The fifth season of the

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'' was originally broadcast on

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in the United States from September 25 to November 27, 2000, and contains 10 episodes. The special "Arthur's Perfect Christmas" served as the finale to this season.

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replaced Luke Reid as Brian. This is the last season in which

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voices Arthur due to his voice changing. Starting in

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, he returns to voice the character Slink, one of the Tough Customers. Yarmush additionally would return to play Arthur one more time in the final episode of the series, "All Grown Up," by voicing the character's adult self. This is also the last season where Ricky Mabe voices Timmy Tibble due to his voice changing as well.

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guest-starred as Alex Lebek on the season premiere "Arthur and the Big Riddle". Peter Moss replaced Carol Greenwood and

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as executive producer and Lesley Taylor stepped in for Cassandra Schafhausen when she replaced Ronald A. Weinberg as producer. Head writers Joe Fallon and Ken Scarborough also left to work on ''

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'', although Joe Fallon was still credited as executive story editor in this season, along with Joseph Purdy. When this season was nominated for a

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, only Joseph Purdy, Peter K. Hirsch, Kathy Waugh, Dietrich Smith, and Bruce Akiyama were nominated as writers of ''Arthur''. This season won a

for Outstanding Children's Animated Program. It was also nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing - Special Class. In 2001, it won a

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Episodes

References

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