#and Fern nooo why you sad

[t4r0tc4rdz]

You are so correct and I hope you do this trick again

and for my next trick, FINN MERTENS

[funkyrabbit]

thoughts on 25x04 -blabbermouth/all grown up

okay, i think i’m finally ready to talk about this episode. 

general note about season 25: i do think it was decent as a whole, though it wasn’t anything spectacular. the last episode was definitely the best of the season.

25x04a - blabbermouth

- arthur and the gang are throwing a welcome back party for muffy because she just returned from a trip to hawaii. i find it odd that rattles is at this party because i didn’t really think he and muffy were friends??

- buster getting the messes on his shirt from the sandwich and hiding in the bushes is just...adorable lmao. we haven’t seen his sloppy habits come up in a while. i like to think it’s because he’s undergone some character development, especially after the events of episodes like “germaphobia” 

- buster is upset because arthur hasn’t told him about the last four surprise parties, arthur lies and says he forgot to tell him. buster recognizes muffy’s cake, and says he saw arthur and his mom buy it

- side note: i just love that all these years, they’ve kept arthur’s habit of fiddling with his glasses when he’s fibbing, it’s so cute

- buster is just a mess lmao, that shirt is ruined shfkgl

- rattles is friends with maria too?? interesting

- arthur tells buster that he blabbed about his underwear nightmares (ref to “arthur’s underwear”), his crush on his babysitter (sally, a ref to “crushed”), his fear of grotesquely grim bunny (”tales of grotesquely grim bunny” WOW, i was not expecting a reference to that episode), and his love for love ducks (ref to “that’s a baby show”)

- arthur goes on to say buster blabbed about the surprise parties for binky, fern and brain. so they had four surprise parties after that which arthur didn’t tell buster about, because he spoiled the first three

- buster asks arthur to tell him a secret, and later vents to brain about his concerns about arthur over ice cream, spilling the secret arthur told him in the process lol 

-  “you’re learning to keep your mouth? why? is it going somewhere?” idk it made me laugh sdfhks

- and for what is probably the millionth time in the series, buster contemplates his friendship with arthur, wondering if he’s not “best friend material” anymore. 

- BUSTER’S REACTION TO ARTHUR LYING TO HIM OHH NOOO

- “I didn’t trust you not to tell a real secret.” ARTHUR YOU LITERALLY MADE BUSTER CRY WHAT THE FUCK 

- “I may have blabbed, arthur, but i have never lied to you.” THIS IS LITERALLY SOMETHING COUPLES WOULD ARGUE ABOUT 

- this part fucked me up so much i’m literally making a separate post about it later

- then buster is venting to muffy about his problems with arthur, and muffy wants him to suck his thumb for likes on instagram - i mean pictogram dfhkd

- buster has muffy make a post calling people to the community garden so they can share his secrets with him and naturally no one shows up lmao. but george shares a secret with him because he feels bad for him, aww

- as a side note why does the garden look so dead? maybe a lot of the vegetables aren’t in season?? 

- ohhhh look how sad buster is when he realizes it was bad to share george’s secret 😭

- i know there has been some discussion/theories of what george’s secret was. i agree with the idea that george told buster about a crush he has on someone, because that’s probably considered pretty serious at their ages. even muffy agreed that posting it would be going too far. it had to be something “embarrassing” and it certainly wasn’t anything sad or tragic, so that seems most likely.

- “i’m sorry i dragged you along. i don’t know why i needed you, but i did” “i’m glad i came!” PLS I’M CRYING THEY’RE SO CUTE 

in summary: i’m not sure why everyone was saying “blabbermouth” is a bad episode, i’m probably just biased but i thought it was cute. i also think think an episode about this was warranted, buster’s literally had this habit since season 1 lmao.

25x04b - all grown up

- at the start of this episode, we see ms. turner talking to mrs. pariso, who we’ve only seen in a handful of episodes. we did see her in 25x02b “a cloudy day” and before that her last major appearance was in “arthur and the haunted treehouse”

- i am SO glad patrick made one final appearance in the last episode, even if he didn’t have a speaking role.

- of course buster takes like 4 free sample chocolates lmao 

- CAPRI DI VAPIDA CAMEO???

