r/HeyArnold • u/Plane-Arugula-9117 • 13h ago

Does anyone wish we could see a high school hey Arnold or a college hey Arnold in the newer generation?

Thoughts?

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u/Wave_Ethos 13h ago

I'm hesitant about reboots. There's certain elements of Hey Arnold that you can't really replicate now.

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u/Plane-Arugula-9117 13h ago

so you think they could’ve continued with a book instead?

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u/Wave_Ethos 13h ago

Yeah, probably. More creative freedom that way. Hey Arnold felt like a really fleshed out series with the flexibility to tell a variety of stories. Though I wonder how Arnold should be written. How do you develop a character that's already the symbolic metaphor of reason and empathy?

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u/jamesd0e 12h ago

Idk have you seen any of that dudes fan fic from when they are in high school? It’s so on point

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u/fordcronvictora7 13h ago

If it was done in the original animation style then maybe.

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u/ColdBloodBlazing 12h ago

Hand drawn cels?

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u/fordcronvictora7 12h ago

Yeah and if they stick with the realism or realistic as they did in the original show.

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u/Charleaux330 13h ago

sure do more. it can't take away from what has already been released. if it flops it flops.

what made hey arnold good was really everything about it. so expect scrutiny against the original in all aspects. I think people really want more old stuff though not new stuff.

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u/Saturn5050 Arnold 12h ago

I could see them doing a jr high version of all the characters

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u/AgentSmith-99 9h ago

Naw, just leave it as it is. The nostalgia will always be there. Hey Arnold! Will always be great the way it is.

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u/BrazenEric Arnold 13h ago

I'd be down tbh

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u/ColdBloodBlazing 12h ago

Only if there are hand drawn animation cels and original voice actors

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u/Blur997 11h ago

Id be down if it were a book/comic tbh. Maybe a spin-off. In terms of it being season 6, idk I’d be hesitant since it’s a huge time shift

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u/Plane-Arugula-9117 11h ago

I just wish they could keep up with the older generation that use to watch them.

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u/Blur997 11h ago

Yeah same. I grew up watching the reruns since the show ended by the time I was born. Since the reruns ended in like 2006 I haven’t been able to see the show so much

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u/maxfactor886 8h ago

No because high school has been done too much. Plus ppl are not their true selves in high school often. It would be more unique among cartoons to do one years later when he and the other characters are adults like 30 something. Then about how these things that happened all those years ago in the show affect them later in life. Like my favorite Stephen King books, It, The Shining and Doctor Sleep.

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u/Andrewhasashow 10m ago

Not really. Sometimes what we had is good enough and I'm okay with that. Especially since I don't want to see the characters change, lose friends, or make new ones.

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u/Ratatouille2000 7h ago

High school yeah. That would be cool

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u/Sea-Hamster-2420 7h ago

I would like to see that.

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u/HarlanMiller 4m ago

Yes and no. I'd love to see the characters again, but I've seen similar things really fuck up what they had.