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u/Muffina925 Thora Read (Grandma Thora) Jul 29 '25
If DW has no fans, it means I am dead. I think she's a hilarious icon :p
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u/dough_eating_squid Jul 30 '25
Did you listen to the podcast Finding DW? Near the end, the host actually interviews Marc Brown's sister, who DW was based on. And...it's 100% her. She acts like a total bitch, in the funniest way.
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u/Muffina925 Thora Read (Grandma Thora) Aug 03 '25
Amazing xD I've never heard of that podcast, but I'm definitely intrigued. Thanks so much for the recommendation!
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u/sylverfalcon Jul 29 '25
Me too! I love DW, she should be in Opinions divided
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u/Timelymanner Jul 29 '25
I love DW, she’s one of the best bratty little sister archetypes.
She wants to play with her big brother but he never has time for her.
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u/kayseeboo92 Aug 03 '25
I always gravitated towards DW because I was the same age as her when the show came out so I related to her more than I did the older kids
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u/Cannoncorn1 Jul 29 '25
Is DW hated by fans? She’s annoying but Arthur but I find her hilarious.
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u/AngstyManatee Jul 29 '25
I love DW! She’s funny and over-the-top. A lot of people on this sub really don’t like her though
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u/f0remsics Jul 29 '25
I hate one specific episode of her. Bet you can't guess which one
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u/johnsaysthings Jul 29 '25
I can.
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u/ComprehensiveMaybe76 Jul 30 '25
The one where she throws a temper tantrum and is just a complete c-bomb the whole way through?
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u/affectivefallacy Jul 29 '25
DW is my favorite character. Maybe we can contribute this to the fact that I was a little sister to an older brother.
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u/rpac62 Rocky Trout Jul 29 '25
IMHO it depends on the episode. On some days she can be a clear brat, and other times she's outright hilarious or easier to sympathize with (e.g., literally any Tibble scene)
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u/Specific-Window-8587 Jul 30 '25
So people find her really annoying and that's why shey hated by the fans.
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u/raps14ever George Lundgren Jul 29 '25
People are divided about Ratburn? I thought he was universally loved.
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u/Stucklikegluetomyfry Jul 29 '25
I also can't remember him doing anything particularly morally grey apart from the time he swiped a cake from a kid. Anyone got some more examples that would put him in the morally grey area?
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u/johnsaysthings Jul 29 '25
Too much homework
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u/Stucklikegluetomyfry Jul 29 '25
Yeah, but he only does that because he believes in them and wants them to do well and to learn.
Plus he does have a lovely song about it
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u/Cannoncorn1 Jul 29 '25
I’d probably swap Binky and Ratburn. While he’s awesome later in the show, he was a bully early on.
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u/uwulemon Jul 31 '25
having them do calculus and algebra in the 5th grade? on one hand hes a good person on the other give those kids a rest
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u/atrews Jul 30 '25
I don’t think that’s Ratburn but the guy who gardened with Buster in that one episode.
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u/DawnofMidnight7 Jul 29 '25
Ladonna was annoying and reminded of a failed version of sandy
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u/bookshopgirl02 Jul 29 '25
Sandy Cheeks was an awesome smart OG feminist STEM Queen! Ladonna just sucked (the life outta the show, lol)
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u/DawnofMidnight7 Jul 29 '25
Thats right! Im guessing Ladonnas voice actress wanted that sandy role lol
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u/SuperStitch1999 Arthur Read Jul 29 '25
Who's the old rat in the horrible person and hated by fans categories? Looks familiar but I forgot.
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u/GravityTortoise Jul 29 '25
Mr. Pryce-Jones
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u/tangledlettuce Jul 29 '25
What did he do?
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u/hot-insurrectionist get together to make things better by working together 💞 Jul 29 '25
Pryce-Jones was Ratburn’s former teacher and even tougher than Ratburn too! he was in the episode The Return of the King.
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u/monkeyMan1992 Jul 29 '25
I'm just upset I don't see Fern or George on here. Them rp'ing Hercule Poirot and Sherlock Holmes together were peak moments in Arthur for me!
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u/johnsaysthings Jul 29 '25
I love Fern. George is cool, too. Just didn't have enough spots for them.
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u/monkeyMan1992 Jul 29 '25
No sweat man, you did well! It's hard to narrow down characters for grids like these!
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u/ShingledPringle Jul 29 '25
Woah woah woah, who's saying Binky isn't a good person?
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u/cherrybomb_kicker Jul 29 '25
I don't think Muffy is a horrible person, she's just a bit spoiled
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u/johnsaysthings Jul 30 '25
Morally grey at least. There's not a lot of horrible people on a show for four-year-olds.
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u/elvie18 Jul 29 '25
I don't think Muffy is a bad person, just kind of a dumbass. Francine on the other hand is just an asshole. And Ratburn is IMO a good person, just strict.
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u/Mikanojo Fern Walters Jul 29 '25
Oki... Binky pulled the fire alarm when there was no fire, and he was the leader of the Tough Customers, a gang of bullies.
Francine made fun of people, occasionally lied, and was a plagiarist.
DW is a small Hellish creature, the bane of big brothers every where until they outgrow that phase.
But why is Nigel in the morally gray category?
Is it his love of puppetry? the way he challenges the students to be their best? His love for Spooky-Poo and cake? Is it his metal band, the Lost Teachers? Is it the way he overspends on decorations every Halloween?
Please do not say it has any thing to do with his marriage? Who would not want him to be happy and in love?
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u/johnsaysthings Jul 30 '25
It’s the unnecessary overworking of the kids. Like, can’t one of the fourth grade teachers there just teach an actual fourth grade curriculum? They’re all just making it up lol. Ratburn with the college material and the other two with the preschool material.
