I had no idea Helga’s mom on Hey Arnold was an alcoholic.

[Dynamite James]

Now it makes sense on why she always said “I need a smoothie” and was constantly falling asleep. It also puts context behind the episode where she almost kills Helga and her in a car accident... Flew right over my head

 

[Tigron]

I thought she was a pill head

 

[Easy-E]

That show was so real. I need to rewatch.

 

[UncleTomFord15]

Gawd level show

 

[Tenchi Ryu]

Whole family was a mess

I wouldn't be surprised if her father was beating her mom either on the low.

 

[Redwood]

I didn't like this show that much when it first came out. I came to appreciate it when I got much older seen the hidden messages in the episodes.

 

[Bart simpson]

Dem smoothies were her only diet...
I bet thots were smashing Big Bob for free beepers

Also this...

 

[YourMumsRoom]

Just loved the Jazz outro music.

 

[Ashley Banks]

I always thought she a little...off.

 

[AtlienInTheGoodieMob]

I remember my mom flat out said she was drunk “smoothie my ass”

 

[Somebody]

wild. just like actual childhood, i was so concerned with the kids, i didn't notice what the adults were going thru and how it shaped the characters

 

[Rell84shots]

Back when cartoons were meant for the whole family, now they're filled with agendas and gross out shyt for no reason.

 

[you're NOT "n!ggas"]

I think hey Arnold more than ant other show was meant for us to reflect on and come back around to once we got older.

Like that Pigeon Man episode where Harold (?) n'em fukked up his coop/home and he flew away? I remember catching that episode later and flashing back to doing the same thing to this man squatting in an abandoned home with my friends Had me like "Damn breh you ain't shyt "

 

[GoAggieGo.]

Back when cartoons were meant for the whole family, now they're filled with agendas and gross out shyt for no reason.

My pop used to love watching Hey Arnold with us, and would tell us Helga’s mom was a drunk.

It didn’t matter the time of day, Helga’s mom stayed throwed. Bob was always at his beeper shop not paying her any attention

 

[Bgreat]

Crazy how stuff like that goes over your head when you're a child...