- marc brown in the arthur finale is just perfect

- “mushrooms - as long as they’re chanterelles” oh muffy

- buster’s comment about muffy becoming a mail carrier sorta reminds me of “buster’s special delivery” where he volunteers to deliver the school mail lol

- cue muffy failing at delivering mail lol

- “you could be a politician” “i suppose i’d consider president” TYPICAL muffy...

- the aged up francine in her imagine spot is just....so not francine. i’m so glad it isn’t her actual aged up design lol

- OLD MAN SLINK HAD ME WHEEZING

- “my daddy is a boring old business person” “and he’s sooo good at it” loving this sarcasm from francine lmao

- the way everyone laughed when the game said buster would be a teacher 💀 💀 💀 

- BUSTER TEACHING A CLASS FULL OF BRAINS RIP 

- i didn’t know this, but the A-113 on the door is apparently a famous animation reference

- flash forward to 20 years later, where everyone is 28

- MICHAEL YARMUSH AS ADULT ARTHUR IS EVERYTHING. THAT WAS PERFECT. also, there were complaints about it, and it was memed on, but adult arthur’s design isn’t that bad to me?? the hair kind of took some getting used to, and i certainly never saw arthur growing a full head of a hair, but i kind of like it. part of me thinks it’s a wig tho lmao. i like to think arthur wears sweaters as an adult too, but his outfit does fit him in a way. regarding his career as a graphic novelist, that kind of came out of nowhere, but it works! 

- i was NOT expecting that kind of a future for buster, but it does work when i consider it. he’s definitely a college professor, since he’s teaching a 20-21 year old kate. i’m glad they didn’t give buster a full head of hair, because that wouldn’t be fitting for him at all lmao. buster’s design really tells me that he’s going to go through a lot of change as an adult. i’ll probably make a follow up post on this later, but you have to have your phd or mfa to be a college professor for a fine arts class. these degrees take years to complete, so attaining that status in your late 20s is quite impressive. buster really buckled down and applied himself, so it must be something he really wanted to do. 

- MUFFY AS A POLITICIAN IS ALSO PERFECT. END OF STORY. it’s funny because if you watch 05x6a “the election” it shows just how damn good muffy would be in politics lmao. also, her opponent is “mayor hirsch,” a ref to peter k. hirsch, the head writer of arthur. also her pantsuit is so fitting and classy, i love her hair. she and george were the only characters who looked about how i’d expected them to look.

- george’s design is pretty plain, but for him, it works! can i just say i LOVE how he turned the sugar bowl into a cafe? he didn’t change the name, “the sugar bowl” works for a dessert shop and a cafe, that’s so good. i pictured george going into something like woodworking or carpentry, but it’s possible he also does that on the side? 

 - francine’s design garnered some controversy but i LOVE IT. her hair is amazing. her taste in fashion is superb. also she is LITERALLY a lesbian and don’t even try to tell me that’s not what they were going for with her design lol. i wasn’t expecting her to run a company that makes sneakers, but it does make sense given her love for sports!

- tbh i don’t know how to feel about binky becoming a weatherman?? that was probably what surprised me the most of all, but i guess 25x01a “binky wrestles with a story” was trying to foreshadow that? his hair and glasses are cute tho 

- dw as a cop also got quite a bit of controversy lmao. i will say that i agree, it is fitting for her to go into law enforcement given her personality. also she’s actually voiced by a WOMAN for the first time in the series - nissae isen. it’s interesting how closely her voice resembles younger dw’s, they did really well with the casting for her

- bud in the finale, i guess i should’ve been expecting that lmao. AND HE TAKES OFF HIS HELMET (there’s a running joke in the fandom about bud taking off his hat, it’s been around for years lmao). his aged up design actually looks pretty decent?? it’s less lazy than i thought it would be

- I STARTED GETTING EMOTIONAL AGAIN WHEN I REALIZED MICHAEL YARMUSH AS ARTHUR IS THE FIRST AND LAST VOICE HEARD IN THE SERIES 😭

in summary: WHAT A WAY TO END THE SERIES. arthur becomes a graphic novelist, publishing his first graphic novel which is the entire arthur series, and he begins reading “arthur’s eyes” to the gang, creating an endless loop between the final episode and the first episode. kudos to the writers for coming up with something so ingenious, i never expected that. also, how the character’s relationships are left TOTALLY OPEN. that was so good for the fandom, so now we can ship what we want and make up our own fanon. 

