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The Best Episodes of Kenan & Kel

Every episode of Kenan & Kel ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Kenan & Kel!

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Set in Chicago, the show follows the kid-friendly misadventures of two high-school friends who are always scheming and dreaming. Kenan, who works at a grocery store, constantly devises crazy plans to strike it rich, while

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Kenan & Kel Season 2 Episode 12 - Bye-Bye Kenan (1)
    8.8/10(90 votes)

    #1 - Bye-Bye Kenan (1)

    S2:E12

    Kenan and Kel contemplate the end of their friendship as Roger pursues his dream of becoming a forest ranger and moving the Rockmore's to Montana.

    Director:Brian Robbins
    Writers:Dan Schneider, Kevin Kopelow, Heath Seifert

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  2. Kenan & Kel Season 4 Episode 5 - Three Girls, A Guy and a Cineplex
    8.6/10(95 votes)

    #2 - Three Girls, A Guy and a Cineplex

    S4:E5

    Kenan winds up with three dates for the same night, and tries to keep them from discovering each other.

    Director:Virgil L. Fabian
    Writer:Amy Berg

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  3. Kenan & Kel Season 2 Episode 13 - Bye-Bye Kenan (2)
    8.4/10(80 votes)

    #3 - Bye-Bye Kenan (2)

    S2:E13

    When the Rockmores finally get to Pumus, Montana, their new home, they find it is hillbilly country. The house is a little cabin and the bed has holes in it. The worst thing is they run into a bear lead there by none other than Kel!

    Director:Brian Robbins
    Writers:Dan Schneider, Kevin Kopelow, Heath Seifert

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  4. Kenan & Kel Season 1 Episode 11 - Merry Christmas, Kenan
    8.3/10(99 votes)

    #4 - Merry Christmas, Kenan

    S1:E11

    To earn money to buy himself a Christmas gift, Kenan takes a job as a department-store Santa. There he meets an unselfish little boy with a special holiday wish.

    Director:Brian Robbins
    Writer:Dan Schneider

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  5. Kenan & Kel Season 1 Episode 2 - Mental Kel-Epathy
    8.2/10(173 votes)

    #5 - Mental Kel-Epathy

    S1:E2

    Kenan envisions the possibilities when he becomes convinced that Kel has psychic powers.

    Director:Kim Fields
    Writers:Kevin Kopelow, Heath Seifert

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  6. Kenan & Kel Season 1 Episode 3 - Doing Things the Hemingway
    8.0/10(117 votes)

    #6 - Doing Things the Hemingway

    S1:E3

    A love letter won't do when Kenan tries to catch the eye of his dream girl. So he enlists Kel's help in stringing a banner across the top of a skyscraper.

    Director:Brian Robbins
    Writers:Kevin Kopelow, Heath Seifert

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  7. Kenan & Kel Season 1 Episode 6 - The Cold War
    8.0/10(104 votes)

    #7 - The Cold War

    S1:E6

    When his homemade cold remedy cures Kel, Kenan mistakenly slips some to his air-traffic controller dad.

    Director:Brian Robbins
    Writers:Sharon Sussman, Burt Wheeler

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  8. Kenan & Kel Season 1 Episode 8 - Twizzles Fizzles
    8.0/10(99 votes)

    #8 - Twizzles Fizzles

    S1:E8

    While Kenan is home alone, his father's prized pet cockatoo dies, and he and Kel scramble to replace the bird.

    Director:Tony Singletary
    Writers:Dan Schneider, Kevin Kopelow, Heath Seifert

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  9. Kenan & Kel Season 2 Episode 1 - Pair-Rental Guidance
    8.0/10(102 votes)

    #9 - Pair-Rental Guidance

    S2:E1

    Figuring he's in hot water when the principal calls his folks to her office, Kenan lets Kel bail him out by hiring actors to be his parents.

    Director:Kim Fields
    Writers:Kevin Kopelow, Heath Seifert

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  10. Kenan & Kel Season 2 Episode 8 - Get The Kel Outta Here
    8.0/10(79 votes)

    #10 - Get The Kel Outta Here

    S2:E8

    Kenan's dad is fed up with Kel's shenanigans and insists that Kel never step foot in the Rockmore house again. Kel can't believe he's banished from the homestead, and tries to do whatever he can to please Roger.

    Director:Mary Schmid
    Writers:Dan Schneider, Kevin Kopelow, Heath Seifert

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  11. Kenan & Kel Season 3 Episode 21 - Poem Sweet Poem
    8.0/10(66 votes)

    #11 - Poem Sweet Poem

    S3:E21

    Kenan writes a lovely poem, inspired by Sharla, for a class assignment. Unfortunately, Kel leads a female classmate, Alison, to believe that Kenan wrote the poem for her. When she breaks up with her boyfriend, Kenan and Kel try to make things right.

    Director:Kim Fields
    Writers:Kevin Kopelow, Heath Seifert

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  12. Kenan & Kel Season 4 Episode 8 - Aw, Here It Goes To Hollywood (2)
    8.0/10(69 votes)

    #12 - Aw, Here It Goes To Hollywood (2)

    S4:E8

    Kenan and Kel meet up with Britney Spears, David Alan Grier and end up making and unexpected appearance and the Julie Brown show.

