Arthur (season 12) | |
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Country of origin | United States Canada |
No. of episodes | 10 (20 segments) |
Release | |
Original network | PBS |
Original release | October 6, 2008 | – April 24, 2009
Season chronology |
The 12th season of the television series Arthur was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States from October 6, 2008 to April 24, 2009 and contains 20 episodes. The 10 episodes listed below were broadcast as season 12, and the other 10 were broadcast as season 13. This resulted all of season 13 episodes airing in several countries such as Canada and United Kingdom for many months prior the U.S. broadcast. This season was created and originally aired in the 16:9 widescreen format though still in 480i; in the U.S., they were and continue to be aired in 4:3, with the left and right sides cropped out. The animation was produced by Animation Services HK Ltd. instead of by AKOM. This was also the first season where Michael Hirsh was credited as the executive producer.
Joan Rivers guest starred as Francine's grandmother and Camel on the season's premiere episode "Is That Kosher?". Lance Armstrong guest starred in the episode "Room to Ride" as himself. Dallas Jokic replaced Cameron Ansell as the voice of Arthur, and Lyle O'Donohoe replaced Paul-Stuart Brown as the voice of Brain.
Ungifted: Buster builds an old model harvester (called the Grain Reaper) bought by his Uncle Stu after he stumbled upon it in his closet. He hands it over to Arthur, who trades the Grain Reaper for Binky's Bionic Bunny poster, who then gives it to Brain, who donates it to Lakewood, who then puts it in the school sale. Arthur is upset when the Tibbles wreck it. So he rebuilds it incorrectly. Then, he brings it back to Buster, who was angry about the Grain Reaper being traded and donated. Buster buys a new harvester model with Arthur tagging along.
The Chronicles of Buster: Buster watches a commercial for the 376-disc special edition DVD of The Chronicles of Amazia. One month later, Buster does bad and Arthur good when they train for a rock-climbing expedition. Buster keeps dreaming of being in Amazia when the Lord of Darkness is Arthro (the evil version of Arthur). Buster contacts Arthur and they rock-climb together..