Mr Ratburn came out in the latest episode of Arthur (Picture: PBS Kids)

Arthur’s beloved teacher Mr Ratburn (voiced by Arthur Holden) came out and got married to Patrick (Marcel Jeanin) the aardvark in the latest episode of the much adored cartoon.

The news of the character’s sexuality was revealed in the season 22 episode titled Mr Ratburn and the Special Someone, where Arthur and the gang discovered that Mr Ratburn was engaged.

Side note: Yep, Arthur really is on its 22nd season.

At first Arthur and the gang were shocked to learn that their teacher has a life outside of school, with Buster assuming: ‘When they go home, they sharpen pencils, eat kale and dream up homework assignments.




‘They don’t even sleep! They just go into low-power mode and watch documentaries.’

They grew even more confused when they saw Mr Ratburn having lunch with a woman (voiced by guest star Jane Lynch), who told him that he needed to ‘toughen up’ because he acts ‘too soft.’

After hearing this conversation, Arthur and his friends decided to take matters into their own hands as they believed Mr Ratburn would be miserable marrying the woman.

Mr Ratburn got married (Picture: PBS Kids)

However, after some probing they discovered that the unsavoury character was actually Mr Ratburn’s sister, who actually just wanted the wedding to go swimmingly.

Arthur turned up to Mr Ratburn’s big day with his friends in tow, where they soon saw the rat walk down the aisle with his groom before they exchanged nuptials.

Fans were overjoyed with the news (Picture: Twitter)

Naturally viewers are loving the LGBT storyline and have praised PBS Kids, writing on Twitter: ‘Welcome out and congratulations Mr Ratburn.’

‘Now that Mr Ratburn is gay, I can finally die happy,’ added another.

Arthur first aired way back in 1994 and has aired 239 half-hour episodes since its debut.

A number of celebrities have guest starred over the years, including Matt Damon, Lance Armstrong, Michael Fincke and Joan Rivers.

Arthur is available to watch on Amazon Prime.

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