Every day when you're walking down the street
Everybody that you meet
Has an original point of view
And I say - Hey! (Hey!)
What a wonderful kind of day
If we could learn to work and play
And get along with each other

You gotta listen to your heart
Listen to the beat
Listen to the rhythm
The rhythm of the street
Open up your eyes
Open up your ears
Get together and make things better
By working together

It's a simple message and it comes from the heart
Believe in yourself for that's the place to start

And I say - Hey! (Hey!)
What a wonderful kind of day
If we could learn to work and play
And get along with each other

Hey! What a wonderful kind of day. Hey!
What a wonderful kind of day. Hey!

Arthur

• Nickname: "Four Eyes" (but only Francine calls him that)
• Age: 8
• Grade: Third
• Teacher: The Rat (Mr. Ratburn)
• Favorite Things: Pal, pancakes, Grandma Thora, video games, and summer camp
• Greatest Fear: Having to play with D.W. and babysitting the Tibble Twins
• Hobbies: Reading, playing in my treehouse, training Pal, and hanging out with Buster
• What he want to be when he grows up: Teacher, doctor, explorer, vet, or maybe Bionic Bunny's animal trainer
• Favorite Quote: "You know what would make the world perfect? If there were no little sisters!"

Pal

• Age: Puppy
• Job: Eat, sleep, bark, eat, sleep, and scratch
• Favorite Things: Arthur, Arthur, Arthur, Arthur, Arthur, and D.W.'s shoe
• Greatest Fear: Bullydogs
• Hobbies: Chewing on things, playing tricks on D.W., and eating anything and everything Arthur can find
• Favorite Quote: "Arf, Arf"

Buster

• Nickname: "Antenna Ears"
• Age: 8
• Grade: Third
• Teacher: The Rat (Mr. Ratburn)
• Favorite Things: Comic books, dinosaurs, snakes, dinosaurs, video games, and dinosaurs
• Greatest Fear: Haunted houses and flunking third grade
• Hobbies: Hanging around with Arthur
• What he want to be when he grow up: Older
• Favorite Quote: "Are you going to eat that cupcake?"

D.W.

• Nickname: "Dim Wit"
• Real Name: Dora Winifred
• Age: 4 (and three-quarters)
• Grade: Pre-school
• Favorite color: Pink
• Teacher: She forgets
• Favorite Things: Getting presents and telling Arthur what to do
• Greatest Fear: Being ignored
• Hobbies: Gymnastics, riding her two-wheeler, and trick or treating
• What she want to be when she grows up: Ballerina, Princess, Actress, and President
• Favorite Quote: "After Binky pulverizes Arthur, can I have his room?"

Francine

• Nickname: Frankenstein
• Age: 8
• Grade: Third
• Teacher: The Rat (Mr. Ratburn)
• Favorite Things: Teasing Arthur, annoying Arthur, playing with Arthur, and getting better grades than Arthur
• Greatest Fear: Wearing a dress
• Hobbies: Horses (if she ever get one)
• What she want to be when she grows up: Soccer star, baseball star, and football star.
• Favorite Quote: "I am one of the nicest people in the whole school, and if you don't know that, you're a dope."

The Brain

• Real Name: Alan
• Age: 8
• Grade: Third
• Favorite Things: His atlas and computer modem
• Greatest Fear: Aliens landing while he is camping in Arthur's backyard
• Hobbies: Meteorology, ichthyology, and skipping rocks
• What he want to be when he grows up: The first person on Mars
• Favorite Quote: "Is that Arthur's sister or some frightening scientific experiment gone wrong?"

Binky

• Name: Binky
• Age: 9
• Grade: Third
• Teacher: The Rat (Mr. Ratburn)
• Favorite Things: Sleeping, eating
• Greatest Fear: Being laughed at and scary sounds at night (He will smash you if you tell anyone)
• Hobbies: Wrestling and playing the clarinet
• What he want to be when he grows up: A boxer or the guy who plays Godzilla in the movies
• Favorite Quote: "What are you laughing at?"

Mr. Ratburn

• Nickname: "The Rat"
• Age: Never Mind
• Grade: He teachs the third grade
• Favorite Things: Building puppets, giving LOTS of homework, and gourmet cooking
• Greatest Fear: He do not know the meaning of the word
• Hobbies: Chess, crossword puzzles, making checklists, and playing along with Jeopardy!
• What he want to do when he grows up: Continue to mold disorderly third graders into fine, upstanding citizens
• Favorite Quote: "Arthur Read, have you finished those multiplication tables?"

Muffy

• Nickname: Only Francine knows her parents call her Muffin
• Age: 8
• Grade: Third
• Teacher: The Rat (Mr. Ratburn)
• Favorite Things: Being rich, having long, curly hair, and diving for sunken treasure in her bathtub
• Greatest Fear: That no one will come to her birthday party
• Hobbies: Looking through her closet, playing with Francine, and braiding her hair
• What she want to do when she grows up: To establish the MuffyTM cosmetics line: "If you don't look good, I'm not making money."
• Favorite Quote: "Vomitrocious!"

Mom and Dad

• Nicknames: "Mom" and "Dad"
• Ages: That's not polite to ask, dear
• Job: Parents
• Favorite Things: Arthur, D.W., and Baby Kate
• Greatest Fear: Untrained puppies
• Hobbies: Sleeping late
• What they want to do when their kids grows up: Ride down the Amazon on a raft, and live on a remote desert island with no telephone
• Favorite Quote: "Kids, wouldn't you like to spend the day at Grandma Thora's?"

Baby Kate

• Age: Cute as a button
• Job: Baby
• Favorite Things: Arthur and D.W.
• Greatest Fear: The dark
• Hobbies: Dropping her pacifier and putting mashed potatoes on her face
• What she want to be when she grows up: Toilet trained
• Favorite Quote: "Glooba"