Top 10 Worst Arthur Episodes Featuring D.W.

The worst episodes from Arthur that feature the always annoying D.W. usually in the main storyline.
The Top Ten
1 Play It Again D.W.

In the episode D.W. constantly plays her Crazy Bus CD incredibly loud annoying Arthur over and over again while mom and dad yet again do nothing to stop her, at point Arthur is so annoyed while trying to do his homework and tells her if she didn't stop he was gonna wreck her CD she then goes mom and dad who unfairly ground him for no good reason then her CD goes missing and she accuses Arthur of stealing it with no real evidence and everyone immediately sides with D.W. even his friends D.W. continues to harass Arthur until its revealed Dad accidently took it.

One of the worst episodes ever because D.W is at her worst (Not surprisingly) by torturing Arthur with her annoying Crazy Bus radio song. And it's not only that why the episode is bad.
First off, Arthur did absolutely nothing to deserve all this torture, therefore this is an Arthur Torture EPISODE.
Secondly, after all that, she screams at the top of her lungs accusing Arthur for stealing her CD he gets punished for no reason, and she completely destroys his bedroom just for a stupid cd.

2 Arthur's Big Hit

I'm gonna have to disagree with you guys for this one. First of all, because DW actually gets punished more than anyone else in the family because she's the middle child. Secondly, I'm aware that Arthur told her not to touch her plane and she disobeyed. But really? Punching a 4 year old? PUNCHING a 4 YEAR OLD? You can't punch little kids so I can see why Mr. and Ms. Read took away his TV privileges. But still, I can see where you guys are going with this one. She didn't even apologize, she just made this excuse saying it wouldn't fly. So all of you are right in this one.

Ngl I like D.W. (On one hand, I honestly can't believe I just said that! But she's a middle child, like me.) please respect my opinion. As much as I like this episode and want to watch it, I have to say, Arthur was a bit too harsh on her when he punched her. But I do see why he did that. He honestly deserved to be in trouble, even though I don't hate him. And it was honestly his fault for making the plane. (I didn't watch please don't spoil)

3 D.W.'s Very Bad Mood

D.W throws a massive temper tantrum all because she wasn't invited to a birthday party for a kid she doesn't even like and ends up annoying everyone while mom and dad do absolutely nothing to stop her, Arthur and Francine are the only ones in the episode that actually that are actually trying to do the right thing at one point when Francine asks D.W. what's the matter with her and she runs off crying and she says "I didn't think she'd be so upset" and dad replies "It's not your fault Francine" yeah you know whos fault it is mom and dad for not putting a stop to D.W.'s bad behavior and in the end D.W. gets invited to Francine's birthday party after all her bad behavior and slamming of doors.

Responding to Pieclone: You're right that she threw a temper tantrum. Because the title is "D.W.'s Very Bad Mood".
However, I don't think that not even Caillou would throw a tantrum for that. Honestly, I think that as usual, he'd be just the annoying little crybaby he is and make a big show of crying, screaming, and whining. D.W. does have some good moments, I saw a comment saying that on a list.

4 Castaway

All Arthur wanted to do was go on a fishing trip with him and his dad and D.W. had to ruin all of that, When tells D.W. she won't be able to have her time with next week she starts crying and complaining Arthur decides to let her come with them a decision he later regrets, while on the trip Arthur and dad try to fish and he sprains his ankle and unable to go fishing in order to let him rest dad takes D.W. fishing and surprisingly she actually catches some fish the next day Arthur and dad try again and are unsuccessful they return to the camp ground and find everyone there got fish thanks to D,W. playing her Mary Moo Cow CD as everyone is singing the Mary Moo Cow song happily Arhtur is furious and storms off shouting "I can't take it anymore! " and sums up this episode in a nutshell by saying "She always gets what she wants! ".

