Main article: Helga and Arnold. However, there are times where Helga showed some affection and concern for Olga. In the season 1 episode “Spelling Bee”, Arnold and Helga are pitted against one another in a citywide spelling bee. All the while Bob, Miriam and Olga ignore her as she walks out the door. As a result, most of the other kids generally tolerate or are indifferent to her. Helga could be classified as a tomboy, as evidenced by her interest in playing contact sports alongside her male classmates and disregard/dislike for stereotypical female behavior, although this is countered by her fondness of the color pink and otherwise girly clothing choices. However, she is ignored and when Olga finishes her tune, Miriam praises her saying to Bob, "Can you believe her! In the pilot and claymation shorts, Helga's outfit consisted of a dark pink dress with sleeves and a white-collar and matching dark pink shoes and socks. Olga and Helga are variants (respectively, Russian and German) of the same name. It’s also sometimes hinted in the series that Arnold has strong feelings for Helga. She then learns that unrequited love is very normal and that she's actually okay. These poems and monologues were simpler in the earlier episodes but grew in their intensity as the series progressed. She later discards the pink shirt after escaping the prison. Helga recalls how she first met Arnold in pre-school in the episode "Helga on the Couch". However, Helga also has a much softer side, which becomes apparent only when she is alone. Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix After looking at the picture of her sister, she crosses out the word from and instead writes "Love". Hegla's slightly redesigned appearance in Hey Arnold! Big Bob Pataki (father); Miriam Pataki (mother); Olga Pataki (sister) Their unusual friendship is the main plot of episodes such as "Hall Monitor", "Pre-Teen Scream" and "Phoebe Breaks a Leg". Nickname(s) Age On her way to preschool, Arnold helped her by keeping the rain off her with an umbrella and … For a brief period, a spin-off series called The Patakis was planned. Helga is very jealous/resentful of Lila, who Arnold has a crush on from "Arnold & Lila" to "Timberly Loves Arnold". She can also be very cynical, deceitful, violent, tough and bossy, bullying her classmates with an iron fist, and often taking advantage of her best friend, Phoebe, making her a bit of a spoiled brat. All of Helga's attempts to get Lila to drop out fail, but Lila reveals that she knows why Helga wants the part of Juliet so badly---and admits that she's always sort of suspected that Helga had a crush on Arnold. She is shown to have an extensive video library of Arnold which she and Phoebe convince Gerald to use for the contest for the class field trip that Arnold hoped to win to search for his parents, which proves successful. Helga's middle name is never mentioned in the show explicitly, so while no in-show canon exists, the producers of the series gave her the name "Geraldine" as a tribute to former Nickelodeon executive Geraldine Laybourne. : The Jungle Movie is a 2017 American animated television film based on the Nickelodeon series Hey Arnold!, which was created by Craig Bartlett and originally aired from 1996 to 2004. She is also very warm and friendly which makes Helga feel uncomfortable when it is directed towards her (like when Olga hugs her). In the earlier episodes, her pigtails were longer and thinner, but as the character designs were refined, her pigtails became more short and thick.Helga usually wears a pink dress with a hot pink stripe over a white T-shirt and a large pink bow in her hair, along with … A running gag throughout the series involves Helga saying something embarrassing, then ordering Phoebe to forget what she just said, which leads Phoebe to cheerfully state "forgetting!". Helga usually wears a pink dress with a red stripe over a white shirt and a large pink bow in her hair, along with white shoes. Mainly, Helga displays a remarkable gift for poetry, creating dramatic soliloquies expressing a situation or feeling with a generous use of vocabulary, especially for someone her age. Hillwood 4th Grade StudentFormer "It Girl"Former Bully5th Grade Student (Hey Arnold! About Hey Arnold! $24.99. : The Jungle Movie. Eventually Helga announces that she's leaving for preschool. She wears her hair in long pigtails without any visible hair ties. See more ideas about hey arnold, arnold, arnold and helga. Her bad grades are most likely caused by her lack of motivation, attention and academic concern. 9-10 (born sometime in March, presumably the 26th), A Deep Analysis of Helga Pataki Hey Arnold! In the episode "The Aptitude Test", in which the class takes a standardized exam, it is eventually revealed that Helga achieved a perfect score on the test and the most outstanding result since her perfectionist sister, Olga, took the test. Hey Arnold! Hey Arnold Hey Arnold The Movie Hey Arnold The Jungle Movie Arnold Shortman Helga Pataki Arnold and Helga Arnold x Helga Shortaki Cartoon Characters Movie Characters Favorite Characters Cartoon Love Movie Love Arnold and Helga are perfect for eachother These two are so cute together The … Although Helga is seen as a "tough girl" by her classmates, she is frequently the first to go into hysterics in times of crisis. : The Jungle Movie, it becomes apparent that, as much as Brainy loves Helga, he’s willing to accept the fact that her heart belongs to Arnold. However, more background characters like Peapod Kid and Big Bob, will get their own episodes. The big Bike-a-Thon is coming. TJM (1) Miriam often i… She is Arnold's arch-rival yet love interest, later girlfriend. This eventually came to fruition when the movie was finally made; after reuniting with his parents, Arnold admits his feelings for Helga and kisses her. Helga is a tomboyish girl, as evidenced by her interest in playing contact sports alongside her male classmates, blatant lack of femininity, and disregard, to near dislike, for stereotypical female behavior, as seen in the episode "Helga's Makeover". It turned out that Helga had deliberately changed it to knock her sister down a peg or two and to gain some attention for herself. In the show's continuity though, Helga has most often dressed differently from her everyday attire, including appearances as a French girl, a hall monitor, a sophisticated lady, and others. It's also implied (according to the episodes "The Beeper Queen" and "Road Trip") that Miriam is a horrible driver and has had her license revoked, possibly for DUI, which may or may not tie in with the community service job she was sentenced. Later, after the kids are imprisoned by Lasombra, Brainy comes up to Helga and gives her back her locket, with Arnold's photo stitched back together. The Jungle Movie. Bob seems to think Helga is about 5-7 years old. Arnold (occasionally, then currently), bullying (formerly), lying (formerly), blaming (formerly), pranks, Phoebe, her locket, writing love poems of Arnold, being left alone, abusing people (formerly), hot dogs, her friends, being touched (sometimes), calling Arnold a "football-head", sports, being Arnold's love (occasionally, then currently), Stupidities, Arnold (formerly), being Arnold's love (formerly), accidents, whenever Arnold crashing into her, Arnold flirts with the other girls, her father's short-temper and hostile, thanksgiving (formerly), beepers, working, her sister Olga (formerly), Lila (formerly), Arnold's dreamer and distrust, anyone's embarrassing her, being touched, Scheck, losing her locket, being a monkey, Arnold in danger, Patty Smith, being called "Olga" by her father, other bullies, Lasombra, Helga appeared as a Halloween mask in one episode of, "I think your heart is more pure than you know.". But at the end of the episode, Helga has second thoughts and intervenes on Olga's behalf which helped end her sister's risky engagement to Doug. Although Helga'… She also wears red and white Converse sneakers, and her pigtails are a tad longer and thinner, more or less resembling how they looked in the early episodes. She has her father's unibrow, nose and ears. Whereby Miriam replies "Why not? Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. In this episode Miriam packed Helga an exceptionally nutritious lunch, shared stories, listened to Helga and helped her with her homework. Helga's second name is Geraldine and is a tribute to former Nickelodeon executive Geraldine Laybourne. Helga has had a crush on Arnold ever since they were kids. 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