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The Best Episodes of Hey Arnold! Season 1

Every episode of Hey Arnold! Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Hey Arnold! Season 1!

The Best Episodes of Hey Arnold! Season 1

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. 9.3/10(596 votes)

    #1 - Heat

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    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. 8.8/10(358 votes)

    #2 - The List

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    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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  3. 8.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - Pigeon Man

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    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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  4. 8.3/10(3 votes)

    #4 - Arnold's Christmas

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    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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  5. 8.2/10(292 votes)

    #5 - Stoop Kid

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    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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  6. 8.1/10(276 votes)

    #6 - The Old Building

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    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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  8. 8.0/10(312 votes)

    #7 - The Little Pink Book

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    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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  9. 8.0/10(248 votes)

    #8 - Helga's Makeover

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    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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  10. 8.0/10(253 votes)

    #9 - Arnold as Cupid

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    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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  11. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Benchwarmer

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    S1:E22

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

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  12. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Wheezin' Ed

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    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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  13. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Arnold the Tutor

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    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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  14. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Arnold's Valentine

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    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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  15. 7.8/10(395 votes)

    #14 - Downtown as Fruits

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    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.

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  16. 7.8/10(291 votes)

    #15 - Eugene's Bike

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    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".

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  17. 7.8/10(278 votes)

    #16 - Arnold's Hat

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    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.

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  18. 7.8/10(215 votes)

    #17 - Haunted Train

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    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.

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  19. 7.7/10(279 votes)

    #18 - Field Trip

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    S1:E4

    The kids are really looking forward to their field trip to the aquarium - especially when they remember the scary Lock Jaw from their last trip. But, when they get there, they see that Lock Jaw isn't really that scary. Arnold notices how neglected the old turtle looks, and returns later with Grandma to set it free.

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  20. 7.7/10(238 votes)

    #19 - 6th Grade Girls

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    S1:E9

    Two girls from the sixth grade who are tired of the way that their boyfriends treat them, decide to take Arnold and Gerald to the school dance, but only to make their boyfriends jealous.

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  21. 7.7/10(227 votes)

    #20 - Operation Ruthless

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    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.

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  22. 7.6/10(202 votes)

    #21 - Door #16

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    S1:E19

    All of the boarders get very curious to what is inside the very personal Mr. Smith's package.

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  23. 7.5/10(204 votes)

    #22 - The Vacant Lot

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    S1:E14

    Arnold and friends decide to clear out a vacant lot to play baseball on, but the adults take over it, and use it for their own reasons.

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  24. 7.5/10(198 votes)

    #23 - Roughin' It

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    S1:E18

    Grandpa, Arnold, and Gerald are all going on an old fashioned camping trip... until Big Bob, Helga, and Phoebe show up with luxurious camping equipment.

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  25. 7.5/10(2 votes)

    #24 - Sally's Comet

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    S1:E31

    Arnold and Gerald must turn off all the lights in the city if they want to see Sally's Comet.

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  26. 7.3/10(223 votes)

    #25 - Snow

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    S1:E12

    Snow hits the city and Arnold can't wait to get out and have some fun... but wait, there's chores to be done... and when there done Arnold has the time of his life playing Hockey with the "crew."

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Heat" is the best rated episode of "Hey Arnold!" season 1. It scored 9.3/10 based on 596 votes. Directed by Tuck Tucker, Juli Murphy and written by Jonathan Greenberg, it aired on 11/11/1996. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "The List".