The BEST episodes of Arthur season 4

Every episode of Arthur season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Arthur season 4!

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: 3/19/2024Network: PBSStatus: Ended
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My Music Rules
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9.84
32 votes

#1 - My Music Rules

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 10/18/1999

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and Saxophonist Joshua Redman were invited by Grandma Thora and D.W, Arthur and his friends. They battle over what kind of music is better than the rest-Classical or Jazz.

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Buster's Breathless
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8.42
40 votes

#2 - Buster's Breathless

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/1999

D.W. obtained poison ivy while playing a game, so Buster recaps his problem with asthma and how everyone was afraid of him being injured or getting themselves injured.

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The Rat Who Came to Dinner
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8.33
6 votes

#3 - The Rat Who Came to Dinner

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/11/1999

Mr. Ratburn's house ceiling collapsed because of the weight from the snow on his roof, so he stays over at Arthur's house, and the surprising thing is that he began to like Mr. Ratburn.

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Binky Barnes, Wingman!
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8.09
33 votes

#4 - Binky Barnes, Wingman!

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/13/1999

Binky Barnes has a favourite pastime when Bug Week comes along - Butterflies, he worked very hard to collect these bugs for his report especially a hard blue-coloured kind.

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The Fright Stuff
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7.80
10 votes

#5 - The Fright Stuff

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/7/1999

The girls prank the boys and the girls invite them to Muffy's celebration for the new ""Scare Your Pants Off Club Books"". The boys were really mad and they tried to pull a prank on the girls but they did not know that Muffy and Francine was also pulling a trick.

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To Beat or Not to Beat
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7.75
4 votes

#6 - To Beat or Not to Beat

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/13/1999

There's a huge racket going on, on the roof of Francine's apartment but the kids realized it was Francine and now they must try to stop Francine from playing the drums and singing at the same time for the Talent Show.

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Prunella Gets it Twice
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7.50
4 votes

#7 - Prunella Gets it Twice

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/12/1999

Prunella receives a Polly Locket for her birthday from her sister but she also gets one from Francine and Prunella did not like the gift so this made Francine unhappy, so Ghosts visit Prunella to tell her about how Francine worked so hard to get the doll.

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Hide and Snake
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7.33
9 votes

#8 - Hide and Snake

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1999

While the kids played hide and seek, a snake showed up and Arthur brought it home. The thing that they discovered was that it was a poisonous snake and it was loose in Arthur's house.

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Prunella's Prediction
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7.33
3 votes

#9 - Prunella's Prediction

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/14/1999

Flashpants! That was all that Prunella wanted and when she gets a hint from her sister, Rubella, she was excited about getting them for her birthday, but the gift was not what she suspected.

Prove It
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7.30
10 votes

#10 - Prove It

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/8/1999

When D.W. makes up a fake science museum, she makes up science to go with it! Can Arthur and the Brain stop her before she convinces everyone that snakes used to have feet?

D.W. Tale Spins
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7.25
4 votes

#11 - D.W. Tale Spins

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/12/1999

Grandma Thora tells D.W. a myth and this gave D.W. an idea to show to Arthur that she would make a better story than the ""Veggiemorphs"" using mythologies in her own version.

The Blizzard
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7.24
38 votes

#12 - The Blizzard

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/11/1999

A blizzard strikes Elwood City and all the kids have to return home but before they do, they have to hand in their report which Francine did not finish so she had to write a longer report over the snowstorm days while the adults are scrambling all over the city, losing electricity and supplies.

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Muffy's New Best Friend
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7.18
11 votes

#13 - Muffy's New Best Friend

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1999

Francine, tired of playing with Muffy because she never played soccer hangs out with Jenna, so Muffy searches for a new friend.

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The Contest
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7.13
39 votes

#14 - The Contest

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/8/1999

Arthur and his friends enter a contest that they have to wait 5 years to find out who wins.

1001 Dads
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7.06
32 votes

#15 - 1001 Dads

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/14/1999

Arthur believes that Buster is sad because Buster could not bring his dad to the Father's Day Picnic to have a fun time because his dad is divorced so Arthur tries to help him by ""borrowing"" a father for Buster just for that day.

Arthur's Big Hit
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7.00
37 votes

#16 - Arthur's Big Hit

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/1999

Arthur, after working hard hours of building a model airplane, D.W. throws it out the window to see if it flew, and the model exploded. Arthur became extremely mad and striked D.W.

That's a Baby Show!
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7.00
2 votes

#17 - That's a Baby Show!

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 10/18/1999

When Arthur was about to watch Bionic Bunny, he realized that the show after Mary Moo Cow was weird and Fascinating, but all his friends think it is the babiest show of all time. What can Arthur do now?

D.W.'s Library Card
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6.95
38 votes

#18 - D.W.'s Library Card

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/1999

D.W. discovers that she can get her own library card and feel the power as Arthur has, but she can not write her own name. When she does and waits a week for a book to come in, she borrows it but never reads it because she thought she might destroy it.

What is that Thing?
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6.00
3 votes

#19 - What is that Thing?

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 10/15/1999

Arthur and his friends are facing impossible tasks, and they encounter a device that could help them fix all those problems, but they do not know what it is.

Buster's Best Behavior
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6.00
2 votes

#20 - Buster's Best Behavior

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 10/15/1999

Buster and Arthur feel like that they are boring and they think they are not good at anything, so they try to imitate each others' lifestyle.