History Characters / HeyArnoldTheAdultsPartOne

[[folder:Oskar]]
!!Oskar Kokoshka
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->'''Voiced By''':\\
Steve Viksten (most appearances)\\
Creator/WallyWingert (''The Jungle Movie'')

A lazy con artist and Suzie's (ex-)husband.

[[folder:Suzie]]
!!Suzie Kokoshka
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->'''Voiced By''': Creator/MaryScheer

Oskar's loving wife who puts up with his laziness.

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Has these moments with Oskar every so often.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She's never seen again after the events in ''Hey Arnold! The Movie''--but by the time of ''Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie'', WordOfGod reveals that,[[spoiler: sometime between the events "The Journal" and the second movie, Suzie had '''finally''' divorced Oskar (and moved out of the boarding house).]]
* FoolishHusbandResponsibleWife: She's the Responsible Wife to Oskar's Foolish Husband. She is the one who does all the chores and has a job. This is often [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]], as she and Oskar have gotten into arguments because of Oskar's flaws, [[spoiler:and by the events of ''The Jungle Movie'', she has divorced him]].
* NoAccountingForTaste: Although she fights with Oskar often and has kicked him out on more than one occasion, she always seems to forgive him, only to have him make the same mistakes again.
* NotSoAboveItAll: The ''one'' time Oskar takes her advice not to blow money on a mule race, she gets drawn into it and places the bet herself. She was also just as aggressive as the others in trying to steal Mr. Smith's package.
* OddFriendship: Develops this with Helga Pataki's mother, Miriam, in "Summer Love", since they both have {{Jerkass}} husbands who would rather be anywhere but with them.
* OnlySaneMan: Along with Arnold for the Boarding House.
* ParentingTheHusband: Often does this to Oskar as he leeches off of her and gambles often. Suzie is the sole source of income and is run ragged by her childish husband.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: Other than being Oskar's wife and one of the other boarders at Sunset Arms, Suzie never really got a ton of characteriztation.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: For the majority of the series runtime she's the only female boarder at the boarding house.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Suzie is taller than her husband in scenes. In a photo of their marriage, the roles of a traditional wedding were reversed as Suzie is the one carrying Oskar.
* UglyGuyHotWife: Hot wife to Oskar's ugly guy.
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[[folder:Ernie]]
!!Ernie Potts
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->'''Voiced By''': Dom Irrera

A short man who works as a demolition expert.
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* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Suzie is shorter than her husband in scenes. In a photo of their marriage, the roles of a traditional wedding were reversed as Suzie is the one carrying Oskar.

* TheDragon: To Scheck in the movie, in order to build a bigger Big Bob's Beepers. Though he defects from Scheck once he finds out that [[spoiler:he's getting only 49% of the income.]] Nick Vermicelli then takes this position.

* BareYourMidriff: Her default outfit shows her navel off a bit, but not much, however, in The Jungle Movie, she showed more skin.

* ChristmasCake: She's implied to be one. During the Valentine's Day episode, one student asks what will happen to them if they never find someone to love and they spend the rest of their lives alone. Miss Slovak flatly responds they'd be her.

[[folder:General]]

* NeverMyFault: A common complaint about Oskar's character (InUniverse and out) is how he never take responsibility for his actions, and he constantly sees himself as a victim. This is even focused on in the episode "Oskar Gets a Job" when Oskar claims that he wants to make changes for his life for the better, only for him to constantly make excuses for himself on why he can't (or refuses to). Oskar eventually gets called out on this by Arnold, Suzie, Ernie, and Mr. Hyunh.

* AesopAmnesia: Every single instance of CharacterDevelopment Oskar receives in the episodes focused on him ultimately had no effect in his lazy and selfish personality for the rest of the series.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Oskar Kokoshka's not well-liked by anyone in the boarding house. It implied that he had a history of borrowing money, not paying it back, and conning the borders out of money. He constantly mooches off of everyone, including his wife, and has no consideration for them in the slightest. It gets to a point where even [[NiceGuy Arnold]] can lose patience with him, and [[BewareTheNiceOnes even went as far to call him a "huge loser"]]. While the other borders can be (somewhat) civil towards him, even letting him come to holiday parties and other celebrations, the only people who seem to actually like Oskar are Suzie (his wife) and Arnold (who tries seeing the best in everyone)--and even they can lose patience with him. To Oskar's credit, when he realizes that he disappointed Suzie and Arnold, he makes a genuine effort to make it up to them and show he cares for them. Out of all the other people who live at the boarding house, Phil (Arnold's grandfather) and Ernie (the short construction guy) seem to dislike Oskar the most (the former especially).

* AesopAmnesia: Every single instance of character development Oskar receives in the episodes focused on him ultimately had no effect in his lazy and selfish personality for the rest of the series.

* {{Jerkass}}: He is a lazy annoying freeloader who even Arnold can barely tolerate half the time. Downplayed as almost every episode featuring him as a major character has him reveal that he can be good when he wants to be.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's uncaring, lazy, and leeches off his wife. However, in the episode where he's forced to look after Baby Oscar (the son of Suzie's cousin), whom he initially resents but grows protective over, and there are times he feels guilty about leeching off Suzie. And just like the rest of the adults at the boarding house, Oskar has a soft spot for Arnold.

* {{Determined Widow}}er: Back in Vietnam, he was raising Mai all by himself, his wife nowhere to be seen. (It's possible she fell victim to DeathByChildbirth, but this is never confirmed.) After he comes to America, he spends a good amount of time searching for his daughter.

* AesopAmnesia: At the end of every episode focused on him, he learns that he is able to be a better person, but at the next episodes he still retains his selfish and lazy personality.

* DarkSkinnedBlonde: She gets a pretty epic tan in "Summer Love."

* ThoseTwoGuys: Despite how much he hates Oskar, the two have many scenes together throughout the series.

* HateSink: It's clear that Oskar, thanks to his nonchalance towards responsibility and inconsideration for others, is deliberately written to be disliked by the vast majority who watch the show. The fact that many of the other characters of the boarding house dislike him just as much supports this, and the fact that even [[BewareTheNiceOnes Arnold]] calls him a loser at one point definitely says a lot.

* ThoseTwoGuys: Can be this to Phil on some occasions, even though Phil clearly hates his guts.

* AmbiguousDisorder: She may seem to be lost in the throes of dementia most of the time, but whenever something serious happens in Arnold's life she'll abruptly drop the act and show herself to be perfectly competent and lucid. According to the WordOfGod, she isn't actually crazy but just using her age as an excuse to do whatever she wants.

* NewAgeRetroHippie: Downplayed. He doesn't come off as a hippie stereotype but he generally has a zen outlook and follows a "peace and love" ideology. Some other characters have mockingly called him a "granola boy".