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{{Short description|1996–2004 American animated television series}}
{{about|the original series|the 2002 film|Hey Arnold!: The Movie}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox television
| image                = Hey Arnold! logo.svg
| genre                = {{plainlist|
* [[Animated sitcom]]
* [[Comedy-drama]]
* [[Slice of life]]
}}
| creator              = [[Craig Bartlett]]
| based_on             = {{based_on|''Arnold'' shorts|Craig Bartlett}}
| developer            = {{plainlist|
* Craig Bartlett
* [[Joe Ansolabehere]]
* [[Steve Viksten]]
}}
| creative_director    = [[Tuck Tucker]]
| voices               = {{plainlist|
* [[Lane Toran]]
* [[Phillip Van Dyke]]
* Spencer Klein
* [[Alex D. Linz]]
* [[Jamil Walker Smith]]
* [[Francesca Marie Smith]]
* [[Dan Castellaneta]]
* [[Tress MacNeille]]
* [[Justin Shenkarow]]
* [[Anndi McAfee]]
* Sam Gifaldi
* [[Olivia Hack]]
* [[Dan Butler]]
*[[Maurice LaMarche]]
*[[Kath Soucie]]
* Craig Bartlett
}}
| theme_music_composer = [[Jim Lang (composer)|Jim Lang]]
| open_theme           = "Hey Arnold!"
| end_theme            = "Stompin"
| composer             = Jim Lang
| country              = United States
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 5
| num_episodes         = 100 (185 segments)
| list_episodes        = List of Hey Arnold! episodes
| executive_producer   = {{plainlist|
* Craig Bartlett
* Mary Harrington
}}
| producer             = 
| runtime              = 23 minutes (two 11-minute segments)
| company              = {{plainlist|
* [[Snee-Oosh, Inc.]]
* [[Nickelodeon Animation Studio]]{{efn|Credited as Games Animation for the first two seasons.}}
}}
| network              = [[Nickelodeon]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|1996|10|7}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|2004|6|8}}<ref name="Nickanimationstudio.com">{{cite web |url=http://nickanimationstudio.com/hey-arnold |title=Hey Arnold! - Nickelodeon Animation Studio |publisher=Nickanimationstudio.com |access-date=July 19, 2016 |archive-date=July 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705022344/https://www.nickanimationstudio.com/hey-arnold |url-status=live }}</ref>
}}
'''''Hey Arnold!''''' is an American [[animated sitcom]] created by [[Craig Bartlett]] for [[Nickelodeon]]. It originally aired from October 7, 1996, to June 8, 2004.<ref name="Nickanimationstudio.com"/> The show centers on fourth grader [[Arnold Shortman]], who lives with his grandparents in an [[inner-city]] [[tenement]] in the fictional city of Hillwood. Episodes center on his experiences navigating urban life while dealing with the zany hijinks he and his friends encounter. Many episodes, however, focus on other characters, including major, secondary, supporting, and even minor characters.

Bartlett's idea for the show is based on a minor character named Arnold who he created while working on ''[[Pee-wee's Playhouse]]''. The executives enjoyed the character, and Bartlett completed the cast and setting by drawing inspiration from people and locations he grew up with in [[Seattle, Washington]]; [[Portland, Oregon]]; and [[Brooklyn, New York]]. Bartlett created the pilot episode in his living room in 1994 and official production began in 1995. The animators worked to transform Arnold from [[clay animation]] to [[cel animation]], leading to the series premiere in 1996. ''Hey Arnold!'' was the final series to be green lit (along with ''[[Kablam!]]'') under the leadership of network president [[Geraldine Laybourne]].  Production on the show concluded on December 7, 2001, after 5 seasons and [[List of Hey Arnold! episodes|100 episodes]]. Its last episode aired unannounced on June 8, 2004. A feature film based on the series, ''[[Hey Arnold!: The Movie]]'', was released in theaters on June 28, 2002. All five seasons have been released on DVD.

