Hey Arnold!: The Movie is a 2002 American animated adventure comedy film based on the Nickelodeon animated television series. It was directed by Tuck Tucker and written by series creator Craig Bartlett and Steve Viksten, with music by series composer Jim Lang. The film stars Spencer Klein, Francesca Smith, Jamil Walker Smith, Dan Castellaneta, Tress MacNeille, Paul Sorvino, and Jennifer Jason Leigh, and follows Arnold, Gerald, and Helga on a quest to save their neighborhood from a greedy developer who plans on converting it into a huge shopping mall. The events of the film take place during the series' fifth and final season.