Arthur -04x07 - Binky Barnes, Wingman; To Beat or Not to Beat
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00:00Every day when you're walking down the street Everybody that you meet has an original point
00:10of view And I say, hey, what a wonderful kind of day
00:16If you could learn to work and play And get along with each other
00:22You got to listen to your heart, listen to the beat Listen to the rhythm, rhythm of the
00:28street Open up your eyes, open up your ears
00:31Get together and make things better By working together
00:35It's a simple message And it comes from the heart
00:39Oh, believe in yourself For that's the place to start
00:44And I say, hey, what a wonderful kind of day
00:49If you could learn to work and play And get along with each other
00:54Hey! What a wonderful kind of day
00:57Hey! What a wonderful kind of day
00:59Hey!
01:00Hey, T.W.!
01:03Hey!
01:11Everyone's got a favorite pastime. Reading is mine.
01:14Hey, Arthur, your delivery's here.
01:19But sometimes your favorite things can get out of hand.
01:24Like Buster and his snacks.
01:26Wow, the ultimate chocolate sundae.
01:35Wow, the ultimate chocolate sundae.
01:43Or like the brain and science.
01:47But I can't go to bed now. I'm on the verge of discovering a new galaxy.
01:54Or like Binky and... Hey, do you even have a favorite thing?
02:00I don't know.
02:05Binky Barnes Wingman
02:12It's coming, it's coming!
02:15The Big Bang Theory
02:22It's here!
02:31Giant bugs in school can only mean one thing.
02:34A massive radiation leakage in the cafeteria?
02:37No.
02:38It's Bug Week, Elwood City's annual festival of six-legged things
02:43that crawl, sting, bite, and make life oh so pleasant.
02:48Now remember, over the next few days, each of you will make a presentation
02:52on the bug, or bug-like creature, of your choice.
02:55Any questions?
02:56No.
02:58Good. It's getting hot in here.
03:02Then, when the spider, played by me, has the helpless fly wrapped up in silk,
03:08it sinks its huge fangs into it and...
03:11Yeah, Arthur, I don't want to hear about this before dinner.
03:14Me neither. I'm the one who's playing the fly.
03:17You guys better watch out for me, because I'm going to be a honeybee and they pack a sting.
03:22Sorry, I'm doing bees. Queen bees.
03:25Okay, I'll be a termite. Then I can really bring down the house.
03:30I'm doing termites.
03:31Well then, what about those things with a gazillion legs?
03:34A centipede?
03:35No, the other one.
03:37You mean a millipede?
03:38Yeah, that's it.
03:39Sorry, Binky, that's my project.
03:42Oh man, all the good bugs are taken.
03:46And here the honeybee workers feed what is called royal jelly to the future queen bees.
03:52And what would royal jelly be without a little royal peanut butter?
03:59Just what I'd expect from a class full of drones.
04:04Now the stink bugs will demonstrate their most unusual method of defense.
04:18George, did you bring enough clothespins for everybody?
04:22Uh, well, no.
04:27In an orderly fashion, please. Single file.
04:31Is that your bug week project?
04:33Yes. I'm showing how the praying mantis inspired an effective fighting style.
04:38Want a demonstration?
04:39Uh, no. I believe you.
04:42So, do you have a bug for your report yet?
04:44No. I wanted to have fleas, but Molly has them.
04:48How about butterflies? Nobody's picked them yet.
04:52Butterflies? They're for good.
04:55I was just trying to help.
04:57Some help? Giving me a girl's bug?
05:07Look at all the neat colors. Butterflies come from creepy looking worms? Cool.
05:25Gah!
05:35Gotcha!
05:36Gotcha!
05:55Huh?
05:58Wow.
06:00Ugh!
06:05They seem to prefer your lunch meat to mine.
06:07That's because mine is pate de foie gras.
06:14Is it Halloween already?
06:16Big blue butterfly! Which way'd he go?
06:20Pinky Barnes? Chasing butterflies?
06:24Tell me!
06:30Oh, you can't get away from me!
06:35Pinky, are you up there? I found some bugs good for boys if you still need them.
06:40He's not here. He's out hunting.
06:42Hunting?
