The BEST episodes of Arthur season 2

Every episode of Arthur season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Arthur season 2!

The adventures of Arthur, an 8-year-old aardvark, and his family and friends as they grow up and learn how to be good neighbors to one another.

Last Updated: 12/7/2024Network: PBSStatus: Ended
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9.58
38 votes

#1 - D.W. Goes to Washington

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 10/31/1997

It's the 1st family trip and Arthur gets to choose. He chooses going to Washington, D.C. and D.W. thinks that she's going to be bored until she accidentally runs into the president of U.S.A.

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9.51
39 votes

#2 - Arthur's Underwear

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/24/1997

Arthur has an embarrassing dream about being seen in his underwear and it gets even worse when it happens for real!

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star
9.35
40 votes

#3 - Lost!

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 10/30/1997

Arthur gets on the wrong bus to his swimming lessons and gets lost. He acts maturely and asks people to help him get back to Elwood City.

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Arthur's TV-Free Week
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9.24
37 votes

#4 - Arthur's TV-Free Week

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/28/1997

It's trouble, right here in Elwood City. The kids--and their parents--have all pledged not to watch TV for one whole week. That's days, hours, and a whole bunch of minutes (10,680 to be exact, as Buster is horrified to discover). Can they last? Who will be the first to break?

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Play it Again, D.W.
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9.21
39 votes

#5 - Play it Again, D.W.

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/27/1997

D.W. discovers the beauty of music as she first listens to her Crazy Bus compact disc which annoys Arthur. When it disappears she thinks he did it until they get a phone call from their parents at a party telling D.W. that they took it and it's the life of the party.

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Buster Baxter, Cat Saver
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8.79
39 votes

#6 - Buster Baxter, Cat Saver

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/27/1997

Buster saves a cat from up a tree and now he is known as a local hero because of an article in the newspaper.

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star
8.67
6 votes

#7 - Fern's Slumber Party

Season 2 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/10/1998

Fern is not the most popular girl at school and she likes it that way but her mother doesn't so she throws a slumber party and tells all the kids to come. Eventually everything turns out great and she ends up getting the reputation as a detective.

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8.00
4 votes

#8 - Love Notes for Muffy

Season 2 - Episode 31 - Aired 4/13/1998

When Muffy annoys Francine and Brain they decide to get even with her by sending her fake love notes for an anonymous person to make her look goofy.

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Buster Hits the Books
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8.00
4 votes

#9 - Buster Hits the Books

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/6/1998

Buster doesn't do a book report for Mr.Ratburn and the others react and think that he can't read. The truth is Buster only reads books that interest him, so when he picks up Robin Hood he decides to do his report on that. At the end Arthur and Buster start writing a sequel to Robin Hood.

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Arthur Meets Mr. Rogers
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7.84
49 votes

#10 - Arthur Meets Mr. Rogers

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/20/1997

Mr.Rogers from ""Mr.Rogers Neighborhood"" comes to the Read family for a visit. Everyone especially D.W. loves him except for Arthur who's even embarrassed to be seen with him. Can he overcome this embarrassment before his friends find out?

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star
7.83
42 votes

#11 - Arthur Makes a Movie

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/23/1997

Arthur wants to see a movie, but he is too young to see it, so he and his friends make a parody of the movie.

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star
7.83
6 votes

#12 - Arthur's Knee

Season 2 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/9/1998

Arthur and the Brain are doing a report, and one of the wheels breaks off. Arthur and D.W. go to the dump, where they are forbidden to go, and Arthur cuts his knee. How can Arthur tell his mom?

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star
7.75
8 votes

#13 - The Short, Quick Summer

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 10/30/1997

It's the end of the school year and Arthur and his friends enjoy the summer but things get tangled when it all goes by too quickly!

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D.W., the Picky Eater
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7.69
13 votes

#14 - D.W., the Picky Eater

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1997

D.W. is a picky eater an doesn't eat everything on her plate. Grandma Thora's birthday dinner is coming up soon and because of her actions in the past she's not invited. Can she overcome this and come to the dinner?

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7.60
5 votes

#15 - Sue Ellen's Little Sister

Season 2 - Episode 40 - Aired 4/17/1998

Sue Ellen is an only child and she envies her friends and their siblings, so the next day she goes out on a mission to find a little brother or sister. When Binky, Brain, and Prunella all fail she decides that D.W. is the perfect choice but one day with D.W. has changed her mind but when she goes home her parents have announced that they've adopted a little boy named Tenzin how is her new little brother.

star
7.50
6 votes

#16 - Water and the Brain

Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/8/1998

Arthur and his friends are all invited by Muffy to go to Waterworld, but the Brain doesn't want to go. He and Binky spy on Brain and find out that he's afraid of water. They desperately try to cure this fear so they can all go to Waterworld together.

How the Cookie Crumbles
star
7.50
6 votes

#17 - How the Cookie Crumbles

Season 2 - Episode 39 - Aired 4/17/1998

Muffy won last year's Strawberry baking contest in The Strawberry Festival because her father was the judge but this year when her friends help her bake strawberry cookies she takes the credit and wins the contest. Soon the cookies become so good that Muffy decides to run a business and sell them but not before she lets Arthur and friends get their share.

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7.50
4 votes

#18 - Finders Key-pers

Season 2 - Episode 38 - Aired 4/16/1998

Binky, Brain, and Arthur all find a lost key and they all use their imaginations that tells them that it belongs to important stuff. They decide to split it 50/50/50, but when they find out that Mr. Morris is missing the keys to the sprinkler system they discover who it belongs to.

Buster and the Daredevils
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7.45
11 votes

#19 - Buster and the Daredevils

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/1997

Buster meets these cool guys who knows skating tricks. He wants to be their friend but they dare him to do bad things. Will Buster see these guys for who they truly are?

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Draw!
star
7.31
45 votes

#20 - Draw!

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/20/1997

Francine hurts Fern's feelings by calling her a mouse so to get even she and a bunch of kids draw embarrassing pictures of Francine. They continue until Ms.MacGrady tricks the kids into letting them know how Francine feels.

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Arthur's Faraway Friend
star
7.29
7 votes

#21 - Arthur's Faraway Friend

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/7/1998

Arthur and Buster are on the urge of finishing their story for the sequel of Robin Hood. Everything is well until Arthur discovers that Buster has decided to go on a long trip to bond with his dad. Arthur fears that it's the end of their story and their friendship!

star
7.25
4 votes

#22 - Francine Redecorates

Season 2 - Episode 33 - Aired 4/14/1998

When Francine and Katherine get sick of each other Katherine moves out and haves her own room in the living room. While Francine tries to decorate her room it just won't work the way she plans. They soon want each other back and Katherine and Francine decide to both decorate the room by combining their ideas.

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7.25
4 votes

#23 - D.W.'s Name Game

Season 2 - Episode 37 - Aired 4/16/1998

D.W. gets praise from the Tibbles at being the best at name-calling, so she tries it on Arthur but it fails because he's older and knows more words so with the help of Katherine she looks up words in the Thesaurus that Arthur doesen't know and uses them against him.

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7.25
4 votes

#24 - Arthur the Loser

Season 2 - Episode 34 - Aired 4/14/1998

Arthur loses at every game at anytime but when he gets a ""No Guessing"" game he becomes the biggest winner (cheater) in school.

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7.25
4 votes

#25 - D.W.'s Very Bad Mood

Season 2 - Episode 36 - Aired 4/15/1998

D.W. has been acting very badly in the Read household, and Arthur doesn't know why. Can Arthur and Francine find out before she keeps the whole family awake?