Arthur (season 14)
# Arthur (season 14)

The 14th season of the television series Arthur was originally broadcast on PBS Kids Go! in the United States from October 11, 2010 to April 29, 2011, and contains 10 episodes. Season 14 began screening at Israel in late August 2010 and on ABC2 of Australia on September 27, 2010. It has also screened in United Kingdom on CBBC since November 1, 2010. The second half started on Earth Day 2011 and ended the day before the Royal Wedding the next day.

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original air date | Prod. code |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 166a | 1a | "The Wheel Deal" | Raye Lankford | Daniel Miodini | October 11, 2010 (2010-10-11) | 177A |
| Brain is put in a wheelchair after a leg injury, and copes with the encouragement of Lydia, a disabled girl who uses a wheelchair. |||||||
| 166b | 1b | "The Buster Report" | Ken Scarborough | Zhigang Wang & Lisa Whittick | October 11, 2010 (2010-10-11) | 177B |
| The class is assigned to do a report on someone they admire, and George picks Buster. |||||||
| 167a | 2a | "The Agent of Change" | Gentry Menzel | Gerry Capelle | October 12, 2010 (2010-10-12) | 174A |
| After noticing the lack of female leads in movies, Francine, Muffy, and Molly set out to create their own movie. |||||||
| 167b | 2b | "D.W. Unties the Knot" | P. Kevin Strader | Greg Hill | October 12, 2010 (2010-10-12) | 174B |
| After watching a reality program, D.W. plans her own dream wedding, but is confused when she is reminded that she needs someone to marry. |||||||
| 168a | 3a | "Nicked by a Name" | Ken Pontac | Jim Craig & Rob Clarke | October 13, 2010 (2010-10-13) | 169A |
| Brain starts to give people nicknames, but becomes frustrated when he is constantly asked for them. |||||||
| 168b | 3b | "The Play's the Thing" | P. Kevin Strader | Chris Damboise, Jean-Marc Paradis & Dev Ramsaran | October 13, 2010 (2010-10-13) | 169B |
| The children abandon the playground to look at Muffy's new smart phone, causing Binky and the other Tough Customers to get angry that there is nobody to pick on. They attempt to make the playground popular again. |||||||
| 169a | 4a | "Falafelosophy" | David Steven Cohen & Peter K. Hirsch | Elise Benoît & François Brisson | October 25, 2010 (2010-10-25) | 184A |
| Sue Ellen goes to guest star Neil Gaiman's book signing, and he encourages her to write her own graphic novel. Although her friends are confused by her story, Neil Gaiman encourages her to keep writing. |||||||
| 169b | 4b | "The Great Lint Rush" | Peter K. Hirsch | Louis Piché | October 25, 2010 (2010-10-25) | 184B |
| Pal loses all the socks in the Read home to a rich toad. To get them back, Pal and Amigo try to convince the toad that lint is more valuable than socks. |||||||
| 170a | 5a | "Tales of Grotesquely Grim Bunny" | David Steven Cohen | Elise Benoît | October 29, 2010 (2010-10-29) | 176A |
| Arthur and Buster are pressured into reading a scary graphic novel. |||||||
| 170b | 5b | "Pet Projects" | Scott Gray | Rob Clark | October 29, 2010 (2010-10-29) | 176B |
| Arthur, Francine, Buster, and Muffy make videos about Pal and Nemo, but to the pets' dismay, they aren't liking the results. |||||||
| 171a | 6a | "Follow the Bouncing Ball" | Peter K. Hirsch | Ivan Tankushev | April 22, 2011 (2011-04-22) | 166A |
| Alberto loses his signed "El Boomerang" soccer ball, and it bounces all over town. |||||||
| 171b | 6b | "Buster Baxter & the Letter from the Sea" | Mathayu Warren Lane & Peter K. Hirsch | Ivan Tankushev | April 22, 2011 (2011-04-22) | 166B |
| Buster finds a letter in a bottle and believes it is from sea people of Atlantis. |||||||
| 172a | 7a | "Around the World in 11 Minutes" | Jon Greenberg | Louis Piché | April 25, 2011 (2011-04-25) | 167A |
| Pal, Amigo, Kate and Mei Lin take a trip around the world while competing with Nemo. |||||||
| 172b | 7b | "Muffy and the Big Bad Blog" | Jon Greenberg | François Brisson | April 25, 2011 (2011-04-25) | 167B |
| Muffy becomes addicted to blogging after chronicling her holiday to Costa Rica on her blog. After Francine suggests she should spend less time blogging, the two begin feuding online. |||||||
| 173a | 8a | "Arthur Unravels" | Susan Kim | François Brisson | April 26, 2011 (2011-04-26) | 171A |
| Grandma Thora teaches Arthur how to knit, but he is embarrassed about his new hobby. |||||||
| 173b | 8b | "All the Rage" | Claudia Silver | Louis Piché & Al Jeffery | April 26, 2011 (2011-04-26) | 171B |
| Muffy tries to come up with fashion trends, but they don't catch on. |||||||
| 174a | 9a | "D.W., Queen of the Comeback" | Peter K. Hirsch | Greg Hill | April 27, 2011 (2011-04-27) | 178B |
| After more teasing from the Tibbles, D.W. asks for advice on comebacks. |||||||
| 174b | 9b | "In My Africa" | Ken Pontac | Gerry Capelle | April 27, 2011 (2011-04-27) | 178A |
| Brain's cousin from Senegal, Cheikh, moves to Elwood City. After D.W. draws a picture with a misinterpretation of Africa, she, Brain, and Cheikh write a song educating about the countries of the continent. |||||||
| 175a | 10a | "Buster Spaces Out" | Ron Holsey | François Brisson | April 28, 2011 (2011-04-28) | 179A |
| Buster decides to build a model rocket ship, and recruits Arthur, George, Carl, Francine, and Muffy to help him. Chaos ensues until he receives advice from guest star Michael Fincke. |||||||
| 175b | 10b | "The Long Road Home" | Peter K. Hirsch | Louis Piché | April 28, 2011 (2011-04-28) | 179B |
| Thinking he performed badly in a running race, George decides to walk from Crown City to Elwood City to raise money for autism research. Arthur finds the El Boomerang soccer ball, and plans to give it to Alberto on his birthday. |||||||

