Top 20 Hey Arnold! Episodes Part 2 (10-1) 

Helga on the Couch was my favorite. I mean, it was good to see Helga's backstory, that's a given, but I love how respectfully Dr. Bliss treats Helga. She doesn't talk down to her at all, and instead treats her like an equal. She takes her feelings seriously. And when it comes to Helga's feelings about Arnold... Sure, she has an unhealthy obsession, but she really does love him. I love that Dr. Bliss could see that, and how those feelings are an important part of who Helga is. I've been obsessive about shipping since I was a small child-- getting really emotionally involved with fictional characters, daydreaming about my favorite pairings... It was just second nature. This was before the internet was wide-spread, so I couldn't seek out people to talk to about it, and I was too embarrassed to talk to anyone about it IRL. It was an important part of myself that to me was really wonderful, but at the same time, I felt like it was pretty weird. At that point I didn't care much, as long as it made me happy, but... I related a lot to Helga's obsessive feelings. I shipped her with Arnold (still do, when I have occasion to remember the show), but beyond that, It was so great to see a character my age who had intense feelings like me. Helga's only in the fourth grade, but the show treats her feelings not as a silly crush, but as something real and meaningful. I mean, Helga's love for Arnold was often played for laughs, but other times, like here, it was completely serious, and the audience was definitely supposed to sympathize. Helga's love for Arnold is her inspiration, it lends depth and poetry to her character, makes her feel so real and relatable. It gave me the impression that those kinds of feelings could be both weird and beautiful at the same time. In this episode, especially. After Helga goes on her rant about how much she loves Arnold, she says, "So I guess I'm pretty sick, huh?" And Dr. Bliss tells her, that, no, she's not, she just feels things very deeply and expresses herself creatively. That left a HUGE impression on me. I've always remembered it. Even to this day-- right now I'm kind of obsessed with someone who doesn't feel the same way, and yeah, sometimes I feel like I'm being stupid. It makes me feel kind of weird and pathetic, but... Sometimes when I feel that way, I remember what Dr. Bliss told Helga, and it makes me feel like, no, those feelings are real and they matter.

I'm 27. Hey Arnold was there to teach me life lessons when my family life was in chaos. This video you made reminded me of that! In a good way I mean.. you did an amazing job and for a moment i forgot how much i remembered small details of every episode of this show. Thank you!

Hey Arnold! is a unique cartoon series to say the least. It's one of a few that I actually enjoy watching over the last twenty to thirty years.

Every time Gerald says"he's a bold kid" I'm like so true so true

my favorite episode was the Thanksgiving special. Was nice to see Arnold and Helga converse in a respectful manner and treating each other like equals.

christmas episode. will always aways get me, reason why i loved Helga's character.

Your list is a great one but one episode I feel that should have made the list was the episode "Arnold meets Arnie" in which Arnold visits his weird cousin Arnie in his hometown in which his friends are polar opposites to Arnold's. What I love most about that episode is that it answered a question that many fans wondered about: If Helga ever opened up to Arnold and revealed her true self to him, would he return her affections? The answer is: YES! We see this when Arnold meets Helga's alternate Hilda who is literally Helga without the bully facade. Arnold is immediately smitten with her as he bumps into her on the street while she is reciting poetry. However in a twisted turn of events she falls in love with Arnie instead much to Arnold's dismay. Overall a great list but I would have loved if you mentioned this episode even if it was nothing but an honorable mention.

Helga: ¡¡¡¡HOW COULD YOU CHOOSE HER HOW COULD YOU DO THAT FOOTBALL HEAD!!!!😂😂😂🤣🤣🏈

Pigeon Man is probably my favorite episode in the whole series I cry every time I see it.

“Cool Jerk” really hit hard for me and my twin brother. A month before it originally aired, my brother fell in with a bad crowd like Frankie G’s gang, and I had to stop him from sneaking out to go with them one night, it saved him from getting arrested.

Very solid list. The Christmas Special and Pigeon Man are practically a must for this kind of list, and your number 1s were great. Others that stood out to me were The List, Career Day, Heat, Snow, Biosquare, The Flood, Arnold Visits Arnie, Gerald Comes Over, Sally's Comet, and many more. Not sure which would be in my list, but they've always stuck out to me in addition to the one's one your's. Also, one of my father's favorites was The Baseball. That one really hit him on a personal level.

I loved this show so much. Thank you for this! Curly is one of my faves and I love when he talks about freeing the animals from the zoo! It's one of my fave lines

Did you know that originally, the line about Curly biting off chicken heads wasn't in the script? It's on a Nicksclusive clip. Originally, Curly just said "Even I wouldn't do something that crazy!" The clip had a scene of them changing the line to what it's become now.