06:43Yeah. Butterflies. He's gone butterfly crazy. He wants to collect every one he sees.
06:50Especially a big blue hard to catch one. He's been chasing it for days.
07:00It knows I can't leave school. It's mocking me.
07:05Now that we know the eating habits of termites, let's meet a real live colony.
07:11I don't see anything.
07:13They're inside. Working.
07:21Can you wrap it up, Buster?
07:25Any second now. Really. I think I hear him coming.
07:33Then, whap! A great big hand came down and squashed me.
07:38And so ended my exciting life as a blood-sucking mosquito.
07:46Don't expect all homework to be this much fun.
07:48Fun? Who has time for fun? My prize catch is still out there.
07:55Pinky, are you in there?
07:57Hey, close the flap quick. Don't let him out.
08:01Neat collection, huh? Monarchs. Swallowtails. Viceroys. I got them all.
08:07I've never had a real cool hobby before, and I owe it all to you.
08:12Pinky, those butterflies can't last in here. They'll die.
08:17Relax. It's only for one more day.
08:20Oh, good. You're going to set them free after you finish your project.
08:24No way. I'm going to move them into a bigger tent.
08:27Well, back to the hunt. My collection is nothing without him.
08:32Oh, he's clever, but he's going to make a mistake. And I'll be ready.
08:40Pinky, stop. You're hunting that poor butterfly like Captain Ahab hunted Moby Dick.
08:46You don't expect me to read that. Besides, I'm nothing like Captain Ahab. Moby Dick was a fish.
08:52A whale. I mean, you're going too far, Pinky.
08:56No, I'm not. I've worked hard to catch the big blue butterfly. He's mine. Mine.
09:03Well, see ya.
09:06What have I created?
09:09What have I created?
09:11553, 554, 555...
09:14It even looks like Captain Ahab.
09:16Brain, what are we going to do about Pinky?
09:19How am I ever going to prove that millipedes don't really have a thousand legs if you keep interrupting me?
09:25Aww.
09:27One, two, three. What happened to you?
09:32Buster got mad. He said he was tired of being a free meal.
09:36Arthur, did you get a chance to talk to Pinky?
09:39He won't listen. He's too busy chasing that butterfly.
09:42He's like Captain Ahab and Moby Dick.
09:45Isn't it possible you two are simply overreacting?
09:53There she goes!
09:55There she goes!
10:05Blue butterfly, seen it?
10:07That?
10:10Don't kid around. That's just a moth.
10:16Zoella, I got it. I got Big Blue.
10:20It's so pretty.
10:22Well, me and Big Blue are going to the museum.
10:26The museum? Why?
10:28I'm going to offer my collection to them so everyone can enjoy it.
10:33Wait up!
10:40I bet they've got a real cool place for their butterflies to live.
10:53They're not moving.
10:55What did you expect? Haven't you ever seen a real collection before?
10:59No.
11:05No!
11:13Don't look at me like that.
11:15What do you want me to do? If I let you go, I'll fail.
11:19If I let you go, I'll fail. I worked really hard on this.
11:28Then, when it's ready to eat the poor, helpless fly,
11:32the spider moves in, fangs ready to bite, and...
11:38Oh, how cute!
11:41Thanks a lot, Kate. I was supposed to have the most frightening report in the class.
11:47You're the last to go, Binky. You do have a project, don't you?
11:54Sure I do, but...
11:56can I do it outside?
12:01I wanted everyone to enjoy my extra-cool butterfly collection,
12:05and this is the best way to really see it.
12:09Wow!
12:11Look at that!
12:13That was really neat. I didn't think you'd let them go.
12:16Very impressive work, Binky.
12:18I look forward to reading the written portion of your report.
12:22Oh, I knew I forgot something.
12:29Francine Frensky can do a lot of things well.
12:33She can hit farther than anyone I know,
12:36and she can argue about anything better than anyone I know.
12:40I know what I'm talking about, and if I were wrong, I'd admit I'm wrong,
12:43but I've never had to do that, because I'm never wrong,
12:45and you're messing with the wrong person if you think you can...
12:47Okay, okay, you win.
12:49A tomato is not a vegetable, it's a fruit.