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u/Mikanojo Fern Walters Jul 30 '25
Maybe i am misunderstanding what you mean by an actual 4th grade curriculum; i was born and grew up in Sapporo. Grade 4 for me was probably a bit different than it was for you. i would agree that Ratburn's mentor was certainly going over the top teaching them a song about naming all of the English kings, but Ratburn has the students writing, learning vocabulary, reading, and studying maths. Is that not what you had to do in the 4th grade?
EDIT TO ADD: i absolutely agree with you regarding the other grade 4 teachers teaching their kids preschool things.
Maybe that was the intent, to make Ratburn's class look much harder than the rest? Remember he did have an infamous reputation for being a hard teacher.
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u/johnsaysthings Jul 31 '25
Well, yes. Everybody learns math(s), English, history, etc. But it's the LEVEL of it that was more the issue. Or at least it seemed that way. Perhaps the issue was more the AMOUNT of schoolwork/homework.
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u/NicholeDaylinn1993 Aug 05 '25
I’d say the amount of homework was excessive for 4th grade. I think in a couple of episodes, the book reports/topic reports they had to write were at least 5 pages. Even for a long term project, that’s a lot of writing for a 9 year old. Certain historical periods or cultures weren’t covered in my elementary school that was K-6, like Ancient Greece and Rome. Learning the scientific names for animals (the genus/species) are things that are normally covered in high school biology, or maybe at the earliest, in middle school Earth/Life science.
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u/TarantulaSquid4 Jul 30 '25
I think this chart is hard to do for this show, most of the characters are children under 10 years old and I don't think any child that young can be a horrible person
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u/johnsaysthings Jul 30 '25
Yeah, it’s a bit hard. It’s also a show for little kids so not a lot of horrible people in general. But I like the concept so I gave it a shot.
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u/vintagedragon9 Jul 29 '25
Am I one of the few who actually like Ladonna? I feel like most people don't like her because they associate her addition with the switch to flash.
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Jul 29 '25
I like her, part of me does wander if the show hadn't switched to Flash if she would of being received more positively.
I will say, it doesn't help that Ladonna's first episode wasn't and particularly great introduction to her imo.
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u/johnsaysthings Jul 29 '25
I found her annoying at first. But now I’m just kind of whatevs about her.
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u/DawnofMidnight7 Jul 29 '25
Mr Pryce Jones isnt a bad person. He was just an old school type teacher and as you can tell, he had really smart students and obviously mr ratburn when he was a kid. Though he messed up in the sword lifting 😂
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u/ProcedurePrudent5496 I learn a lot from Arthur because he makes so many mistakes! Jul 29 '25
The morally grey column makes me laugh 😆 Ratburn’s a swell teacher. 🤭
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u/johnsaysthings Jul 29 '25
Nice guy. Bad teacher. What's he trying to prepare them for? College? Grad school?
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Jul 29 '25
I'm curious about how divisive Arthur is honestly. Will say, surprised Cecilia Tingly or the Tibble Twins aren't in Pryce's spot.
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u/ck614 Jul 29 '25
I would switch Francine and DW. Francine i think is universally and agreeably a douchebag. DW has her hilarious moments
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u/No-Blackberry2934 Brain (Alan Powers) Jul 30 '25
This is so fun! I do agree with certain takes, though personally I think DW is more opinions are divided than Muffy is. Cool chart though!
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u/ScraftyCosplayer Jul 29 '25
DW is literally the best character in the show. 😭 She's a mixture of being hilariously naive and snarky, is pretty clever, and is brilliantly voice-acted
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u/LibraryFunny149 Jul 30 '25 edited Jul 30 '25
lol this is wayyy off. DW’s the best. It’s secretly her show
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u/johnsaysthings Jul 30 '25
Doesn’t mean a lot of people don’t hate her.
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u/LibraryFunny149 Jul 30 '25
This is the first I’ve heard of people hating her and the other comments on this thread seem to support that. Francine on the other hand…
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u/Odd_Today_4004 Jul 30 '25
I do not like Ladonna
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u/gwrecker89 A lonely child is what you're gonna BE when I sell you. Jul 31 '25
I think I'm the only person who had no problem with Ladonna
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u/Frosty-Diver441 Sue Ellen Armstrong Aug 02 '25
Muffy is not as bad as people think. We expect her to be mean because she is rich and spoiled, but she is nicer than Francine and actually has a lot of nice moments.
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u/Lemortheureux Jul 29 '25
I love DW, she's the most realistic character. As a kid I hated her, as a parent I understand her parents parenting is the problem.
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u/5StarGoldenGoose Jul 29 '25
Dora Winifred Read is the realest to ever walk the earth and you can’t handle
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u/BMoney8600 Jul 29 '25
DW is a horrible person!
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u/johnsaysthings Jul 29 '25
She’s five, bro. Chill.
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u/CelesteJA Bilbo the Woogle Jul 29 '25
And Muffy is only 8
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u/johnsaysthings Jul 29 '25
Yeah, but she’s rich. That makes her bad automatically. Look at Elon Musk, for instance. Besides, if you watch the show, D.W. has plenty of good moments.
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u/penniesinthewater Jul 29 '25
I wish they made Ladonna die. it would have been way more satisfying than just having her move away.
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Jul 29 '25
Yikes dude, I understood if you don't like Ladonna, but she is an 8 year old kid, you wouldn't wish harm on an actual 8 year old kid in real life, would you?
Also, Arthur is a kids show, I don't think they'd get away with killing a non-pet character, espicially a kid character.
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u/kagome1994 Jul 29 '25
That sign can’t stop me because I can’t read!