The Best Episodes Written By Jonathan Greenberg

Every TV Episode Written by Jonathan Greenberg Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 2 Episode 27 - The Santa Experience
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #1 - The Santa Experience

    S2:E27

    After Angelica finds out that Santa Claus is a fake, she decides to take Phil and Lil's presents away. Meanwhile Tommy tries to convince Chuckie that Santa Claus isn't a scary man. The adults take them all for a trip in the mountains for Christmas and that's where the Christmas spirit strikes Angelica and she decides to give Phil and Lil their presents back so she won't get coal for Christmas. Chaz decides to dress up as Santa and when Chuckie sees him he loses his fear of Santa Claus.

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  2. undefined Season 1 Episode 11 - Heat
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Heat

    S1:E11

    Arnold has a really bad day - the city is suffering from a heatwave, and whatever he does, Arnold just can't seem to get cool.

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  3. undefined Season 1 Episode 18 - Roughin' It
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Roughin' It

    S1:E18

    Grandpa, Arnold, and Gerald are all going on an old fashioned camping trip... until Big Bob, Helga, and Phoebe show up with luxurious camping equipment.

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  4. undefined Season 1 Episode 22 - Benchwarmer
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Benchwarmer

    S1:E22

    Arnold has trouble with the basketball coach and his favored son.

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  5. undefined Season 2 Episode 21 - Best Friends
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Best Friends

    S2:E21

    Rhonda and Nadine fall out over working on a project at school, leaving Arnold to work with both of them separately.

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  6. undefined Season 2 Episode 7 - Longest Monday
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Longest Monday

    S2:E7

    Schoolyard tradition has it that on the first Monday of June each year, the fifth graders throw the fourth graders into trash cans. So, Arnold and Gerald try to make a run for it. As more people are thrown into trash cans and the fifth graders know all the routes, Arnold and Gerald find out eluding the fifth graders is harder that they thought.

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  7. undefined Season 2 Episode 11 - Ransom
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Ransom

    S2:E11

    Gerald and Arnold get on the case when Timberly loses her Barney-esque doll.

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  8. undefined Season 2 Episode 36 - Runaway Float
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Runaway Float

    S2:E36

    After creating an idea for a parade float, Arnold is confident of it showing up in a parade.

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  9. undefined Season 2 Episode 37 - Partners
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Partners

    S2:E37

    A lounge singer moves into the Sunset Arms after renouncing his songwriter, who also moves there.

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  10. undefined Season 2 Episode 18 - Mud Bowl
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Mud Bowl

    S2:E18

    Wolfgang and his gang of fifth graders challenge Arnold and his friends to a football game, but he has to first persuade them that his plays are good enough for them to win.

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  11. undefined Season 3 Episode 21 - Career Day
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Career Day

    S3:E21

    A. All the kids are paired with adults with interesting jobs except Arnold, who is forced to spend time with the Jolly Olly, the Ice Cream Man.

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  12. undefined Season 0 Episode 2 - Passover
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Passover

    S0:E2

    While attending a Passover seder at Didi's parents' house, Boris and the children (and later, most of the adults), get locked in the attic because the door does not open from the inside. To pass the time, Boris tells the children the story of why Jews celebrate Passover, and how Moses saved his people from slavery.

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  13. undefined Season 2 Episode 4 - Together At Last
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Together At Last

    S2:E4

    Phil and Lil want separate lives. Phil goes to Tommy's with Lil's bow on. Lil stays home looking like Phil. They end up wanting to be together.

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  14. undefined Season 2 Episode 25 - A Visit From Lipschitz
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - A Visit From Lipschitz

    S2:E25

    While Didi and Stu go out, the famous Dr. Lipschitz babysits Tommy and Chuckie. The babies wonder about him and accidentally reveal him for the phoney that he is.

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  15. undefined Season 2 Episode 32 - Rebel Without A Teddy Bear
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Rebel Without A Teddy Bear

    S2:E32

    Tommy loses his stuffed lion. It gets dirty and Didi decides to clean it. Then Tommy gets mad and decides to act mean just like Angelica, but Chuckie eventually saves him by turning Tommy good, and Didi gives Tommy his lion back.

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  16. undefined Season 2 Episode 48 - Driving Miss Angelica
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Driving Miss Angelica

    S2:E48

    After being saved by Angelica, Chuckie has to be Angelica's slave for life - but when he saves her, things go the other way around.

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  17. undefined Season 2 Episode 50 - Tooth Or Dare
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Tooth Or Dare

    S2:E50

    While Tommy and Angelica are hanging out at Susie's house, the three of them are watching an edutainment-video on dental hygiene. Susie explains that her parents had gotten the video because her older brother, Edwin, had recently lost one of his baby teeth and received money from the Tooth Fairy after he put the tooth under his pillow. Angelica doesn't believe the story until Edwin shows that he really did lose a tooth by smiling at her, and showing that he had lost one of his front teeth. This gives Angelica an idea.

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  18. undefined Season 3 Episode 3 - Chuckie's First Haircut
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Chuckie's First Haircut

    S3:E3

    Chuckie is scared to get a haircut so the rugrats try to make him get over this fear.

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  19. undefined Season 3 Episode 7 - Grandpa Moves Out
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Grandpa Moves Out

    S3:E7

    After ruining dinner, making Tommy cry and Spike growl, Grandpa gets out of everyone's way by moving to Flushing Waters Retirement Home, which is luxury, (so it says in the commercial), which turns out to be your run-in-the-mill retirement home.

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  20. undefined Season 3 Episode 28 - The Odd Couple
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - The Odd Couple

    S3:E28

    Tommy is staying over at Chuckie's house for a long weekend while his parents go to Wisconsin for a cheese tasting tour. Tommy and Chuckie think they're going to get along great, but soon they start fighting about their different ways of doing stuff.

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  21. undefined Season 3 Episode 34 - Chuckie's Wonderful Life
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Chuckie's Wonderful Life

    S3:E34

    When Chuckie accidently gives Angelica his father's Latvian Polka Dances CD (using it as a toy), Chuckie, who wishes he weren't born, has a chance to see what would be of the world if it weren't for Chuckie.

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  22. undefined Season 3 Episode 37 - Chuckie's Red Hair
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Chuckie's Red Hair

    S3:E37

    Tommy ""accidently"" lets Chuckie borrow his Boppo toy. Chuckie then relizes it's a clown toy. Angelica finds a switch on it and Chuckie pulls it, deflating Boppo. Then Tommy comes over and sees the deflated Boppo, Then Stu inflates it again.

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  23. undefined Season 3 Episode 39 - The Alien
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - The Alien

    S3:E39

    Angelica finds a nickel in the sand box and thinks there's a fortune under the sand, so the babies dig. They start arguing about finding more nickels. Angelica maks the nickel with an X, but the wind blows it away and Angelica digs frantically to find it again. The babies don't care about nickels anymore and they just play happily again.

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  24. undefined Season 3 Episode 44 - Pickles vs. Pickles
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Pickles vs. Pickles

    S3:E44

    Tired of being hassled all the time by her parents, especially when it comes down to the foods she's required to eat, Angelica doesn't take the law into her own hands -- she takes them to court.

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  25. undefined Season 3 Episode 48 - No More Cookies
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - No More Cookies

    S3:E48

    After getting sick as a result of eating too much cookies, Angelica swears off them, depending on the other Rugrats to keep her away from cookies.

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Jonathan Greenberg Ratings Summary

"The Santa Experience" is the best rated episode written by Jonathan Greenberg. It scored 8.5/10 based on 2 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 12/6/1992 and is rated 0.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "Heat".