The Dark Side of Hey Arnold! - Episode 1

hey everyone so first things first i'm sorry i haven't posted a video in a while life has been kind of crazy i've been struggling with the balancing act of this youtube channel along with my job my family my social life and really everything else i'm figuring it out though and planning multiple upcoming videos so that i can pump out content a little more consistently so just bear with me however i do want to take a moment to thank you guys for watching my videos i really appreciate all of your support and for being a part of my journey here on youtube special thanks to everyone who is subscribed to my channel we're getting super close to 35 000 subscribers and again i just want to say thank you and that i appreciate you all now as you can tell by the title and thumbnail this video is going to be about hey arnold for this video i combed through all five seasons of hey arnold to find bits that i wanted to talk about but i ended up with a list that was a lot longer than i expected if i were to make one video about everything i wanted to cover it'd be like an eight hour video and that would definitely be overkill in my opinion but it did give me an idea for a new series on my channel that i wanted to run by all of you guys i'm just gonna go ahead and lay it all out here so i can get some feedback from you guys hopefully down in the comments the series is gonna be called the dark side of and it'll be focused on the adult references and situations in our favorite nostalgic shows that you probably overlooked as a kid specifically the morbid side of things this series will be structured into seasons with season one being focused on hey arnold for approximately like six to eight episodes then once i've covered everything i want to talk about in hey arnold we'll move on to a different show for season two i do however want to stress not like every single video from here on out is going to be part of the series i'll still make other random videos but i was thinking new episodes in this series would drop intermittently between other videos that i make but really this is all based on your guys's feedback if you like the idea of making this a recurring series then i'll continue to make this into a semi-regular thing but it's up to all of you guys so do me a solid and watch this video and if you like what you see and you want more let me know down in the comments below you can also drop a like on this video that helps me gauge interest and with that being said this video will serve as season 1 episode 1 of the dark side of series and i hope you all enjoy it [Music] hey arnold is a show that played a very interesting part in the ecosystem of nicktoons it was just really different overall it was a cartoon about normal kids usually handling situations that weren't too far removed from reality whereas cartoons that came before hey arnold like rocco's modern life ren and stimpy and ah real monsters were centered around a premise that was completely out of the scope of reality hey arnold was really relatable fans would see characters facing situations that would be relatable to real life in one way or another it was a show that didn't need to rely on talking animals to entertain children or hidden sexual innuendos to entertain adults the show would keep the attention of viewers by presenting situations that were not too far from reality often the show would leave viewers wondering what would i do if faced with that situation hey arnold would premiere in october of 1996 and would broadcast until june of 2004 delivering a healthy 100 episodes it's a show that definitely didn't overstay its welcome but by the time it ended it definitely had run its course now of course we all wanted more closure on what happened to arnold's parents and what would happen to arnold in the future but other than that the show would end on a note that felt like most plot lights had been explored as a whole i feel like i could describe hey arnold as a feel-good show the aesthetic was pleasing the characters were relatable and every episode seemed to have a moral or lesson to be learned however behind the layers of positivity hey arnold would often tackle really morbid subjects and situations being a show that focused on situations that weren't too far from reality it left itself the opportunity to showcase the morbid parts of reality and do so in a way that wouldn't usually shock or scar children but as an adult watching you'd realize just how messed up the situation really is at its core much like how rocko's modern life would be full of adult humor and innuendos either hidden away or just in plain sight hey arnold would be full of morbid situations again either really in your face plain as day or sometimes hidden behind some sub context that would take some additional thought to notice more often than not behind each morbid situation would be immoral to the story and an important life lesson to be taught that's why today on our nostalgic walk down memory lane we're looking at the dark side of hey arnold and exploring morbid moments that came with an important moral and a life lesson to learn along the way we're gonna start off with one of my personal all-time favorite episodes season 1 episode 12 cool jerk the episode begins with a bunch of kids at recess playing a game called nuclear ball i've never heard of this game but it seems like a bunch of kids just stand at the wall while one kid throws a ball in an attempt to hit one of them harold throws the ball to hit arnold but arnold ducks and the ball ends up hitting harold right in the nose i hurt my nose let me see that ah you're fine rudolph i am not fine i'm hurt bad and i'm gonna kick arnold's butt harold holds up arnold against the wall in an attempt to beat him up when all of a sudden a motorcycle pulls up being driven by a guy that all of the kids know as frankie g gotta stop for just a second and point out something that i noticed when i was a kid and that would be that frankie g's head is shaped just like a guitar pick moving on frankie threatens to beat the snot out of harold and then him and arnold ride off into the sunset on frankie's motorcycle while the other kids stare awestruck you're okay kid i said you're okay you've got potential you want my pencil all of the kids wait at arnold's house to get the tea on frankie g but arnold just tells him that frankie likes his head and wants to be friends with him the next day we see gerald walking to school with arnold and gerald tells him that there's something suss about frankie and he had a bad feeling about him arnold brushes it off as they walk into school meanwhile frankie shows up to meet arnold you ready to go do some stuff well not right now i mean i'm supposed to go to school yeah good one anyway get on we got more important things to do [Music] well okay frankie basically forces arnold to skip school as the two go out to breakfast go to the arcade shop for car parts and see a movie later on frankie brings arnold to his house and on the way in the landlord gives frankie a hard time about how he's laid on his rent what frankie's here when are you gonna pay me my rent ah come on ms roselli you get it when have i ever let you down ah you're a good boy frankie you're a good get out of here you're a nice lady you're hungry you can come to my house anytime get something to eat come over tonight all right frankie just make sure you bring the rent we then cut to frankie's apartment where things are a little off we meet frankie's weird buddies who are just enamored with the shape of arnold's head and we learn that frankie has an extremely expensive stereo system in his dump of an apartment that he can't afford the rent for the red flags are just kind of starting to pile up here where'd you get all this stuff frankie hey anything you want you can get all you got to do is work hard plan things out and have your priorities in the right order cool they toast to arnold and later on we see arnold getting dropped off at his house by frankie gerald meets arnold at his house and is surprised that arnold skips school and didn't show up to skateboard with him he also tells arnold that he asked his friend fuzzy slippers about frankie g and he said that frankie is bad news and that arnold should stay away from him arnold has never really had an older brother to look up to and hang out with and he finally feels like he's found that in frankie g you're just jealous that's whack man what are you talking you heard me you're just jealous i thought you were cooler than that [Music] arnold storms up to his room where he sits for a few hours and later at night he sneaks out to meet up with frankie it seems that gerald may have gotten through to arnold just a little bit as he starts to question frankie's intentions you're really my friend right of course i'm really your friend arnold and you're really my friend right sure frankie and friends do friends favors right yeah what's the favor get on [Applause] this is the moment where we start to see the real frankie it was really subtle but the tone that frankie takes with arnold and that angry look on his face for just a few seconds there is really telling of things to come frankie and arnold pull up to a store called jean's hi-fi where frankie's friends are waiting outside the group takes arnold to the back of the store and frankie explains that arnold is the only guy with the head the right shape to fit through the window they want to break in so that