I couldn’t stand D.W. getting what she wants in this episode! All she’s done was act like a total spoiled little brat by crying and complaining to get her own way. First she cried and complained about wanting to go to the museum with her dad and Arthur but only wanted to see the unicorns, then she kept being a brat by complaining of wanting to go fishing with them even though the weekend was supposed to only be Arthur and his dad! I swear if I was there and she was being a stuck-up little crybaby I would have knocked her out with a shovel and left her dangling above an alligator pit a long time ago.

5 Bleep

For a show that talked about a 9/11 type of incident just one season BEFORE, it feels like they got REALLY lazy with arguably the EASIEST moral for a kids show: swearing is wrong. Mrs. Reed says that Swear Words basically mean “I wanna hurt your Feelings.” That’s was an insult to the young viewers’ intelligence. Couldn’t you just say something like “Swear words are really bad words that little kids shouldn’t say because they are rude.” See how different that was, comepletly different angle approached. Oh, and what on EARTH were they THINKING with that final scene. I would much prefer D.W.’s friend. Vecita (I think that’s her name) ignoring D.W. because of what she told her or the Tibbles apologize for their lie or them get in TROUBLE for their lie instead of having an entire preschool class curse. Also, why would they go straight to a bleep instead of making up their own word or using a word like “stupid? ” There are PLENTY of good cartoon episodes where “no cursing! ” is the moral. For Example, Spongebob’s Sailor Mouth. The entire episode was just a masterpiece honestly, they covered how bad words are first used and learned. Loud House’s Potty Mouth. They covered how they get LEARNED: by older people who use them. If you think I’m being too harsh on a little kids show and not giving it fair competition and comparison, how about this: THE BEARINSTEIN BEARS:(Episode called Bad Word (I think,) not too sure.) Sister and her friend Lizzy learn a bad word from a dvd they watch. They use it jokingly insulive not knowing what it REALLY means on people such as their friends. But when Sister uses it on Brother, that’s when she finds out she accidentally watched an older kid dvd instead of a little kid tape. Mama tells her off, and then she tells Lizzy who then tells her she had a similar situation. They vow never to use it again. In the end during bedtime, Sister asks Mama why cubs (the shows version of kids) say bad words. Mama says... more

6 D.W. Goes to Washington

That one joke where D.W. meets the president and says that the National Anthem from now on should be crazy bus was disrespectful to Francis Scott Key, the man who wrote the Star Spangled Banner and to America.

D.W. wants to Pony Land but everyone decides to go to Washington instead which doesn't sit well with D.W. who spends the entire episode complaining about everything.

I didn't watch it yet, but I'm planning to.

7 Return of the Snowball

D.W.'s long missing snowball mysteriously returns and everything should be all right, but no D.W. thinks if it can get stolen once it could get stolen again and goes to crazy lengths to protect her snowball including multiple locks and all the while she still acusses Arthur of stealing it, in the end its revealed that Arthur bought a regular snow cone and put it in the freezer for her to make her happy.

8 Go to Your Room, D.W.

D.W deserved getting punished because she was being such a jerk to Kate, while she's a baby. First off, if you say that it seems like D.W never gets into trouble, then it's not true. Remember in D.W The Picky Eater, or in D.Ws bad mood where she got reproached for being so disrespectful? And this? Not only is D.W at her worst when she's NOT in trouble, she also thinks she can get away with everything. She lies that everyone was treating her like a slave and had to stay home and take care of Arthur. That's another thing. She thinks that just because she's the second youngest, she thinks people are stupid. The only hilarious part was the whole, "ARTHUR, GO TO YOUR ROOM AND NEVER COME OUT! "

D.W. is sent to her room for being mean to Kate and she complains about having the meanest parents in the world and complains about stuff that never happened like being treated like a slave and not being able to go to a wedding.

