I was actually really excited to recap this special. In fact, I mentioned it way back in April 2012 but I was holding off until I got a special reaction GIF and then I swore I already recapped this but I went through my archive to double check and I guess it never happened. Until now.

I should be studying for my midterms but fuck that, I just remembered how great this special is. I wish they’d toon it meer often.

Our special opens with Muffy and Francine watching the Backstreet Boys muziek video for ‘I Want It That Way’. There is a brief moment where we see their “real world” selves...

*DW gets in dead meat/grounded

Courtneyfan6: Okay, class, today's behavior card day. We'll start from best to worst; goud to black. Here are the cards.
(Gold: Serena from Pokemon)
Serena: Yes! I got a goud card! Ash will be so proud of me!
Courtneyfan6: Good job, Serena. u are the best student ever! Please go to the Principal's office to make her proud!
(Silver: Courage from Courage the Cowardly Dog)
Courage: Yes! I got a silver card!
Courtneyfan6: Good job, Courage! u get a jaar off! Go to the Principal's office!
(Pink: Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup)
Blossom: Yes! Me, Bubbles and Buttercup...

It was Christmas morning and everyone was opening their gifts and DW was so happy about seeing the last gift thinking it was Tina The Talking Tabby. A toy that she would not shut up about. She opened it and it was a eend that could talk instead that could say 5000 things.

DW: Can it say meow?

Jane: Probably not.

DW looked sad.

Jane: Are u upset?

DW: No...........I WANTED TINA THE TALKING TABBY!!!!I WANTED TINA THE TALKING TABBY!!!! (She sobbing) SANTA HOW COULD u THIS IS THE WORSE CHRISTMAS EVER!!!!

She hits the eend and it talked and she was happy and zei for someone who is not a kitty hes...

D.W.: (after Arthur realizes that D.W. has accidentally broken his plane) If it could break the sound barrier, falling out of a window shouldn't be able to break it.
Arthur: (angrily) I told u not to touch it.
D.W.: u built it all wrong! Did u even read the directions?
(Arthur furiously gets on his feet and grits his teeth, but D.W. is too busy talking to be afraid.)
D.W.: It didn't fly for one second! It's not my fault if u made a plane that can't fly.
Arthur: (lividly) I told you... NOT TO TOUCH IT!!!!!!
(He punches D.W., and she hits the ground; D.W. wails in agony as she heads back inside.)...

Man that theme song written door Ziggy Marley hit me like a giant semitruck carrying my childhood. I want to say something really important as this is technically the Arthur pilot and it’s a publicly funded animated series with like, 26 episodes in its first order…

What am I dithering about?

So don’t u notice that in the first episode of a tv series, the plotline is usually “Everyone, meet everyone” where the gang of vrienden gets together of inducts a new person into their gang. And the the writers are crossing their fingers that enough people give a damn about the toon so they can...