1 9 9 6 – 2 0 0 4 (USA)
102 x 15 minute episodes
Arnold Shortman (voiced by four different actors throughout the show’s run) is a nine-year-old boy with a football-shaped head (for which he received the nickname “Football Head”) who lives in the Sunset Arms Boarding House in the city of Hillwood, Washington, with his Grandpa Phil (Dan Castellaneta) and Grandma Pookie (Tress MacNeille). His parents – it is explained – are “out in the wild saving people’s lives”.
The other residents of the boarding house are Oskar Kokoshka (Steven Viksten), his wife Susie (Mary Scheer) and construction worker Ernie Potts (Dom Irrera).
Arnold loves jazz music and football and likes to daydream. Arnold hangs out with his best friend, Gerald (voiced by Jamil Walker Smith), and stories follow his misadventures as he faces the daily pressures of life at school, with his friends and at home.
Arnold’s main problem is that he feels obligated to help others – a situation that becomes all too complicated when he starts minding other people’s business.
Helga (Francesca Smith), the meanest girl in school, has a crush on Arnold (although Arnold is unaware of it). Phoebe (Anndi McAfee) is the brainy kid, Harold (Justin Shenkarow) is the school’s overweight bully, and Rhonda (Olivia Hack) is the school’s rich girl. Other classmates include Stinky (Christopher Walberg), Sid (Sam Gifaldi) and Eugene.
Arnold Shortman
Toran Caudell
Phillip Van Dyke
Spencer Klein
Alex D Linz
Gerald Johanssen
Jamil Walker Smith
Helga Pataki
Francesca Smith
Harold Berman
Justin Shenkarow
Phoebe Heyerdahl
Anndi McAfee
Rhonda Wellington-Lloyd
Olivia Hack
Grandpa Phil
Dan Castellaneta
Grandma Pookie
Tress MacNeille
Stinky Petersen
Christopher Walberg
Sid
Sam Gifaldi
Brainy
Craig Bartlett
Eugene
Benjamin Diskin
Jarrett Lennon
Oskar Kokoshka
Steven Viksten
Susie Kokoshka
Mary Scheer
Ernie Potts
Dom Irrera
Miriam Pataki
Kath Soucie
Big Bob Pataki
Maurice LaMarche
Mr Simmons
Dan Butler









