Hey Arnold! is an American animated television series created by Craig Bartlett that aired on Nickelodeon from October 7, 1996, to June 8, 2004. [1] The series centers on a fourth grader named Arnold Shortman, who lives with his grandparents in an inner-city boarding house. A total of 100 episodes aired over the course of five seasons. Hey Arnold!: The Movie , a feature-length film based on the series, was released theatrically on June 28, 2002. Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie , a television film based on the series, premiered on November 24, 2017, on Nickelodeon.
Season | Segments | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | ||||
Pilot | July 10, 1996(cinemas) | ||||
1 | 38 | 20 | October 7, 1996 | February 12, 1997 | |
2 | 37 | 19 | September 22, 1997 | December 1, 1997 | |
3 | 38 | 20 | August 31, 1998 | March 8, 1999 | |
4 | 35 | 19 | March 10, 1999 | March 11, 2000 | |
5 | 37 | 22 | March 18, 2000 | June 8, 2004 [1] | |
Hey Arnold!: The Movie | June 28, 2002 | ||||
Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie | November 24, 2017 |
Before the main series premiered, Craig Bartlett created three clay animation short films:
They featured four characters from Hey Arnold!: Arnold, Helga, Harold and Rhonda.
Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboard by | Original release date | |
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"Arnold" | Craig Bartlett | Craig Bartlett, Joe Ansolabehere & Steve Viksten | Tuck Tucker & Craig Bartlett | July 10, 1996(cinemas) | |
Arnold accidentally knocks out a bully named Harold during a baseball game, and Harold gives Arnold 24 hours to live before he beats him to a pulp. Note: The plot for the pilot was later used in season 1 episode 17b, "24 Hours to Live." The pilot was also shown as a theatrical short before the 1996 Nickelodeon film, Harriet the Spy , not being officially released on home video until November 20, 2018, on the Hey Arnold!: The Ultimate Collection DVD set. It also aired once as part of Nick in the Afternoon . |
No. overall | No. in season | Title [lower-alpha 1] | Directed by | Written by | Storyboard by | Original air date [8] | Prod. code [2] [3] [4] | U.S. households (millions) | |||||||
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1 | 1 | "Downtown as Fruits" | Tuck Tucker & Larry Leichliter | Craig Bartlett, Joe Ansolabehere & Steve Viksten | John Mathot Storyboard Director: Tuck Tucker | October 7, 1996 | 001A | 2.36 [9] | |||||||
"Eugene's Bike" | Kelly James & Juli Murphy-Hashiguchi | Steve Viksten, Joe Ansolabehere & Craig Bartlett | Tricia Garcia Storyboard Director: Kelly James | 001B | |||||||||||
"Downtown as Fruits": Arnold and Gerald are cast as fruits in the school play directed by Helga, but when they get tired of her bossing them around, they skip out on the play and take a bus ride downtown. "Eugene's Bike": Arnold accidentally destroys Eugene's brand new bike, so he tries to make it up to Eugene by taking him out on a day of fun, but clumsy Eugene keeps getting into accidents. | |||||||||||||||
2 | 2 | "The List" | Mark O'Hare & Larry Leichliter | Joe Ansolabehere | Derek Drymon & John McIntyre Storyboard Director: Mark O'Hare | October 9, 1996 | 008A | 2.17 [9] | |||||||
"Haunted Train" | Tuck Tucker & Juli Murphy-Hashiguchi | Josie Nericcio | John Mathot Storyboard Director: Tuck Tucker | 008B | |||||||||||
"The List": Arnold attempts to do everything on the legendary "List for a Kid's Perfect Saturday", but all of his plans go horribly wrong when there is no good cereal in the boarding house, the TV set breaks down, and the hill to skate down is being repaired. "Haunted Train": On a boring summer night, Grandpa Phil tells Arnold and his friends the tale of "The Haunted Train". Curiosity gets the best of Arnold, Gerald and Helga, so the three go to the abandoned railroad tracks to look for it. | |||||||||||||||