frankie can steal a new tweeter for his stereo system you needed me to help you steal a tweeter look arnold you want to be cool right sometimes if you want to be cool you gotta bend the rules a little i thought we were friends well we'll be better friends when you get through that window hey you're not listening to me hey what are you doing leave me alone no let go of me i won't do it yeah watch this [Applause] frankie literally forces arnold's head through the window but just then we hear police sirens go off as frankie and his friends make a run for it so long sucker later days triangle face we then learned that it actually isn't the cops coming but it's really just gerald who showed up to save the day he used a little hand crank siren box that he found in his attic and he followed arnold there since he knew frankie and his goons would be up to no good arnold comes to realize just how not smart it was to trust frankie and how lucky he is to have gerald as a friend looking out for him if i ever do anything like that again drop a piano on my head you got it man now who did you say was the coolest you know you're a bold kid gerald that's my line [Music] now there are a few different morals and life lessons to be taken from this episode the biggest one that jumps out to me is to never forget who your real friends are arnold was so caught up in the idea of being in with someone cool like frankie that he was willing to believe anything frankie told him and even ended up not trusting gerald as a result who literally has been his best friend with arnold since they worked little kind of on that same note you should never give up on your friends when arnold accused gerald of being jealous if gerald was a spiteful jerk he could have just told arnold to f off and let him get into trouble with zero [ __ ] given however gerald isn't like that gerald is a ride-or-die friend who would always be there for arnold instead of taking the road of not caring and letting arnold get into trouble gerald stayed close and was there for arnold when arnold needed him most and if that isn't a true friend then i don't know what is another lesson to be learned from this episode is that you need to be perceptive of red flags when they start piling up when arnold first met frankie g he was really open about how much he liked arnold's head kind of weird but okay then when arnold met frankie's friends they all commented about how much they like arnold's head that was kind of a red flag also when arnold saw the landlord was asking frankie about the rent that he's behind on then arnold proceeded to see how many nice pieces of stereo equipment frankie had that was another huge red flag like this guy can afford a nice stereo equipment but lives in a dump that he can't even pay for like not to seem classist or judge where frankie lives but in combination with the obsession over arnold's head plus the obvious red flag that this is a fully grown man hanging out with a little kid to give arnold the benefit of the doubt though smart as he is he is still just a child furthermore he was blinded by how cool he thinks frankie g is when you look up to someone like that you're willing to see the best in them which could lead you to overlooking any obvious red flags ultimately what it really comes down to as morbid as it sounds is that frankie took arnold under his wing took him out to eat took him to an arcade and a movie and showed him a good time in an attempt to groom arnold into breaking into this building let's just all be thankful that arnold knows right from wrong and that he did the right thing by refusing to be used by frankie and his goons moving on from there we're going to check out season 1 episode 9 mugged not gonna lie this episode always gets me all up in my feelings it genuinely used to make me feel so sad when i watched it as a kid the episode begins with arnold getting off the bus and walking down the street at sundown while listening to music on his old school tape player and over-the-ear headphones when some creepy yellow-eyed dude shows up out of nowhere and grabs arnold throwing him into a nearby alley and a bus pass you're holding out on me kid hey leave me alone you creep and work on that attitude of yours next time punk or you'll get worse this scene drives me absolutely nuts for a multitude of reasons first of all where do you get off snatching people off the streets and mugging them in the alley [ __ ] you buddy secondly how are you gonna mug a nine-year-old kid and get mad when he only has change and a bus pass and tell him he's holding out on you what do you expect a nine-year-old to be packing a stack of 20s and maybe a credit card this dude is straight up [ __ ] dumb so some punk kid jumped you hey how big was this monk big big monk big big huh oh shimmer down you hot-headed loony all a boy needs to do is take one of them self-defense classes learn himself some of that haiku i don't know how learning haikus is gonna help arnold but okay grandpa i get you arnold's grandma checks him out and offers to make him some tea and put him to bed but arnold declines as he heads off into the kitchen to make himself some hot chocolate instead the next morning arnold wakes up and walks downstairs your self-defense training begins today self-defense training what do you know about the martial arts grandma what didn't i ever tell you of my years in the convent in shanghai yeah how was that before or after tibet anyway your training starts today wow at some point assuming overnight grandma had a room in the boarding house renovated into a dojo and she begins arnold's self-defense training [Music] b is the frog in the pond he does not seek the fly the fly comes to him now try to snatch the fly out of my hand when you can snatch the fly out of my hand your training will be complete we see a nice montage of arnold training with his grandparents grandma doing the teaching and poor grandpa taking a brunt of the beating [Music] [Applause] finally after the montage is done arnold successfully snatches the fly from grandma's hand and his training is complete he puts on a nice performance for the neighborhood folks breaking a board breaking a cinder block and kicking a can off of harold's head later on arnold and gerald are walking down the alley when they spot eugene and brainy getting mugged by some other kids what's in the bag macaroons and malamars mister wrong the answer brush head you can do better than that again what do these people expect some nine-year-olds to be carrying cash and valuables down a secluded alleyway at dusk and the way eugene tells him what's in the bag and the dude says wrong answer brush head like what does he expect eugene to cast presta digitation and make it look like there's some gold coins in the bag or something eugene told you what's in the bag how are you gonna tell him that's the wrong answer that you wrinkled nut sack thankfully arnold uses his newly found martial arts prowess to break all of their toothpicks and scare the piss out of these kids man those hands and feet are like the weapons yeah when i run into that creep who stole my bus pass i'm gonna get it back hey wait a minute now that's some dark foreshadowing huh arnold ends up on a crash course to destruction gerald ends up creepily spying on arnold and sees him in the basement shit-talking himself in the mirror you talking to me you talking to me no i didn't say anything there's nobody else here you talking to me you talking to me later at school arnold walks down the hallway just being an absolute [ __ ] he pushes eugene into a locker and scares the piss out of some kid just for crossing paths with him even helga's taken back by his behavior gerald ends up telling arnold that he's worried about him and that he's changed arnold says not to worry about him and we get more ominous foreshadowing as arnold says what could happen well here you go [Music] i was just trying to ask you where's the bus stop [Music] this is the scene that always gets me this guy just wanted to know where the bus stop was and arnold just absolutely humiliates him in front of everyone everyone confronts arnold and things turn dark arnold turns around and runs away in a state of mental despair as he pictures everyone yelling at him and he imagines everyone turning into his closest friends and family members as they scold him arnold runs to a dead end and this happens [Music] this symbolizes a big moment of realization for arnold what we are seeing here is the physical embodiment of arnold realizing that he is becoming the bully that he feared in the first place the realization that he tried so hard to be prepared to face his fears that he became exactly what he feared in the process arnold ends up getting on the bus and waiting for him on the bus is none other than his grandma it's over grandma i'm giving up getting what up this bruce lee karate lifestyle i've been cultivating it's all a big power trip well how so i was just using it to show off then i went too far made a big mistake arnold realizes that the whole waiting for the fly to come to you is an analogy for how he shouldn't go looking for trouble he just needs to be prepared to defend himself when trouble finds him just like that almost like a twist of fate when arnold comes to that realization the fly comes right to him grandma it's the kid who stole my bus pass chill my son go with the flow hey 24 eyes i like the purple hair give me your purse granny inhabit it's just a purse you know hey i