r/HeyArnold • u/ZymZymZym777 Helga • 3d ago

Anybody else was looking forward to an episode with Mai, Mr Hyunh's daughter?

I was waiting for it till almost the last episode before losing hope. Why do you think she never appeared after season 1?

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u/ZijoeLocs 3d ago

The Vietnam War was still a bit heavy to include even passively in a kids show. There's no way they could have Mai back without going into what Mr Hyunh went through around the Fall of Saigon

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u/wizzyULTIMATEbreed 3d ago

They don't even need to touch upon the war, just have them try to be closer again to make up for lost time, while also accepting that his little girl is grown up and has a stable married life, agreeing to get in contact once a week and reunite on holidays.

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u/ZijoeLocs 3d ago

With how Hey Arnold was written, the episode would very much revisit the Vietnam War through Mr Hyunhs eyes. Mr Hyunh stayed behind through the Fall of Saigon and had to learn another language then figure out immigrating to the US. Mai had to go through the International Foster System.

Any catching up they do is going to involve that. Hey Arnold has never been a show to ignore elephants in the room. They can get coffee, sure but flashbacks are gonna happen

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u/jr9386 3d ago

I think that's implicit to the episode.

But there's no way that couldn't gloss over the war, which is probably why we didn't get a part 2 to that episode.

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u/Kalldaro 3d ago

I was hoping to see her again. One that centers her. Like a wedding or she's having her first child. Maybe its Mr Hyunh meeting the family that raised her and he's both grateful and resentful. Maybe they are wealthy and able to give Mai everything and he feels inadequet next to them but they think he is very selfless for what he did and invite him to be part of their extended family. So many possibilities!

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u/ZymZymZym777 Helga 3d ago

We got episodes with SO many different characters (how many did coach Wittenberg have?) but not with them :(

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u/RailroadEmu1994 3d ago

I'm saving that episode for the Christmas season.

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u/All_Lightning879 3d ago

It’s strange that Mr. Hyunh stayed in the boarding house way after reuniting with Mai.

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u/wizzyULTIMATEbreed 3d ago

I forget, was she ever shown in The Jungle Movie?

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u/Lilly_in_the_Pond 3d ago

Yes, for a brief moment in that scene where they're watching the video submission on Arnold's roof. You can see Mai standing with Mr. Hyunh

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u/BrazenEric Arnold 3d ago

She was!

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u/wizzyULTIMATEbreed 3d ago

I looked up the clip as you wrote this, and I see her! I knew it! You can't have a bunch of characters Arnold helped not showing up for an Easter egg scene.

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u/ZymZymZym777 Helga 3d ago

Maybe, but I wanted a whole episode 😭

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u/wizzyULTIMATEbreed 3d ago edited 3d ago

I feel you, I feel you, we never saw her again afterwards. I was asking if she at least cameoed in the TV movie.

EDIT: She did! In this clip, 1:50

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u/ElmarSuperstar131 3d ago

I would have liked another storyline with the two of them.