The BEST episodes of Hey Arnold! season 4

Every episode of Hey Arnold! season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Hey Arnold! season 4!

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.

Last Updated: 11/5/2024Network: NickelodeonStatus: Ended
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Polishing Rhonda
star
9.18
11 votes

#1 - Polishing Rhonda

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 9/25/1999

After Rhonda and Patty get in a fight, both of their parents send them to polishing school, but it appears that Patty will graduate before Rhonda.

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Helga on the Couch
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8.08
12 votes

#2 - Helga on the Couch

Season 4 - Episode 30 - Aired 12/4/1999

When a psychologist comes to PS 118, she notices Helga's behavior, so she calls Helga for a session. Reluctantly, she goes, and tells this psychologist about her life and how she behaved this way... Eventually, Helga ends up telling the psychologist her feelings about Arnold and gains a trust with Dr. Bliss.

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Helga Sleepwalks
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7.77
13 votes

#3 - Helga Sleepwalks

Season 4 - Episode 25 - Aired 10/23/1999

Helga sleepwalks after eating pork rinds, making her confess her love to Arnold in her sleep.

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Veterans Day
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7.73
11 votes

#4 - Veterans Day

Season 4 - Episode 29 - Aired 11/6/1999

While Grandpa, Arnold, Mr. Johanssen, and Gerald go on a trip, Grandpa tells Arnold that he single-handedly won World War 1, and Gerald doesn't understand why his Father was only a paper-pusher in Vietnam.

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Weird Cousin
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7.54
13 votes

#5 - Weird Cousin

Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 10/9/1999

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.

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Synchronized Swimming
star
7.43
7 votes

#6 - Synchronized Swimming

Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 10/16/1999

Coach Wittenberg talks Arnold, Eugene, Harold, and others to join a Synchronized Swimming team, and swim to the classic movie, 'Come Back Wayne'.

Writer: Joseph Purdy
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Friday the 13th
star
7.33
9 votes

#7 - Friday the 13th

Season 4 - Episode 28 - Aired 10/30/1999

Arnold and Gerald really believe that they are cursed after doing a bunch of Friday The 13th legends, but it is really Wolfgang and Edmund following them and making them think that they are.

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Grudge Match
star
7.30
10 votes

#8 - Grudge Match

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 9/25/1999

After Grandpa and Big Bob give each other 'fenderbenders' on their cars, they try to settle who pays for the damages in a game of Golf.

Directors: Frank Weiss
Writer: Joseph Purdy
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Back to School
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7.26
19 votes

#9 - Back to School

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 9/11/1999

Grandpa's dream was always to get a High-School Diploma, but he never did because he had to work, so Arnold tries to make him go through grade school over again to fulfill his dream.

Directors: Frank Weiss
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Egg Story
star
7.24
25 votes

#10 - Egg Story

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 9/11/1999

Arnold and Helga get paired up to raise an egg for school, but they end up losing it when they left it on the bus.

Directors: Frank Weiss
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Headless Cabbie
star
7.20
10 votes

#11 - Headless Cabbie

Season 4 - Episode 27 - Aired 10/30/1999

Arnold tells an urban legend about a Headless Cabbie, but when Arnold and they gang go through the park (for ice cream)where the legend supposedly happened, they have weird occurrences involving the legend their travels.

Writer: Joseph Purdy
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Fighting Families
star
7.11
9 votes

#12 - Fighting Families

Season 4 - Episode 26 - Aired 10/23/1999

Arnold, Grandpa, Grandma, Ernie and Mr. Hyunh compete on a game show against a family that seems perfect in every way.

Directors: Frank Weiss
Writer: Joseph Purdy
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The Beeper Queen
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7.10
21 votes

#13 - The Beeper Queen

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/29/1999

When Big Bob injures his back, Miriam takes the spot at his job temporarily for him. Miriam is as happy as ever, but Helga starts feeling bad

Directors: Frank Weiss
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It Girl
star
7.06
16 votes

#14 - It Girl

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 9/18/1999

Everybody starts admiring Helga's way of being angry all the time, and she and her style become the lastest fashion, but she gets annoyed and tries ways to get the spotlight off of her.

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Oskar Can't Read?
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7.06
18 votes

#15 - Oskar Can't Read?

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/29/1999

When Oskar cannot read various things, Arnold tries to help him by teaching him and bringing him to the library.

Directors: Frank Weiss
Writer: Joseph Purdy
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Dino Checks Out
star
7.00
6 votes

#16 - Dino Checks Out

Season 4 - Episode 31 - Aired 12/11/1999

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.

Directors: Frank Weiss
Dinner for Four
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6.95
20 votes

#17 - Dinner for Four

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/31/1999

Helga wins a ticket for a free dinner for four a Chez Pierre, and wants to prove to Arnold that she is sophisticated.

Directors: Frank Weiss
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Eugene's Birthday
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6.85
20 votes

#18 - Eugene's Birthday

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/17/1999

When Arnold feels guilty about accidentally not sending out invitations to Eugene's Birthday party (because he and Harvey missplaced mail with each other), he tries to Eugene another surprise party.

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Stinky's Pumpkin
star
6.79
19 votes

#19 - Stinky's Pumpkin

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/15/1999

Stinky is 'down in the dumps' because he doesn't think he's special and think's he isn't good at anything, but when there is a large Vegetable contest, Stinky tries growing a pumpkin in his backyard.

Directors: Frank Weiss
Writer: Joseph Purdy
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Weighing Harold
star
6.71
14 votes

#20 - Weighing Harold

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/7/1999

When Harold overhears Stinky and Sid saying he's fat, he go's on a cruise to lose weight, but when he comes back he is very obese.

Phoebe Skips
star
6.71
17 votes

#21 - Phoebe Skips

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/31/1999

Phoebe gets a chance to skip to the sixth grade after not being challenged enough with the fourth grade, but she is taking orders from her new sixth grade 'friends'.

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Baby Oskar
star
6.70
10 votes

#22 - Baby Oskar

Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 10/9/1999

Suzie's cousin leaves her baby (Oskar) with Suzie and Oskar, but when Suzie has to go into work unexpectedly, Oskar has to take care of the baby.

Directors: Frank Weiss
Jamie O in Love
star
6.70
20 votes

#23 - Jamie O in Love

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/15/1999

Gerald's brother Jamie O starts dating, and suddenly starts acting nice with Arnold and Gerald. But when Gerald finds out that the girl Jamie O is dating is just using him, he must decide to go back to a life of torment or see his brother suffering for the rest of his life.

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Big Gino
star
6.68
22 votes

#24 - Big Gino

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/15/1999

After paying his debt with Big Gino, Sid and him become friends, but Arnold believes that that friendship isn't good for Sid.

Writer: Joseph Purdy
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Deconstructing Arnold
star
6.60
10 votes

#25 - Deconstructing Arnold

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 9/18/1999

Everybody is sick of Arnold giving them advice of their lives, so they stop listening to him, but they gets problems without his good advice.

Directors: Frank Weiss
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