Muffy Crosswire

Muffy Crosswire is a female secondary character from the American-Canadian children's animated television series Arthur.

Why She's Vomitrocious

 * 1) Her character is nothing more than just a stereotype of spoiled rich kids and the typical mean popular girl trope, she just cares about money and fashion and less about her friends and family.
 * 2) She is a huge jerk to her friends, especially Francine, as she treated her like a worthless creature that doesn't deserve any respect whatsoever in tons of episodes.
 * 3) *She even betrayed Francine's religion (Judaism) in "Arthur's Perfect Christmas" by saying that Hanukkah isn't as important as Christmas.  She does apologize later on, but that doesn't help the fact that she literally discriminated her friend based on her religion.
 * 4) *In the episode where she and Francine first met, she framed Francine for cheating on a test and got her in trouble. While she does later confess that she was the one who cheated, it still shows how much of a fair-weather friend and how shallow Muffy is.
 * 5) Unlike many other characters in Arthur, she received little-to-no character development in the series. Depending on your view, she was either at her worst in the earlier seasons, in the middle seasons, or the most recent seasons, or just stayed the same the entire series.
 * 6) Depending on your view, her voice can be somewhat annoying at times.
 * 7) Hypocrisy: She accuses other characters of being "rude", even though she's rude herself. For example, in "Water and the Brain", she says she can't stand snobby people, but then proceeds to make fun of Arthur's bathing suit by calling it "tacky." Then in "The Law of the Jungle Gym", she calls out the Tough Customers for being rude, even though she can be just as rude as they are.
 * 8) She bullied, harassed and demonized Arthur on the internet in "A is for Angry" with false information, which is defamation and considered an actual felony. This means if she did this as an adult, she could likely end up in jail or pay a huge fine. Speaking of that episode, she doesn't even apologize to Arthur!
 * 9) She rarely receives any comeuppance for her behavior, and even when she does receive it, she hardly learns from it as she continues her rude behavior in later episodes.
 * 10) She made fun of Fred Rogers in the episode he guest stars in, saying his show is for "babies." She doesn't realize Mr. Rogers was one of the nicest guys ever.
 * 11) In the middle seasons of the show, she often speaks about celebrities and worships them, such as Nick Carter, Matt Damon, Michelle Kwan, Ming Tsai, and fictional celebrities like Derek Montaigne and Thunder MacDuff. While this can be a thing in real life, the way Muffy rambles on about them is really annoying.
 * 12) There are far too many examples to list here of Muffy's rude behavior, but here are some of the most notable examples:
 * 13) *Locked in the Library: She ignores Francine's plea for help when she and Arthur are locked in the library.
 * 14) *Arthur's Birthday: She rudely exclaims that she can't postpone her birthday party, which is on the same day as Arthur's. She doesn't work with Arthur on a good solution (Arthur and Francine do), and instead goes to war with him and the other boys until the end of the episode.
 * 15) *Arthur's Lost Dog: She calls Pal "rude" when he runs away from her and Francine, unaware of why Pal is running away. She also makes fun of Arthur by saying "How rude! It's easy to see where the dog gets it."
 * 16) *Arthur and the True Francine: She frames Francine for cheating on a test and gets her in trouble, even though Muffy is the one who cheated. Even when she confesses she cheated, she calls her punishment "unfair."
 * 17) *Arthur, World's Greatest Gleeper: She selfishly accuses Arthur of stealing her phone since he's rumored to be the "world's greatest gleeper (stealer)." Muffy doesn't realize that Arthur would never steal anything, and instead of going through her belongings looking for her phone, or asking Arthur if he's seen it, she randomly accuses him of stealing it.
 * 18) *Poor Muffy: She makes fun of the way Francine and her family live, and she selfishly hogs their electricity and blurts out loud music for her own benefit. Instead of acknowledging Francine and her family, Muffy only wants to get what she wants during her stay. Even at the end of the episode when she apologizes for her behavior, she still acts like a whiny little princess when complaining about the long walk to school.
