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The Best Episodes of Hey Arnold!

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The daily life of Arnold--a fourth-grader with a wild imagination, street smarts and a head shaped like a football.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Hey Arnold! Season 1 Episode 11 - Heat
    9.4/10(687 votes)

    #1 - Heat

    S1:E11

    Arnold has a really bad day - the city is suffering from a heatwave, and whatever he does, Arnold just can't seem to get cool.

    Directors:Tuck Tucker, Juli Murphy
    Writer:Jonathan Greenberg

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  2. Hey Arnold! Season 4 Episode 16 - Egg Story
    9.0/10(319 votes)

    #2 - Egg Story

    S4:E16

    Arnold and Helga must care for an egg for a school project about parenting. Meanwhile, Rhonda and Harold are project partners and must also take care of an egg.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Steve Viksten, Michelle Lamoreaux, Celia Bonaduce

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  3. Hey Arnold! Season 1 Episode 15 - The List
    8.9/10(407 votes)

    #3 - The List

    S1:E15

    Arnold attempts to do something that no other kid has done before - completing the entire list of a kid's perfect Saturday! But, unfortunately, things don't go quite to plan.

    Directors:Larry Leichliter, Mark O'Hare
    Writer:Joe Ansolabehere

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  4. Hey Arnold! Season 5 Episode 6 - Big Sis
    8.7/10(232 votes)

    #4 - Big Sis

    S5:E6

    Olga gets into a "Big Sis" program, but her "Lil' Sis" is Lila.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Hey Arnold! Season 5 Episode 19 - Beaned
    8.7/10(257 votes)

    #5 - Beaned

    S5:E19

    Helga gets amnesia, and Arnold starts acting nice to her.

    Director:Craig Bartlett
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Hey Arnold! Season 1 Episode 29 - Pigeon Man
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #6 - Pigeon Man

    S1:E29

    When Arnold's pigeon gets sick, he takes it to "Pigeon Man", a person surrounded by pigeons who lives in a rooftop.

    Directors:Larry Leichliter, Jamie Mitchell
    Writer:Joe Purdy

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  7. Hey Arnold! Season 4 Episode 24 - Synchronized Swimming
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #7 - Synchronized Swimming

    S4:E24

    Arnold and the gang are part of a synchronized swimming team led by Coach Wittenburg.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Hey Arnold! Season 5 Episode 36 - Eugene, Eugene!
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #8 - Eugene, Eugene!

    S5:E36

    Eugene gets the lead role in the school musical "Eugene, Eugene". But the play director cuts the parts that Eugene is a hero, and makes the parts look like he is a loser.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Hey Arnold! Season 5 Episode 37 - Ghost Bride
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #9 - Ghost Bride

    S5:E37

    Gerald's Ghost Bride story inspires the other boys to venture into the cemetery at night, but they may have bit off more than they could chew, because they're hunted down by two different Ghost Brides.

    Director:Christine Kolosov
    Writer:Steve Viksten

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  10. Hey Arnold! Season 3 Episode 19 - Arnold Betrays Iggy
    8.4/10(212 votes)

    #10 - Arnold Betrays Iggy

    S3:E19

    Arnold finds out Iggy wears bunny pajamas with feet in them, and Arnold accidentially spills the beans to Sid and Stinky, ruining Iggy's cool image.

    Director:Dan Povenmire
    Writer:Steve Viksten

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  11. Hey Arnold! Season 1 Episode 6 - Stoop Kid
    8.3/10(340 votes)

    #11 - Stoop Kid

    S1:E6

    Arnold's hat lands on the stoop of "Stoop Kid," - a bully who has lived his whole life on his stoop, and is highly protective of it. But, when it's Arnold's fault that Stoop Kid becomes the joke of the city, he must help Stoop Kid face his biggest fear - leaving his stoop for the first time.

    Directors:Juli Murphy, Kelly James
    Writer:Steve Viksten

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  12. Hey Arnold! Season 1 Episode 21 - Arnold's Christmas
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #12 - Arnold's Christmas

    S1:E21

    While Helga tries to find the perfect gift for Arnold, Arnold tries to find Mr Hyunh's long-lost daughter.

    Director:Jamie Mitchell
    Writer:Steve Viksten

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  13. Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 7 - Longest Monday
    8.3/10(272 votes)

    #13 - Longest Monday

    S2:E7

    Schoolyard tradition has it that on the first Monday of June each year, the fifth graders throw the fourth graders into trash cans. So, Arnold and Gerald try to make a run for it. As more people are thrown into trash cans and the fifth graders know all the routes, Arnold and Gerald find out eluding the fifth graders is harder that they thought.