Helga on the couch Olga is also a victim herself she suffers from perfectionism she even tells helga how lucky she is noone notices here I felt bad for both of them

5:03 “COME HERE FAT BOY! IMMA ROLL YOU DOWNTOWN!” 😂🤣

I also love the episode where arnold and his grandma save the turtle.

Please keep doing more Hey Arnold videos! loving your input lol:)

I'll never forget watching "The Journal" for the first time. I gasped out loud at its ending and was so excited for what would come next. "The Jungle Movie", while not perfect, was definitely worth the wait. As for favorite episodes of mine that weren't on this list, I always loved seeing Dino Spumoni and wish we'd gotten more of him in the show. Dino was who introduced me to crooner music and, even as a kid, I never understood how he could ever fall out of popularity because I thought he was great. I've since become a big Sinatra fan, which makes sense since, according to Craig Bartlett, Dino was inspired by Sinatra. To this day, if a real-life Dino Spumoni album and merch came out, I'd buy them in a heartbeat. Also, everyone talks about a series written for us now grown-up millennials that dives even more into Helga's tragic life, but I would ABSOLUTELY watch a Dino show. Basically, take all the tidbits we learn about him from the news segment in "Dino Checks Out" and expand them into a gritty 1940s period piece. A MUSICAL period piece, with Jim Lang returning as composer to write more songs for Dino and the score for the show. Please, if Craig Bartlett or the other creators of "Hey, Arnold!" haven't already thought of this, we need to bring this idea to their attention because I need it in my life now.

Im surprised you named helga on the couch as #5. I would have figured it should have been #1 if not #2. That episode is one of the best ever to produced in TV and is a testamount on what the show is about. I was immensely impressed with it

Pretty good list. You could do a top 10 episodes of Helga or Top side character episodes and it would still be hard to choose from.

I always wanted to know what happened to Arnold’s parents, when the episode with Arnold’s journal ended I kept asking myself, what happens next? But it left me with a Cliff hanger until the jungle movie came out. I’m so glad it ended up happy, now they need to do episodes of Arnold and his parents and they can call it, hey Arnold the catch-up years. It can be a new hey Arnold series.

I would never have guessed that Pigeon Man was recast if you hadn't mentioned that the original actor died. The clip he's in on "The Jungle Movie" sounds pretty much like the same guy. Also, it's nice to see they followed up where he went afterwards. I remember Craig Bartlett saying he went to Paris, and in the clip, there's Notre Dame in the background (I don't think I could miss it, even in a cartoon - not because I've been there (and even heard the bells ring), but because it's always drawn so well by animators. They always remember the detail.

I watched 12 Angry Men movie because of Hey Arnold and I loved it!

I have always loved "What's Opera, Arnold?" It has always been in my personal top 5 list ☺ .

What's Opera, Arnold? is Atlantis Squarepants done right.

Everytime i rewatch cartoons they pull me closer to watching musicals. The story of carmen actually sounds interesting

Danny Cooksey, who voiced Stoop Kid also voiced Jack Spicer: Evil Boy Genius from Xiaolin Showdown. One of the greatest comic relief villains ever crafted!

I always loved when Grandma called Arnold kimba!!

This show is realistic fiction mostly realistic

Was I the only one who had a crush on arnold when they were little ?

What's Opera, Arnold was definitely my favorite as a kid

Such complex analysis. I swear, some of the most talented RU-vid creators are unfortunately some of the most legally-inhibited, or, underrated.

Married should of been an honorable mention...

19:50 Mom thought I didn't have empathy growing up, until we watched that on TV and I said "Oh that's sad! He had to give up his daughter!"

# TEAM CURLY

I'm so sorry you had to go all through this again. It's insane how Viacom is giving all this trouble!

Arnold's Christmas is #1 for me.

I don't care what anyone says when it comes to the greatest cartoon ever created. I grew with Beavis and Butt-head, Rugrats and Ren & Stimpy. I loved King of the Hill as a teenager/adult. There have been some incredible cartoons in our past but by far the greatest of all time is Hey Arnold. Every single episode is a gem that hits you from the inside every time. Never dumbs it down for kids and instead treats them like as if they were adults. God Bless this show and God Bless you for making these videos Old School Lane. There were times in these 2 top 20 videos that you sounded like Helga and for that you get a new subscriber. Have a great day.

Huh. I remember reading a comic where Stoop Kid gets told that he's going to lose his stoop due to a renovation that the stoop is attached to, so Arnold gets him a job as a door guard. So, that's cool.

I can't wait for the TV movie 😀

It sounds like Arnold is narrating this after while...

