Beloved and educational children's show Arthur is ending after 25 years. The show's final season will air in the Winter of 2022.
The beloved children's animated show Arthur is ending after 25 years and countless iconic memes.
Carol Greenwald, one of the show's executive producers, said in a statement that the longest-running kids animated series in history will be remembered for "teaching kindness, empathy, and inclusion through many groundbreaking moments to generations of viewers."
Even though the final season will air in winter 2022, Greenwald said, reruns will continue on PBS Kids.
The series, which has chronicled the life of Arthur Read since 1996, has earned a reputation for featuring characters from different backgrounds to create a diverse animated world.
But over the decades, the show also delivered memes that started blowing up in 2016. In fact, they went so viral that the official Twitter account for Arthur addressed them.
So when news broke that the show was ending, people of course got nostalgic.
All the good nostalgia is ending but we will still remember you arthur all the memes all the good stuff in this show that made my childhood much better. https://t.co/gWLdw6ycLv
Arthur is actually ending….. oh man. Arthur had its good run. I can see Arthur having reruns on PBS Kids though. I’ll never forget about the memes as well. 💀
From Arthur clenching his fist to D.W. standing behind a fence, here are just some of the amazing memes that the series has created.
1. Arthur's clenched fist
This is just a pic of Arthur's fist but idk how I feel that it's just so relatable. So many emotions in one fist
2. Tired D.W.
Yeah, I can fit it in my schedule
3. D.W. behind a fence
ik the streets miss me
4. Arthur using headphones
EXPLAIN THIS.
5. Buster and the internet
6. D.W. can't read
me: just give me a sign if they are gonna waste my time or not *gets sign* me:
7. Muffy at a desk
#HowToughAmIBlackEdition Mom: I'm tired of yelling Me: Then Shut up
8. Arthur's apology to Sue
All may not be lost, though. In her statement to IGN, Greenwald said producers GBH and PBS Kids are continuing to work together on new content with the goal of "sharing the lessons of Arthur and his friends in new ways."