Looking back this episode was pretty great.
Pretty unusual for character to realize his crush is trash and get over them.
Usually it's some stay friends nonsense.
Newbie here. I missed this show growing up. Is it worth watching as an adult?
>>84429245
Yes, very much so. The show actually goes out of its way to give each and every character their own bit of development. Each episode just leaves you with a nice heartwarming feeling at the end, and the show touches on some themes in a surprisingly mature way. It's one of the better nicktoons to come out of the 90s, and one of the gold standards for SOL western animation, go watch it right now, you won't regret it.
That cheese festival would have been so tight
>>84429245
It's good and it holds up better than most stuff from the 90s, particularly the latter few seasons, once the characters are really established.
Its only weak point, IMO, is that its heavily reliant on a vague nostalgic sense of Americana that mythologizes some kind of picturesque childhood filled with baseball, pie-eating contests, camping, Rube Goldberg devices put together from scrap, urban legends, etc. like if Stephen King was put on MDMA. These tend to be particularly bad with episodes about Arnold himself. The best episodes in the show focus on the side characters- Helga especially. They tend to be less precious about idolizing New York, America, childhood in general, etc.
>>84429069
Too bad the other crush episode with the girl in green plad went with the negative extreme.
>>84430595
I think it's biggest weakness is the extreme overuse of having a character say something like "that'll never happen!" and then immediately have that exact thing happen.
>>84429069
Better if it ended in a shameful, semi-consensual handjob.
>>84429069
That's look cool.
>>84430925
>shameful
>semi-consensual
>>84429466
I believe you would enjoy it more as an adult.
>>84429069
Arnold realized that he was judging Ruth simply by how she looked. Once he talked to her, he was immediately turned off by her vapidness and her self- centered attitude.
>>84430595
Batman Recess Ren and Stimpy Rugrats and Rocko still hold hold and actually age a lot better today apart from some 90s references these shows are timeless
Cartoons in the 90s were so much better than stuff that are going on today
The 90s had so much great shows
>>84429466
>Each episode just leaves you with a nice heartwarming feeling at the end
All except for one.
>>84433474
That one dosen't exist.
>>84434105
It does.
Arnold is really cool man.
So who is your favorite girl from the show?
>>84434415
Rhonda
>>84434415
Helga>Phoebe>Patty>Everyone else
Oh yeah, and Arnold's grandma.
>>84434441
Yeah, that what I been thinking of.
>>84434186
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING ANON
>>84430595
I was really surprised, and I guess somewhat disappointed, to find out the show is supposed to be Chicago or Philly or something and not New York.
The whole thing feels so much like being a kid in New York. All the different cultures and freakish people forced to live together, adventures on buses and subways. Maybe that's just growing up in the city in general.
>>84434742
To deny its existence is a foolish and futile endeavour, Anon. We must accept that it exists, but we must not let it define who we are.
Arnold sure knows how to party.
>>84434800
Bartlett said the city was a combination of Portland, Seattle and New York.
Most clues point to it being in the Nothwest.
>>84434894
Hey Arnold, like all shows, has a few episodes that are a bit weak. I believe it was very strong overall.
>>84431561
>that Helga
I found her sister.
>>84434800
Wait, it's not in New York?
>>84434415
Phoebe. She and pic related made me pay attention to background details. They were a cute couple.
>>84434571
Phoebe for me.
>>84435156
It's canonically set in Washington state. New York served as some inspiration for the city though.
>>84434415
I still wonder why they put Nadine here in the intro like she was one of the important characters, Lila would've been more fitting or just no 4th girl at all.
Did they have bigger plans for her or something?
>>84437857
Best I can figure is since she's half black she vaguely acts as a counterpart to Gerald in the opening. She's basically as much as a character as Sheena or the other kids who mostly exist to occupy crowds.
>>84435123
That's not her sister!
>>84437857
I don't think they put much thought into that. They may have had the design but weren't sure yet if she was going to be a fairly important character or not.
>>84433132
Rocko actually is very very dated.
>>84433222
If you only count good quality shows like HA and ignore all the horrible shit like that 90s Spiderman cartoon.
Which is why nostalgia goggles are false and misleading. People forget what was bad and only remember what was good.
Funny, if you listened to the likes of John K, shows like Hey Arnold would be verboten because kids only understand grossout gags.
