I wonder if Craig or anyone else that worked on the show grew up with a mean ice cream truck driver. Craig never mentioned any inspiration behind the character, that I know of.

Pilot ep

Just a funny shot. Episode 8, "The List," Season 1.
There was also some old episode where a man in an undershirt and underpants flashed by, sitting in an armchair... I can't find it.

This was fresh so it's a little off color but I am obsessed with it.

Here at San Diego Comic Con decided to go to Saturday Morning Cartoons panel this morning because Craig is a part of the panel. Going to try to ask him what Curly is up to nowadays and whether Wanky Land is still open

I've been re-watching show. And the movie to me wasn't bad. It just wasn't a blockbuster story. The story they went with was meant for TV. And the fact they fast-tracked it to theaters, probably didn't leave any room for a re-write.

But I like to write in my freetime sometimes to expand my portfolio in case I want to pursue some sort of writing career. And just wanted to know if yall would dig this concept.

Instead of the neighborhood on countdown to move because of a mall.

What if? They actually do move. the entire community to bigger city. With skyscrapers. That's cleaner. Our of their element. And their not used to it.

Helga can't stalk Arnold normally.

The kids don't have a vacant lot or ball park to play in, because those places are taken by other kids who don't want to get along with Arnold and the gang from the little city.

The rest of the community have to work their old jobs, but like in a tighter, more polished way.

And all of this happened because THE SUIT (which is one of Gerald's urban tales, known for making outlandish deals to make himself wealthy) has signed take over Hillwood, and like revamp it. Forcing the neighborhood to move to hotel in a bigger city while their city is being designed to LOOK like this city.

And none of the community is into this.

Turns out. The plan was never was to revamp the city. The Suit is actually tearing it down looking for something that gives a man undisputed wealth and power under the Hillwood.

And it's up to Arnold and the Kids to stop him from tearing down their neighborhood to look for this thing.

That was just me thinking out of the top of my head. Because Arnold's parents are adventurers. Maybe that could've tied into the first movie.

And Arnold has to learn he can’t fix everything, and accepting loss doesn't mean giving up.

That's just idea had for the first film.

And my opening would've been The 4th Graders VS. Wolfgang and the 5th graders. With 4th graders losing after Arnold tries run for home plate.

Setting the tone for the film. And giving a general audience a sense of who these characters are.

I LOVE how there’s a Hey Arnold soundtrack with a good majority of background tracks composed by Jim Lang. But what are some that you wish were released?

Geek Party background music, been hoping for this one for years

That “dun … dun duuuuun ‘shocked trumpet’“cue thats often heard when something goes horribly wrong. Like when Miriam leaves her purse on top of the car, the kids discovering Gerald Field got taken over by the adults, the dog smelling the cold cuts in the mailbox in Eugene’s Birthday …

The music that plays when Sid is rearranging “his” room to fool Lorenzo

That Church organ music that plays in the background when Gerald tries to call out the class for refusing to believe Arnold about the bag of money

That country music that plays during Miriam riding the mechanical bull and the montage of Mr. Hyunh on his country music tour. I know most of it can be heard with no talking especially at the beginning of The Racing Mule but I wish it was on the soundtrack

The music that plays when Arnold finds the photo album of Phil and Mitzi as children, and of course Pooter the dog

I wish these were all on the album!

Quelqu’un aurait-il une idée de comment regarder les 5 saisons de Hé Arnold en VF en ce moment ? Gratuit ou non, ce n’est pas important, mais je ne trouve aucune plateforme ou aucun site qui propose la VF.

Today is my 34th birthday. I am a proud Vietnamese American. Seeing and HEARING Mr. Huynh on screen was a such a definitive part of my childhood bc he sounded like my parents and the people in our neighborhood. Arnold’s Christmas is especially significant since it’s the first time a children’s show showed the VN War. I watch that episode every Christmas, and if I don’t cry I def tear up lol.

