8.0/103 votes#1 - Downtown as Fruits
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/1996
Not looking forward to performing in Helga's "The Four Food Groups" musical, Arnold and Gerald decide to take the bus a few stops too many, but end up stuck downtown.
Director: Larry Leichliter
Writer: Craig Bartlett
8.0/101 votes#2 - Field Trip
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/1996
The kids are really looking forward to their field trip to the aquarium - especially when they remember the scary Lock Jaw from their last trip. But, when they get there, they see that Lock Jaw isn't really that scary. Arnold notices how neglected the old turtle looks, and returns later with Grandma to set it free.
Director: Steve Socki
Writer: Craig Bartlett
8.0/101 votes#3 - Mugged
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 12/2/1996
When Arnold gets mugged in the street, Grandma teaches him how to defend himself, but the training and fighting starts to get to his head.
Director: Tuck Tucker
Writer: Craig Bartlett
8.0/101 votes#4 - Wheezin' Ed
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 12/23/1996
Arnold and the gang set out on a quest to find the hidden treasure of the mysterious "Wheezin' Ed" on Elk Island.
Director: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Craig Bartlett
8.0/101 votes#5 - Big Caesar
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 10/6/1997
Arnold and Gerald do a spot of fishing, determined to catch the pond's biggest fish, the legendary "Big Caesar".
Director: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Craig Bartlett
8.0/101 votes#6 - Parents Day
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 5/10/2001
Arnold asks Grandpa what really happened with his parents, and he finds out that they disappeared after they left the country on a plane, although they might still be alive.
Director: N/A
Writer: Craig Bartlett
- 7.5/102 votes
#7 - Arnold's Thanksgiving
Season 3 Episode 27 - Aired 11/18/1998
Arnold and Helga both think they are having the worst Thanksgivings ever. Arnold's Family are celebrating President's Day, and Olga is at the Pataki house. When Arnold and Helga go to Mr. Simmons' house, they discover he has a obnoxious family, so they think their families aren't so bad after all.
Director: Larry Leichliter
Writer: Craig Bartlett
- 7.5/102 votes
#8 - Girl Trouble
Season 3 Episode 36 - Aired 1/4/1999
Arnold snaps at school after Helga tries his patience once too often.
Director: Sherm Cohen
Writer: Craig Bartlett
7.0/101 votes#9 - Waiter, There's a Baby in My Soup
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/18/1991
Stu and Didi ended up taking Tommy to an important dinner at "Chez Ennui" with Mr. Mucklehoney (president of Mucklehoney Industries, a toy company), since Tiffany the babysitter (via telephone) and Grandpa have different plans (the babysitter's OTHER goldfish died and Grandpa was going bowling with a friend of his named Louise). Tommy, however, has plans of his own, and proceeds to get loose in the resturant kitchen, causing absolute chaos.
Director: Norton Virgien
Writer: Craig Bartlett
7.0/101 votes#10 - At the Movies
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/25/1991
Tommy wants to see the Reptar movie, but his parents take him and the other Rugrats to the Westside Octoplex to see The Land Without Smiles (starring the Dummi Bears) instead. The Rugrats leave the Dummi Bears to go look for Reptar (showing at the same theater), leaving a path of destruction behind them.
Director: Dan Thompson
Writer: Craig Bartlett
7.0/101 votes#11 - Graham Canyon
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 5/24/1992
Stu and Didi take Tommy and Angelica on a car trip to the Grand Canyon, but their car breaks down. While exploring the garage repair shop, the Rugrats unwittingly foil two unscrupulous mechanics who were planning to rip them off.
Director: Craig Bartlett
Writer: Craig Bartlett
7.0/101 votes#12 - The Seven Voyages Of Cynthia
Season 2 Episode 38 - Aired 3/14/1993
While Stu and Drew are cleaning Drew's boat, Chuckie and Tommy shanghaied Cynthia so she could be captain; however, when she got lost in the sewer system, it broke Angelica's heart. She did get her back, but not without sailing miles and miles in the sewers and taking a bath in toxic waste. Meanwhile, after being chased away by Angelica, Spike hitches a ride in a garbage truck to the city dump, which doubles as a "scenic overlook."
