Roller Coaster

Roller Coaster

October 7, 1998 TV Episode Hey Arnold!

Studio
Games Animation, Sae Rom Productions Co., Ltd.
Distributor
Nickelodeon.

Synopsis

To prove to everyone that Eugene is not cursed, Arnold goes on a roller coaster ride with him- and they both get stuck.

Characters

School Secretary, Chocolate Woman, Police Officer Pudney, Man with Mop, Lucky, Amusement Park Worker, Eugene Horowitz, Sid, School Nurse Shelley, Phoebe Heyerdahl, Harold Berman, Helga Pataki, Gerald Johanssen, Arnold, Stinky Petersen

Credits

Directing

Director
Christine Kolosov

Producing

Producer
Steve Viksten
Executive Producers
Craig Bartlett, Mary Harrington

Writing

Writer
Joseph Purdy

Voices

Voice
Lori Alan (School Secretary, Chocolate Woman, Police Officer Pudney), Craig Bartlett (Man with Mop), Gregg Berger (Lucky, Amusement Park Worker), Ben Diskin (Eugene Horowitz), Sam Gifaldi (Sid), Mary Gross (School Nurse Shelley), Anndi McAfee (Phoebe Heyerdahl), Justin Shenkarow (Harold Berman), Francesca Smith (Helga Pataki), Jamil Walker Smith (Gerald Johanssen), Phillip Van Dyke (Arnold), Christopher Walberg (Stinky Petersen)

Music

Music
Jim Lang

Editing

Editor
Christopher Hink

Crew

Creator
Craig Bartlett
Developed by
Craig Bartlett, Joe Ansolabehere, Steve Viksten
Layout Supervisor/BG Design
Brian Mark
Storyboards
Larry Leichliter

Production notes

Hey Arnold! showed us that having a football-shaped head is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the struggles of being an orphaned fourth grader.

The title star of Hey Arnold! was an unkempt, wise-beyond-his-years blonde boy. Arnold's guardians were his senile Grandfather and his Grandmother, a former librarian with an active imagination. The family of three lived in the grandparents' urban boarding house, along with a cast of odd grown-ups who often acted more like children than adults.

Arnold was just like any other kid growing up in the city, assuming those kids also had a room operated by a remote-control and a pet pig. He liked to hang out with friends, play stickball with kids from the neighborhood, and get into trouble–like when he and his best friend Gerald accidentally wound up downtown, DRESSED AS FRUIT! Gerald was remarkably cool, calm, and collected for a ten year-old. Arnold's other friend (and sometimes enemy) was Helga, a thick-skinned girl who both hated Arnold and loved him.

Along with Phoebe, Brainy, and resident jinx Eugene, this amusing group of fourth-graders had what it took to survive life in the big city. They even managed to survive the rigors of a regular television series, as Hey Arnold! became yet another successful "Nicktoon."