know you you're the punk with the bus pass here it is punk you want it try and take it arnold snatches the bus pass back from the bully which for some reason makes him fear for his life and run off the bus screaming for dear life you want the bus pass take it and the 65 cents yeah yeah with interest and here's your purse ma'am of course sometimes when your own personal space is violated there are occasions to use the training i can't help but think that if this was real life that there would have actually been a physical altercation on that bus but thankfully this isn't real life it's just a children's cartoon arnold and his grandma make it home and the episode ends on a positive note as they head inside together for some tea and hot chocolate where do i even begin with the moral of the story here without sounding redundant the obvious moral is the entire fly analogy you should never go searching for trouble or confrontation just because you're prepared for it if you go around causing confrontations you're just gonna make yourself look like a jerk also mugging people is obviously wrong and after someone goes through being violently mugged they can end up living with the trauma that comes with it for a long time this is shown in the scene where arnold is in the alley and you see his shadow turn into the bully and he runs around hearing everyone sculding him that entire sequence is a representation of arnold's response to the trauma that he's been through and realizing that he himself has potentially caused someone else to endure a similar trauma that he has this next episode is one that i've been dying to talk about for a while now season 4 episode 4 oscar can't read this episode begins with everyone at the table eating dinner and remarking on how annoying it is that oscar moans while he eats ernie asks oscar to pass the salt but oscar passes him the pepper instead blaming the mistake on how tired he is the next day this happens oh great it's my new x-ray glasses so i can see through people's clothes please sign your name on line one [Music] would you spell that for me no i i'm busy it's written right there [Music] at this point we can tell that arnold is starting to connect the dots with the fact that oscar can't read later we see oscar in the bathroom struggling to open what looks like a pill bottle arnold could you help me with this container i have a terrible headache but mr kakoshka that's not aspirin of course it is it says it right here it says tablets for scum-free fishbowl water see oh right right i i knew that oscar finally admits that he doesn't know how to read and that he doesn't want to learn i didn't need to read to become the successful man i am today but you're a paperboy what's your point arnold tells him that it's not too late to learn so that he doesn't have to keep pretending that he can read but oscar claims that learning to read doesn't matter to him he makes arnold promise that he won't tell anyone there's no reason for anybody else to know that oscar can't read oscar can't read it's unbelievable says i can't read you did just now kakoska you're probably just too dumb to learn ernie and mr winn end up betting money that oscar can't learn how to read by the end of the month oscar who is very money motivated takes them up on the bed and asks arnold to help him learn how to read however it doesn't go quite as arnold had planned e f g h i c k and 2 b i'm breathing huh jelly bean violin [Music] arnold gives oscar some beginner reading worksheets to help him learn but oscar just ends up conning his wife suzy into doing them for him and he takes credit for all the work arnold ends up impressed by the worksheets being done perfectly and oscar tells arnold that he's done learning and that he's gonna read ernie and mr win the first page of a tale of two cities to prove that he can read i need someone to read me the first page of this book again and again until i can memorize it what's in it for me it was the best of times it was the worst of times it was the best of times it was the worst of times this scene is just despicable oscar literally bribes chocolate boy who has a severe addiction to chocolate but that's a story for another date to read the first page to him over and over again so he can memorize it and win the bet the next date we see oscar reading the front page to everyone in the boarding house and they're all impressed by his newfound ability to read oscar i'm so proud of you well now i've seen everything yeah before we start exchanging money if you don't mind kakoshka and i hope this isn't in the position or anything let me hear you read it one more time oh yeah no problem it was the best of times it was the worst i thought so you can't read at all what are you talking about i switched the books you bum when ernie switches the books everyone realizes that oscar was lying the entire time and that he actually doesn't know how to read and was just trying to con them all everyone is super disappointed in oscar you were cheating the whole time weren't you you just did it for the money they'll never learn the man is a loser those words stick with oscar as he goes off walking through the city a kid asks him to help read directions on a map but oscar is absolutely no help he then proceeds to walk through the city as we see all the letters on the signs look like strange unreadable markings finally oscar comes home and knocks on arnold's door in the middle of the night begging arnold to teach him how to read i want to read mr kakasha you said that before but you didn't mean it that was before now i want to read this time oscar actually tries and he stays up late working and even goes to the library to read some books while arnold is at school he struggles to read the books in the adult section but ends up overhearing a librarian reading in the children's section kitty kitty kitty do you want to pet the kitty yes i want to pet the kitty pet pet pet look everybody i'm petting the kitty that's very good reading oscar after arnold is certain that oscar has learned he gives him the final test he takes oscar all the way to the other side of town with a map and written instructions on how to get home an oscar has to read his way all the way back to the boarding house oscar starts making his way home meanwhile ernie is back at the boarding house talking smack about him saying that he will never learn how to read back to oscar though he's following the directions and actually doing a great job however he ends up having to take the subway and he accidentally goes the wrong direction due to someone blocking the signs oscar ends up in a dark and creepy part of town completely lost and feeling defeated hello what are you doing here are you lost like me kitty kitty kitty the kitty is so soft and pretty do you want to bet the kitty yes i want to pet the kitty just like the book i can read just like the book i can read having realized that he can read pet the kitty he gains the confidence to read the street signs and find his way home back at the boarding house it's right about 2 am and oscar's wife is worried sick but they look out the window to find oscar walking up holding the kitty that kept him company while he was lost everyone goes out to greet him and they are all impressed even ernie and mr win who doubted him see the pretty kitty petty pretty kitty see petty kitty shut up with the pretty petty kitty i'm gonna make you eat the kitty i'm trying to sleep kitty kitty now there's actually quite a few layers we can peel back here and dissect first of all the fact that a fully grown man could be completely illiterate is pretty [ __ ] however we need to keep in mind that according to the deep lore of hey arnold oscar kakoshka is actually an immigrant from czechoslovakia the show's creator craig bartlett even confirmed that in an interview in 1998 now put yourself in his shoes we can assume that he was born and raised in czechoslovakia and was probably completely fluent and literate in his native dialect now imagine moving from your home country to a different country and having to learn how to communicate in a completely different language the task of learning how to read and write in that new language is definitely a massive undertaking and is gonna seem overwhelming now granted we don't know how long oscar has lived in america but you have to empathize with how hard it is to learn a completely new language especially at the age that he's at also if you're familiar with hey arnold lore you would know that oscar was unemployed for a good chunk of the show which could be explained by his illiteracy it definitely would be hard to lock down a job when you can't even read the job listings to begin with now with all of that in mind we need to peek back at the moral of the story here of course a big one being that you can teach an old dog new tricks oscar may be a fully grown adult that is illiterate in the english language however it wasn't too late for him to learn furthermore one can't help but be inspired by oscar's drive to learn at the end sure it took him being a snake to get there but when oscar came to the realization that he does want to read he put his mind to it and proved everyone that he could learn as far as ernie and mr winn go we can learn that teasing someone and putting someone down due to something they can't do is extremely counterproductive to their growth as an individual granted it is a children's cartoon and it's a lot more entertaining to have them as