(Updated September 30, 2013)
Author's Notes
I am very likely to add more haiku to each story every time I add a new season of "D.W. and Brain Haiku" because many similarities between D.W. and Brain are seasons apart.
These haiku are arranged in chronological order. You may notice that I use a lot of the same endings over and over. The haiku that end with "Hints of The Beaver" and "Hints of June Cleaver" mean that they are possible allusions to Leave It to Beaver, the haiku that end with "Hints of Maxwell Smart" and "Hints of Larabee" mean that they are possible allusions to Get Smart, and the haiku that end with "Hints of Michelle T" and "Hints of Joey G" mean that they are possible allusions to Full House (Michelle Tanner and Joey Gladstone). Apparently it's television tradition for pairs of characters who have a lot in common to have a lot in common with other pairs of characters who have a lot in common. Did you get that?
1 D.W. in "Arthur's Spelling Trubble" 1
Arthur's studying
She'll accept an ice cream bribe
(Michelle and Joey)
2 D.W. in "D.W. All Wet" 1
She's okay with sharks
Octopuses are scary
Like Alan Powers
3 D.W. in "D.W. All Wet" 2
She thinks that there are
Octopuses in Bear Lake
Like Alan Powers
4 D.W. in "D.W. All Wet" 3
"No, I'm the princess!"
Said the girl with the towel robe
Hints of Michelle T
5 D.W. in "D.W. All Wet" 4
The lifeguard offered
To give her swimming lessons
Like Alan Powers
6 D.W. in "Arthur's Lost Library Book" 1
She named the chapters
Voice change with a cardboard tube
Like Alan Powers
7 Brain in "Arthur's Pet Business" 1
She is being chased
By her future friend's pet frogs
Like D.W.
8 D.W. in "D.W. the Copycat" 1
The little sister
Dresses up like big brother
Hints of Michelle T
9 Brain in "Arthur Accused!" 1
Buster said, "That's it!"
Brain asked the question, "What's it?"
Like D.W.
10 D.W. in "D.W.'s Baby" 1
She'll take care of Kate
But she won't change her diapers
(Michelle and Joey)
11 Brain in "Arthur Writes a Story" 1
He shares with Arthur
A story involving frogs
(Michelle and Joey)
12 D.W. in "Arthur's Lost Dog" 1
She wants to walk Pal
Arthur thinks that she's too young
Hints of Michelle T
13 D.W. in "So Long, Spanky" 1
After her bird died
She made Toady her new pet
Like Alan Powers
14 D.W. in "Buster's New Friend" 1
She thought the magnet
Arthur had was a horseshoe
Hints of Maxwell Smart
15 D.W. in "Buster's New Friend" 2
Buster is not there
Bionic Bunny dislike?
Hints of Larabee
16 D.W. in "Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest" 1
She's so artistic
She made "The Thinker" with snow
Like Alan Powers
17 D.W. in "Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest" 2
She is better at
Writing jingles than Arthur
Hints of Joey G
18 D.W. in "D.W. Flips" 1
She missed every ball
It was sitting on a tee!
Like Alan Powers
19 D.W. in "D.W. Flips" 2
There was that one time
She played a string instrument
Like Alan Powers
20 D.W. in "D.W. Flips" 3
She told Emily
She was doing a "half-sault"
Hints of Maxwell Smart
21 D.W. in "Arthur's Chicken Pox" 1
She is Arthur's nurse
She has "gallow-mine" lotion
Like Alan Powers
22 D.W. in "Sick as a Dog" 1
The girl holds a grudge
Because Pal ate her wiener
Hints of Michelle T
23 D.W. and Brain in "Sick as a Dog" 1
"Order in the court!"
Brain judges D.W.
(Max and Larabee)
24 D.W. in "D.W. Rides Again" 1
She beat her brother
In a basketball contest
Like Alan Powers
25 Brain in "Sue Ellen Moves In" 1
Binky knocked over
An Eiffel Tower of snow
Like D.W.
26 Brain in "The Perfect Brother" 1
Playing basketball
He beat Arthur thirty times
Like D.W.
27 Brain in "The Perfect Brother" 2
He puts mayo on
Sandwiches efficiently
Hints of June Cleaver
28 Brain in "The Perfect Brother" 3
A main course of fries
Instead of a side order?
Hints of Joey G
29 D.W. in "D.W.'s Snow Mystery" 1
She kept a snowball
From the best day of her life
Hints of Larabee
30 Brain in "Mis-fortune Teller" 1
He struck out four times
He purposely did not swing
Like D.W.
31 D.W. in "D.W. Gets Lost" 1
She has her earrings
She's the Phantom of the Store
Like Alan Powers
32 D.W. in "D.W. Gets Lost" 2
She is so surprised
It was only five minutes
Like Alan Powers
33 D.W. in "D.W. Thinks Big" 1
Madame Curie doll
Cora thinks it's "baby stuff"
Hints of Michelle T
34 D.W. in "D.W.'s Blankie" 1
At the dry cleaners
She thought she was hypnotized
(Maxwell and Joey)
35 D.W. in "D.W.'s Blankie" 2
For the Sugar Bowl
She was too tired to think
Like Alan Powers
36 Brain in "The Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club" 1
The people will sign
As long as he doesn't talk
Hints of Maxwell Smart
37 D.W. in "My Club Rules" 1
She can't join the club
Because she's not in third grade
Hints of The Beaver
38 Brain in "My Club Rules" 1
He is fed up with
Reading comics every day
Hints of Maxwell Smart
39 D.W. in "Arthur's First Sleepover" 1
She won't come inside
She's looking for UFOs
Like Alan Powers
40 D.W. and Brain in "Arthur's First Sleepover" 1
She makes a request
For him to take a picture
(The Beaver and June)
Haiku Notes: One, Michelle in "Gotta Dance" and Joey in "Radio Days;" Four, Michelle in "Divorce Court," "Crimes and Michelle's Demeanor," and "The House Meets the Mouse, Part 2;" Eight, Michelle in "Slumber Party;" Ten, Michelle in "Double Trouble," and Joey in "Our Very First Night;" " Eleven, Michelle and Joey in "The King and I;" Twelve, Michelle in "Comet's Excellent Adventure;" Fourteen, Max in "Schwartz's Island;" Fifteen, Larabee in "Greer Window;" Seventeen, Joey in "Jingle Hell;" Twenty, General Max being clumsy and jealous of 99; Twenty-Two, Michelle in "Dr. Dare Rides Again;" Twenty-Three, Max and Larabee in "Age Before Duty;" Twenty-Seven, June in "The Perfect Father;" Twenty-Eight, Joey in "The I.Q. Man;" Twenty-Nine, Larabee in "And Only Two Ninety-Nine;" Thirty-Three, Michelle in "Trouble in Twin Town;" Thirty-Four, Max in "I Am Curiously Yellow," and Joey in "Road to Tokyo;" Thirty-Six, Max in "House of Max, Part 1;" Thirty-Seven, Beaver in "The Clubhouse;" Thirty-Eight, Max in "Greer Window;" Forty, Beaver and June in "Forgotten Party."