3 | 3 | "Operation Ruthless" "Operation: Ruthless" | Kelly James & Larry Leichliter | Rachel Lipman & Steve Viksten | Tricia Garcia Storyboard Director: Kelly James | October 14, 1996 | 007A | 2.18 [10] | |||||||
"The Vacant Lot" | Mark O'Hare & Larry Leichliter | Josie Nericcio | Derek Drymon Storyboard Director: Mark O'Hare | 007B | |||||||||||
"Operation Ruthless": Helga attempts to sabotage Arnold's chances of spending time with Ruth McDougal, a sixth grader to whom he is attracted, while at the annual city Cheese Fair. "The Vacant Lot": Arnold and his friends clean up a dirty lot to play baseball on, but when the adults find the lot, they take it over and use it for their own reasons. | |||||||||||||||
4 | 4 | "6th Grade Girls" | Dan Povenmire & Juli Murphy-Hashiguchi | Steve Viksten | Debbie Baber & Sherm Cohen Storyboard Director: Dan Povenmire | October 16, 1996 | 005A | 2.35 [10] | |||||||
"The Baseball" "Baseball" | Dan Povenmire & Dale Case | Joe Ansolabehere | Sherm Cohen Storyboard Director: Dan Povenmire | 005B | |||||||||||
"6th Grade Girls": Sixth grade girls Connie and Maria invite Arnold and Gerald to their school dance, but little do they know that Connie and Maria are using them to make their boyfriends jealous. | |||||||||||||||
5 | 5 | "Benchwarmer" | Stark Howell & Steve Socki | Jonathan Greenberg | Tricia Garcia Storyboard Director: Stark Howell | October 21, 1996 | 011A | 2.35 [11] | |||||||
"Cool Jerk" | Rob Porter & Larry Leichliter | Joe Ansolabehere | Cullen Blaine Storyboard Director: Rob Porter | 011B | |||||||||||
"Benchwarmer": Arnold and his friends play on a basketball team led by Coach Wittenburg, but he tells the team to pass the ball to one kid only – his son, Tucker. "Cool Jerk": A cool older boy named Frankie G. befriends Arnold, but Arnold soon realizes that Frankie G. only befriended him in order to help with a break-in. | |||||||||||||||
6 | 6 | "The Little Pink Book" "The Little Pink Book Catastrophe!!!" | Bert Ring & Don Judge | Craig Bartlett | Storyboard Director: Bert Ring | October 23, 1996 | 002A | 2.43 [11] | |||||||
"Field Trip" | Debbie Baber & Steve Socki | Joe Ansolabehere, Steve Viksten & Craig Bartlett | Storyboard Director: Debbie Baber | 002B | |||||||||||
"The Little Pink Book": Helga's diary is full of poems and shrines of Arnold. Arnold and Gerald find the diary and take it to Arnold's house to determine whose diary it is. The only place Helga signed her name in the book is on the last page, and she must get it back before Arnold sees her name, even if it means spending the night in Arnold's closet. "Field Trip": While on a field trip to the aquarium, Arnold sees Lockjaw, a neglected, graffiti-covered old turtle, and Arnold feels bad for it, so later that night, Arnold and Grandma sneak into the aquarium and set Lockjaw free. | |||||||||||||||
7 | 7 | "Tutoring Torvald" | Sherm Cohen & Larry Leichliter | Joe Ansolabehere | Mark O'Hare & Stark Howell Storyboard Directors: Sherm Cohen & Dan Povenmire | October 28, 1996 | 013A | 2.09 [12] | |||||||
"Gerald Comes Over" | Bert Ring & Juli Murphy-Hashiguchi | Craig Bartlett & Rachel Lipman | Debbie Baber, Sherm Cohen & Dean Yeagle Storyboard Director: Bert Ring | 013B | |||||||||||
"Tutoring Torvald": Arnold must tutor 13-year-old Torvald, fourth-grade bully in math, much to his dismay. "Gerald Comes Over": Gerald visits Arnold's boarding house and meets the eccentric boarders. | |||||||||||||||