On March 2, 2016, a [[television film]] continuation of the series, ''[[Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie]]'', was greenlit. It picks up from where the series ended and resolved unanswered plotlines of the story.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Barsanti|first1=Sam|title=Nickeldoeon Wraps Up 14-Year Cliffhanger, Greenlights New Hey Arnold! Movie|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/nickelodeon-wraps-14-year-cliffhanger-greenlights--233170|website=AV Club|publisher=Onion|access-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304163402/http://www.avclub.com/article/nickelodeon-wraps-14-year-cliffhanger-greenlights--233170|archive-date=March 4, 2016|date=March 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/nickelodeon-is-making-a-hey-arnold-movie-because-the-90s-never-ended-a6746416.html|title=Nickelodeon is making a Hey, Arnold! movie, because the 90s never ended|date=November 25, 2015|access-date=August 29, 2017|archive-date=October 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001122331/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/nickelodeon-is-making-a-hey-arnold-movie-because-the-90s-never-ended-a6746416.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Legends">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/nickelodeon-legends-of-the-hidden-temple-hey-arnold-2016-tv-upfront-1201719422/|title=Nickelodeon to Revive 'Legends of the Hidden Temple' as TV Movie (EXCLUSIVE)|first=Brian|last=Steinberg|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=March 2016|quote=As part of a presentation to promote its upcoming slate of programs, the kids-content media empire (comprising several cable networks and more) will unveil a live-action TV movie inspired by its mid-1990s game show ''Legends of the Hidden Temple'', as well as a two-part TV movie based on ''Hey Arnold!'', one of its best-known animated series, which ran between 1996 and 2004.|access-date=March 1, 2016|archive-date=March 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301234809/https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/nickelodeon-legends-of-the-hidden-temple-hey-arnold-2016-tv-upfront-1201719422/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film premiered on November 24, 2017, on Nickelodeon, [[Nicktoons (American TV channel)|Nicktoons Network]], [[TeenNick]], [[NickRewind]] and on November 24, 2018 as an international theatrical release, wrapping up the series' storyline.

==Premise==
===Setting===
''Hey Arnold!'' takes place in the urban fictional American city of Hillwood. Creator [[Craig Bartlett]] described the city as "an amalgam of large northern cities I have loved, including [[Seattle]] (my hometown), [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] (where I went to art school) and [[Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn]] (the [[Brooklyn Bridge|bridge]], the brownstones, the subway)";<ref>{{cite web|url=http://heyarnold.madpage.com/11_98interview.shtml|title=Interview with Craig|first=Kim|last=Burk|date=November 4, 1998|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121031650/http://heyarnold.madpage.com/11_98interview.shtml|archive-date=January 21, 2009 |publisher=HeyArnold.Madpage.com |access-date=November 25, 2012}}</ref> the city also contains inspirations from [[Chicago]], such as a baseball field called Quigley Field (a reference to the real-life [[Wrigley Field]]).<ref name="Bustle">[https://www.bustle.com/p/hey-arnold-wasnt-set-in-brooklyn-in-a-revelation-that-will-blow-your-mind-8844944 'Hey Arnold!' Wasn't Set In Brooklyn In A Revelation That Will Blow Your Mind], ''Bustle''</ref> Evan Levine of the ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'' commented on the series's "backdrop of dark streets, nighttime adventures and rundown buildings, all seen from a child's point of view."<ref name="Life">{{cite news|title='Arnold' deals with life in the big city|last=Levine|first=Evan|date=April 27, 1997|work=[[Houston Chronicle]]|publisher=[[Hearst Corporation]]}}</ref>

At the end of the episode "Road Trip", when Helga and Miriam are returning home after having car troubles en route to [[South Dakota]], they pass a sign marking the [[Washington (state)|Washington State]] border, implying that Hillwood is in Washington.<ref name="RoadTrip">{{Cite episode |title=Road Trip |series=Hey Arnold! |network=Nickelodeon |date=November 9, 1998 |season=3 |number=7}}</ref><ref name="PDX">[https://www.pdxmonthly.com/arts-and-culture/2021/07/looking-for-portland-in-hey-arnold Looking for Portland in Hey, Arnold!], ''Portland Monthly''</ref> The [[Pig War (1859)|Pig War]], as re-enacted in the episode of the same title, took place on the boundary between what is now [[British Columbia]] and the state of Washington.<ref name="PigWar">{{Cite episode|title=The Pig War|series=Hey Arnold!|network=Nickelodeon|date=October 26, 1998|season=3|number=16}}</ref> A bridge that leads to downtown Hillwood resembles Portland's [[Burnside Bridge]], while Gerald's house was modeled after the Victorian houses seen in [[Northwest District, Portland, Oregon|Nob Hill]], Portland.<ref name="PDX"/>

===Characters===
{{Main|List of Hey Arnold! characters}}
''Hey Arnold!'' features nine-year-old Arnold Shortman (voiced by [[Lane Toran]]; [[Phillip Van Dyke]]; Spencer Klein; and [[Alex D. Linz]]) and his neighborhood friends: Gerald Johanssen (voiced by [[Jamil Walker Smith]]), a street-smart character who generally serves as the leader of the group; and Helga Pataki ([[Francesca Marie Smith]]), a girl who bullies Arnold in order to hide the fact that she is in love with him. Bartlett drew inspiration from people he grew up with when creating the characters for the show.<ref name="How" />

