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Arthur => Series Discussion => Topic started by: A Lotta Moms on December 20, 2013, 08:08:32 pm
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Can you guess which show I'm talking about?
1. The main character is pretty much bald and wears a yellow shirt. His main trait is being quite ordinary. At one point, he has a crush on a girl who will never love him back.
2. He has a pet dog who lives in a little world of his own.
3. His little sister usually wears a pink dress.
4. His best friend is a little strange and believes in supernatural things. He's also known to suck his thumb.
5. One of his best female friends is butch, outgoing, great at sports, assertive, had a crush on him in early episodes, and many of the show's fans suspect her of being a lesbian.
6. His other main female playmate is stuck-up, condescending, has her own "professional" enterprise, and often talks using stilted adult/business terminology. She has a delusional crush on a musician. During Halloween, she dresses up as a witch.
7. A secondary character is a girl with curly red hair tied up in tails who usually wears yellow and/or a cooler color like blue or purple.
8. He only has one African-American friend who we know of.
9. A very special episode deals with cancer.
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Peanuts, by Charles Schulz.
I was almost fooled. For a good few seconds, I had another show in mind. 8)
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Ding ding ding! Correct! Of course, Arthur would have been equally correct. ;D
It's amazing how much the two share in common. I have to wonder how much is coincidental and how much was directly inspired by Peanuts. Also, there's the fact that both shows make effective use of traditionally-black music styles, which is very unconventional for cartoons. With Peanuts, it was jazz. With Arthur, it's the reggae theme song.
I suppose great minds think alike.
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I look forward to making it a good one and want to make it great.
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The main character is pretty much bald and wears a yellow shirt
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Ding ding ding! Correct! Of course, Arthur would have been equally correct. ;D
It's amazing how much the two share in common. I have to wonder how much is coincidental and how much was directly inspired by Peanuts. Also, there's the fact that both shows make effective use of traditionally-black music styles, which is very unconventional for cartoons. With Peanuts, it was jazz. With Arthur, it's the reggae theme song.
I suppose great minds think alike.
I agree with this opinion.
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It's quite hard, can't imagine that I've never watched it. I'll wait and see for other people's answers