while we all had our share of laughs from Arnold in the gang as they've
attempted to navigate both adolescents and the big city sometimes we were so
caught up in the storyline that a few jokes have flown over our heads when we
were younger I'm Teresa with a wicked binge and today we're leaving the stoop
and looking back at some of those more seasoned jokes we missed in hey Arnold
let's jump into it grandpa Phil used to party hard we're kicking things off with
grandpa Phil Arnold's funny and young spirited grandfather to many branches to
make it your grade score while we all remember grandpa Phil for his good heart
witty remarks and questionable comments some of us might forget just how he
became so cheeky well in case you didn't know by his own admission in season
fours back to school grandpa Phil admits to frying his brain while he was at
Woodstock the notorious music festival from 1969
that was all about elevating yourself through a number of substances NAT
scenes with Grandpa Phil's freidbrain may very well have come from a bit of
too much partying if you know what I mean
and I guess maybe no looks like those substances made him feel like he was
high up in the clouds and it seems like he never returned to the ground
grandpa's war story Phil's life seems to be filled with all sorts of adventures
in fact he nearly revealed something a bit too adult for a Nickelodeon cartoon
to his grandson he almost led a steamy story slip from his tongue luckily
catching himself before his lips betrayed him saving Arnold from
undeniable trauma it turns out grandpa Phil was an interesting guy who fought
in World War two not only did he give Hitler a wedgie but he also had a pretty
raunchy encounter with a French woman while liberating France he stopped his
story before things got to adults which be
like wearing a figure-flattering guy a Finnish peasant dress but he almost let
everything slip out maybe you should skip on down to the next part of the
story it was down for sausage back in the eating contest from season 6 no kid
watching the show would have thought that a sign urging the public to try out
someone's freshly cooked sausages would have had any other meaning than just
that after all the episode was about an eating contest
still it's so interesting how perspectives shift as we get older
especially considering that the sign is pointing to what looks like a dark and
deserted alley the big city is the scary place people what's that in the window
season three's Arnold's Thanksgiving was an episode about a lot more than just
the Thanksgiving dinner as Arnold and Helga leave a Thanksgiving celebration
through a window the two happened to spot something happening that left them
confused apparently the scene was supposed to
show two folks arguing in another room however the way it panned out it seemed
as if the two were giving each other another reason to be thankful on
Thanksgiving Day Oh Arnold it wouldn't be Thanksgiving without fireworks
what's going on with Helga's mom speaking of Helga as a child watching
the show it's easy to miss the subtle behavioral trademarks that producers
were giving us about Helga's mom she slurs is either constantly daydreaming
or catching a snooze all over the place had to do community service and had her
license revoked remember you starting your community
service job we think it has something to do with those smoothies she's been
making she's lacing them with a potent substance that's causing her to behave
erratically something that makes her believe that she's always had a night
out as opposed to on the job if you know what I mean in many ways this adds a
depressing backdrop that explains a lot about Helga's own struggles her mom is
pretty clearly a functioning alcoholic who might even be popping pills Oh
I feel like a smoothie huh good Helga's love for Arnold is strong back in season
3 episode Helga's parrot Helga described her feelings towards
Arnold in a way that quite a number of kids watching the show would have played
off as the cutest declaration of puppy love
however to an adult ears hearing Helga claimed that Arnold made her girlhood
tremble pretty intense love going on for sure three are better than 1 season
fives tymberlee loves Arnold had a lot more
going on to it than met the eye most will recall Gerald's little sister's
affection for Arnold submitting by his football shaped head and act of kindness
and sticking up for her when she least expected it after you're my boyfriend
however few will remember the words Lila used to let Arnold know that she had
invited tymberlee on their little outing that is if Arnold doesn't mind making it
a threesome those who do will recall that the reference to them being a trio
was anything but innocent 9 means 9 as we already mentioned one of the most
iconic grandpa Phil's stories was the totally 100% historically accurate time
in which he single-handedly won one of the most important battles of World War
two by giving Hitler a wedgie it's just like
in your story this moment deserves a spot on the list because it's such a
hilarious joke that young kids probably wouldn't appreciate as much as adults
but there's also a pretty concerning position that grandpa Phil patent ler in
while giving him a wedgie the scene where we get a clear view of grandpa
peering down at Hitler's but after giving him a wedgie makes us wonder what
grandpa Phil was really after either way we all owe a gret of
gratitude to grandpa Phil for his honorable service during the Second
World War miss felt er surely we all remember the
sassy sultry substitute teacher that Arnold had a crush on my name is
misspelled turn I'm gonna be your substitute teacher her name was the Miss
felter a name that sounded weird to kids back in the day but never raised
suspicions until we got older when you analyze what this name really sounds
like you start to think that producers were trying to tell us more about this
teacher then originally thought reach and pull from his earliest seasoned ones
10th episode the old building kids have been exposed to some dastardly jokes
that just zipped right over their heads we're talking about the advice that
Ernie once gave to Arnold about using a wrecking ball namely the choice of
language used to describe how the kid should prepare himself to use it maybe
it's me but there's something off about telling Arnold that he should practice
reaching and pulling every day to prepare himself for the big moment
you're still doing that exercise I taught you
yep especially when I ask myself just what is he reaching and pulling at okay
in hindsight this is very very creepy maybe send the FBI over to Ernie's door
soon grandpa Phil's head around minds Assaf thought we were done with old
grandpa Phil sorry but no we've been holding on to this one in our back
pocket take a good look at grandpa Phil is I mean a really good long hard look
at him wait till you see it if not remember what I said a long hard look
you'll see what I mean why Nickelodeon why grandpa Phil's date all right back
to grandpa Phil one last time no this one is obviously meant to be an innocent
joke but sometimes things just don't translate in the best way when grandpa
Phil goes back to school for his grade school diploma things take a bit of an
awkward turn when the 81 year old man proclaims that he's taking to elementary
school girls out on a date to sneak into a pg-13 movie
yeah sorry Phil no amount of wedgies you've given Hitler is gonna make that
okay older lady makes a move on Arnold okay what is wrong with all the adults
in Arnold City this is getting ridiculous the pressure that society
tends to place on young boys can overwhelm them poor Arnold was taught to
believe that he had to start meeting girls early but when Arnold goes hunting
he got an unexpected surprise when an older woman pulls his arm and jots down
her number so he could give her a call actually another creepy situation is the
small character Elena one of the boardinghouse residents who only
appeared in the early episodes of the show had a pretty bizarre
conceptualization according to the showrunner craig bartlett she was
planned to have a crush on Arnold and when asked him to do favors that made
him feel uncomfortable yikes good thing that was scrapped
Arnold at the donkey show this is a title card I thought I would never have
to read but alas here we are anyone remember that time when Arnold
rode the racing mule crazy you're a mule it's a horse well for those who do you
may remember the fun we had watching Arnold race with the donkey shouting
command after command to give the animal the energy to move forward then we also
hear Oscar yells go glue boy get moving you big crazy ass
I know that ass is a legitimate word for donkey but you know what else is donkey
who knows how long they were waiting for that profanity opportunity but what do
you think did we miss any other hidden Hey Arnold jokes that might have went
over our heads as kids let us know in the comment section below I remember to
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