Hey Arnold!
Hey Arnold! is a Nickelodeon cartoon first aired in autumn 1996. Created by Matt Groening's inlaw Craig Bartlett, and based on his clay animation shorts, the central character is Arnold, who lives with his grandparents Phil and Gertrude (his parents Stella and Miles have gone missing) that run a boarding house. A quality of the series is that it isn't much about Arnold, but rather about the neighborhood, his friends at school, and even the boarders at the Sunset Arms. Most notable are the half-witted Grandma (she has been known to walk around in the rain wearing a scuba outfit) and Helga Pataki, who presents a guise of hating Arnold, but secretly loves him. Nick had earlier turned down plans to spinoff the Helga character (and her family) into her own series, The Patakis (like All Grown Up, the characters would have been older than when they were on Hey Arnold!: Helga would have been 15, for example). Hey Arnold! is the second longest-running Nicktoon behind Rugrats. Also, there was a movie made in 2002 about the main characters' exploits to save their neighborhood from an unpopular redevelopment project. The much-derided animated feature-length film was originally intended to be a made-for-TV movie, but Nick decided to make it a theaterical release. It grossed a paltry $13 million at the box office. There had been plans for a second movie, based on Arnold's search to find his parents (and also meant to finally reveal Arnold's last name), however contractual problems with Nickelodeon among other things have since led Craig Bartlett to leave the channel for the Cartoon Network.
The show takes place in Hillwood City, a fictional city resembling San Francisco with the triangular building and bridge that looks like the Golden Gate Bridge. Some of the original clay animation shorts were shown on Sesame Street. An interesting tidbit is that the character MonkeyMan can be seen running through the background, foreground, or in plain sight in almost every other episode.
CharactersArnold (Toran Caudell, Phillip Van Dyke, Spencer Klein, Alex D. Linz)Gerald (Jamil Walker Smith)Helga (Francesca Smith)Harold (Justin Shenkarow)Phoebe (Anndi McAfee)Rhonda (Olivia Hack)Stinky (Christopher P. Walberg, Toran Caudell in "Downtown as Fruits")Sid (Sam Gifaldi, his brother Taylor in "April Fool's Day")Eugene (Christopher J. Castile, Jarrett Lennon, Ben Diskin, Blake Ewing)Grandpa Phil (Dan Castellaneta)Grandma Gertrude (Tress MacNeille)Stella (Arnold's Mom) (Antoinette Stella)Miles (Arnold's Dad) (Craig Bartlett)
EpisodesSeason 1
(1996 Season)Downtown as Fruits / Eugene's Bike - A scene in the latter story where Arnold uses the Heimlich maneuver on Eugene has inspired three instances of it being used by a juvenile to help someone elseThe Little Pink Book / Field Trip Arnold's Hat / Stoop Kid Helga's Makeover / The Old Building 6th Grade Girls / The Baseball Heat / Snow Operation Ruthless / The Vacant Lot The List / Haunted Train Mugged / Roughin' It Door #16 / Arnold as Cupid Benchwarmer / Cool Jerk Das Subway / Wheezin' Ed Tutoring Torvald / Gerald Comes Over Spelling Bee / Pigeon Man Olga Comes Home / Sally's Comet Abner Come Home / The Sewer King False Alarm / World Records Magic Show / 24 Hours to Live Arnold's Christmas Arnold's Valentine
Season 2
