Hmmm... guess it's time for some DV input on Helga's confession, huh? lol!
Let me start off this issue a little off topic. My favorite episode of Hey Arnold! is April Fools Day, (Of course...XD) and I really consider AFD to be a sixth season episode, because of Arnold and Helga's different personalities (Or nonexistent different personalities). AFD is my favorite episode of HA! not only because of both characters personality changes and the dance they shared together at the end, but also because it was the only A/H episode that took place after Helga's confession. The episode, (though was mostly flirtious competition between Arnold and Helga) I believe, showed the way they
really felt towards each other.
Arnold's obviously so confused with Helga's confession in the movie, but not dense enough to overlook it and only believe that it's "the heat of the moment'. I think he hurt her in the episode because other than wanting revenge, he was being hurt himself. After all, what episodes do we see Arnold retaliate against Helga so badly? The answer to that question is only in episodes which Arnold is deeply hurt by Helga (eg: girl trouble, and I'm not including Egg Story, because he was just going along with what Harold was saying in that episode). I believe Arnold was even starting to think he was almost ready to take her confession and move on to the next level in there relationship, he was starting to believe he had strong feelings for her, (After all, there's a saying; "you always hurt the ones you love"). And what did he do at the end of AFD, people?
I don't know if Arnold's feelings are
that deep or not, in his conscience, they just may be, but I do know for a fact from episodes like, but not limited to; Runaway Float, Save The Tree, Dinner For Four, Beaned, and April Fools Day, he's completely oblivious to the fact that he has a crush on the girl...lol! (eg:
Runaway Float: Hugging her, Arnold and Helga getting closer as a team, Helga siding with her dad...
Save The Tree; Holding her, wondering if she's siding with her dad and not him...

Even the mere fact that he wondered about it showed that he cared deeply for her.
Dinner for Four; Winking at her, flirting
Beaned; Holding her hand--despite it being Helga's hand he was holding and even though he was only trying to
take care of her, I believe there was a deeper meaning. Arnold was completely comfortable with holding her hand and being with her the whole time. He even denied going to the "Old Timers Game" to Gerald to see Mickey K. because he cared so much about Helga. He admitted that he was getting weird and mushy with her when he apologize about the way he was acting in the episode even...

Man! Talk about a freaked out girl I was when I saw it January 26th.
AND April Fools Day obviously because, he's completely oblivious that he has a huge crush on the girl...lol! I mean, come on! Please don't get me started on that dance!...lol! (Although, I think Arnold knew what he was feeling for her when he danced with her more than any other moment in the series.)-- I mean, sure, he was getting back at her by manipulating her and probably teasing her slightly, but the fact is, a person does not dance with a person that intensely and somewhat innuendo hinting, without having at least
some romantic feelings towards that person.
Yeah! I know! It's ridiculous...lol! I really thought that Helga was going to confess in the episode, "Monkey Buisness" and I really thought Arnold knew after hearing Helga's parrot say, "Hel--" and then the monitar lizard jump up and say "ga.." I mean, come on! And then I find out she says nothing and Arnold doesn't know she loves him?
I actually finished the HA! movie book a month before the movie came out. When I read her confession, I was running the book over to my Mom and Grandma. Screaming and going crazy, jumping up and down and laughing, I couldn't
wait to hear her say that to him. I saw the end though, and I didn't know what to think. I was desparate to see the movie because you can only tell how exactly Arnold means what he says to her by his tone of voice...
My opinion on that was that it was a flirtious tone. Just like all of you believe, he knew her secret, he just wasn't ready. He wasn't ready to start a relationship with her, and he knew she was far from ready to go public on it.
This might make all of you want a sixth season twice as much,

but, um, I believe if nickelodean
had a sixth season produced, Craig Bartlett and crew would focus on Arnold and Helga getting closer to going public throughout each plot. Craig would develop their personalities more, making them relate to each other more. Arnold and Helga would run, most of the time like a team, although very and I stress
VERY flirtious team, with so much competition, it would be nearly impossible to fill an entire episode with it.
You're right Nora, that answer
does sound like what Arnold would've said

, and Rachael, I would
really love to see Arnold's answer to Helga too...after a sixth season, of course. I would love to know how he would explain his feelings to her, relating to all of the sixth season episodes.
This post has been edited by Deep Voice on Jun 2 2007, 04:45 PM