Top 5 WORST Hey Arnold Episodes - cynical top 5s
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
- Had to reupload this video after Viacom restricted the original, keeping it down for 3 weeks.
Jem Reviews brings back a classic series on his channel, Cynical Top 5s, and counts down his five most HATED episodes of his favorite Nickelodeon show "Hey Arnold", all with the exception of "Arnold Betrays Iggy" since he's already talked about it before
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To be honest, it's VERY common in real schools that teachers don't want to hear another student's side of the story. (Which is a big reason why most people don't like school in general).
That's one of the reasons I wanted to become a teacher, because I wanted to change that. I read about a girl who'd been picked on for months, and then when she finally made any kind of retaliation, she was expelled. What do you bet no one even asked her why she did it?
@Leanna S. Yes, this happened in my school. No matter how many times you tell staff, it stops for about one day then starts up again. Another student mentioned in a letter that she'd spoken to her form teacher and he said it would just blow over, and she believed that the teachers didn't really care. Why talk to authority if their methods involve doing nothing or blaming the victims?
Just remembered, there's another time when Wartz does that. In Season 3, there was an episode where he slipped on fake vomit. We find out at the end that it was dropped by the drama teacher accidentally, but Wartz just, completely at random, accuses Sid because he was one of the kids laughing. Would he listen when Sid tried to defend himself? No. Did he have any kind of proof, other than the fact that Sid was laughing? Certainly not. Did he even think it might have been a different kid since most of the cafeteria was laughing? No way! I know it was an exaggerated episode, but I'm pretty sure similar things can happen on a smaller scale and the accused student is given no opportunity to explain it's not their fault, or if they do, they aren't believed.
@@strawberrysoulforever8336 I had bullies in my mennonite bible study and, for the most part, they antagonized me and my tearchers were like "What can we do?"
P.S the teachers finally dealt with them and I never saw them again.
Primarily because if they do it can create the perception of favoritism for the child and that can alienate the other child in the conflict if the perception is allowed to be made.
If both are punished you can’t perceive a bias.
Ok Curly's Girl actually got under my skin because
A. A friend of mine was caught in a situation like this with her "boyfriend" exploiting her
B. Curly and Rhonda had an unhealthy relationship and people felt bad for Curly the only way this episode would work if Arnold or her friends try to get her to break up with Curly
The problem is made even more apparent when you remember that the other kids didn't even like Curly that much. So them consoling Curly and lashing out at Rhonda looks incredibly confusing
@@pallasdiana4206 Personally I think the biggest reason why curly was hurt wasn't Because of Ronda breaking up with him I think it's because of how she and salted him and berated him in front of everybody like that. To be clear I am not defending his behavior
This episode is in 2nd place of worst Hey Arnold episode right after the you know what episode
This is probably gonna sound weird, but there's actually a fanfiction of Curly's Girl, called Rhonda's Beau. The major differences being;
1) Replace Curly with Arnold,
2) Instead of blackmailing, it's an accident that leads to Arnold and Rhonda trying to think of a way for the two of them to break up with neither of them looking like the bad guy.
It's a pretty good read, in my opinion
@@drakeware655 uh neat
17:10 "Olga punishes her without listening to her side of the story". That's easily one if my biggest pet peeves.
Also, the fact that she had Helga’s name PREWRITTEN on a detention slip, that’s just terrible, Olga was prepared for Helga to do something wrong and punish her!
@Stephen Qualio Me too it's brutal I just wanna makes things in that episode explode 💥
I feel like “Student Teacher” would be better if Helga was paranoid of Olga embarrassing her, than Olga actually embarrassing her, and that resulted in Olga didn’t feel like Helga wanted her there.
The thing is, Helga explicity TOLD Olga not to tell any embarrassing stories about her, and Olga said she never would. Then what does she do? Tell a story about her little sister being a late bedwetter.
@strawberrysoul forever 😤 yeah that pissed me off the most! It was completely unbelievable how Olga somehow got it through her head that they were bonding. I'm glad Helga told her flat out, "You don't know the first thing about me."
can i give an honorable mention to every single episode where Arnold tries to keep Susie and Oskar together? Because that marriage is hard to watch and needs to end, gad damn I feel for Susie.
I think the only reason they are together is because it's a green card marriage
List Baby Oskar. Not only is that an annoying episode, it's also boring.
Oskar's a pain, but the biggest pains are Helga's parents; most notably Big Bob Shitaki. Remember Parents Day where he scathingly called Arnold an orphan boy?
Susie should have let Oscar hit the road.
🤨 What ticked me off in that episode was that Oscar took full advantage of Arnold and his room and no one batted an eye 😤
Lily Zerep actually it was confirmed by the creator the reason Susie wasn’t in the jungle movie is because she left Oskar!
The way you talk about Curly's Girl and it's message about how it's okay to blackmail someone into a relationship, kind of reminds me of Phantomstrider when he talked about "The Girlfriend" from The Amazing World Of Gumball.
Is that a good or bad thing?
@@slipknotsink
It’s amazing.
Brah
Nah the Girlfriend is a good episode. Gumball tried to tell Darwin to get out of a toxic relationship.
