Arnold Jackson (Totally Spies)

Arnold Jackson is a classmate who regularly shows up in the side stories at Beverly Hills High; he is portrayed as a nerd with glasses who has helped out the girls on the condition that they go on a date with him. In the series opener, he successfully campaigns for Clover to win a popularity contest, and gets to date her for a day, and in "A Spy Is Born" double-episode, he asks Sam out as a secret admirer with the initials "A.J."[at] Despite being turned down "a few, uh, hundred times" by Clover,[au] he is still attracted to her, and works on her publicity campaign in "Super Agent Much?";[av] he is also a member of Mandy's fan club.[aw] He participates in school events including the Halloween costume contest,[ax] Most Charitable Teen contest,[ay] local raves,[az] student president elections,[au] and the head cheerleader contest, the last of which he beats Mandy and Clover.[ba] Arnold serves as the episodic villain In "Super Nerd Much?", where he acquires a magic ring that allows him to steal the "coolness" from other people.[au] In the episode "Arnold the Great", he is inspired to dress as comic book superhero Admiral Admirable, but it is manipulated by villain Geraldine Husk into thinking the girls are his enemies.[bb] His final appearance was in the season 5 opener, "Evil Graduation" where, as class valedictorian, he tells the class off with a "Goodbye and good riddance!"[bc]