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Craig Bartlett

Creator of Hey Arnold!

We retrieved 6 posts and 263 comments from u/CraigBartlett, dated 2018 to 2024, most often in r/IAmA, r/90s and r/HeyArnold.

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A redditor wrote in r/90s

On “I'm Craig Bartlett, creator of Hey Arnold! I'm joined by Lane Toran, the OG voice of Arnold! AMA”

What was the inspiration for Arnold’s bedroom?

u/CraigBartlett replied

When I was Arnold's age, I sometimes visited my cousin up in Concrete, WA. He lived in an attic bedroom that you accessed by pulling down a little staircase like Arnold's. I loved it, it was like a fort where you could really get away from everyone else.

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Behind the scenesr/90s · 246 points as of Nov 2026Full thread ↗

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A redditor wrote in r/90s

On “I'm Craig Bartlett, creator of Hey Arnold! I'm joined by Lane Toran, the OG voice of Arnold! AMA”

Craig: When it came time for you to write the ending for The Jungle Movie, was there any hesitation about having Arnold's parents live? Lane: 👋

u/CraigBartlett replied

Yeah when we first started developing it, Steve Viksten, who was writing it with me, felt strongly that the only way it could go is if they were dead. So we tried some drafts like that. Cut to 2015 when…

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Yeah when we first started developing it, Steve Viksten, who was writing it with me, felt strongly that the only way it could go is if they were dead. So we tried some drafts like that. Cut to 2015 when I got the chance to finally make it, and by then I could tell from fans that they really wanted the parents to live. So I decided to figure out how to make that happen. I'm actually glad I had 15 years to think about it before finishing it.

Cut ideaThe ideas that didn't make itr/90s · 13 points as of Nov 2026Full thread ↗
A redditor wrote in r/90s

On “I'm Craig Bartlett, creator of Hey Arnold! I'm joined by Lane Toran, the OG voice of Arnold! AMA”

Also question for Craig! I wanna clarify, how old is Harold? He had a Bar Mitzvah and in one episode he mentioned being pushed back a few grades. But in Helga on the Couch he appears to be in the same kindergarten class as Helga, Arnold and others.

u/CraigBartlett replied

Ah, it's true. In Arnold's universe, time is elastic. Harold was older by several years for one story, and almost the same age at the rest of them for "Couch," and probably "the Journal." What can I say? We do our best.

Own mistakeOwning the mistaker/90s · 14 points as of Nov 2026Full thread ↗