@@icecreamhero2375 the problem is it forgets that in the end and just says it’s okay to do nothing in a abusive relationship
I think it's important to remember that Sid has been shown in multiple episodes to be _immensely_ paranoid. When he gets an idea into his head, he oftentimes goes balls to the wall with it. No matter how illogical it is. And considering a bag of money went missing, something that's very tangible, I can understand how he went extra nuts.
I think he kinda touched on that with sid, he didn't seem to go to hard on him, at least he didn't treat sid like he was the sole thing wrong with the episode, I personally hate how everyone else acts more than sid because they all should know how Arnold and sid are by now
Sid is supposed to represent that paranoid delusional kid. I feel like he's gone extreme when the animation style changed
Sid is a little twerp. Everyone knows he’s a little idiot, so how is everyone able to listen to him instead of tuning him out
He believed that Stinky was a vampire, and Sid was under the impression he killed Principal Wartz over a revenge doll made out of soap. So yes, he is irrational sometimes.
You could make a very slim argument that the reason Rhonda didn't tell anyone about the blackmailing is because she didn't want to admit that Curly wielded power over her for a short time. That's in line with her character, but it's not necessarily what the writers were thinking. Also, another note: I think Curly's line of thinking was that if Rhonda was forced to give him a chance, he'd win her over. That obviously was never going to happen, but Curly didn't even consider that his plan wouldn't work.
Great points. I think this was a bit of a character exploration rather than a simple moral lesson. And as for Olga being "stupid", I think it was more so that she was out of touch with Helga and the kids. She's always been perfect, it's likely that she doesn't realize how much of a jerk most kids can be so she sees the best of them, she sees herself when she's the 1%. And Helga's feelings toward her don't line up with her experiences because she's just projecting her parents failure on to Olga because she sees it as her fault. Best thing about this show is characters have real flaws and behave like real people rather than a mindless collection of tropes.
You could also say the point of Curly's Girl is that don't always be so quick to judge people in the moment, things might not be what they seem.
Curly is a psychopath who still committed Quid Pro Quo (This for That) which is sexual harassment.
@@patrickc1193 I didn't say he was right, just what he thought was going to happen.
@@strawberrysoulforever8336 Tbh the whole script was a mess and should have never been made into an episode.
@@patrickc1193 I never said anything about that either, just explaining some of the mechanics of what they were doing. This is usually a good show, of course there are going to be some bad apples among the ones that shine.
I never hated Olga on the show. I found her a little annoying at times but she never really got too far under my skin. But in "Student Teacher", I despised her.
Helga was completely reasonable with setting boundaries but Olga’s mental abuse and pompousness just obliterated potential
Principal Wartz was also a jerk in "Suspended".
Is that when sid thought he killed him with a bar of soap by using voodoo.
@@ashleysmith8402 No that's Sid's Revenge. Suspended is when Harold wanted to get suspended so he would stop going to school.
Facts
Eh, it was pretty funny to see Harold continually getting suspended by trying to get unsuspended.
Anyone else notice that ALL the episodes on the list (even in the honorable mentions) came from the last season of Hey Arnold?
You're half right. Curly's Girl, Bag of Money, Principal Simmons, New Bully On the Block, and Big Sis are from the fifth and final season, but Full Moon, Student Teacher, and Egg Story are from Season 4
Yup
Season 4 and Season 5 were kind a let down after the first three seasons!
I remember I used to *hate* Curly's Girl when I was younger. And I still do. This episode just left me confused and baffled. Everyone, including Arnold who's supposed to be the voice of reason, and Nadine, Rhonda's "supposedly" best friend, is horribly out of character. I don't fully understand what they were trying to do here. I don't even get what moral they were going for. I thought this episode was just an awful, poorly executed mess.
WolfGang
Ludwig
I Wonder If Another Bully Is Named Behtoveen
Throw in a bully named Mozart.😀😂
I say the should through in a bully named johan
Should I point out the mistake or is this ironic ;p
But Wolfgang and Ludwig ARE references to Beethoven and Mozart. Don't you mean Johann, as in Bach?
EDIT: Thank you, @Zach Scott.
I GET IT 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Student Teacher is #2 on my hated HA episodes (obviously Arnold Betrays Iggy as #1). WTF happened with Olga? Her first appearance, people could relate to her "Ms. Perfect" upbringing. As much as she adored the attention, she hated having to work so hard to be flawless that the thought of "above average" would cease that infinite praise. She even admitted how she envied Helga never getting much attention yet has more spine and tells it like it is. Olga and Helga finally had some middle-ground to start a more healthy sister bond but the episode pretty much trashed Olga.
Girl Trouble should've at least been mentioned. I mean the fact that Arnold got detention for pouring paint on Helga while the latter got not even a reprimand for doing the same to the former (and even gluing feathers on the seat of the former's pants) made the episode come off as incredibly sexist.
I just felt bored during the episode
Bahahaha why do dudes act like such bitches crying about sexism 😂
@@360westent fuck off white knight
The only thing I like about Girl Trouble is that it shows Arnold's grandparents had the same relationship Arnold and Helga have. Except Gerti was more extreme 😧
this happens a lot in real life whether a girl or boy. the bully gets away w/ it bc the other person gets back at them yet they only see what the 2nd person did not the 1st person and what drove them to do it
If sixth season ever comes out there needs to be at least one episode in which Arnold learns at least some of Helgas deeds. Mainly the one from the Christmas special and the one from the Valentines special. It would make some awesome bonding between them and I think it would be a shame to let those beautiful moments left unused in their relationship.