Arnold lives with his eccentric but loving paternal grandparents, Phil Shortman ([[Dan Castellaneta]]) and Gertrude Shortman ([[Tress MacNeille]]), proprietors of the Sunset Arms [[boarding house]], in the fictional city of Hillwood. In each episode, he helps a schoolmate or boarding house tenant in solving a personal problem or encounters a predicament of his own. Many episodes involve [[urban legend]]s (usually told by Gerald), such as [[superhero]]es or the [[Headless Horseman]].

Other characters include students and faculty at P.S. 118, Arnold's school, and citizens of Hillwood. Certain episodes focus on the lives of supporting characters, such as the tenants of the boarding house that Arnold's grandparents own.

==Episodes==
{{Main|List of Hey Arnold! episodes}}
{{:List of Hey Arnold! episodes}}

==Production==
[[Craig Bartlett]], the show's creator, was born in Seattle, Washington, which he used as inspiration for the backdrop of ''Hey Arnold!''. He graduated from Anacortes High School and obtained a degree in communications from [[The Evergreen State College]] in [[Olympia, Washington]].<ref name="SeattlePost">{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-64672808.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125213440/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-64672808.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 25, 2013|title='Hey, Arnold!' Toons in to Nick's Family Hour Seattle Native's Animated 9-Year-Old Debuts Tonight on Nickelodeon|first=John|last=Levesque|date=October 7, 1997|work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]|publisher=Hearst Corporation|access-date=November 25, 2012}}</ref> During high school and college, he studied painting and sculpture at the [[Portland Art Museum|Museum Art School]] in [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]]. Originally, Bartlett intended to become a painter "in the 19th-century sense", but he became interested in animation during a trip to Italy.<ref name="How">{{cite web|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/1999/1109/p18s1.html|title=Here's How They Make a Cartoon|first=Eric|last=Unmacht|date=November 9, 1999|work=[[The Christian Science Monitor]]|publisher=Christian Science Publishing Society|access-date=November 25, 2012|archive-date=December 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213003716/http://www.csmonitor.com/1999/1109/p18s1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> His first post-graduation job was at [[Will Vinton Productions]], a [[claymation]] studio in Portland.<ref name="SeattlePost" />

In 1987, Bartlett relocated to Los Angeles, where he joined a team developing claymation [[cutaway (filmmaking)|cutaways]] for the television program ''[[Pee-wee's Playhouse]]''. The short segments centered on a character named Penny and her friend Arnold. Bartlett later made three ''Arnold'' shorts: ''Arnold Escapes from Church'' (1988),<ref name=NYT1988>{{cite news|last=James|first=Caryn|title=Review/Film; Animated Works From All Over|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/14/movies/review-film-animated-works-from-all-over.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=January 27, 2014|date=October 14, 1988|archive-date=March 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305141321/http://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/14/movies/review-film-animated-works-from-all-over.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Arnold Waltz'' (1990),<ref name=Deseret1990>{{cite web|last=Hicks|first=Chris|title=Film review: XXII International Tournee of Animation, The|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700002051/XXII-International-Tournee-of-Animation-The.html?pg=all|work=[[Deseret News]]|access-date=January 27, 2014|date=May 8, 1990|archive-date=February 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219040114/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700002051/XXII-International-Tournee-of-Animation-The.html?pg=all|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=AWN1990>{{cite web|last=Bevilacqua|first=Joe K.|title=Craig Bartlett's Charmed Past Life|url=http://www.awn.com/mag/issue3.9/3.9pages/3.9bevilacquabartlett.html|magazine=Animation World Magazine|access-date=January 27, 2014|date=December 1998|archive-date=June 28, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628142324/http://awn.com/mag/issue3.9/3.9pages/3.9bevilacquabartlett.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''Arnold Rides a Chair'' (1991), the latter aired as a filler short on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' in 1991. The same year, ''Arnold'' comic strips also appeared in ''[[Simpsons Illustrated]]'' magazine by Bartlett's brother-in-law [[Matt Groening]], the creator of ''[[The Simpsons]]''.

