Dino Spumoni
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Dino Spumoni is a fictional character on the cartoon series Hey Arnold!.
Spumoni is a hit swing singer in the show, based on the personas of singers Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. He is often seen washed-out, having lost his popularity due to his old age and having attempting to cash in on current fads too many times which drove away his old fans (case in point, the disco-themed "Tripping with Dino"). Spumoni has been married and divorced five times, the last one being to a hairdresser and especially despises his second wife (whom he cuts from his will).
His history with friends is just as weak. Spumoni's relationship with song-writer Don Reynolds is shaky at best. They frequently argue and fight but ultimately stick together because they compliment each other well: Reynolds is a talented lyricist and Dino a talented musician. They had both met when they were borders at the Sunset Arms and during one of their feuds, lived across the hall from each other. Arnold and Gerald re-unite them once when they trick Don and Dino into attending a talent show where they play a piece with Dino's music and Don's lyrics that they both had planned to use for their aborted solo projects. Despite this, Don said at Dino's "funeral" that he was "a liar, a cheat but he was more than all of that, he was also a snivelling coward".
At one point, out of desperation, he faked his own death in order to gain more money by jumping off his yacht, hoping to experience a massive rise of popularity like the artist Van Gogh. Spumoni had made Arnold the sole recipient of all future album sales, and moved back into the border house to hide. The rest of the borders merely assumed that Dino was a ghost. Ultimately, Arnold and jealousy over a Dino impersonator convinces Spumoni to abandon his plan, the first to forgive him was Don Reynolds. His most famous song is "You Better Not Touch My Gal," as sung in episode 125.
When Arnold volunteered to hire entertainment for the school dance at P.S. 118, he requested Spumoni. Initially, Spumoni rejected Arnold's plea, however soon came around because of depression.
