HEY ARNOLD! FANFICTION FACTBOX
Version 2
(Additions are marked by plus-sign (+))
Hey Arnold! Activity on FanFintionNet
Year — Fanfics
2000 — 106 (magnified to one year
value)
2001 — 296
2002 — 467
2003 — 343
2004 —
235
2005 — 201 (forecast)
2006 — 144 (forecast)
To gain the further information were analyzed 3524 files (ca. 70 MB) of more than 600 fanfics.
Characters Popularity List
(By how many times where mentioned in the
fanfics;
compound from different spellings)
Rank (Times mentioned) Name
• 1 (89 264) Helga
Pataki (Including 576 "Cecile", and 35 "Madam Fortress
Mommy")
• 2 (80 640) Arnold (Including 2938
"Football Head", 770 "Arnoldo", and 204 "Hair Boy")
•
3 (22 291) Phoebe Heyerdahl (Including 1112
"Pheebs")
• 4 (22 193) Gerald Johansen
(Including 333 "Geraldo" and 183 "Tall Hair Boy")
•
5 (11 121) Lila Sawyer (Including 191 "Miss
Perfect")
• 6 (7901) Rhonda Wellington Lloyd
(Including 320 "The Princess")
• 7 (5063) Olga
Pataki (Half the times it's Helga yelled by her father at)
•
8 (4061) Phil, Arnold's Grandpa
• 9 (4003) Big Bob
Pataki
• 10 (3600) Sid (Sidney)
• 11 (2885) Harold
Berman (Including 57 "Pink Boy")
• 12 (2979) Curly,
Thaddeus Gammelthorpe
• 13 (2853) Stinky Petterson
•
14 (2824) Brainy
• 15 (2512) Miriam Pataki
•
16 (2434) Nadine
• 17 (2320) Mr. Simmons, Robert
•
18 (1843) Gertie aka Pookie, Arnold's Grandma
•
19 (1382) Eugene Horowitz
• 20 (983) Mr. Wartz
•
21 (952) Sheena
• 22 (872) Arnie (Excluding
when it's Arnold mentioned)
• 23 (848) Dr. Bliss
•
24 (691) Big Patty Smith
• 25 (561) Stella,
Arnold's mother
• 26 (503) Wolfgang
• 27 (453)
Robert (There are three Roberts: Big Bob, Mr. Simmons, and
one of Arnold's classmates (I've never seen him speaking
anything))
• 28 (395) Oskar Kokoshka
• 29 (378)
Ruth McDougal
• 30 (361) Ernie Potts
• 31
(359) Rex Smythe-Higgins (both I and III)
• 32 (334)
Bridget
• 33 (307) Miles, Arnold's father
•
34 (255) Big Gino
• 35 (242) Hilda
• 36 (236)
Lorenzo
• 37 (230) Mr. Hyunh
• 38 (213)
Timberly Johansen
• 39 (211) Ludwig
• 40
(205) Abner
• 41 (204) Gloria
• 42 (200)
Eduardo
• 43 (195) La Sombra +
• 44 (195)
Suzie Kokoshka
• 45 (144) Wittenberg (Jack or his
wife Tish)
• 46 (136) Park
• 47 (126) Jamie O
Johansen +
• 48 (123) Dino Spumoni
• 49 (120) Peapod
Kid
• 50 (117) Mr. Green
• 51 (110) Earl,
Sheena's uncle
• 52 (81) Mitzi, Phil's twin-sister
+
• 53 (77) Jolly Olly Man
• 54 (66) Torvald
•
55 (60) Connie (Excluding BLFBH's Connie from
"Explanations")
• 56 (58) Joey
• 57 (48)
Murray, the bus driver from the movie +
• 58 (48) Lola,
Mr. Potts's girlfriend +
• 59 (47) Lulu
• 60 (43)
Edmund
• 61 (43) Harvey, the mailman
• 62
(27) Dixie, Mayor
• 63 (20) Maria (When it's
Connie's friend)
• 64 (20) Miss Slovak
• 65
(9) Jimmy Kafka, Grandpa's old friend +
• 66 (9)
Katrinka +
• 67 (9) Mona, Murray's girlfriend
+
• 68 (8) Johnny Stitches, fashion designer +
Different Spelling of the Proper Names
Phoebe, Pheebs and so on:
Phoebe (90 pct), Pheebs (5
pct), Pheobe (3 pct);
also: Feeb, Feebee, Feebes, Feebie,
Phebe, Phebees, Phebes, Pheboe, Phebs, Pheeb, Pheebe, Pheebee,
Pheebes, Pheebsie, Pheobes, Pheobie, Pheobs, Pheoeb, Pheoebe, Phobe,
Phobee, Phobey, Phoeb, Phoeba, Phoebes, Phoebs, Phoeeb — 30
variants
Criminy:
Criminey (39 pct), Crimeny (26 pct), Criminy
(16 pct), Crimany (6 pct), Crimney (5 pct), Crimity (2 pct), Crimeney
(2 pct);
also: Chrimany, Chrimeny, Crimanty, Crimedy,
Crimenies, Crimenity, Crimety, Crimey, Criminety, Crimitey, Crimmeny,
Crimminy, Crimmity, Crinimey, Kriminny, Krimminy — 23 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 (10 pct), Kakoshka
(6 pct), Kokoshku (6 pct), Kakashka (3 pct, see the note below),
Kohoshka (2 pct), Kokasha (2 pct), Kokshka (2 pct);
also:
Kacashka, Kahkashka, Kakasha, Kekaushka, Kokhoshka, Kokoska,
Kykosaka, Picoshca — 16 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 (56 pct), Hyunn (18 pct), Hynuh (5 pct),
Huynh (4 pct), Hynnh (4 pct), Hyun (2 pct);
also: Huyn,
Huyne, Hynh, Hynn, 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 (50 pct), Hyerdahl (26 pct),
Heyerdale (5 pct), Heyerdohl (3 pct), Hyerdal (3 pct), Hyerdaul (2
pct), Heyerdhal (2 pct), Hiyerdahl (2 pct);
also: Heyerald,
Heyerdahal, Heyerdail, Heyerdaul, Heyrrdahl, Hiyerdol, Hyderdahl,
Hyerdale, Hyerdhal, Hyerdhaul, Hyerdohl, Hyerdol, Hyerduhl,
Hyerendahl, Hyrdaul — 23 variants
And how about Higher Doll?
Heyerdahl is a Norwegian last name. A famous treveler Tor Heyerdahl bears it.
Miriam:
Miriam (94 pct), Mirium (4 pct);
also:
Maraim, Marian, Mariem, Marium, Meriam, Meriaum, Merriam, Miraim,
Mirian, Mirriam — 12 variants
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