Bartlett later joined the staff for ''[[Rugrats]]'', where he served as story editor for three years. In 1993, he teamed up with five writers from ''Rugrats'' to develop animated projects for Nickelodeon.<ref name="SeattlePost" /> These meetings were generally difficult and the writers became frustrated; Bartlett recalled: "Our ideas were OK, but such a large and motley group couldn't get far at pitch meetings. Network execs got [[migraine]]s just counting us coming in the door."<ref name="SeattlePost" /> As a last resort, Bartlett played the ''Penny'' tapes, intending to highlight the Penny character. However, the executives were more impressed by Arnold, despite his status as a minor character.<ref name="SeattlePost" /> After the meeting, the group began developing Arnold, creating his personality. Bartlett stated: "We did a lot of talking about who Arnold is. We came up with a reluctant hero who keeps finding himself responsible for solving something, making the right choices, doing the right thing."<ref name="SeattlePost" /> After creating ideas for Arnold, Bartlett began work on the supporting characters, drawing influence from his childhood: "A lot of the characters are an amalgam of people I knew when I was a kid. The girls in ''Hey Arnold!'' are girls that either liked or didn't like me when I was in school."<ref name="How" />

In 1994, Bartlett began work on the pilot episode of ''Hey Arnold!''. A year later, the network decided to begin work on the series.<ref name="How" /> The ten-minute pilot episode, titled ''Arnold'', was shown in theaters on July 10, 1996, before [[Nickelodeon Movies|Nickelodeon's first feature-length film]], its adaptation of ''[[Harriet the Spy (film)|Harriet the Spy]]''.<ref name="SeattlePost" /> Apart from the animation style, Nick's Arnold wears a sweater, with his plaid shirt untucked (resembling a [[kilt]]). Only Arnold's cap remains unchanged from his original clay-animation wardrobe.

''Hey Arnold!'' was Nickelodeon's first animated series to feature kids voiced by actual children instead of adults. As a result of this, many of the boy characters, including Arnold himself, were recast at least once throughout the show's run, due to the child actors reaching puberty. One notable exception to this was [[Jamil Walker Smith]], the voice of Gerald. After Smith's voice changed, auditions for a new actor were held, but the crew felt none of them were suitable replacements. As a result, Smith was kept on as the voice of Gerald, whose voice subsequently changed in-universe with the episode ''Gerald's Tonsils''. This would last until [[Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie|''The Jungle Movie'']], which featured [[Benjamin Flores Jr.]] as the voice of Gerald instead.

Production of ''Hey Arnold!'' wrapped on December 7, 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dstv.com/Pages/News/731/Nickelodeon's-five-best-animated-shows |title=Nickelodeon's Five Best Animated Shows |first=Tumelo |last=Tladi |date=January 3, 2011 |work=[[DStv]] |publisher=[[MultiChoice]] |access-date=November 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206212050/http://www.dstv.com/Pages/News/731/Nickelodeon%27s-five-best-animated-shows |archive-date=February 6, 2015 |df=mdy }}</ref> A dispute over a second then-planned ''Hey Arnold!'' movie, ''[[Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie|The Jungle Movie]]'', resulted in Bartlett leaving Nickelodeon. The last season's episodes were released over four years, beginning on March 4, 2000. The series aired its final episode, unannounced, on June 8, 2004.<ref name="Nickanimationstudio.com"/> ''The Jungle Movie'' was eventually released as a television film on November 24, 2017.

==Broadcast==
===United States===
''Hey Arnold!'' originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States from October 7, 1996, until June 8, 2004, with reruns until September 1, 2006. [[Nicktoons (American TV channel)|Nicktoons Network]] aired reruns of the series from May 1, 2002 to February 11, 2024. The show aired in reruns on the now-defunct ''[[Nickelodeon on CBS|Nick on CBS]]'' programming block for two years, from September 14, 2002, to September 4, 2004.

Some of the episodes can now be viewed on the free app [[Pluto TV]] under the channel Nickelodeon's 90s Kids.

