SPOILER ALERT for Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie.
It’s been 13 years since Hey Arnold! ended, and even though I’m now a grown-ass woman, I’ve been wondering one thing for all this time: What happened to Arnold’s parents?!
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All we really knew about Arnold’s parents, Miles and Stella, was that they had disappeared on a humanitarian mission to San Lorenzo where they were trying to cure people of the “sleeping sickness” and it was so sad:
Well, after one hell of a wait, Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie premiered on Nickelodeon over the weekend, and we finally got the closure we’ve all needed.
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Listen, I’m not going to tell you the whole damn plot of the movie because you should watch, but anyways Arnold and his classmates end up on a trip to San Lorenzo…
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Anyways, Arnold and his parents finally have the amazing reunion we’ve all been waiting for…
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…and Arnold’s face was like this, and hoooooly cow I’m tearing up thinking about it again:
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It was just so perfect…
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…and they were really, really, truly back and Arnold was so happy my heart burst:
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IT WAS JUST SO BEAUTIFUL. THE END.
Now, go hug someone you love and then go watch this movie.
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