Hey Arnold is like Ed Edd n Eddy. Some bad episodes couldn't ruin the show
Yeah.
CURSE YOU VIACOM
why VIACOM why!!
Well they're stupid
Travis Hayes how stupid are they
Johnathen Youngs Viacom=🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕
+Johnathen Youngs very
To be fair with Sid in the Bag of Money episode; he always jumps to conclusions and obsesses over things. Like when he was afraid of germs, when he was convinced Stinky was a vampire, etc.
That's because each of his classmates are supposed to represent the school stereotypes. Sid represents the paranoid delusional kid
@@moneylover318 he was right about Stinky though
@@jordanwright2072 I know
that episode made sid one of my least favorite characters in the series
Sid also believed that he killed Principal Wartz with a revenge doll.
18:23 He says “plain and simple..” while there’s a plane in the background.
awesomeguy 18181 That's what I thought too!😄
awesomeguy 18181 [ba dum..... tss.]
DATNIGGA SEAD HETEROSEXUALS ARE RONG
40th like
Lol
The only thing realistic about Principle Simmons is that is how curly would act
20:27 I can’t blame him I mean he always help helga yet she treats him like trash and I guess Arnold just had enough of it
But it was out of character for him did jump to conclusions. Even past episodes when he berated her it usually happened it till after she did something
you just got Viacomed again
I don't want to be viaCUMED on!
@Shrek is life
Reviews fall under fair use.
The first episode of Hey Arnold I saw (or at least remember seeing) was Curly’s girl, which actually put the show off for me for a while, until I gave it a second chance and watched other episodes. The ghost bride was the one that hooked me lol
Olga outs Helga as a bed wetter?That is so screwed up. LOL😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆
I have to admit, Curly's girl is a guilty pleasure for me. I think it's because the writing is so over the top it's funny.
So at 17:22, no one gonna question why helga’s name was prewritten for detention 😂😂😂
I just assume she has one of everybody
Sid and stinky are my least favorite charter
I don’t mind Stinky but I hate Sid!
chromatica But most infuriating about him is that stupid long nose!
helga pataki he is annoying. He really ticked me off in bag of money
Sometimes the characters can be unlikable, especially the kids
Dirt Devastator At least Helga has a purpose to be bully cause she comes from a dysfunctional family so it’s like she’s mean-spirited for no reason
@@smoothst9303 helga really annoyed me to, I understand she’s the bully, but she just annoys me in every episode.
The episodes I really don’t like are Egg Story, (don’t review that episode in the replies, I already got enough of that before) Student Teacher, and Bag of Money. And also, Love and Cheese was mediocre in my opinion but not as bad as the other 3 I mentioned
I very much agree that Egg Story was the wrong time for Arnold to stand up to Helga. However, they did get that concept right in April Fools Day in my opinion. I feel like Arnold retaliating against Helga was a so much better time in April Fools Day.
I agree with you about Egg Story. Things just started off on the wrong foot. But Harold and Rhonda's subplot was actually quite sweet, and I like how seriously Rhonda took the egg baby, getting "her" dressed up and named.
@@strawberrysoulforever8336 My thoughts exactly
#FuckViacom
TheBlueGuy they truly are nothing just a bunch of fuck boys falling orders
TheBlueGuy i second that
@T-bone The Great stfu
@Shrek is life can you stop being a whiny b****
@@johnsmith1704 boi, you are replying to a 1 year old comment so shut it.
It’s funny of how New Bully On The Block featured the return of Arnold’s previous voice actors as well the Bully’s
My least favorite hey arnold episode has to be girl trouble
It made helga completely unlikeable, and punished Arnold for standing up for himself and forced him to apologize for it while helga gets off scott free
There is only one saving grace in that episode. His grand parents
@@moneylover318 But it's hard to believe the Arnold's grandma, of all people, used to pick on Phil when she was a kid
Yess why did they do that lmao she was wayy meaner in that episode than any other episode
@@stephj505 You're asking believability from gramma gerty
@@stephj505 Well that's when she was a kid, but at least she grew up and matured. I think they also wanted to make Helga X Arnold make more sense
Every Good show has at least a few duds, Including that one episode nobody likes to talk about
*”you do need warts”*
Sure, if you're a toad!
My 3 least favorite episodes: 3) Phoebe’s Little Problem: (does nothing for Phoebe as a character, makes all the other kids seem like assholes once again, only shifts the focus to Harold in the end. 2) Rhonda Goes Broke: Makes Rhonda completely unbearable and the episode just ends abruptly when she becomes rich again, no lesson is learned, Rhonda isn’t left feeling any remorse or empathy toward people who aren’t as well-off as her. 1) Stuck in a Tree: LITERALLY THE MOST BORING EPISODE. Follows the exact setup as Roller Coaster, except Roller Coaster is actually good. Season 5 was awful. Honorable mention: Big Bob’s Crisis (mostly for how it ends). Helga ends up encouraging bob to go back to how he used to be (verbally abusive and rampant with toxic masculinity) because that’s the dad she loved?? It literally just enforces that shitty message about how you have to accept family no matter how toxic they are. Miss me with that
Bob did become slightly nicer and cultivated a healthier diet in the end of "Big Bob's Crisis" though.
