Buster and Breathless/The Fright Stuff Arthur

# Every day you walk down the street Everybody that you meet

# Has an original point of view

-# And I say, hey!

-Hey!

# What a wonderful kind of day If you could learn to work and play

# And get along with each other

# Listen to your heart, listen to the beat, listen to the rhythm, the rhythm of the street

# Open up your eyes, open up your ears, get together and make things better by working together

# It's a simple message and it comes from the heart

# Believe in yourself For that's the place to start

-# And I say...

-Hey!

-Hey!

# What a wonderful kind of day If you can learn to work and play

# And get along with each other

# What a wonderful kind of day! Hey!

# What a wonderful kind of day! #

Hey, DW!

Hey!

Ssh! We're hunting the dangerous snig.

It has big horns and it makes a terrifying sound like this.

Aroo!

It's hard to find because it blends in with the trees.

Aroo! Aroo!

I hear it, I hear it! This way!

Aroo! Aroo!

Aroo! Aroo!

-Oh!

-Aroo!

-DW, you're not camouflaged at all.

It's supposed to be hard to see you.

And the "aroo" has to be much scarier. Like this. Arroooo!

OK, OK!

Why do I have to be the snig?

Why can't one of them be the snig for a change?

There! That should do it.

Once again, we're hunting the dangerous snig.

-It has big horns and...

-They know that, Buster.

-Aroo!

-I hear it!

-Let's go!

-Roar-r-r-r!

-Oh, no!

-DW! You're wearing...poison ivy!

Poison ivy? I thought we were playing "dangerous snig"!

Arthur, you can't keep changing games. Wait up!

It itches, Mommy, it itches!

This calamine lotion will help.

Look at me! Everyone's gonna run away from me!

-No, they won't, DW.

-You and Buster did.

It'll go away. You mustn't scratch.

-Arthur will help distract you.

-I will?

Do you have to wear my hockey mask?

If people can't see me, they won't run away.

-Hi, Arthur! Hi, DW.

-I'm not DW. I'm...Otis!

Why do you have a hockey mask on... Otis?

I don't want to get hit in the face with a puck!

She's got poison ivy and she thinks people will run away from her.

I'm meant to make her feel better.

Remember back in the fall when I had that really bad cough?

-What cough?

-You know, the cough that started everything.

COUGHS

Check out these old joke books I found in the basement.

-What did the banana say to the hippo?

-What?

Nothing. Bananas don't talk!

-COUGHS AND CHOKES

-Buster, are you OK?

I'm having...trouble...breathing!

I didn't know what was wrong.

It felt like I was trying to breathe through a straw.

So? I can breathe through a straw!

A straw that's clogged. Allow me to demonstrate.

Imagine how hard it is to breathe through a straw full of milk shake!

I can't. I don't have any milk shake left!

I remember that day. Your mom took you to the doctor's right away.

COUGHING

-This is all my fault.

-How?

I showed him those dirty books. That's what made him sick.

The dust made it hard for you to breathe because you have asthma.

Does this mean I can't read books any more? Or tell jokes or laugh?

If you take your medicine, you can do all the things you like.

'It didn't seem like such a big deal to me.'

If he gets dust up his nose he can't breathe. It could happen any time.

Is asthma contagious? Here he is!

-Hi, guys.

-Hi, Buster. Here, let me take those for you.

There you go. All clean now!

Thanks.

Has anyone seen my penicillin?

I mean pencil and pen!

So, Buster, if your asthma goes off, do you get to leave class?

Maybe. Just to get my medicine.

Just to get your medicine? I bet that could take a long time.

I'll see you in the cafeteria. I have to go to the nurse's office.

-Why is he going there?

-Maybe he'll be moved to a school for sick kids.

He's faking it to go home early!

See? I knew he was faking it. He's just playing the kazoo.

It's his inhaler. He's taking medicine to help him breathe.

-What are you guys doing here?

-You found my glasses!

We were just looking for them. Now we can all go to lunch.

Watch out, Buster!

Here you go. It's safe now.