8 | 8 | "Arnold's Hat" | Tuck Tucker & Larry Leichliter | Steve Viksten | John Mathot Storyboard Director: Tuck Tucker | October 30, 1996 | 003A | 2.06 [12] | |||||||
"Stoop Kid" | Kelly James & Juli Murphy-Hashiguchi | Tricia Garcia Storyboard Director: Kelly James | 003B | ||||||||||||
"Arnold's Hat": Helga steals Arnold's hat to complete her secret shrine — a statue in the shape of his (Arnold's) head made from Arnold-chewed bubble gum. Arnold feels like he is nothing without his hat, so Helga is planning to return it to him — until her mother throws it in the trash, which is on its way to the dump. "Stoop Kid": While playing football on the street, Arnold kicks the ball and it ends up on Stoop Kid's stoop. According to Gerald, Stoop Kid is a teenage boy who has been living on that particular stoop ever since he was born. Arnold tries to wait for him to leave so he can get his football back, but learns that he never leaves his stoop. Faced with this fact, he tries to convince Stoop Kid to overcome his habit by taking a step off the stoop. | |||||||||||||||
9 | 9 | "Heat" | Tuck Tucker & Juli Murphy-Hashiguchi | Jonathan Greenberg | John Mathot Storyboard Director: Tuck Tucker | November 4, 1996 | 006A | 2.53 [13] | |||||||
"Snow" | Bert Ring & Steve Socki | Craig Bartlett & Rachel Lipman | Debbie Baber Storyboard Director: Bert Ring | 006B | |||||||||||
"Heat": A heat wave engulfs the city, and Arnold and Gerald try to find ways to beat the heat. "Snow": A snowstorm comes to the city. Arnold's Grandpa tries to teach him work ethic while his friends play without him. | |||||||||||||||
10 | 10 | "Helga's Makeover" | Kelly James & Juli Murphy-Hashiguchi | Rachel Lipman | Tricia Garcia Storyboard Director: Kelly James | November 6, 1996 | 004A | 2.65 [13] | |||||||
"The Old Building" | Kelly James & Jamie Mitchell | Rachel Lipman & Steve Viksten | 004B | ||||||||||||
"Helga's Makeover": Due to her tomboyish nature, Helga is the only girl who is not invited to Rhonda's slumber party. Feeling left out, she gives herself a makeover, and goes to it anyway. "The Old Building": Arnold is caught in the middle when Grandma and Ernie argue about whether an old theater should be torn down or not. | |||||||||||||||
11 | 11 | "Mugged" | Tuck Tucker & Jamie Mitchell | Craig Bartlett | Derek Drymon Storyboard Director: Tuck Tucker | November 11, 1996 | 009A | 2.46 [14] | |||||||
"Roughin' It" | Sherm Cohen & Alan Smart | Jonathan Greenberg | Frank Nissen Storyboard Director: Sherm Cohen | 009B | |||||||||||
"Mugged": Arnold learns the secrets of self-defense from his Grandma after getting held up by a thug. He realizes his skills are getting out of hand when he beats up an innocent man. "Roughin' It": Grandpa takes Arnold and Gerald on a weekend camping trip. As they set up the campsite, Big Bob, Helga, and Phoebe show up in a high-tech RV to rough it as well. Then, as everyone hikes up a mountain trail while exploring the great outdoors, they get lost in the wilderness. Arnold and Gerald agree to help everyone find their way back to their campsite by using Grandpa's survival tips. | |||||||||||||||
12 | 12 | "Door #16" "Door 16" | Stark Howell & Dale Case | Rachel Lipman | Tricia Garcia Storyboard Director: Stark Howell | November 13, 1996 | 010A | 2.47 [14] | |||||||
"Arnold as Cupid" | Dan Povenmire & Dale Case | Steve Viksten | Debbie Baber Storyboard Director: Dan Povenmire | 010B | |||||||||||
