The WORST episodes of Hey Arnold!
Every episode of Hey Arnold! ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Hey Arnold!!
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 - Chocolate Turtles
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/5/1999
Arnold and Gerald try selling chocolate turtles for a profit, but Timberly eats all fouth boxes of them, and they have to get money so they don't get in trouble with the Camp Fire Lass.
#2 - Big Caesar
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/19/1997
Gerald and Arnold do a spot of fishing, determined to catch the pond's biggest fish. The legendary 'Big C'sar'!
#3 - Pre-Teen Scream
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/23/1998
Phoebe has a secret crush on a pop star.
#4 - Oskar Gets a Job
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 10/14/1998
Arnold is instrumental in persuading Oskar to actually get off his butt and get a temporary job.
#5 - Grandpa's Birthday
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/30/1998
Grandpa thinks he's going to die soon because no one in his family ever made it past his age. He prepares to die, and Arnold tries to convince him that life is still worth living.
#6 - Ms. Perfect
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/26/1997
The new girl is teased at school by Helga and the other girls, but she's soon accepted by everyone.
#7 - Monkey Business
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/19/1997
An organ grinder's monkey kisses Helga, who's convinced she has caught 'monkeynucleosis'.
#8 - Eugene's Pet
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/12/1997
After Arnold accidentally kills Eugene's fish with a yo-yo, Arnold must do something to make up for it.
#9 - Arnold Saves Sid
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 11/2/1997
After Arnold saves Sid from injury and Sid devotes himself to paying Arnold back with unending kindness.
#10 - Gerald Moves Out
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/16/1997
Being the middle child in his family, Gerald is feeling so neglected. So he decides to move into the Sunset Arms, where he learns that living alone isn't what it's cracked up to be.
#11 - Arnold Betrays Iggy
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 10/19/1998
Arnold finds out Iggy wears bunny pajamas with feet in them, and Arnold accidentally spills the beans to Sid and Stinky, ruining Iggy's cool image.
#12 - Harold's Kitty
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/5/1997
Harold becomes close to a kitty he finds on the streets. But when the real owner wants the cat back, it becomes a problem.
#13 - Mr. Green Runs
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/11/2000
Mr. Green runs for city council.
#14 - Sid's Revenge
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/7/1998
Principal Wartz gives Sid a detention believeing he placed fake vomit so he could trip over, even though it wasn't Sid who put it there. As a result, Sid seeks revenge and reates 'Revenge Doll' of Wartz's face, like they do in tribes. He thinks he killed Wartz with the curse. Arnold thinks he's paranoid, even though there are a few clues hinting out that Wartz is dead.
#15 - Student Teacher
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/10/1999
Mr. Simmons has a new assistant teacher: Olga.
#16 - Haunted Train
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 11/25/1996
When the kids complain of being bored, Grandpa tells the story of the Haunted Train. So, the kids decide to go and see if the train exists for themselves.
#17 - Phoebe Breaks a Leg
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/12/2000
When Phoebe breaks a leg after being hit by a truck, Helga believes it's her fault (and it is), so she starts being nice to Phoebe. Yet when Phoebe's leg heals, she decides to stay disabled for a little longer.
#18 - Helga's Parrot
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/5/1999
Big Bob gets a new parrot, and the parrot hears Helga talking about how she loves Arnold, and he escapes and lives in Arnold's house trying to recite the poem Helga said.
#19 - The Big Scoop
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/5/1997
Arnold and Gerald compete against Helga for the school newspaper.
#20 - Phoebe Cheats
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 11/9/1997
In this variation of 'The Tell-Tale Heart', Phoebe plagiarizes from a poetry book and uses one of the poems as her entry in a poetry contest. She wins, with her prize being a trophy resembling poet Emily Dickinson. Then, the trophy haunts Phoebe into confessing.
#21 - Olga Gets Engaged
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/16/1998
Olga brings home her surprise fiancee who wins everyone over except Helga.
#22 - The Aptitude Test
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 10/14/1998
After the results of an aptitude test are announced, Harold gains self-confidence and Helga feels dumber.
#23 - Sid and Germs
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/19/2000
Sid becomes obsessed with cleanliness.
#24 - New Teacher
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1997
When the kids make their new teacher, Mr. Simmons, quit his job; the replacement makes them realize what they lost.
#25 - Arnold's Room
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/9/1998
Sid pretends that Arnold's room is his, since he's ashamed of showing his real room to Lorenzo.