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What are these characters

It would be helpful in the list if someone would list what these characters are. For instance Arthur is an aardvark (he don't look like one but he is) and Binky is a dog etc. What is Francine, a monkey or a chimp?

Not really, the article is already bad enough in terms of OR. In other words, it's not a good idea to add such information unless it has been explicitly stated by a producer, director, or writer. --ShadowJester07 ► Talk 13:53, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please, someone add the animal identities. Without that info, I'd bet that 90% of visitors to this particular page will, like me, go away disappointed. In many cases, there is a clearly correct answer, like Arthur as aardvark and Buster as rabbit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.156.4.169 (talk) 14:02, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed; I came to this page now specifically for this information (we're trying to figure out what the heck Muffy and Brain are), and come away disappointed. There is a point where requiring citations for something plainly obvious (like that Buster is a rabbit) defeats Wikipedia's true purpose -- which is to provide information to those seeking it. Ig8887 (talk) 10:41, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, Muffy's family is monkeys (Francine's is Chimps-With the exception of guest star Joshua Redman), and The Powers family are bears from Africa. It is possible that Mrs. Powers is a White African. In-Correct (talk) 05:12, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The President in DW Goes To Washington

It's repeated here that The President is supposed to be Bill Clinton (who was in office at the time of the episode) but the voice is unmistakeably Jimmy Carter's own voice: softer whereas Clinton's has a smoker's croak, perceptibly older, and has that indefinable something non-VAs lend when playing themselves. Georgia and Arkansas have different enough accents. I can't find outside proof of this yet so I didn't edit the page to change it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.145.243.176 (talk) 16:42, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Singing Moose

Nobody discussed the singing moose! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Contemplashin (talk • contribs) 04:55, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It is Art Garfunkel. The Singing Moose should go on the guest stars section. In-Correct (talk) 05:04, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Two additional characters

I am the one that added the info regarding the two additional characters at the bottom of the Children section. I claimed that their names were unknown. I have a question to whomever added that their names were "Steve and Jenny, according to some sources." What are these sources? 69.0.24.195 (talk) 17:34, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Catherine Frensky

Thanks to whoever corrected Catherine's Frensky's first name, because her name is spelled with a "C", not a "K", and I saw it in the closed captioning when I watched the show. --PJ Pete

Merger_proposal

The D.W. Read and Francine Frensky fail to meet WP:N, WP:V, and WP:WAF. The D.W. article does not contain any references, while most of Francine's references are from the show itself. The articles do not seem to offer much real-world information, and only discuss their subjects in an in-universe manner. There a some articles on Google News that address Francine in an encyclopedic matter [1], but not enough to draw enough substantial material. -- StarScream1007 ►Talk 00:02, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Unknown characters

In the section on the kids, there are like a dozen extra cast members who do not exist on the show. Who wrote this info and what is this prank? If any of these characters are from the upcoming seasons, that's one thing, but if these characters were added merely for the sake of it, I request that they be edited out.76.24.145.157 (talk) 07:17, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Prunella and Rubella

I see on this page it says Prunella is a poodle while it says that her sister Rubella is a rat. I didn't want to change it before asking everyone what animals they thought the Deegan sisters were70.31.225.235 (talk) 14:06, 19 July 2009 (UTC) samusek2[reply]

In general, this article should avoid guessing what animals the characters were based on unless we have a reliable source. Arthur is the only exception, as there are many sources that confirm he is an aardvark. -- StarScream1007 ►Talk 15:22, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, but my guess would be that they are either poodles or chuhuahua's —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.85.177.113 (talk) 22:24, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fix this article

This article needs a massive clean-up and some citations. I don't know how people came up with the ethnicity of some of these characters. How do we know Muffy is Korean American or the Brain is African American? I am very tempted to remove all of those if the proper citations are not provided soon. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.129.32.190 (talk) 07:11, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nationalities?

Where are they mentioned? Like Muffy being Korean - American? 98.14.15.12 (talk) 04:33, 9 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Totally agree. When is it ever mentioned that she is Asian? 24.42.67.181 (talk) 06:46, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If she was Korean-American she'd have a Korean-American last name: Crosswire is decidedly an English or other sort of European last name. So are the other characters. The only characters we're certain of their ethnicity are Alan AKA Brain and his family who's black, Francine and her family who's Jewish, and George and his family who's Scandanavian. The Lloigor (talk) 22:02, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

All we know is:

George is from Scandanavia
Alan the Brain celebrates Kwaanza
Francine celebrates Hanukkah.

We can't infer that Ala is afro-american, unless we are told specifically, as in the case of George's nationality. Yngvarr (t) (c) 22:15, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Species?

Are they truly animals anymore,or do they just look like them? 98.14.15.12 (talk) 04:33, 9 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've always assumed that they just look like animals. I mean, Arthur has a dog as a pet, yet there are "dog-people" in the show. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.240.96.230 (talk) 21:46, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Brain's Race

I do think Alan Powers/the Brain is black. It's been evidenced by the fact that in the Christmas special episode he celebrate Kwaanza. The Lloigor (talk) 22:15, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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 If she was Korean-American she'd have a Korean-American last name: Crosswire is decidedly an English or other sort of European last name. So are the other characters. The only characters we're certain of their ethnicity are Alan AKA Brain and his family who's black, Francine and her family who's Jewish, and George and his family who's Scandanavian. [[User:The Lloigor|The Lloigor]] ([[User talk:The Lloigor|talk]]) 22:02, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
+:All we know is:
+*George is from Scandanavia
+*Alan the Brain celebrates Kwaanza
+*Francine celebrates Hanukkah.
+:We can't infer that Ala is afro-american, unless we are told specifically, as in the case of George's nationality. [[User:Yngvarr|Yngvarr]] [[User talk:Yngvarr|(t)]] [[Special:Contributions/Yngvarr|(c)]] 22:15, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
 == Species? ==