History Recap / ArthurS7E5ElwoodCityTurns100

--> '''The Brain''': Buster, what were you thinking?

* ThrowItIn: Buster's song about Dr. Ector the alien is put in at the last minute when the UFO meant for the play is destroyed. Everyone likes the addition, much to the class's surprise.

* CreativeDifferences: Buster and Brain have different ideas on how to execute the play, with Buster going for a more fantastical approach, and Brain the exact opposite. They end up coming to a compromise after one argument too many.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Even though he's able to play piano decently enough, Arthur is a DreadfulMusician vocally and has issues [[VocalRangeExceeded trying to reach the high notes]] when cast as the play's narrator. Notably, he doesn't even try to sing when actually in the role during the play itself.

--> '''The Brain''': Buster, what were you thinking?

%Invoked%* CreativeDifferences: Buster and Brain have different ideas on how to execute the play, with Buster going for a more fantastical approach, and Brain the exact opposite. They end up coming to a compromise after one argument too many.

%Invoked%* ThrowItIn: Buster's song about Dr. Ector the alien is put in at the last minute when the UFO meant for the play is destroyed. Everyone likes the addition, much to the class's surprise.

%%invoked%%* CreativeDifferences: Buster and Brain have different ideas on how to execute the play, with Buster going for a more fantastical approach, and Brain the exact opposite. They end up coming to a compromise after one argument too many.

%%invoked%%* ThrowItIn: Buster's song about Dr. Ector the alien is put in at the last minute when the UFO meant for the play is destroyed. Everyone likes the addition, much to the class's surprise.

* CreativeDifferences: Buster and Brain have different ideas on how to execute the play, with Buster going for a more fantastical approach, and Brain the exact opposite. They end up coming to a compromise after one argument too many.

* ThrowItIn: Buster's song about Dr. Ector the alien is put in at the last minute when the UFO meant for the play is destroyed. Everyone likes the addition, much to the class's surprise.

** This is the first episode in the show to be a double length episode. While there were attempts such as [[Recap/ArthurS3E1BustersBackTheBalladOfBusterBaxter Buster's return]] and [[Recap/ArthurS3E5TheChipsAreDownRevengeOfTheChip D.W.'s potato chip dilemma]], this is the first proper time that two parts go directly after each other.
** This is also the first episode to have a different live action segment for the PBS airings. In this case, Larry King interviews some of the students of Lakewood about the show.
* BrickJoke: During the dedication ceremony in the teaser, Jacob Katzenellenbogan bitterly laments that the town was supposed to be called ''Elm''wood instead of Elwood. During the show itself, the Brain, playing Katzenellenbogan, repeats this.

* ItWillNeverCatchOn: In the prologue, Henry Ford and J.P. Morgan muttered that Jacob Katzenellenbogan's city will never last for over a hundred years.

* OhCrap: Part 1 ends with the UFO prop being crushed in Mr. Frensky's garbage truck, and then it won't start, making Francine late for the show.
* OurFounder: Lumber tycoon Jacob Katzenellenbogan was the founder of Elwood City. However, he wasn't impressed with his statue and tried to tear it down upon its unveiling.

--> The Brain: Buster, what were you thinking?

* OurFounder: Lumber tycoon Jacob Katzenellenbogan was the founder of Elwood City. However, he wasn't impressed with his statue and tried to tear it down upon its unveiling.

* TheBGrade: Mr. Ratburn recalls his one-man performance of Hamlet with puppets in college, in which the puppet's head falling off and he hastily declared it the end of the show. He says that this terrible show nearly cost him his perfect GPA.

* BrickJoke: During the dedication ceremony in the teaser, Jacob Katzenellenbogan bitterly lamest that the town was supposed to be called ''Elm''wood instead of Elwood. During the show itself, the Brain, playing Katzenellenbogan, repeats this.

** This is the first episode in the show to be a double length episode. While there were attempts such as [[Recap/S3E1BustersBackTheBalladOfBusterBaxter Buster's return]] and [[Recap/S3E5TheChipsAreDownRevengeOfTheChip D.W.s potato chip dilemma]], this is the first proper time that two parts go directly after each other.

** This is the first episode in the show to be a double length episode. While there were attempts such as [[S3E1BustersBackTheBalladOfBusterBaxter Buster's return]] and [[Recap/S3E5TheChipsAreDownRevengeOfTheChip D.W.s potato chip dilemma]], this is the first proper time that two parts go directly after each other.

* ItWillNeverCatchOn: In the prologue, Henry Ford and J.P. Morgan muttered that Jacob Katzenellenbogan's city will never last for over a hundred years.