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The Best Episodes of Hey Arnold!

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

The Best Episodes of Hey Arnold!

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. Background image for Heat
    9.3/10(619 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.

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  2. Background image for Freeze Frame
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. Background image for The List
    8.8/10(371 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.

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  4. Background image for Big Sis
    8.6/10(209 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. Background image for Beaned
    8.6/10(241 votes)

    #5 - Beaned

    S5:E19

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

    Writer:Unknown
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  6. Background image for 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.

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  8. Background image for Eugene, Eugene!
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #7 - 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. Background image for Ghost Bride
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #8 - 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.

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  10. Background image for Arnold's Christmas
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #9 - 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.

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  11. Background image for Arnold Betrays Iggy
    8.3/10(184 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.

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  12. Background image for Stoop Kid
    8.2/10(303 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.

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  13. Background image for The Old Building
    8.2/10(287 votes)

    #12 - 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?

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  14. Background image for Helga Blabs It All
    8.1/10(186 votes)

    #13 - 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.

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  15. Background image for The Little Pink Book
    8.0/10(327 votes)

    #14 - 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.

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  16. Background image for Helga's Makeover
    8.0/10(259 votes)

    #15 - 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.

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  17. Background image for Arnold as Cupid
    8.0/10(262 votes)

    #16 - 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.

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  18. Background image for Benchwarmer
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Benchwarmer

    S1:E22

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

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  19. Background image for Wheezin' Ed
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - 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.

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  20. Background image for Arnold the Tutor
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - 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.

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  21. Background image for Arnold's Valentine
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - 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.

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  22. Background image for The Big Scoop
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - 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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  23. Background image for Big Caesar
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Big Caesar

    S2:E10

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

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  24. Background image for Ms. Perfect
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - 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
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  25. Background image for Gerald Moves Out
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - 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.

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  26. Background image for Best Friends
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - 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.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Heat" is the best rated episode of "Hey Arnold!". It scored 9.3/10 based on 619 votes. Directed by Tuck Tucker, Juli Murphy and written by Jonathan Greenberg, it aired on 11/11/1996. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Freeze Frame".