antagonists in the situation that's just something that you don't do in real life also it's a great example of how you should never give up on your goals things got hard for oscar he was stranded alone in a strange part of town completely lost but he didn't give up and he proved to everyone that he could learn how to read next we're gonna look at an episode that gets pretty [ __ ] morbid we're talking about season 3 episode 6 curly snaps the episode begins with recess ending at ps118 arnold who's the ball monitor of the week is gathering up balls while curly stops to talk to him about the perks of being ball monitor it's pretty good being ball monitor isn't it i mean you get respect as ball monitor right i guess so curly gets to be ball monitor next week and he is clearly looking forward to it we see curly waking up in the morning and he has ball monitor written on his calendar he goes to the mirror as he combs his hair and we get a look at the kind of experience he's fabricated in his mind a real bumpy bump that curly is one rail bone vivant i'll hold the door open for my fellow students i'll let people answer questions in class i could have easily answered wait i know i know i actually know i'll even let people cut in front of me you know curly's alright then the day finally comes and when curly is waiting for the announcement of him being ball monitor mr simmons announces that sid is ball monitor instead this week's ball monitor is set okay but today is my day i'm the one it's me curly is something wrong yes i'm this week's ball monitor i'm the ball monitor i am me actually curly sid is our ball monitor this week i have it on my chart back in the classroom don't worry your turn will come hey you too that pain is toxic please don't eat it curly's demeanor completely changes he seems to be completely dissociating and not responding to anything that's happening around him while he sits at lunch by himself he's acting a little strange today today he's strange every day [Music] later on while everyone is going to class curly sneaks off to the gym equipment locker and takes the balls out principal warts walks by and almost bumps into oh oh curly son i almost had a defender there ball monitor this week are you excellent lots of responsibility [Music] principal warts tries to get curly to come out but curly refuses he completely snaps and starts throwing balls at principal warts through the little window above the door we cut to later on and the day has turned dark gloomy and i heard stormy gone and hold himself up in principal ward's office with the bag of balls my bag of balls and now he won't come out all of curly's classmates have gathered around in the halls as principal warts tries to coax curly out of his office just when he thinks curly's about to come out we see that curly has gone full-blown rambo as he comes through the top of the window again this time throwing balls at innocent bystanders everyone scatters and runs in fear while some go around to spread the word it's finally happened when our demented curly has gone over the edge truly snapped how terrible terribly sad there's a grand brouhaha outside principal what's his office let's go everyone gathers back around the office as principal warts tries to get through to curly again young man young man his name's curly mr principal warts oh thank you carly thaddeus my name is fattiest curly gamma fork to you warts well mr gamblethorpe let's talk like civilized human beings what is the problem here i'll tell you what the problem is in mr simmons overhears curly talking over the loudspeaker and we see him stand up and run out of the classroom saying that he hopes it isn't too late he gets up to the door and tries to reason with curly we all respect you and think you're special now why don't you open the door and save your new ageisms for the saps granola boy ow i'll handle this simmons this boy is obviously disturbed i'm gonna ram the door grab a kid get him in a headlock please principal warts he needs sensitivity now more than ever mr simmons tries to take the sensitive approach to help curly which gives curly the opportunity to air the bulk of his grievances 118 and everyone walked in past me just assuming i was the doorman well he was just standing there so i went in then later in class harold answered the bonus question that i was about to answer harold stole the question from me another injustice no fair he let me answer that question you let harold answer that question after curly shares his struggles with everyone he starts making his demands he wants two yahoo sodas and a meatball sub hand delivered by the one person he thinks he can trust arnold as arnold prepares to go in principal warts devises a plan to rush in after arnold opens the door and tackle curly but arnold and mr simmons argue saying that they need to try to talk him down instead i've got the yahoo and the meatball sub open the door and i'll give them to you you think i'm an idiot you've probably got some plan oh curly i've just got the meatball sub open the door okay but first everyone back away get back move it people you wouldn't double cross me would you look really okay arnold come in [Music] now we've got ourselves a hostage situation arnold and curly talk it out and they decide to bring mr simmons in to discuss the ball monitor issue mr simmons goes through the schedule and realizes that he made a mistake and that this is supposed to be curly's ball monitor week curly demands that they bring sid into the discussion to work something out sid tries to work it out with curly offering to let curly take the rest of this week and monday of next week but curly denies and in the end they decide that sid will finish off this week and curly will take ball monitor next week curly i'm proud of you for coming to this very reasonable agreement let's go back to class shall we everyone leaves the office and mr simmons announces that they solved the situation peacefully everyone cheers to a positive resolution i think we all learned a valuable lesson here today yup don't ever trust the quiet ones they'll go bonkers and haul up in the principal's office as mr simmons's class goes back to the classroom to finish their day of learning curly is dragged away by principal wartz as he gets sentenced to a week's worth of detention all right son come with me hey where are you taking me i thought we worked it all out remember [Music] i'll give you a sensitivity i'll give you a week's worth of sensitivity every day after school [Music] [Applause] [Music] i feel like this is a really hard one to dissect in a conscientious manner let's just straight up address the elephant in the room this episode is obviously a metaphor for school shooter incidents as messed up as that may seem we need to keep in mind that when this episode originally aired school shootings were a lot less common than they are now it was still a sensitive topic of course but it's not like it was happening as frequently as it is nowadays the biggest moral of the story in my opinion is how important it is to communicate if curly had talked with mr simmons about the ball monitor schedule from the start this whole situation could have been potentially avoided when mr simmons announced sid his ball monitor curly had tried to bring it up but when he was brushed off he straight up snapped on one hand if curly had been persistent he could have explained to mr simmons that he's been watching the ball monitor schedule like a hawk and that he knew for a fact that it's his turn which could have in turn had mr simmons rechecking the schedule on the other side of the coin though for mr simmons to be so dismissive about it in the first place was a huge part of the problem curly tried to bring it up to him but mr simmons just shot him down and moved on to his next issue it's a tough one to call and i'm clearly reading too much into the situation but in a way they're both at fault for not communicating effectively however mr simmons is a little more at fault given that he is the adult in the situation and he's also a big proponent for sharing your feelings and talking out any issue that you have additionally this episode is also a good reminder to take your mental health seriously if you are ever having dark thoughts and feeling like you have no other choice but to act on these dark thoughts please reach out for help be it a close friend a counselor a teacher your pastor if you go to church or even anonymous help available online reaching out for help and someone to talk to is always better than bottling up your feelings until you reach your breaking point help and resources are available next we're gonna expand a little further on mr simmons while we check out season two episode 1 new teacher the episode begins with principal wartz telling arnold's class that their teacher miss lovak has retired from teaching and is pursuing her dream of becoming a professional golfer then he introduces the class's new teacher mr simmons i bet you all have your own individual way of saying hello when i say hello class everyone respond in your own individual way hello class well that's one way to respond by not responding mr simmons starts by making the kids move their desks into the shape of a circle while they all do a communications exercise mr simmons breaks out the crown of truth and makes each kid take a turn wearing it while they say something that they like about the person sitting across from them which all the kids think is ridiculous