"Door #16": Arnold is given a package, which is for the mysterious Mr. Smith. Meanwhile, all of the boarders become curious about figuring out what is contained in it. Now, Arnold and Gerald try to make a safe delivery while searching all over the city for Mr. Smith so they can give it to him. "Arnold as Cupid": After getting into an argument with Suzie over money, Oskar is kicked out of his room in the boarding house. Feeling rejected by her, he tries to find a new room to sleep in, but no one agrees to it. Then, with no other option, he decides to move into Arnold's room. Soon, Arnold becomes tired of Oskar sleeping in his room, not letting him get any sleep, and gambling away his possessions, so Arnold plays Cupid to try to put Oskar and Suzie's relationship together again. | |||||||||||||||
13 | 13 | "Das (The) Subway" "Das Subway" | Tuck Tucker & Steve Socki | Chris Simmons | John Mathot & Cullen Blaine Storyboard Director: Tuck Tucker | November 18, 1996 | 012A | N/A | |||||||
"Wheezin' Ed" | Dan Povenmire & Juli Murphy-Hashiguchi | Craig Bartlett, Rachel Lipman & Steve Viksten | Debbie Baber Storyboard Director: Dan Povenmire | 012B | |||||||||||
"Das (The) Subway": The gang encounters trouble while traveling on the subway. "Wheezin' Ed": The gang travels to Elk Island to find a pirate treasure said to be haunted by a gangster with a breathing problem. | |||||||||||||||
14 | 14 | "Spelling Bee" "The Spelling Bee" | Frank Nissen & Steve Socki | Joe Ansolabehere | Derek Drymon Storyboard Director: Frank Nissen | November 20, 1996 | 014B | 2.26 [15] | |||||||
"Pigeon Man" | Jamie Mitchell & Larry Leichliter | Joseph Purdy | Melissa Suber, Jay Lender & Dan Kubat Storyboard Director: Jamie Mitchell | 014A | |||||||||||
"Spelling Bee": Arnold competes in a Tri-City spelling bee to win money for a keyboard, but faces competition against Helga, who is being pushed by her father to win so she can follow in her sister's footsteps. | |||||||||||||||
15 | 15 | "Olga Comes Home" | Stark Howell & Larry Leichliter | Steve Viksten | Tricia Garcia Storyboard Director: Stark Howell | November 25, 1996 | 015A | 2.49 [16] | |||||||
"Sally's Comet" | Dan Povenmire & Howy Parkins | Joseph Purdy | Sherm Cohen Storyboard Director: Dan Povenmire | 015B | |||||||||||
"Olga Comes Home": Jealous about her smart, talented, beautiful and popular older sister Olga returning home from college, Helga fiendishly changes one of her grades from an A to B+, which sends Olga into a deep depression. "Sally's Comet": Arnold and Gerald mail in cereal box tops to receive a telescope so they can see the well-known interstellar event known as Sally's Comet. The problem is that it is too bright for them to see the stars. Now they try to convince everybody in the city to turn off their lights. | |||||||||||||||
16 | 16 | "Abner, Come Home!" "Abner Come Home" | Cullen Blaine & Howy Parkins | Joe Ansolabehere | Rob Porter Storyboard Director: Cullen Blaine | November 27, 1996 | 016A | 2.05 [16] | |||||||
"The Sewer King" | Tuck Tucker & Alan Smart | Keith Kaczorek | Derek Drymon & Kelly James Storyboard Director: Tuck Tucker | 016B | |||||||||||
"Abner, Come Home!": Abner, Arnold's beloved pet pig, sees a cat out the window and he runs out of the boarding house to chase it, which leads to him running far away from home. The next morning, Arnold wakes up to realize that Abner is gone. Later, he announces a search party so everyone can help find Abner before something bad happens to him. "The Sewer King": While Arnold goes out to bring Grandpa his golden pocket watch back from the store, he sees a gigantic hole being dug for new sewer pipes at a construction site. As he looks down it, the watch falls out of his pocket and into the sewer. Now, Arnold and Gerald must go down there to retrieve it, only to find that it is in possession of the Sewer King. | |||||||||||||||
