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The Worst Episodes of Hey Arnold!

Every episode of Hey Arnold! ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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.
Genres:FamilyAnimationComedyKids
Network:Nickelodeon

Worst Episodes Summary

"Harold's Bar Mitzvah" is the worst rated episode of "Hey Arnold!". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Dan Povenmire, Juli Murphy and written by Joe Purdy, it aired on 11/10/1997. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Coach Wittenberg".

  • Harold's Bar Mitzvah
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    #1 - Harold's Bar Mitzvah

    Season 2 Episode 29 - Aired 11/10/1997

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

    Director: Dan Povenmire, Juli Murphy

    Writer: Joe Purdy

  • Coach Wittenberg
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    #2 - Coach Wittenberg

    Season 2 Episode 30 - Aired 11/12/1997

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

    Director: Larry Leichliter, Stark Howell

    Writer: Jonathan Greenberg

  • Four-Eyed Jack
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    #3 - Four-Eyed Jack

    Season 2 Episode 31 - Aired 11/12/1997

    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.

    Director: Tuck Tucker, George Chialtas

    Writer: Craig Bartlett

  • Tour de Pond
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    #4 - Tour de Pond

    Season 2 Episode 34 - Aired 11/24/1997

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

    Director: Dan Povenmire, Juli Murphy

    Writer: Rick Gitelson

  • Part Time Friends
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    #5 - Part Time Friends

    Season 3 Episode 32 - Aired 12/7/1998

    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.

    Director: Juli Murphy, Stark Howell

    Writer: Joe Purdy

  • Grudge Match
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    #6 - Grudge Match

    Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 9/25/1999

    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

  • Polishing Rhonda
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    #7 - Polishing Rhonda

    Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 9/25/1999

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • 24 Hours to Live
    5.5/102 votes
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    #8 - 24 Hours to Live

    Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 2/3/1997

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

    Director: Craig Bartlett, Larry Leichliter

    Writer: Craig Bartlett, Steve Viksten, Joe Ansolabehere

  • Olga Gets Engaged
    5.7/10250 votes
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    #9 - Olga Gets Engaged

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 9/16/1998

    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

  • Abner Come Home
    6.0/101 votes
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    #10 - Abner Come Home

    Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 1/20/1997

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

    Director: Howy Parkins, Cullen Blaine

    Writer: Joe Ansolabehere

  • Helga's Show
    6.0/102 votes
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    #11 - Helga's Show

    Season 3 Episode 28 - Aired 11/25/1998

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

    Director: Stark Howell

    Writer: Steve Viksten

  • Baby Oskar
    6.0/101 votes
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    #12 - Baby Oskar

    Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 10/9/1999

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Friday the 13th
    6.0/101 votes
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    #13 - Friday the 13th

    Season 4 Episode 28 - Aired 10/30/1999

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • April Fool's Day
    6.0/101 votes
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    #14 - April Fool's Day

    Season 5 Episode 25 - Aired 4/1/2002

    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

  • Gerald's Game
    6.0/101 votes
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    #15 - Gerald's Game

    Season 5 Episode 26 - Aired 4/27/2002

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

    Director: Craig Bartlett

    Writer: N/A

  • Fishing Trip
    6.0/101 votes
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    #16 - Fishing Trip

    Season 5 Episode 27 - Aired 4/27/2002

    Arnold, Gerald, Harold, Sid and Eugene go on a fishing trip with their fathers and Phil.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Timberly Loves Arnold
    6.0/101 votes
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    #17 - Timberly Loves Arnold

    Season 5 Episode 35 - Aired 1/28/2003

    Arnold does something for Timberly, causing Timberly to have a crush on Arnold. She makes Lila start to like Arnold because he has been helping Timberly.

    Director: Craig Bartlett

    Writer: N/A

  • Gerald vs. Jamie O
    6.0/101 votes
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    #18 - Gerald vs. Jamie O

    Season 5 Episode 38 - Aired 11/11/2003

    Gerald gets jealous because he thinks Jamie O. is trying to steal the girl he likes, when, actually, the girl likes Jamie O.

    Director: Christine Kolosov

    Writer: Michelle Lamoreaux

  • A Day in the Life of a Classroom
    6.0/101 votes
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    #19 - A Day in the Life of a Classroom

    Season 5 Episode 39 - Aired 11/15/2003

    After Mr. Simmons wins an award, a TV station does a documentary on how he teaches.

    Director: Frank Weiss

    Writer: Joe Purdy

  • Phoebe's Little Problem
    6.0/101 votes
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    #20 - Phoebe's Little Problem

    Season 5 Episode 41 - Aired 6/8/2004

    Phoebe gets embarrassed after she "passes gas" in front of a microphone.

    Director: Christine Kolosov

    Writer: Steve Viksten, Michelle Lamoreaux

  • Grandpa's Packard
    6.0/101 votes
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    #21 - Grandpa's Packard

    Season 5 Episode 42 - Aired 6/8/2004

    Grandpa's Packard is stolen from an antique car show.

    Director: Frank Weiss

    Writer: Craig Bartlett, Joe Purdy

  • Best Man
    6.5/102 votes
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    #22 - Best Man

    Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 11/2/1998

    The Coach wants to remarry Tish and asks Arnold to be his best man. Along the way, Arnold teaches the coach a thing or two about love and sacrifice.

    Director: Sherm Cohen, Christine Kolosov

    Writer: Steve Viksten

  • Grand Prix
    6.5/102 votes
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    #23 - Grand Prix

    Season 3 Episode 26 - Aired 11/4/1998

    The kids compete in a grand prix race against each other.

    Director: Larry Leichliter, Stark Howell

    Writer: Joe Purdy

  • The Pig War
    6.5/102 votes
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    #24 - The Pig War

    Season 3 Episode 31 - Aired 12/7/1998

    Arnold, Grandpa, and friends reenact the Pig War.

    Director: Dan Povenmire

    Writer: Craig Bartlett

  • Curly's Girl
    6.5/1051 votes
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    #25 - Curly's Girl

    Season 5 Episode 32 - Aired 10/14/2002

    Curly gets Rhonda to act like his girlfriend after something happens to Rhonda's mother's fur coat and he fixes it.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A