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Sex & Nudity
Violence & Gore
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- While pretending to be a superhero on a preschool playground, Timmy Tibbles pushes a swing at D.W. and unintentionally injures her on the lower lip. The injury is visible and she has to get stitches.
- Arthur accidentally cuts his knee on an open can. The wound can be seen on-screen.
- DW's pet bird, Spanky, dies on-screen. However, all that is shown is his eyes closing. D. W. Is later seen holding his corpse.
- There is a reference to Julius Ceasar's assassination by stabbing.
Profanity
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- FU DW has profanity and has Arthur characters but it has nothing to do with the show.
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
Frightening & Intense Scenes
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- Brain dreams he is a bug, and his friends chase him down, bring him to a cave, where a giant fly swatter will swat him and kill him, they begin to go through with it, however just before he is about to be swatted, he wakes up. Too frightening for some.
- Some of the fantasies or dream sequences can be disturbing to some, yet it is done to help children when they have bad fantasies to relate to.
- An episode deals with DW's pet bird Spanky dying, and the grief it brings the family. The show is meant to help Children deal with the loss of pets.
- DW and Arthur overhear their parents arguing, and fear they will leave each other, and begin to hate each other. Obviously this does not happen, it is meant to help children understand with and cope when their parents fight and argue.
- An episode deals with Arthur's school catching on fire, we see how each of the students handle the situations, with some suffering minor trauma. May be intense for real young children, and or anyone who has experienced a fire first hand, even for children who witnessed 9/11 or other tragic events.
- Some episodes talk about heavy topics such as bullying, bedwetting, asthma, dyslexia, Asperger's syndrome, PTSD, autism spectrum disorder, or even cancer.
- Although this is a PBS Kids show, some moments can be considered disturbing.
- Arthur scolded DW saying "I TOLD YOU NOT TO TOUCH IT!!" followed by punching DW, causing her to wail in pain. This episode might be scary for younger viewers.
- The show can talk about serious issues. Like autism, divorce, Asperger Syndrome, PTSD, and even eating disorders and cancer.
- Moderate in some episodes.
- Arthur shows his fist and it was a meme and it can be frightening because the little kids think he will punch them.
- In one episode Mrs. McGrady is diagnosed with cancer this upsets Arthur and his friends who all have mixed reactions.
- Throughout one episode Arthur bullies Sue Ellen over a yak coat and at one point it gets serious to where she asks to switch classes.
Spoilers
Violence & Gore
- A dog, aptly named "Killer", is adopted by Grandma Thora and later bites one character as well as attacking a cat.
- Buster has an asthma attack and coughs violently after being made by Arthur to read "dirty books" (old joke books full of dust and dirt). Buster has to go to a hospital. Too intense for young kids.
- There are some mildly disturbing character fantasies including Francine being served grotesque food with mold and mushrooms on it from a cafeteria, Muffy sinking in quicksand while begging Bailey to pull her out, Buster and his mother getting abducted by aliens so they can be eaten by them and Arthur's father being drowned by a giant squid at a seafood joint.
- One episode called "Arthur's Big Hit" involves Arthur getting very angry at DW after she breaks his model airplane, yelling "I told you not to TOUCH IT!!!", he punches her (impact not shown) and makes her cry. The punch is so hard that she has to apply ice to ease the swelling. Later on in the episode Arthur is punched by another character (impact also not shown.) This episode may upset some viewers.
- In "Arthur's Big Hit", Binky is pressured by his friends to "sock" Arthur, which he eventually does. No injury is visible, but Arthur is knocked to the ground. Binky later regrets hitting him.
Profanity
- Sometimes the characters would say Stupid, also "Bleep" features the characters swearing.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
- In "Shelter from the Storm" a hurricane hits Elwood City. An ice cream shop and someone's house are seen damaged. Brain also talks about trees falling on his school and house.
- In "DW the Picky Eater," Muffy said a butler got a dog to try a new dog food brand from inspiration which kinda meant he probably at the dog food in front of him.
- Contains mildly frightening scenes meant to teach children how to cope with fears and pranks. In one episode, What Scared Sue Ellen, Sue Ellen is frightened by a noise in a forest and learns to deal with it. In another episode, the Fright Stuff, deals with the boys and girls pranking each other and how pranks can be mean-spirited.
- In the series finale, there is a scene where they found the borad game in the library. It tells the future about their jobs. This deals with adult issues.
- Some episodes discuss mature/difficult subjects such as autism/aspergers, upsetting/traumatic events, terminal illness, and some scenes are tense such as the Tibble siblings knocking DW with a swing and a young girl says her face was bleeding in one episode