### Australian air dates

Season 14 began screening on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's iView service and ABC2 on September 27, 2010. The episode order does not agree with the list above, instead being listed in the series' original production order. The episodes that didn't air in the U.S. from October 2010 to April 2011 were aired as season 15.

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Australian air date |
| - | - | - | - |
| 166 | 1 | "Follow the Bouncing Ball""Buster Baxter & the Letter from the Sea" | September 27, 2010 (2010-09-27) |
| 167 | 2 | "Around the World in 11 Minutes""Muffy and the Big Bad Blog" | September 28, 2010 (2010-09-28) |
| 168 | 3 | "I Wanna Hold Your Hand""Whistling in the Wind" | September 29, 2010 (2010-09-29) |
| 169 | 4 | "Nicked by a Name""The Play's the Thing" | September 30, 2010 (2010-09-30) |
| 170 | 5 | "Buster's Garden of Grief""Through the Looking Glasses" | October 1, 2010 (2010-10-01) |
| 171 | 6 | "Arthur Unravels""All the Rage" | October 2, 2010 (2010-10-02) |
| 172 | 7 | "S.W.E.A.T.""To Eat or Not to Eat" | October 3, 2010 (2010-10-03) |
| 173 | 8 | "Muffy's Classy Classics Club""Best Enemies" | October 4, 2010 (2010-10-04) |
| 174 | 9 | "The Agent of Change""D.W. Unties the Knot" | October 5, 2010 (2010-10-05) |
| 175 | 10 | "The Trouble with Trophies""The Butler Did... What?" | October 6, 2010 (2010-10-06) |
| 176 | 11 | "Tales of Grotesquely Grim Bunny""Pet Projects" | October 7, 2010 (2010-10-07) |
| 177 | 12 | "The Wheel Deal""The Buster Report" | October 8, 2010 (2010-10-08) |
| 178 | 13 | "In My Africa""D.W., Queen of the Comeback" | October 9, 2010 (2010-10-09) |
| 179 | 14 | "Buster Spaces Out""The Long Road Home" | October 10, 2010 (2010-10-10) |
| 180 | 15 | "Buster's Secret Admirer""The Last King of Lambland" | October 11, 2010 (2010-10-11) |
| 181 | 16 | "Fifteen" | October 12, 2010 (2010-10-12) |
| 182 | 17 | "Buster the Lounge Lizard""Cents-less" | October 13, 2010 (2010-10-13) |
| 183 | 18 | "Grandpa Dave's Memory Album""Buster's Carpool Catastrophe" | October 14, 2010 (2010-10-14) |
| 184 | 19 | "Falafelosophy""The Great Lint Rush" | October 15, 2010 (2010-10-15) |
| 185 | 20 | "What's in a Name?""Prunella the Packrat" | October 16, 2010 (2010-10-16) |

## Production

In September 2009, Cookie Jar Group confirmed production of this season and 185 episodes by 2010. Like season 12, this season produced 20 episodes for the broadcast span of two years (or television seasons). Because of this, many countries outside of the U.S. released the episodes earlier than scheduled for PBS.

Additionally, overseas this was the first season to be produced in 1080i HD (the previous two seasons were aired in widescreen in some markets but were still produced in 480i regardless of the aspect ratio), and was the first season to use previews for the episode on the title cards instead of the animated ones. In the US, the show continued to be aired in 480i and in the 4:3 aspect ratio, and still used the animated title cards up until season 16.

### All Kids Can Character Search

In January 2009, WGBH and CVS Caremark announced a character design contest for children aged 6 – 12. The contest was designed to educate children about the importance of inclusion and how children of all abilities can play together. Entries required an illustration and description of a character with a disability. Jacqui Deegan, senior director of Arthur comments, "We're looking for an exciting new character, who can show the gang in Elwood City that children come in all shapes, sizes and abilities. Over the years, ARTHUR has helped children to embrace other kids' unique characteristics as well as their own, and this new character will continue that tradition." The contest ran from February 1, 2009, to March 31, 2009, and the winner was announced in June 2009. Connor Gordon's character, Lydia Fox, was featured on the season premiere, "The Wheel Deal."

