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HarrierHarrier The Star Spangled ManRegistered User regular
edited June 2010 in Social Entropy++
ARNOLD!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWA2p11gEIk&feature=related
Hey Arnold! is an American animated television series that aired from October 7, 1996 until June 8, 2004 on Nickelodeon. The show stars 4th-grader Arnold, who lives with his grandparents Phil and Gertrude, proprietors of the Sunset Arms boarding house. In each episode, Arnold often helps a schoolmate solve a personal problem, or encounters a predicament of his own.

Who else remembers this show? This show was fantastic. Lately, I've been seeing discussion about it pop up in certain places, so I figured we could talk about it here. I really enjoyed Hey Arnold! when it was on, when I was 12, 13, 14, and I'd imagine many others did as well.

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This is Arnold, the show's titular character. He really doesn't have a known last name. His parents were explorers and bushwhackers in the jungle, and when they never returned from their last adventure baby Arnold was left in the care of his grandparents, who run a boarding house, where Arnold lives. Specifically, he lives in the attic, in a wicked cool bachelor pad. Arnold is very wise and worldly for a fourth grade kid, and throughout the series he helps many people, young and old, from all walks of life.

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This is Arnold's best friend, Gerald Johanssen. Gerald is often by Arnold's side, serving as his confidante and wingman. Gerald's a pretty hep cat, sometimes acting as the voice of reason for Arnold when he strays too far from the beaten path. At other times, Gerald's the out-there one. Gerald is known among the children of the neighborhood as the keeper of "urban lore," and indeed is very knowledgable about the myths and legends that swirl through the cityscape.

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This is Helga Pataki, the toughest girl at P.S. 118, who serves as the sometime bully and antagonist to Arnold. I say 'sometime,' because the rest of the time she's nursing a secret crush on Arnold. She has a shrine to Arnold in her closet made up of discarded items of Arnold's, including pieces of gum he's chewed. Yet whenever she encounters Arnold she doesn't hesitate to bully and deride him. The shifts between crush-Helga and bully-Helga can induce whiplash. Have you ever heard of a 'tsundere'? Helga is the perfect incarnation of a tsundere. And if you don't know what a tsundere is, Helga can serve as your definition.

There's tons of other great characters, like the people at the boarding house, or the other kids of the neighborhood.

There are some episodes up on YouTube, and you can buy the whole show by season on Amazon, or on iTunes, or I think you can rent it on Netflix. I may do just that; checking out a few of the episodes has reminded me how enjoyable this show was.

I don't wanna kill anybody. I don't like bullies. I don't care where they're from.
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  • ChicoBlueChicoBlue Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Stoop Kid.

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  • crwthcrwth THAT'S IT Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    C'MERE, FATTY

    I'M GONNA ROLL YOU DOWNTOWN

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  • ChicoBlueChicoBlue Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Arnold had the best bedroom.

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    shut up, football head

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  • Sweeney TomSweeney Tom try The Substance it changed my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Well, that's it. I must be in heaven. Oh, no! Oskar's here! This must be the other place!

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  • crwthcrwth THAT'S IT Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    you keep da money

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  • undeinPiratundeinPirat Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I'LL SHOW YOU CRAZYYYYY

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  • unintentionalunintentional smelly Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Remember when Phoebe farted into a microphone

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  • Sweeney TomSweeney Tom try The Substance it changed my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    there's no way we're calling our go-cart the Mauve Avenger

    ...

    i can't believe we called our go-cart the Mauve Avenger

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  • JacquesCousteauJacquesCousteau Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    ChicoBlue wrote: »
    Stoop Kid.

    Is afraid to leave his stoop.

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    hey look it is a much superior version of the theme

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caAFWh_nX1I

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    stoop kid's afraid to leave his stoop

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  • crwthcrwth THAT'S IT Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    there's no way we're calling our go-cart the Mauve Avenger

    ...

    i can't believe we called our go-cart the Mauve Avenger
    one of my favorite lines

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    crwth wrote: »
    you keep da money

    what did you say?

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  • crwthcrwth THAT'S IT Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    crwth wrote: »
    you keep da money

    what did you say?

    you keep da money

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    OSKAR!

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  • HjorvarthrHjorvarthr Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Pass the ball to Tucker!

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  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I was always irritated by Hey Arnold. I never really watched more than a few minutes of it though.

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  • HarrierHarrier The Star Spangled Man Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Let's paint ourselves with tiger stripes and free all the animals at the zoo!

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  • tastypastrytastypastry Can somebody please remove these cutleries from my knees?Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    23 hours until you dieeeee





    People downtown sure are friendly!

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  • HjorvarthrHjorvarthr Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    MONKEYMAN!!

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  • George Fornby GrillGeorge Fornby Grill ...Like Clockwork Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    stoop kid's afraid to leave his stoop

    Stoop kid's gonna leave his stoop!

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  • crwthcrwth THAT'S IT Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    people, arnold

    people did this

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I loved the pigeon man and the major league baseball episode

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  • FutoreFutore Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Hey arnold seasons 1-3 are all on Netflix Instant Watch. you don't have to rent the DVDs. (along with Angry Beavers, Spongebob, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Ren and Stimpy and Rocko's season 1)

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  • Dr.FunkensteinDr.Funkenstein Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    its on instant watch btw

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  • CrashmoCrashmo Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
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    I loved Hey, Arnold

    Going to watch this on the netflix so hard now

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    oh fuck angry beavers

    goddamn nostalgia

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  • HunteraHuntera Rude Boy Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Angry Beavers is fuck awesome.

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  • FutoreFutore Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    what they really need to get on DVD next is Wild Thornberrys

    it sucks that Nickolodeon has not done that yet

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  • TonkkaTonkka Some one in the club tonight Has stolen my ideas.Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Aw man, thought this was gonna be an orky thread.
    "'Ere we go!

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  • HarrierHarrier The Star Spangled Man Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Wait wait wait back the fuck up.

    Aaah!! Real Monsters is on Instant Watch? I have not seen that show in maybe a decade.

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  • LednehLedneh shinesquawk Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I realize I am very alone in this opinion but after watching some Angry Beavers I have to say it did not age well

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  • LookFreeGrenadeLookFreeGrenade Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    holy shit angry beavers is on netflix?

    welp gotta get netflix this instant

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  • FutoreFutore Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    no, that's okay Ledneh. Hey Arnold! did however age well. it didn't just rely on wacky humor

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  • crwthcrwth THAT'S IT Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Smashing
    Property
    And
    Whomping
    Norb


    !!
    norb, they're after you!

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  • El Jeffe's BitchEl Jeffe's Bitch Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Oh man, they got Sid!

    He was so young

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  • ArtreusArtreus I'm a wizard And that looks fucked upRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I remember being in 2nd or 3rd grade when this started airing and thinking how cool it would be to be a 4th grader like Arnold

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  • ZephosZephos Climbin in yo ski lifts, snatchin your people up. MichiganRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    this show was okay, but couldn't hold a candle to Ahh! Real Monsters or Rocco's Modern Life to me.

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  • LookFreeGrenadeLookFreeGrenade Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    ....

    good point Stump!

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