D.W. Read (Arthur, seasons 16-25)

'Dora Winifred "D.W." Read' is a major character from the PBS Kids series Arthur. She is a preschooler who is Arthur's younger sister and Kate's older sister. She got character growth and became a good character from season 16 to 25 (the final season of the series).

Why She's Not So Bratty Anymore

 * 1) She has received some good character development, enough to make her a good character. This can be called "reverse flanderization".
 * 2) She is still admittedly cute, and we see that more now that she’s throwing less fits. Also, she's not a Mary Sue, unlike the less bratty version of Caillou.
 * 3) Speaking of which, she no longer has the tendency to be overly dramatic and bossy, becoming nicer.
 * 4) She also no longer has the tendency to throw fits when things don’t get her way, showing how more mature she has become.
 * 5) Her love for her brother deep down is more shown now, and she has grown out of annoying, complaining, and getting him into trouble.
 * 6) Her hatred for her full name is rarely shown now, which is good, since most people call her D.W. anyways, which she prefers to be called.
 * 7) She’s grown to not believe everything on TV and is less gullible.
 * 8) Her voice has gotten better and is more peaceful now (except when she cries but happens sporadically now).
 * 9) She tends to follow orders more often now, especially reasonable orders from Arthur.
 * 10) Even if she still does something bad sometimes, she is now mostly getting punished during those times, instead of rarely.
 * 11) She also has quite a big imagination.
 * 12) Her fondness for unicorns is still kind of adorable.
 * 13) She is shown to be quite intelligent for her age and is now more shown.
 * 14) She does get moments where her growth really shines through, such as when she learned to not blame others from getting the part, she wanted in school plays.

Bratty Qualities

 * 1) She didn't have a good start during the first 15 seasons. The first 15 seasons where a character is bad? Well, that’s a record, but it’s thankful that her character growth eventually helped her out.
 * 2) Sometimes she can:
 * 3) *Bug Arthur sometimes.
 * 4) *Be bossy and overly dramatic sometimes.
 * 5) *Her hatred for her name is still shown, but rarely now. It still can’t excuse the fact that hating your own name is something else.
 * 6) *Sometimes, her gullible traits and believing stuff on TV are still shown.
 * 7) *Her voice is still grating sometimes, especially when she cries.
 * 8) *Throws fits sometimes.
 * 9) *Gets away with her bad actions, but it’s very rare now.
 * 10) *Disobeys orders sometimes.
 * 11) There are still some episodes where she’s not at her best (although, this happens less often than in the first 15 seasons).
 * 12) Like her family (and even other aardvark characters like Amanda Hulser), she still barely resembles an aardvark.

Trivia

 * D.W. is based on Kim Brown, the sister of Marc Brown, who is the author of the Arthur books and the co-developer of the cartoon.
 * According to the episode "D.W. All Wet", D.W. is cephalophobic, as she refuses to swim in a lake because she thinks there may be octopuses in it.
 * D.W.'s birthday is either March 1, 1991 or March 1, 1992.
 * Despite considered one of the worst characters in the show, she was the star of many memes like "Tired D.W." (a photoshop of a frame in Francine Frensky, Olympic Rider), "Sign Can't Stop Me Because I Can't Read" (D.W.'s Name Game) and Yo Mama! (which can be heard in the season 6 end credits).