List of Hey Arnold! characters
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This is a listing of characters from the Nickelodeon animated television series Hey Arnold! and Hey Arnold!: The Movie. The list contains about 180 characters.
Characters
Arnold and his family
- Arnold
- Grandpa "Steely" Phil
- Grandma Gertie (called "Pookie" by Grandpa Phil)
- Mitzi, Grandpa Phil's twin sister
- Arnie, Arnold's cousin who lives in countryside
- Miles, Arnold's father
- Stella, Arnold's mother
- Grandpa's father
- Grandpa's grandfather
- Abner, Arnold's pet pig
- Chester, Arnold's carrier pigeon
- Helga's parrot (was eaten by Phoebe's monitor lizard)
The Sunset Arms boarders and their families
- Oskar Kokoshka, presumingly an immigrant from an Eastern European country. unemployed
- Suzie Kokoshka, Oskar's wife
- Nancy and Baby Oskar, Suzie's sister and nephew (Nancy never resided in Sunset Arms)
- Ernie Potts, demolition worker
- Mr. Hyunh, an immigrant from Vietnam, working in a Mexican restaurant
- Mai Hyunh, Mr. Hyunh long lost daughter (never resided in Sunset Arms)
- Mr. Smith, mysterious person who never speaks to the rest of the boarders (in the first season only)
- Lana Vail (in the first season only)
- Mr. Purdy (in the first season only; voiced by Joseph Purdy himself)
For short time in Sunset Arms lived Gerald Johanssen ("Arnold Comes Over" episode) and Rhonda Wellington Lloyd ("Rhonda Goes Broke" episode).
Arnold's classmates and their families
- Helga G. Pataki, a bully secretely enamoured of Arnold
- Big Bob Pataki, her father
- Miriam Pataki, her mother
- Olga Pataki, her sister
- Gerald Johanssen, Arnold's best friend
- Martin Johanssen, his father
- Mrs. Johanssen (first name unknown), his mother
- Jamie O. Johanssen, his older brother
- Timberly Johanssen, his younger sister
- Harold Berman, a fat kid/occasional bully
- Jerry Berman, his father
- Marilyn Berman, his mother
- Harold's aunt (name unknown)
- Phoebe Heyerdahl, the smartest girl in the class, Helga's best friend
- Kyo Heyerdahl, her father
- Reba Heyerdahl, her mother
- Monitor lizard, Helga's "gift"
- Rhonda Wellington Lloyd, a rich girl, self-proclaimed fashion queen
- Brooke Lloyd, her mother
- Buckley Lloyd, her father
- Lila Sawyer, a nice girl who came from a farming community, Arnold's crush
- Lila's Father
- Stinky Peterson, lanky boy from Arizona
- Stinky's father
- Stinky's grandparents
- Uncle Stinky
- Eugene Horowitz, the class jinx
- Nate Horowitz, his father
- Mrs. Horowitz, his mother
- Sid, a boy with paranoidal tendencies
- Ray, his father
- Sid's mother (Only appears in Parents' Day" and "On the Lam" )
- Sidney, Sid's frog
- "Curly" (Thaddeus Gammelthorpe), the class' psychopath
- Curly's father
- Torvald, the oldest boy in class who was tutored by Arnold
- Torvald's mother
- Sheena, a girl who does not like violence
- Sheena's uncle Earl, a boatman
- Sheena's aunt Shelley, the school nurse
- Lorenzo, a rich boy who does not have enough time to be a kid
- Lorenzo's mother
- Iggy
- Iggy's mother
- Brainy, a geek, Helga's stalker
- Nadine, young entomologist, Rhonda's best friend
- Park
- Robert
- Peapod Kid (He got his name from the fruit's downtown episode. He was a peapod in the play.)
- Joey Stevenson
Grandpa Phil also was Arnold's classmate in "Back to School" episode.
Other students of PS 118 and their families
- Billy
- Big Gino, the boss of the school mafia
- Camp Fire Lass, a girl who sells chocolate turtles
- Chocolate Boy, a boy obsessed with chocolate
- Connie, a sixth grade girl who "dated" Gerald; Maria's best friend
- Edmund, Wolfgang's sidekick
- Gloria, a girl who looks like Helga, but has nicer personality
- Maria, a sixth grade girl who "dated" Arnold; Connie's best friend
- Maria's father
- Mary, one of Big Patty's victims
- Mickey the Weasel, a fifth grader
- Wolfgang, the main bully of the block
- Katrinka
- Ludwig, a bully, Wolfgang's rival
- Ruth P. McDougal, a sixth grade girl, Arnold's crush
- Siobhan, an incredibly smart third grade girl
- Simone, a sixth grade girl
- Big Patty (Patty Smith), a sixth grade bully
- Patty's mother
- Patty's father
Workers of PS 118 and their families
- Mr. Robert Simmons, Arnold's teacher (since second season)
- Miss Slovak, Arnold's teacher (in the first season)
- Principal Wartz
- Coach Jack Wittenberg (voiced by James Belushi)
- Tish Wittenberg, his wife, the coach of girls teams
- Tucker Wittenberg, his son, a student of PS 118
- Lieutenant Major Goose, Arnold's teacher for short time (after Miss Slovak and before Mr. Simmons), a martinet
- Miss Felter, a substitute teacher, Arnold's crush
- Mr. Packenham, a fifth grade teacher
- Mr. Frank, a sixth grade teacher
- Sheena's aunt Shelley, the school nurse (alredy mentioned above)
- Lunch lady
Olga Pataki was Mr. Simmons assistant in "Student Teacher" episode.
