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The Sunset Arms Boarding House is located at 4040 Vine Street in "The Big
City" (although in "Snow" it's 4040 Vineland, which was the address of the old Nickelodeon animation
studio). No kids are allowed (except for the owners' grandson, Arnold, whose room is the attic - and
Rhonda and Gerald have been allowed for short periods), but pets are OK.
The Sunset Arms is not a place where people who make a lot of money stay. Well, would you want to stay somewhere
where you have to share a bathroom with about ten other people every morning if you could afford to live somewhere
else?
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Ernie Potts
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Season 1
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Ernie runs a wrecking crane for a demolition
company. He's knocked down about 500 buildings, and keeps a
piece of each one in his room. He has a metal plate in his head
(I wouldn't want to be behind him at an airport security
checkpoint). You can see Ernie playing some miniature sort
of Sousaphone (either that, or a very oddly-shaped tuba) in a
flashback in "The Journal", and he plays an accordion (at
Blockapalooza) in the movie.
Voice: Dom Irrera
Abner Come Home
Arnold As Cupid
Arnold's Christmas
Arnold's Halloween
Arnold's Thanksgiving
Career Day
Casa Paradiso
Dangerous Lumber
Dino Checks Out
Door #16
Ernie in Love
Family Man
Fighting Families
Four-Eyed Jack
Gerald Comes Over
Gerald Moves Out
Grandpa's Birthday
Grandpa's Sister
Headless Cabbie
Heat
Helga Sleepwalks
Hey Arnold!: The Movie
Monkeyman!
Old Iron Man
On The Lam
Oskar Can't Read?
Oskar Gets a Job
Rhonda Goes Broke
Snow
Stinky's Pumpkin
Summer Love
The Baseball
The Big Scoop
The High Life (uncredited)
The Old Building
The Racing Mule
The Vacant Lot
Veterans Day
Weird Cousin
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Mr. Hyunh
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Season 1
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Mr. Hyunh came to this city from Vietnam to look
for his daughter, whom he sent here at the end of the Vietnam
War over 20 years ago; it took him 20 years after he sent his
daughter here before he could come here himself. (In
"Arnold's Christmas", he finds her, although she hasn't appeared
on the show since then.) Mr. Hyunh works at the "El
Patio" restaurant. He had a shot at stardom as a country
singer (he sounds a bit like Randy Travis, if you ask me), but
he just didn't want to commit to the responsibilities that go
with fame. Mr. Hyunh, like just about everybody else at
the Sunset Arms, is musically inclined; he plays the cello in
"Arnold as Cupid", thetrombone (in a flashback) in "The
Journal", and the guitar (both acoustic and electric).
Voices: Baoan Coleman, Randy Travis
Baoan Coleman
Arnold As Cupid
Arnold's Christmas
Arnold's Halloween
Arnold's Thanksgiving
Casa Paradiso
Dino Checks Out
Door #16
Family Man
Fighting Families
Four-Eyed Jack
Gerald Comes Over
Gerald Moves Out
Grandpa's Birthday
Grandpa's Sister
Headless Cabbie
Helga Blabs It All
Helga Sleepwalks
Hey Arnold!: The Movie
Monkeyman!
Mr. Hyunh Goes Country (speaking)
Mugged
Oskar Can't Read?
Oskar Gets a Job
Rhonda Goes Broke
School Play
Snow
Summer Love
The Racing Mule
The Vacant Lot
Veterans Day
Weird Cousin
Randy Travis
Mr. Hyunh Goes Country (singing)
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Mai Hyunh
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Mr. Hyunh's daughter.
Voice: Hiep Thi Le
Arnold's Christmas
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Lana Vail
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Season 1
Who does your hair?
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Lana can be seen in a few episodes (mainly in the first season, although she does
appear in later episodes such as "Dinner for Four" (she's startled by one of the cockroaches) and "Dino
Checks Out" (she's at DinoMania), as well as in the opening credits, but she only speaks once, and based on
her accent, she appears to be from Southeastern Europe.
Although she appears in later episodes, she apparently moved out of the boarding house sometime in season one -
in "Arnold's Christmas", when Grandpa says that "everyone is here", Lana isn't there.
Voice: Christine Ebersole
Heat
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Oskar Kokoshka
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Season 1
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Oskar looks out for one thing - himself - and leaves his wife and friends
in the race for second place, to which Oskar replies, "What's wrong with second place? That's pretty good!"
("Arnold As Cupid") Oskar's only job appears to be spending Suzie's money - as he and Suzie put
it, "You know I'm looking for work!" "You won't find it at the racetrack!" "I know that
now!" - although he did get a job delivering papers in
"Oskar Gets A Job". One reason Oskar has trouble getting a
job: he doesn't know how to read very well. Another:
although he owns a saxophone, owning one and knowing how to play
it very well are two different things. (He also plays the
trumpet in a flashback in "The Journal".)
Voice: Steve Viksten
Arnold As Cupid
Arnold Saves Sid
Arnold's Christmas
Arnold's Halloween
Arnold's Thanksgiving
Baby Oskar
Biosquare
Casa Paradiso
Dino Checks Out
Door #16
Eating Contest
Egg Story
Family Man
Fighting Families
Four-Eyed Jack
Gerald Comes Over
Grandpa's Birthday
Heat
Helga Blabs It All
Hey Arnold!: The Movie
Hookey
Mr. Hyunh Goes Country
Old Iron Man
Oskar Can't Read?
Oskar Gets a Job
Rhonda Goes Broke
Runaway Float
Sally's Comet (uncredited)
School Dance
School Play
Snow
Stinky Goes Hollywood
Summer Love
The Flood
The Racing Mule
Veterans Day
Weird Cousin
World Records
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Suzie Kokoshka
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Season 1
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Suzie is Oskar's wife, and (something usually more important to Oskar) the source
of his money (she works (...and works...and works) at a department store), at least as long as he keeps ducking
when she throws everything not nailed down in their room at him ("Gerald Comes Over").
Voice: Mary Scheer
Arnold As Cupid
Arnold's Halloween
Arnold's Thanksgiving
Baby Oskar
Casa Paradiso
Family Man
Fighting Families
Four-Eyed Jack
Gerald Comes Over
Oskar Can't Read?
Oskar Gets a Job
Summer Love
The Racing Mule
The Vacant Lot
Weird Cousin
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Nancy (and Baby Oskar) |
Nancy is Suzie's cousin, and mother of baby Oskar, whom she named "before
we knew your Oskar".
Voices (both Nancy and Baby Oskar): Kath Soucie
Baby Oskar
Mr. Purdy
The only time Mr. Purdy was mentioned was when Arnold tried to collect the rent
from him, as well as trying to get him to admit that he was keeping a live chicken in the room (but like the sign
says, "Pets OK").
Voice: Joseph Purdy (one of the show's writers and story editors)
Gerald Comes Over (uncredited)
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Mr. Smith
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Season 1
How does he eat without a face?
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Mr. Smith is a very private person; he has his meals sent up to his room, has his
own bathroom (for which he pays extra - "Door #16"), and avoids virtually all contact with the others,
including Arnold, who has to collect the rent through a vault hidden in the floor ("Gerald Comes Over").
Mr. Smith is not even mentioned in the second season; it's possible that he's moved out.
Voice: none - Mr. Smith has no speaking roles
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