17 | 17 | "Magic Show" | Dan Povenmire & Juli Murphy-Hashiguchi | Glen David Gold | Sherm Cohen Storyboard Director: Dan Povenmire | December 9, 1996 [17] | 018A | 2.53 [15] | |||||||
"24 Hours to Live" "Twenty-Four Hours to Live" | Craig Bartlett & Larry Leichliter | Craig Bartlett, Steve Viksten & Joe Ansolabehere | Tuck Tucker, Derek Drymon & Dan Povenmire Storyboard Director: Craig Bartlett | 018B | |||||||||||
"Magic Show": Arnold picks Helga for his disappearing act, but when Helga decides to run off to trick Arnold, she knocks herself out and dreams of a world where no one misses her now that she is gone. "24 Hours to Live": In this remake of the original pilot and the flashback episode, Arnold accidentally knocks Harold out during a baseball game, and the bully gives Arnold 24 hours to live before he beats him to a pulp. | |||||||||||||||
18 | 18 | "Arnold's Christmas" "The Christmas Show" | Jamie Mitchell | Story by : Craig Bartlett, Steve Viksten & Joe Ansolabehere Written by : Steve Viksten | Derek Drymon, Tricia Garcia, Kelly James & Rob Porter Storyboard Directors: Tuck Tucker, Stark Howell, Jamie Mitchell & Kelly James | December 11, 1996 | 020A | 2.42 [15] | |||||||
020B | |||||||||||||||
Arnold tries to find Mr. Hyunh's daughter (who was separated from him during the final days of the Vietnam War) as he carries out his duty as Mr. Hyunh's secret Santa. The only man who can help them agrees, only if Arnold and Gerald do all of his Christmas shopping for him. Meanwhile, Helga must choose between a Christmas present for herself (Nancy Spumoni boots) and the perfect gift for Arnold. | |||||||||||||||
19 | 19 | "False Alarm" | Kelly James & George Chialtas | Rachel Lipman & Steve Viksten | Chris Robertson Storyboard Director: Chris Savino | December 23, 1996 | 017A | 2.39 [15] | |||||||
"World Records" | Joe Ansolabehere | Stark Howell Storyboard Director: Kelly James | 017B | ||||||||||||
"False Alarm": Eugene is framed for pulling the fire alarm at school. Arnold interrogates his friends in a makeshift courtroom in the library to discover the real culprit. "World Records": Arnold and his friends try to get into the Guinness Book of Records. | |||||||||||||||
20 | 20 | "Arnold's Valentine" | Jamie Mitchell | Steve Viksten & Rachel Lipman | Derek Drymon & Rob Porter Storyboard Directors: Tuck Tucker & Stark Howell | February 12, 1997 | 025A | 2.80 [18] | |||||||
025B | |||||||||||||||
On Valentine's Day, Arnold manages to arrange two dates; one with Ruth, the sixth grader he likes, and one with his French penpal Cecile (actually Helga in disguise) – only for the real Cecile to suddenly appear on a surprise visit, and Arnold to discover what Ruth is really like, as she mistakes Arnold for a busboy and talks only about herself. |
No. overall | No. in season | Title [lower-alpha 1] | Directed by | Written by | Storyboard by | Original air date [8] | Prod. code [2] [3] [4] | U.S. households (millions) | |||||||
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21 | 1 | "Save the Tree" | Dan Povenmire | Joseph Purdy | Sherm Cohen Storyboard Director: Dan Povenmire | September 22, 1997 | 038A | 3.08 [19] | |||||||
"New Teacher" | 038B | ||||||||||||||
"Save the Tree": Arnold and the gang must stop Big Bob from chopping down the oldest tree in town. | |||||||||||||||
22 | 2 | "Helga's Love Potion" "Helga's Love Potion–3D" | Dan Povenmire | Craig Bartlett | Sherm Cohen Storyboard Director: Dan Povenmire | September 24, 1997 | 035A | 2.87 [19] | |||||||
"Gerald's Secret" | Tuck Tucker | Jonathan Greenberg | Jay Lender Storyboard Director: Tuck Tucker | 035B | |||||||||||
"Helga's Love Potion": Helga drinks a potion to lose all of her feelings for Arnold. | |||||||||||||||
