Desk Wars 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 We can learn to work and play

# And get along with each other

# You gotta listen to your heart Listen to the beat

# Listen to the rhythm of the street Open your eyes! Open your ears!

# Get together, 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

# We 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! #

-Hey, DW!

-Hey...

You can learn a lot about a person from what's in their desk.

-For instance, in Francine's desk...

-Hey! What are you doing?!

I'm looking in your desk to see how neat or messy it is.

It's off-limits. Try Buster's desk.

If he can't look in yours, he can't look in mine! Try Binky's.

He'll get more than he bargained for if he tries to open MY desk!

Come on, guys, it's for the show.

That's another thing. How come you always introduce the show?!

-Because it's MY show.

-Maybe that needs to change.

I knew this would happen.

Unfortunately, kids can be rather petty sometimes.

Follow me.

THEY ARGUE

I'll show you around the teacher's lounge. Adults don't blow things out of proportion.

-I didn't move your cheese!

-Yes, you did! Mr Marco said so!

All right! Who isn't washing their coffee mugs?!

Dinky, just because George is absent doesn't mean you can put your feet on his chair!

Binky, put your shoes on your feet and keep them off the chair.

As I was saying, the United Nations was formed after the Second World War to prevent future conflicts

and foster co-operation.

They're getting more breeze than everyone else!

Yeah, it's not fair! It smells funny over here.

Maybe the heat is affecting the sandwich in my desk.

-Why bring a sandwich on pizza day?

-It's from the last time we had tuna. It's my emergency sandwich.

That was a month ago!

-It's polluting my air! Get rid of it!

-It's MY sandwich...

in MY desk, so no way!

Besides, I'm not sure I can find it.

Could you at least stop fanning the smell in my direction?

-Hey! I don't want the smell either!

-Arthur! Francine! Buster!

Am I going to have to split you up?

Where was I? The World Food Programme...

-Is that the latest issue of Bionic Bunny?

-Yeah. It's really good.

-Here. You can borrow it.

-Thanks.

My dad made these cookies. I'll share them with you later.

Bionic Bunny's old news.

The Judo Kittens is where it's at.

Do you have those Judo Kittens stickers you promised me?

Aii-ya!

Wayne, get your papers out of my space.

I've finished an upgrade of my desk.

I've added a supplies dispenser.

Press this button and a pencil is delivered to you automatically.

And it's all energised by this solar panel here.

Great, Wayne, but your papers keep sliding onto my desk.

They're my calculations showing that I'm receiving more breeze

than anyone else in the class. Look!

Great, but can you please keep your papers a little more tidy?

-You're ruining our feng shui.

-Our what?!

-Wayne and Muffy,

keep it down over there.

Oh, and we need you to hang this off the side of your desk.

-It's a dust ruffle.

-Huh?

I bought the fabric and she sewed it, to spruce up our desk area.

But it's so girly and it blocks my solar panel

and it's MY desk!

Wayne, put that ruffle back up right now!

Right, you two, I've had enough. Move to George's desk for the day.

What?! But...

-But it was Muffy's...

-You heard me!

The international...

It's so much hotter over here.

According to my calculations, the only desk warmer than this one

-is yours, Binky.

-Hey,

-that's not fair.

-And what's all this pink sticky stuff?

And this chair squeaks.

And what in the world is this?!

George's been working on that all year. It's a dinosaur

-made completely out of gum.

-Great.

That's nothing. Check out my rubber band ball.

I've been adding to it all year.

Hey, we should have an argument.

They'll split us up and one of us will get Brain's desk.

-I like my desk.

-Come on, Arthur, have an argument with us.

I don't want to have an argument!

Arthur, Buster, I warned you. Arthur, go sit at that desk.

Huh?

I can't believe Arthur's sitting at my desk!

And messing with my supplies dispenser!

TEACHER WHISPERS

Class, I have to take an important phone call.

While I'm gone, write a report on one of the United Nations agencies.

ALL: Aw!

That's so like Arthur! He's always betraying his friends.

Don't even try coming back!

-Yeah! We're gonna recruit somebody else for our group.

-I'll join!

His desk must be cooler than mine.

But that'll mean I'm sitting at the worst desk in the whole class.

And it's all Muffy's fault!

Wayne, it just doesn't matter.

If I were you, I would take a deep breath, then work on my report.

I want my desk back!

I can't believe Binky's at my desk.

Oh, and sweating on it!

I've no lead for my mechanical pencil. Hand me Brain's pencil.

-Won't he mind?

-Oh, no, Brain's always happy to loan me his pencils.

I can't believe it! Arthur, how could you give her my pencil?

Oops.

Hi, guys! My dentist's appointment ended early.

Uh, hi, Brain. Um... could I have my desk back?

-Talk to Arthur.

-Talk to Binky!

I'm not moving. And don't sit at my old desk. That's mine, too!

What's the matter with everyone today? Must be the heat.

Arthur, would you get out another pencil from Brain's desk, please?

I can't do that. They aren't my pencils to lend.

George, will you sharpen this pencil for me?

-You can be an honorary member of our table if you do.

-Really?

You mean I can sit with you guys?

Uh, no. It's only an honorary membership. What do you say?

George! If you don't give me that pencil, your friend gets it!

Hey! That's not fair! George worked on that dinosaur all year!

-If you destroy it, Binky's rubber band ball goes out the window!

-Hey!

Don't listen to them! Give the pencil to me

or Brain's desk gets covered in Judo Kitten stickers!

You promised ME those stickers!

If you waste them on Brain's desk, your dust ruffle is toast!

Cut up that dust ruffle and Arthur's comic book gets shredded!

Hey! That's MY comic book! If it gets even a single tear...

-..I'll eat all of Arthur's cookies!

-Hey!

What's it gonna be, George?!

George, I've got Sue Ellen's United Nations report.

-Hey!

-Whittle down that pencil any more and it's history!

No!

I warned you!

Kitten number one... kitten number two...

My desk!

I warned you, Muffy!

My comic!

My cookies!

What is going on here?!

ALL SHOUT AT ONCE

Quiet, everybody!

Since this class is normally a well-behaved group,

I'm going to give you an opportunity to work together to clean up.

But, if you don't, you'll all be staying after school. I'll be back.

Yes.

I'll gather all the erasers.

Not fair! That's the easiest job! And this mess is all your fault!

-MY fault? What about Muffy?

-What did

-I

-do?

-He ate my cookies.

-Not my fault.

George, why are you cleaning up? You didn't make any of this mess.

You guys make such a big deal out of everything!

I suppose I COULD straighten the desks.

-I'll rewrite Sue Ellen's UN report.

-I'll get a mop.

I just got off the phone with my sister. I'm an uncle!

What a wonderful peaceful classroom this is on a lovely sunny day!

It was nice of you to invite the whole class over, Muffy.

We all needed to cool down.

-What started that fight anyway?

-BOTH: I don't know!

BOING! BOING! Hey! Do you hear that?

BOING!

My rubber band ball! Hey! Come back here!

Close the gate!

Subtitles by Subtitling Unit BBC Broadcast - 2004

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