The BEST Episodes of Hey Arnold!
Every episode ever - ranked by fan votes!
Last Updated: Aug 23, 2020
Network: Nickelodeon
The adventures of a daydreaming, jazz-loving, football-headed 9-year-old, who lives in a boarding house with his grandparents and some eccentric boarders, encounters life in the city with his best friend Gerald, a loofah-haired kid, who is the keeper of the urban tales and coolest kid in class; and Helga, who torments him, but loves him secretly.
#1 - Rhonda Goes Broke
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired Jan 5, 2001
Rhonda's family goes broke and they move into the boarding house.
9.80 
#2 - Rhonda's Glasses
Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired Dec 7, 1997
Rhonda fails her eye test and has to wear glasses, a major fashion no no in her books. Immediately, she is labelled a geek and hangs out with the geeky kids.
9.73 
#3 - Curly's Girl
Season 5 - Episode 30 - Aired Oct 14, 2002
Curly gets Rhonda to act like his girlfriend after something happens to Rhonda's Mothers' fur coat.
9.47 
#4 - Crabby Author
Season 3 - Episode 33 - Aired Dec 28, 1998
Arnold has to do a book report, and he decides to do it on his favorite author, Agitha Cawfield, but he sees her bad side when she is very crabby & rude to him.
9.44 
#5 - What's Opera, Arnold?
Season 2 - Episode 32 - Aired Jan 4, 1998
Arnold and the gang go on a class trip to the opera and have grand, musical dreams of their own.
8.41 
#6 - Married
Season 5 - Episode 26 - Aired May 11, 2002
Rhonda uses a folding paper fortune teller to see who will marry who, and Arnold and Helga get paired up, causing them to both dream what life would be like married to each other.
8.25 
#7 - Dino Checks Out
Season 4 - Episode 30 - Aired Dec 11, 1999
The rock legend Dino Spumoni is pronounced dead, but when he comes to hide in the boarding house, Arnold convinces him to tell the truth. He does reveal that he is still alive, and puts on a concert.
8.14 
#8 - Stinky Goes Hollywood
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired Sep 16, 1998
Stinky's simple life changes after he becomes the surprise new spokesman for Ya-Hoo Soda.
8.04 
#9 - Beaned
Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired Jan 12, 2001
Helga gets amnesia, and Arnold starts acting nice to her.
8.00 
#10 - Casa Paradiso
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired Sep 7, 1998
Grandpa becomes tired of dealing with the boarding house and decides to sell. Arnold has to convince him how important it is for everyone to remain in the boarding house and what they would lose if it was sold.
7.92 
#11 - Ernie in Love
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired Apr 26, 2000
Ernie starts dating a tall model, but she doesn't want to continue dating him because of his height.
7.85 
#12 - Family Man
Season 5 - Episode 28 - Aired Jun 1, 2002
Mr. Hyunh has Arnold pretending to be his son for his new employer.
7.83 
#13 - Big Sis
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired Mar 18, 2000
Olga gets into a 'Big Sis' program, but her 'Lil' Sis' is Lila.
7.78 
#14 - Stoop Kid
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired Oct 14, 1996
Arnold's hat lands on the stoop of "Stoop Kid," - a bully who has lived his whole life on his stoop, and is highly protective of it. But, when it's Arnold's fault that Stoop Kid becomes the joke of the city, he must help Stoop Kid face his biggest fear - leaving his stoop for the first time.
7.76 
#15 - Weird Cousin
Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired Oct 9, 1999
Arnold has to hang around with his boring and odd cousin, Arnie, but Arnold starts to get angry when Lila and Arnie fall in love with each other.
7.75 
#16 - Principal Simmons
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired Apr 5, 2000
When Principal Wartz quits as Principal, Mr. Simmons takes his place.
7.75 
#17 - Suspended
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired Apr 26, 2000
Harold is suspended and will do anything to get back into school.
7.75 
#18 - Roller Coaster
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired Oct 7, 1998
Eugene wants to ride with the gang, but they all think he's a jinx and won't go with him. Arnold decides to break the cycle of pain and rides with Eugene, but they get stuck.
7.75 
#19 - Heat
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired Nov 11, 1996
The city is suffering from a heatwave, and whatever he does, Arnold just can't seem to get cool.
7.74 
#20 - New Bully on the Block
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired Apr 12, 2000
The kids must face two bullies when a new kid, Ludwig, returns and wants the vacant lot for himself.
7.73 
#21 - Eating Contest
Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired Dec 7, 1997
Arnold follows in his Grandpa's footsteps and competes in the annual block party eating contest. After much munching Old Football Head goes stomach to stomach with eating legend Seymour 'The Disposal'.
7.73 
#22 - Mud Bowl
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired Nov 16, 1997
Arnold and the rest of the fourth grade take on the might of the unbeatable fifth graders in a game of touch football. Who'll win this match of brains vs. brute strength?
7.72 
#23 - Arnold Visits Arnie
Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired Jan 26, 2001
Arnold visits his cousin Arnie, whose friends look remarkably familiar to Anrold's
7.71 
#24 - New Teacher
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired Sep 21, 1997
When the kids make their new teacher, Mr. Simmons, quit his job; the replacement makes them realize what they lost.
7.71 
#25 - Roughin' It
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired Dec 2, 1996
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.
7.71