Doug vs. Hey! Arnold!

[Bornstarch]

Which is the better series?



vs.

 

[gspieler]

Respect to Arnold, but Doug was a far better series. I'm talking first run from the early 90's when I was kid. Not whatever watered-down garbage show they released later was.

 

[TheTickG]

I watched Doug, but for the life of me I can't remember a single episode. He liked Mayo, maybe?

 

[Aquabot]

I relate more to Doug but Hey Arnold had many more memorable episodes and stories. Also, I liked the urban city vibe compared to the plain suburbs of Doug.

 

[The Eagle]

Hey Arnold and Rocket Power was my childhood:

 

[Tireur889]

I relate more to Doug but Hey Arnold had many more memorable episodes and stories. Also, I liked the urban city vibe compared to the plain suburbs of Doug.

From what I remember, didn't arnold live in nyc

 

[Get To Da Choppa]

Which is the better series?



vs.

It was only until the last couple of years that I learned that Hey Arnold wasn't a spinoff of Pumping Iron

Spoiler

 

[Tireur889]

I liked Doug more but, it was a little corny at times.Hey Arnold came on right before I stopped watching nichelodeon, so I didn't watch it as much as doug

 

[jlagman]

I watched Doug, but for the life of me I can't remember a single episode. He liked Mayo, maybe?

I remember there was a period when I stopped following Doug and when I tuned back in Roger's family became rich which I guess must have turned him into more of a douchebag....



As for Hey Arnold! I remember even less, other than I think Arnold had a skylight in his room, which I always thought was cool, as a kid.

 

[Post 2 Decision]

I never got into Doug.

Football head all the way

 

[dildos]

hey arnold was way better.

but i liked when they both grew up and became junkies.

 

[NoSmilez]

Only saw Doug. I never got into Hey Arnold because he looked scary

 

[Slick_36]

As an adult I would say it's Hey Arnold by a landslide. It's a lot like Futurama in that it could shift tones in an instant, have you laughing one second and fighting tears the next, that's tough to balance without feeling forced. The lessons were memorable and ambitious, the side characters were full of unique personalities that could be antagonistic in one episode and have you cheering them on in the next.

With all that said, Doug hits different for kids and makes it a closer competition than it should be. Doug perfectly captures the hyper dramatic mindset of someone who is experiencing so many things for the first time. The world is bizarre but the morals are grounded in the reality of being a kid. It's full of creativity and feels unlike anything else, like a fever dream. Everyone in his world feels defined yet Doug himself is anything but, he's an unreliable narrator and you're seeing from his POV.

Hey Arnold has the better moments, the more quotable lines, and it's objectively more polished, but Doug has a magic to it that makes it hard to compare to anything else.

 

[Slick_36]

They might be the two best sounding kids shows there's ever been, between Arnold's acid jazz and Doug's weird ass acapella. What else comes close?

 

[The_Renaissance]

Liked both a lot but have more memories of Hey Arnold!, preferred the latter definitely.

 

[Iroh]

Hey, Arnold easily.

His grandpa was the shit!

 

[Xuh]

Hey Arnold curb-stomps Doug

 

[ScarfaceJr]

Hey Arnold for sure. No contest.

 

[DougieJones]

Hey Arnold and it's not even close. Doug was OK but boring and when it switched over to Disney it SUCKED


Stoop kid's afraid to leave his stoop!

 

[Yoel Bromero]

Doug. I was too cool for cartoons by the time hey Arnold came out, don't think I've seen a minute of it