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.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Hey Arnold!" is "Harold's Bar Mitzvah", rated N/A/10 from 0 user votes. It was directed by Dan Povenmire, Juli Murphy and written by Joe Purdy. "Harold's Bar Mitzvah" aired on 11/10/1997 and is rated NaN point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Coach Wittenberg".
NaN/10 0 votes#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
- NaN/10 0 votes
#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
- NaN/10 0 votes
#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
- NaN/10 0 votes
#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
- NaN/10 0 votes
#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
- NaN/10 0 votes
#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
- NaN/10 0 votes
#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
5.5/10 2 votes#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
- 5.7/10 243 votes
#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
6.0/10 1 votes#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
- 6.0/10 2 votes
#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
- 6.0/10 1 votes
#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
- 6.0/10 1 votes
#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
- 6.0/10 1 votes
#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
- 6.0/10 1 votes
#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
- 6.0/10 1 votes
#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
- 6.0/10 1 votes
#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
- 6.0/10 1 votes
#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
- 6.0/10 1 votes
#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
- 6.0/10 1 votes
#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
- 6.0/10 1 votes
#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
- 6.3/10 48 votes
#22 - 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
- 6.5/10 2 votes
#23 - 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
- 6.5/10 2 votes
#24 - 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
- 6.5/10 2 votes
#25 - 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