"Hey Arnold!" followed the adventures of Arnold and his friends growing up in the city, and the show was great about showing us the private lives of the show's enormous cast of characters. In fact, the character whose life we saw the most of was Arnold's secret admirer, Helga Pataki, and her constant struggle to hide her creepy obsession with Arnold. It made for some great episodes but looking back on it now, it would almost seem that Helga was the protagonist we were always rooting for rather than Arnold, who became more of a background character as the series progressed. We compare Helga to Arnold to decide whether the show was really about Helga all along.