Early Nickelodeon truly blessed us with some of the best TV of all time: Rugrats, CatDog, Rocko's Modern Life. But in my opinion, nothing will ever top the comedy gold of Hey Arnold! Here are some of the cartoon's funniest moments:
1. First, when Arnold's fashion sense was insulted:
2. When Grandpa Phil was an expert at romance:
3. When Helga somehow got away with saying this line on a kids channel:
4. When Arnold spoke for all of us:
5. When Ruth solved a great literary mystery:
6. When Ms. Slovak was brutally honest about modern dating:
7. When Arnold clearly didn't pay any attention in Spanish class:
8. When Helga accepted herself for who she was:
9. When Arnold crushed his grandpa's fun:
10. When Helga had an interesting way of getting a date:
11. When Grandpa Phil saw a way to give Arnold relationship advice and get out of chores.
12. When Gerald got really deep:
13. When Grandma Gertie truly did not give a damn:
14. When Grandpa Phil proved he was always the coolest grandpa around:
15. When Arnold's ID card kept it simple (and definitely wouldn't have gotten him into any bars):
16. When Grandma Gertie kept things in the family interesting:
17. When Mrs. Vitello did not appreciate Harold's attempt at a compliment:
18. When Grandpa Phil tried to offer some words of comfort:
19. When Helga realized her sister's fiancé was a cheating liar, so she called his girlfriend and exposed him like the savage she is:
20. And finally, when Helga delivered the most iconic insult of all time:
CORRECTION
An earlier version of this post misidentified one of the characters in the scene in #17. Our bad!