and makes them hate mr simmons move our desks into a circle we're at truth ground what is it some kind of wacky coat we have to get this guy all the usual tricks all the usual tricks okay drop pencil at 11 30. switch names random coffee curly you fake buying elements got it stinky you pretend not to understanding everyone know the drill absolutely for me all right let's get it after recess the shenanigans start the kids coordinate practical jokes starting with all dropping their pencils at the exact same time harold yes now have you two switch names in order to confuse me slow down i'm confused oh no no i'm glad to see the tradition of messing with a new teacher's head is alive and well okay i'm not going to get upset by all this coughing because that's who i am and i accept that you all have to do your coughing prank because that's who you are mr simmons tries his best to validate their hazing and all the kids feelings and he tries to move on so that they can continue where the class left off in their poetry lesson the palm is called they were delicious i have eaten the tomatoes that were on the windowsill were you saving them for a special occasion i apologize they were delicious and so juicy and so red it's not a poem it's just a long sentence mr simmons goes on to read poetry to the class and tries to direct them to take out a piece of paper and write their own poems but they absolutely dismiss him telling him that his touchy-feely teaching method is [Music] all of that bogus i have my favorite sandwich turkey tomato and watercress to look forward to where's my line has anyone seen the brown bag that was this is a human [Music] you're broken you could have asked for some sandwich i would have given you a hat mr simmons says if they continue to act like a mob of wild animals that he might just leave so helga literally shouts let's all continue to act like a mob of wild animals and they all aggressively sprint out of the classroom well we didn't we won't be seeing that granola boy simmons in these parts ever again we broke that teacher like he was an old hickory stick yeah and tomorrow we'll get another set kids keep calling mr simmons granola boy and i've come to the conclusion that granola boy is basically the 90s equivalent of calling someone a soy boy the next day principal warts comes in to announce the class's new teacher lieutenant major goose mr goose gets right into ruling the class with an iron fist [Music] who deployed that pencil it was a calculated act what is your name curly your hair's not girly boy what's your real name thaddeus girlie go stand in that corner face and then work mr goose teaches the class in a strict and militaristic style which makes the kids hate him even more than they hated mr simmons we see all the kids gathered around the monkey bars again discussing what they're gonna do about mr goose i wish we could get mr simmons back oh please mr simmons that touchy feeling geek at least he listened to us when he spoke he's innovative responsive and bright he taught us to ask why now that's an innovative brand of education yeah if only you guys hadn't been so mean to him you ate his sandwich and broke his spirit you [ __ ] the kids collectively decide to go to mr simmons's house and try to convince him to come back to teaching them when their initial attempt doesn't work the kids decide to get creative they convince him to come outside in the yard with them while they show him that they can learn and that they aren't uncivilized animals gerald recites a free form poem for mr simmons stinky puts on his truth crown to tell mr simmons what he likes about him and harold even made mr simmons a replacement sandwich the kids end up touching mr simmons's heart and he forgives them as he agrees to come back to be their teacher i want to come back and be your teacher wait a minute chuckleheads we have one very big obstacle lieutenant major goose well we'll just have to deploy a strategic strike of our own the next day the kids decide to break down lieutenant goose by using techniques they learned from mr simmons's teaching style why do you have to yell all the time why are your shoes always so shine why aren't you still in the army did you go awol or something sit down why did you decide to be a teacher why don't you ever ask us what we think enough questions why don't you treat us like individuals why your pants aren't so nicely why don't you teach us anything why do fools fall in love stop these questions mr goose breaks down pretty easily after all of the questions as we see him on his knees just losing his mind i have to stop for a second here and point out helga's face in this scene like what the [ __ ] she looks so weird principal warts walks in and mr goose asks him if he can be relieved of his duties sir may i be leaving my duties here sir does this mean you're quitting sir yes sir what am i going to do now uh prince of awards you don't have to look for another teacher you found the right one hello class [Music] [Applause] the whole class cheers when mr simmons walks in and they feel thankful to have him back he decides to cancel their scheduled math quiz that lieutenant goose had planned for them we're going to have some unscheduled learning and what better way than to take a hike and have an outdoor picnic what do you say yeah [Music] i just gotta point out that this would not fly at all in this day and age field trips are this whole big deal where it's planned far in advance and every student has to have a signed permission slip from their parents a teacher can't just on the fly decide that they're taking the kids on a nature hike in this day and age as for the moral of the story i'd say that it's to not take people for granted the kids got mr simmons as a new teacher and he wanted nothing but the best for them and to expose them to a new way of teaching and learning however instead of appreciating him and being open-minded to his new way of teaching they decided to bully him until he literally wanted to quit his job then they pretty quickly realized that they were lucky to have a compassionate and understanding teacher like mr simmons and that there are far worse options out there for who could be teaching their class another bit of learning we can take from this episode is that a bullying is wrong and b anyone can be bullied it doesn't matter if you're younger older a teacher or a drill instructor bullying is not okay and it shouldn't be tolerated or embraced it's also important to be mindful of other people and what they might be going through in this instance mr simmons is in a new environment a new school with a new group of students i don't know about you but if i was him i'd be incredibly nervous to have to jump into a new situation like that and instead of embracing him and helping him acclimate the kids all bullied him this episode really made me feel for mr simmons and i wanted to kick harold right in the nuts when he ate mr simmons's sandwich now we're gonna take a look at season 3 episode 8 sid's revenge the episode begins at lunch at ps118 as principal warts is going through the line to get some food he ends up slipping on something that's on the ground and he falls getting pudding all over his head it seems to be a patch of rubber or vomit what delinquent boy or girl is responsible for this heinous act you're there with the uh go-go boots from the center sid gets blamed for the vomit even though he didn't do it principal ward says that this type of harmless practical joking is a very serious matter and that he's giving sid a week of detention this is your synthetic vomit is it not no it isn't i didn't do it don't you try and weasel your way out of this young man arnold suggests that since sid is innocent he should talk to principal warts and explain his innocence sid pleads his case to principal warts but he isn't hearing any of it and sid still ends up in detention sid vows that he will get back at principal warts once and for all overworked unappreciated experience the sweet taste of revenge mark my words i'll have my revenge if it takes superstitious revenge-minded villagers used revenge dolls to put curses on those who treated them unfairly or unjustly these revenge dolls were crafted to look exactly like the unfair or unjust person and were carved from a simple household bar of soap sid carves a remarkably lifelike principal warts face into his bar of soap and he claims that principal warts is gonna pay when sid goes to school the next day he hears the nurse talking to another staff member about how principal warts is in the hospital sid fears that it's his fault and he rushes straight to the hospital to find principal warts he comes upon a man in a full body cast thinking that it's principle warts can you hear me it's me sid from school oh i'm sorry gosh are you okay no of course you're not okay oh this is terrible look what i've done to you sir i promise i'll never ever move the revenge on your likeness ever again like maybe i could scrub the cafeteria every day at recess or you know i could even come in for several attention would you like that sir let me know oh good water boy was i thirsty just then the doctor comes in saying that it's time for mr ricardo's pain medicine which makes sid realize that that isn't principal warts in that full body cast principle warts house why yes that's usually the case now if you'll excuse me it can't be true this can't be happening sid goes home guilty as all hell completely convinced that he's