Arthur - Eight-year-old aardvark in the third grade featured on the animated children's program ARTHUR/PBS/1996.

Arthur Timothy Read lives in Elwood City with his parents, Jane and David; his five-year-old sister Dora Winifred, a.k.a. "D.W."; baby Kate; Grandma Thora; Grandpa Dave; and the family dog, Pal.

Arthur's friends included:

• Buster Baxter, a bunny
• Binky Barnes, a bulldog
• Sue Ellen Armstrong, a cat
• Fern Walter, a dog
• Alan "The Brain" Powers II, a bear
• Prunella, a rat
• George, a moose
• Mary Alice "Muffy: Crosswire, a monkey
• Francine Alice Frensky, a monkey
• Ms. Paige Turner, the rabbit Librarian
• Mr. Nigel Emil Ratburn, a teacher and rat
• Principal Herbert Haney
• Ed Crosswire, a monkey
• The Tibble Twins, two bear cubs
• Mary Moo Cow, a cow

TRIVIA NOTE: The animated program is based on the popular series of children's books written by Marc Brown. The first book in the series, "Arthur's Nose," was published in 1976.