>>84441832
Remind me again how a guy who doesn't have kids himself decided he was an expert on what kids want to watch?
>>84434415
Lila.
The show has held up good because it largely avoided 90s pop culture references; the art style is the most obviously "period" thing about it.
>>84434894
Goddammit! Stop.
>>84429069
>canal j
Posting best girl.
>>84443697
And Rhonda is the best girl.
>>84437857
Lila wasn't introduced until 30 episodes into Season 2.
>>84434415
Patty, duh.
Arnold is a good role model for kids.
>>84434948
Hey look, it's "Better Helga"
>>84443697
>>84443785
All hail Rhonda, Queen of the Geeks.
This is the only show where the Rich popular school girl was able to have fun with kids much poorer than her and even able to get down and dirty.
Rhonda is best girl.after Arnold's Grandma
>>84441908
They were really going for the timeless America feel.
Even as a kid I knew it wasn't an accurate representation of the lives of kids but it was entertaining and I think I like Jazz to this day because of it.
When I was younger I liked Lila and despised Helga.
Now after I rewatched it I realized that Lila was sorta a cunt and Helga was alright.
>>84445416
I think she's not a geek, she's a slut.
>>84446896
>Confirmed for never watching the show
Thread is dying, post lewd moments.
>>84447463
I love the hidden version of this scene.
http://rule34.paheal.net/post/view/1695343
>>84447463
>Arnold invites Helga to a private slumber party at the boarding house
>>84447463
>post lewd moments
The parrot episode when Helga hid behind Arnold's sofa thing and she saw him taking his clothes off.
>>84447463
Or maybe the episode with Helga sleepwalking, there was that scene where she was showering and woke up in that precise moment.
>>84445416
Why is she so perfect
>>84447657
So thats where this image come from.
I'm sure Hey Arnold is okay, but I can't help to think that half the posters here are just 90s-wanking.
I still get flashbacks to Timbox.
Ruth is lovely Arnold..
>>84448492
She is like a pure women.
I sure hopes Arnold meets another girlfriend more Helga or Ruth or Lilly.
>>84435505
I KNOW the commercials mentioned "growing up in new york" as a big point before the show came on.
>>84449555
Holy shit, she looks adorable.But I have a feeling she's even darker on the inside than Lila. The cuter they look, the meaner they really are, at least in this show
>>84434395
need more pics of Arnold being a pimp, indeed need to add more girls to his harem
>>84441761
Rocko is definitely dated but the humor holds up if you remember being a young adult in the pre-internet age.
>>84437857
>That Phoebe
Gerald lucked out in giving her the BBC.
That episode when Phil kicked Hitler ass, and won the ww2.
This show had such bittersweet messages and morals. I cannot think of another cartoon that went to the places HA did. And even yet, it still managed to not be cynical, just realistic.
I mean, the one in the OP was basically "You shouldnt idolize your crush". But there were so much more. The one in >>84447463 basically said that Helga and Olga are just never really going to get along, and Olga will never understand why.
But I guess one of the morals that I most liked was the one where Stinky was a posterboy for a soda, but the marketing guys were just exploiting his weirdness and basically using him, so he turns down a million bucks because his pride wouldnt allow himself to sell out. And he doesnt really get congratulated for it, its a satisfaction that only he understands and only he gets to enjoy. He understands that his own self worth is far mre important then money and fame, and the show doesnt even glorify his decision, it just shows it to the viewers.
>>84448773
>but I can't help to think that half the posters here are just 90s-wanking.
Don't be ridiculous anon.
>>84451569
He's really lucky indeed.
>>84451892
Huh, that's really cool
>>84449272
Wait it she referring to Helga's poems?
>>84451569
>implying Gerald isn't overcompensating with his hair
>>84450002
Maybe the setting wasn't established yet, but the show was definitely in Washington.
>that episode about father's or parents' day
>Arnold and his grandparents win and Helga's dad starts talking shit saying that's not fair because Arnold's parents are dead and grandparents shouldnt be allowed to compete because they are not his father and mother
>literally in front of Arnold
>>84452308
And them Arnold have a dream about his death parents.
>>84441908
Lord, Hey Arnold had a great soundtrack.
