The BEST episodes of Arthur season 5

Every episode of Arthur season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Arthur season 5!

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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9.43
37 votes

#1 - It's a No-Brainer

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/18/2000

After a loss in the rehearsal math-a-thon against Buster, Brain decides to work on his new life....as a Comedian. Now Brain wants to hand everything down to Buster so Buster could be the new brain.

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7.82
34 votes

#2 - The World Record

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/25/2000

Arthur tells his friends about the World Records that have been broken, and they try to break some of the records. Buster, walking backwards, Francine trying to kick a soccer ball in the air the most times, Muffy not talking, and Binky, building the largest popsicle stick bridge. All these were very hard tasks, so Arthur decides to make the largest pizza in the world by getting help from the whole city.

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7.75
4 votes

#3 - The Last of Mary Moo Cow

Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/23/2000

When D.W.'s favorite TV show is cancelled; she makes a petition to bring it back. She gets a tour of the set, and finds out it is still cancelled.

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7.67
3 votes

#4 - Bitzi's Beau

Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/23/2000

Buster's mom announces she has a new boyfriend, and Buster thinks his mom won't have time for him with her new boyfriend.

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7.50
4 votes

#5 - Francine Goes to War

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/9/2000

When there is a new neighbour in Francine's apartment, Mrs. Pariso, Francine and Muffy try everything to get rid of her, until Francine meets her and realizes she is just like her!

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7.38
8 votes

#6 - Kids are From Earth, Parents are From Pluto

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/11/2000

Francine's dad falling asleep in class? Arthur's dad telling food jokes in the cafeteria? Is it a bad dream?? No, it's Lakewood Elementary Parents Open House! How will the kids survive a whole evening of their parents' embarrassing antics?

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7.29
7 votes

#7 - Double Dare

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/4/2000

What if your friends dared you to skip homework -- and then double dared you to skip school?! Find out what happens when Arthur's wish to play hooky becomes a group pact... and the plan goes not quite as expected.

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7.14
36 votes

#8 - The Lousy Week

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/2/2000

An army of lice has been unleashed on the heads of Lakewood Elementary. Now, the whole school must get rid of them before they all go insane.

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7.13
8 votes

#9 - The Shore Thing

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/18/2000

Arthur and D.W. who were obsessed with going to Aqualand, begged their father to go with them, but David tells them that going to Ocean Zone would be more fun. To Arthur, D.W. and Arthur's friends, it was a surprise.

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7.11
37 votes

#10 - The Cave

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/25/2000

The kids of Lakewood Elementary go to the Clark Caves, and Fraincine and D.W. starts to bother Arthur of being afraid of bats and the dark. But it was Mr. Ratburn and Francine who were terribly afraid.

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7.09
33 votes

#11 - The Election

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/9/2000

Mr. Ratburn's class has a mock election, and Muffy and Arthur are taking it really seriously until Binky is nominated.

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7.09
34 votes

#12 - You Are Arthur...

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/2/2000

Hey, do you want to be Arthur for a day, Well here is a chance. You (Arthur) wake up one morning and you are going to run in a 3 kilometre race against other kids, but he must go through a training day with the Tibble Twins and D.W.

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7.03
37 votes

#13 - Arthur and the Big Riddle

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/4/2000

Alex Trebek lends his voice as Alex Lebek -- host of the cool new game show, RiddleQuest -- in this episode which poses the age-old riddle... is winning really everything?

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6.94
32 votes

#14 - Sleep No More

Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/16/2000

Buster's destiny was to have a Pizza Paula's all-you-can-eat contest... free pizza for life! The only problem is that he is too excited so he could not go to sleep.

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6.75
8 votes

#15 - Nerves of Steal

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/11/2000

Buster can't cope with being the only kid in Elwood City who doesn't have a Cybertoy. Now, he could not stand it anymore, and he does something that would ruin his life, shoplift.

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6.75
4 votes

#16 - Arthur's Family Feud

Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/6/2000

Who ruined Dad's perfect soufflé? To solve this problem, Mom and Dad listen to both Arthur and D.W.'s version of what happened -- and the siblings demonstrate some very imaginative storytelling!

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6.67
3 votes

#17 - The Big Dig

Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 10/30/2000

Grandpa Dave would now only want to sleep and play checkers. Then one day Grandpa Dave shares a secret map, and Arthur and D.W. hunt for the buried treasure.

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6.67
3 votes

#18 - Muffy Gets Mature

Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 11/6/2000

Muffy began to read Mature Miss magazines, and she began to act more mature, and finds out all her friends are too juvenile and she searches for a more grown-up experience with Francine's teenaged sister and her cool cohorts.

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6.50
2 votes

#19 - Pet Peeved

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/16/2000

Binky volunteers to look after Francine's cat, Nemo, for the weekend. Binky thought it would be a fun weekend, plus that he would get five dollars, but he ignores the instructions given from Francine, plus all Nemo wanted to do was to sleep.

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6.00
3 votes

#20 - Just Desserts

Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 10/30/2000

Arthur could not resist sweets and when he gobbled down millions of sweets, a cake produced by his father was available and Arthur did not want to waste the chance, so he engulfed enough pieces to make him fall into a crazy dream... starring Mr. Ratburn as a child-eating witch, and many other insane events.