Nerves Of Steal (Arthur)
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Nerves of Steal is the 2nd half of episode 2 of Arthur.
Summary
Buster hates being the only kid without a CyberToy, so he plans to "borrow" one from the store...until his own conscience catches him.
Why It Doesn't Have The Nerves Of Steal
- It's just another 11-minute torture episode for Arthur as he ends up getting in trouble despite doing nothing wrong.
- Buster is a terrible friend to Arthur as he not only gets him trouble by writing the draft letter, but also puts his name on it, therefore implicating that Arthur was the so-called thief.
- The way buster steals the toy is absolutely pathetic. He drops it in Arthur's bag without even noticing
- Arthur's parents are also unlikable as they end up telling of their son despite literally doing nothing wrong in this episode.
- David stated that Arthur covered up the crime, yet he was just trying to get Buster return the stolen toy back to Jim's drug store.
- Plot Hole: How did Mr Gage, the owner of Jim's drug store know the boys' parents numbers?
- Bad Moral: If you know someone who drops the stolen item in your bag, you could get punished along with the criminal.
- Weak Ending: Buster ends up getting grounded for stealing which doesn't fit the crime.
- Having him being arrested would have been a much more suitable punishment.
Redeeming Qualities
- Apart from the very bad moral, it's still true that stealing is wrong.
- Even if someone returns the stolen toy, they shouldn't go scot-free for all the damage done.
- Furthermore, Arthur's parents eventually do make a point that it would have been better if their son told them what Buster did.
- The rest of the characters (except Buster and Arthur's parents) are still tolerable as usual.
- Some later scenes where Buster became paranoid about the crime.
- Decent voice acting and animation as usual.
- The concept of Buster stealing sounded decent, just horrendous execution.
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