Director: Norton Virgien
Writer: Craig Bartlett
7.0/101 votes#13 - Eugene's Bike
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/1996
When Arnold accidentally ruins Eugene's new bike, he takes Eugene out on a day of fun, thinking that "every geek deserves his day".
Director: Kelly James
Writer: Craig Bartlett
7.0/101 votes#14 - Gerald Comes Over
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 12/30/1996
Gerald goes to Arnold's place to meet the other residents.
Director: Juli Murphy
Writer: Craig Bartlett
- 7.0/101 votes
#15 - What's Opera, Arnold?
Season 2 Episode 33 - Aired 11/17/1997
Helga and Arnold fall asleep and have their own "parody/dream" of the opera Carmen.
Director: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Craig Bartlett
- 7.0/101 votes
#16 - Helga Blabs It All
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 8/31/1998
While feeling the effects of laughing gas, Helga leaves a confessional message of love on Arnold's phone machine. She then has to get into the boarding house in order to erase the message.
Director: Tuck Tucker
Writer: Craig Bartlett
- 7.0/101 votes
#17 - Cool Party
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 11/2/1998
Rhonda holds a cool-people-only party at her house. In retaliation, Arnold and his friends hold a "geek" party on the roof of his boarding house further up the street, leaving Rhonda's party deserted.
Director: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Craig Bartlett
- 7.0/101 votes
#18 - Back to School
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 9/11/1999
After Grandpa tells Arnold that he never got his grade school diploma, Arnold convinces him to come to go back to school at P.S. 118.
Director: Frank Weiss
Writer: Craig Bartlett
- 7.0/101 votes
#19 - New Bully on the Block
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 4/12/2001
The kids must face two bullies when a new kid, Ludwig, returns and wants the vacant lot for himself.
Director: Frank Weiss
Writer: Craig Bartlett
7.0/101 votes#20 - Traffic Troubles
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 3/5/2004
A jaywalking incident lands Johnny in traffic school... Musical Comedy Traffic School, no less! Unfortunately, Johnny can't sing a note, so he seeks the help of a kindly old lady in figuring out how to make the grade and impress the Token Spunky Girl.
Director: Van Partible
Writer: Craig Bartlett
7.0/101 votes#21 - Win An El Toro Guapo
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 3/12/2004
Johnny tries to enter a contest to win an ""El Toro Guapo"" pick-up truck. It seems all he has to do is outlast a host of competitors in holding on to a rather talkative bull, but could it really be that simple?
Director: Van Partible
Writer: Craig Bartlett
7.0/101 votes#22 - Back From The Future
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 3/26/2004
After Johnny bugs a woman to the point that she threatens to knock him into next week (and follows through on her threats), a band of sci-fi geeks find a dazed Johnny and become convinced he's a time traveler from the 1960s. Complicating matters is the fact that the easily-confused Johnny becomes convinced of this misconception as well.
Director: Van Partible
Writer: Craig Bartlett
- 7.0/101 votes
#23 - Double Vision
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 7/16/2004
Johnny goes home with look-a-like of his mother.
Director: Van Partible
Writer: Craig Bartlett
- 7.0/101 votes
#24 - It's A Magical Life
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 7/23/2004
Johnny beleives a magician makes him invisiable
Director: Van Partible
Writer: Craig Bartlett
- 7.0/101 votes
#25 - Run Johnny Run
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 7/30/2004
Johnny has to make it to his blind date in time but when he doesn't the first time he grabs the remote and restarts the cartoon.
Director: Van Partible
Writer: Craig Bartlett
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"Downtown as Fruits" is the best rated episode written by Craig Bartlett. It scored 8/10 based on 3 votes. It was directed by Larry Leichliter. It aired on 10/7/1996 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Field Trip".