthur is embarrassed because he now has to wear glasses.

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  • Francine's Bad Hair Day
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    Francine's Bad Hair Day

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/1996

    Francine tries to get through picture day, without messing up her meticulously-crafted hairdo.

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  • Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn
    7.8/1093 votes
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    Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1996

    Arthur and Buster fear that their new teacher, Mr. Ratburn, is some kind of evil maniac who collects children's heads - until they discover the truth about him, of course.

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  • Arthur's Spelling Trubble
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    Arthur's Spelling Trubble

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1996

    Arthur does some heavy-duty studying, in order to compete in the school's upcoming spelling bee.

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  • D.W. All Wet
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    D.W. All Wet

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/9/1996

    Whew, boy is it HOT today. The Reads decide to head to the beach in order to cool off, but D.W. refuses to go along (she thinks there is an octopus in the water).

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  • Buster's Dino Dilemma
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    Buster's Dino Dilemma

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/9/1996

    When the class goes on a field trip to a dinosaur museum, Buster finds a fossil on the ground - and wants to keep it for himself.

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  • D.W.'s Imaginary Friend
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    D.W.'s Imaginary Friend

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/10/1996

    D.W. has an imaginary friend, Nadine, says she has to come everywhere, but Arthur is sick of it.

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  • Arthur's Lost Library Book
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    Arthur's Lost Library Book

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/10/1996

    When Arthur checks out a library book and loses it a week later; he thinks he is banned from the library. So he and Binky team up to find it.

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  • Arthur's Pet Business
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    Arthur's Pet Business

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/11/1996

    When Arthur desperately wants a dog, he starts a pet business. When he gets too many he decides to just take care of one pet.

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  • D.W. the Copycat
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    D.W. the Copycat

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 10/11/1996

    When D.W. gets told she doesn't like any interesting stuff, she decides to copy Arthur.

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  • Locked in the Library!
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    Locked in the Library!

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 10/14/1996

    After Arthur called Francine a marshmallow, Francine and her friends get really mad and it looks like they are going to fight. But when they both get locked inside the Elwood City Library they either have to make up, or prepare for a long and scary weekend, because it's the weekend and the library closes until Monday.

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  • Arthur Accused!
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    Arthur Accused!

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 10/14/1996

    Arthur had a job to collect coins for Mrs. McGrady to raise money for a new dog for the Elwood City firemen, and when he left the bag of quarters where Mrs. McGrady was working, she said she never received them. While this was happening, Buster opened his detective agency, he has no idea his first job will involve Arthur. Now, it is up to Buster to solve this mystery, was Arthur the real thief?....

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  • Arthur Goes to Camp
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    Arthur Goes to Camp

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/15/1996

    Arthur and his friends go to summer camp and Binky brings up the issue that it's boys vs. girls. The other team participating always won because of this problem, so now the kids of Elwood must work together to defeat them this year.

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  • Buster Makes the Grade
    8.0/1064 votes
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    Buster Makes the Grade

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 10/15/1996

    Buster's grades aren't as good as his jokes, and now he is on the verge of repeating his third grade year. If he does not receive at least a B on his next test, he fails...

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  • Arthur's New Puppy
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    Arthur's New Puppy

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 10/16/1996

    Arthur has a new puppy is exactly what he wanted. But the only problem is that he destroys everything in sight, so can Arthur teach Pal to behave, before his parents do something with Pal because of all the disasters he is causing.

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  • Arthur Bounces Back
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    Arthur Bounces Back

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 10/16/1996

    Arthur's dream is to have Moon shoes, but he does not have the ten dollars to get them. When he begins working chores to receive money, he got too desperate and does something he will regret.

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  • Arthur Babysits
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    Arthur Babysits

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 10/17/1996

    Arthur has plenty of gripes about his past babysitters, but soon finds himself trying his hand at some babysitting of his own. He ends up having the Tibble Twins' Grandma ask him to babysit the infamous Tibble Twins and he agrees to the job. Despite the warnings from both his friends and D.W., he takes on the task and quickly finds himself overwhelmed. After some quick thinking, and a willingness to keep at things, he comes up with a plan.