FINALLY!!! Someone who agrees with me that Rhonda Goes Broke is straight-up terrible! (Personally, I find Rhonda an alright character despite her snobby attitude at times. But Good Lord, I freaking HATED her in that episode!)
@@brycefourn2001 agreed I like Rhonda! Just cannot stand her in that ep
@@stephj505 I think for me, the issue was them choosing to display a message of “No, it’s okay. Don’t change” rather than delivering the message “thank you for changing. You have grown and become a better person” Regardless of what the actual outcome was
@strangetownie6888 I hear ya. I wish that it had benefited from a rewrite and gone into a 'Rhonda's Glasses' approach where the first 3-4 minutes are left intact but have Arnold show Rhonda the rough lives of these poor people in town and her learning something in the end.
I will say on a positive note though: If HA! ends up coming back for a sixth season (with the characters aged up), I can see Rhonda going through a redemption arc as well as Arnold dating her while temporarily breaking up with Helga. (Just like that early Family Guy episode where Peter and Lois were forced to go on a trial separation)
And I think the reason why Rhonda's the way she is may most likely be due to her upbringing. (AKA her parents)
Isn’t it illegal for viacom to take it down since it falls under fair use?
Yes it is but they just don't fucking care.
+ThePresident It's not like they haven't done this before. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think they were responsible for MrEnter getting his channel terminated.
They are responsible for taking any youtuber down that uploads content they own. They even went after me as well since I uploaded some animations that was on the show Kablam. But I got those from the website of one of the people that worked on the show. My account is still here but I'm not uploading anymore content since Viacom who is just a bunch of douchebags who don't care about older shows but they only care about what makes the most money for them and that has been mostly the yellow sponge everyone knows and loves for the most part.
MrEnter still has a channel
Viacom is a stupid cunt.
honestly Curly's girls is a very irrisponsible episode that does not adress the huge problem just how creepy it is to force or coorce another person to date you...especially when you factor one of Curlys defining character traits throught the series ,aside from his psychopathic tendancies,is that fact that he has a stalker,almost rapey inclination towards rhonda....the kind of stuff that would usually land a person in jail.
In regards to your issue with Arnold in "Egg Story", I suppose you could make the argument that he simply didn't want to have a repeat of what happened the last time he and Helga were paired up for a school project in "Girl Trouble".
True, but the problem is that he still unfairly attacked her and even when Helga was AGREEING with him, which he seemed to ignore and didn't even notice she wasn't being hostile (which is also odd for a character like his who generally notices stuff like that) he kept going and then brought up Lila and how she's a better person and all that stuff in not so many words. That was low for him and a punch in the gut. We've never seen Helga hit Arnold and to my knowledge, she never has, but I wouldn't have been surprised if she'd actually done it.
Okay, you have a good point. Arnold did go a bit too far with his attitude towards Helga.
Gregory Cassella Has
ssjup81 In girl trouble Helga tried being nice by complimenting him on a buffalo he made but reverted back to her usual self within a second so yeah i wouldnt exactly trust her immediately either
Yea I agree with agree Arnold didn’t want a repeat of “girl trouble” or the “bio square” episode but honestly
Bag of money is the worst. it actually could have been done better if they cut out the scene of arnold on the bus with the pink haired lady. like if the audience didnt know arnold was telling the truth the whole time. but we do. what is sids deal. he is the worst character.
Full Moon- I hated this episode a few times before and do now! Because I felt so disappointed that Arnold was being unfairly punished! So I consider this episode to be one of my worst picks.
Principle Simmons- Okay, I don't hate this episode as much as you do Jem. But it's not perfect either, I consider it to be "Meh."
Bag of Money- I hate this as much as Full Moon. Same troupe used again in this episode: Arnold being unnecessarily tortured. What made me mad is Sid. I just hate his appearance in this episode for so many reasons. But I do consider it to be as bad as Full Moon.
Student Teacher- Okay, I don't hate this episode as much as you do as well Jem. I know Olga's role in this episode didn't click with me. But I don't hate this episode.
DIShonorable mentions:
Big Sis- "Meh."
New Bully on the Block- "Not half bad."
Egg Story- Arnold's worst appearance in the entire series. But it does remind me even Arnold is not perfect and can have OOC moments and this episode is just so bad that I cringed at this episode. But I do like the decent ending though!
Curly's Girl- Okay....I don't hate this episode. I just found it really underrated for me to explain. So, it's not that bad.
So that's my opinion on your picks of the worst episodes of Hey Arnold. Even if I suffer through the bad episodes, I STILL FREAKING LOVE THIS SHOW!!!!
People use "Egg Story" as an example of Arnold being out of character, but you can at least understand him being frustrated with Helga. A much better example of him being out of character is "Gerald's Game". Before it was established that Gerald was addicted to the game and allowing it to take over his life, Arnold completely dismissed his interest in it ("It sounds dumb to me.", or something to that affect.)