 * 19) *Arthur and the Square Dance: She and Binky make fun of Arthur and Francine by spreading false rumors that they're in love. It originated when Muffy and Binky were partners during the square dance, Binky being a horrible dancer, Muffy asking Arthur to be her partner instead, Francine refusing to dance with Binky (due to his bad dancing), and forcing Arthur to ride to his home with her. Muffy is also rather hypocritical at the end of the episode when she forces Arthur to switch partners so she can go back to Binky, even though she originally wanted to switch with Arthur since Binky was a bad dancer.
 * 20) *Water and the Brain: She is hypocritical by claiming she doesn't like snobby people, despite her being snobby herself. She then makes fun of Arthur's bathing suit by calling it "tacky."
 * 21) *The Rat Who Came to Dinner: She and the rest of the class make fun of Arthur due to Mr. Ratburn staying at his house, and getting good grades from him. This episode is sometimes considered one of Muffy's worst of the entire series.
 * 22) *The Election: She is constantly bossy and selfish while attempting to win the class election, even though the "election" is fake. When she loses, Muffy randomly blames her opponent Arthur for the loss even though Arthur did nothing wrong. Their friendship is somewhat damaged in this episode, but they seemed to make up as they remain friends in later episodes.
 * 23) *Arthur's Perfect Christmas: She makes fun of Francine and her religion, even going as far as saying that Christmas is more important than Hanukkah. She is also hypocritical when she calls Francine rude, even though Muffy is rude herself.
 * 24) *Arthur, It's Only Rock 'n' Roll: She is very bossy and rude to her friends, including Francine, especially when she forces them to film a movie with her just so she can impress Nick Carter. Her infatuation with Nick can be very annoying as well, and it isn't clear whether she has a crush on him or just wants to be his manager, or both.
 * 25) *Vomitrocious: She and others make fun of George for his nosebleeds. Even though she apologizes in the end, it doesn't take away the harsh treatment she gave him.
 * 26) *The Law of the Jungle Gym: She is hypocritical by calling out the Tough Customers for their rude behavior, even though Muffy herself can be just as rude.
 * 27) *A is for Angry: By far Muffy's worst episode ever, she literally bullies, harasses, and demonizes Arthur just because he lets out a yowl. The reason Arthur yelled was because he was frustrated with his classmates taking the checkers tournament too seriously, and giving him unwanted support. Instead of understanding how Arthur is feeling and leaving him alone, Francine and Muffy proceed to bully him and depict him as some sort of "angry lunatic." They're literally doing this to one of their best friends! Even though Francine eventually shows up at Arthur's house and apologizes for the way she and Muffy behaved, Muffy isn't there to apologize, and what she did to Arthur was far worse than what Francine did. Instead of sincerely apologizing to Arthur for her awful behavior, Muffy does nothing. She is later chosen for the checkers tournament instead, but is disqualified, and instead of blaming her fanbase for being too loud, she blames the judges for being "uptight" even though Muffy can be uptight herself. That means on top of all the other horrible stuff Muffy did in this episode, she is also hypocritical at the end. Now you can see why this is Muffy's worst episode of the entire series.
 * 28) *MacFrensky: She selfishly forces Francine to frame Brain, Arthur, and Buster just so Francine can become Student of the Month and win a special prize lunch with a local weatherman, whom Muffy apparently has a crush on. Sure she and Francine confess at the end and get punished, but it doesn't help the fact that Muffy would instigate something so hurtful and mean. Not only that, she ends up getting to meet the weatherman anyway, which makes her punishment meaningless. This is also considered one of Muffy's worst episodes of the series.
 * 29) *So Funny I Forgot to Laugh: She and Francine were very hypocritical in this episode. They claim they won't speak to Arthur anymore due to him bullying Sue Ellen, but then they go and attempt to yell at him for making Sue Ellen switch classes. Arthur is very unlikeable in this episode, but he's not the only one: Muffy and Francine are very unlikeable as well.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Deep down, she does care about others and is sometimes shown to be nice to her friends. Unfortunately, her rudeness tends to be more prominent.
 * 2) Her design is pretty good and kind of cute to look at.
 * 3) She can actually be a little humorous at times.