Episode of Hey Arnold!
Cool Jerk
Season 1, Episode 11b
Air date: December 16, 1996
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Cool Jerk is an episode in the Hey Arnold! TV Series.

SummaryEdit

Arnold starts hanging around with an older guy named Frankie G., who's known for his coolness, but then Arnold finds out Frankie is really a burglar, who needs him to rob a store.

TriviaEdit

• Carlos Alazraqui voices Frankie G.. He also voices other Nicktoons such as Rocko in Rocko's Modern Life and Winslow in CatDog.
• Max Casella voices two of Frankie's friends.
• Frankie G. almost looks like the character Fonzie from the TV series Happy Days.
• Arnold prefers pinball to video games.
• The water tower at the end says "LOWTWATER". Steve Lowtwait is a layout designer on the show.
• Frankie G. high fives a man in his apartment wearing a combat jacket and mohawk similar to Travis Bickle from the film Taxi Driver.
• Frankie G. takes Arnold to a motorcycle-themed movie called The Wild One.  This is an actual 1953 film, starring Marlon Brando and Lee Marvin.
• Frankie G. calls Arnold "Triangle face"; however, Arnold's head is the shape of a half cicrle.
• Gerald has a siren noise-maker that once belonged to his grandfather.

GoofsEdit

• The episode started with Harold's shirt having an "H", and then it was a plain blue shirt after he made his throw.
• Frankie G. just happens to have a helmet that fits Arnold's head, and Arnold wears it without removing his hat, and his hat isn't crushed by it.
• The first time Arnold wears his helmet, it doesn't affect his hair, but later on his hair is messed up.
• The window didn't move but it was closed again after Gerald pulled Arnold out.

See alsoEdit

• Quotes from this episode

External linksEdit

• Discussion of this episode in Hey Arnold! Rewatch community on LiveJournal