    Director:Virgil L. Fabian
    Writers:Kevin Kopelow, Heath Seifert

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  13. Kenan & Kel Season 4 Episode 12 - Tales from the Clip
    8.0/10(70 votes)

    #13 - Tales from the Clip

    S4:E12

    Kenan And Kel make one last appearance to the studio audience. Kel reveals that he has got everything that Kenan has ever wanted. Countless items that Kenan has demanded over the four seasons are displayed.

    Director:Kim Fields
    Writers:Kevin Kopelow, Heath Seifert

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  14. Kenan & Kel Season 1 Episode 4 - The Tainting of the Screw
    7.9/10(115 votes)

    #14 - The Tainting of the Screw

    S1:E4

    When Kenan almost chokes on a screw in a sandwich, he and Kel decide to sue the food company for $10 million.

    Director:Alan Rosen
    Writer:Dan Schneider

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  15. Kenan & Kel Season 3 Episode 2 - Skunkator vs. Moth Man
    7.9/10(75 votes)

    #15 - Skunkator vs. Moth Man

    S3:E2

    There's a big comic book convention in town and Kenan & Kel are dying to go. Too bad Kenan has to train Rigby's new employee, Sharla, that day. The guys decide to go anyway and things go downhill from there.

    Director:Kim Fields
    Writers:Alex Reid, Kevin Kopelow, Heath Seifert

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  16. Kenan & Kel Season 3 Episode 11 - Present Tense
    7.9/10(73 votes)

    #16 - Present Tense

    S3:E11

    Eager to see the gift his parents bought him for his birthday, Kenan snoops around and finally finds it. Then, Kel accidentally breaks the gift, which eventually winds up in the possession of Kenan's uncle. Now the guys have to get the gift back and replace it. Good luck.

    Director:Kim Fields
    Writers:Kevin Kopelow, Heath Seifert

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  17. Kenan & Kel Season 3 Episode 22 - Who Loves Who-ooh?
    7.9/10(66 votes)

    #17 - Who Loves Who-ooh?

    S3:E22

    The sweethearts ball is coming up and everyone has a date, except Kenan. He wants to ask Sharla, but he's afraid. Instead, he decides to tell everyone he's taking Tamia to the dance. Now all he has to do is convince Tamia to go to the dance with him.

    Director:Virgil L. Fabian
    Writers:Nick Cannon, Kenan Thompson, Mason Gordon

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  18. Kenan & Kel Season 1 Episode 7 - Duh Bomb
    7.8/10(101 votes)

    #18 - Duh Bomb

    S1:E7

    After the guys get bounced from a dance club for being underage, they decide to open their own place at Chris's store.

    Director:Kim Fields
    Writer:Linda M. Yearwood

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  19. Kenan & Kel Season 1 Episode 10 - Baggin' Saggin' Kel
    7.8/10(91 votes)

    #19 - Baggin' Saggin' Kel

    S1:E10

    It's time for the grocery-packing contest between Rigby's and Angus's--and thanks to Kenan and Kel's plan, victory is in the bag. Or is it?

    Director:Howard Storm
    Writers:Neal Brennan, Ross Venokur

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  20. Kenan & Kel Season 1 Episode 14 - In the Line of Kenan
    7.8/10(80 votes)

    #20 - In the Line of Kenan

    S1:E14

    Kenan saves the President from an accident at Rigby's, so the Chief Executive invites the guys to visit him at the White House.

    Director:Kim Fields
    Writers:Steven Weiss, Paul Dell

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  21. Kenan & Kel Season 2 Episode 2 - Clowning Around
    7.8/10(81 votes)

    #21 - Clowning Around

    S2:E2

    Kenan and Kel take matters into their own hands when the same circus clown who robbed the store shows up at Kyra's birthday party.

    Director:Kim Fields
    Writer:Magda Liolis

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  22. Kenan & Kel Season 2 Episode 7 - Ditch Day Afternoon
    7.8/10(81 votes)

    #22 - Ditch Day Afternoon

    S2:E7

    Kenan and Kel decide to skip a day of school and work. They call in sick, but soon find themselves in big trouble when they get caught in the middle of a bank robbery and end up on the national news.

    Director:Kim Fields
    Writers:Kevin Kopelow, Heath Seifert

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  23. Kenan & Kel Season 4 Episode 9 - The Graduates
    7.8/10(67 votes)

    #23 - The Graduates

    S4:E9

    Kenan's senior prank on Principal Horn ends up getting him removed from the graduation exercises - and his parents and family best not know, or he's in deeper than usual!

    Director:Ken Whittingham
    Writers:Jonathan Green, Gabe Miller

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  24. Kenan & Kel Season 1 Episode 5 - Mo' Sweater Blues
    7.7/10(107 votes)

    #24 - Mo' Sweater Blues

    S1:E5

    Kenan's dream date is marred when Kel spills soda pop on the girl's beautiful sweater, which was knitted by her late grandma.

    Director:Malcolm-Jamal Warner
    Writers:Kevin Kopelow, Heath Seifert

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  25. Kenan & Kel Season 2 Episode 3 - The Lottery
    7.7/10(81 votes)

    #25 - The Lottery

    S2:E3

    Kel wins $64 million in the lottery and plans to split the loot with Kenan, but loses the ticket.

    Director:Kim Fields
    Writer:Dan Schneider

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Best Episodes Summary

"Bye-Bye Kenan (1)" is the best rated episode of "Kenan & Kel". It scored 8.8/10 based on 90 votes. Directed by Brian Robbins and written by Dan Schneider, Kevin Kopelow, Heath Seifert, it aired on 12/20/1997. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Three Girls, A Guy and a Cineplex".