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Hey Arnold!

Arnold's Thanksgiving

Season 3, Episode 14, Aired Nov 18, 1998

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Arnold and Helga both think they are having the worst Thanksgivings ever. Arnold's family is celebrating President's Day, and Olga is at the Pataki house. When Arnold and Helga go to Mr. Simmons' house, they discover he has an obnoxious family, so they think their families aren't so bad after all.moreless

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Maria Bamford

Mayor Dixie

Dan Butler

Mr. Simmons/Lila's Dad (1997+)
Francesca Smith

Helga G. Pataki/Camp Fire Lass/Gloria/Sheena
Tress MacNeille

Arnold's Grandma/Miss Slovak/Arnold's Mother
Dom Irrera

Ernie
Christopher Castile

Eugene (First episodes)
Sam Gifaldi

Sid/Robert/Billy

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Arnold and Helga have the worst Thanksgiving ever so they stick together and go find the perfect Thanksgiving

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By tigerdude22, Nov 22, 2011

Arnold and Helga both think they are having the worst Thanksgivings ever. Arnold's family is celebrating President's Day, and Olga is at the Pataki house. When Arnold and Helga go to Mr. Simmons' house, they discover he has an obnoxious family, so they think their families aren't so bad after all. I thought that this "Hey Arnold" Thanksgiving special was very cute and has a heartwarming message. I loved this special and I highly recommend that anyone would watch a special Thanksgiving episode like this one. This special also delivers a few very funny parts. Grandma with her President's Day stuff on Thanksgiving was funny. Helga not getting any attention from her family was interesting as well. Arnold and Helga going to Mr. Simmons' house and realizing what an obnoxious family that he has which makes both Arnold and Helga realize that they family isn't so bad was very cute. Mr. Simmons telling Arnold and Helga about how he wants to make his family come together for Thanksgiving and he knows that they are obnoxious but he goes through all of their obnoxiousness because those are the people that he loves was very cute. The ending with Helga coming home and the family being very happy to see Helga was cute. The very ending of the special when Grandpa, Grandma, and the other boarders surprising Arnold with a Thanksgiving dinner was very cute as well. Overall, a very special and very cute Thanksgiving special of "Hey Arnold"... if you haven't seen it, you need to watch it. 10/10moreless
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This episode was soo cute! Helga and Arnold stick together for the whole day!

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By Anmoranalina, Sep 17, 2006

One of the cutest episodes ever! Helga and Arnold don't have a very good Thanksgiving, so they go to walk and meet each other. They are almost about to argue or fight, but they are too upset and sad to do this. So they start to talk to each other about everything and decide to go to their teacher, Mr Simons's, house. But they see that Mr. Simons doesn't have a good Thanksgiving too. So they just spend whole day together (Helga musted be really happy)) and they return home only at night. But when Helga comes back, she sees that her parents were looking for her whole the time and she gets really happy, cuz she understand that her family cares about her. And when Arnold comes back, his family is celebrating Thanks giving like all other people (usually they mess up all the holidays). So, that episode was so cute, I can watch it every day!moreless
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- What about Lila's Thanksgiving?
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- Arnold and the boarders apparently celebrate the 4th of July on Thanksgiving? Well, when Arnold comes back after walking with Helga, he comes back and there's a whole Thanksgiving dinner on the table, complete with a turkey! They could not have cooked a turkey or all the food that fast, if they just found out that Arnold left, looking for a real Thanksgiving.
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- When Phoebe is backstage with Helga at the Thanksgiving pageant, she is trying to tell her that she's on. But the last time she says "Helga," the background changes from the dressing room to Helga's living room!
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- In the last act of the play, Helga's character's name is Joy, but her top has an "H" on it.
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- At the beginning, just before Mayor Dixie christens the boat, you can hear her speaking but her lips don't move.
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- Helga's hair is shorter in this episode.
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- This is the first Thanksgiving episode.
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- Rather than the normal opening sequence, this episode opens directly into Arnold riding his bike across the bridge, on his way to school.
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