History Recap / ArthurS2E16LoveNotesForMuffyDWBlowsTheWhistle

* ASimplePlan: David and Jane both assume that as long as D.W. just doesn't "bother" Arthur at the race, it shouldn't be a problem for her to attend. They don't factor in that it's not just Arthur who's been annoyed D.W.'s whistle-blowing, but pretty much all of his friends as well--also, Arthur doesn't ''want'' his sister at the race unless she behaves herself, and he turns his back on her while getting ready for it. Those few minutes are all D.W. needs to climb a tree and get into danger.

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: After D.W. is rescued from being stuck on top of a tree, their parents come along and ask what happened. Arthur was there and ''could've'' tattled on her for what she did, given her a taste of her own medicine and made a big stink of her mistake. ...Instead, he simply tells Jane and Dave it was "some girl" who got caught in a tree. D.W. on her part also falls under this trope, as she could've left well enough alone. Rather, she comes clean and confesses she got caught in a tree, [[HypocrisyNod despite her earlier obsession with safety]].

* HypocrisyNod: Arthur and his friends hatch a scheme to find D.W. doing something unsafe because if she was breaking her own rules, then she'd have to stop bugging everyone else. It doesn't work since she is being safe but later on at the race, that exact scenario happens. D.W. then tones it down.

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: After D.W. is rescued from being stuck on top of a tree, their parents come along and ask what happened. Arthur was there and ''could've'' tattled on her for what she did, in order to humiliate her for enforcing rules too much. ...Instead, he simply tells Jane and Dave it was "some girl" who got caught in a tree. D.W. on her part also falls under this trope, as she could've left well enough alone. Rather, she comes clean and confesses she got caught in a tree, [[HypocrisyNod despite her earlier obsession with safety]].

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: After D.W. is rescued from being stuck in a tree, their parents come along and ask what happened. Arthur was there and ''could've'' tattled on her for what she did, in order to humiliate her for enforcing rules too much. ...Instead, he simply tells Jane and Dave it was "just some kid" who got caught in a tree. D.W. on her part also falls under this trope, as she could've left well enough alone. Rather, she comes clean and confesses she got caught in a tree, [[HypocrisyNod despite her earlier obsession with safety]].

* AdultFear:
** D.W. blows her whistle to save a boy from wandering in the street. The boy's mother grabs him ''just'' as a car zooms past.
** At the race itself, D.W. climbs a tree to get a higher vantage point, only to realize she went too high and has to cling for dear life as Arthur and his friends get help. Jane is quite frantic when Arthur and D.W. tell her what happened and apologize to each other.

* PokeThePoodle: Brain's idea of "Revenge" for Muffy bribing the judges is sneaking her a fake love letter. While he go OhCrap when she says she wrote a letter to Rattles, the worst it does is worry her for a few days.

** Fern figures out Brain and Francine wrote the letter. Even so, she doesn't tell Muffy, for some reason. It's implied she wanted Brain and Francine to fess up because their reasons are petty.

* AdultsAreUseless: Subverted. Muffy gets Mr. Ratburn when D.W. is stuck, and he calls the fire department who rescue D.W. safely.

* CharacterDevelopment: D.W. starts out fascinated with the concept of safety, but grows more obsessive with enforcing it for the sake of enforcing it. But after her HypocrisyNod, she simply reminds Athur to buckle his helmet without fanfare, showing she knows not every safety mistake needs a big fuss.

* HypocrisyNod: Arthur and his friends hatch a scheme to find D.W. doing something unsafe because if she was breaking her own rules, then she'd have to stop bugging everyone else. It doesn't work since she is being safe, but later on at the race that exact scenario happens. D.W. then tones it down.

* ASimplePlan: David and Jane both assume that as long as D.W. just doesn't "bother" Arthur at the race, it shouldn't be a problem for her to attend. They don't factor in that it's not just Arthur who's been annoyed D.W.'s whistle-blowing, but pretty much all of his friends as well--also, Arthur doesn't ''want'' his sister at the race unless she behaves herself, and he turns his back on her while getting ready for the race. The few minutes is all D.W. needs to climb a tree and get into danger.

** Later on, Arthur bluntly says that his friends don't want D.W. at the race because she's annoying everyone with her whistle. D.W. tries justifying her actions by claiming she's just enforcing what Officer Safety taught her and the other preschoolers, but Mr. and Mrs. Read claim the point of Officer Safety's lesson is to let people know when someone's about to do something that's ''actually'' dangerous--D.W., on the other hand, is just being a tattletale.

** Later on, Arthur bluntly says that his friends don't want D.W. at the race because she's annoying everyone with her whistle. D.W. says she only does it if seeing something unsafe, but the Reads note that D.W.'s just being a tattletale and that the point of Officer Safety's lesson is to just let people know when someone's about to do something that's actually dangerous.

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Jane claims that D.W.'s being a "tattletale" when she starts getting carried away with her whistle-blowing. However, a tattletale is someone who tells on others to be mean--in D.W.'s case, she's just being overly/needlessly annoying about what her warped sense of being "safe" is.