    Directors:Larry Leichliter, Derek Drymon
    Writer:Jonathan Greenberg

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  14. Hey Arnold! Season 1 Episode 8 - The Old Building
    8.2/10(318 votes)

    #14 - The Old Building

    S1:E8

    Arnold is asked by his Grandma to help save an old building, and then asked by Ernie to help knock the building down! Who will Arnold decide to go along with? How can he get out of this tricky situation?

    Directors:Kelly James, Jamie Mitchell
    Writers:Steve Viksten, Rachel Lipman

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  15. Hey Arnold! Season 1 Episode 3 - The Little Pink Book
    8.1/10(372 votes)

    #15 - The Little Pink Book

    S1:E3

    When Helga loses her pink book, full of love poems about Arnold on the bus, it ends up in Arnold's hands. Now Helga must get it back before Arnold figures out who wrote the poems.

    Directors:Don Judge, Bert Ring
    Writer:Craig Bartlett

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  16. Hey Arnold! Season 3 Episode 1 - Helga Blabs It All
    8.1/10(211 votes)

    #16 - Helga Blabs It All

    S3:E1

    While feeling the effects of laughing gas, Helga leaves a confessional message of love on Arnold's phone machine. She then has to get into the boarding house in order to erase the message.

    Director:Tuck Tucker
    Writer:Craig Bartlett

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  17. Hey Arnold! Season 3 Episode 14 - Road Trip
    8.1/10(213 votes)

    #17 - Road Trip

    S3:E14

    When Bob has to go to a business meeting, Miriam and Helga are forced to go on the family road trip by themselves.

    Director:Tuck Tucker
    Writer:Jonathan Greenberg

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  18. Hey Arnold! Season 1 Episode 7 - Helga's Makeover
    8.0/10(282 votes)

    #18 - Helga's Makeover

    S1:E7

    Helga is annoyed when Rhonda doesn't invite her to her slumber party - everybody assumes that "girly" parties aren't Helga's style. So, Helga is determined to prove her wrong, and gets a makeover.

    Directors:Juli Murphy, Kelly James
    Writer:Rachel Lipman

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  19. Hey Arnold! Season 1 Episode 20 - Arnold as Cupid
    8.0/10(283 votes)

    #19 - Arnold as Cupid

    S1:E20

    Oskar gets kicked out of Suzie's room when they get into an argument, so Arnold tries to get them back together when Oskar moves into Arnold's room.

    Directors:Dan Povenmire, Dale Case
    Writer:Steve Viksten

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  20. Hey Arnold! Season 1 Episode 22 - Benchwarmer
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Benchwarmer

    S1:E22

    Arnold has trouble with the basketball coach and his favored son.

    Directors:Steve Socki, Stark Howell
    Writer:Jonathan Greenberg

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  21. Hey Arnold! Season 1 Episode 25 - Wheezin' Ed
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Wheezin' Ed

    S1:E25

    Arnold and the gang set out on a quest to find the hidden treasure of the mysterious "Wheezin' Ed" on Elk Island.

    Directors:Dan Povenmire, Juli Murphy
    Writers:Craig Bartlett, Steve Viksten, Rachel Lipman

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  22. Hey Arnold! Season 1 Episode 26 - Arnold the Tutor
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Arnold the Tutor

    S1:E26

    Arnold is given the assignment to tutor Torvald, the meanest, toughest kid in Arnold's math class, for the big math test on Friday.

    Directors:Larry Leichliter, Sherm Cohen
    Writer:Joe Ansolabehere

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  23. Hey Arnold! Season 1 Episode 38 - Arnold's Valentine
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Arnold's Valentine

    S1:E38

    On Valentine's Day, Arnold manages to arrange two dates; one with Ruth, the sixth grader he likes, and one with his French penpal Cecile (actually, it's Helga in disguise) – only for the real Cecile to suddenly appear and Arnold to discover what Ruth is really like.

    Director:Jamie Mitchell
    Writers:Steve Viksten, Rachel Lipman

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  24. Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 21 - Best Friends
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Best Friends

    S2:E21

    Rhonda and Nadine fall out over working on a project at school, leaving Arnold to work with both of them separately.

    Director:Steve Socki
    Writer:Jonathan Greenberg

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  25. Hey Arnold! Season 3 Episode 22 - Hey Harold!
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #25 - Hey Harold!

    S3:E22

    Harold is invited to Rhonda's party and befriends the female bully, Big Patty.

    Directors:Kelly James, Steve Socki
    Writer:Steve Viksten

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Best Episodes Summary

"Heat" is the best rated episode of "Hey Arnold!". It scored 9.4/10 based on 687 votes. Directed by Tuck Tucker, Juli Murphy and written by Jonathan Greenberg, it aired on 11/11/1996. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "Egg Story".