The show premiered on August 2, 2017, and later spawned a spin-off named "GubShow" starring two dimwitted aliens, Snot and Gob, who previously worked for the narrator.
Meet Arnold…. Hey Arnie. Is that your tropes?
- Black Comedy: Arnold’s Amusing Injuries at least once per video.
- Buried Alive: The most popular video “What If You Were Buried Alive?” was done thrice due to its popularity among fans and the creator themselves.
- Butt-Monkey: Who do you think? Arnold.
- Cool and Unusual Punishment: The narrator puts Arnold in bizarre or regular scenarios turned deadly or excessive to the point of being lethal.
- Crapsack World: The world the narrator created contains jerkasses, criminals, perverts, maniacs, and it is full of inconveniences. This includes the unpleasant periods the narrator puts him in.
- Deadpan Snarker: Oh boy, is the narrator a sarcastic one to Arnold? He teases him and makes nasty remarks about the misfortune he places him in.
- Disproportionate Retribution: “What If You Became Immortal?” An old lady shoots Arnold for cutting in line at the amusement park.
- Early-Installment Weirdness:
- In the first videos Arnold had more visible bangs and he had more of a bowl cut instead of just messy hair. He also had buck teeth.
- The narrator sounded deeper, more relaxed and he actually cared for Arnold. Arnold also survived most of the scenarios with the narrator cheering him on. Sadly the narrator becomes a bully to Arnold later on and this side of him was dropped.
- The cartoon designs were brighter and almost cheerful-looking.
- The thumbnails were more detailed and expressive. Arnold was more likable and had dynamics of being a ladies' man and even somewhat being friends with the narrator. Now, he's an Everyman who is the victim of the narrator’s bullying.
- The narrator himself was more crude and vulgar. This side of his being scrapped was because YouTube‘s guidelines got stricter.
- Lastly, the videos were science-based and fun, whereas later on they became just informational and almost bland in formula.
- Arnold used to actually star in his own social media videos and was more of a virtual celebrity. But now it’s all about the narrator and less Arnold on those pages.
- Edutainment Show: The show is classified as this.
- Fingore: Arnold loses his finger in every video and experiment he’s put in, and usually first. It becoming nothing but a femur.
- Four-Fingered Hands: The show Zig-Zags between three fingers and four fingers for characters. Arnold usually has three.
- From Bad to Worse: Almost every time. The narrator has more tricks up his sleeve every time you wouldn’t think it could get any worse for Arnie.
- Hard Truth Aesop: Many videos have them.
- The dinosaurs cannot survive today no matter how hard humanity tries. "What If the Asteroid Never Killed the Dinosaurs?"
- Being the last person alive is all fun and games until you can’t have a fridge, power, heat for your food, or even a companion. It is better to live in a world with others. "What Would Happen If Humans Disappeared???"
- Humans are not built and never will be made to last forever. "What If You Live 1000 Years?"
- Immune to Bullets: “What If You Became Immortal?” Arnold gains skin that is bulletproof that is similar to Superman.
- Impact Silhouette: In “What if you jump from 30,000 ft without a parachute” Arnold lands in the snow with a perfect silhouette of his body.
- Jerkass: The narrator, no less. He puts Arnold through literal hell in either deadly, bizarre or a deadly amount of something of everyday life.
- Large Ham: The narrator is a loud guy who loves to shout and announce everything energetically.
- Meet Your Early-Installment Weirdness: Sometimes, Arnold meets his old self in some videos.
- Running Gag: Arnold’s finger keeps getting chopped off.
- The Speechless: Arnold only grunts and screams and never says a word.
- Stock Femur Bone: When Arnold loses his finger, it becomes a femur bone.
- Unexplained Recovery: Even when Arnold shouldn’t survive in one piece of the experiment, he always does.
- Urine Trouble: “What Would Happen With your Body if You Stopped Peeing?”
- Villain Protagonist: The narrator. He is a bully to you know who.
- World of Jerkass: The citizens of the city Arnold lives in aren’t very nice or are complete criminals.
