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Author Topic: The Tough Customers  (Read 525 times)

MCCJ

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Re: The Tough Customers
« on: November 22, 2012, 11:02:55 pm »
They kind of look like teenagers as well, but I wonder if they used that for a little creative licensing, so little kids watching will get the idea that they're older than Arthur and his friends, without having to actually explaining it to them ('cause, y'know, to little kids, older kids look "tough" and "mean" at first glance).

I agree, both Rattles and Molly each have interesting personalities, and different layers to their characters... I wonder if their softening up has something to do with Binky "de-founding" the club in "Arthur's Big Hit", I think they saw that Binky was upset about being forced to punch Arthur when he didn't really want, and at the same time, realize they were in the wrong too for pressuring him into doing so. I think that was the turning point for them, and they went from being straight forward bullies to somewhat rebellious older kids. I don't remember either, but wasn't "Arthur Makes Waves" or whatever it's called another similar turning point, specifically for Molly?

I know I'm not going to be popular for this, specifically with Sarge, but I still don't consider Slink one of the Tough Customers... why they brought him back at random is beyond me, but I still think of him as the other half of Toby and Slink from "Buster and the Daredevils". I forget the name of the brown dog Tough Customer, but I haven't seen him in more recent times, so I guess they made Slink his replacement or something?

You know, I'm actually starting to wonder if that's actually another reason why earlier episodes, particularly those from Season One, are rarely shown in reruns, because maybe it might confuse kids why Binky would be mean and a bully that kids run away from in one episode, then nice and one of the gang in another.

Slink sort of replaced him. That dog character never had a known name from what we know of. Many of the episodes of Arthur have aired at least once in the entire year. Some have even aired more then once.