♪ Every day when you're walking down the street ♪ ♪ Everybody that you meet has an original point of view.

♪ ( laughs ) ♪ And I say hey!

♪ Hey!

♪ What a wonderful kind of day ♪ ♪ If we could learn to work and play ♪ ♪ And get along with each other ♪ ♪ You got to listen to your heart ♪ ♪ Listen to the beat ♪ ♪ Listen to the rhythm, the rhythm of the street ♪ ♪ Open up your eyes, open up your ears ♪ ♪ Get together and make things better by working together ♪ ♪ It's a simple message and it comes from the heart ♪ ♪ Believe in yourself ♪ ♪ For that's the place to start ♪ ♪ And I say hey!

♪ Hey!

♪ What a wonderful kind of day ♪ ♪ If we could learn to work and play ♪ ♪ And get along with each other.

♪ Hey!

♪ What a wonderful kind of day ♪ ♪ Hey!

What a wonderful kind of day.

♪ Hey!

ARTHUR: Hey, D.W. Hey!

Whoa!

( crash ) Everyone has their own tastes and likes something different.

♪ High as a plane or balloony ♪ ♪ Slappy, sloopy, gloopy, gloopy... ♪ Dresses in blue, pink or lavender-- No orange ever!

A notebook is useless unless you personalize it.

♪ Happy, hibey, hoopy, whoopy, doopy, doofy, screwy, bluey... ♪ Hmm... can you come back to me?

♪ Goey, gooey, chewy, flooey... ♪ Uh... this is hard.

A few good...

Shoes, shoes, shoes-- As many as possible!

FRANCINE: Muffy, you had your turn.

No, wait!

♪ Fuzzy, wuzzy, busalooney ♪ ♪ Crazy, glazey, crazy, lazy bus... ♪ Okay, I got it, I got it-- macaroni and cheese!

What do I like?

That's for me to know and you to find out.

( crashes ) Ah!

Will people buy this stuff?

That's the beauty of a yard sale-- one person's trash is another person's treasure.

Ugh!

Maybe we should make this bu ried treasure.

Here's more stuff.

These will make us money.

Where's that from?

Storage.

Hey, these are mine!

She's trying to sell my stuff.

It's worth big money.

You won't even miss it.

Put this stuff back right now!

Cool-- a yard sale!

Got anything good for 50 cents?

Fish finder six-- with improved graphics.

ARTHUR: D.W.!

I'll put this out but I don't think anyone will buy it.

Hey, our favorite, never-used wedding present.

( groans ) Wow!

It's beautiful!

How much is it?

( door closes ) Hi, Fran... ( shrieks ) What... is... that?

An ottoman with a foot warmer and TV tray.

Arthur's parents let me have it for free.

No, no, no!

This is the last straw!

You are not bringing any more revolting junk into this room.

KATHERINE: Fi rst, it was that lamp you got when Tastee Cone closed.

Then it was that ugly lava alarm clock.

And that reptile!

This madness must stop!

What about your things?

Lacy curtains Lacy, ugly cats Lacy pillows... Lacy lace!

So what if my half is lace-driven?

It has a unified theme.

Yeah, nauseating-- that's the theme.

You are so ignorant.

Just wait till your feet get cold.

Then you'll be sorry.

FRANCINE: Mom, look!

Arthur's parents didn't want this.

Can you imagine?

Uh... possibly.

I might as well hang a sign on our door-- "Toxic Taste Dump."

What do you think about this?

Your room's due for a paint job.

New colors will help.

Red and purple!

Mauve and gray!

Everything goes with white.

White?

White?

The focus will be on your interior design.

Come up with some ideas.

We'll hear them at the family meeting.

Hmm!

Studying my friends' rooms Will give me design ideas.

You have a lot of stuff, Muffy.

Where's my bed?

I don't think I could ever make my room Look like this.

And that's a sacred rock from the Amazon.

Wow!

( yelling like Tarzan ) Ugh!

Ow!

The exotic look really isn't me.

This just isn't my style.

It's not my style, either.

It's my mom's style.

Now, this is my style.

( groans ) ( sighs ) MR. FRENSKY: We will now hear ideas for the room redecorating project.

Francine?

Ta-dah!

Excellent!

You can shoot hoops from your bed!

Disgusting!

It's disgusting, and where's my bed?

FRANCINE: Right here.

What have you got?

I have something we can all live with.

Voila!

Where's my bed?

This converts to a cot.

I can't sleep in a clock!

It doesn't matter-- those ugly flowers will keep me up all night.

Wait a minute-- I've got it!

I have a brilliant idea!

Take all your ideas and put them together into one room.

Lower myself to her level?

please!

My friends have their own rooms.

No one shares with a frill-a-noid.

