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The Worst Episodes of Hey Arnold!

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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. #1 Worst Episode
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    Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 29 - Harold's Bar Mitzvah
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Harold's Bar Mitzvah

    S2:E29

    Harold runs away from his Bar Mitzvah, thinking he will retain his childhood this way.

    Directors:Dan Povenmire, Juli Murphy
    Writer:Joe Purdy

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  2. Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 30 - Coach Wittenberg
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    #2 - Coach Wittenberg

    S2:E30

    Arnold and his friends get Coach Wittenberg to be their new bowling coach.

    Directors:Larry Leichliter, Stark Howell
    Writer:Jonathan Greenberg

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  3. Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 31 - Four-Eyed Jack
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #3 - Four-Eyed Jack

    S2:E31

    The ghost of a former boarding house resident is believed to have been causing strange occurrences in there when Arnold and Gerald find an old pair of glasses believing to have belonged to him.

    Directors:Tuck Tucker, George Chialtas
    Writer:Craig Bartlett

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  4. Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 34 - Tour de Pond
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #4 - Tour de Pond

    S2:E34

    Arnold and a descendant of his grandpa's arch enemy, Rex Smythe-Higgins, compete in a boat race.

    Directors:Dan Povenmire, Juli Murphy
    Writer:Rick Gitelson

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  5. Hey Arnold! Season 3 Episode 32 - Part Time Friends
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #5 - Part Time Friends

    S3:E32

    Arnold is okay with working with Gerald at Mrs. Vitello's flower shop after she's injured and puts Gerald in charge, but not with working for Gerald, which causes the friendship to hit a snag and Arnold quits.

    Directors:Juli Murphy, Stark Howell
    Writer:Joe Purdy

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  6. Hey Arnold! Season 4 Episode 19 - Grudge Match
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - Grudge Match

    S4:E19

    After getting in a car accident, Bob and Grandpa face off on the golf green, with the loser having to pay for the damage to both cars.

    Director:Kurt Dumas
    Writer:Joe Purdy

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  7. Hey Arnold! Season 4 Episode 20 - Polishing Rhonda
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #7 - Polishing Rhonda

    S4:E20

    Rhonda attends a finishing school, but is far from impressive with her stroppy attitude, and seeks help from fellow student Big Patty.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Hey Arnold! Season 1 Episode 37 - 24 Hours to Live
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #8 - 24 Hours to Live

    S1:E37

    Arnold hits Harold with a baseball, so Harold promises Arnold that he'll beat him the next day.

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

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  9. Hey Arnold! Season 3 Episode 10 - Olga Gets Engaged
    5.6/10(277 votes)

    #9 - Olga Gets Engaged

    S3:E10

    Olga gets engaged to a con man who does not exactly woo Helga as he did the rest of her family, but she decides to let the marriage happen so Olga can be miserable. But she is given a change of heart from Arnold, and attempts to stop it.

    Director:Dan Povenmire
    Writer:Antoinette Stella

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  10. Hey Arnold! Season 1 Episode 32 - Abner Come Home
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Abner Come Home

    S1:E32

    Arnold must find a way to recover his pig pet Abner after he runs away.

    Directors:Howy Parkins, Cullen Blaine
    Writer:Joe Ansolabehere

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  11. Hey Arnold! Season 3 Episode 28 - Helga's Show
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Helga's Show

    S3:E28

    Helga tells jokes about her classmates, who take offense to it.

    Director:Stark Howell
    Writer:Steve Viksten

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  12. Hey Arnold! Season 4 Episode 22 - Baby Oskar
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Baby Oskar

    S4:E22

    Oskar has to take care of his infant cousin-in-law (also named Oskar), while both Susie and her cousin are gone.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Hey Arnold! Season 4 Episode 28 - Friday the 13th
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Friday the 13th

    S4:E28

    Arnold and Gerald try to prove superstitions are fictitious, only for it all to backfire on them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Hey Arnold! Season 5 Episode 25 - April Fool's Day
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - April Fool's Day

    S5:E25

    Arnold is sick and tired of everybody preforming their April Fool jokes on him (escpecially Helga), so he tries one of his own, but it backfires when it temporarily blinds Helga.

    Director:Craig Bartlett
    Writer:Craig Bartlett

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  15. Hey Arnold! Season 5 Episode 26 - Gerald's Game
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Gerald's Game

    S5:E26

    Gerald is involved with his new favorite game which Arnold dislikes.

    Director:Craig Bartlett
    Writer:Unknown