>>84451995
>implying Gerald isn't overcompensating with his hair
>>84452308
Thanks for reminding me anon. That shit was too cold
>>84452054
BIG BOB'S BEEEEEEEEEPERS!
So what was wrong with Helga's mom? OTC Drugs? Alcoholism?
>>84453137
The "smoothies" were alcoholic drinks. She was wasted all the time.
>>84453137
Alcoholism due to her depression. Being BIG BOB'S wife doesn't sound like a good end.
>>84453137
Pic related.
>>84452308
Freeze frame it and look at the expression on both Arnold and Helga's faces. Makes you want to cry.
>>84451798
Rich Kid was probably an episode way ahead of its' time about putting down the electric devices now and then and going out and having fun.
>>84451608
It was Goebbels.
>>84453137
Ever noticed how she was always holding some kind of drink? Sure as hell wasnt ice tea.
>>84429069
>>84430595
>>84446631
>>84451798
If you see Hey Arnold as a kid, you see a comedy with some drama in it.
When you see it as an adult, you realize that Hey Arnold is a drama with some comedy thrown in.
>>84454022
Some episodes are only comedic too, I remember the one where Harold kept getting suspended by Principal Wartz.At least the dubbed version I watched was hilarious
>>84453137
Well, her problem was alcoholism, but what prompted eher into drinking was probably caused by depression.
>>84454256
One of my favorites, sames as when they get stuck on a tree
>>84455552
Or when they got stuck in the roller coaster...
>>84454256
"Extenuating circumcisions." "Stances!"
>>84455786
What does stances mean?
Post more Rhonda
So many kisses tonight.
>>84434415
Phoebe
>>84435505
I remember thinking it felt like it was definitely Brooklyn. With the generic number school name, the urban environment and how it was laid out. I don't remember a damn thing that made me think otherwise on my initial watching.
>>84457523
How come? Was it from the show or real life.
>>84452308
>ORPHAN BOY
>>84457711
You know Arnold was an orphan from the start.
When I was little this episode scared the shit out of me
I became really religious for a few weeks because it made me so scared of hell
Its pretty tame looking back but when I was a kid I turned it off if I saw it was this episode
>>84453471
>Freeze frame it and look at the expression on both Arnold and Helga's faces. Makes you want to cry.
That shit was so fucked up it made Helga break character. Big Bob deserved to have his beeper empire ravaged by cell phones.
>>84457921
To be fair, this was a very spooky episode. For me, it's a tossup between this and the Headless Cabbie for which episode fucked my mind most as a kid. Four-Eyed Jack was pretty bad, too.
Been slowly rewatching the series recently
Tell me, /co/, when did you realize you were an Oskar?
anyone else buy the Complete Series set that Shout Factory released, found it at Walmart for about 20 bucks and it felt like too much of a deal to pass up(they also had the complete set for Rocko, but I didn't buy that cause I had heard that it was censored)
>>84458312You keep the money.
>>84449272
>her dialogue
Oh... Oh Christ...
>>84449272
What a bitch. Oh well, at least it goes with her prostitute outfit.
It was rape?
What did you guys think of the movie? It's on Netflix for Americans
>>84459150
It's pretty weak. Only worth watching for Helga's love confession scene.
>>84458073
It probably didn't happen though. Even Helga had a cellphone on her at times.
>>84459001
I always felt legit bad for this guy, and even though I loved this episode I always dreaded having to see this guy cry.
>Vietnamese
>Watch that Christmas episode with my family
Holy fuck, that was an intense episode. I'm really happy Hey Arnold pushed the ticket in teaching kids about the past. I don't see that anywhere else.
>>84449272
>implying she isn't right
Anonymous has played the world like a fiddle for centuries. Hell, I'm doing it right now.
>>84429069
I remember that some guy old enough to be working started hitting on her even though she's, like, 11.
>>84458312
that episode where he was the MC for once always stuck with me above all the other stuff that's happened in the series. they were so mean to him unintentionally:
>CAN'T YOU READ, MISTER? CAN'T YOU READ?
being Oskar is suffering but he's a dick.
>>84460278
so THATS where miss oblongs body type comes from
>Arnolds grandpa single handedly ended the ww2 European theatre with a truck load of cham
Europoors are you even trying?
>>84458373
Got mine at Wal-mart.
