Arnold Shortman

Arnold Shortman is the main protagonist of the Nickelodeon animated television series Hey Arnold!. His head is shaped like an American football, thus earning him the nickname "Football Head". Throughout the series' run, he was voiced by at least five different voice actors:

• J.D. Daniels (who did his voice in the pilot)

• Toran Caudell (who was also the voice of the bully Wolfgang)

• Phillip Van Dyke

• Spencer Klein (who did his voice in the movie), and

• Alex D. Linz who did April Fool's Day and The Journal.

Profile

Full Name: Arnold Phillip Shortman

Alias: Shortman and Football Head or Football headed Kid

Gender: Male

Age: 9 years (Hey Arnold), 10 years ( in The Jungle Film), and 15 years old (in The Patakis)

Personality: Kind, caring, brave, calm, quiet, self-less, smart, and wise.

Skills: Helping others, answering math problems, and gadget expert

Family: Miles Shortman (Father), Stella Shortman (Mother), Phil and Gertude "Pookie" Shortman (Grandparents), Mipsy (Great Aunt), Phil's dad (Great Grandfather), Phil's Grandpa (Great great grand father), Arnold (Grandfather, Deceased), Arnie (Cousin), Helga Pataki (Future Wife),  Three Un Named (Future children), Bob Pataki (Future Father-In-Law), Miriam Pataki (Future Mother-In-Law), and Olga Pataki (Future Sister-In-Law)

Friends: Gerald (best friend), Harold (at times), Sid (at times), Stinky, Rhonda, Eugene, Pheobe, Nadine, Choclate Boy, Curly, Iggy (until "Arnold Betrays Iggy"), Helga (sometimes), Torvald, and Lorenzo.

Love Interests: Helga (Future true love), Ruth (former Crush), and Lila (Crush)

Enemies: Helga (at times), Sid (at times), Harold (at times), Iggy, Wolfgang, Ludwig, La Sombra, and Mr. Pataki

Goal: To find his parents and to have a family of his own

Fate: Happily reunited with his parents and married to Helga raising his new family

History

The Patakis

Arnold now 15 years old would still be Helga's boyfriend after the events of The Jungle film. However they would bicker alot and then later on they would break up after telling Helga that he and his parents would move to a different state. Arnold would meet Helga in his new home due to her running away to find him.

Even though Arnold, moved he still has feelings and loyalty for Helga.

Gallery

Trivia

• According from Hey Arnold's creator, Craig Barlett himself; Arnold and Helga do get married and have children.
• While his surname is never revealed in the show, it was confirmed to be Shortman by Craig Bartlett in an interview with BuzzFeed (and talked about in The Jungle Movie), it was also hinted in the show by his Grandfather.