responsible for principal wart's dying later at school sid pulls arnold into a closet and confides in him with dark circles under his eyes and in a frantic state he tells arnold about the doll that he made and how he thinks that his curse killed principal warts arnold tells him that he's being ridiculous and takes him out to principal wartz's office see they're already taking his name off the door look sid this doesn't mean a thing let's not jump to conclusions no arnold don't you see principal warts has bit the big one get a hold of yourself what do you say we go outside and get a little fresh air then maybe we can talk about this thing rationally okay little rational but remember i killed prince of awards seed arnold he ain't gonna need this space no more arnold refuses to believe that principal warts is dead so they go to principal wartz's house to see if he's still there they knock on the door and are greeted by a man crying his eyes out yes can i help you hi we're here to see principal ward i'm sorry children but that would be quite impossible you see he's under the big tree in the backyard and well he cannot be disturbed you see arnold he's under the tree yes indeed in his little dirt plot this seems to confirm sid's suspicions but just to be sure they decide to get a peek over the back fence where they see a pile of dirt with some flowers placed on it fully convinced that he is guilty of literal murder sid and arnold go to the police station so that sid can turn himself in officer i'm here to turn myself in seems i unintentionally killed my school principal with the mystical hours of this doll like our veto ah just one moment please hey patty get a load of this kid says he killed his school principal with a doll carved out of soap they leave the police station and as they're walking past an ice cream shop sid sees an ad for pistachio which is principal warts favorite flavor arnold gets fed up and he takes the voodoo soap doll from sid and throws it on the ground and stomps on it just then we see principal warts come out of the ice cream shop looking just fine other than a band-aid on his nose arnold you're a genius man you destroyed the soap doll that i viciously carved to look like principal works and he instantly came back to life sid that had nothing to do with it he was never dead in the first place principal wurtz tells sid that he found out that the fake vomit that he slipped on was actually left behind by the drama teacher and is actually a prop however sid will still have detention for making a voodoo doll of him what does that works think he is giving me a week's detention i'm telling you there's gotta be some way i can get back at that guy maybe i'll loosen the bolts on his office chair or i could empty a box of axe in the shoes or the old spit wide in the morning coffee this episode was kind of a wild ride the big moral of the story is to be careful of what you wish for because it might come true sid in the height of his anger at principal warts decided to make a voodoo doll in an effort to straight up curse him but when he thought it actually worked it drove sid to the brink of insanity and he was really distraught over the idea of principal warts dying at the hands of his curse additionally this is another great textbook example of how key communication is sid tried explaining to principal wartz that he wasn't the one who did it and principal wartz just immediately dismissed it and refused to listen i'm noticing that this is a common theme with the staff at ps118 they just don't like listening to their students up next we're looking at an episode that i've talked about in a video previously but i really feel the need to bring it up again since this series is its own standalone thing to be viewed separately from my other videos we're looking at season 1 episode 15 pigeon man the episode begins with arnold on the roof of the boarding house while he's training his carrier pigeons lester fester and chester chester seems to be acting a bit out of character hey jester what's the matter you haven't eaten all your dinner yeah let's not be hungry do you remember where joe lives do you remember who gerald is good apply this to gerald okay [Music] take your time chester pace yourself hmm maybe i should have sent fester arnold ends up sending chester with a note to deliver to gerald later on arnold comes downstairs to meet his friends for some baseball but gerald isn't there because either he didn't get the note from chester or it just showed up extremely late a few minutes later gerald shows up saying that chester doesn't look so good we then see chester fall from the sky as arnold makes a leap of faith to catch him thankfully arnold catches chester as he plummets to the ground i think i'm gonna have to take him to the vet or something well why didn't you just take him to the pigeon man pigeon man sid are you crazy that pigeon guy's nuts i've never heard he's a pigeon man who's he gerald gives us some context and tells us the story of the pigeon man he tells of a building in the pet shop district that caught fire in 1969 and is now vacant after the fire pigeon started gathering by the thousands upon its charred roof no one knew why until one day someone saw a dark figure moving among the avian multitudes he explains that alone on the roof lives a creature that's half man and half bird some say he was hatched from an egg that was left by aliens and has a beak and a tail some say that he survived by eating leaves sticks and worms some say he's a guy in chicken soup a lonely deranged man wanting only birds for company who knows to this very day flocks of pigeons still gather at that roof the kids seem to think that pigeon man is a crazy psychopathic freak and though the kids say he shouldn't arnold decides to go to pigeon man for help with chester arnold arrives at the old abandoned building and ascends the rickety stairs he reaches the roof where he finds pigeon man all by himself mr pigeon man sir hi i'm arnold i thought maybe you [Music] this is chess dry bird he's pretty sick he won't eat can hardly fly so what do you think pigeon man takes chester and only says three words to arnold come back tomorrow arnold tells his friends about it but they're all jerks about it and talk bad about pigeon man arnold dismisses them and he comes back to the rooftop the next day to see chester how's chester doing he looks great how'd you do it time patience and the right berries thanks for curing him yeah berries for chester he should take three every four hours i want to see him in a week to make sure he's recovered pigeon man explains that he's spent a lot of time with birds and that he trusts them and they trust him pigeon man says he's seen arnold and his friends around the neighborhood and they realize that they actually have a lot in common you grew up around here i went to ps 118. i go to 118. is miss slovak still there she's my teacher now we learned that in miss lovack's class pigeon man did a report on birds and he became fascinated with them but all of his friends thought that he was weird so they stopped talking to him this led to pigeon man who we learn is actually named vincent feeling like he couldn't trust people don't you ever miss the outside world like movies and tv and pizza pizza oh pizza arnold and pigeon man end up going out for pizza together meanwhile his friends are across the street watching through the window harold suggests that they go to pigeon man's roof and mess with all of his stuff since he isn't there they go to his rooftop and act like absolute douche bags [Music] [Music] they end up getting chased by pigeons and completely destroying pigeon man's rooftop domicile arnold and pigeon man get back from getting pizza and pigeon man is thanking arnold for showing him a good time when they remember that arnold needs to pick up chester they go upstairs to find what harold and the other kids have done what this is awful who did this people arnold we can rebuild the cages and sweep up your birds will come back of course they'll come back they're birds i trust them i understand them it's people i don't understand pigeon man says that it's time for him to leave here and that some people are meant to be around others and some people are just different none of this would have happened if i hadn't arnold don't be sad you've taught me that some people can be trusted and i'll never forget that where will you go somewhere i can live in peace with my friends pigeon man says that he has a mission to help pigeons everywhere wherever there's a bird need a seed i'll be there wherever there's a helpless flock suffering some abuse i'll be there wherever there's a pigeon with a weak wing or a broken beak i'll be there he says he just hopes that there's another arnold where he goes next next thing you know pigeon man is surrounded by pigeons as they pull strings that are attached to his overcoat and they carry him off into the sunset which is where this episode ends a lot of people think that the ending of this episode is a metaphor for death particularly committing suicide which i can definitely see the overall tone of his conversation with arnold combined with how he flies off into the sunset seems to kind of hint in that direction however there are a few really good morals to this story first of all you should never hate what you don't understand all the kids excluding arnold talk bad about pigeon man because they don't understand him it's the fear of the unknown and their