Helga's Locket / Sid and Germs - S5-E7
Plot hole: Helga's Locket: When Grandpa tells Arnold about his grandfather's Shiska-Bob Stick, he says that no one has ever touched it since his grandfather's last barbecue on July 16, 1926. However, in the season 3 episode "Grandpa's Birthday," Grandpa says that his grandfather died in 1921 while he looks at the photo album. (00:09:55)
Helga's Locket / Sid and Germs - S5-E7
Other mistake: Helga's Locket: When Helga climbs to the top of the boarding house and looks at Arnold and Grandpa through the window, as Arnold tells Grandpa, "It's embarrassing and weird," Helga's left sleeve is incorrectly coloured pink instead of white. (00:09:02)
Helga's Locket / Sid and Germs - S5-E7
Continuity mistake: Helga's Locket: When Abner takes the locket from Helga at the end, Helga chases after him. In the next shot, they are shown running past the basement window of the boarding house, but that's impossible because they started running away from the basement window in the previous shot. (00:11:42)
Helga's Locket / Sid and Germs - S5-E7
Audio problem: Helga's Locket: When Abner takes the locket from Helga at the end, Helga screams, "Come back here, you filthy pig!" but her mouth hardly moves. (00:11:42)
Helga's Locket / Sid and Germs - S5-E7
Continuity mistake: Helga's Locket: After Helga leaves the boarding house through the basement window at the end, when it shows a close-up shot of the locket in her hands, Helga's sleeves are way longer than they should be. (00:11:37)
Helga's Locket / Sid and Germs - S5-E7
Continuity mistake: Helga's Locket: When Arnold and Grandpa are in the basement trying to pry open the locket, the tools on the workbench constantly rearrange themselves in various shots. (00:10:06)
Helga's Locket / Sid and Germs - S5-E7
Other mistake: Helga's Locket: When Arnold and Grandpa are in the basement and Arnold says that they need the Shiska-Bob Stick, a small portion of the brown paper bag on the workbench is missing. (00:10:06)
Helga's Locket / Sid and Germs - S5-E7
Continuity mistake: Helga's Locket: When Arnold is cutting a photo of Grandma in his room, there is nothing on his computer screen. Then, when Arnold starts to leave his room, a photo of Lila appears on the screen. (00:05:48)
Helga's Locket / Sid and Germs - S5-E7
Other mistake: Helga's Locket: When Helga first sneaks into the boarding house, Grandpa is shown trying to open the locket. When the camera pans over to Helga and stops, a small part of Grandpa is still visible; then he disappears mid-shot. (00:03:25)
Helga's Locket / Sid and Germs - S5-E7
Continuity mistake: When Sid decides to be a slob again, he picks up his frog and you can see that he has gloves on. When the following shot shows a close-up of the frog in Sid's hand, the hand holding the frog does not have gloves on.
Answer: The episode doesn't really elaborate on who the kid was and what his motives were, so its pure speculation as to why he took it. Perhaps the kid could simply want a ball all for himself and decided to just take it, or was simply a rotten kid. The truth is the kid's motives are not important to the story other than it highlights Arnold was having a lot of trouble getting through the list.
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