23 | 3 | "The Big Scoop" "Big Scoop" | Stark Howell | Joseph Purdy | Christopher Morley Storyboard Director: Stark Howell | September 29, 1997 | 027A | 2.63 [20] | |||||||
"Harold's Kitty" | Steve Socki | Jordana Arkin & Steve Viksten | Tim Parsons Storyboard Director: Tricia Garcia | 027B | |||||||||||
"The Big Scoop": Arnold and Gerald compete against Helga in the school newspaper, but they find out that Helga is adding fake information for her newspaper. When one story begins to frighten all the students, Arnold and Gerald do some investigating, and print the truth-exposing Helga's fabrications. | |||||||||||||||
24 | 4 | "Longest Monday" "Trash Can Day" | Derek Drymon & Larry Leichliter | Story by : Megan Blumenreich Written by : Jonathan Greenberg | Kurt Dumas Storyboard Director: Derek Drymon | October 1, 1997 | 032B | 2.50 [20] | |||||||
"Eugene's Pet" | Derek Drymon & George Chialtas | Antoinette Stella | Kurt Dumas & Robert Porter Storyboard Director: Derek Drymon | 032A | |||||||||||
"Longest Monday": 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. | |||||||||||||||
25 | 5 | "Monkey Business" | Tuck Tucker | Steve Viksten | Jay Lender Storyboard Director: Tuck Tucker | October 6, 1997 | 030A | 2.83 [21] | |||||||
"Big Caesar" | Dan Povenmire | Jonathan Rosenthal & Craig Bartlett | Sherm Cohen Storyboard Director: Dan Povenmire | 030B | |||||||||||
"Monkey Business": An organ grinder's monkey kisses Helga, who is convinced she has caught "monkeynucleosis." "Big Caesar": Arnold and Gerald do a spot of fishing, determined to catch the pond's biggest fish, the legendary "Big Caesar." | |||||||||||||||
26 | 6 | "Ransom" | Steve Socki | Jonathan Greenberg | Scott Shaw & Tim Parsons Storyboard Director: Kelly James | October 8, 1997 | 029A | 2.39 [21] | |||||||
"Ms. Perfect" | Steve Viksten | Scott Shaw Storyboard Director: Kelly James | 029B | ||||||||||||
"Ransom": Gerald and Arnold get on the case when Timberly's doll goes missing. | |||||||||||||||
27 | 7 | "Arnold Saves Sid" | Stark Howell | Steve Viksten | Chris Robertson Storyboard Director: Stark Howell | October 13, 1997 | 028A | 2.31 [22] | |||||||
"Hookey" | Steve Socki | Jim Ryan | Scott Shaw Storyboard Director: Kelly James | 028B | |||||||||||
"Arnold Saves Sid": After Arnold saves Sid from an injury, Sid devotes himself to paying Arnold back with unending kindness. "Hookey": Arnold and Gerald skip school, but their day is ruined by their fear of being found out. | |||||||||||||||
28 | 8 | "Freeze Frame" | Tuck Tucker | Joseph Purdy | Jay Lender Storyboard Director: Tuck Tucker | October 15, 1997 | 034A | 2.58 [22] | |||||||
"Phoebe Cheats" | Story by : Danica Ivancevic Written by : Antoinette Stella | Derek Drymon Storyboard Director: Tuck Tucker | 034B | ||||||||||||
"Freeze Frame": Arnold and Gerald go around the city following "Porkpie", a mysterious man caught on film. They suspect, because of the clues, that Porkpie are planning to kill "Marty", who turns out to be Mr. Green. | |||||||||||||||
29 | 9 | "Mudbowl" "Mud Bowl" | Stark Howell | Jonathan Greenberg | Chris Robertson Storyboard Director: Stark Howell | October 20, 1997 | 033A | 2.72 [23] | |||||||
"Gerald Moves Out" | Steve Viksten & Danica Ivancevic | 033B | |||||||||||||
"Mudbowl": 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. "Gerald Moves Out": Gerald, getting tired of his family bugging him, moves out of his home and into Arnold's boarding house, only to realize emancipation is not all it is cracked up to be. | |||||||||||||||
30 | 10 | "The High Life" "High Life" | Derek Drymon | Story by : Rachel Lipman Written by : Lesa Kite | Kurt Dumas Storyboard Director: Derek Drymon | October 22, 1997 | 031A | 2.01 [23] | |||||||
