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* BirthdayPartyGoesWrong: D.W. is having a lousy birthday party. It's raining outside, the cake isn't the flavor she wanted, the party guests are annoying her (although they don't know it), she didn't get the gift she really wanted, and her brother Arthur isn't attending. Thankfully, things get better when Arthur shows up with the gift she wanted.
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* BirthdayPartyGoesWrong: D.W. is having a lousy birthday party. It's raining outside, outside; the cake isn't the flavor she wanted, wanted; the party guests are annoying her (although they don't know it), it); she didn't get the gift she really wanted, wanted; and her brother Arthur isn't attending. Thankfully, things get better when Arthur shows up with the gift she wanted.
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* SdrawkcabName: Ruthra, one of the monsters from Ukubonga, looks like Arthur. Fittingly, his name is just "Arthur" backwards (almost).
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* SdrawkcabName: Ruthra, one of the monsters from Ukubonga, looks like Arthur. Fittingly, his name is just "Arthur" backwards backward (almost).
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* ViewerGenderConfusion: In-universe. Arthur accidentally buys a birthday card for D.W. that says "To the world's best little brother," not realizing that the character depicted on the front was actually a little boy. Of course, he could have avoided that if he had actually opened the card.
** Also a case of LeaningOnTheFourthWall, as all of DW's voice actors have been little boys.
** Also a case of LeaningOnTheFourthWall, as all of DW's voice actors have been little boys.
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* ViewerGenderConfusion: In-universe. Arthur accidentally buys a birthday card for D.W. that says "To the world's best little brother," not realizing that the character depicted on the front was is actually a little boy. Of course, he could have avoided that if he had actually opened the card.
**card. Also a case of LeaningOnTheFourthWall, as all of DW's voice actors have been little boys.
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* OccidentalOtaku: Older D.W. is implied to be one-- her shirt has her name in Japanese on it, and she watches an [[Animesque]] spinoff of ''Bionic Bunny''.
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* OccidentalOtaku: Older D.W. is implied to be one-- her shirt has her name in Japanese on it, and she watches an [[Animesque]] Animesque spinoff of ''Bionic Bunny''.
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* OccidentalOtaku: Older D.W. is implied to be one-- her shirt has her name in Japanese on it, and she watches an [[Animesque]] spinoff of ''Bionic Bunny''.
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* BirthdayEpisode: This special focuses on D.W.'s birthday[[note]]again[[/note]]
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* BirthdayEpisode: This special focuses on D.W.'s birthday[[note]]again[[/note]]birthday[[note]]again[[/note]].
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* SpinOff: In-universe- future DW watches ''Cyborg Cindy'', a spinoff of ''Bionic Bunny''.
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** Also a case of LeaningOnTheFourthWall, as all of DW's voice actors have been little boys.
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* YoungerThanTheyLook: Future D.W. is only 9, but the way she talks and acts, you’d think she’s 19. Then again, this is from a dream.
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* YoungerThanTheyLook: Future D.W. is only 9, but the way she talks looks, talks, and acts, you’d think she’s 19. Then again, this is from a dream.
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* BirthdayEpisode: This special focuses on D.W.'s birthday.birthday[[note]]again[[/note]]
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Arthur's friends also went to the future in the dream.
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Meanwhile, Arthur skips D.W.'s party to attend a class trip to the planetarium. He is transported four years into the future and meets a future D.W., finding her to be cool and regretting not spending time with her earlier.
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Meanwhile, Arthur skips D.W.'s party to attend a class trip to the planetarium. He is and Buster are transported four years into the future and Arthur meets a future D.W., finding her to be cool and regretting not spending time with her earlier.
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* AllJustADream: Arthur never did go into the future. He just fell asleep while the presentation was starting and dreamed all of it up. D.W. going to Ukubonga was all in her imagination, too.
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* AllJustADream: Arthur and Buster never did go into the future. He Arthur just fell asleep while the presentation was starting and dreamed all of it up. D.W. going to Ukubonga was all in her imagination, too.
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* TimeSkip: Arthur's plot takes place four years into the future, although he himself hasn't aged.
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* TimeSkip: Arthur's plot takes place four years into the future, although he himself hasn't and Buster haven't aged.
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Meanwhile, Arthur skips D.W.'s party to attend a class trip to the planetarium. He is transported four years into the future and meets a future D.W., finding her to be cool and regretting not spending time.
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Meanwhile, Arthur skips D.W.'s party to attend a class trip to the planetarium. He is transported four years into the future and meets a future D.W., finding her to be cool and regretting not spending time.
time with her earlier.
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* SdrawkcabName: Ruthra, one of the monsters from Ukubonga, looks like Arthur. Fittingly, his name is just "Arthur" backwards (almost).
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* GratuitousJapanese: Older D.W. wears a shirt with the katakana "ドラ" on it, meaning her first name "Dora."
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* YesMan: D.W. has an extended fantasy in which her friends all become monsters in the style of ''Literature/WhereTheWildThingsAre'' and she's the queen. However, they all bow to her whims, and so the only monster only the island she ultimately finds interesting is the one that represents her brother Arthur, simply because he has his own personality and ''won't'' do everything she says.
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* YesMan: D.W. has an extended fantasy in which her friends all become monsters in the style of ''Literature/WhereTheWildThingsAre'' and she's the queen. However, they all bow to her whims, and so the only monster only the island she ultimately finds interesting is the one that represents her brother Arthur, simply because he has his own personality and ''won't'' do everything she says.says.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Future D.W. is only 9, but the way she talks and acts, you’d think she’s 19. Then again, this is from a dream.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Future D.W. is only 9, but the way she talks and acts, you’d think she’s 19. Then again, this is from a dream.