In the episode where Jamie-o had a girlfriend, Arnold had an out of character moment Gerald wanted to tell his brother his girlfriend was deceiving him But Arnold said,"Can't this wait until after Gladiators on Ice?" Seriously That moment came out of nowhere too
I forgot about that one. That's another good example
@@ellandecampbell6279 I saw that one a while ago
@@shellysolomonart Actually, Helga was trying to be nice, but Arnold didn't wanna listen But I guess people see things differently sometimes, so I won't judge you for looking at it a different way
@@shellysolomonart Yeah Sometimes I'm in one stressful situation after another It makes me feel so upset Sometimes stressful situations pile up on you and you feel like you wanna scream
18:23, 🤣. That was funny. There's a plane in the background.
I was able to see the whole video before it got taken down but it’s nice to be back so I could go back to it whenever. Also the way you feel about Curly’s Girl is how I feel about Horrificator from Miraculous Ladybug. Although it’s not mean spirited but its very boring and just a mess. If you’re thinking about checking out Miraculous Ladybug then I suggest you skip Horrificator. Or have you already seen Miraculous Ladybug? Nevertheless glad things are all sorted out now Jem. And sorry that Viacom was being a dirt bag. 💙💙💙💙💙💙
To me the horrificator is a meh episode not too terrible but isn’t great but just passable and a weaker episode to the series
Blue Blaze King that’s what I thought at first. But after I decided to rewatch it for some reason I hated it even more. And it’s really the only episode of Miraculous Ladybug that I actually hate.
I also saw it before the takedown but man what a dick move by Viacom!
Miraculous Ladybug is one of the absolute WORST cartoons I've seen period.
Season 4-11 WHAT?????
We can all agree that the show dipped in quality in the fifth season
And Helga on the couch is my favorite
Who else ships Arnold & Helga?💝
Lots of people 😏 OTP there
4:58 I can’t stop laughing at that part 😂
Why didn’t you put girl trouble on here? It was one of the episode’s of Hey Arnold that was completely disliked.
It probably didn't cross his mind.
hey jem good reviews and i completely agree especially with number 2 1 being the worst. However, in student teacher, it should be known that olga's character on this episode reveals that her straight A's education is hollow, meaning that it is revealed that despite having great grades, she has learned every little from them. as in Olga comes home, her having to perform in front of her family also reflects on her education. she only gets straight A's because she has to, not because she wants or is actually learning from it. i think student teacher reveals that but it is not explicitly shown. as for Curly's girl, that episode sucks because i feel Curly completely wasted a great opportunity for Rhonda to get to know him. instead of having him and Rhonda just hang out and talk, he goes bonkers and forces Rhonda to act as his gf and he you said it, there is no moral of the story here, only perhaps condoning Curly's behaviour. the same can be said for Egg Story
Even so, sense Olga loves her sister and wants to rekindle her relationship with her, then surely she would've actually took Child Psychology seriously. If she takes that for granted, then she is taking her sister relationship for granted! 💔
@@vivimariefedorov7374 i agree. She only likes the idea of having a baby sister, which is far differen than actually being there for her and listening to her. Unfortunately Olga has her own issies to deal with so tha mkes it complicated
Tbh, Sid's my least favorite character in Hey, Arnold! because he always gets paranoid over the most miniscule things; like the world is about to be destroyed. But, Rhonda is also my least favorite because of how arrogant and bitchy she can be.
One thing I will say each kid at the school does do great at representing the classic school stereotype for the kids. One Rhonda episode I do like is where she goes broke
@@moneylover318 Yeah, that episode was pretty funny. It shows you that Rhonda may be conceited, but deep down, she is a good person at heart. I rather ship her with Harold than with Curly; or have her and Nadine be a couple (even though they will have squabbles here and there).
@@rayshawnlamarbutler120 I love your ships lol
@@coolcapricorn2296 Thank you
Like, have Rhonda and Nadine being adults in college around the ages of 18-20 or older. Wait! Why not make a college romance about Rhonda and Harold? Wouldn't that work? I often enjoy adult couples and child couples (as long as the latter isn't portrayed in a sexualized manner).
I think the message that Curly's Girl is trying to get across is "Own up to your mistakes." Since Curly was being terrible throughout the entire thing, he wants to make it up by "letting her off the hook." Doesn't make up for the other stuff, but it's a good start.
Curly’s unhinged. Plain and simple
i think the moral curly's girl was going for was if you care about someone, you'll put there happieness before yours
I guessed don't take stupid bets. But the episode made Curly look innocent. So now i'm confused
Curly's Girl makes me uncomfortable and I am not sure why. Maybe I am looking at through a adult lens but the message seems off. Editing to add after thinking about for a bit. What bothers me might be that it mirrors uncomfortable real life experiences of having people around scorn you because the toxic person convinced everyone you're at fault for wanting to break away from a bad relationship.
I haven't watched it in a while but did he get rid of the pictures? Maybe she was worried they wouldn't believe her or he still had pictures.
