
Arnold & Lila / Grand Prix - S3-E13
Other mistake: Arnold and Lila: When Arnold tells Lila that the writing on the wall wasn't him, as Lila says, "That's OK, Arnold," she blinks, and her left eyelid is not colored in. (00:07:16)

Arnold & Lila / Grand Prix - S3-E13
Other mistake: Arnold and Lila: When Rhonda, Lila and Nadine are talking about what Helga wrote on the wall, as Lila says, "It couldn't possibly be true, could it?", she blinks, and her right eyelid is not coloured in. (00:03:12)

Dinner for Four / Phoebe Skips - S4-E5
Other mistake: Phoebe Skips: When Lila tells Helga, "I just didn't feel right about destroying Rhonda's personal property," she blinks, and her right eyelid is not colored in. (00:16:19)

The Aptitude Test / Oskar Gets a Job - S3-E9
Other mistake: Oskar Gets a Job: On the second day that Oskar forgets to do his job, Arnold reminds him that he has newspapers to deliver. After Oskar says, "You won't believe what happened," Arnold blinks, and his right eyelid is not colored in. (00:18:56)

The Aptitude Test / Oskar Gets a Job - S3-E9
Other mistake: Oskar Gets a Job: In the beginning of the episode, Arnold and Gerald overhear Oskar arguing with a man in his room. In the close-up of Arnold and Gerald as Oskar says, "You're a big man, aren't you?", Arnold's right eyelid is not colored in. (00:12:17)

Helga's Boyfriend / Crush on Teacher - S2-E14
Other mistake: Crush on Teacher: When Arnold and Gerald are walking to school and Arnold gets distracted by the birds and flowers, as he says, "Look at the flowers," his eyelids are not colored in. (00:14:37)

Helga's Boyfriend / Crush on Teacher - S2-E14
Other mistake: Crush on Teacher: When the kids are playing baseball and the baseball hits Arnold, as he says, "I'm fine, Miss Felter," his eyelids are not colored in. (00:13:02)

The High Life / Best Friends - S2-E10
Other mistake: Best Friends: When Arnold walks across the table during the fashion show, a small chunk of the spotlight vanishes mid-shot. (00:22:13)

The High Life / Best Friends - S2-E10
Other mistake: Best Friends: When Gerald is first revealed during the fashion show, the curtains are transparent. They are never transparent in any other shot. (00:22:26)

Runaway Float / Partners - S2-E20
Other mistake: Runaway Float: After Bob says, "Now this float has to scream 'beeper' at the top of its lungs!", as he walks away from Arnold and Helga, Joey has white skin, blonde hair, and an orange shirt. (00:06:31)

Arnold's Room / Helga vs. Big Patty - S3-E4
Other mistake: Helga vs. Big Patty: When Helga dreams about boxing Patty, as she steps back from her, she is standing in mid-air for about a second. (00:17:00)
Monkeyman! / Buses, Bikes and Subways - S5-E1
Other mistake: Buses, Bikes and Subways: When Helga and Harold are running to catch the bus, as Harold says, "Ow, quit pulling my arm," Helga is frozen at the right side of the screen for a second before she starts moving. Also, her mouth doesn't move when she says, "The bus is leaving, you dumb oaf." (00:13:59 - 00:14:53)
New Bully on the Block / Phoebe Breaks a Leg - S5-E5
Other mistake: Phoebe Breaks a Leg: When Phoebe is about to be taken to the hospital, as Gerald says, "Now that is truly sad," there is an animation error where Arnold's mouth opens and closes for a split second. (00:14:42)
Runaway Float / Partners - S2-E20
Other mistake: Runaway Float: When Arnold tears apart the big beeper on the parade float, the float's platform is missing, which makes it look like Bob and Nick are on the road. This happens again after Arnold stops the float, which makes it look like Bob and Nick are floating as a result. (00:10:19)

Love and Cheese / Weighing Harold - S4-E7
Other mistake: Love and Cheese: When Arnold accidentally kisses Gerald's hand on the bus, his left foot is missing. (00:02:00)

Runaway Float / Partners - S2-E20
Other mistake: Runaway Float: After Nick Vermicelli says that the parade float is a total mess, as Arnold says, "It's not a mess," the background is of the school hallway, not Arnold's garage. (00:05:28)

Arnold's Thanksgiving - S3-E14
Other mistake: When Helga tells Phoebe how much she hates Thanksgiving backstage during the play, the third time Phoebe says, "Helga," the background is of Helga's living room, not backstage. (00:03:38)
The Little Pink Book/Field Trip - S1-E2
Other mistake: When Arnold is reading the diary at the school the other kids ask him to read more. He says "OK, but it is the last page." There are more pages. When he starts to read, then it is the last page.
Dinner for Four / Phoebe Skips - S4-E5
Other mistake: When Helga and Phoebe leave the girls' bathroom together near the end, Helga pushes the door outward, but the hinges are on the inside, so it should only open inward.
On The Lam / Family Man - S5-E17
Other mistake: A security guard in the train yard is drinking from a carton of milk depicting the boys. However, they had only been declared missing that afternoon. It is impossible to put out milk cartons that quickly.
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.
Lummie ★