HEY ARNOLD! FANFICTION FACTBOX
Version 3
(All the values are revised. Additions are marked by plus-sign (+))
Hey Arnold! Activity on FanFictionNet
Year — Stories — Chapters — Words
2000 — 104 —
359 — 713 491 (magnified to one year
value)
2001 — 295 — 764 — 1 208 897
2002 —
465 — 1545 — 2 586 860
2003 — 342 — 1373 — 2 317 219
2004 — 236 — 961 — 1 771 043
2005 — 198 —
762 — 1 585 179
2006 — 146 — 590 —
1 303 553 (forecast)
2007 — 106 — 456 — 1 091
541 (forecast) (+)
To gain the further information were analyzed 4059 files (ca. 82 MB) of more than 700 fanfics.
Characters Popularity List
(By how many times were mentioned in the
fanfics;
compound from different spellings)
Rank (Times mentioned) Name
• 1 (106 493) Helga
Pataki (Including 607 "Cecile", and 45 "Madam Fortress
Mommy")
• 2 (100 652) Arnold (Including
3442 "Football Head", 875 "Arnoldo", and 211 "Hair Boy")
•
3 (28 011) Phoebe Heyerdahl (Including 1259
"Pheebs")
• 4 (26 583) Gerald Johansen
(Including 379 "Geraldo" and 174 "Tall Hair Boy")
•
5 (13 590) Lila Sawyer (Including 155 "Miss
Perfect")
• 6 (10 127) Rhonda Wellington Lloyd
(Including 320 "The Princess")
• 7 (6203) Olga
Pataki (Half the times it's Helga yelled by her father at)
•
8 (4714) Big Bob Pataki
• 9 (4906) Sid (Sidney)
•
10 (3745) Harold Berman (Including 57 "Pink Boy")
•
11 (3503) Curly, Thaddeus Gammelthorpe
• 12 (3591)
Brainy
• 13 (3517) Stinky Petterson
• 14
(3395) Phil, Arnold's Grandpa
• 15 (3083) Mr.
Simmons, Robert
• 16 (3038) Miriam Pataki
• 17
(2968) Nadine
• 18 (2106) Eugene Horowitz
•
19 (1517) Gertie aka Pookie, Arnold's Grandma
•
20 (1336) Robert (There are three Roberts: Big Bob, Mr.
Simmons, and one of Arnold's classmates (I've never seen him
speaking anything))
• 21 (1275) Dr. Bliss
• 22
(1202) Sheena
• 23 (918) Arnie (Excluding when
it's Arnold mentioned)
• 24 (869) Mr. Wartz
•
25 (794) Ruth McDougal
• 26 (760) Big Patty
Smith
• 27 (742) Stella, Arnold's mother
• 28
(565) Oskar Kokoshka
• 29 (563) Wolfgang
• 30
(394) Hilda
• 31 (382) Gloria
• 32 (376)
Miles, Arnold's father
• 33 (370) Rex
Smythe-Higgins (both I and III)
• 34 (363) Ernie Potts
•
35 (356) Bridget
• 36 (325) Lorenzo
• 37
(293) Mr. Hyunh
• 38 (265) Suzie Kokoshka
•
39 (255) Big Gino
• 40 (253) Abner
• 41 (236)
Timberly Johansen
• 42 (227) Eduardo
• 43
(217) Ludwig
• 44 (211) La Sombra
• 45 (178)
Jamie O Johansen
• 46 (158) Monkeyman (+)
•
47 (142) Dino Spumoni
• 48 (142) Wittenberg (Jack
or his wife Tish)
• 49 (137) Peapod Kid
• 50 (136)
Park
• 51 (117) Mr. Green, Marty
• 52 (116)
Earl, Sheena's uncle
• 53 (106) Connie
(Excluding BLFBH's Connie from "Explanations")
• 54
(87) Jolly Olly Man, Willie
• 55 (75) Torvald
•
56 (73) Mitzi, Phil's twin-sister
• 57 (62) Vick
and Morrie, (both) (+)
• 58 (59) Harvey, the
mailman
• 59 (58) Joey
• 60 (56) Pudney,
officer (+)
• 61 (52) Madame Blanche (+)
• 62 (52)
Mr. Packenham, the fifth grade teacher (+)
• 63 (48)
Edmund
• 64 (48) Lola, Mr. Potts's girlfriend
•
65 (48) Murray, the bus driver from the movie
• 66 (47)
Lulu
• 67 (44) Dr. Steiglitz, Murray (+)
• 68
(43) Reba Heyerdayl (+)
• 69 (32) Nocturnal Ned,
radio DJ (+)
• 70 (27) Dixie, Mayor
• 71 (24) Maria
(When it's Connie's friend)
• 72 (23) Kyo
Heyerdahl (+)
• 73 (23) Miss Slovak
• 74 (21)
Mr. Leichliter, Critic (+)
• 75 (19) Mickey Kaline,
Baseball player
• 76 (18) Jacques, the waiter at Chez
Paris (+)
• 77 (13) Jimmy Kafka, Grandpa's old friend
•
78 (11) Katrinka
• 79 (9) Mona, Murray's
girlfriend
• 80 (8) Johnny Stitches, fashion designer
•
81 (8) Nick Vermicelli, Big Bob's business partner (+)
•
82 (5) Sammy Redman, the owner of Dinoland (+)
Different Spelling of the Proper Names
Phoebe, Pheebs and so on:
Phoebe (90 pct), Pheebs (4
pct), Pheobe (3 pct);
also: Feeb, Feebee, Feebes, Feebie,
Feebs (+), Pheb (+), Phebe, Phebees, Phebes, Pheboe, Phebs, Pheeb,
Pheebe, Pheebee, Pheebes, Pheebsie, Pheeps (+), Pheobes, Pheobie,
Pheobs, Pheoeb, Pheoebe, Phobe, Phobee, Phobey, Phobs (+), Phoeb,
Phoeba, Phoebes, Phoebs, Phoeeb — 34 variants
Criminy:
Criminey (37 pct), Crimeny (27 pct), Criminy
(17 pct), Crimany (6 pct), Crimney (4 pct), Crimity (2 pct), Crimeney
(2 pct);
also: Chrimany, Chrimeny, Crimanty, Crimedy,
Crimen (+), Crimenies, Crimenity, Crimety, Crimey, Criminety,
Crimitey, Crimmany (+), Crimmeny, Crimminy, Crimmity, Crinimey,
Kriminny, Krimminy — 25 variants
For those who didn't get it: Criminy is a euphemism for Christ and is related to words like criminal. That's why I prefer spelling criminy.