willingness to take rumors to heart that lead to them hating him even though they don't know anything about him other than the fact that he lives on the roof and likes pigeons the hatred these kids feel for pigeon man leads to a group of them literally destroying his home it made him feel so hated and unwanted that he literally flew off into the sunset to go live his life elsewhere these kids literally drove him to the point of leaving everything he had behind and moving somewhere else to start from scratch there's also an important life lesson in this episode about trusting your fellow man pigeon man spent a majority of his life in seclusion due to his mistrust from mankind in general which you can't blame him for based on everything he's been through but arnold showed him that not everyone is malicious and that there's still some good people in the world next up we're going to go back to that o.g hey arnold and check out season 1 episode 2 field trip the episode begins with all of the kids in arnold's class on a field trip to the aquarium the last time arnold's class went to the aquarium was in first grade and arnold was sick with chickenpox so he couldn't go since arnold has never been to the aquarium before he doesn't know what to expect meanwhile all of his friends are talking about all the cool different fish and animals that are there [Music] [Applause] they arrive and everyone gets off the bus super excited to see the aquarium i gotta say the whale-shaped building is awesome and i wish that this place was real i'd love to check it out the kids all go in and the security guard goes over the rules with them no video cameras no photography no sushi shops no smoking arnold asks gerald about lockjaw and everyone talks about how badass lockjaw is and how he can swallow a kid whole and spit out the bones [Music] no guns no knives no plastic explosives and most of all no skateboards everyone talks of lockjaw so much that arnold is expecting a massive shark at some kind of crazy huge fish but when lokja finally comes to the surface he isn't quite what arnold had expected the ancient reptile whose ancestors date back over 150 million years the mighty [Applause] [Music] [Applause] arnold is disappointed when harold throws a smoothie at lockjaw and he decides to go down to the lower part of lockjaw sanctuary while his friends stay up there laughing at him hey lockjaw [Music] hey man [Music] poor arnold is upset by the conditions that lockjaw lives in and he can't get it off of his mind everything keeps reminding him of lockjaw grandpa's turtleneck sweater his carpet the clouds arnold's grandma shows up and he talks to her about how he's feeling let me ask you something grandma how would you feel if you were living in the ocean and some scientists captured you and put you in a tank what no sir they'll never catch me never calm down grandma it's a hypothetical question oh well why didn't you say so he tells her all about lockjaw and how he's old locked up in a sanctuary and kids are throwing stuff at him and he's old yeah and sad and dirty and his tank's too small and he's old yeah and he's fine this is an outbreak and then he's treating a wise old creature like he's some sort of common criminal i think they do come on there's not a moment to lose but i said come on grandma and arnold dress up in sweaters and beanies as they race off to the aquarium to break lockjaw free take this number nine it's our gear grandma do you have a driver's license arnold is afraid of getting in trouble because they're trespassing but grandma gives no [ __ ] and is ready to break in and steal a tortoise grandma proceeds to sneak around like a secret agent while arnold walks playing his day through the aquarium and up to lockjaw's pen they decide to start by giving lockjaw a bath and cleaning off all the graffiti from his shell be careful don't get too close to his mouth grandma these darn sleeves are too long lockjaw is way too heavy for them to lift so arnold ends up grabbing a skateboard from the skateboard closet and they try to roll lockjaw out as they're rolling him out we see this happen hey let's go big shot come on jaws bite me that is just [ __ ] i'm just gonna assume that this guy is straight up dead well deserved though for teasing the shark arnold and grandpa load lockjaw to the car and they roll him off to the edge of a nearby dock and into the water where he can finally be free hey grandma yes number nine you're the best so are you arnold now come on all this exercise gives me a hankering for some turtle soup i gotta say first and foremost that i'm pretty sure lockjaw wouldn't survive this like the tortoise has lived in captivity for probably decades and is used to being fed and taken care of by the aquarium i don't think that he would last very long out in the wild also what the [ __ ] this nine-year-old and his grandma literally just broke into an aquarium and straight up stole a live animal regardless though let's look for the moral of the story shall we at the core of this episode i'd say that the message is that you should always have compassion for all living creatures the way the kids all make fun of lockjaw and throw things at him just because they think he's lame is completely uncalled for also i hate to sound preachy but the way they just have that massive tortoise in captivity and its pen is disgusting and he's living with graffiti on his shell is just too sad as much as i love the idea of the zoo or an aquarium it's really sad to see animals that belong in nature living in captivity i know i'll probably catch some [ __ ] for this in the comments but i love animals and i feel like they don't belong caged up and put on display for our viewing pleasure now we're gonna check out season 2 episode 19 part-time friends i've talked about this episode before in a different video but again i felt the need to bring it up for the sake of this video the episode begins with arnold and gerald walking down the street playing kick the can they lose the can down the sewer and start brainstorming ideas of what to do next hey i know let's play catch messed up i know let's go rollerblading can't broke a wheel those things aren't cheap you know man i wish there was some way to get some money just then they see mrs vitello put a help wanted sign in her window they get hired on and do a fantastic job of helping around the shop on their first payday mrs vitello has a bit of an accident [Music] my back mrs vitello are you all right yeah yeah i think i'm oh her doctor tells her that she needs to rest for at least a week which leaves arnold and gerald pulling extra weight around the shop now i've been thinking arnold you're good with plants and making arrangements so you'll take care of the flowers gerald you're organized and deal well with the customers so i want you to be in charge of the store we'll take care of everything miss me the two start working together and things turn sour pretty quickly as gerald lets being in charge go to his head gerald criticizes how arnold does his job and he swoops in and takes customers from arnold and arnold is clearly affected negatively by how gerald is acting arnold leaves work that night feeling down and gerald stays late prepping for the next day hey gerald you're late i have a ton of stuff for you to do around here still busy with the calculator huh overnight gerald drew up an entire business plan on how they can increase productivity and profits at the shop that includes gerald doing all of the customer facing work and arnold delivering orders sweeping up and caring for the plants look otter miss fratella put me in charge okay and all i'm trying to do is make this place run better do you have a problem with that we also get a glimpse of gerald planning to increase prices which i feel like if mrs vitello heard what he was doing she would probably be pissed because he essentially wants to rip people off if we charge two dollars we make twenty four dollars a dozen if we charge six thousand rows we'll make 72 dollars a dozen if we charge three rules we'd make 360 dollars man what a great plan meanwhile arnold is out delivering orders he drops one off at an old folks home and another off at the emergency room we then cut to gerald back at the shop getting yelled at on the phone turns out arnold accidentally mixed up the orders he sent the good luck flower arrangement to the family who ordered a sympathy wreath [Music] arnold finally snaps and yells at gerald for how he's handling the business if you're so perfect gerald why don't you just run the store by yourself what are you talking about listen do you feel that i'm out of line i do and i quit [Music] you can't quit because you're fired too late i quit i just can't find good help anymore arnold has finally had enough and he quits over the next few days at school and around the neighborhood arnold and gerald avoid each other at all costs what's up with you and gerald gerald gerald who [Music] i knew something was wrong i knew it late one night grandpa comes in to find arnold sitting alone at a checkerboard grandpa asks where gerald is because it's their weekly checkers night and he quickly connects the dots that they're fighting arnold tells grandpa that he never wants to talk to gerald again grandpa ends up telling arnold the story of his old best friend jimmy kafka they worked together for the city's largest pay toilet business one day their boss got arrested and jimmy was left in charge much like gerald he lets