Is Hey Arnold in Seattle?
In an interview with CityLab published last November, Bartlett revealed that he was influenced by multiple cities when creating Hey Arnold!’s fictional setting. “It’s a northern city with a little bit of Seattle, a little bit of Portland, and a little bit of Brooklyn.
What city is Hey Arnold based on?
Hillwood
Here’s where you can spot its Rose City roots. Nickelodeon’s Hey, Arnold! —an animated sitcom about a fourth grader who lives with his grandparents in a boardinghouse—turns 25 this year. Show creator Craig Bartlett credits Portland as partial inspiration for the show’s fictional Hillwood.
What school did Hey Arnold attend?
P.S. 118
P.S. 118 is a grade school that Arnold and his friends go to. The school was founded in 1932, and its auditorium is named after Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States. As of Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie, the school seems to have gotten an expansion.
Where did Arnold live in Hey Arnold?
Arnold lives with his eccentric but loving paternal grandparents, Phil Shortman (Dan Castellaneta) and his wife Gertrude Shortman (Tress MacNeille), proprietors of the Sunset Arms boarding house, in the fictional city of Hillwood.
Where are Hey Arnold’s parents?
Who his parents were or where they went wasn’t even addressed until the show’s Season 3 episode “Parents Day,” in which it was revealed that Arnold’s parents were explorers and had disappeared on a humanitarian mission to San Lorenzo, along with the plane that was carrying them.
Why is Arnold’s head football shaped?
Because Gertie and Phil were old when they ‘made’ Arnold, he was born with a few conditions. One of them is hydrocephalus. That the reason his head has such an odd shape. There’s one type of hydrocephalus, the one Arnold suffers from, that’s called the Arnold Chiari syndrome.
Is Hey Arnold wearing a skirt?
Fans of the classic Nickelodeon series Hey Arnold! have often wondered what exactly the titular Arnold was always wearing. No it wasn’t a skirt or kilt, it was just a shirt.
Did Arnold ever meet his parents?
In the movie, Arnold battles pirates to find his parents. It turns out they’re ill with sleeping sickness. They save his parents and the whole village, and he finally brings his parents home to the boarding house in New York.