History YMMV / HeyArnold

* TastesLikeDiabetes:
** One the reasons why Lila was so widely disliked (you know, besides [[{{DieForOurShip}} being an obstacle for Helga and Arnold]]).

** In their defense though, so does Helga.

* BaseBreaker: Lila.
** Though some would argue that amount of Lila fans is [[TheScrappy disproportionate to the amount of Lila haters.]]

** Also, Helga's [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean trembling girlhood]].

* AmbiguousDisorder: Arnie, Arnold's cousin. Hobbies include reading ingredient labels, counting things, and collecting lint. He also doesn't seem to know social norms; he asks Rhonda if she wants to see his ball of lint.

* AmbiguouslyAutistic: Arnie, Arnold's cousin. Hobbies include reading ingredient labels, counting things, and collecting lint. He also doesn't seem to know social norms; he asks Rhonda if she wants to see his ball of lint.

** Definitely Lila. Though a vocal minority has come to her defense [[FanDumb against some of the harsher attacks]] [[http://heyarnold.phpbb9.com/t191-lila-sawyer in recent years]], you'd hard-pressed to find people that are honestly ''fans''.

* DieForOurShip: Even though she was never intended to be a contender and it's ''Arnold's'' feelings toward her that threaten the Arnold/Helga ship, [[FanDumb many fans]] still dearly hoped for Lila to get hit by a truck.

* TokenShipping: Some episodes had Gerald, Arnold's BlackBestFriend, paired with Phoebe, Helga's half-Japanese best friend. Then again, it could be said that it ''is'' a multiracial pairing so it could be something of a subversion...
** Given the rest of their classmates they were probably better off.

** One the reasons why Lila was so widely disliked (you know, besides [[{{DieForOurShip}} being an obstacle for Helga and Arnold).

** One the reasons why Lila was so widely disliked (you know, besides [[DieForOurShip being an obstacle for Helga and Arnold).

* JerkassWoobie: Helga... oh, Helga.

* CrazyAwesome: Arnold's Grandma.

* MemeticMutation: Oskar's slowly becoming a new [[SuperMarioBros Weegee]].

* NightmareFuel: Several times, and not just in the episodes focusing on a scary UrbanLegend, either.
** The swarming rats in the subway system, for one.
** Zombie Grandpa (complete with a jaw that falls off) in a DreamSequence, for two.
** The ending to "Arnold visits Arnie."

* PuritySue: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] with Olga, who looks perfect but is a neurotic StepfordSmiler who wishes she was unnoticed like Helga is and has terrible breakdowns once it ''seems'' things aren't as perfect as they look.(And she does care about Helga, too.)

** This is [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] in the aptly named episode ''"[[LampshadeHanging Deconstructing Arnold]]"'' where Arnold gives up on giving everyone advice.

* ParodySue: Lila.

* TheWesley - You'd be surprised how many people are still bitter over Lila not ''like'' liking Arnold. God forbid she actually have the right to choose who she wants to go out with.
** [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Not to mention that the only reason that she doesn't ''like'' like Arnold is because of the first episode she's in, Arnold doesn't actually like her which drives her away]], [[CantSpitItOut but only after that does Arnold realize that he ''does'' like her a lot.]] Considering that ''he'' basically dumped ''her'', [[LaserGuidedKarma it's not surprising that she's not interested in him romantically.]]

* DieForOurShip: Even though she was never intended to be a contender, many fans dearly hoped for Lila to get hit by a truck.
** Helga herself hated Lila almost as much as the fans did.

* PuritySue: Lila. Just... Lila.
** [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] with Olga, who looks perfect but is a neurotic StepfordSmiler who wishes she was unnoticed like Helga is and has terrible breakdowns once it ''seems'' things aren't as perfect as they look.(And she does care about Helga, too.)

** [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Not to mention that the only reason that she doesn't ''like'' like Arnold is because of the first episode she's in, Arnold doesn't actually like her which drives her away]], [[CantSpitItOut but only after that does Arnold realize that he ''does'' like her a lot.]] [[WallBanger Considering that ''he'' basically dumped ''her'']], [[LaserGuidedKarma it's not surprising that she's not interested in him romantically.]]