"Best Friends" | Steve Socki | Jonathan Greenberg | Kelly James (also Storyboard director) | 031B | |||||||||||
"The High Life": Gerald becomes an entrepreneur out of selling watches until the market becomes saturated. "Best Friends": Rhonda and Nadine have a falling-out over working on a project at school, leaving Arnold to work with both of them separately. Arnold tries to bring the two best friends back together. | |||||||||||||||
31 | 11 | "Arnold's Halloween" | Jamie Mitchell | Craig Bartlett, Joseph Purdy & Antoinette Stella | Derek Drymon & Kurt Dumas Storyboard Directors: Tuck Tucker & Kelly James | October 27, 1997 | 040A | 2.96 [24] | |||||||
040B | |||||||||||||||
In a parody of the panic caused by Orson Welles' adaptation of "The War of the Worlds," the whole city mistakes a Halloween prank set up by Arnold and Gerald as an actual alien invasion. | |||||||||||||||
32 | 12 | "Steely Phil" "Chinese Checkers" | Stark Howell | Story by : Antoinette Stella Written by : Steve Viksten | Chris Robertson Storyboard Director: Stark Howell | October 29, 1997 | 036A | N/A | |||||||
"Quantity Time" | Steve Socki | Steve Viksten | John Flagg Storyboard Director: Steve Socki | 036B | |||||||||||
"Steely Phil": Arnold's Grandpa enters a Chinese Checkers tournament to reclaim his pride lost forty years ago. Note: Robby Fisher's name is a parody of Bobby Fischer. "Quantity Time": Helga's mother tries to let Helga and her father, Bob, bond after she learns the two of them will be home all week (as it's Spring Break for Helga). Miriam decides to take an impromptu vacation to her mother's, leaving father and daughter on their own-with Bob knowing nothing about his daughter. | |||||||||||||||
33 | 13 | "Eating Contest" "The Big Eat Off" | Steve Socki & Kelly James | Joseph Purdy | Kelly James (also Storyboard director) | November 3, 1997 | 037A | 2.36 [25] | |||||||
"Rhonda's Glasses" | Larry Leichliter | Antoinette Stella | Rob Porter & Kurt Dumas Storyboard Director: George Chialtas | 037B | |||||||||||
"Eating Contest": Arnold enters an eating contest. "Rhonda's Glasses": Rhonda gets glasses and finds out what it is like to be a "geek," the very people she judged and forced to sit in the back of the bus. | |||||||||||||||
34 | 14 | "Helga's Boyfriend" | Tuck Tucker & Larry Leichliter | Steve Viksten & Rachel Lipman | Derek Drymon Storyboard Director: Tuck Tucker | November 5, 1997 | 021A | 2.40 [25] | |||||||
"Crush on Teacher" | Stark Howell & George Chialtas | Joseph Purdy | Rob Porter Storyboard Director: Stark Howell | 021B | |||||||||||
"Helga's Boyfriend": Helga uses Stinky as her boyfriend to try to make Arnold jealous. | |||||||||||||||
35 | 15 | "Hall Monitor" | Kelly James & Steve Socki | Rachel Lipman | Tricia Garcia & Melissa Suber Storyboard Director: Kelly James | November 10, 1997 | 022A | 2.58 [26] | |||||||
"Harold's Bar Mitzvah" | Dan Povenmire & Juli Murphy-Hashiguchi | Joseph Purdy | Sherm Cohen Storyboard Director: Dan Povenmire | 022B | |||||||||||
"Hall Monitor": Phoebe becomes hall monitor and asks Helga for tips. She becomes overwhelmed by the "power" and soon everyone wants the old Phoebe back – even Helga, once she realizes Phoebe's also giving her detentions. | |||||||||||||||
36 | 16 | "Coach Wittenberg" | Stark Howell & Larry Leichliter | Jonathan Greenberg | Rob Porter Storyboard Director: Stark Howell | November 12, 1997 | 023A | N/A | |||||||
"Four-Eyed Jack" | Tuck Tucker & George Chialtas | Story by : Danica Ivancevic Written by : Craig Bartlett | Derek Drymon Storyboard Director: Tuck Tucker | 023B | |||||||||||
