Helen

Helen is a fourth grader who made her debut in the episode "Arthur's Eyes". She has always been seen in the background in most of the episodes.

While she has not been heard speaking, she has been seen speaking to other characters in the background of a number of episodes. She appears to be nice to all the other kids at school.

She is also seen in other places around Elwood City like the library and ice cream shop. Most of the time when she appears she's often with her best friend, Nancy.

Physical appearance
Helen is a cat with brown skin. She wears a cream colored collared shirt, yellow sweater with long sleeves over her cream colored shirt, purple overalls with pink pockets, long pink socks, and pink and white sneakers.

She has dark brown hair in a bob cut. She use to wear a yellow backpack or green backpack. Later on in the series she was seen with a blue colored backpack. Helen also wears an orange sweater with a yellow "P" on it.

She's been seen wearing yellow, green, and blue colored backpacks in other episodes. When she was in kindergarten she wore a sweater with sleeves and buttons, a gray dress, and white Mary Jane type shoes.

In the episode "Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn" she wore a beige shirt, pink shorts, long white socks, and pink and white sneakers during the basketball game.

She was seen wearing the same clothes during the puppet show later on in the same episode. In the episode, "Love Notes for Muffy" she is seen wearing pink shorts and a light pink shirt.

After Season 15, she now has auburn hair. She wears a pink shirt with long sleeves and blue overalls with pockets over her shirt. She also wears green and white sneakers. Her skin complexion is now pink.

Appearances

 * Specials
 * Arthur - It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
 * D.W. and the Beastly Birthday
 * Season 1
 * Arthur's Eyes 10101
 * Francine's Bad Hair Day 10102
 * Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn 10201
 * D.W.'s Imaginary Friend 10401
 * Arthur Bounces Back 10802
 * Arthur Writes a Story 11201
 * Arthur's Lost Dog 11202
 * Arthur, World's Greatest Gleeper 11702
 * Sue Ellen Moves In 12101
 * Team Trouble 12202
 * Bully for Binky 12301
 * Misfortune Teller 12302
 * Arthur's Substitute Teacher Trouble 12702
 * I'm a Poet 12801
 * The Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club 12802
 * My Club Rules 12901
 * Season 2
 * Draw! 20102
 * Arthur's Lucky Pencil 20202
 * Love Notes for Muffy 21601
 * Season 3
 * And Now Let's Talk to Some Kids 30402
 * Revenge of the Chip 30502
 * Dad's Dessert Dilemma 30702
 * Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival 31102
 * Season 4
 * D.W.'s Library Card 40101
 * Arthur's Big Hit 40102
 * The Fright Stuff 40302
 * Season 5
 * Arthur and the Big Riddle 50101 (Arthur's imagination)
 * Kids are from Earth, Parents are from Pluto 50201
 * Bitzi's Beau 50802
 * Season 6
 * Prunella's Special Edition 60301
 * Citizen Frensky 60601
 * Season 7
 * D.W.'s Time Trouble 70701
 * Season 8
 * Bugged 80302
 * Vomitrocious! 80501
 * Sue Ellen Chickens Out 80502
 * Season 9
 * Tipping the Scales 90102
 * Francine's Big Top Trouble 90201
 * A is for Angry 90702
 * Season 10
 * Fern and Persimmony Glitchet 100202
 * Unfinished 100701
 * D.W., Bossy Boots 100702
 * Binky vs. Binky 100801
 * What's Cooking? 101001
 * Buster's Special Delivery 101002
 * Season 11
 * Prunella Packs It In 110302
 * Brain's Shocking Secret 110402
 * Dancing Fools 110602
 * Francine's Pilfered Paper 110801
 * Buster Gets Real 110802
 * Season 12
 * On This Spot 120502
 * Do You Believe in Magic? 120902
 * Season 13
 * Arthur's Number Nightmare (name appeared on a list) 130302
 * Prunella and the Haunted Locker 130802
 * The Pride of Lakewood 130902
 * Season 14
 * The Play's the Thing (Picture only) 140302
 * The Long Road Home 141002
 * Season 15
 * I Wanna Hold Your Hand 150201
 * Buster's Secret Admirer 150301
 * Prunella the Packrat 150701
 * Season 18
 * D.W. & Bud's Higher Purpose 180102
 * Shelter from the Storm 1810
 * Season 20
 * Buster's Second Chance 200101
 * Cereal 200202

Quotes
"Someone get my barf bags!" in D.W. and Bud's Higher Purpose.

Trivia

 * Helen is in the same class as Prunella Deegan.
 * She is a fan of Henry Skreever.
 * She most likely met her friend Nancy at some point during kindergarten or at the Elwood City Preschool.
 * During her year as a third grader she was in Miss Sweetwater's class as seen in the episode Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn.
 * It was revealed however in the episode "Tipping the Scales" she was seen with Binky during last year's performance at Crown City, which means she was most likely in Mr. Ratburn's class during her third grade year along with Luke.
 * Until recently, Helen has never been heard speaking. However, she, Nancy, and a boy can be heard laughing at the information D.W. gave them about Arthur.
 * According to what Arthur said in the episode "D.W.'s Imaginary Friend" Helen is apparently D.W.'s friend. As to how or why that is the case is a complete mystery, but it can be assumed she is Arthur's friend as well and met D.W. through Arthur.
 * In the episode, Love Notes for Muffy she was incorrectly mistaken as a 5th grader along with some or all of her classmates.
 * Helen, Steve, Nancy, and Patrick were all seen in the commercial for Moon Boots. She would be seen in another commercial for the t.v. show Let's Talk to Some Kids, which took place during the episode And Now Let's Talk to Some Kids. This could mean she or her family in general maybe involved with commercials and advertising in some way.
 * She is a fan of Persimmony Glitchet's Horrendously Horrible Happenings books.