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 "Sue Ellen Gets Her Goose Cooked" 1
D.W. wants
Ice cream that's all vanilla
Hints of Joey G
2 D.W. in "Sue Ellen Gets Her Goose Cooked" 2
D.W. knows
That whales are mammals, not fish
Like Alan Powers
3 D.W. in "Sue Ellen Gets Her Goose Cooked" 3
Four kids are busy
Playing a virtual game
Hints of Michelle T
4 D.W. in "Sue Ellen Gets Her Goose Cooked" 4
D.W. is
The best at Virtual Goose
Hints of Michelle T
5 Brain in "Best of the Nest" 1
The boys are camping
Scary sounds and shaking bush
Hints of The Beaver
6 Brain in "Best of the Nest" 2
His answer was "A"
He should have typed "B" instead
Like D.W.
7 Brain in "Best of the Nest" 3
Brain says he is out
Because it is a dumb game
Hints of The Beaver
8 Brain in "Best of the Nest" 4
He got the idea
To camp from Virtual Goose
Like D.W.
9 Brain in "Best of the Nest" 5
Everyone's busy
With computers except Brain
Like D.W.
10 D.W. in "Best of the Nest" 1
She typed the wrong key
Which caused her brother to lose
Like Alan Powers
11 D.W. in "Buster's Sweet Success" 1
She tricked customers
Into buying lemonade
(Beaver and Michelle)
12 Brain in "The Boy Who Cried Comet" 1
It is annoying
To ask every five minutes
Hints of Maxwell Smart
13 Brain in "The Boy Who Cried Comet" 2
In the newspaper
It says his name is "The Bran"
Hints of The Beaver
14 D.W. in "Arthur and Los Vecinos" 1
Thelma is her pet
She sings, but she is not real
Like Alan Powers
15 D.W. in "Arthur and Los Vecinos" 2
She'd teach Vicita
How to ride a two-wheeler
Hints of Joey G
16 D.W. in "Arthur and Los Vecinos" 3
She says Vicita
Is a terrible student
Hints of Maxwell Smart
17 D.W. in "D.W.'s Backpack Mishap" 1
D.W. asks
"Why do I even bother?"
Hints of Michelle T
18 D.W. in "D.W.'s Backpack Mishap" 2
A rainstorm was not
What she meant by "excitement"
Like Alan Powers
19 D.W in "D.W.'s Backpack Mishap" 3
Her backpack is gone
Replaced by a look-alike?
Hints of Michelle T
20 D.W. in "D.W.'s Backpack Mishap" 4
Arthur says once more
He did not steal her snowball
Hints of Larabee
21 D.W. in "D.W.'s Backpack Mishap" 5
Omble's phone number
Would not be in the phone book
Hints of Larabee
22 Brain in "D.W.'s Backpack Mishap" 1
Why didn't he just
Tell those two that it was clay?
Like D.W.
23 D.W. in "D.W.'s Backpack Mishap" 6
The pool was the place
Where she last had her backpack
Like Alan Powers
24 D.W. in "D.W.'s Backpack Mishap" 7
She failed to capture
Omble; she fell in the mud
Like Alan Powers
25 D.W. in "D.W.'s Backpack Mishap" 8
Long definition
Of clay she told the Tibbles
Like Alan Powers
26 D.W. in "D.W.'s Backpack Mishap" 9
Emily's hat was
Stolen by "Dry-Clean-Only"?
Hints of Michelle T
27 D.W. in "More!" 1
She thinks everyone
Should get the same allowance
(Max and Larabee)
28 D.W. in "For Whom the Bell Tolls" 1
She pretends she's sick
So that she would be pampered
Hints of The Beaver
29 Brain in "Friday the 13th" 1
All of the sudden
It rains in the neighborhood
Like D.W.
30 Brain in "Friday the 13th" 2
He remembered he
Left his backpack back at school
Like D.W.
31 Brain in "Friday the 13th" 3
He was late for school
He fell in a mud puddle
Like D.W.
32 Brain in "Friday the 13th" 4
Brain falls for the trap
Believing superstitions
(The Beaver and Max)
33 Brain in "Friday the 13th" 5
He stayed home from school
The reason was not sickness
(Beaver and Michelle)
34 Brain in "Friday the 13th" 6
He put down the book
It gave him a paper cut
Like D.W.
Haiku Notes: One, Joey in "Radio Days" and "The Producer;" Three, Michelle in "Stephanie's Wild Ride;" Four, Michelle in "Stephanie's Wild Ride" and "Under the Influence;" Five, Beaver in "A Night in the Woods;" Seven, Beaver in "Friendship;" Eleven, Beaver in "Water, Anyone?", and Michelle in "Captain Video, Part 1" and "You Pet It, You Bought It;" Twelve, Max in "The Not-So-Great Escape, Part 1" and "Smart Fell on Alabama;" Thirteen, Beaver in "Beaver Becomes a Hero;" Fifteen, Joey in "Happy Birthday Babies, Part 2," "Easy Rider," and "Grand Gift Auto;" Sixteen, General Max not admitting that 99 is better than him; Seventeen, Michelle in "Radio Days;" Nineteen, Michelle in "The Bicycle Thief;" Twenty, Larabee in "And Only Two Ninety-Nine;" Twenty-One, Larabee in "Valerie of the Dolls;" Twenty-Six, Michelle in "The Bicycle Thief;" Twenty-Seven, Max in "Strike While the Agent Is Hot" and "Cutback at Control" and general Larabee complaining about his salary; Twenty-Eight, Beaver in "New Doctor;" Thirty-Two, General Beaver and Max believing in superstitions; Thirty-Three, General Beaver and Michelle playing hooky