We do it #ForTheCultrs
Thanks to the folks at Brain Fall for sending over this cool Hey Arnold! quiz. You get 10 questions to find out which Hey Arnold! character you are.
I actually got Arnold which was surprising (I really wanted to get Gerald).
Try the quiz yourself and let me know in the comments who you got! (FYI: There’s a survey request at the end you can reject if you just want to skip to the result)
This is on my wishlist for so many reasons. It features Gerald from Hey Arnold! on a skateboard which is enough incentive for me, but it’s also 90s as hell which is also my kinda thing.
North West Decks tried his hand at making a Hey Arnold! skateboard using some cool-looking decals. Before watching, I assume the decals were complete with the outlines and the colour but they were separate, meaning you need a steady hand and an eye for detail. The result is the coolest thing this side of 1998.
Hey Arnold! was one of my favourite cartoons growing up. It was childish enough to be relatable but had an adult element to it that was weird and melancholic but endearing.
And then there was the Helga/Arnold storyline. And yes, I shipped them (before I knew what shipping was).
But after Hey Arnold!: The Movie and the show ending in 2004 (it really ended in 2000 but they delayed the final episode by 4 years which is explained in the video below), that was it. Well, until 2017 when another movie was released. So what happened to the show and why such long periods between episodes and then a film 13 years after the finale?
Nerdstalgic analysed the situation in his video:
Hey Arnold was one of Nickelodeon’s most recognizable shows. The best Hey Arnold episodes, one’s that focused on Gerald or Mr.Wynn, we’re some of the best that animation had to offer on the network. Yet, one day, the show just kind of disappeared, tossed to the side for seemingly no reason. But there was a reason, Hey Arnold got the short of the stick and this is the story of why.
And as for a reboot? It’s dependent on how well the Rugrats reboot goes according to creator Craig Bartlett in 2019. We’ll see what happens.
Stream it below.
