WTF is Arthur?????

[Hamburgerpimp]

I'm seeing Arthur toys, cereal, cartoons..it never ends. I've asked a lot of people what he is and here are some of the answers. BTW, what the hell is he, really?

Rat
Kangaroo
Gerbil
Hamster
Rabbit
Wallaby
Platapus
Monster

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Firstly, for no poll, this thread sucks.

Secondly, Arthur is probably 10 years old. He's an anteater, IIRC. Yes, I know he looks nothing like one.

- M4H

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Firstly, for no poll, this thread sucks.

- M4H

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

Ok, I'll turn it into a poll for the kids.

 

[ggavinmoss]

Aardvark

-geoff

 

[Afro000Dude]

He's an anteater. He used to be in "educational" books for children. I used to read them.

 

[dighn]

it's a pos cartoon with fugly characters that look like rats

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Hamburgerpimp
Ok, I'll turn it into a poll for the kids.

Why? You got your answer. Anteater.

- M4H

 

[ggavinmoss]

Even though he is an aardvark, I thought he was a monster for the longest time.

-geoff

Aardvark, not anteater.

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

Ok, I'll turn it into a poll for the kids.
On second thought, it's too much work.

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

New

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

keyboard

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: ggavinmoss
Even though he is an aardvark, I thought he was a monster for the longest time.

-geoff

Aardvark, not anteater.

Really?

I could have sworn he was an anteater.

There's probably two Arthurs - the book and the show, unrelated.

- M4H

 

[pyonir]

I thought he was the drunk guy at a lot of parties.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: ggavinmoss
Even though he is an aardvark, I thought he was a monster for the longest time.

-geoff

Aardvark, not anteater.

Really?

I could have sworn he was an anteater.

There's probably two Arthurs - the book and the show, unrelated.

- M4H

Actually, you are not far from wrong. The earlier Arthur books had him with a long snout, looking quite aardvark like. The author changed the look for TV. Suppose it was to make the character more human in appearance.

 

[crypticlogin]

Arthur is anthropomorphism gone wrong, then disguised as children's entertainment.

 

[FoBoT]

if you see some of the earliest drawings of him, he looks more like an aardvark, they "humanized" him later

 

[wfbberzerker]

and i say hey! what a wonderful kind of way, where you can learn to live and play, and get along with eachother...

 

[billandopus]

Arthur is a kid's character but of course. My 3 year old loves his "Arthur's Birthday" software.