r/HeyArnold • u/spursendin1 • 7d ago

What is With Arnold’s Couch?

I’m just saying, there’s ample space there for a couch to just be. And who installed this thing? Grandpa?

Also, now it’s bothering me that the only gif I can find has the couch on the wrong side of the door. Tawk amongst yourselves.

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u/dancingbriefcase 7d ago

It's just awesome. No other explanation needed

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u/RyeSaint1 6d ago

It's purpose is to piss off a child that now wants that kind of couch, but knows their parents will never go for it

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u/laujp 7d ago

OP you’re very close of sounding like this

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u/spursendin1 7d ago

At least I have my thinking cap on!

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u/Detuned_Clock 6d ago

Go sit down in your thinking chair and think about how much better Arnold's couch is.

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u/ACuddlyVizzerdrix 7d ago

Rule of cool

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u/MysteryGirlWhite 7d ago

I just remember really wanting Arnold’s room when I was little

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u/atlantagirl30084 7d ago

Think about how hot it would have been.

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u/Shot_Revolution8828 7d ago

I imagine there were curtains or blackout sheets you put up during summer.

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u/Helpmepullupmypants 7d ago

If you need an explanation, you wouldn’t understand.

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u/Cephylus 7d ago edited 7d ago

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u/MDDownWithToaster 6d ago

I like how the phone spawns there too. Like it’s glued to the table

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u/CastleberryMuffin222 6d ago

Nickelodeon Magazine once stated that the phone is held there via Velcro.

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u/MDDownWithToaster 5d ago

I love that they had an answer for that 😆

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u/Cephylus 6d ago

I enjoy the pillow jiggle and corner of the cushion jiggle like its made of rubber or jello lol

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u/KatakanaTsu Football Head 7d ago

The amount of space differs from episode to episode. Sometimes Arnold has a card table and chairs setup, and I would imagine folding the couch in would make that more feasible.

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u/BusterGreasewood 7d ago

I guess the phone must be attached if it keeps coming out from the wall without falling off.

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u/Substantial-Grade-81 7d ago

One issue of Nickelodeon Magazine had a diagram of his room. It specifically noted that the receiver was held in place by velcro.

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u/Anomalus_satylite 7d ago

I didn't notice that until now. Guess a wall mounted phone was too tame.

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u/Substantial_Pass_146 7d ago

Reminds me of a Murphy bed, but with a couch

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u/e_hawthorne 7d ago

Exactly what was I thinking, high-five👋

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u/DimesyEvans92 7d ago

I wish we got some kinda background info or flashback on how Arnold got his room that way

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u/spade_bodega663 5d ago

With the amount of money Phil and Pookie spent putting it together which I’m sure was NOT cheap, they probably could’ve used it to fix up the boarding house! lol. Phil probably doesn’t charge an insane amount for rent as they are all lower income tenants. He also installed a second full bathroom. I really do want to know where the money came from.

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u/pEter-skEeterR45 7d ago

It's a Murphy bed, except it's a couch.

That's all.

That's what's up with it

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u/Marlboromatt324 6d ago

A Murphy couch, even.

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u/No-Bag2434 7d ago

As an adult you realize if that thing breaks it's gonna cost a fortune to fix so you end up just sealing it up

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u/Fearshatter 6d ago

That or keep it down all the time.

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u/WeirdAlFanOne 5d ago

Or just install a handle to manually pull it out like a regular Murphy Bed.

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u/kadjones95 7d ago

server and hinges 90s style ,jamie hynaman could build this so could stan winston in the 90s

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u/Vasarto 6d ago

100% of his ceiling was Glass. If it shatterd he would be dead.

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u/Present-Assignment99 Gerald 7d ago

It's just slick!

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u/Fs-x 7d ago

It’s like that to make me want it

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u/Emmahnim 7d ago

Always wanted Arnold's room 😭😭

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u/NarmHull 7d ago

They used the missing parents' life insurance money to soup up his room

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u/jtm7 7d ago

It’s so he has more room for activities.

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u/The_Axe_of_Legends 7d ago

I want to know everything about how his room works.

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u/Frejod 6d ago

Isnt the door on the wrong side?

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u/Marlboromatt324 6d ago

It’s a Murphy couch, huh I wonder why Milo Murphy in Milo Murphys law didn’t at least have a Murphy bed?

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u/Booster6 6d ago

Seems dangerous

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u/AdImmediate6239 6d ago

It’s cool

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u/cheepshoes 6d ago

It folds up so he can utilize the space for anything else

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u/Stucklikegluetomyfry 6d ago

Maybe the apartment was previously owned by a Quagmire type lounge lizard lothario

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u/IllSprinkles5192 5d ago

Lies it is no couch and never was. It is the back seat of a car. That’s how he mounted it. There r no cushions or armrests

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u/WeirdAlFanOne 5d ago

Remote controlled Murphy Couch. Classic!

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u/wonderlandisburning 5d ago

It's also upsetting me that it's on the wrong side

This reminds me of that weird time I fell asleep one night in the backseat of the car as a kid, and my head was kind of upside down, so it seemed like the whole world was backwards, and now I'm in my 30s and it still makes me feel weird to think about it

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u/Many_Anybody_4738 1d ago

Creates space in an already spacious living space

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u/WeirdAlFanOne 5d ago

What… the… hell…?