===International===
''Hey Arnold!'' premiered on October 30, 1996, in the United Kingdom, originally on [[CITV]]. ''Hey Arnold!'' aired in reruns on [[Nickelodeon (Canadian TV channel)|Canadian Nickelodeon]] from January 10, 2010, to August 28, 2022. In 2017, the [[Kenya Film Classification Board]] banned ''Hey Arnold!'', together with the cartoon series ''[[The Loud House]]'', ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'' from Nickelodeon, ''[[Steven Universe]]'', ''[[Clarence (American TV series)|Clarence]]'' and ''[[Adventure Time]]'' from [[Cartoon Network]], from being broadcast in Kenya. According to the Board, the reason was that these series were "glorifying homosexual behavior".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Anyango|first1=Jennifer|title=Films board bans six TV programs 'for promoting homosexuality'|url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2001243666/films-board-bans-six-tv-programs-for-promoting-homosexuality|access-date=23 June 2017|work=The Standard|date=15 June 2016|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617070626/https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2001243666/films-board-bans-six-tv-programs-for-promoting-homosexuality|archive-date=June 17, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
In an article for ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'', Caroline Framke praised ''Hey Arnold''{{'}}s depiction of [[adolescence]] and [[Urban culture|urban life]], stating: "''Hey Arnold'' wove urban legends into its empathetic narrative of how hard it can be to grow up — and how rewarding the process can be when you have some friends and a whole lot of imagination."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hey Arnold premiered 20 years ago, but its hard lessons are still as relevant as ever |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2016/10/7/13191424/hey-arnold-premiere-movie-interview |access-date=October 16, 2022 |website=Vox |date=October 7, 2016}}</ref> Rafael Motamayor of ''[[/Film]]'' echoed that sentiment, writing "Rather than show it as a scary place where every cop show in America is set, Arnold and his friends demonstrated that the city is also a place with endless possibilities, myths, and characters. Not that the show encouraged anything bad; the kids always knew where to go and where not to go. But it showed the reality of millions of kids who grew up in urban areas, and challenged the idea of the perfect American life".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Motamayor |first=Rafael |date=July 30, 2022 |title=The Daily Stream: Hey Arnold! Is A Surprisingly Mature Show About Living In The Big City - /Film |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/946446/the-daily-stream-hey-arnold-is-a-surprisingly-mature-show-about-living-in-the-big-city/ |access-date=October 16, 2022 |website=/Film}}</ref> [[Bustle (magazine)|''Bustle'']]'s Marie Grace Goris suggested the series as the "best Nickelodeon cartoon of all time" and gave sixteen reasons why, such as its diverse characters and its ability to "emotionally stir" viewers.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=16 Reasons 'Hey Arnold' Is The Greatest Show Of Our Childhood & Adulthood |url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/121047-16-reasons-hey-arnold-is-the-greatest-show-of-our-childhood-adulthood |access-date=October 16, 2022 |magazine=Bustle |date=November 2, 2015}}</ref>

==Attempted spinoff==
''The Patakis'' was an attempted spinoff that never materialized.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/hey-arnold-the-patakis-spinoff/|title=An Unmade Hey Arnold! Spinoff Might Have Evolved the Franchise|first=Timothy|last=Donohoo|date=March 24, 2023|website=CBR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O13lPuPZo78|title=The ADULT Hey Arnold Spin-off That Almost Happened...|date=April 9, 2023 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>

==Home media==
Nickelodeon released all five seasons on DVD in Region 1 via Amazon.com through its CreateSpace Manufacture-on-demand program in 2008 and 2009. Season 1 was released on August 21, 2008, Season 2 on August 29, 2008, Season 3 on December 8, 2009,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Hey-Arnold-Season-3/13091 |title=Hey Arnold! DVD news: Now Available: Hey Arnold!&nbsp;– Season 3: Volume 1 and Volume 2 |publisher=TVShowsOnDVD.com |date=May 25, 2007 |access-date=June 16, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106141302/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Hey-Arnold-Season-3/13091 |archive-date=January 6, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Season 4 on November 27, 2009, and Season 5 on December 4, 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Hey-Arnold-Season-4/13039 |title=Hey Arnold! DVD news: Now Available: Hey Arnold!&nbsp;– Season 4 |publisher=TVShowsOnDVD.com |access-date=June 16, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104022739/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Hey-Arnold-Season-4/13039 |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
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On May 9, 2011, it was announced that [[Shout! Factory]] had acquired the rights to the series.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Hey-Arnold-Season-1/15370 |title=Hey Arnold! DVD news: General Retail Release for Hey Arnold!&nbsp;– Season 1 |publisher=TVShowsOnDVD.com |access-date=June 16, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232746/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Hey-Arnold-Season-1/15370 |archive-date=December 30, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> They subsequently released Season 1 in a 4-disc set on August 9, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hey Arnold!: Season One|work=Amazon.com|date=August 9, 2011 |asin=B004ZKKL32|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004ZKKL32}}</ref> Season 2, Part 1 was released in a 2-disc set on March 20, 2012,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvshowsondvd.com/n/16289|title=Hey Arnold!&nbsp;– 'Season 2, Part 1' Retail Release Announced by Shout! Factory|first=David|last=Lambert|date=December 8, 2011|work=TVShowsOnDVD.com|access-date=November 25, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517231856/http://tvshowsondvd.com/n/16289|archive-date=May 17, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> followed by Season 2, Part 2 in a 2-disc set on July 24, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Hey-Arnold-Season-2-Part-2/16777|title=Hey Arnold!&nbsp;– Nickelodeon/Shout! to Release 'Season 2, Part 2' in Stores this Summer **UPDATE: Box Art**|first=David|last=Lambert|date=April 6, 2012|work=TVShowsOnDVD.com|access-date=November 25, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710004439/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Hey-Arnold-Season-2-Part-2/16777|archive-date=July 10, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Season 3 was released in a 3-disc set on January 29, 2013, as a "Shout Select" title.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Hey-Arnold-Season-3/17891|title=Hey Arnold!&nbsp;– The 3rd Season of the Nickelodeon Show is Scheduled for a Shout! DVD|first=David|last=Lambert|date=December 20, 2012|work=TVShowsOnDVD.com|access-date=December 20, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230201449/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Hey-Arnold-Season-3/17891|archive-date=December 30, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> On May 14, 2013, Season 4 was released in a 2-disc set as a Shout exclusive followed by Season 5 released in a 3-disc set on October 15, 2013, also as a Shout exclusive<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shoutfactory.com/node/217616 |title=Hey Arnold!: The Final Season &#124; Shout!Factory |access-date=2013-08-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926165031/http://www.shoutfactory.com/node/217616 |archive-date=September 26, 2013 |df=mdy }}</ref> making the entire series available on DVD. On August 19, 2014, the complete series was released in a 16-disc set through Shout! Factory as a Walmart exclusive. On November 20, 2018, [[Paramount Home Entertainment]] released ''Hey Arnold!: The Ultimate Collection'' DVD containing all of the previously released episodes and movies now packaged into one set.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Hey-Arnold-Collection-James-Belushi/dp/B07GW2R7TP/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1536387447&sr=8-2&keywords=Hey+Arnold+Ultimate|title = Hey Arnold!: The Ultimate Collection|website = Amazon| date=November 20, 2018 }}</ref>