You think I like it?

I'd move in a minute.

I'll move.

I said it first.

I'm moving!

Where?

I love it!

It's like having a loft.

( sighs dejectedly ) You can't live in the living room if your bedtime is at 9:00.

And the bedroom is all yours.

Katherine, the table isn't part of your "room."

It's shared space, mother.

It needs a unifying theme.

See?

She's like bacteria from a space meteorite-- she spreads everywhere.

( zombie-like ): Lace...I need lace!

Hello!

( sighs ) Wow, your own bedroom!

It's like your sister's out of the house.

I still have to share my room.

Turning the garage into your bedroom is an excellent idea, D.W. Now Kate won't bother you.

Finally I have room for all my friends to come visit.

( doorbell chimes ) Door!

What do you want, Arthur?

Do you have any cake?

No!

Now go away!

( Arthur screaming ) But the room doesn't look right.

It seems kind of empty.

Maybe you just need more stuff.

If you see anything you like Call me and I'll give you a hand.

Great-- all i find is something Katherine would like.

There's nothing that's me.

Wait a minute!

Wow!

( squeaking ) What on earth is that?

Uh, it's a bat mobile.

I am so glad I don't have to deal with this anymore.

I am going to my room.

Ah, privacy!

( bats squeaking ) ( squeaking ) ( gasps ) They're so talented.

( screams ) Katherine!

A bat!

Help!

( in spooky voice ): I'm so glad you don't share a room, Francine.

( cackles evilly ) ( shrieking ) ( panting ) It was just a nightmare.

Oh!

Oh!

I know your room's kind of empty so I brought you something.

This is super.

I got something for you, too.

Oh, this is beautiful!

I'll have to put it... Somewhere.

Maybe you could put it in your room... Um, your real room.

You mean it?

Having my own room isn't as fun as I thought it would be.

A loft isn't as glamorous as I thought it would be.

The walls are so thin.

Want to move?

What?

What?

We combined our decorative resources.

Too bad you didn't think of that.

What a great room, Francine.

Katherine has such neat stuff.

I wish I had an older sister, too.

You're so lucky, Francine.

Yeah, I am.

KATHERINE: ( in distance ): Feet off the furniture!

( all giggling ) and now... Well, I just did the sun, and now I'm doing clouds.

I just love to draw.

I love to put stuff on paper... or... wood or whatever it is.

I started painting furniture about a year ago.

I painted my desk first because I thought the wood was ugly.

Then I painted it all black.

I have a moon in one corner And the rest just covered with stars.

What I'm going to do today Is paint a bookshelf half, like, solar system With a moon and planets and stars and half sun with clouds all around it.

I sketched it out.

Then I'll just paint it.

You can paint almost anything on furniture.

I mean, it's just like doing a regular painting.

You get to use your imagination a lot-- You could do whatever you want.

You just have to be careful and I think you'll enjoy what you've done.

I'm done.

It's very pleasing to see your artwork if you really enjoy it.

And now...

BRAIN: We need this basket to win!

If Francine passes me the ball I'll take care of it.

Pass it to Arthur!

Over here!

Huh?

Go, Arthur!

ARTHUR: Sorry.

( others gasp ) ( blows whistle ) RATBURN: Arthur's team wins.

( others cheering ) Don't cheer me.

It was easy.

FRANCINE: Arthur, Arthur!

Huh?

If we don't score, we lose.

I'll take care of it.

( blows whistle ) Binky's team wins.

Boy, sometimes winning is a lot harder than you imagine.

( Pal barking ) ( Kate crying ) ( TV jingle plays ) What can we do for fun?

ALL: Yay!

Chorus: ♪ It's new, it's fun, it's number one ♪ ♪ What is it?

♪ ♪ No guessing.

♪ I win!

ANNOUNCER: No guessing-- the world's greatest quiz game!

It's the most fun you'll ever have!

Wow, I want that game.

They say it's the most fun you'll ever have.

More fun than a roller coaster or the last day of school?

I want that game!

( change jingling ) Does making those faces Scare the money into coming out?

( bell dings ) I win!

Hey, you got it!

Yeah, let's play!

"A scientist combined one liter of H2O with nine ounces of soil.

What compound did he make?"

Um... phosphorus?

Mud-- H2O is water, soil is dirt... that makes mud.

You got it wrong, so... ( bell dings ) I win!

( TV jingle plays ) "A baseball is covered with what material?"

If you don't know you don't know.

You'll never guess this.

Is it... cowhide?

( TV jingle plays ) I win!

( groans ) The site of King Solomon's mines... Would that be Zimbabwe?

Is it?

( defeated ): Yes... ( TV jingle playing ) I win!

You don't have to do that Just because it was on TV!

