The Shortman Family Series is a Hey Arnold! fanfic series by Flower princess11. It is a collection of one shots and side stories focusing on Arnold and Helga's relationship after the events of Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie.
List of Stories
- How do you feel about me?
- The First Date
- Anonymous
- A Sweet Surprise
- Jealousy
- Weird Cousin II
- NaruHina?
- Never
- The Perfect Christmas
- The Graduation
- The Proposal
- The Wedding
- First Year
- The Lullaby
- The First Meeting
- My little guy
- Am I a good mother?
- Big Brother
- The Class Reunion
- Protect
- A Perfect Disaster
- The Marriage Predictor
- The Golden Years
These stories provide examples of:
- A Boy, a Girl, and a Baby Family: Andy, Megan and Henry are this in their family.
- Annoying Younger Sibling: Megan is stated to be this to Andy.
- Big Brother Instinct: Despite being annoyed by her sometimes, Andy does love and is protective of his sister Megan as well as Henry and won’t hesitate to protect them when they are in trouble.
- Babies Ever After: Pretty much everyone from the original series had settled down and had kids of their own:
- Arnold and Helga: Andy, Megan and Henry.
- Gerald and Phoebe: Kiara and Kiki.
- Harold and Pattie: Sylvia, Adam, Janet and Mindy.
- Curly and Rhonda: Courtney.
- Arnie and Lila: A.J
- Married in the Future: A lot of the one shots take place during Arnold and Helga’s adulthood and eventual marriage.
- No Accounting for Taste : Olga’s marriage to Patrick, an aspiring musician who can’t hold down a job.
- Sickeningly Sweethearts : "Never" shows Arnold and Helga being this, though only Rhonda seems to be annoyed really.