>Pic related
rewatching it recently I noticed it suffered a some small degree seasonal rot starting season 4
also Arnold went from a dreamer to preacher and Helga from a tomboy to a stalker with a victimhood complex

>>149556575 (OP)
Hey arnold is a great show but the inconsistent characterization is a real issue

>>149556575 (OP)
That’s true.
But I feel like I could give almost that exact criticism to any show I liked that had at least 4 seasons.
Writing starts to go downhill and characters get flanderized.

>>149556804
It's why I'm glad Mission Hill died in one. Could you imagine a ninth season of that show?

>>149556575 (OP)
it could have a better use for the villains that are not Chase Young

>>149556575 (OP)
>from a tomboy to a stalker with a victimhood complex
Didn't she had the locket and altar from season 1?
But yeah, it did lose it luster

>>149556575 (OP)
Arnold shifted from somewhat helpful well meaning kid to inner city Jesus that altruistically helps everyone and solves all problems.

I'm going to be honest. Hey Arnold is one of my all time favorite shows that Nick produced. I'll take the worst episodes, nay worst seasons of Hey Arnold over any current show. It was peak comfy, and it was down to earth and did not talk down to kids, nor to it's fans that grew up. It had so many heart felled episodes. I still remember the Christmas episode that aired every Holiday season.

The DVD box set is worth the purchase.

>>149556575 (OP)
The extended moments of silence for comedic effect in Dexter's Lab and PPG can be boring

Did every episode really need to be a two parter? As a kid it made the show feel epic. As an adult it seems restrictive

>>149558314
you really gonna diss my boi Jack Spicer like that

love EEnE, but I don't really like how loud and overreacting the characters became by the end of the show, especially in the school seasons
not only did the characters became flanderized, it's like the animation itself did too

>>149558314
I admit I had a crush on Kimiko back then.

>>149558806
don't have to, the show do it itself mid season 2 & 3

>>149558767
Like comics back in the day, it was a good strategy to keep you hooked up for weeks.

>>149558858
the animation is probably excusable. you'd either try to one up yourself on visual gags or just phone it in after working with the same cast after a while. espwcially when most of your competition is already dead or dying.

>>149558858
Didn't the creator of Steven universe got in for the last seasons and made yaoi of the boys?

>>149556575 (OP)
I'll do a couple of shows I've watched recently
Bee & Puppycat:
The voice direction is pretty bad, it's feels like every character talks like their in a different show sometimes

Kiff:
It's better than most, but there's still a lot of cringey dialog across the show. Not unwatchable of course but it gets grading.

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off:
I fucking hate the intro because it just straight up plays like the original, nothing to really clue in to the fact somethings different. It also take a looong time to get through so we can get to the new stuff (which is debatable)

>>149559823
Rebecca sugar making EEnE smut as a teenager is like the most common thing to know about her

>>149556575 (OP)
When cool side characters barely get used and most episodes only really have two or three main characters

>>149556862
eh, it would've had at least one more good season in it

>>149558678
The chris savino episodes are mostly full of this

>>149560407
the netflix seasons of bee and puppycat are weak. there's too much meandering and going nowhere before the epic twist in the finale that i already forgot. i would've been happy with just the youtube shorts

>>149558671
The Pigeon Man episode fucking broke me when I was a kid.

>>149558858
>love EEnE, but I don't really like how loud and overreacting the characters became by the end of the show, especially in the school seasons
>not only did the characters became flanderized, it's like the animation itself did too

You can thank the new director for that.

>>149560877
I will not thank anyone

>>149559823
Sugar made those drawings in old drawthreads right here on /co/. Raven is who you're thinking of, she worked on EEnE's last season and also drew EEnE smut before she got hired for SU.

>>149556575 (OP)
He became Jesus, more or less.

>>149558806
He was the only good character

>>149556575 (OP)
What really annoys me about the show is that they went out their way to make an episode about how the entire school would fall apart if Arnold wasn't there to play Jesus. It was like they were aware people were getting tired of it even back then and made that episode just to spite them.

>>149558583
>>149561464
Well, he was born during a volcano eruption. Also, HA! needed more Nadine.

>>149562126
The Sid and the germs episode should have been her episode

>>149562126
>>149562149
Nadine at least got the episode exploring her friendship with Rhonda. Sheena got shafted the most out of the cast.

>>149562149
nah, Sid's a great character

>>149558858
the bet episode was kind of a commentary on the flanderization

>>149560877
fake news, the only episode not directed by Antonucci is the school picture one

>>149562104
the worst example of Arnold being an incorrigible saint is when he basically runs Mr. Green's political campaign

>>149562170
It's funny how her uncle, the guy in a boat, had more roles in episodes than she did.

>>149558314
Once they defeated Wuya, they really didn't know what to do.

>>149556575 (OP)
I noticed this in the first episode of season 2 when his voice changed. He was trying to rally the kids, lots of "Come on you guys!", I couldn't stop thinking of the Clone High episode about littering with Joan right before Ponce dies. It was enough to stop me from watching the rest.

Very early Arnold and all the pre-HA stuff makes him seem autistic as fuck, he's always off in his own little world.

>>149558377
yep but she was pretty much looking for a good chance to confess with him at first, in last seasons there aree literally two separated episodes where Helga fakes a disability to be close to Arnold

>>149558678
aren't those all from the Savino seasons or it did happens in the firsts ones too?

>>149563397
Happens in the first ones but definitely got worse in the Savino seasons

>>149562492
Ugh you put a bad taste in my mouth. The show went from thoughtful episodes about strange characters in an urban environment to cringe fan fiction shipping tier "no no no they MUST be together!!!" soap opera shit.

Like fucking why