Hey Arnold! (1996–2004)

Bias Rating

Analyzing...

Center

Viewer Rating

Rating: 7.8

Overview

The adventures of a daydreaming, jazz-loving, football-headed 9-year-old, who lives in a boarding house with his grandparents and some eccentric boarders; encounters life in the city with his best friend Gerald, a loofah...

Starring Cast

Francesca Marie Smith • Jamil Walker Smith • Dan Castellaneta

Where to watch

Paramount+

Prime Video

Apple TV

Bias Dimensions

Political: Center

Diversity: Moderate

Overview

Starring Cast

Francesca Marie Smith • Jamil Walker Smith • Dan Castellaneta

Where to watch

Paramount+

Prime Video

Apple TV

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...

Center

Primary

Political: CenterConfidence: High

The series focuses on universal themes of empathy, community, and individual responsibility, addressing everyday challenges without promoting a specific political ideology or critiquing systems from a partisan viewpoint, leading to a neutral stance.

Diversity: ModerateConfidence: High

The movie showcases a visibly diverse cast of characters that were integral to its original design, rather than resulting from explicit recasting of traditional roles. Its narrative maintains a neutral to positive framing of traditional identities, focusing on themes of community and empathy within an urban setting without making explicit DEI critiques central to the plot.

Secondary

LGBTQ: N/AConfidence: High

Hey Arnold! is a children's animated series that does not depict any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The show primarily focuses on the everyday lives and adventures of a group of fourth-graders in a diverse urban environment, without exploring queer identities or relationships.

FemPower: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: NoConfidence: High

Hey Arnold! is an original animated series that introduced its characters for the first time. There are no instances of characters being re-gendered from prior canonical or historical portrayals, as no such prior material exists for its cast.

Race Swap: NoConfidence: High

Hey Arnold! is an original animated series where character races were established within the show itself. There is no prior source material or adaptation from which a character's race was changed.