Helga's Boyfriend / Crush on Teacher - S2-E14
Other mistake: Helga's Boyfriend: At the Stake Time roller rink, when Helga and Stinky are spinning around like a tornado, many of the kids are standing in mid-air. Brainy and Park are also standing in mid-air in an earlier shot where Helga tells Stinky, "Let's go!" (00:03:58)
Helga's Boyfriend / Crush on Teacher - S2-E14
Other mistake: Helga's Boyfriend: When Helga asks Stinky to be her boyfriend, as Stinky says, "Well, could you make it a Mr. Nutty candy bar?", you can see another Stinky sitting at the table at the far right. (00:02:16)
Freeze Frame / Phoebe Cheats - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: Phoebe Cheats: After Phoebe reads the poem from her book, she sets the book back against the lamp, and there is a blue book under the poem book. In the next shot, the blue book disappears. The location of the lamp and poem book also changes. (00:14:05)
Freeze Frame / Phoebe Cheats - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: Phoebe Cheats: When we first see Phoebe writing her poem in her room, the red book beside her repeatedly changes direction depending on the shot. (00:12:49)
The Aptitude Test / Oskar Gets a Job - S3-E9
Continuity mistake: Oskar Gets a Job: After Arnold comes home after delivering the newspapers for the second time, he runs up to the door, but in the next shot, he somehow ends up at the window. His helmet also disappears between shots. (00:19:37)
Continuity mistake: Ms. Perfect: When Lila and her father are eating dinner, Lila's spoon is in her can of beans in one shot. When the angle changes and her father says, "You sure are quiet tonight," her spoon disappears from the can of beans, then reappears in the next shot. (00:19:05)
Curly Snaps / Pre-Teen Scream - S3-E6
Continuity mistake: Pre-Teen Scream: When Phoebe shows up at Helga's house to pick her up for the concert, Phoebe is wearing a red outfit with a red scrunchie in her hair. Thereafter, for the rest of the episode, her red scrunchie changes to her normal yellow one in some shots. (00:15:46)
Grandpa's Birthday / Road Trip - S3-E7
Factual error: Road Trip: Whenever Miriam and Helga's car is on a broken white line road, the two lanes are moving in opposite directions; lanes on broken white line roads are supposed to move in the same direction. (00:17:15)
Abner Come Home / The Sewer King - S1-E16
Other mistake: Abner Come Home: In Abner's flashback, Grandpa shows him how to get in and out of the door. We see grass outside the door, but what we should actually see are the stairs that lead to the door, not grass. (00:03:08)
Hall Monitor / Harold's Bar Mitzvah - S2-E15
Other mistake: Hall Monitor: After all the kids run into Phoebe, when Sid runs past her and her hat comes off, we can see that the hair above her scrunchie is yellow instead of black as it should be. (00:03:44)
Abner Come Home / The Sewer King - S1-E16
Other mistake: Abner Come Home: When Arnold wakes up and starts looking for Abner, as he walks into the kitchen, his hair clips through the doorway. (00:04:14)
Continuity mistake: When Pea Pod Kid is taking Rhonda's marriage predictor test, Sid is walking down the stairs behind them. In the next shot, he disappears. (00:03:44)
Hall Monitor / Harold's Bar Mitzvah - S2-E15
Other mistake: Hall Monitor: When Helga chooses Phoebe to be the new hall monitor, as Phoebe is walking to the stage, Iggy's hair is incorrectly coloured black instead of brown. (00:02:30)
Hall Monitor / Harold's Bar Mitzvah - S2-E15
Other mistake: Hall Monitor: When Helga is deciding on the new hall monitor and it shows a shot facing the crowd, many kids sitting in the back are faceless. (00:02:20)
Timberly Loves Arnold / Eugene, Eugene! - S5-E22
Continuity mistake: Eugene, Eugene!: The hat Lila wears with her Betty costume has a yellow crown with a green ribbon around it. However, when Arnold sings, "Nice Guys Finish Last," as he sings, "Take his money, grab his honey," the crown of her hat is entirely green. (00:17:00)
Runaway Float / Partners - S2-E20
Continuity mistake: Runaway Float: When Arnold reaches the parade float on the bike, Iggy's shirt is incorrectly coloured green instead of purple. It's also green when the float rides past Mayor Dixie. (00:09:45)
Runaway Float / Partners - S2-E20
Other mistake: Runaway Float: When Bob asks the kids who wants to ride on the float, Arnold says to them it's great the way it is. In one shot, Iggy's hair is incorrectly coloured black instead of brown. (00:05:52)
Back to School / Egg Story - S4-E8
Other mistake: Back to School: After Phil completes his long division on the chalkboard and it cuts to a shot of Arnold, the shot is flipped, with Arnold's hair being the most notable giveaway. (00:04:43)
Helga's Locket / Sid and Germs - S5-E7
Continuity mistake: Helga's Locket: After Helga leaves the boarding house through the basement window at the end, when it shows a close-up shot of the locket in her hands, Helga's sleeves are way longer than they should be. (00:11:37)
Helga's Locket / Sid and Germs - S5-E7
Other mistake: Helga's Locket: When Arnold and Grandpa are in the basement and Arnold says that they need the Shiska-Bob Stick, a small portion of the brown paper bag on the workbench is missing. (00:10:06)






Answer: The show is based in present day times. Plus most cars aren't old fashtioned, I recall seeing a limo and not to mention a cherry picker, etc.