Arthur's Missing Pal

"THE PIZZA BOY IS FRANCINE!"

- The Brain

Arthur's Missing Pal is a computer-animated television film based on the traditionally-animated series Arthur and the Arthur books by Marc Brown. It first aired on PBS KIDS GO! on August 18, 2006, and was later released to DVD on August 22, 2006.

Plot
Pal goes missing after Arthur leaves for his friends' water balloon fight because Arthur has forgotten to feed him. However, he and Buster are certain that D.W. did it, but D.W. denies any involvement. Arthur and his friends mount a search throughout Elwood City for the missing dog.

Why It's NOT A "Wonderful Kind Of Day"

 * 1) Putrid CGI animation that is a really big downgrade from the books and show's animation and is bad even for 2006 standards, enough to make the flash animation in Seasons 16-19 look like it was drawn by a masterpiece artist in comparison. The animation looks kinda reminiscent of Foodfight.
 * 2) *Speaking of the animation, the CGI used for Mr. Kone's mop is probably some of the worst of it in the entire movie (and that's really saying a lot), as rather than touching the floor, it actually floats above it.
 * 3) *Also, the character designs are pretty bad as they horribly transition from 2D flat designs to uncanny CGI ones. Some of them aren't even that recognizable when you compare their original versions to their transitions into CGI here. It mostly feels like a Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo GameCube or an Xbox video game. The Tibbles, Francine, Muffy, D.W., and Kate are notable offenders of this.
 * 4) *The animation is so bad that it actually manages to make some of the characters look uncanny in their transitions to CGI. For example, Arthur's eyes look creepy and confusing while the character's facial expressions look unnatural in some scenes.
 * 5) False advertising: Some of the posters claim that this is Arthur's first movie. However, this isn’t Arthur's first feature-length film. mh:greatestmovies:Arthur's Perfect Christmas is, which was released six years before this film came out.
 * 6) Arthur screaming "PAAAAAAL!" after Pal runs away is very annoying.
 * 7) The plot is rather unoriginal and poorly executed as it rips off the mh:besttvshows:SpongeBob SquarePants episode Have You Seen This Snail?, in which Gary runs away after SpongeBob forgets to feed him.
 * 8) * Arthur's Lost Dog also have the same plot as this episode.
 * 9) There are constant and repetitive montages that often come off as pointless and serve as little more than filler in what's already a short movie.
 * 10) There is no good comedy in this film, which is unacceptable because Arthur is meant to be a comedic franchise.
 * 11) Poor soundtrack that mainly consists of unoriginal and mediocre songs that are very poorly incorporated into the story.
 * 12) Arthur is very mean-spirited to Pal at the beginning of the movie, as he blames Pal for losing the water balloon fight despite the fact that it was actually his own fault (as even though Pal distracted him, he was still the one who started talking and therefore ended up giving away his hiding spot and losing) and tells Buster that sometimes he wishes that he literally had any other dog in the world instead.
 * 13) Most of the cast in this movie used pseudonyms instead of their real names, which can be extremely confusing.
 * 14) *On that topic, only Daniel Brochu (Buster) and Bruce Dinsmore (David Read and Binky) reprise their roles from the TV series.
 * 15) Some (albeit minor) animation errors. For example, when Buster, Dad, and Arthur are in Mr. Kone's Ice cream factory, the background door is still locked, and during the water balloon war, Muffy's camera continuously changes its position despite the fact that she's never actually seen moving it.
 * 16) A few inaccuracies to the original Arthur franchise, as the character Mr. Kone, along his own ice cream company, were never included in the original book series/show, this making this non canon.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Arthur is still a likeable character, despite being very mean-spirited to Pal earlier on.
 * 2) The voice acting is mostly okay (even if most of the cast didn't reprise their roles), as mentioned above, Daniel Brochu and Bruce Dinsmore reprising their roles from the TV series.
 * 3) The ending isn't too bad.
 * 4) It was never intended to be released theatrically, which can explain some of the problems.

The Movie
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Reviews
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