12:52But today, she wants to do something I don't think even she should try.
12:56Well, here I go. I'm going to fly.
13:01Aren't you going to tell her?
13:03You tell her. She could hurt herself.
13:06I guess it's for her own good.
13:08Francine! Stop it! You're going to get hurt!
13:11Kids can't fly!
13:13They can't?
13:14No! It's impossible!
13:16Oh!
13:20Don't you hate it when you have to burst someone's bubble?
13:25To beat, or not to beat.
13:31I know you're all concentrating,
13:34I know you're all concentrating on Friday's spring talent show,
13:37so I'm giving you extra homework to make sure you don't forget what's really important.
13:42Aww!
13:44I've got all new jokes for the talent show.
13:47What's orange and sounds like a parrot?
13:49Give up?
13:50A carrot!
13:52Humorous!
13:53Hey, Francine, what are you going to do for the talent show?
13:56I'm not telling. You'll be surprised, along with everyone else.
13:59What are you going to do, Arthur?
14:01I've been practicing tricks with Pal.
14:04Pal, sit!
14:06Good boy!
14:08Pal, shake your...
14:10Uh...
14:11Tail! Good boy!
14:13Oh, brother.
14:16We're not quite ready yet, but Pal's smart.
14:19What about you, Brain?
14:21I am Correcto, the human calculator.
14:23The audience will shout out math problems, and I'll do them instantly in my head.
14:28What if Ratburn asks a question?
14:30I never thought of that.
14:33If a train carrying 1,873 scoops of ice cream leaves Chicago at 7 a.m. and the freezer stops working,
14:40how fast would it have to travel to reach New York before half the ice cream melts,
14:45factoring in a melting rate of six scoops per minute?
14:50Maybe I should juggle.
14:54What is that?
14:56It's coming from that direction.
14:58You know what it could be?
15:00I saw an ad in the newspaper for an exterminator who uses sound to get rid of termites.
15:16There's a definite rhythm to that noise, like an engine.
15:20It'd have to be one gigantic engine.
15:29Yay!
15:32Whatever it is, it's coming from Francine's roof.
15:44Hey, no fair! This was supposed to be a surprise.
15:48Oh, well, uh, we're surprised.
15:52I didn't want you to hear me until the talent show.
15:54Now that the secret's out, what do you think?
15:59Oh, you haven't heard the whole thing yet. I'll start over.
16:02Um, I have to go type up the errors I found in the encyclopedia.
16:05I'm supposed to clean my room and wash the dogs.
16:07I, uh, I'm supposed to dry his dog.
16:18So, what do we do now?
16:20Order another shake?
16:22I mean, what do we do about Francine?
16:25We've got to go tell her how awful she sounds before the talent show.
16:28We don't?
16:29She's going to get booed off the stage.
16:31We shouldn't say anything.
16:33It's not nice to tell someone they're awful at what they do.
16:36But what if they really are awful?
16:38It wouldn't be polite, and you might hurt her feelings.
16:41Are you sure you don't want to order more shakes?
16:43We've got to do something.
16:46Don't we?
16:48I have to tell Francine.
16:50I bet she'll thank me.
16:52Who am I kidding? This is Francine.
16:54And what if Brain's right and I hurt her feelings?
17:00You don't believe in me.
17:02I'm a failure.
17:06How could you have been so cruel?
17:10Oh no!
17:12What have I done?
17:16What if I'm wrong?
17:18Thanks for telling me how bad my song was, Arthur.
17:21I'm so glad I didn't go to the talent show.
17:27Hey, that sounds like you.
17:33What a fantastic song.
17:35It's breaking all sales records in every country around the world.
17:39That could have been me.
17:41I could have been famous.
17:45Yes, I was wrong.
17:48It could happen.
17:50You were right, Arthur.
17:52I thought about it last night,
17:54and we've got to convince Francine to quit the talent show.
17:57I'm not so sure anymore.
17:59I mean, what if we're wrong?
18:01Maybe Francine's music could be the next big thing and sell millions.
18:04We should ask Muffy if she likes Francine's song.
18:07She always knows what's popular.
18:09But Muffy would never say anything bad about Francine.
18:12There's got to be a way for Muffy to hear the song
18:15without knowing it's Francine.