Also, there was a cardboard display of Arnold, Helga, Gerald and Grandpa on one of the movie display racks. Anyone else see one of those? Kinda surprised me but that was just before the announcement of The Jungle Movie.
>>84451892
Wasn't Tommy's grandpa in the Pacific theatre?
Or am I just going off that one quote in the movie about Pearl Harbour?
>>84450420Unless you're Rhonda. Phoebe was only slightly dark, but that's because of what she has to deal with every day. Either way, best girls
>>84451892
Didn't Grampa Pickles injure himself on his matress and not end up going to the front line or something?
>>84434415
First watching it as a kid, Lila and Phoebe.
Now, Rhonda and Phoebe.
I'm surprised how a character I was mostly indifferent to growing up is one I only now realize is amazing, but rewatching the series, I can unobjectionably say Rhonda is awesome. Phoebe was always awesome though, and I relate to her a lot. I still like Lila as a character, but she's kind of a wad and a tease to Arnold throughout the series I'm noticing now. Aside from her interactions with him, though, I love how adorably sweet she is.
>>84458692LOOK, I'M PETTING THE KITTY, EHEHEHEHE!
>>84457921
So was there actually a Haunted Train, or?
>>84458312
>when did you realize you were an Oskar?
I'LL NEVER BE AN OSKAR! I'D RATHER DIE
>>84429245
Yes, nearly every episode.
>>84451892
Ive had this pic saved for years kek love it
>>84461764
Deep, wide spaces.
Deep, wide spaces.
>>84461604
He slept through pearl harbor.
>>84434415
then: not any of them because i didn't even like girls
now: Helga + Rhonda
>>84456515
While apologizing to Principal Wartz in "Suspended," Harold meant to say "circumstances" but misspoke. Arnold was correcting him.
>>84462161
That's Das Subway.
>>84441761
As someone who first watched Rocko just a couple years ago I gotta say it's still really good and funny. Ren and Stimpy on the other hand has aged terribly.
>>84435505
>It's canonically set in Washington state.
I call bullshit Washington state has no cities like that, Seattle has a modest down town compared to East Coast cities. The entire show would feel out of place in Washington.
>>84460278
Helga can be sexy for real.
>>84459926
What the hell happened to you, Anonymous? You used to write great poetry, but now you just shitpost on 4chan all day.
>>84462737
Really?
>>84429466
Pigeon-Man episode killed it for me when i was a kid.
>>84460278
So what's the name of that episode?
>>84462819
>implying shitposting is not poetry since it rhymes
I wish Arnold could dance with Ruth in a smooth way.
>Like in the April's Fool episode
Hey Arnold was da bomb
>>84467222
Fuck off, Timbox.
>>84467315
I'm not Timbox my real name is Moses
>>84467374
AH HA
MODS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7Xqj7nv1UY
List everything wrong ith the PPG reboot
>>84459001
to this day I still use "I just wanted to ask where's the bus stop!"
Anyone else remember when Arnold tutored Torvald? When he went into this neighborhood you can hear sirens, a shootout in the background and a woman screaming. That freaked me out back then.
>>84467222
STOP!
>>84457921
>Its pretty tame looking back but when I was a kid I turned it off if I saw it was this episode
I did this with You Can't Do That On Television because of the loud-as-hell-to-me siren and the screaming head (that it's entirely possible I'm mis-remembering) in the intro and, of all things, fucking Sesame Street with that singing orange. I know now it's just Carmen, but shit that was horrifying.
>>84467222
No, he's a hothead football head
>>84431561
Weird faces
>>84434415
I always had a thing for Nadine.
>>84458950
>Yes, her prostitute outfit.
>>84467222
Ok so ive heard of Timbox in Hey Arnold thrrads, but have no idea who or what a Timbox is. Is he just a really shitty artist or something?
>>84473967
grade A autist(in the literal sense, not the distorted definition people like to ue) and/or troll who ruins threads, he's not quite Dressguy levels of obnoxious though
>>84472860
Hello, dressguy.
>>84474337
Hush up, he's like Jenny not to Ruth.
>>84460278
Look at helga's hair.
>>84460278
Alice Glass was actually sent this pic. She loved it.
>>84476284
fuck I meant Grimes, not Alice. whelp, time to drink.
>>84459001
>>84459799
Man, not a lot gets to me, but seeing a grown man cry... Fuck.