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* AnimalisticAbomination: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. All of the monsters on Ukubonga have ears identical to those of the FunnyAnimal the person they're based on is, but don't otherwise resemble animals at all.
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* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: Mr. Ratburn delays the class's homework for a day as they adjust to the future. This homework is never brought up again, and Arthur just messes around the next day.
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* YearInsideHourOutside: A variant. Arthur dreams that he is four years into the future, when in reality, he spent an hour or two at most in the planetarium.
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* ViewerGenderConfusion: Arthur accidentally buys a birthday card for D.W. that says "To the world's best little brother," not realizing that the character depicted on the front was actually a little boy. Of course, he could have avoided that if he had actually opened the card.
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* ViewerGenderConfusion: In-universe. Arthur accidentally buys a birthday card for D.W. that says "To the world's best little brother," not realizing that the character depicted on the front was actually a little boy. Of course, he could have avoided that if he had actually opened the card.
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''D.W. and the Beastly Birthday'' is an ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' special that aired on PBS on May 29, 2017, and the third special to be aired for the show.
D.W. is [[BirthdayPartyGoesWrong not enjoying her birthday party]], and hides under the stairs while playing hide-and-seek. Her ImaginaryFriend, Nadine, gives her a ticket to visit the island of Ukubonga, where she is crowned queen of the island by a bunch of monsters resembling her party guests. While she enjoys it at first, she gets bored of hanging out with the monsters and tries to befriend the dreaded Ruthra.
Meanwhile, Arthur skips D.W.'s party to attend a class trip to the planetarium. He is transported four years into the future and meets a future D.W., finding her to be cool and regretting not spending time.
!!''D.W. and the Beastly Birthday'' contains examples of:
* AllJustADream: Arthur never did go into the future. He just fell asleep while the presentation was starting and dreamed all of it up. D.W. going to Ukubonga was all in her imagination, too.
* BirthdayEpisode: This special focuses on D.W.'s birthday.
* BirthdayPartyGoesWrong: D.W. is having a lousy birthday party. It's raining outside, the cake isn't the flavor she wanted, the party guests are annoying her (although they don't know it), she didn't get the gift she really wanted, and her brother Arthur isn't attending. Thankfully, things get better when Arthur shows up with the gift she wanted.
* DownerBeginning: The special starts by showing exactly what has been going wrong at D.W.'s party.
* TimeSkip: Arthur's plot takes place four years into the future, although he himself hasn't aged.
* SnapBack: D.W. had already turned four in "D.W.'s Perfect Wish" back in 1998.
* ViewerGenderConfusion: Arthur accidentally buys a birthday card for D.W. that says "To the world's best little brother," not realizing that the character depicted on the front was actually a little boy. Of course, he could have avoided that if he had actually opened the card.
* WholePlotReference: To ''Literature/WhereTheWildThingsAre''.
* YesMan: D.W. has an extended fantasy in which her friends all become monsters in the style of ''Literature/WhereTheWildThingsAre'' and she's the queen. However, they all bow to her whims, and so the only monster only the island she ultimately finds interesting is the one that represents her brother Arthur, simply because he has his own personality and ''won't'' do everything she says.
D.W. is [[BirthdayPartyGoesWrong not enjoying her birthday party]], and hides under the stairs while playing hide-and-seek. Her ImaginaryFriend, Nadine, gives her a ticket to visit the island of Ukubonga, where she is crowned queen of the island by a bunch of monsters resembling her party guests. While she enjoys it at first, she gets bored of hanging out with the monsters and tries to befriend the dreaded Ruthra.
Meanwhile, Arthur skips D.W.'s party to attend a class trip to the planetarium. He is transported four years into the future and meets a future D.W., finding her to be cool and regretting not spending time.
!!''D.W. and the Beastly Birthday'' contains examples of:
* AllJustADream: Arthur never did go into the future. He just fell asleep while the presentation was starting and dreamed all of it up. D.W. going to Ukubonga was all in her imagination, too.
* BirthdayEpisode: This special focuses on D.W.'s birthday.
* BirthdayPartyGoesWrong: D.W. is having a lousy birthday party. It's raining outside, the cake isn't the flavor she wanted, the party guests are annoying her (although they don't know it), she didn't get the gift she really wanted, and her brother Arthur isn't attending. Thankfully, things get better when Arthur shows up with the gift she wanted.
* DownerBeginning: The special starts by showing exactly what has been going wrong at D.W.'s party.
* TimeSkip: Arthur's plot takes place four years into the future, although he himself hasn't aged.
* SnapBack: D.W. had already turned four in "D.W.'s Perfect Wish" back in 1998.
* ViewerGenderConfusion: Arthur accidentally buys a birthday card for D.W. that says "To the world's best little brother," not realizing that the character depicted on the front was actually a little boy. Of course, he could have avoided that if he had actually opened the card.
* WholePlotReference: To ''Literature/WhereTheWildThingsAre''.
* YesMan: D.W. has an extended fantasy in which her friends all become monsters in the style of ''Literature/WhereTheWildThingsAre'' and she's the queen. However, they all bow to her whims, and so the only monster only the island she ultimately finds interesting is the one that represents her brother Arthur, simply because he has his own personality and ''won't'' do everything she says.