In Australia, all five seasons have been released by [[Beyond Home Entertainment]] under license from Nickelodeon. A 16-disc collector's edition was released on September 1, 2016, containing all five seasons.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2" | DVD Name
! rowspan="2" | [[List of Hey Arnold! episodes|Episodes]]
! rowspan="2" | # of Discs
! colspan="2" | Release Date
|-
! [[DVD region code#1|Region 1]]
! [[DVD region code#4|Region 4]]
|-
|Season 1 || style="text-align:center;"|20 || style="text-align:center;"|4 || {{Start date|2011|8|9}} || April 3, 2013
|-
|Season 2, Part 1<br />Season 2, Part 2 || style="text-align:center;"|19|| style="text-align:center;"|4|| {{Start date|2012|3|20}}<br />{{Start date|2012|7|2}} || April 3, 2013 <small>(complete)</small>
|-
|Season 3♦ || style="text-align:center;"|20 || style="text-align:center;"|3 || {{Start date|2013|1|29}} || June 3, 2015
|-
|Season 4♦ || style="text-align:center;"|17 || style="text-align:center;"|2 || {{Start date|2013|5|14}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.shoutfactory.com/?q=node/217311 |title=Hey Arnold!: Season 4 |publisher=Shout!Factory |access-date=June 16, 2013 |archive-date=May 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514142047/http://www.shoutfactory.com/?q=node%2F217311 |url-status=live }}</ref> || June 3, 2015
|-
|Season 5♦ || style="text-align:center;"|24 || style="text-align:center;"|3 || {{Start date|2013|10|15}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shoutfactory.com/?q=node/217616|title=Shout! Factory|work=shoutfactory.com|access-date=March 14, 2015|archive-date=February 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206221820/https://www.shoutfactory.com/?q=node%2F217616|url-status=live}}</ref> || September 1, 2015
|-
|The Complete Series || style="text-align:center;"|100 || style="text-align:center;"|16 || {{Start date|2014|8|19}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walmart.com/ip/37146448|title=Hey Arnold!: The Complete Series (Full Frame)|work=Walmart.com|access-date=March 14, 2015|archive-date=February 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210093923/http://www.walmart.com/ip/37146448|url-status=live}}</ref> || September 1, 2016
|-
|The Ultimate Collection || style="text-align:center;"|100, 2 Movies || style="text-align:center;"|18|| {{Start date|2018|11|20}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thegeekiary.com/hey-arnold-ultimate-collection/55576|title=Hey Arnold!: The Ultimate Collection Releasing This November|date=September 4, 2018|website=The Geekiary|language=en-US|access-date=October 22, 2018|archive-date=October 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023034742/http://thegeekiary.com/hey-arnold-ultimate-collection/55576|url-status=live}}</ref> ||
|}

♦&nbsp;– Shout! Factory select title sold exclusively through Shout's online store.

