and one of Arthur's classmates at Lakewood Elementary. She is usually depicted wearing a teal "T-shirt dress", a cream vest with red buttons, red high-top shoes with a lime green "slouch" socks, and curly orange hair bound up in "messy-buns" by lime green scrunchies. She officially moved to Elwood City in the winter of her third-grade school year (but has appeared in Mr. Marco's second-grade class). Her father is a diplomat, so her family has lived in various spots around the world. Unlike Emily, Tommy, and Timmy, she traveled with her parents. She is also deeply interested in world culture and is skilled in martial arts. She practices karate (taekwondo in earlier seasons) and plays the saxophone. Sue Ellen was born as an only child and kept in touch with her brother-like pen pal, Tenzin Wangdu, in Tibet. She is very close to nature and becomes a vegetarian in Season 16. Fern Walters (voiced by Holly Gauthier-Frankel) is a light brown dog girl and one of Arthur's classmates. She usually wears a purple long-sleeved blouse with yellow collars and cuffs, yellow pants, and a red ribbon on her head. Fern is usually a timid and nervous girl. She enjoys reading poetry and novels (especially "Sherlock Holmes" and "Frankenstein's Monster") and is particularly interested in gothic and horror themes. She writes poems and stories, holds group poetry readings at the library, and is an amateur detective. Her close friend is George, as they both have similar personalities and sometimes act like detectives. George Lundgren (George "Nordgren" before season 11) (voiced by Mitchell Rothpan 1996–2002; Bob Marshall 2002–2012; Evan Smirnow 2003; Samantha Reynolds 2008–2010; Eleanor Noble 2004–2007, 2010–2022) is a moose boy of Norwegian and Swedish descent who wears an orange shirt with khaki pants and green sneakers. It is revealed in Season 6 that he has dyslexia. He is very clumsy but can build items (such as marionettes) and constantly wins the school's contests. George is timid and introverted, but as the series goes on, the others gradually accept him. Finally, in Season 20, he is appointed as Lakewood Elementary's hall monitor. Prunella Deegan (voiced by Tamar Kozlov) is a poodle girl. In 2011, PBS said that she was a rat, but in 2013, Marc Brown confirmed that she is a poodle. She is a fourth grader who usually wears a blue dress with a white collar and a purple bow