( bell dings ) Stupid game.

Let's play "no guessing."

I'm not in the mood.

How about something else?

Please don't say "I win."

Okay... You lose!

After I lost at bowling I lost at video games and checkers.

I lose at everything.

I even lost my glasses.

I'll help you find them for five dollars.

D.W.!

They're on your head, Arthur.

( sighs ) I guess I'm just a loser.

Sometimes luck goes in cycles.

Don't worry, you'll win soon.

How about a game of cards before your luck changes...

I mean, to help your luck change?

Do you have any threes?

I've never been This close to beating you at cards.

Do you have any sevens?

ARTHUR: I can't lose to D.W. She'll tell everyone!

Mmm... no sevens.

Go fish.

Look, a swarm of lightning bugs!

Where?

Do you have Any nines?

I win!

How could I lose?

I was so close to winning.

Now I know, Pal-- if my luck won't change itself, I'll make it change.

All I have to do is find the easy questions.

ARTHUR: If I don't get this next question right, you win.

Hey, is that a break in the time-space continuum?

What?

Where?!

Very funny.

You can't delay losing any longer.

Here's your question.

"What is the largest city in France?"

Paris.

Each basket in basketball is worth two points.

That's right.

( bell dings ) I win!

Wow, you got nine questions in a row right.

Congratulations.

( gulping noisily ) Could I have more lemonade?

Sure.

That's called "icing the puck."

The equator.

A lobster.

The Boston Red Sox.

I win!

Want to play three out of five?

1945.

Wait until I ask a question.

Hey!

That's the right answer.

( embarrassed ): What a coincidence.

Arthur sure got good.

He never loses.

If it were anyone but Arthur, I would think he was cheating.

But Arthur would never cheat.

( yawning ) MOM: Arthur, did you finish your homework?

Almost done!

The most exciting thing about winning is when you win.

I love that feeling!

Ooh, ay... ( bell dings ) I win!

Let's go seven out of ten.

You'll just win again.

Let's do something else.

When did you put up these mirrors?

They make a room seem bigger.

I can't help it if I win all the time.

I'm just a winner.

( Arthur fakes a sneeze ) Oh, did you miss?

That means I win.

You did that on purpose.

Come on, it's part of the game.

If you can't take the competition, don't play.

Arthur was a bad sore loser, but he's a worse sore winner.

I wish he'd lose again.

How?

He's beaten almost everyone at school at everything.

Everyone but Binky.

FRANCINE: No one wants to play against Binky Because he cheats.

If Arthur loses at his favorite game He might go back to normal.

Hey, Binky!

Hey, I hear you're afraid To play that game against me.

Who said that?

It was... Something I thought of all by myself.

So, you afraid or what?

Don't you have anything better to do?

ALL: No.

ARTHUR: With everyone watching, I better not cheat.

Binky's losing!

He's creaming you.

Why don't You cheat?

I don't know how to cheat at this game.

You got to know stuff.

What did he say?

You don't want to know.

"What is the third planet from the sun?"

Uh... mars?

( imitates buzzer ): Wrong!

( all cheering for Binky ) Why are my friends rooting against me?

Everyone wants you to lose because you've been acting like a jerk.

Sorry.

You need to talk to me?

Buster, everyone ha tes me.

I've been winning games but losing friends.

You should never have cheated.

Everyone wants to see me lose But it's impossible to lose against Binky.

Cheating got you into this-- Why not cheat?

Cheat to lose?

Make sure he gets the easy questions?

Yeah-- you got any food?

No.

Then I've got to go.

I got an appointment with a chocolate soda.

That's exactly what Buster would have said.

Whose turn?

You have to ask me a question.

Oh... my shoe's untied.

"A four-legged, barking canine."

You mean, like, dog?

Correct.

Yes!

Yes!

A basketball is full of... air?

Dirt.

The bread around a hot dog is the bun.

C-A-T.

Yes, you win.

Yes, I win!

I beat the champion.

Now I am the champion!

Yes!

You beat me.

( others gasp ) Uh... Arthur, you cheated?

And you lost anyway.

I hope this teaches you that cheating's not worth it.

Believe me, it sure does.

Let's go to the Sugar Bowl and celebrate my losing!

No, let's celebrate everything being mormal again.

"And Buster, I'll never cheat again.

"Thanks for your good advice.

I couldn't have worked it out without all your help."

Huh?

You might want to know the secret formula for drawing Arthur.

We'll do two letter O's, hook them together with a little upside-down letter U.

Then we'll do a larger letter U like this.

We'll do a straight line here.

Two dots here.

Two lines here.

Two dots here.

A curved line for his mouth.

I will add his ears.

And there's Arthur.

That's great!

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