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The Best Episodes of Hey Arnold! Season 2

Every episode of Hey Arnold! Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Hey Arnold! Season 2!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 1 - Save the Tree
    7.7/10(196 votes)

    #1 - Save the Tree

    S2:E1

    Arnold and the gang must stop Big Bob from chopping down the oldest tree in town.

    Director:Dan Povenmire
    Writer:Joe Purdy

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  2. Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 2 - New Teacher
    7.5/10(199 votes)

    #2 - New Teacher

    S2:E2

    When the kids make their new teacher, Mr. Simmons, quit his job, the replacement makes them realize what they lost.

    Director:Dan Povenmire
    Writer:Joe Purdy

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  3. Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 3 - Helga's Love Potion
    7.6/10(181 votes)

    #3 - Helga's Love Potion

    S2:E3

    Helga drinks a potion to lose all feelings for Arnold.

    Director:Dan Povenmire
    Writer:Craig Bartlett

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  4. Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 4 - Gerald's Secret
    7.6/10(180 votes)

    #4 - Gerald's Secret

    S2:E4

    Gerald's secret is revealed; he doesn't know how to ride a bike, so Arnold teaches him how.

    Director:Tuck Tucker
    Writer:Jonathan Greenberg

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  5. Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 5 - The Big Scoop
    7.5/10(172 votes)

    #5 - The Big Scoop

    S2:E5

    Arnold and Gerald compete against Helga for the school newspaper.

    Director:Stark Howell
    Writer:Joe Purdy

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  6. Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 6 - Harold's Kitty
    7.5/10(178 votes)

    #6 - Harold's Kitty

    S2:E6

    When Harold is walking in the street, he finds a kitty that belongs to an old lady and he takes it, but then everybody appears, and Harold has to surrender the kitty to the old lady.

    Director:Steve Socki
    Writers:Steve Viksten, Jordana Arkin

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  7. Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 7 - Longest Monday
    8.3/10(258 votes)

    #7 - 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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  8. Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 8 - Eugene's Pet
    7.4/10(169 votes)

    #8 - Eugene's Pet

    S2:E8

    After Arnold accidentally kills Eugene's fish with a yo-yo, he must do something to make up for it.

    Directors:Derek Drymon, George Chialtas
    Writer:Antoinette Stella

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  9. Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 9 - Monkey Business
    7.6/10(172 votes)

    #9 - Monkey Business

    S2:E9

    An organ grinder's monkey kisses Helga, who's convinced she has caught 'monkeynucleosis'.

    Director:Tuck Tucker
    Writer:Steve Viksten

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  10. Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 10 - Big Caesar
    7.5/10(176 votes)

    #10 - Big Caesar

    S2:E10

    Arnold and Gerald do a spot of fishing, determined to catch the pond's biggest fish, the legendary "Big Caesar".

    Director:Dan Povenmire
    Writers:Craig Bartlett, Jonathan Rosenthal

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  11. Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 11 - Ransom
    7.4/10(159 votes)

    #11 - Ransom

    S2:E11

    Gerald and Arnold get on the case when Timberly loses her Barney-esque doll.

    Director:Steve Socki
    Writer:Jonathan Greenberg

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  12. Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 12 - Ms. Perfect
    7.4/10(169 votes)

    #12 - Ms. Perfect

    S2:E12

    The new girl is teased at school by Helga and the other girls, but she's soon accepted by everyone.

    Director:Steve Socki
    Writer:Steve Viksten

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  13. Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 13 - Arnold's Halloween
    7.6/10(172 votes)

    #13 - Arnold's Halloween

    S2:E13

    Arnold and Gerald send the neighborhood alien crazy as they broadcast a mock Halloween radio show.

    Director:Jamie Mitchell
    Writers:Craig Bartlett, Joe Purdy, Antoinette Stella

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  14. Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 14 - Arnold Saves Sid
    7.3/10(197 votes)

    #14 - Arnold Saves Sid

    S2:E14

    After Arnold saves Sid from an injury, Sid devotes himself to paying Arnold back with unending kindness.

    Director:Stark Howell
    Writer:Steve Viksten

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  15. Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 15 - Hookey
    7.7/10(172 votes)

    #15 - Hookey

    S2:E15

    Arnold and Gerald bunk off school, but their day is ruined by their fear of being found out.

    Director:Steve Socki
    Writer:Jim Ryan

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  16. Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 16 - Freeze Frame
    7.7/10(183 votes)

    #16 - Freeze Frame

    S2:E16

    Arnold and Gerald go around the city following "Porkpie", a mysterious man caught on film. They suspect, because of the clues, that Porkpie are planning to kill "Marty", who turns out to be Mr. Green.

    Director:Tuck Tucker
    Writer:Joe Purdy

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  17. Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 17 - Phoebe Cheats
    7.8/10(193 votes)

    #17 - Phoebe Cheats

    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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  18. Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 18 - Mud Bowl
    7.5/10(165 votes)

    #18 - Mud Bowl

    S2:E18

    Wolfgang and his gang of fifth graders challenge Arnold and his friends to a football game, but he has to first persuade them that his plays are good enough for them to win.

    Director:Stark Howell
    Writer:Jonathan Greenberg

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  19. Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 19 - Gerald Moves Out
    7.6/10(161 votes)

    #19 - Gerald Moves Out

    S2:E19

    Gerald, getting tired of his family bugging him, moves out of his home and into Arnold's boarding house, only to realize emancipation is not all it is cracked up to be.

    Director:Stark Howell
    Writers:Steve Viksten, Danica Ivancevic

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  20. Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 20 - The High Life
    7.6/10(148 votes)

    #20 - The High Life

    S2:E20

    Gerald becomes an entrepreneur out of selling watches until the market becomes saturated.

    Director:Derek Drymon
    Writer:Lesa Kite

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

    #21 - 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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  22. Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 22 - Steely Phil
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Steely Phil

    S2:E22

    Arnold's Grandpa enters a Chinese Checkers tournament to reclaim his pride lost forty years ago. Robby Fisher's name is a parody of Bobby Fischer.

    Directors:Larry Leichliter, Stark Howell
    Writer:Steve Viksten

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  23. Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 23 - Quantity Time
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Quantity Time

    S2:E23

    Helga's mother tries to let her and her father, Bob, bond.

    Director:Steve Socki
    Writer:Steve Viksten

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  24. Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 24 - Eating Contest
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Eating Contest

    S2:E24

    Arnold follows in his Grandpa's footsteps and competes in the annual block party eating contest. After much munching Old Football Head goes stomach to stomach with eating legend Seymour 'The Disposal'.

    Directors:Kelly James, Steve Socki
    Writer:Joe Purdy

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  25. Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 25 - Rhonda's Glasses
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Rhonda's Glasses

    S2:E25

    Rhonda gets glasses and finds out what it is like to be a "Geek".

    Director:Larry Leichliter
    Writer:Antoinette Stella

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Save the Tree" is the best rated episode of "Hey Arnold!" season 2. It scored 7.7/10 based on 196 votes. Directed by Dan Povenmire and written by Joe Purdy, it aired on 9/22/1997. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "New Teacher".