History Awesome / HeyArnold

* The Jungle Movie has [[Awesome/HeyArnoldTheJungleMovie its own page of Awesome.]] Well deserved for a movie that was in production for 15 years.

* "Mr. Green Runs" is a great episode where, sick of Councilman Gladhand's inaction (concerning potholes) and only being in it for the publicity, Mr. Green ends up running against Gladhand. Initially, Green starts to lose confidence when he finds he can't compete with Gladhand's charisma and big speeches. But with Arnold's help and his encouragement to [[BeYourself use meat allegories]], Mr. Green gets into his stride and gains the crowd's favor. Eventually, Mr. Green actually wins the election! There's something awe-inspiring about the episode as a whole, as though saying anyone can make a difference in the world, be they an idealist or a butcher.

* Helga memorizing ''RomeoAndJuliet'' in one night and pulling off the performance with no rehearsal whatsoever. Even ThePowerOfLove can't fully account for that one.

-->'''Sid and Stinky:''' Ow...

* In one episode, Phoebe is turned into a laughingstock when she accidentally farted during a school assembly and became a shut-in because no one (except Arnold) would let her live it down. After her classmates and Mr. Simmons fail to cheer her up, Arnold manages to convince her to come back to school. That isn't the awesome part. The awesome part came when Phoebe marched on stage during another assembly and called out the entire student body for turning her into a one-dimensional joke, admitting that even she would've laughed if it had been someone else, but that it's not fair for all her hard work and accomplishments to be treated like nothing all because of a simple, human response.

* The freakishly huge amount of character development! For one thing, Chocolate Boy starts out as just a chocolate junkie, but then he gets his own episode, where he goes from being comic relief to being a chocolate addict with a back story (in an episode that perfectly parallels many real-life drug stories). There were characters like Tucker, who were one episode wonders, but still managed to get character development into just eleven minutes of airtime. Helga started the show out as a total douchebag who stalked Arnold, but her dysfunctional family made her into an epic tragic love story! Everyone living in the boardinghouse got their own episode at some point! Brainy is the only character who really never got character development, but his lack of character development totally worked because he is the ULTIMATE creeper! Ironically, the show's main character, Arnold, is the only character to really undergo any Flanderization (turning into the city's savior in later episodes), but even he had an epic backstory and to top it off, saving his entire neighborhood in the movie.

* In "Olga Gets Engaged", Helga putting aside her feelings of resentment towards Olga and acting like a sister by getting rid of her lying, manipulative fiance. How does she do it? She catches him right after he finished talking to another girlfriend over the phone, reveals that she knows what he's really like, and when he counters that no one would believe her because of how jealous she is of Olga, Helga offers to redial his other girlfriend and tell her ''all'' about Olga. What really sells it is the guy's OhCrap look and Helga's smug smile as she holds her finger above the redial button.

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* Stoop Kid finally leaving his stoop, jumping off the stoop when Harold makes fun of him for being afraid to leave his stoop and chasing him while saying "COME HERE FAT BOY! I'M GONNA ROLL YOU DOWNTOWN!" Also a funny moment. Harold's OhCrap expression just sells the awesomeness.

* Bob calls Arnold an orphan during a Parents' Day competition where Arnold bring his grandparents, which visibly hits home for him. In retaliation, Helga tells Phil how to take him down during the final part of the competition.

** In ''Harold vs. Patty'', Harold loses to Patty in the Hillwood City Arm Wrestling Tournament. Sid and Stinky ''once again'' proceed to make fun of Harold losing to her. Harold decides he's had enough of their rudeness and starts shouting at them. (Doubles as a [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Funny Moment]].)

* "What's Opera, Arnold?" is 11 minutes of pure AwesomeMusic.

* Helga G. Pataki is possibly the deepest, most well-rounded female child character ever to set foot in Western Animation. From negligent [[WordofGod alcoholic]] parents, to putting all of her faith in Arnold in private while bullying him in public, to say nothing of her relationship with other characters like her best friend Phoebe or older sister Olga...the list goes on and on. Her voice actress, Francesca Smith, actually won a Young Artist Award for her portrayal of Helga.

* "What's Opera, Arnold?" is 11 minutes of pure AwesomeMusic.

* The fact that, after all these years, due to fan request, [[http://comicbook.com/2015/11/23/nickelodeon-developing-hey-arnold-tv-movie/ "The Jungle Movie" is officially happening]], ''and'' [[http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/694849-voice-cast-announced-for-hey-arnold-the-jungle-movie with most of the original voice actors]] [[RoleReprisal returning!]] Better late than never.