100%. Another thing that makes me uncomfortable is how painfully obvious it is that she doesn't want to be with him
Viacom please don't block this video down
My list of worst Hey Arnold episodes
10. Full Moon
09. Principal Simmons
08. Bag of Money
07. Student Teacher
06. Big Sis
05. New Bully on The Block
04. Egg Story
03. Girl Trouble
02. Curly's Girl
01. Arnold Betrays Iggy (The worst Hey Arnold episode ever!)
How come you never mentioned or put "Phoebe's Little Problem" on this list? Many people hate that episode because to them it's a poorly written episode. Phoebe accidentally lets out gas after she ate prune cookies and got so humiliated and eventually became depressed to the point where her classmates had to come to her house to cheer her up. It's a story that is set up very well, but they botched it up when the writers basically had to shove Helga to the background and cut Gerald out altogether to make Arnold the star problem solver again. Would have been better if Phoebe could have counted on either Gerald or her best friend Helga to try and help her out more in the beginning, even if their ideas ended up failing. In my opinion, it is a Top 5 Worst Episode, and could be an episode pretty close to "Curly's Girl" and even "Arnold Betrays Iggy" the latter of which will always be the worst in my opinion.
Principal Warts seems like a tyrant.
He’s supposed be the stereotypical 80s bond-villain type of character.
I totally remember being uncomfortable with the episode curly’s girl as a kid!
Joseph Jostar: Viacom, I'll give you hell, Hell 2 You.
Prankster Batman wrong character.
Uh, Warrior Technically Avdol says Hell to you Joseph is the "Your next line is" guy Not the Hell to you guy
Jojo’s bizarre adventure
Girl trouble shouldve been at least an honourable mention tbh
Damn copyright
Well I'm glad I'm not the only one who doesn't hate New Bully on the Block. I'm not a fan of the episode at all but again I don't hate it
"Curly's Girl" doesn't even make sense from a character standpoint because everyone involved should know by now just how repulsed Rhonda is by Curly.
Facts
Olga doesn’t care about her sister Helga, all she wants is to be perfect because Helga and Olga‘s parents Taught Olga to be perfect, and their parents treat Helga like shit.
That's not true, Olga does love Helga. You could especially see it in the episode "Olga comes home".
Oh she sure cares, it just that she doesn't know how to express it the correct way, if anything it's the result of Pataki's shitty parenting
Whenever I watch your reviews, I find them unpredictable. But what you will say about the episodes themselves, I predict everytime.
Viacom just pulled a Viacom
17:21 you notice when she pulled out the detention slip it already had Helga's name on it
There are 4 particular episodes of this show that I really hated: Arnold betrays Iggy, New bully on the block, Helga vs Big Patty, and Rhonda's glasses. The first 2 probably come as no surprise, but the last 2 I hated based on their character assassination and continuity issues.
I see rondas glasses as a montage to the civil rights movement
One Rugrats episode was trying to tell people that judging people that are different from you is wrong but the show did it poorly One character said:If you're left handed (or right I forgot which) you'll never be successful in life You won't learn how to drive a car You'll never be able to attend college You'll never get married
@@jonwootton2181 But thought you couldn't drive a stick shift if you're a lefty
@@moneylover318 Even if it is a joke, you're probably right Being left handed would make it hard t drive a stick shift (Sorry if this doesn't make sense I have trouble phrasing things sometimes)
Jem Reviews: Reveals "Curly's Girl" as number one on the list
Me: ....Is anyone going to make a Rick Springfield reference?
Here's my list
10. Student Teacher
9. Helga & The Nanny
8. Big Sis
7. Helga's Boyfriend
6. Egg Story
5. Bag Of Money
4. Full Moon
3. Principle Simmons
2. Curly's Girl
1. Arnold Betrays Iggy
Dishonorable Mentions
1. New Bully On The Block
2. Stinky Goes To Hollywood
3. Fighting Families
4. Suspended
5. Phoebe's Little Problem
Phoebe's little problem is easily thee best episode in the series.
@@ugandahater It wasn't my kind of episode and the fart jokes got old very quickly.
Curse you Viacom! Also: I love Hey Arnold, it's one of my favorite cartoons and would love to see more reviews on it. I can definitely understand why you'd think that those episodes would be bad. (Because I'd agree as well).
OMG but that is honestly hilarious!
An elementary school kid blackmailing another kid! 🤣🤣🤣
Arnald Betrays Iggy, New Bully on the Block, and that episode where Helgo goes too far in antagonizing Arnald-she let the paint he wanted on him and he douses some on her and GETS in trouble!
He already talked about Arnold betrays Iggy in another video
Arnold Betrays Iggy is by far the worst. I can at least watch the other episodes and find a few scenes I like.
@@LilyZerep
Curlys girl is worst cause his girlfriend was my favorite character so it sucked balls
@@LilyZerep I personally think curly’s girl is worse than arnold betrays iggy. At least you can sympathize with Iggy to some degree, I mean his embarrassing secret was leaked so you can understand his anger. It’s the fact that he was an SOB thereafter. However, curly was a little SOB right from the get go and there’s no sympathizing with him. He uses Rhonda’s jacket stain problem as a means of taking advantage of her. He blackmails and forces her to be his girlfriend, there’s no excuse for that. After the relationship was over and she harshly broke up with him, rightfully so, everyone in the school hates her and curly just lets it happen. Then you have characters like Nadine and Arnold acting completely out of character by joining in the backlash. Then at the end we’re meant to believe that Curly redeemed himself by letting Rhonda off the hook. Only that doesn’t even begin to make up for all the misery he put her through. So with that being said I think Curly’s girl is far worse than Arnold betrays Iggy.
