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Arthur
Country of origin United States
Canada
No. of episodes 7 (14 segments)
Release
Original network PBS
Original release October 10, 2016 (2016-10-10) – June 1, 2017 (2017-06-01)
List of Arthur episodes

The 20th season of Arthur began broadcast on PBS in the United States on October 10, 2016, and finished on June 1, 2017. In this season, Oasis Animation took over animation from 9 Story Media Group.

Christian Distefano is the new voice of D.W., replacing Andrew Dayton. Distefano previously voiced James in Seasons 18 and 19. Jacob Ursomarzo replaced William Healy as Arthur, and Samuel Faraci and Devan Cohen replaced Jacob Ewaniuk and Jake Sim as Timmy and Tommy Tibble.

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Written by Storyboarded by Original air date
226 1 "Buster's Second Chance"
"Arthur and the Whole Truth"
Ken Scarborough
Peter K. Hirsch
Cilbur Rocha
Jeremy O'Neill
October 10, 2016 (2016-10-10)

"Buster's Second Chance": Buster has a dream about what his life would be like if he was a genius.

"Arthur and the Whole Truth": Arthur thinks that Buster has been lying to him to avoid hurting his feelings.
227 2 "Fern's Flights of Fancy"
"Cereal"
Peter K. Hirsch
John Yearly
Gerry Capelle
Cilbur Rocha
October 11, 2016 (2016-10-11)

"Fern's Flights of Fancy": Fern writes a story for a writing contest, but ends up losing. She gives up on writing and pursues soccer as an interest.

"Cereal": After a box of D.W.'s favorite cereal goes missing, Buster makes a podcast about the scenario.
228 3 "He Said, He Said"
"Bunny Trouble"
Cheri Magid
Kathy Waugh
Sylvain Lavoie
Jeremy O'Neill
October 12, 2016 (2016-10-12)

"He Said, He Said": Arthur, Buster, Carl, and George are excited to watch a Bionic Bunny special, but the cable goes out. Meanwhile, D.W. and Bud play Tower of Cows, and Carl joins in.

"Bunny Trouble": D.W. is allowed to take home her preschool class's pet bunny, who runs away. D.W. must find the bunny before returning to school, and gets help from Ladonna.
229 4 "Bud's Knotty Problem"
"That's MY Grandma!"
Raye Lankford
Cliff Ruby & Elana Lesser
Cilbur Rocha
Gerry Capelle
October 13, 2016 (2016-10-13)

"Bud's Knotty Problem": Bud learns to tie his shoes after seeing a pair of boots that he wants.

"That's MY Grandma!": D.W. is upset when Grandma Thora becomes the most popular babysitter in Elwood City.
230 5 "Lend Me Your Ear"
"The Butler Did It"
Raye Lankford & Peter K. Hirsch
Peter K. Hirsch
Allan Jeffery
Gerry Capelle
May 30, 2017 (2017-05-30)

"Lend Me Your Ear": Mr. Ratburn begins to ignore his students, much to Arthur, Buster, and Brain's concern. He later reveals that this is due to his noise-induced hearing loss, as he plays in a band.

"The Butler Did It": Mr. Crosswire gets a robot butler, but Muffy fears that it may replace Bailey.
231 6 "Prunella's Tent of Portent"
"Mutiny on the Pitch"
Jessica Carleton
Cliff Ruby & Elana Lesser
Jeremy O'Neill
Cilbur Rocha
May 31, 2017 (2017-05-31)

"Prunella's Tent of Portent": After Marina doubts Prunella's fortune-telling abilities, they makes a bet that Prunella's three predictions will come true by the end of the day.

"Mutiny on the Pitch": Francine leaves her soccer position to Buster when the Lakewood Elementary soccer team claims she is too bossy.
232 7 "The Hallway Minotaur"
"Ladonna's Like List"
Matt Hoverman
Jessica Carleton
Gerry Capelle
Allan Jeffrey
June 1, 2017 (2017-06-01)

"The Hallway Minotaur": George becomes Lakewood Elementary's hallway monitor.

"Ladonna's Like List": Ladonna makes a list to see how many people like her.
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