9 For Whom the Bell Tolls

It's a real shame I don't like (hate, despise, and wish it never existed) this episode, Arthur and his friends teaming up against D.W, Arthur managing to exposing her lie, A hilarious moment with Arthur's T.V. show so happy D.W. Lost her voice, and D.W. getting punished in the end. What's to hate? Well, we never see the punishment, there's way too much sympathy towards D.W., Francine is kind of mean in this episode, we never actually SEE D.W.'s punishment (all it is is Mrs. Reed mad at her,) how unoriginal the whole "Ring of the bell for the slave to come" concept is (Seriously, that was first done in the classic Tom and Jerry short "Fit to Be Tied" and Tom got PUNISHED ONSCREEN for his actions), and worst of all, D.W. is an @SSH*L# in this episode. The plot is D.W. gets laryngitis and loses her voice, so Arthur must help her get to her needs, but D.W. treats him like a SLAVE and makes him do s&tty tasks that you/anyone can easily do WITHOUT her voice like flatten her pillows, make her bed, etc. When her voice gets BACK, she STILL treats him like a slave and when Arthur finds out and tells his mom, she doesn't believe him. Poor Arthur tries and tries and on one try D.W. almost TACKLED him. After numerous attempts and several fails, he then has another trial but with the Help of his friends Francine, Brain, And Buster. They mute the T.V. and lip words to one another
so D.W. thinks she's def, which causes her to scream "MOMMY, I'M GOING DEF! " Mrs. Read is angry at her and says sarcastically "In a miraculously way, D.W." It's implied D.W. gets punished but we never SEE it. And hers the worst thing to realize: (in the beginning it was what the episode does and the worst thing the episode does is having D.W. be a jerk) D.W. gets LARYNGITIS, so this episode could have EASILY TALKED ABOUT THE DISEASE/SICKNESS INSTEAD OF A MORAL ABOUT TREATING PEOPLE LIKE SLAVES WHICH FAILS MISERABLY. A very immature episode. Probably not in my top ten worst for the pros at the... more

10 Prove It
The Contenders
11 Arthur's Perfect Christmas

What did D.W. do wrong? The temperature only went on for less than 20 seconds and she learned to appreciate her gift. I also REALLY like the songs. Buster’s segments were heartfelt and Muffy towards the end recognized and realized what she did wrong. Also Uncle Fred was really nice towards the end.

This special was okay, but the part when DW throws a temper tantrum because she didn't get what she wanted for Christmas is down right cringe worthy and painful to watch.

It was really good, but DW just had to ruin it by whining about a stupid toy.

12 D.W. Rides Again
13 D.W.'s Stray Netkitten
14 The Last of Mary Moo Cow

The worst part was the fact that instead of getting a moral about favorite shows ending and how to deal with it, it had D.W. Visit the studio and finding the voice actor of Mary Moo Cow. Oh, and a child’s fake petition getting used is IMPOSSIBLE. You need something like GOVERNMENT APPROVAL for that. The ending was HORRIBLE. After D.W. gave Arthur the T.V. to watch Dark Bunny, it got CANCELLED FOR MORE ROOM FOR A REVIVAL OF MARY MOO COW. Just WHY? All shows DO get cancelled and not all get revived. Thanks For reading!

15 D.W. All Wet

What a way to start an episode. A 4 year old screaming like she's been kidnapped. If I were at the lake at that time and didn't know who the Reads were, I would most certainly call the cops and try to save her. That's what anyone else would think when they see that ANYWHERE. D.W. is screaming louder than someone playing Heavy Metal music into at a concert. Other than that, I did feel for her when I found out why she was screaming, but then ARTHUR had an out of CHARACTER moment, she said she hopes he gets eaten by the (not gonna say what because I don't want to spoil it.) Then Arthur does something wrong and D.W being the jerk she is tries to get him in trouble but it doesn't work.

That was All I'm gonna say. Watch the episode to find out what happens. (Thanks for reading! )

16 Flaw And Order
17 D.W. Aims High

What? No, she's actually mature and acts like a big girl in this one! Get this episode off this list.

18 Never, Never, Never (Season 12)
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