* Brain and Francine take offense when Muffy bribes the judges at a science fair. They decide to get revenge by writing her a fake love note. HilarityEnsues

[[AC: D.W. Blows the Whistle]]
* D.W. and her preschool classmates each receive a safety whistle from a local firefighter who goes by "Officer Safety." After she uses it to save a boy from getting hit by a car, however, D.W. lets the idea of being a safety officer go to her head. Arthur schemes to get D.W. to tone it down before a big race.

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: After D.W. is rescued from being stuck in a tree, their parents come along and ask what happened. Arthur was there and ''could've'' tattled on her for what she did, in order to humiliate her for enforcing rules too much. ...Instead, she simply tells Jane and Dave it was "just some kid" who got caught in a tree. D.W. on her part also falls under this trope, as she could've left well enough alone. Rather, she comes clean and confesses she got caught in a tree, [[HypocrisyNod despite her earlier obsession with safety]].

* D.W. and her preschooler classmates each receive a safety whistle from a local firefighter who goes by "Officer Safety." After she uses it to save a boy from getting hit by a car, however, D.W. lets the idea of being a safety officer get to her head. Arthur schemes to get D.W. to tone it down before a big race.

* ASimplePlan: David and Jane assume that as long as D.W. just doesn't "bother" Arthur at the race, it shouldn't be a problem for her to attend. They don't factor in that Arthur doesn't ''want'' her at the race unless she behaves, and he turns his back on her while getting ready for the race. The few minutes is all D.W. needs to climb a tree and get into danger.

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Jane claims that D.W.'s being a "tattletale" when she starts getting carried with her whistle-blowing. However, a tattletale is someone who tells on others to be mean--in D.W.'s case, she's just being overly/needlessly annoying about what her warped sense of being "safe" is.

* BatmanGambit: Muffy tells Brain and Francine, whom she suspects, that she thinks her secret admirer is Rattles and left a note in his locker. It turns out she told Rattles ahead of time about the scheme, but Francine and Brain scheme to get the note out of the locker before Rattles finds it and pounds her. The scheme works because Francine and Brain confess when Rattles finds them infiltrating his locker.
* ChekhovsGun: The judges take special interest in Francine's study on the nutrition of cafeteria food. It's revealed that she won the science fair because the project was relevant and well-researched.

* PokeThePoodle: Brain's idea of "Revenge" for Muffy bribing the judges is sneaking her a fake love letter. While he does get worried when she says she wrote a letter to Rattles, the worst it does is worry her for a few days.

** Later on, Arthur bluntly says that his friends don't want D.W. at the race because she's annoying everyone with her whistle. When D.W. says she only does it if seeing something unsafe, but her and Arthur's parents note that D.W.'s just being a tattletale and that the point of Officer Safety's lesson is to just let people know when someone's about to do something that's actually dangerous.

* ASimplePlan: David and Jane assume that as long as D.W. doesn't "bother" Arthur at the race, then it shouldn't be a problem for her to attend. They don't factor in that Arthur doesn't ''want'' her at the race unless she behaves, and he turns his back on her while getting ready for the race. The few minutes is all D.W. needs to climb a tree and get into danger.

** Jane, David and Arthur all saw "D.W.!" in unison when she bugs them at night for trivial things such as reading a magazine and taking a bath.

* D.W. and her preschooler classmates each receive a safety whistle from Officer Safety. After she uses it to save a boy from getting hit by a car, however, D.W. lets the idea of being a safety officer get to her head. Arthur schemes to get D.W. to tone it down before a big race.

* ASimplePlan: David and Jane assume that as long as D.W. doesn't "bother" Arthur at the race, then it shouldn't be a problem for her to attend. They don't factor in that Arthur doesn't ''want'' her around unless she behaves, and he turns his back on her while getting ready for the race. The few minutes is all D.W. needs to climb a tree and get into danger.

*** Jane, David and Arthur all saw "D.W.!" in unison when she bugs them at night for trivial things such as reading a magazine and taking a bath.
*** Later on, Arthur bluntly says that his friends don't want D.W. at the race because she's annoying everyone with her whistle. When D.W. says she only does it if seeing something unsafe, Jane tells her there's a difference between being a tattletale and actually seeing danger.
* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Jane says that D.W. is being a "tattletale" when she's more being overly and needlessly annoying. A tattletale tells on people to be mean, but D.W. has a warped sense of what being "safe" is.

* HypocrisyNod: Arthur and his friends hatch a scheme to find D.W. doing something unsafe because if she was breaking her own rules, then she'd have to stop bugging everyone else. It doesn't work since she is being safe, but later on at the race that exact scenario happens. D.W. then tones it down.

Brain and Francine take offense when Muffy bribes the judges at a science fair.

D.W. and her preschooler classmates each receive a safety whistle from Officer Safety. After she uses it to save a boy from getting hit by a car, however, D.W. lets the idea of being a safety officer get to her head. Arthur schemes to get D.W. to tone it down before a big race.

* LoveLetterLunancy: Brain writes a letter to Muffy from a purported secret admirer and strives to watch her try to find the boy who doesn't exist. Eventually, however, Muffy figures out it was someone in her classroom since Fern was protecting them.

* HypocrisyNod: Arthur and his friends scheme to find D.W. doing something unsafe because if she was breaking her own rules, then she'd have to stop. It doesn't work since she is being safe, but later on at the race that exact scenario happens. D.W. then tones it down.