@@grizzly_manbanimation8436 I disagree, the fact that Arnold was set up to look like a villain is the main reason Arnold Betrays Iggy was so bad. The episode also punished Arnold for no reason and justice was never given to Arnold, also the fact even his grandfather was in on embarrassing Arnold which was out of character. It just felt like an Arnold torture episode. And unlike Curly and Rhonda, Arnold is actually likable.
Something interesting: Sid's behaviour in "Bag Of Money' actually mirrors his behaviour in "Sid The Vampire Slayer", when he looks for reasons to believe that Stinky is a vampire, but the thing is, all that happened was that they make a joke about it after watching a vampire movie. The premise doesn't feel like as much of a problem because Sid has freakouts about supernatural elements in other episodes, but still, he tries to kill his best friend until Arnold points out that he has a reflection...and the end of the episode suggests that Sid was right all along. My point is, this behaviour Sid exhibits in "Bag Of Money" is not unusual for him. It's just a lot crueler.
Well Arnold didn't know Helga liked him in the episode the egg also him putting his foot down isn't to much outta character if he's finally had enough of her crap and the only lesson I can think that Curly's girl was trying to teach was that it isn't ok to blackmail people because Curly did learn it was wrong of him to do that to her in the end. But they definitely didn't do it in a smart way.
I don’t hate helga(I think she is a good character) but I feel like everyone hates episodes like arnold betrays iggy where arnold gets tormented but just give her a pass on all the times she was cruel to arnold.
@@pepito2847 Helga is only picking on Arnold because she likes him and is written to be the sympathetic bully character. Also Helga picking on Arnold often backfires on her. Though in "girl trouble" it got out of hand and Arnold was punished, ugh. Similarly in Arnold betrays Iggy, the writers treat Arnold like the bad guy for something he didn't do and puts him through hell just to earn someone's forgiveness, in the end everyone mocks him (even his own grandfather) and the real culprits get off Scott free.
jax the wolf Iggy didn’t really get off scott free either he heard sid and stinky talking about how they were the ones who told everyone about the pajamas and once it was too late arnold shunned him at the end the same way iggy did to him throughout the episode.
@@pepito2847 I was talking about Sid and Stinky, they started it all and got off scott free.
jax the wolf Well there are plenty of episodes where karma bites them on the ass and they get whats coming to them. Plus they aren’t really main characters and more of supporting characters.
Hey Arnold was a great show nick bring this show back
It's still on
@@jonwootton2181, as reruns
The movie was all we got. Its gone.
@@Artist_Unbound Yep No new episodes so far
@@jonwootton2181, yeah. And sadly The Jungle Movie had low ratings. I don't think we will get a new season
I think the moral of Curly's girl is to teach kids about what can happen if you disobey your parents
Another dishonorable mention:
"THE SEWER KING", from Season 1.
Two words to describe this episode: 'frustrating' and 'forgettable'. After Arnold (with Gerald accompanying him in this 'underground journey') retrieving the watch to his grandpa, Phil drops it back through the sink, thus making the watch return to the Sewer King. Right after that, grandpa Phil reveals that he has a drawer full of watches, much to Arnold's deception.
It brings me a feeling of unfulfillment! Doing a favor to someone important to you to gain their trust and then that person ruins your expectations...
I forgot this episode back in the day and I decided watching the whole series sequentially. And I felt disappointed upon watching it again!
One thing that bothers me is a huge cliche in Anime Most villains are psychotic, arrogant, and completely insane They're made this way because it makes their defeats more satisfying, but they really aren't The reason why it's a cliche is because it's been done a billion times When Jotaro (The main character of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's 3rd part) defeats Steely Dan (a minor antagonist and one of those cliched psychotic, arrogant characters) it isn't even satisfying at all because it's exactly like the defeats of many villains I've seen already (The characters that are in the same category as Steely Dan) As for cartoons, I remember watching Futurama and liking it Then I saw the extremely messed up sausage festival episode The one where everyone thinks Fry got.... Well, it's too disturbing to describe The episode made me stop watching Sorry if that sounds petty
@Rafael Ryuichi: I have to be honest, I completely forgot about The Sewer King. Yeah, I admit it's a weak episode. And I do agree that the ending made this whole episode pointless. So yeah, it's a pretty forgettable episode.
I found it odd that even Big Bob and Miriam were out of character in Student Teacher. While Olga is talking about wanting to help children, Bob is visible annoyed and bored along with his wife.
Usually they can't get enough of Olga. I don't understand that part to this day.
Also, I think the writers needed some type of bad thing to justify Helga's hatred of her sister. In all other episodes with Olga, she's really not bad and wants to bond with Helga.
Top 1 was the cringiest episode for me. I just understand that Curly was insane, and Rhonda had an image. That’s why I forgave it. I hate the mooning more than Curly’s girl, but it wasn’t cringe; it was just blind principle.
