Mr Ratburn, our tough-love, cake-loving vermin teacher from Arthur is gay!
In the premiere of Season 22, Nigel Ratburn both came out and got married to another male character, leaving us all believing in happy endings.
The show holds a special place among Millennials who grew up with Arthur, Buster, Muffy, Brain, Francine and the rest of the gang, still spawning quizzes to see which character is most like you and reimaginings of what the Lakewood Elementary School crew would look like as hipsters.
Among the Twitter celebrations by now-grown-up fans celebrating the newlyweds are reactions from folks who always knew Mr Ratburn was gay.
Here’s a list of a few moments where it was glaringly obvious that Mr Ratburn was the queer hero we needed.
This childhood photo proving he had better taste than us
His band, The Ratburn Rats
His love of musicals
His sister Patty Ratburn, played by Jane Lynch
That booty, tho
His living room is basically the workroom from RuPaul’s Drag Race
His love of tall, phallic-shaped cakes
There was actually an episode called “Mr Ratburn’s Secret Identity”
His T-shirt, which basically tells us he’s into puppy play
He loves leggings and he ain’t afraid to show it!
This moment where he was probably listening to Lizzo and feeling himself
