24 Hours to Live

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24 Hours To Live is a 14-minute animated episode of Hey Arnold! shown before Harriet the Spy in theaters. It was used as a sneak peek to the new Hey Arnold! show that would debut in the fall. Both Harriet the Spy and "24 Hours to Live" were produced by Nickelodeon.

Plot

The story involved Arnold hitting Harold in the head with a baseball, after which Helga G. Pataki who is ready to defend Arnold then says that he should give Arnold a day before "his death".

Helga pesters him constantly about how he is "going to die" for the remainder of the day. Arnold thinks little of it at first, but starts to get nervous as the night wears on. The next day, Arnold is so nervous that he begins to act crazy, so Harold decides not to beat him up.

Miscellaneous

The original pilot has not been seen since the theatrical release and the video replaced it with two Rugrats music videos, however, the story was re-worked into a first-season episode of the series, paired with the episode Magic Show.