18:45La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
18:50La, la, la, la, la, la.
18:52La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
18:59La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
19:02What in the world is that?
19:05Turn it off.
19:07So it's bad, right?
19:09The worst.
19:10That's Francine practicing for Friday's spring talent show.
19:13Francine's usually a great drummer.
19:15How come she sounds so bad?
19:18Her bad singing must be affecting her normally good drumming.
19:22If that's true, then we don't have to get her to drop out of the talent show.
19:26We just have to stop her from singing.
19:28How do we tell her? I mean, it's Francine.
19:32I'm her best friend. I'll tell her.
19:37She wouldn't believe me. She said I was jealous.
19:41Why don't you try telling her, Arthur? If two people say it, she'll believe it.
19:52If three people tell her, she has to believe it.
20:00Four's a good strong number.
20:07How could she not believe four people?
20:09Well, she's going to have to believe it when everyone's booing and holding their ears.
20:13Poor Francine.
20:15She's here! Francine's here!
20:17It worked! She thought about it, and she knows we're right.
20:21What if you dropped this in my hall?
20:23I've never heard anything so awful in my life. What is it?
20:27Oh, that? It's... what is that exactly?
20:32Well, Francine, it's... it's an audio cassette.
20:37Come on, Muffy. What's it a tape of?
20:39It sounds like an elephant crushing Ratburn's car.
20:42Um, I, uh...
20:45It's you, Francine. We recorded you while you were playing the drums and singing.
20:51What kind of friends are you anyway? Why didn't anyone tell me? I sounded so bad.
20:56We all told you.
20:59Oh. Yeah, I guess you did.
21:02Your drumming has always sounded great... when you weren't singing.
21:06Singing is just as important to me as drumming.
21:09You know, you're a really good drummer.
21:12Maybe I'm not ready to do two things at once yet.
21:15I agree.
21:16Exactly!
21:17You're right!
21:18I guess I should only do one. Thanks for warning me.
21:21I better go practice the talent shows tomorrow.
21:26I can see all.
21:30I see into the mind of Mr. Ratburn.
21:34He's thinking about... yes, he's thinking about giving a lot of homework.
21:43Absolutely supernatural. I don't know how she does it.
21:47Our next contestant will be Francine Frensky.
21:51I feel so much better knowing that Francine's going to play the drums and not try to sing.
21:55I hope she realizes how much she should thank us.
22:00Oh, drums!
22:02Oh, no! She got it backwards!
22:04I can't look!
22:05I don't want to hear this!
22:13You can fly
22:16If you try
22:20You can fly
22:24If you try
22:26She's good!
22:28She's really good!
22:30She's exceedingly good!
22:33I knew she was good all along.
22:35You guys were trying to convince me I was wrong.
22:38You can do most anything
22:41Even learn how to sing
22:45Clap your wings
22:48You can fly
22:52You can fly
22:58I would have been so embarrassed if you guys had let me go out there singing and playing the drums.
23:03Ah, it was nothing.
23:05If you can sing and play the drums so well,
23:08how come when you did them both at the same time it sounded so... different?
23:13You mean bad?
23:14Well...
23:15Um, guess I need more practice.
23:18I knew you'd be great. I bet you win, Francine.
23:21And the winner is...
23:23George!
23:26George again?
23:28He always wins!
23:29You should have won, Francine.
23:31I'm going to keep working on the drumming and the singing.
23:33The next time I'll win. You'll see.
23:35Maybe you should sing, play drums, and hop on a pogo stick.
23:46I guess she sounds a little better.
23:48You really like it, Muffy?
23:52You say something?
23:56And I say, hey!
23:58What a wonderful kind of day
24:01If you learn to work and play
24:04And get along with each other
24:07You got to listen to your heart
24:09Listen to the beat
24:10Listen to the rhythm
24:12Rhythm of the street
24:14It's a simple message
24:16And it comes from the heart
24:19Believe in yourself
24:21For that's the place to start
24:23And I say, hey!
24:25What a wonderful kind of day
24:28If you learn to work and play
24:30And get along with each other
24:33What a wonderful kind of day
24:36What a wonderful kind of day