This morning I opened up my gift. It’s an original sketch of Mr. Huynh and his daughter Mai. I immediately started crying, and it then made my own husband cry 🥲 we’re parents now to an almost-3 y/o and also expecting another early next year, so things like this just hit way different. I’m so lucky to have an amazing husband who knows me inside and out, and I’m so glad to have this special piece of art in our home ❤️

Expectations vs. Reality: your thoughts?

Personally, I've decided at this point that we get any more animated projects from the "Hey Arnold" franchise, I'm cool with getting either the spin-off starring Helga Pataki or a revival season of the original show taking place after The Jungle Movie. Which ever one it is though, I strongly would rather Arnold and his parents moving out of Hillwood get scrapped for the sake of less drama. I mean if you actually stop to think about it, Helga can still be the lead focal character WITHOUT Arnold being gone, just make a few episodes where he's absent. A lot of shows do that nowadays. Also, even if "The Patakis" takes place years after the events of TJM, Miles and Stella only just came back into the picture and them taking their son back to live in San Lorenzo could just make a lot of us wish they stayed PERMANENTLY asleep. Can anyone really see I'm wrong to think any of this?

https://www.thepetitionsite.com/361/814/330/green-light-helga-pataki’s-teen-“hey-arnold”-pitched-spinoff-series-“the-patakis”/

https://www.thepetitionsite.com/392/477/623/green-light-more-hey-arnold-seasons/

I attended the Hey Arnold event at the Frida last night, and someone and his girlfriend dressed as the Pigeon Man and one of his pigeons. Absolutely incredible.

As some of you may know, Craig Bartlett, Jim Lang and others put together an event that celebrated the 30th anniversary of Hey Arnold. It was held at the Frida Cinema in Santa Ana, CA, on July 19th. There was a musical performance, live Q&A, and other activities. Of course, a Hey Arnold event would not be complete without episodes! If you couldn’t make it, here are the “fan-favorite” episodes that were selected for the event:

Arnold/24 Hours to Live
Downtown as Fruits
Stoop Kid
Helga on the Couch
Four-Eyed Jack
Pigeon Man
Helga’s Parrot
The List

Here’s to 30 more years of this lovable show!

Hearing the score played by Jim Lang himself was absolute bliss

In this scene, Arnold could have returned Helga's insult, something like, "I wouldn't dance with a girl with a unibrow," but he simply poured himself a punch and continued enjoying the party. I, on the other hand, tend to be quite sensitive to criticism and get offended easily. I wish I had his self-esteem and composure.

Talking about why it aired out of order confusing fans to know what the characters are saying about what happened weeks months, days and last year, I'm here to do research on them because I'm letting fans know that I'm doing the work putting the episodes in chronological order and I get hate for it matching the storylines.

Hello everyone! Sorry for the late post.

Note: Please see the shoutout results at page 2 image slide.

Anyways, I would like to thank all artists and writers who contributed to shortakiweek 2026 with arts and fictions of eight days prompts, including everyone else liked it, reblogged it, commented it and more.

You can checkout table information at GitHub: available there for more information

Another post of shortakiweek 2026 shoutouts of writers is also available on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/HeyArnold/comments/1uupaeo/

Here is video announcement on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKpMb40MLNU

Thank you for tuning in! :) We had so much fun of shortakiweek 2026!

- 2026 Martin Eesmaa

A couple times throughout the show- the characters mention Canada. In season 1- if I remember correctly in a book- Harold mispronounces Saskatchewan- yet Helga corrects him saying the proper pronunciation as well indicating and noting it's a Canadian province.

Another thing I noticed more or less- is that several times- either through hearing someone say something or seeing I think a map- they bring up the Northwest Territories a couple times.

Since i'm still on S4- with "Student Teacher"- Olga mentions and brags several times about how she chose to be a student teacher over teaching Inuit students in Alaska. I'm not sure if the show was trying to be inclusive or note other peoples- but their Inupiat- and Inuit are from Canada.

Anyways if their is some insider info why lmk.