>this episode is infamous on /co/ for some reason >decide

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>this episode is infamous on /co/ for some reason
>decide to rewatch and marathon Hey Arnold
>Finally reach this episode

I still fail to understand why this episode is so bad. I get why some people may find this episode a bit "mean-spirited", especially since the end does get a little weird with the humiliation torture porn and Sid and Stinky pretty much get away scoutfree, but I fail to see how its so horrible. People hate it because they think Arnold acts out of character and gets punished for no real reason, but neither of that is true. Arnold pretty much did everything possible to outright tell Sid and Stinky the embarrassing secret by not keeping his mouth shut, so you don't feel bad in the end, especially since he chooses to do it. Iggy may be a asshole for not forgiving Arnold but it makes sense why someone would be so mad and unforgiving because someone broke a promise and destroyed your reputation. I don't really like the episode, and the idea could have been done way better, but I've seen worse episodes of Hey Arnold and I still fail to see how its so horrible that a bunch of people will spread lies that the episode got banned or take a MrEnter review that seriously. Frankly, this episode seems to only piss people off who spend too much time trying to moralize every episode of a show like this.

In fact, now that I think about, I actually found myself disliking the next segment from the very same episode way more. The one with Helga and the Nanny, and Helga frames the nanny to make it look like she stole from them . I wouldn't call it out of character since Helga is from a dysfunctional family, but damn, it made Helga look way too evil. Its extremely hard to find her likeable or sympathetic in any way.