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Looneytunes
05-02-2007, 08:00 PM
Okay, I have a question. I was skipping through channels today, and I saw that the show "Arthur" was on, so I decided to watch it for a few minutes, and watching the episode, something dawned on me. Some of the characters are a like lots of the characters on the show, "Hey Arnold" (without the irreverence, of course): Arnold and Arthur; Gerald and Buster; Harold and Binky Barnes; Rhonda and Francine; and Lila and Muffy. Could "Hey Arnold" have been influenced by the show, "Arthur", or is it just a small coincidence? Ideas?

Looneytunes (Disneytoons)
Moto Pete
05-02-2007, 09:02 PM
I Lean towards just formulaic characters on these shows. But i see the simulatity
RoseBusch
05-02-2007, 09:13 PM
Arthur to Arnold
Buster to Gerald
Lila to Muffy
Francine to Helga
Harold to Binky
Pheobe to Brain


They both premiered in 1996, so Arnold is for big kids and Arthur is for little kids
Dr.Pepper
05-02-2007, 10:04 PM
I think those kinds of charecters that generic in kids shows
RskimB
05-02-2007, 11:58 PM
I think those kinds of charecters that generic in kids shows

yea rich kid, jock, bully w/ a dark secret, smart kid, etc pretty generic characters found in kids shows
RedNinja84
05-03-2007, 09:53 AM
Actually these characters predate Hey Arnold, since they were in book form before the show. They were kid books released in the late 80's and early 90's.
tb4000
05-03-2007, 10:27 AM
Actually these characters predate Hey Arnold, since they were in book form before the show. They were kid books released in the late 80's and early 90's.
Bam.
BCVM22
05-03-2007, 02:18 PM
They're called character archetypes. You'll find them in just about any production with a young cast of characters aimed towards a younger crowd.
dth1971
05-05-2007, 11:54 PM
Someone once thought the characters from Marc Brown's Arthur were copied from the characters in Archie comics.
stargirl
05-11-2007, 08:56 PM
Someone once thought the characters from Marc Brown's Arthur were copied from the characters in Archie comics.

In my opinion, the Arthur TV series almost looked like it was modeled from the Archie TV series (1960's)!
Patchwork
05-11-2007, 09:24 PM
Arthur to Arnold
Buster to Gerald
Lila to Muffy
Francine to Helga
Harold to Binky
Pheobe to Brain


They both premiered in 1996, so Arnold is for big kids and Arthur is for little kids

Actually, I think it would probably be more like Rhonda to Muffy
Antiyonder
05-11-2007, 10:28 PM
They're called character archetypes. You'll find them in just about any production with a young cast of characters aimed towards a younger crowd.

True, but there are so many cliches and archetypes. So why do the same ones get used, without much of a variation?
RoseBusch
05-13-2007, 10:56 AM
Actually, I think it would probably be more like Rhonda to Muffy


Oh yeah! I totally forgot about Rhonda!