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.

Last Updated: 11/5/2024Network: NickelodeonStatus: Ended
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Chocolate Turtles
star
6.14
14 votes

#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.

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Grandpa's Birthday
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6.28
18 votes

#2 - 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.

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Mr. Green Runs
star
6.33
15 votes

#3 - Mr. Green Runs

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/11/2000

Mr. Green runs for city council.

Directors: Frank Weiss
Writer: Joseph Purdy
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Grandpa's Sister
star
6.44
9 votes

#4 - Grandpa's Sister

Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 10/16/1999

Grandpa's sister unexpectedly shows up at the Boarding House, but Arnold doesn't know why she and Grandpa are always fighting with each other.

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Phoebe Breaks a Leg
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6.45
20 votes

#5 - 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.

Directors: Frank Weiss
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Oskar Gets a Job
star
6.45
22 votes

#6 - 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.

Directors: Steve Socki
Student Teacher
star
6.47
19 votes

#7 - Student Teacher

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/10/1999

Mr. Simmons has a new assistant teacher: Olga.

Directors: Frank Weiss
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Sid and Germs
star
6.50
12 votes

#8 - Sid and Germs

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/19/2000

Sid becomes obsessed with cleanliness.

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Love and Cheese
star
6.52
21 votes

#9 - Love and Cheese

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/7/1999

Arnold takes Lila to the Cheese Festival, and he tries ways so she will 'like like' him, but Helga is there to stop them in their tracks ever step of the way.

Directors: Frank Weiss
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Helga's Parrot
star
6.53
19 votes

#10 - 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.

Directors: Frank Weiss
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Steely Phil
star
6.53
15 votes

#11 - Steely Phil

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 11/30/1997

Arnold puts Grandpa through his paces as he trains to take on his old Chinese Checkers rival, Robbie Fisher.

Directors: Stark Howell
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Sid's Revenge
star
6.57
21 votes

#12 - 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.

Directors: Dan Povenmire
Full Moon
star
6.58
24 votes

#13 - Full Moon

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/10/1999

Arnold's reputation is in danger when he recieves the blame of something Harold, Sid and Stinky did.

Directors: Frank Weiss
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Girl Trouble
star
6.58
12 votes

#14 - Girl Trouble

Season 3 - Episode 36 - Aired 1/4/1999

Arnold, Gerald, Helga, and Pheobe are all chosen to work together on a History project, and Helga and Arnold pour pain on each other. Grandpa tells Arnold about his share of girl trouble with his now wife, Gertrude.

Deconstructing Arnold
star
6.60
10 votes

#15 - 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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Arnold Betrays Iggy
star
6.62
26 votes

#16 - 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.

Directors: Dan Povenmire
Buses, Bikes, and Subways
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6.67
18 votes

#17 - Buses, Bikes, and Subways

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/4/2000

Helga and Harold must return to town on their own after the bus leaves them behind after a school trip to a chocolate factory, and Helga has tickets for a wrestling match and she cant be late.

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Partners
star
6.67
9 votes

#18 - Partners

Season 2 - Episode 37 - Aired 1/18/1998

When the legendary musical duo of Dino and Don Spumoni split up, they each move into the boarding house (unknown to each other). So it's up to Arnold and Gerald to restore harmony...

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Crush on Teacher
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6.67
15 votes

#19 - Crush on Teacher

Season 2 - Episode 27 - Aired 12/14/1997

Miss Slovak is sick, and Arnold has a major crush on Miss Felter, the substitute teacher. But what will he do now that Gerald has found out that Miss Felter has a major crush on HIM?

Writer: Joseph Purdy
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Big Caesar
star
6.67
27 votes

#20 - 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'!

Directors: Dan Povenmire
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Arnold Saves Sid
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6.68
25 votes

#21 - Arnold Saves Sid

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/2/1997

After Arnold saves Sid from injury and Sid devotes himself to paying Arnold back with unending kindness.

Directors: Stark Howell
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Big Gino
star
6.68
22 votes

#22 - 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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Monkey Business
star
6.69
29 votes

#23 - Monkey Business

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/19/1997

An organ grinder's monkey kisses Helga, who's convinced she has caught 'monkeynucleosis'.

Directors: Tuck Tucker
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Ms. Perfect
star
6.69
26 votes

#24 - 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.

Directors: Steve Socki
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Hookey
star
6.70
23 votes

#25 - Hookey

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 11/2/1997

Arnold and Gerald bunk off school, but their day is ruined by their fear of being found out.

Directors: Steve Socki
Writer: Jim Ryan