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The Best Episodes of Hey Arnold!

Every episode of Hey Arnold! ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Hey Arnold!!

Best episode
S1E11 Heat
9.4688 votes
Worst episode
S3E10 Olga Gets Engaged
5.7269 votes
Top season
Season 1
7.6avg
Binge time
1d 13h
186 episodes
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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Hey Arnold! Season 1 Episode 11 - Heat
    9.4/10(688 votes)

    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(321 votes)

    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)

    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 19 - Beaned
    8.7/10(260 votes)

    S5:E19

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

    Director:Craig Bartlett
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Hey Arnold! Season 5 Episode 6 - Big Sis
    8.7/10(234 votes)

    S5:E6

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Hey Arnold! Season 3 Episode 19 - Arnold Betrays Iggy
    8.4/10(216 votes)

    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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  7. Hey Arnold! Season 1 Episode 6 - Stoop Kid
    8.3/10(346 votes)

    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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  8. Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 7 - Longest Monday
    8.3/10(279 votes)

    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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  9. Hey Arnold! Season 1 Episode 8 - The Old Building
    8.2/10(324 votes)

    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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  10. Hey Arnold! Season 1 Episode 3 - The Little Pink Book
    8.1/10(380 votes)

    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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  11. Hey Arnold! Season 3 Episode 14 - Road Trip
    8.1/10(216 votes)

    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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  12. Hey Arnold! Season 3 Episode 1 - Helga Blabs It All
    8.1/10(213 votes)

    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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  13. Hey Arnold! Season 1 Episode 7 - Helga's Makeover
    8.0/10(286 votes)

    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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  14. Hey Arnold! Season 1 Episode 20 - Arnold as Cupid
    8.0/10(284 votes)

    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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  15. Hey Arnold! Season 5 Episode 9 - New Bully on the Block
    8.0/10(186 votes)

    S5:E9

    The kids must face two bullies when a new kid, Ludwig, returns and wants the vacant lot for himself.

    Director:Frank Weiss
    Writer:Craig Bartlett

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  16. Hey Arnold! Season 4 Episode 15 - Back to School
    8.0/10(177 votes)

    S4:E15

    After Grandpa tells Arnold that he never got his grade school diploma, Arnold convinces him to come to go back to school at P.S. 118.

    Directors:Frank Weiss, Mario Piluso
    Writer:Craig Bartlett

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  17. Hey Arnold! Season 5 Episode 16 - Summer Love
    8.0/10(176 votes)

    S5:E16

    When Arnold, the boarders and the Patakis go to the beach, a girl uses Arnold to win a sandcastle competition. Ernie gets buried in the sand. Miriam and Suzie start taking dancing lessons. Grandpa thinks he's stuck on an island. Oscar starts using a metal detector to find ""treasure."" Big Bob gets a bad sunburn. Helga tries to warn Arnold that he's just being used.

    Director:Craig Bartlett
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Hey Arnold! Season 4 Episode 14 - Weighing Harold
    7.9/10(189 votes)

    S4:E14

    Harold, after discovering his friends think he is obese, decides to go on a weight-loss cruise. When he comes back, though, he is noticeably larger.

    Directors:Christine Kolosov, Chris Robertson
    Writer:Steve Viksten

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  19. Hey Arnold! Season 1 Episode 1 - Downtown as Fruits
    7.8/10(462 votes)

    S1:E1

    Not looking forward to performing in Helga's "The Four Food Groups" musical, Arnold and Gerald decide to take the bus a few stops too many, but end up stuck downtown.

    Directors:Tuck Tucker, Larry Leichliter
    Writers:Craig Bartlett, Steve Viksten, Joe Ansolabehere

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  20. Hey Arnold! Season 1 Episode 2 - Eugene's Bike
    7.8/10(351 votes)

    S1:E2

    When Arnold accidentally ruins Eugene's new bike, he takes Eugene out on a day of fun, thinking that "every geek deserves his day".

    Directors:Juli Murphy, Kelly James
    Writers:Craig Bartlett, Steve Viksten, Joe Ansolabehere

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  21. Hey Arnold! Season 1 Episode 5 - Arnold's Hat
    7.8/10(323 votes)

    S1:E5

    An obsessed Helga steals Arnold's hat to complete her shrine to Arnold, which is hidden in the back of her closet. But, she notices how miserable Arnold is without his hat, and decides to give it back to him.

    Directors:Tuck Tucker, Larry Leichliter
    Writer:Steve Viksten

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  22. Hey Arnold! Season 1 Episode 13 - Operation Ruthless
    7.8/10(262 votes)

    S1:E13

    At the Annual Cheese Fair, Helga tries her best to keep Arnold well away from Ruth - a girl who Arnold has a crush on.

    Directors:Larry Leichliter, Kelly James
    Writers:Steve Viksten, Rachel Lipman

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  23. Hey Arnold! Season 1 Episode 16 - Haunted Train
    7.8/10(253 votes)

    S1:E16

    When the kids complain of being bored, Grandpa tells the story of the Haunted Train. So, the kids decide to go and see if the train exists for themselves.

    Directors:Tuck Tucker, Juli Murphy
    Writer:Josephine Nericcio

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  24. Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 17 - Phoebe Cheats
    7.8/10(211 votes)

    S2:E17

    In this variation of "The Tell-Tale Heart", Phoebe plagiarizes from a poetry book and uses one of the poems as her entry in a poetry contest. She wins, with her prize being a trophy resembling poet Emily Dickinson. Then, the trophy haunts Phoebe into confessing.

    Director:Tuck Tucker
    Writer:Antoinette Stella

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  25. Hey Arnold! Season 3 Episode 2 - Harold the Butcher
    7.8/10(192 votes)

    S3:E2

    As punishment for shoplifting a ham, Harold is forced to work for Mr. Green at his butcher shop for a week. Later, after his work shift to pay for it is over, he soon learns that he actually likes his new after-school job and doesn't want to stop working there, much to the dismay of Mr. Green.

    Directors:Larry Leichliter, Stark Howell
    Writer:Joe Purdy

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Best Episodes Summary

"Heat" is the best rated episode of Hey Arnold!. It scored 9.4/10 from 688 votes. Directed by Tuck Tucker, Juli Murphy and written by Jonathan Greenberg, it aired on November 11, 1996. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "Egg Story".

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