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Who's more psychotic? Helga vs Curly?


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Helga is psychotic because she stalks Arnold and when she actually confronts him she is mean to him but secretly is madly in love with him, so that is a bit psychotic. Also Curly is psychotic because he is just plain nuts. So they are equally crazy. 

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Dont forget Brainy too. He stalks Helga!.

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Curly, no contest. He snaps over a pencil, not being hall monitor and not being able to tell a freaking story!

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I also have to say Curly. Helga only gets crazy over Arnold. Curly is just....crazy in general. Plain and simple. Remember that episode where he actually let out all the animals from the zoo while Arnold was having a party for the "geeks"? 

Simply me.

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Lol Helga also always allows her jealousy and frustration get the better of her. So it's not just Arnold.

When Olga and Lila spent time together, she was so jealous that she released the oil from Olga's car, ruined their boat ride, etc.

Don't forget the cheese festivals lol.

When her parents hired that nanny, she tried many cruel schemes to get her fired for no apparent reason.

She also changed Olga's grades.

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Lol Helga also always allows her jealousy and frustration get the better of her. So it's not just Arnold.

When Olga and Lila spent time together, she was so jealous that she released the oil from Olga's car, ruined their boat ride, etc.

Don't forget the cheese festivals lol.

When her parents hired that nanny, she tried many cruel schemes to get her fired for no apparent reason.

She also changed Olga's grades.


Lol, yes, all of this is true. She can be a pretty spiteful person.  As for the nanny, Helga only wanted to get her fired because she felt that the nanny was ruining her life, as she puts it, and she just wanted things to be back to normal. She wasn't accustomed to the nanny's way of doing things. I think in the end, Helga sure did learned a valuable lesson on not taking the nanny for granted, and her schemes also seemed to backfire right in her face.  Like the time at the carnival, Helga tried to get rid of Ruth out of Arnold's sight, but it only made Arnold crave for Ruth even more.

Jesus, the things that Helga would do just to have things her own way, but to be honest, I probably would have done the same thing if I was in her shoes.


Simply me.

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Helga benefits from the audience being able to see her perspective, Curly does not. Curly looks like a 1-dimensional character on the outside, but if his character were treated the way Helga's was we'd probably be a lot more understanding & sympathetic as to why he is the way that he is.

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Exactly. Whenever Helga does something malicious we always hear "why" and they explain her motivations.

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