The crappy Sid episode about germs. (Patreon)

It's true, even Hey Arnold has some stinkers, and most of them are about Sid. This lovable little idiot is funny in episodes that involve the whole cast, but episodes centered on him suck, because that's the character. Sid sucks. It's just who he is, man.

Every Sid episode goes like this, first he gets some weird intrusive thought that turns into an obsessive panic because he's an anxious paranoid freak, and then at the end he just gets over it and goes back to normal until his next schizo obsession takes over. Repetitive.

In a show that typically did a lot to flesh out it's characters, Sid maintains the depth of a spilled Caprisun. One-off characters like Stoop Kid and Pigeon Man get more development.

Am i really complaining? No. It's all pretend. Even the lamest Hey Arnold episode is better than Breaking Bad and Monday Night Raw combined. Plus, this episode mashes up great with a Weird Al song, which redeems it completely in my book.