==Films==
===2002 feature film===
{{Main|Hey Arnold!: The Movie}}
In this 2002 feature film, Arnold, Helga and Gerald set out on a quest to save their old neighborhood from a greedy developer who plans on converting it into a huge shopping mall. This film was directed by Tuck Tucker, and featured guest voice talents of [[Jennifer Jason Leigh]], [[Paul Sorvino]] and [[Christopher Lloyd]].

In 1998, Nickelodeon gave Craig Bartlett the chance to develop a [[feature film|feature]] adaptation of the series.<ref name=beck>{{cite book|last=Beck|first=Jerry|author-link=Jerry Beck|title=The Animated Movie Guide|url=https://archive.org/details/animatedmoviegui0000beck|url-access=registration|chapter=Hey Arnold! The Movie|page=[https://archive.org/details/animatedmoviegui0000beck/page/111 111]|isbn=1-55652-591-5|year=2005|publisher=Chicago Reader Press}}</ref> As work on the fifth season was completing, Bartlett and company engaged in the production of ''Arnold Saves the Neighborhood'', which would eventually become ''[[Hey Arnold!: The Movie]]''.<ref name=beck />  The ''Neighborhood'' project was originally made for television and home video,<ref name=beck /><ref name=tribune>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2003/07/09/nickelodeon-flops-on-big-screen/|last=Horn|first=John|agency=[[Los Angeles Times]]|title=Nickelodeon flops on big screen|date=July 9, 2003|access-date=October 6, 2011|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|page=3 (Tempo)|archive-date=March 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321033236/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2003-07-09/features/0307090141_1_nickelodeon-executives-wild-thornberrys-movie-family-films|url-status=live}}</ref> but executives at [[Paramount Pictures]] decided to release it theatrically after successful test screenings.<ref name=tribune />  According to animation historian [[Jerry Beck]] (in his ''Animated Movie Guide''), the decision was buoyed by the financial success of the first two [[Rugrats (film series)|''Rugrats'' movies]], ''[[The Rugrats Movie]]'' and ''[[Rugrats in Paris: The Movie]]''.<ref name=beck />

===2017 television film===
{{Main|Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie}}
In an interview with Arun Mehta, Craig Bartlett announced that he was working with [[Nickelodeon]] on a ''Hey Arnold!'' revival.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQwdQh6AbPQ |title=Craig Bartlett Discusses Hey Arnold! Returning To Nickelodeon |publisher=YouTube |date=June 29, 2013 |access-date=July 19, 2016 |archive-date=June 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603083926/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQwdQh6AbPQ |url-status=live }}</ref> In September 2015, Nickelodeon president Russell Hicks announced that the company was considering revivals for a number of their older shows, including ''Hey Arnold!''.<ref name=VarietyReboot>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/nickelodeon-classic-tv-rugrats-hey-arnold-1201583856/|title=Nickelodeon Mulls Revival of Classic Shows|first=Brian|last=Steinberg|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=September 2, 2015|access-date=September 4, 2015|archive-date=October 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024042220/http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/nickelodeon-classic-tv-rugrats-hey-arnold-1201583856/|url-status=live}}</ref> According to an announcement by ''[[The Independent]]'', a ''Hey Arnold!'' revival is "very much on the cards".<ref>{{cite web |first=Christopher |last=Hooton |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/hey-arnold-is-coming-back-and-possibly-rugrats-too-10484293.html |title=Hey Arnold! is coming back, and possibly Rugrats too &#124; News &#124; Culture |newspaper=The Independent |date=September 3, 2015 |access-date=July 19, 2016 |archive-date=June 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625021637/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/hey-arnold-is-coming-back-and-possibly-rugrats-too-10484293.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On November 23, 2015, Nickelodeon announced that a [[TV movie]] is in the works and will pick up right where the series left off.<ref name="TV movie">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/hey-arnold-tv-movie-nickelodeon-reviving-shows-1201646666/|title='Hey Arnold' TV Movie in Works as Nickelodeon Aims to Revive Classic Shows (EXCLUSIVE)|first=Brian|last=Steinberg|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=November 23, 2015|access-date=November 23, 2015|archive-date=November 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124011719/http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/hey-arnold-tv-movie-nickelodeon-reviving-shows-1201646666/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film will also answer unanswered questions about the fate of Arnold's parents.<ref name="TV movie" /> On March 1, 2016, it was announced that the [[TV movie|TV film]], ''The Jungle Movie'', would be divided into two parts and would air in 2017.<ref name="Legends" /> On March 6, 2016, voice actress [[Nika Futterman]] confirmed on Twitter that she and her character Olga Pataki would appear in the two-hour film.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Futterman|first1=Nika|title=Nika Futterman Confirms Olga Pataki Appearance in Jungle Movie|url=https://twitter.com/nfutterman/status/706635732979286017|website=Twitter.com|access-date=March 7, 2016|archive-date=August 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829144017/https://twitter.com/i/api/1.1/rux/logged_out/segmentations.json|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2016, it was confirmed that the TV film would be titled ''The Jungle Movie'', and that 19 of the original voice actors from the series would lend their voices in the film.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/06/13/hey-arnold-jungle-movie-cast|title=Nickelodeon's Hey Arnold! movie gets title; 19 original voice actors returning|first=Dan|last=Snierson|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=June 13, 2016|archive-date=June 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614032922/http://www.ew.com/article/2016/06/13/hey-arnold-jungle-movie-cast|url-status=live}}</ref> New cast-members included Mason Vale Cotton as Arnold; [[Lil' P-Nut|Benjamin "Lil' P-Nut" Flores]] as Gerald; Gavin Lewis as Eugene; [[Jet Jurgensmeyer]] as Stinky; Aiden Lewandowski as Sid; Laya Hayes as Nadine; Nicolas Cantu as Curly; [[Wally Wingert]] as Oskar; [[Stephen Stanton]] as Pigeon Man; and [[Alfred Molina]] as the villain Lasombra.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/694849-voice-cast-announced-for-hey-arnold-the-jungle-movie|title=Voice Cast Announced for Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie|first=Max|last=Evry|work=Comingsoon.net|date=June 13, 2016|access-date=June 13, 2016|archive-date=June 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614125604/http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/694849-voice-cast-announced-for-hey-arnold-the-jungle-movie|url-status=live}}</ref> The film debuted on November 24, 2017, on Nickelodeon.

