Arnold Perlstein (Magic School Bus)

Arnold Matthew Perlstein is an Ashkenazi Jewish-American student in Ms. Frizzle's fifth-grade class at Walkerville Elementary School.

Why He Rocks

 * 1) Arnold's catchphrase, I knew I should have stayed home today. is a popular meme.
 * 2) He is a memorable character who has a heart of rocks.
 * 3) He is also shown to have a heroic personality in the episode of Season 2 called The Busasaurus, when he scared off a dinosaur in order to save his class from being eaten or swallowed.
 * 4) Sometimes like Carlos and Ralphie, he often sometimes tells jokes mostly in Seasons 3 and 4.
 * 5) His alter-ego, "Rock-Man" is very well designed, and very interesting.
 * 6) Passable character design in both the original and reboot.
 * 7) The bus has gone inside of his body many times.
 * 8) His crushes with Wanda, Phoebe, and Dorothy Ann are very amazing.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Though despite being good-natured, he tends to get himself treated as a Butt-Monkey sometimes or in other times embarrassed.
 * 2) He was tricked by Ms. Frizzle into swallowing the bus and unknowingly hosted a field trip inside his body.