Ungifted

"Ungifted"
Main image Title card
Season/Series:	12
Number in season:	4b
Original Airdate:	October 27, 2008 January 30, 2009 April 9, 2009 November 19, 2012
Credits
Written by:	Susan Kim
Storyboard by:	Ivan Tankushev
Episodes
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"Ungifted" is the second half of the fourth episode in the twelfth season of Arthur.

Summary

Arthur gives away a present that he had received from Buster, then tries to get it back.

Plot

The introduction tells the fairy-tale of two farmers who own a cow. One of them (Arthur) trades the cow for gold, the gold for a goose and the goose for “magic” beans which turn out to be ordinary beans. The other farmer (Buster) is upset.

Ungifted

While looking for an umbrella, Buster finds an old model set and builds a thresher model called "Grain Reaper". He gives it to Arthur as a gift.

Arthur wants to get a signed Dark Bunny poster, but Binky got the last one. Binky trades Arthur the poster for the model.

When Arthur tells Buster about the trade, Buster is upset that Arthur simply gave away his gift.

Arthur makes an “I’m sorry”-card. D.W. suggests also giving Buster the poster.

Buster refuses the card and poster. He is upset, because his uncle Stu, who once got the model set as a kid, is coming to visit and wants to see the model. Arthur has a nightmare about Uncle Stu locking himself in the bathroom and a monster thresher (which is the thresher's mother) attacking the house.

Arthur tries to get the model from Binky, but Binky had given it to Brain, who then gave it to Mr. Ratburn, who gave it to Mrs. Tibble for a school tag sale.

When Arthur explains his problem to Mrs. Tibble, she gives him the model but the Tibble twins break it.

Arthur visits the Baxters during Uncle Stu's stay and shows them the “repaired” model, which now looks like an abstract sculpture. Both Buster and Stu are pleased how it turned out.

Arthur and Buster want to buy a new model but can not decide on whether to buy the Dark Bunny mobile or a combine.

Characters

Major

• Arthur Read
• Buster Baxter
• Binky Barnes

Minor

• Bitzi Baxter
• D.W. Read
• Stu (debut)
• Mrs. Tibble
• Timmy and Tommy Tibble
• Muffy Crosswire (opening)
• Brain
• Mr. Ratburn
• Thora Read (imagination)
• George Lundgren (imagination)
• Neal Lundgren (imagination)

Cameo

• Mrs. Fink
• Sue Ellen Armstrong
• Patrick (4th grader)
• Alfonz
• Prunella Deegan
• Mary (3rd grader)
• Pal (imagination)
• Francine Frensky (imagination)
• Oliver Frensky (imagination)

Trivia

• Arthur's laugh in the title card is in a lower pitch.
• Sue Ellen and Patrick can be seen outside the movie theater. Strangely, they do not move at all.
• The Bionic Bunny Walkie-Talkies make another appearance.

Episode connections

• A poster for the Harvest Day Celebration that is mentioned in "Arthur's Number Nightmare" can be seen in the library. The Harvest Day Celebration would be mentioned again in "Prunella and the Disappointing Ending."

Cultural references

• The introduction combines elements from “Hans in Luck” and “Jack and the Beanstalk”.
• Arthur and Buster's shoe-shaped house in the introduction may refer to the old woman who lived in a shoe.
• The Grain Reaper is a reference to the Grim Reaper.
• Convert-o-nauts refer to Transformers.
• "Dark Bunny vs. the Cisco Squid" refers to “The Cisco Kid”.

Errors

• The video description refers to George as "Moose".
• When Buster is first shown holding the model combine kit at the end of the episode, one of the box's sides misspells "COMBINE" as "COMBIVE".

Gallery

Main article: Ungifted/Gallery

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• The Ultimate Friendship Collection