I can't breathe! Tell the nurse. I think I have plasma!

Don't you mean asthma, Binky?

Stupid word! Too many consonants all smushed together!

-Why did you do that? You had me out.

-It was an accident.

No, it wasn't. You dropped the ball on purpose.

What's wrong, Francine? Are you OK?

Stay away! Stay away!

Oh! Got ya!

Guess what? I'm cured!

-Really? Are you sure?

-Sure I'm sure. Could I do this if I had asthma?

Oh, math!

-That's not an old book.

-It must have some dust in it.

-You don't have to use that kazoo?

-Nope.

I'm glad that's over. Now I don't have to worry about catching asthma!

-What is it, Buster?

-It's Boston cream pie today.

If we don't hurry, it'll all be gone.

Yeah...pie. Let's get that pie!

Over here, Arthur! I'm open!

Hooray!

-COUGHS

-That's one...to nothing.

Are you OK, Buster?

Maybe I should go get the nurse.

I'm fine. I just need a glass of water. That's all.

Ah! That's much better.

Take your medicine. Why did you skip your appointment?

I didn't want my friends to know about it. They're treating me weird.

Do you think they don't understand?

Maybe. Maybe that's it.

And that's an example of static electricity. Thank you.

My science report is about asthma,

but first I need you to imagine that you're very, very small.

You're not imagining it. I really want you to imagine it.

Very good.

Now I want you all up my nose on the double!

Watch your step. No flash photography, please!

I've never been in anyone's lungs.

< Help! I'm stuck in some pie!

Oh, no! George went down the wrong way. He's in my stomach!

Yuck! Custard pie!

Stick with the group, George. You could get lost in here!

Is this where the asthma is? Is it a giant bug that will attack us?

No, asthma is just a word for what happens to my lungs

when I breathe in dust or mould.

See? The walls are getting smaller!

This is when I start to cough!

Hold on!

He sure is a good storyteller. That felt so real!

Eugh!

And asthma is not contagious.

Any questions?

Are you trying to tell us something?

I'm still the same old Buster. I just have asthma.

Like I have big ears.

Same old Buster... Big ears. I'm gonna ace this test!

Once they understood it, it wasn't such a big deal any more.

If someone's afraid of my poison ivy, I should explain it.

Hey, you're not Otis. You're DW!

-Sorry I had to fool you.

-Look, Tommy! DW's got the chickenpoxes!

It's just poison ivy. No big deal.

-Don't come any closer. We'll catch it!

-No, you won't.

I'll tell you all about it.

-No!

-Come back here and let me make you smarter!

I got it from a plant and it'll be gone in a couple of days.

The white stuff's called calamine lotion. Wait up! There's more!

Got ya! Didn't I?

I love practical jokes. You never know when one will sneak up on you.

Or who might be behind it.

See what I mean?

Spaghetti!

Agh! Worms! Yuck!

They aren't real, Brain. They're jelly worms.

Oops! I've forgotten my science book!

That's funny. Something's stuck to it.

Agh! Get it off! Get it off! No!

Why? It's just a toy.

What's this?

Hey!

Who are you?

So someone's scaring you guys with a few practical jokes. So what?

So what? It's working, that's what!

The mystery joker told us to meet him here.

-What makes you think it's a him? Maybe it's an it.

-Francine!

Buster, calm down! You're acting like you just saw a...monster!

Ha-ha-ha! Wow! You guys should have seen the looks on your faces!

-What's this all about?

-My party, silly!

-What party?

-The scary costume party for the Scare Your Pants Off book.

House Of The Jackal Lantern? Cool!

The author is gonna read it to us.

She was Daddy's favourite teacher, Ms McWord, and he likes her books.

After what you did to me on April Fools' Day,

you guys are going to be my extra-special guests.

Aagh!

-Ssh!

-But-but-but...

She sounds like a motor boat!

Extra-special guests, huh? Cool! So where is this party?

Castle Manor. Daddy wants to make it into a car museum.

Castle Manor? Hasn't that place been empty for over 50 years?

Yeah. Isn't it supposed to be, um...you know...