(1997 Season)Save The Tree / New Teacher (the first episode to feature Dan Butler as Arnold's teacher, Mr. Simmons)Helga's Love Potion / Gerald's Secret The Big Scoop / Harold's Kitty Longest Monday / Eugene's Pet Monkey Business / Big Caesar Ransom / Ms. Perfect (the first story made with Mr. Simmons, and the only story without Arnold speaking) Arnold Saves Sid / Hookey (the last episode made with Tress MacNeille as Arnold's previous teacher, Mrs. Slovak)Freeze Frame / Phoebe Cheats Mud Bowl / Gerald Moves Out The High Life / Best Friends Arnold's Halloween Steely Phil / Quantity Time Eating Contest / Rhonda's Glasses Helga's Boyfriend / Crush on Teacher Hall Monitor / Harold's Bar Mitzvah Coach Wittenberg / Four-Eyed Jack Eugene Goes Bad / What's Opera, Arnold? Tour de Pond / Teachers Strike Part-Time Friends / Bio SquareRunaway Float / Partners
Season 3
(1998 Season)Helga Blabs It All / Harold the Butcher Dangerous Lumber / Mr. Hyunh Goes Country Casa Paradiso / Gerald's Tonsils Arnold's Room / Helga vs. Big Patty Stinky Goes Hollywood / Olga Gets Engaged Curly Snaps / Pre-Teen Scream Grandpa's Birthday / Road Trip Sid's Revenge / Roller Coaster The Aptitude Test / Oskar Gets a Job Arnold Betrays Iggy / Helga and the Nanny Career Day / Hey Harold! Best Man / Cool Party Arnold & Lila / Grand Prix Arnold's Thanksgiving Helga's Show / The Flood Phoebe Takes the Fall / The Pig War Crabby Author / Rich Kid Girl Trouble / School Dance School Play Full Moon / Student Teacher
Season 4
(1999 Season) Big Gino / Jamie O. In Love Eugene's Birthday / Stinky's Pumpkin The Beeper Queen / Oskar Can't Read? Dinner for Four / Phoebe Skips Helga's Parrot / Chocolate Turtles Love and Cheese / Weighing Harold Back to School / Egg Story It Girl / Deconstructing Arnold Grudge Match / Polishing Rhonda Weird Cousin / Baby Oskar Grandpa's Sister / Synchronized Swimming Helga Sleepwalks / Fighting Families Friday the 13th / Headless Cabbie Veterans Day Helga on the Couch (guest starring Kathy Baker as the psychiatrist Helga talks to)Dino Checks Out Monkeyman! / Buses, Bikes and SubwaysHelga's Masquerade / Mr. Green RunsSid the Vampire Slayer / Big SisBag of Money / Principal Simmons
Season 5
(2000 Season)New Bully on the Block / Phoebe Breaks a Leg Parents Day (explaining why Arnold doesn't have his parents around)Helga's Locket / Sid and Germs Suspended / Ernie in Love Summer Love ("a.k.a." Beach Story) Stuck in a Tree / Rhonda Goes Broke Beaned / Old Iron Man Arnold Visits Arnie / Chocolate Boy Harold vs. Patty / Rich Guy Gerald's Game / Fishing Trip Married April Fool's Day On The Lam / Family Man The Racing Mule / Curly's Girl (this episode has an interesting story attached to it: The first time this ep was supposed to air was on October 11, 2002; by mistake, they started to air "Married" instead, and didn't catch the error until just after the second half started, when they switched to "Curly's Girl" just after it had started. Nickelodeon then decided to hold onto it for over a year, scheduling it for on November 19, 2003 - and they started "Married" again! After about six minutes, they switched to "The Racing Mule", and on January 11, 2004, the ep was finally aired in full for the very first time)The Journal (a one hour ep explaining about the story of Arnold's parents... it ended with him finding a map in the journal, as this was intended to be a lead-in into the planned 2nd movie that would deal with this)Timberly Loves Arnold / Eugene, Eugene!Ghost Bride / Gerald vs. Jamie OA Day In The Life Of A Classroom / Big Bob's Crisis (the latter being the final episode to have all of the Pataki family in it)Grandpa's Packard / Phoebe's Little Problem (final episode to be aired in the U.S., aired June 8, 2004)
Movie Hey Arnold!: The Movie Total Episodes: 100
External links Hey Arnold! area on nick.com The Unofficial Hey Arnold! Site Hey Arnold! fanpage by Don Del Grande Hey Arnold! The Movie area on nick.com
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