==Future==
Before the premiere of ''The Jungle Movie'', Nickelodeon stated that if the ratings of the film would succeed they would consider rebooting the series. Though the ratings were a success with [[millennials]], it ended up missing the mark with [[Generation Z]], so the idea of bringing back the show on Nickelodeon was scrapped. However, in August 2018, musical composer for the show Jim Lang revealed in a Tunes/Toons podcast that while Nick will not produce the show at the studio due to the poor ratings of ''The Jungle Movie'', he said that: "[[Netflix]], [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]], [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] were all people that they were going to go out to with the idea of trying to make a season six of ''Hey Arnold!''. We haven't heard anything yet, but we've got our fingers crossed."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a864471/hey-arnold-season-6-netflix/ |title=Hey Arnold! set to return for new episodes on Netflix? |publisher=Digital Spy |date=August 21, 2018 |access-date=April 12, 2020 |archive-date=April 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413011229/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a864471/hey-arnold-season-6-netflix/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2019, Craig Bartlett revealed in an interview with ''The Arun Mehta Show'' that ''Hey Arnold!'' could come back as a series with the characters aged up for season 6 if the ''[[Rugrats (2021 TV series)|Rugrats]]'' reboot is successful.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/arunmehta/id/11548166|title=2019 Hey Arnold! Anniversary Show with Craig Bartlett!|access-date=April 25, 2020|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419212032/https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/arunmehta/id/11548166|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
''Hey Arnold! The Music, Volume 1'' was released on July 3, 2020 as a [[Phonograph record|vinyl record]], marking the first-ever official release of the show's music. The soundtrack included 45 minutes of previously unreleased music that had been remastered from the original audio files by [[Emmy Award]]-winning sound engineer Dave Marino in conjunction with show composer Jim Lang, as well as new original exclusive artwork done by Bartlett.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enjoytheriderecords.com/blogs/news/hey-arnold-the-music-vol-1|title=On Sale July 3: Hey Arnold! The Music Vol. 1|website=enjoytheriderecords.com|access-date=July 13, 2020|date=June 30, 2020|archive-date=July 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714065946/https://enjoytheriderecords.com/blogs/news/hey-arnold-the-music-vol-1|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
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* [http://www.toonopedia.com/arnold.htm ''Hey Arnold!''] at [[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]]. [https://archive.today/20240527172459/https://www.webcitation.org/6f3uveq4W?url=http://www.toonopedia.com/arnold.htm Archived] from the original on February 5, 2016.

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