>>84476284
>Alice Glass
>>84476311
>Grimes
wut
>>84447463
>>84448638
Always hated this scene. It always grossed me out and made me feel real uncomfortable in a bad way.
>>84476430
idk desu honestly senpai to be quite frank (not really my name)
>>84460278
Holy shit when I looked at this picture the fucking sound effect that plays as she opens the door played in my head.
That was programmed deep.
>>84434415
phoebe
bump
>>84458312
illiterate deadbeat slav
>>84481509
It's dancing time.
>>84454022
/thread
>>84483802
You are like two days late.
>>84455238
>>84453182
She got pregnant with Olga in collage and had to drop out. She threw away her whole future to marry Bob and not have the kid out of wedlock. Think why they live though all of Olga's accomplishments.
>>84484318
But she looked so happy when Olga was a little girl, she started drinking when she had Helga.
>>84484485
Helga was probably an unplanned child.
Unplanned= unwanted. Would explain a lot.
>>84484318
She probably started drinking when Olga moved away. You notice in later episodes she lights up like a Christmas tree when her daughter comes to visit.
>>84447894
Wait, she fell a scene where she fell asleep in the shower and woke up masturbating?
>>84453869
Smoothies, but it's clear it's supposed to be booze.
>>84434415
helga all the way
>>84448638
What episode
>>84484930
Little Sis.
>>84484870
Pic related.
>>84478566
In your special place?
>>84485032
Is that Helga's sister?
>>84448553
Wow, Lilly having a good time.
We're gonna get funking.
>>84441761
How is Rocko "dated"?
>>84490955
>>84490975
How romantic
>>84433474
>>84434105
>>84434186
Wh-what are you talking about?
Is there something I'm forgetting? Something I blocked out?
>>84448492
That image reminds me of the "just right" Pacha meme.
>>84491110
>>84492048
I still don't understand. Have I missed this episode or have I buried the memory too deep inside the vault.
I'm scared, but I wanna know more.
>>84492092
It's a good episode anon, don't listen to them. Just go rewatch it.
>>84492203
What's it called
>>84492443
Arnold Betrays Iggy
>>84449272
I don't remember this episode but Ruth sounds like a dumb bitch
>>84492742
That was the point of the episode. Arnold had built her up to be some amazing girl in his mind, but on their date, he saw her in a more honest light.
>>84434415
Rhonda and Pheobe
>>84458312
He was one of my favorite characters. That's what I loved about Hey Arnold. Everyone was unique and had good stories.
>>84434415
Olga
>>84492092
Ever tried to explain to someone what it feels like to be humiliated for someone else? Just watch.
Wasn't the other half of the episode pretty awful too, or has my memory faded? What was the plot of the other half? As for me, I can't tell you what it really is, I can only tell you what it feels like.
>>84495546
I found it. The other half is when Helga destroys the life of her nanny.
>>84495629
What a depressing ending. Even as a kid I knew that it wasn't what you'd normally see in a kids show.
>>84495977
Yeah that still bothers me. Anyway, roll credits on dead thread.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdjgLFcpFw4
Even as a kid, I was turned off by the art style.
I still am. I mean what the fuck is going on with his head? The only one who looks remotely normal is Helga.
>>84496307
The weird part is that even the other characters in the show addressed his weird football head.
I guess Arnold was just canonically deformed or something.
>>84495629
That's one of the best episodes.
>>84434415
helga
>>84497926
Wait a minute, something's off about that picture...
Helga's not left handed
>proof
>>84430595
>Its only weak point, IMO, is that its heavily reliant on a vague nostalgic sense of American
>Implying thats a weaknes
I'm not a american and i liked that nostalgic feeling
>>84451608
What happened in the part of the story that Grandpa said he would tell Gerald's dad about later?
>>84457921
I liked how there were one-off episodes about random weirdos and spooks.
>haunted train
>sewer king
>monkey boy
>pidgeon man
>lake monster
>>84451977
No, sometimes in poetry collections and shit like they make you read in school if the author is unknown they put that it was written by anonymous. Apparently Ruth is an airhead who think "Anonymous" is a person's name.
>>84451892
holy shit this is awesome
>>84453157
>>84484318
>>84484810
Holy shit...
>>84459001
>squeal like a pig
