With Arthur coming to an end after 25 seasons, many fans that grew up with the PBS show tuned in to see the final “All Grown Up” episode.
As the longest airing kids show — available in 80 countries — kids across the globe all have their own memories involving the anthropomorphic cartoon aardvark. The last episode tugged at the heartstrings of fans in a profound way as many of the viewers are also “all grown up,” experiencing the real-world responsibilities that the characters of Elwood City are now facing.
What made the episode even more special was the fact that the original voice actor of Arthur — Michael Yarmush — returned to voice the adult Arthur, and that the librarian who handed Arthur the instructional illustration book, which leads him to become a graphic novelist, was voiced by Arthur creator, Marc Brown.
As expected, the emotional tweets began pouring in with the hashtag “#Arthur25” with personal Arthur stories from around the world. Take a look below at what some fans had to say about the end of the iconic children’s show.
Y’all I’m crying! The Arthur characters are like grown grown with jobs ? they even got the original actor to voice adult Arthur ? #arthurpbs #Arthur25 #ArthurMarathon #ArthurFinale pic.twitter.com/LfKm9lNUqp
— Celinda Reyes (@celindareyes) February 21, 2022
so arthur’s story ended by having him become an actual author. the person who pushed him into that career, marc brown (the creator of arthur). oh and the voice of adult arthur was the original voice of arthur (Micheal Yarmush) i’m emotionally wrecked rn. #arthur #arthur25 pic.twitter.com/KgGFnF93aR
— aMucc (@amurkymuc) February 21, 2022
The ending was revealed to us on Day 1.
DW IS READING ARTHUR’S GRAPHIC NOVEL ?????#Arthur25 pic.twitter.com/kIk3FBWUWV
— Peeebs (@ItsPeeebs) February 21, 2022
Marc Brown with some of the O.G. “Arthur” voice cast in 1995, when the first season was being recorded. #Arthur25 #wayback pic.twitter.com/Uwh5RI5thu
— Roabe (@roabe_art) February 21, 2022
why this arthur finale got me tearing up?? he ended up getting an art drawing book from the library by accident and 20 years later he became an artist. and made a graphic novel about his life. and the first story of it was the first episode of arthur. ? #arthur25 pic.twitter.com/4LNkzingdB
— tay ³³³ (@plainpotatotay) February 21, 2022
Y’ALL LOOK HOW THEY HAVE GROWN!!! I AM CRYING!!! #Arthur25 #Arthur pic.twitter.com/MAlnqBPeRw
— aMucc (@amurkymuc) February 21, 2022
The original Arthur, Michael Yarmush, returned to the show to voice Adult Arthur in his sendoff
Very appropriate. #Arthur25 pic.twitter.com/8uqnZr5QVL
— TRAFON(s Backup Account) (@RiseFallNickBck) February 22, 2022
Thank you…?#Arthur25 pic.twitter.com/6FKsRhv9TF
— Peeebs (@ItsPeeebs) February 21, 2022
OMG, I love the number they chose for the closet door there! A favorite of Simpsons and Pixar artists! #Arthur25 pic.twitter.com/T7limwwMMU
— Zak Wolf @ ANE 2022 (@wiley207) February 21, 2022
Arthur writes graphic novels
Buster is a teacher and Kate is one of his students
Muffy is running city council
George owns The Sugar Bowl
Francine is a designer
D.W. is a cop
Binky is a news reporter.Wished they would’ve said what happened to The Brain.#Arthur25 pic.twitter.com/8Kzu2Mibda
— Town and Country Web Soap (@bredrew2) February 21, 2022
This. is. everything! ❤️ #Arthur25 https://t.co/maV1trjvqJ
— Arthur Read #Arthur25 (@arthurpbs) February 21, 2022
.@PBSKIDS @arthurpbs Today is my 26th Birthday, and to this day Arthur is still one of my favorite cartoons. I had two Arthur themed birthday parties as a toddler, and I felt like since it was the end of the show’s run, it was only appropriate to do it one last time 🙂 #Arthur25 pic.twitter.com/qBCS5UqA9g
— Prime (@_ImPrime_) February 18, 2022
Did I, a 30 year old grown adult just sit down and watch the series finale of @ArthurPBS and shed a tear, grieving the official end of my childhood? You bet your lucky pencil I did. #Arthur25 pic.twitter.com/wwIYM447ii
— Shayna S-W (@shaynasw) February 21, 2022
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