Haunted? That's why it's perfect for a scary party.

You don't have to come if you're so afraid.

Really? I mean, we're not afraid. Right, guys?

-Come on!

-Who are you talking to?

-We're guys!

Oh, yeah? We'll see about that!

The older I get, the more I think there's nothing scarier than girls.

If the girls can scare us at school, how do we make it through the party?

We won't. Unless we beat them to the scare.

-How?

-Easy. We know those books better than anyone.

We can think of something scarier.

Yeah. Like in The Thing At The Head Of The Class.

Or It Came From Under The Soap Dish.

How about something really scary?

Like Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart?

BOTH: No candy!

Aaagh!

Nah. The War Of The Worlds

by HG Wells is scarier.

Greetings...friends.

Friends? Darned pleased to meet you!

It's perfect. All we need is a real UFO, two real aliens and...

-Yeah. On second thought...

-What about a headless horse guy

-like in The Legend Of Creepy Hollow?

-Sleepy Hollow!

Whatever.

It's the headless horse guy! Run!

SCREAMING

-Where have you learned to be a horse guy?

-Me? I'm headless!

I'm not supposed to see!

No, no, no. This is what we do.

WHISPERING

Man, that is good!

Yeah. Maybe this party won't be so bad after all!

OK, turn off the lights!

-How do you do that?

-Balloons painted with glow-in-the-dark colours.

Just the ghost ring in the book.

Are we gonna scare their pants off!

-Hey, don't do that.

-I didn't.

I'd better tell Daddy that the lights in here need fixing.

GROWLS

We're gonna scare their pants off!

Man, I'm gonna be part of the best practical joke in history!

When are we gonna scare them?

Later. After Ms McWord's reading.

Everyone, please take your seats!

And may I introduce our ghost of a host, Ms McWord?

Thanks for coming. It'll be fun!

Muffy, I think so, too.

It's too crowded. We can't set up the scare.

I found the perfect spot - the upstairs library. Go on up!

-Yeah!

-Yeah!

-Wait!

-Where's Binky?

-We thought he was with you.

Binky, where have you been? The guys are upstairs in the library.

You can get a drink later. Get going!

Arthur! You're going to miss the story.

-I was looking for you.

-What for?

-I heard a weird noise upstairs.

-You did? Where?

-In the library. Come on, I'll show you!

He's gonna walk right into our prank. It's too perfect!

"Then Tony and Al knew the only way to prove their bravery

"was to spend the night in the House Of The Jackal Lantern..."

I'm sure it was in here.

-Muffy, what are you waiting for?

-I can't find it.

Like I said, I'm sure it was IN HERE!

ARTHUR LAUGHS, GIRLS SCREAM

-Pretty cool prank, huh?

-That was mean!

Yeah, and you stole our prank!

What? No, I didn't. Guys, did you steal their prank?

Binky! Brain! Buster!

Here we are! We have to get them to go in the play room.

-The library was locked. We set up in the play room.

-What do you mean?

-It worked perfectly.

-We didn't do it.

There's a bunch of cool balloons in there and a neat old tape recorder.

Did you put them in there...?

OK, Binky! What's going on?

Sorry. I walked into the refrigerator and broke my pumpkin.

Can I be Cyclops instead?

Binky, if you just got here,

then who is...?

SCREAMING

A real-life ghost! Upstairs!

This isn't the time or place for silly pranks.

-It's not a prank.

-We were upstairs pulling a prank on the girls.

-We were pulling a prank on the boys.

-What have I told you...

..about playing pranks on people?

It always comes back to haunt you.

When pranks get out of hand, someone could get hurt.

-And their feelings will get hurt.

-I just wanted to go to the party.

There are better ways to have fun.

-We're sorry, but there really was...

-No more. Go have fun!

Boy, am I ever done with pranks! I don't care how much you prank me.

I'm not pranking anyone. Ever!

Hey!

-Cool costume!

-Thanks. Yours is cool, too.

Oops!

Subtitles by Calum Short, Subtext, for BBC Subtitling 2001