Backstories & History
19 entries in the Hey Arnold compendium.
Grandma GertrudeA wise, loving grandmother who holds the boarding house together with patience and a legenMr. SimmonsThe voice of Mr. Simmons on *Hey Arnold!*SidThe volatile classmate whose temper often boils over in the hallways of P.S. 118.Grandpa and Grandma's StoryTwo stubborn hearts who caught a small boy when the whole world walked away.Helga Pataki's Complicated Home LifeA mansion full of money and silence, and a girl who screams just to hear someone flinch.The Pataki Family FortuneA gilded neighbor whose fortune is as invisible to the kids as his butler's name.Arnold's Missing ParentsTwo faces Arnold has never truly seen, and a doorbell he keeps listening for.The Neighborhood's FoundingNo one built the lot on purpose, but somehow it became the whole world.The OrphanageA creaking, rule-bound building where a dozen kids call the only roof they've ever known aMr. Simmons' Demolition SchemeA tiny old man, a doomed brownstone, and a whole neighborhood of kids in the way.Gerald's Strict MotherThe one authority in Gerald's world who never needed a pep talk.Phoebe's Divorced ParentsA girl defined by the parents who never walked through the orphanage door.The Big GooThe neighborhood remembers what the kids pretend to forget.Stinky's Family BackgroundA scrawny kid in a too-big attitude, trying to out-tough a world that never asked him to.Hey Arnold! The Movie (2004)The neighborhood's greatest adventure yet, this time without a theater ticket.Arnold's Parents' DepartureTwo parents, one short note, and a boy who never stopped looking.Helga's Wealthy FatherA fortune in the bank, a void in the heart — the man who built Helga's world but never entThe NeighborhoodA city block that raised a generation of kids who never needed a map to find each other.Gerald's Home LifeA long-haired kid caught between a strict mother's rules and the freedom of the neighborho
Browse Backstories & History in the interactive codex →