Gerald's 24 Best Moments From "Hey Arnold!"

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"The journey is the destination, man." – Gerald Johanssen

Gerald Johanssen is definitely one of the greatest characters from the '90s/'00s Nickelodeon animated sitcom, Hey Arnold!.

Gerald winks at himself in the mirror as he gets ready for a date

Gerald was a gifted storyteller, a good brother to his siblings, Timberly and Jamie O, and a really loyal friend. Here are his greatest Hey Arnold! moments.

Gerald and Arnold do a handshake in the theme song opening of "Hey Arnold"

1. When he didn't take any guff from Helga when she was a bossy theater director.

split image of helga stating that she wants every kid to show up a half an hour early for theater class so they can do another run through, while gerald is picking his nose on the right

2. When he taught Arnold how to talk to girls.

Gerald reads Arnold a line to use when greeting women that he learned from a book

3. When he and Arnold were clearly the best dressed kids at a sixth grade dance, and he knew it.

Arnold and Gerald arrive at a sixth grade dance wearing stylish outfits

4. When he conquered his biking fears, won a bike-a-thon, and stunned his competition in the process.

Gerald beats Helga and Harold in a bike-a-thon

5. When he moved out of his house and was loving this newfound freedom.

Gerald is very happy to move into Arnold's boarding house

6. When he was a trusting consumer.

Gerald admires roller skating blades from the sidewalk in front of their display window

7. When he started to sell watches and became a savvy businessperson.

Gerald takes some business calls after becoming a watch salesman

8. When he forgave Timberly after she lied about her doll being stolen because she was feeling left out.

Gerald comforts Timberly as she cries about feeling left out

9. When he kept things real while he and Arnold were chasing some suspicious men.

Gerald tries to get information about where a cab took two men he and Arnold think are suspicious

10. When he enjoyed the simple things in life.

Gerald and Arnold play hookey from school and drink sodas while in disguise

11. When he was realistic about Arnold's talent show suggestion.

Gerald shuts down Arnold's idea to do some poetry reading for their school talent show

12. When his inner movie critic came out after the gang watched "Killer Vegetables from Space."

Gerald and Helga criticize the movie they just saw, called "Killer Vegetables from Space"

13. When he gave a word of warning about the subway.

Gerald warns Arnold that they shouldn't take subway since it's after dark

14. When he properly identified the problem behind his and Arnold's failed attempts at flying a kite.

Arnold and Gerald try to get to the bottom of why their kite won't fly

15. When he was a supportive friend.

Gerald has Arnold's back when he plans to get his football back from Stoop Kid

16. When he evaluated Arnold's feelings for Ruth.

Gerald tries to help Arnold with his plan to approach Ruth, a girl Arnold has a crush on

Arnold practices how he'll greet Ruth, and Gerald notices how Arnold is lovesick

17. When he knew how to think big.

Gerald and Arnold imagine what it would be like to have their very own baseball field

18. When he had a positive outlook on Arnold's unique living situation.

Gerald talks about the fun things Arnold gets to do at his house, like collect rent money and break up fights

19. When he explained why he'd get an invite to Rhonda's cool party.

Gerald has faith he'll make Rhonda's cool list and describes himself as "the definition of cool"

20. When he tried his best to go along with Arnold's plan to win Lila over.

Gerald doubts that Arnold will win Lila over with an invite to the Annual Cheese Festival

21. When he didn't let his addiction to a game called "The King Rules" get in the way of his friendship with Arnold.

Gerald chooses to forfeit a game of "The King Rules" to maintain his friendship with Arnold

22. When he bared his soul to his audience.

Gerald gives a performance on stage at the Coco Hut lounge

23. When he pulled off a great vocal performance after getting his tonsils removed and learned the importance of being himself.

Gerald sings very well on stage in spite of his recent tonsillectomy

Gerald learns that to give his best performance on stage he just had to be himself

24. And, lastly, when he got philosophical.

Gerald and Arnold ride on a bus instead of going to act in Helga's school play

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