is an American animated television series created by Craig Bartlett that aired on Nickelodeon from October 7, 1996, to June 8, 2004.
[1] The series centers on a fourth grader named Arnold Shortman, who lives with his grandparents in an inner-city boarding house.
Before the main series premiered, Craig Bartlett created three clay animation short films: They featured four characters from Hey Arnold!
When Arnold takes him for a day in the city, Harold and his friends come along and accidentally destroy Pigeon Man's bird cages trying to make simple mischief.
When one story begins to frighten all the students, Arnold and Gerald do some investigating, and print the truth-exposing Helga's fabrications.
As Arnold hangs up flyers, the mean and tough Harold forms a bond with the kitten, who ends up belonging to a grumpy old lady, Mrs. Ryle.
They soon accept her after they see how upset she is and learn that her dad has been unemployed for some time, leading to the two having little to no food in the house.
"Freeze Frame": Arnold and Gerald go around the city following "Porkpie", a mysterious man caught on film.
"Steely Phil": Arnold's Grandpa enters a Chinese Checkers tournament to reclaim his pride lost forty years ago.
Guest star: Harvey Korman as Don Reynolds "Dangerous Lumber": Arnold has a lethal baseball bat swing, causing him to unintentionally knock out other players, so he decides never to play the sport again, mere days before a baseball game against the fifth graders.
"Preteen Scream": Phoebe wins a chance to meet her favorite singer, Ronnie Matthews, and Helga comes along (despite that she doesn't like him)...but, during dinner at a diner, Helga warms up to Ronnie when he gushes about how he can do whatever he wants because of his fame and confesses that he doesn't write his own songs or even sing them.
A child psychiatrist, Dr. Bliss, shadows students at PS 118, quickly following Helga and noting her behavior, especially towards Arnold.
Dino Spumoni is found missing and then declared dead after what appears to be a suicide attempt.
but Arnold finds out that this is not the case, and he secretly lives in the boarding house, believing that his work will skyrocket in value after his "death".
": When Arnold gives the superhero Monkeyman a taste of normal life, he is far too busy to bother helping the weak and downtrodden.
Guest star: Andy Dick as Monkey Man "New Bully on the Block": The kids must face two older bullies when a new kid, Ludwig, returns from some time in juvenile hall and challenges Wolfgang for the vacant lot.
Guest star: Beverly Mitchell as Summer "Beaned": When Helga gets hit with a baseball during a game, she develops a case of amnesia, so Arnold stays with her all day because he feels responsible.
The next day, Helga regains her memories, though, when she realizes what Arnold did for her, she decides to continue to play the part of an amnesiac in hopes of spending more time with him.
"Old Iron Man": Grandpa Phil and his old friend, Jimmy Kafka, have been feuding for quite some time, as their friendship fell apart years ago.
Guest star: Davy Jones as himself Arnold finds his father's old journal, which tells the story of how his parents met, how they got Abner, his birth, why they went on their "last" trip...and one last surprise...
These were the final episodes produced; originally designed as a cliffhanger as a lead-in to "The Jungle Movie", a theatrical feature that was cancelled and then revived years later as a two-part television film.
She also happens to be buried in the cemetery near the gang's neighborhood and supposedly comes back from the dead every anniversary of the murder.
Arnold, Gerald, Eugene, Harold, Sid and Stinky are scared twice by Helga and Curly, each pretending to be the Ghost Bride (Helga because she wanted to get back at the boys for not letting her come with them because she was a girl and Curly because he was jealous he didn't get to tell the story).
As punishment, the kids tie up Curly in the crypt, where at the end, he hears the real Cynthia Snell, although it's possible that he was only hallucinating.