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  • Arthur's Cousin Catastrophe
    7.6/1065 votes
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    Arthur's Cousin Catastrophe

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 10/17/1996

    The Read Family is having a big reunion, with aardvark relatives from all over coming. Arthur normally enjoys the festivities, such as sack-racing and swapping stories, but finds himself hiding because he's worried that his cousin Mo has a big practical joke planned for him. He remembers her being awful to him in the past and is sure that she has something big planned. However, his worries might just be unfounded.

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  • Arthur's Birthday
    7.5/1058 votes
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    Arthur's Birthday

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 10/18/1996

    Arthur is excited about his birthday. After shopping for party supplies, he makes invitations and passes them out at school. He then finds out that Muffy is having her party on the same day, at the same time. This starts a huge battle between the boys and the girls in the Ratburn class. Fortunately, Francine and Arthur devise a great solution to the problem.

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  • Francine Frensky, Superstar
    7.6/1062 votes
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    Francine Frensky, Superstar

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 10/18/1996

    Francine has always gotten the worst roles in school plays, so everyone in the Ratburn class asks Mr. Ratburn to give her a good part in the next one. The play is about Thomas Edison, and Francine is given the role of Edison himself. She takes her role very seriously, to the point where she starts to trying to run everything her way and insults her friends. After the hurt and the anger, they set out to show her that she can't just forget their needs

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  • Arthur's Baby
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    Arthur's Baby

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 10/21/1996

    Viewers are taken back, as Arthur and D.W. recollect what happened when Baby Kate was first-born. D.W. is excited with anticipation, but Arthur is very worried. His worries are only made worse when his friends tell him about all the awful stuff that's going to happen when the baby comes. Still, Arthur, is determined to be a good big brother, but ends up thinking that the baby hates him!

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  • D.W.'s Baby
    7.7/1061 votes
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    D.W.'s Baby

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 10/21/1996

    D.W. was excited to have a new little sister, but when she doesn't get to help much and the baby moves into her room, things don't seem so great. Kate stinks and makes a lot of noise. D.W. hatches a plan to get rid of her, but finds that maybe being a big sister isn't so bad after all.

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  • Arthur Writes a Story
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    Arthur Writes a Story

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 10/22/1996

    Mr. Ratburn gives the class an assignment --- to write a story about anything they want. It seems like a simple assignment and it doesn't even have to be bound and sent to a publisher as Muffy suggests. Arthur, however, finds it a hard task when he starts trying to write to please everyone's tastes. He starts out with the simple story of how he got his dog Pal, but after following the advice of each of his friends, it morphs into a bizarre country tune about baby elephants being born in outer space.

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  • Arthur's Lost Dog
    7.4/1063 votes
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    Arthur's Lost Dog

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 10/22/1996

    When Pal runs away at a street fair, even Arthur starts to doubt his dog's intelligence.

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  • So Long, Spanky
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    So Long, Spanky

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 10/23/1996

    D.W. suffers through the death of her beloved bird, then has to decide whether to risk her heart again by adopting a lonely toad.

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  • Buster's New Friend
    7.5/1066 votes
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    Buster's New Friend

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 10/23/1996

    Arthur is lonely when Buster starts spending time with a new super-cool friend named Mike.

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  • Arthur the Wrecker
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    Arthur the Wrecker

    Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 10/24/1996

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  • Arthur and the True Francine
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    Arthur and the True Francine

    Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 10/24/1996

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  • Arthur's Family Vacation
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    Arthur's Family Vacation

    Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 10/25/1996

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  • Grandpa Dave's Old Country Farm
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    Grandpa Dave's Old Country Farm

    Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 10/25/1996

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  • Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest
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    Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest

    Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 10/28/1996

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  • D.W. Flips
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    D.W. Flips

    Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 10/28/1996

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  • Meek for a Week
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    Meek for a Week

    Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 10/29/1996

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  • Arthur, World's Greatest Gleeper
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    Arthur, World's Greatest Gleeper

    Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 10/29/1996

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  • Arthur's Chicken Pox
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    Arthur's Chicken Pox

    Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 10/30/1996

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  • Sick as a Dog
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    Sick as a Dog

    Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 10/30/1996

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  • D.W. Rides Again
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    D.W. Rides Again

    Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 10/31/1996

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  • Arthur Makes the Team
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    Arthur Makes the Team

    Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 10/31/1996

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  • Arthur's Almost Boring Day
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    Arthur's Almost Boring Day

    Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 11/1/1996

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  • The Half-Baked Sale
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    The Half-Baked Sale

    Season 1 Episode 40 - Aired 11/1/1996

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  • Sue Ellen Moves In
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    Sue Ellen Moves In

    Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 11/4/1996

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  • The Perfect Brother
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    The Perfect Brother

    Season 1 Episode 42 - Aired 11/4/1996

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  • D.W.'s Snow Mystery
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    D.W.'s Snow Mystery

    Season 1 Episode 43 - Aired 11/5/1996

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  • Team Trouble
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    Team Trouble

    Season 1 Episode 44 - Aired 11/5/1996

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  • Bully for Binky
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    Bully for Binky

    Season 1 Episode 45 - Aired 11/6/1996

    Binky is the toughest kid in school and everyone is afraid of him.

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  • Misfortune Teller
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    Misfortune Teller

    Season 1 Episode 46 - Aired 11/6/1996

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  • Arthur's Tooth
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    Arthur's Tooth

    Season 1 Episode 47 - Aired 11/7/1996

    When Arthur is teased by Francine and the others because he hasn't lost all of his baby teeth yet, he becomes determined to lose his tooth and fit in with the others.

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  • D.W. Gets Lost
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    D.W. Gets Lost

    Season 1 Episode 48 - Aired 11/7/1996

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  • D.W. Thinks Big
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    D.W. Thinks Big

    Season 1 Episode 49 - Aired 11/8/1996

    D.W. finds Aunt Lucy's wedding ring after she lost it at her wedding.

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  • Arthur Cleans Up
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    Arthur Cleans Up

    Season 1 Episode 50 - Aired 11/8/1996

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  • My Dad, the Garbage Man
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    My Dad, the Garbage Man

    Season 1 Episode 51 - Aired 11/11/1996

    Every kid at school's parents has cool jobs except for Francine's dad. He's a garbage man and Francine is embarrassed by it so to make him look cool she tells the kids at school that he's a CIA agent.

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  • Poor Muffy
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    Poor Muffy

    Season 1 Episode 52 - Aired 11/11/1996

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  • D.W.'s Blankie
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    D.W.'s Blankie

    Season 1 Episode 53 - Aired 11/12/1996

    D.W. loses her blankie and she and Arthur search all over town just to find it.

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  • Arthur's Substitute Teacher Trouble
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    Arthur's Substitute Teacher Trouble

    Season 1 Episode 54 - Aired 11/12/1996

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  • I'm a Poet
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    I'm a Poet

    Season 1 Episode 55 - Aired 11/13/1996

    Fern dares everyone to write a good poem for a contest. If the loser backs out they have to join art club for a year.

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  • The Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club!
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    The Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club!

    Season 1 Episode 56 - Aired 11/13/1996

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  • My Club Rules
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    My Club Rules

    Season 1 Episode 57 - Aired 11/14/1996

    The Strawberry Festival is coming to town and Arthur and his friends all band together and form a club to create the perfect float, but when everyone gets their own ideas on what the float should be they all form their own clubs.

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  • Stolen Bike
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    Stolen Bike

    Season 1 Episode 58 - Aired 11/14/1996

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  • Arthur's First Sleepover
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    Arthur's First Sleepover

    Season 1 Episode 59 - Aired 11/15/1996

    Arthur throws a sleepover and invites Brain and Buster. He doesen't invite D.W. so she decides to ruin the sleepover.

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  • Arthur's New Year's Eve
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    Arthur's New Year's Eve

    Season 1 Episode 60 - Aired 11/15/1996

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