Just my thoughts, and my thoughts when I was a kid at that time.
"My favorite show of all time, at the moment."
I liked Principal Simmons and Student Teacher. The other episodes I agree with, though "On the Lam" is on my personal worst of list. I think Curly's Girl is my least favorite of the entire series.
As far as the honorable mentions I like Big Sis and Egg Story, but the other honorable mention is more forgettable than bad in my opinion.
Anyone notice how Helga's Detention pass already had her name on it? Olga was 2 faced and Helga saw through it :0
can you do top 10 worst fairly oddparents episodes?
Big Bang Theory bro 333 And Top 10 best. As well as the specials
My worst Hey Arnold episode is Girl Trouble, it's not as bad as Arnold Betrays Iggy, but it is terrible for Helga's character and this episode is her at her worst where she goes too far without any sort of punishment, the bad for the amount of slack she gets and the ridiculous amount of Double Standards.
You should review that episode Jem and tell us your take on it.
I disagree with the Student Teacher Pick. Olga being that way to Helga isnt bad characterization considering Olga never was much of a character when she debut. In the episode where she comes home, she literally forced herself into despair because she thought she got a B on her report card and did nothing but groan about. Her parents weren't even mad that she got a B. There was no reason for her to act that way despite claiming she is always held to high expectations. In that particular episode her parents still supported her. Big Bob was trying to bribe her out of moping the whole time but he never punished her for the B or anything. It was no way a better Olga episode. In Student teacher, they at least show why Helga doesn't like Olga even if it is a retcon. Olga is very ignorant but tries to do what she assumes would benefit Helga, and her never being around for Helga alienates their interactions which I see in the episode.
I never even saw the Curly's Girl episode. Might be the one I missed.
Maybe that's a good thing
@@coolcapricorn2296 haha maybe
15:25 Arnold's face tho
I don't like Curly's girl but I don't hate it either because it made me realize that Curly and Rhonda are interesting and under written characters 😂
I like how Brainy despite his character only literally existing so Helga can get a taste of her own stalkish medicine, is less creepy than Curly. But Curly is also more interesting since he gives me school shooter vibes hut he also has his moments
(eg. I like how Curly was never a reoccurring character until the episode where Rhonda became a "geek" and inspired the other geeks to stand up for themselves, Curly probably saw Rhonda in a different light because of that.
I also like how Curly and Rhonda are exact opposites but both have their moments. I could imagine if they did get into a relationship, Rhonda would learn how to care less about clout and materialism too much and value other parts of herself, and Curly could learn how not to be creepy and not shoot the school when things don't go his way 😂)
I watched Curly's Girl, and the only part that made me laugh was how Curly said, "Doesn't it? Or does the excitement THRILL YOU?!" The only reason I laughed at that was because of how over-the-top Curly said those last two words. He's still a disgusting little creep in that episode, especially with how the character, if not the episode, has been accused of justifying sexual harrassment (look up the episode on the Hey Arnold Wikia under Reception), but that was the only part that made me laugh in that episode
I think the Curly's Girl episode is about kidnapping and Stockholm syndrome. How Rhonda is actually the victim and Curly spins everything so that everyone gets mad at her when she does leave.
NICKELODEON IS BRINGING BACK DOUBLE DARE!
The Gemmy Rebel Is it a reboot? I'm pretty sure they can't get the old actors back by this point.
@@davekendall5936 they did
Really.
New bully on the block is definitely the worst. Helga getting beat up my guys and the ending is much worse. Glad I’m not the only one
Eggstory pisses me off too because Arnold is usually more than willing to give held at the benefit of the doubt and now when she's coming off being nice from the beginning he just blows up at her which is totally out of character for him
Student teacher must of been one of those episodes where it was new but the events in it happened BEFORE Olga gets engaged and Olga comes home
I was thinking the same thing lol
Curly's Girl is sort of an abbreviated form of Can't Buy Me Love an old rom com. Its premise is that a popular girl gets into trouble nerd guy bails her out with his money in return for dating for a period of time.
In "Full Moon", the episode gives out a bad message showing that being a snitch is okay and confessing the truth is wrong as shown by Principal Wartz glaring at Arnold by demanding him to tell him who did the prank which was repeated in 2 more episodes on Cartoon Network, such as "The Precious, Wonderful, Adorable, Lovable Duckling" from Courage the Cowardly Dog and "Ed In a Halfshell" from Ed, Edd n Eddy. In my opinion Jem Reviews, there are already too many bad morals being repeated in every show on different episodes. By the way it was done on Full Moon was not a good start for season 4. Furthermore, Principal Wartz had shown children not only about snitching, he also taught children it is good to be a tattletale and kids need to grow-up and be bad like him.
This is my top ten worst Hey Arnold! episodes
10. Olga Comes Home
9. Full Moon
8. Suspended
7. Egg Story
6. Big Sis
5. Bag Of Money
4. Principal Simmons
3. Student Teacher
2. Arnold Betrays Iggy
1. Curly’s Girl
10:14 Ah yes, the episode SO terrible I turned a fan-character of mine into a young attorney JUST to speak in Arnold's defense.