New here! Love the complex analysis. Thank you

The April Fool's day episode is my fav!

Trivia tidbit: 3 different actors voiced Arnold during Season 5. Phillip Van Dyke voiced him in "Parents Day" (It was made for Season 3, but was held back. He also voiced 2 different one-off characters during Season 5.). Alex D. Linz voiced him in "April Fool's Day" & "The Journal". Spencer Klein voiced him for the rest of the season. (He also voiced Arnold for the entirety of Season 4, as well as Arnold Saves the Neighborhood.)

I've been rewatching episodes of Hey Arnold; I think they need to continue the series or just show who married who. I really want to see Helga and Arnold together.

I was born in 1993 I remember a lot of Hey Arnold episodes.

Well, this was a show for kids. I mean they could hardly go with the ex-boyfriend murders his former lover in a fit of jealousy after she tells him off. Helga on the Couch is my favorite as well...it deals with parental favoritism, one that goes so far that it ends up with child neglect. Helga's parents are more interested in Olga playing the piano than getting their 5-year-old kid to pre-school. and it's shown that to get there she has to go through a dangerous area. Also, they don't even notice their little kid leaving home in the first place. There also is no wonder she got obsessed with Arnold. He was the only one who showed her a spec of kindness. It became unhealthy because she never had anyone she could talk to about it and sort out her feelings. or learn to show them in a more constructive way. Her parent's marriage isn't the healthiest thing either...her father is short-tempered and really not approachable. Olga is oblivious and her mom is an alcoholic who can barely take care of herself. How could that kid know any different?

The Valentine's Day Episode is The Best!!

Good to see this back. Fuck Viacom.

My favorites: Heat/Snow Summer love Arnold’s parents Anything with Geralds family

How am I just now seeing this list! Love it! How'd you feel about the jungle movie? 😍🤩 I still watch it on Netflix along with static cling

I always thought Mr. Bailey was Santa in disguise.

Good video plz make more!

I love #4 but it seems so weird with the Simpsons style animation. There's a few episodes in Season 1 that were like this.

Nice, but you're missing some real gems. Ruthless, Field Trip, Little Pink Book, Das Subway, Wheezin' Ed, Sally's Comet, Magic Show, and Arnold's Halloween are all great. Same with the Heat/Snow episodes. I really liked your Top 20 by the way. You've got great insights.

One of my favorite episode is Arnold’s Halloween 🎃👻

# 3 is the best :D

8:59 I thought he was gonna say something different then! Then I remembered that it's a children's show and they can't really say that

I don't know what Hey Arnold Episode was when he held the Baseball items, (being his bat or ball) and holding it up on top of a tall building on a thundering night and laughing while he was doing it. Can anyone tell me what it is?

8:56 hahahahahahahahaha

Can You Post All Full Episodes from Hay Arnold on The Internet Archive? 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

You kind of missed what the authors name amalgamation probably went. Yes Holden Caulfield was a bit of a loner and yes Agatha Christie faked her own kidnapping, but obviously the author character borrows a lot more from J.D. Salinger, the author of "Catcher in the Rye,"as he was a famous recluse who basically went into hiding after publishing "Catcher in the Rye" and never wrote again.

Your Favorite Episodes are Hey Arnold Lore Fests. Ok 👌🏻

My favorite episode is Stoop Kid.

Mr Hyun is corean... is the corean civil war (and is pronounce he-e-un)

Didn’t the kid actually release all the animals from the zoo at the end?

You do realize that the jungle movie exists?

Patricia probably hasn’t seen shows on Disney or Cartoon Network.

And if u know me " I LIKE A GOOD MUSICAL" lol thought that was funny

11:40 yeah awkward

My favorite Episodes Arnold's Christmas Suspended Full Moon Harold the Butcher The opera Episode The Jounel Parents day

No arnie episode?

The episode of hey Arnold, Agatha Caulfield remind me of the author, who wrote Mary Poppins, Tamela Travers, she was an ass. She was mean to everyone, including Walt Disney, and the Sherman Brothers, who wrote the music to Mary Poppins, she was never satisfied with what they were trying to do, after the movie, saving Mr. Banks came out, it exposed PL Travers, for who she was, and what her life was like.

Bruh, why you sound like Bryson from Haminations?

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i hated arnold's voice in The Journal

By the way, did you know that originally the ending of the Pigeon Man episode was gonna be where the Pigeon Man committed suicide, but Nick decided against the idea and rewrote it with an uplifting one cuz they felt that the original ending was too dark to show to kids due to how gruesome and shocking it would've been for them to see something that involves Death?

#WTFU

Ugh. Viacom again. 😡

Bring this show back