the power get to his head and one day he made up right nope i never saw jimmy kafka again but i think of him every time i go to the bathroom grandpa explains that he lost the best friend he ever had due to a misunderstanding and his own stubbornness well that's not a very happy ending what do you know it isn't well they hardly ever are i'm getting sleepy my bones hurt night night short man that night arnold falls asleep and dreams of the future he sees himself riding the floating city bus and being forced to sit in the only open spot right next to gerald the two elderly folks argue with each of you makes other so many i coulda do you remember why we stopped talking to each other no i don't me neither it was something about school no it wasn't it was about some stupid baseball game games school baseball they argue and arnold ends up saying that the day that they stopped being friends was the best day of his life arnold is startled awake by the image of his undead grandpa sitting in the back of the bus he realizes that he can't let that become a reality and he rushes back to the flower shop to patch things up as he walks in we see some angry lady or as i called her in my last video about this episode karen yelling at gerald saying that her flower arrangement looks like a sick dog this store used to be known for quality what's happened here young man i'm sorry i'm doing everything i can i've been waiting i don't know what to do i need some help arnold comes in just in time and apologizes to gerald and gerald apologizes to arnold and they do their little handshake thingy as they go back to fix some flower arrangements for some angry customers and that's where the episode ends this episode took a very specific morbid turn when grandpa tells his story about his friend jimmy they literally got in a small petty fight and straight up never talked again then we see that story get into arnold psyche and he goes to bed feeling guilty the guilt out his conscious leads to him having a straight [ __ ] up nightmare that helps him come to his senses the fight with gerald affected him so much that he straight up had a nightmare that his grandpa is dead and has risen back as a zombie in the distant future and is giving him life advice as far as the moral of the story goes it's a nice reminder that there are two sides to every story and sometimes we need to take a step back and realize that losing a friendship or burning bridges isn't worth dying on a petty hill it's also a gentle reminder not to be so stubborn we've talked about communication multiple times in this video already and the moral rings true communication is key if arnold had expressed to gerald how he was feeling in a less confrontational manner and gerald had responded in a similar manner things would have gone a lot more smooth than they actually did for our last episode we're going to look at season 3 episode 14 the flood the episode begins with dark gloomy clouds looming over ps118 as we cut to mr simmons's class all fighting with each other we see sid and harold playing tug of war with the class snake and brainy looks like he's about to beat the piss out of arnold for some reason the bell rings and everyone gets up to leave for spring break and mr simmons makes them all sit down for the next 10 minutes to reflect on how special their fourth grade tribe is we don't have time for this mr simmons ten minutes won't make the slightest bit of difference in your vacation we'll all be out the door before you know principal warts announces that due to excessive rain everyone is going to be stuck inside the school all night and that he'll be calling all of their parents to let them know grandpa gets a call from principal warts to let him know that arnold's gonna be stuck at school all night hello he hung up the short man is stuck at school can i have his room tonight my ceiling leaks in the rain and it makes me sad to watch susie sleep in the puddle not on your life kakota i'm going out to rescue arnold as soon as i come up with a plan back at school while everyone's eating food the kids start arguing which leads to a full-blown food fight as mr simmons just stands there like a deer in headlights we cut to grandpa who's blowing up a raft so he can come save arnold while oscar seems to be buttering him up for something we then cut back to mr simmons's class who are struggling to get in five along 9 17 it's official my life is over give daddy some sugar helga gets fed up with dealing with everyone so she decides to sneak out of the classroom she wanders the halls to find that the doors of the school have been chained shut up [Music] are you attempting to leave the school grounds without permission miss pataki are you attempting to dance the flamenco principle awards this moment never happened gotcha meanwhile outside the flood water is almost as high as the school the kids are all fighting and curly seems to be the primary instigator at this point but everyone is reacting poorly except for mr simmons who does his best to talk them down simmons we're not listening to you anymore it's all your fault we're stuck here in the first place oh my shoes are wet that can't be good [Music] i'm okay look we're all gonna drown mr simmons tells everyone that they need to go for high ground they dismiss mr simmons and say that they don't need him anymore and they all traffic jam their way out of the door to the classroom mr simmons plans to go to the roof and signal for help and he tasks arnold with keeping an eye on his classmates meanwhile back at the boarding house we learned why oscar was bringing grandpas more milk he falls asleep while oscar steals the boat carrying a sign offering rescue services for 50 bucks grandpa catches oscar trying to steal a boat and he takes the boat back from him as oscar goes floating down in the tide [Music] thank you grandpa you saved my life back at school arnold finds his classmates in the art supply room straight up acting like savages [Music] stop listen to me a second i'll put down little mr simmons jr what do you want us to do is act like a tribe arnold tells them that mr simmons is gone and he's been gone for a really long time and that he thinks something is wrong the class ends up working together with their mutual love of mr simmons helping them simmer down [Music] the class works together to devise a plan of how they can use the flag in the classroom to reel mr simmons in like a fish mr simmons dangles there from the ladder as it's hanging on by a thread merely seconds away from falling to his death they throw the flag and mr simmons ties it around himself and they have him jump as far as he can so that they can pull him in [Music] guys now thank you just as mr simmons and helga are rescued arnold's grandpa and oscar show up to get everyone out of the school while everyone's leaving we see principal warts on the roof [Music] goodbye evita zane farewell my dear friends don't worry about me i'm fine here i'll just stand up here on the roof and go down with my school goodbye way down yonder in new orleans in the land of the dreamy ski i can't help but assume that principal warts is drunk in this episode the way he's on the roof and his sombrero and pancho singing without a care in the world just seems like something an intoxicated person would do and i gotta say that scene where mr simmons is hanging from the ladder is really dark he's dangling and near seconds from death and he just sings some churchy songs and hopes for the best those kids nearly watched their t-shirt die in this episode then they almost watched helga die when she fell into the water as far as the moral of the story goes of course it's a nice reminder to work together when it's appropriate and not to lose your mental stability when in a rough circumstance the kids of mr simmons's class were fighting and arguing throughout the majority of this episode and then when they broke away from him went into full-blown tribal mode as they destroyed the art room it wasn't until mr simmons was in peril that they decided to work together for the common good and dropped the whole angry fighting turned savage thing of course when they all worked together everything turned out to be okay and that's gonna be it for this episode of the dark side of hey arnold i can't stress enough that the plans i've got for future episodes in the series are going to be really cool but ultimately the future of this series depends on you guys if you enjoyed it leave me a comment letting me know what you thought i'll be in the comments responding to your guys's feedback let me know if you watched this video all the way through the end and i will thank you personally drop a like and give praise to the youtube algorithm in hopes that it promotes this video to everyone and as always thank you very much for watching i will see you in the next one peace [Music]

Channel: DuskTillShawn

Views: 570,465

Keywords: Hey Arnold, The Dark Side of Hey Arnold, DuskTillShawn, Nickelodeon, Nicktoons, Dark Episodes of Hey Arnold, Scary episodes of Hey Arnold, 90s nickelodeon, 1990s, nostalgia, Rocko's Modern Life, Ren and Stimpy, Arnold Shortman, Helga Pitaki, Gerald Johansen, Best episodes of Hey Arnold, Morbid Cartoons, hidden jokes in cartoons, spooky, arnold zombie grandpa, Curly Snaps, flood, 90s cartoons, Disney, Cartoon Network, Cool Jerk, Oskar Cant Read, Sid's Revenge, New Teacher, Nick

Id: ITY9PwRJqCE

Length: 78min 32sec (4712 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 18 2022