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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!

The Best Episodes of Hey Arnold! Season 2

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 Save the Tree
    7.7/10(185 votes)

    #1 - Save the Tree

    S2:E1

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

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    Director:Dan Povenmire
    Writer:Joe Purdy
  2. Background image for New Teacher
    7.5/10(188 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.

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    Director:Dan Povenmire
    Writer:Joe Purdy
  3. Background image for Helga's Love Potion
    7.5/10(172 votes)

    #3 - Helga's Love Potion

    S2:E3

    Helga drinks a potion to lose all feelings for Arnold.

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  4. Background image for Gerald's Secret
    7.6/10(170 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.

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  5. Background image for The Big Scoop
    7.5/10(163 votes)

    #5 - The Big Scoop

    S2:E5

    Arnold and Gerald compete against Helga for the school newspaper.

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    Director:Stark Howell
    Writer:Joe Purdy
  6. Background image for Harold's Kitty
    7.5/10(169 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.

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  8. Background image for Longest Monday
    8.2/10(238 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.

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  9. Background image for Eugene's Pet
    7.4/10(159 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.

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  10. Background image for Monkey Business
    7.5/10(162 votes)

    #9 - Monkey Business

    S2:E9

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

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    Director:Tuck Tucker
  11. Background image for Big Caesar
    7.5/10(164 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".

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  12. Background image for Ransom
    7.4/10(150 votes)

    #11 - Ransom

    S2:E11

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

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  13. Background image for Ms. Perfect
    7.4/10(159 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.

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    Director:Steve Socki
  14. Background image for Arnold's Halloween
    7.6/10(162 votes)

    #13 - Arnold's Halloween

    S2:E13

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

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  15. Background image for Arnold Saves Sid
    7.4/10(184 votes)

    #14 - Arnold Saves Sid

    S2:E14

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

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  16. Background image for Hookey
    7.7/10(162 votes)

    #15 - Hookey

    S2:E15

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

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    Director:Steve Socki
    Writer:Jim Ryan
  17. Background image for Freeze Frame
    7.7/10(173 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.

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    Director:Tuck Tucker
    Writer:Joe Purdy
  18. Background image for Phoebe Cheats
    7.8/10(184 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.

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  19. Background image for Mud Bowl
    7.5/10(156 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.

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  20. Background image for Gerald Moves Out
    7.6/10(150 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.

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  21. Background image for The High Life
    7.6/10(140 votes)

    #20 - The High Life

    S2:E20

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

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    Director:Derek Drymon
    Writer:Lesa Kite
  22. Background image for 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.

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  23. Background image for 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.

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  24. Background image for Quantity Time
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Quantity Time

    S2:E23

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

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    Director:Steve Socki
  25. Background image for 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'.

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  26. Background image for 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".

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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 185 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".