She tries breaking out but keeps getting caught. Arnold's grandmother was jailed for being hostile to the police suppressing the rally. However, the permit allowing them to close a public street was stolen by Scheck's employees, and Blockapalooza was declared illegal. The next morning, FTi puts up a huge electronic billboard across the street from the boarding house that shows the number of days until construction begins as well as several Future tech Industries ads featuring Scheck stating 'Out with the old, in with the new,' 'Change is good,' and 'I've seen the future, and the future is Future Tech Industries.'Īrnold rallies the neighborhood and hosts ' Blockapalooza,' a block party held to protest against FTi. He also insists that change is good (as does Scheck at various times in the film) and states that when his store is built, their family will be rich and Helga will be able to buy anything. However, Bob counters by saying that if they leave the neighborhood alone, his store will not exist. Bob is revealed to be planning to build a store in Scheck's mall called 'Big Bob's Super Beeper Emporium.' Helga points out to her dad that people are going to suffer if he builds his store. During the night, Helga discovers that her dad, Big Bob Pataki, is working with Nick Vermicelli (who had worked with Bob on previous occasions). The neighbors state that they should do something about this. This means that Arnold's neighborhood will be destroyed and everyone who lives there has to move away (which would also mean Helga would not see Arnold again or express her feelings to him). Scheck, the CEO of a real estate company called Future Tech Industries or FTi, wants to buy all the houses in Arnold's neighborhood so the urban development firm can convert them into a futuristic mall.Īccording to the news, Mayor Dixie is already approving plans for the mall.

Before Arnold walks into the boarding house, he sees several of his neighbors making a fuss about something.

Arnold and Gerald are then seen walking back to the boarding house with a popped basketball after being beaten by 5th graders at a game. The film begins with several shots of Hillwood showing the kids having fun and adults doing their usual routine until Sid notices construction workers demolishing a house.

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