Other characters and their families
- Mr. Bailey, a worker of the Hall of Records
- Betty, Mr. Leichliter's old love
- Madame Blanche, a gypsy who sells magic potions
- Dr. Bliss, a child psychiatrist
- Bridget, head of a secret organization (Hey Arnold!: The Movie)
- Caesar, a man who seems to have many jobs
- Mr. Camacho, owner of El Patio, the restaurant where Mr. Hyunh works
- Agatha Caulfield, Arnold's favorit author
- Superintendent Chaplin, an official who supervises schools in the city
- Charice, a girl Jamie O was in love with
- Chloe, the girl Gerald had a crush on, while she fell for his older brother
- Mayor Dixie, a woman mayor of Hillwood
- Ray Doppel, an impersonator of Dino Spumoni
- Eduardo, a friend of Arnold's parents who asked them to come to San Lorenzo
- Floyd, an owner of a bar in countryside
- Frankie G. and his gang: Tony B., Phily D., Joey C., and Chas, are young street thugs
- Councilman Gladhand, a member of the city council
- Rabbi Goldberg, the Bermans' rabbi
- Marty Green, a butcher
- Grubby man (voiced by Mark Hamill)
- Harvey, a mailman
- Jacques, waiter at Chez Pierre restaurant
- Davy Jones, a singer (voiced by Davy Jones himself)
- Jimmy Kafka, Grandpa Phil's old friend and rival
- Mickey Kaline, a formerly famous baseball player
- Inge, German nanny hired by Patakis for short time
- La Sombra, a villain who threatened the tribe of the Green Eyed
- Leichliter, a dramatic critic and director
- Lola, Ernie Potts's girlfriend
- Lucky, a fireman
- Ronnie Matthews, Phoebe's favorite pop star
- Maurice, actor who plays The Abdictor in a TV show
- Monkeyman, local bodyguard
- Nashville Ned, the Radio DJ
- Daniel Newton, documentary film director
- Madame Parvenu, owner of a finishing school
- Mona, Murray's girlfriend (Hey Arnold!: The Movie)
- Murray, a bus driver (Hey Arnold!: The Movie)
- Patrice, Charice's friend
- Pigeon Man
- Pinkerton, Big Bob's employee
- Officer Pudney, a woman officer of police
- Sammy Redmond, a rich man who befriends Arnold
- Alan Redmond, his son
- Red, Mr. Scheck's assistant (Hey Arnold!: The Movie)
- Revis and Jackie Lee, TV show hosters
- Don Reynolds, former Dino Spumoni's partner who wrote lyrics for him
- Mr. Scheck, a developer who tried to tear down the neighborhood so he could build a mall (Hey Arnold!: The Movie)
- Sandy, Summer's boyfriend
- Sewer king, insane hermit who lives in the sewer
- Stoop Kid, kid who lives on a stoop and never leaves it
- Summer, a girl Arnold met at the beech, and developed a crush on
- Arnold Skelter, Miss Felter's boyfriend
- Slim, a skilled mechanical bull rider
- Rex Smythe-Higgins, old rival of Grandpa Phil
- Rex Smythe-Higgins III, his grandson, Arnold's rival
- Dino Spumoni, a formerly famous singer
- Candy Maldonado, Dino's ex-wife
- Jimmy Maldonado, Candy's son
- Dr. Murray Steiglitz, a physician at Drymon Clinical Hospital
- Johnny Stitches, fashion designer
- Nick Vermicelli, Big Bob's business partner
- Vic and Morrie, Oskar's friends with shady reputation
- Mrs. Vitello, a flowershop owner
- Mr. Wacko, a businessman who sells wrist watches
- Willie, the Jolly Olly ice cream man (Most often referred to as the "Jolly Olly ice cream man", Willie is the driver of an ice cream that is frequently seen driving around Arnold's town. Throughout the series, he has been depicted as unfriendly, deranged, depressed, and hated by his father (who happens to be his employer)
- Willie's father
- Hilda, Fifi, Rhoda, Harry, Stumpy, Kid, Lulu, kids who live in Cousin Arnie's hometown, and look like Helga, Phoebe, Rhonda, Harold, Stinky, Sid, and Lila respectively; characers of Arnold's dream
Trivia and facts
- Oskar Kokoschka is also the name of an Austrian painter.
- Ludwig and Wolfgang are the names of the two "bullies" in the show. The names come directly from arguably the two most famous composers of all time — Ludwig van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- Gerald's last name is spelled "Johanssen", "Johanson", and "Johansson" in the show. Phoebe's and Stinky's last names have two variants: "Heyerdahl" / "Hyerdahl" and "Peterson" / "Petersen" respectively. Suzie Kokoshka's last name was also spelled "Susie", and Timberly's as "Timberley".