* "What's Opera, Arnold?" is 11 minutes of pure AwesomeMusic.
!!The Jungle Movie
* As part of their video explaining why Arnold deserves to go to San Lorenzo, his class somehow managed to track down Pigeon-Man and interview him! [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su8IHV0AH2o as seen here.]]
** A bit of an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome for both the Pigeon Man and his flock--those birds managed to carry him all the way to [[spoiler: ''Paris, France!'']]
* Many of the original voices have returned, and most of the new voices are so good at imitating the old ones that it's hard to tell that they were re-cast. In particular:
** [[MadMen Mason V]][[DesperateHousewives ale Cotton]] is the new Arnold. After many fans disliked Alex D. Linz's portrayal of Arnold in the post-movie episodes (as his voice was higher-pitched than the previous Arnolds), Cotton sounds a lot closer to the original three.
** Benjamin "Li'l P-Nut" Flores, Jr. sounds pretty much exactly like Jamil Smith's Gerald (prior to the puberty/tonsil removal anyway, which creates a bit of a ContinuitySnarl since Gerald's voice changing was written into the plot, but most fans would probably let that slide).
** Aiden Lewandowski, who voices Charlie Brown in the 2016 ''Franchise/{{Peanuts}}'' shorts on ''Boomerang'', is the new Sid, and is a dead ringer for the Gifaldi brothers.
** Dino Spumoni is voiced by Creator/WallyWingert instead of Rick Corso, and there is ''no'' difference in the voice.
* Phoebe orchestrating an escape from [[spoiler:La Sombra's prison camp]].
* Big Bob, Miriam, Phil and Gertie flying in to help save Mr. Simmons' class from [[spoiler:La Sombra's men]]. Special mention goes to Miriam (freaking ''[[AlcoholicParent Miriam Petaki]]'') knocking a guy out with a FryingPanOfDoom!
* Brainy leaping into the river to retrieve Helga's locket and photo of Arnold after she tears it up and throws it in there. Doubles as a heartwarming moment.
* The silent confirmation of [[spoiler:Mr. Simmons being gay and him and Peter being an item]].
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** For context's sake: Harold wanted to fight Arnold and the entire episode has Arnold stressing out over this impending problem. That quote is one part of the method of how he fixes it; he claims he's crazy. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGTFO6rAPmU The]] [[Music/JamesBrown other part?]]

** Benjamin "Li'l P-Nut" Flores, Jr. sounds pretty much exactly like Jamil Smith's Gerald (prior to the voice change anyway, which creates a bit of a ContinuitySnarl since Gerald's voice changing was written into the plot, but most fans would probably let that slide).

* In ''Harold vs. Patty'', Harold loses to Patty in the Hillwood City Arm Wrestling Tournament. Sid and Stinky ''once again'' proceed to make fun of Harold losing to her. Harold decides he's had enough of their rudeness and starts shouting at them. (Doubles as a [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Funny Moment]].)
-->'''Harold:''' ''(yelling)'' SO WHAT IF I LOST TO A GIRL?! Patty's the best arm wrestler-
-->''(he grabs Sid and Stinky by their shirts)''
-->'''Harold:''' -in the whole city and ''she's my friend!'' I'm proud to lose to her, and if anyone has a problem with that, ''I'll pound them!''
-->''(Harold smacks Sid's and Stinky's heads together and they fall to the floor)''
-->'''Sid and Stinky:''' Ow...

* The freakishly huge amount of character development! For one thing, Chocolate Boy starts out as just a chocolate junkie, but then he gets his own episode, where he goes from being comic relief to being a chocolate addict with a back story (in an episode that perfectly parallels many real-life drug stories). There were characters like Tucker, who were one episode wonders, but still managed to get character development into just eleven minutes of airtime. Helga started the show out as a total douchebag who stalked Arnold, but her dysfunctional family made her into an epic tragic love story, all leading up to HOTC! Everyone living in the boardinghouse got their own episode at some point! Brainy is the only character who really never got character development, but his lack of character development totally worked bacause he is the ULTIMATE creeper! Ironically, the show's main character, Arnold, is the only character to really undergo any flanderization (turning into the city's savior in later episodes), but even he had an epic backstory and to top it off, being the city's savior is totally badass!

* Helga G. Pataki is possibly the deepest, most well-rounded female child character ever to set foot in Western Animation. From negligent [[WordofGod alcoholic]] parents, to putting all of her faith in Arnold... The list goes on and on. Her voice actress, Francesca Smith, actually won a Young Artist Award for her portrayal of Helga.

* In ''Olga Gets Engaged'', Helga putting aside her feelings of resentment towards Olga and acting like a sister by getting rid of her lying, manipulative fiance. How does she do it? She catches him right after he finished talking to another girlfriend over the phone, reveals that she knows what he's really like, and when he counters that no one would believe her because of how jealous she is of Olga, Helga offers to redial his other girlfriend and tell her ''all'' about Olga. What really sells it is the guy's OhCrap look and Helga's smug smile as she holds her finger above the redial button.

* "Hey Harold!" has Harold telling Sid and Stinky off for making fun of his crush on Big Patty, which overlaps with CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.

** Mason Vale Cotton is the new Arnold. After many fans disliked Alex D. Linz's portrayal of Arnold in the post-movie episodes (as his voice was higher-pitched than the previous Arnolds), Cotton sounds a lot closer to the original three.

** Aiden Lewandowski, who voices Charlie Brown in the 2016 ''Franchise/{{Peanuts}}'' shorts on ''Boomerang'', is the new Sid, and they couldn't have picked a better choice.