this may be an unpopular opinion but i’m not necessarily upset that other characters (brain, sue ellen, fern, etc.) didn’t appear. i like that they made the futures of some characters unknown. i will be making another post about my headcanons for adult arthur characters but yeah, i don’t really see it as a bad thing.

i do agree that it might’ve worked better as a special, but then they may have to talk about character relationships or other details like that. i thought it was nice how they just gave us a hint at the characters’ futures. it wasn’t perfect, of course. they could’ve opted for better animation too, since it was the final episode, but that was probably out of the question. overall, for what it was, the finale honestly turned out fan-fucking-tastic. i don’t really like to rate arthur episodes anymore, but the finale is a solid 10/10 😭 

thank you to marc brown, greg bailey, peter k. hirsch, and everyone who worked on arthur. goodbye to a piece of my childhood that i will forever hold close in my heart 💗

[jamieontheroof]

Locked In (185) - The warning at the start that jonathan (the writer) says worries me - Uh oh they’re in martins domain and jon and martin lost each other immediately

Quiet (186) - Wait martin doesnt actually want jon there? He’s just talking to himself - “Between you and me, [Jon] has some serious issues,” “Hey! I’m pretty sure we love that man,” “And all his many, many problems,” - I liked that episode probably because it was only martin

Checking Out (187) - “Excuse me while I try to contain my join.” “You are excused! :D” i love helen so much - Jon was doing a statement said something about a “honeymoon room” or smthng and helen just replies with “Still unoccupied, if you and Martin are interested” 💀- “It’s very tasteful. Ferns,” - “Jon, I don’t tell you how to pull terror from peoples brain,” “Well you do a bit,” “Fair enough,” - I think jon is trying to kill helen (kinda sad about that) but he’s in her domain so he cant - HELEN NOOO I REALLY LIKE HER - “So, Helens gone then..” “Yeah..” “Damn,”

Peers (189) - “Jon use your words,” - why is martin acting so weird? What? GEORGIE?? MELANIE?? They have a cult?? What 

Scavengers (190) - Ah shit there is ten episodes left - “for fu-” she really hates the tape recorders - is the admiral okay?? - i love melanie and martin talking “Modern-world dating I suppose,” dsafkh - everyone thinks that melanie and georgie are like prophets

S5 (holy shit)

Trailer - I am so bummed out, i never thought i would be this sad while jon and martin are actually communicating

Dwelling (161) - What? Sorry? Is this like before everything? I love this (aside from elias) I’m smiling so much :))) oh my god wait no im going to cry because this has to be jon listening to it in the future and my heart is </3 wait god no dont tell me its his birthday (it wasnt) - “Are we safe?” “Yes, it doesn’t want to harm me,” “And me?” “I won’t let it,” - SASHA WAS GOING TO BE THE ARCHIVIST?????? Omg leitner is here!! - okay probably not the right thing to be thinking of but jon randomly saying “I love you,” to martin - 

A Cosy Cabin (162) - Ooooo gerad!!! (and gertrude) - it’s nice to hear tim and sasha’s voices again jkdasf i love sasha and tim talking and my eyes are tearing up, no ones been that happy for a long long time ISFHASDF OMG TIM AND SASHA HOOKED UP?? DKFASHJHJ TIM DESCRIBED THEM AS A WILL THEY WONT THEY IM SMILING AND CRYING - uhh what -  IHUGFJDI MARTINS BEEN PREPARED FOR AGES OMG I LOVE HIM SO MUCH (so does jon)

In the Trenches (163) - “You’re being ominous again,” “Sorry,”  - WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING?? THAT TOOK A TURN GODDAM - JDSFKAH “Martin? Martin? Martin, I hate your tea and wish you made coffee instead..” “..” “alright..” - I like it when martin talks to the tape recorders, idk why - is that a phone? Oh a payphone? What “Is anyone gonna get that?” lmao