Kokoshka:
Kokoshka (63 pct), Kokashka (9 pct), Kakoshka
(5 pct), Kokoshku (5 pct), Kakashka (2 pct, see the note below),
Kohoshka (2 pct), Kokasha (2 pct), Kokshka (2 pct);
also:
Kacashka, Kahkashka, Kakasha, Kekaushka, Kokhoshka, Kokochka (+),
Kokoschka (+), Kokoscka (+), Kokoshcka (+), Kokoska, Kykosaka,
Picoshca — 20 variants
Note: In Russian language kakashka is a childish word that means "little piece of…" uh, I'm G-rated here… You got my point.
Oskar Kokoshka is a real Austrian painter. (Information submitted by krossfire. See his review for more details.)
Hyunh:
Hyunh (58 pct), Hyunn (21 pct), Hynuh (4 pct),
Huynh (4 pct), Hynnh (3 pct), Hyun (2 pct);
also: Huyn,
Huyne, Hynh, Hynn, Hyuen (+), Hyuh, Hyuhh, Hyuhn, Hyune, Hyunhe,
Hyunnh, Hyuuh, Hywen, Hywn, Whins, Whyn, Whyne, Whynh, Whynn, Wyne,
Wynh — 26 variants
The spelling accepted in the show is Hyunh, but correct Vietnamese spelling is Huynh. That's a common Vietnamese last name, with several meanings. (Information submitted by Grignard)
Berman:
Berman (88 pct), Burman (7 pct), Behrman (5 pct)
— just three variants
Heyerdahl:
Heyerdahl (52 pct), Hyerdahl (26 pct),
Heyerdale (4 pct), Heyerdohl (3 pct), Hyerdal (3 pct), Hyerdaul (2
pct), Heyerdhal (2 pct), Hyerdhal (2 pct) (+);
also:
Heydrenal (+), Heyerald, Heyerdahal, Heyerdail, Heyerdal (+),
Heyerdaul, Heyrrdahl, Hiyerdahl, Hiyerdol, Hyderdahl, Hyerdale,
Hyerdhal, Hyerdhaul, Hyerdohl, Hyerdol, Hyerduhl, Hyerendahl, Hyrdaul
— 26 variants
And what about Higher Doll?
Heyerdahl is a Norwegian last name. A famous treveler Tor Heyerdahl bears it.
Miriam:
Miriam (93 pct), Mirium (3 pct), Maraim (2 pct)
(+);
also: Maraim, Marian, Mariem, Marium, Meriam, Meriaum,
Merriam, Miraim, Miram (+), Mirian, Mirriam — 14 variants
Arnold's Last Names (+)
• Arnold Bartlett — The Photograph, by Jarel
Kortan
• Arnold Craig — Rhondagenesis II, by
Kryten
• Arnold Darlington — Hitch Hikers Guide To
The...Hey Arnold, by Lady Pandora
• Arnold Dennison
— Eight Hours Away, by Serap-89
• Arnold Dumbrowski
— Secrets and Confessions, by Sweet67qt
• Arnold
Finnigan — Where We're From, by Arnoldnhelga4eva
•
Arnold George — Secret Agent Helga, by bookworym
•
Arnold Green — Clue: Murder At Body Mansion, by
Professor Rose Thorn
• Arnold Greene — Lost Island,
by iluvrocknroll and Hillwood Medical, by Arnold Summers (two
times!)
• Arnold Hargan — Loving You, by
PinayBrat
• Arnold Hobart — My SoCalled Boyfriend,
by Keri Anna
• Arnold James — Before Woman, by
Poison Ivory
• Arnold James Mackintosh Qwilleran — He's
Gone and The Secret, by Cybra
• Arnold Linshaw
— Years Later, by S.L.Cipher
• Arnold McIssacs —
Star Struck, by Mouse9
• Arnold Miles Tiller —
Through the Compact Disc, by BLFBH
• Arnold Parker
— Love is Always There, by CmarieL
• Arnold Patrick
Melbony — Jungle Fever, by N.U.T.S
• Arnold
Schwartz... (unfinished, but hinted at Schwarzenegger) — Hey
Arnold! The Movie 2: Return to San Lorenzo, by
Unsure-Dreamer-87
• Arnold Short — Instant
Gratification, by Lord Malachite and hey helga ch 2 miss
popularity, by BellaMay76 (two times!)
• Arnold
Skywalker — Hey Arnold! Episode I: Big Bob Strikes Back!,
by DarthRoden
• Arnold Stewart — Orchids in Winter,
by PopStarOE
• Arnold Topson — Beauty and the Beast,
by blacknotebook
• Arnold William Love — The
Patakis, by RenaeAurora
— I have found 24 variants.
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