"Coach Wittenberg": Arnold and his friends get Coach Wittenberg to be their new bowling coach, but all he does is yell and make them do push-ups. It's learned that Helga's bowling team is coached by Tish Wittenberg, Coach Wittenberg's ex-wife (who he later remarries in "Best Man.") "Four-Eyed Jack": The ghost of a former boarding house resident is believed to have been causing strange occurrences in there when Arnold and Gerald find an old pair of glasses believing to have belonged to him. | |||||||||||||||
37 | 17 | "Eugene Goes Bad" | Tuck Tucker | Steve Viksten | John Flagg Storyboard Director: Tuck Tucker | November 17, 1997 | 039A | 2.42 [27] | |||||||
"What's Opera, Arnold?" "What's Opera?" | Dan Povenmire & Steve Socki | Craig Bartlett | Sherm Cohen Storyboard Director: Dan Povenmire | 039B | |||||||||||
"Eugene Goes Bad": After finding out that his idol is a rude, spoiled actor, Eugene sets out to become bad. "What's Opera, Arnold?": Helga and Arnold fall asleep during a field trip to the opera house, and have their own "parody dream" of the opera Carmen . | |||||||||||||||
38 | 18 | "Tour de Pond" | Dan Povenmire & Juli Murphy-Hashiguchi | Rick Gitelson | Sherm Cohen Storyboard Director: Dan Povenmire | November 24, 1997 | 024A | N/A | |||||||
"Teachers' Strike" | Kelly James & Steve Socki | Rachel Lipman & Joseph Purdy | Tricia Garcia & Melissa Suber Storyboard Director: Kelly James | 024B | |||||||||||
"Tour de Pond": Arnold and a descendant of his grandpa's arch enemy, Rex Smythe-Higgins, compete in a boat race. "Teachers' Strike": Teachers of Arnold's school go on strike because of inadequate funding; he and his friends are on cloud nine, only to find out that every lost school day will be taken from their summer vacation, and that their teachers have taken jobs at their favorite hangouts, turning fun into school. | |||||||||||||||
39 | 19 | "Runaway Float" | Rob Porter & Larry Leichliter | Jonathan Greenberg | Cullen Blaine Storyboard Director: Rob Porter | December 1, 1997 | 019B | N/A | |||||||
"Partners" | Dan Povenmire & Juli Murphy-Hashiguchi | Jonathan Greenberg & Steve Viksten | Sherm Cohen Storyboard Director: Dan Povenmire | 026B | |||||||||||
"Runaway Float": After creating an idea for a parade float, Arnold is confident of it showing up in a parade. Guest star: Harvey Korman as Don Reynolds Note: This was Toran Caudell's last episode to voice Arnold. "Partners" is the final episode of the first season in production order. |
No. overall | No. in season | Title [lower-alpha 1] | Directed by | Written by | Storyboard by | Original air date [8] | Prod. code [2] [3] [4] [5] | U.S. households (millions) | |||||||
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40 | 1 | "Helga Blabs It All" "Helga Blabs All" | Tuck Tucker | Craig Bartlett | Miyuki Hoshikawa Storyboard Director: Tuck Tucker | August 31, 1998 | 045A | 2.35 [28] | |||||||
"Harold the Butcher" | Larry Leichliter & Stark Howell | Joseph Purdy | Kurt Dumas Storyboard Director: Stark Howell | 045B | |||||||||||
"Helga Blabs It All": While under the influence of laughing gas, Helga leaves a message on Arnold's answering machine confessing her love for him. When she finally comes to, she realizes that she has to get to Arnold's answering machine and delete the message before any one else can hear it, encountering obstacles along the way. "Harold the Butcher": As punishment for shoplifting a ham (which he isn't even allowed to eat because he's Jewish), Harold is forced to work for Mr. Green at his butcher shop for a week. | |||||||||||||||
41 | 2 | "Dangerous Lumber" | Sherm Cohen & Frank Weiss | John D. Beck & Ron Hart | Tim Parsons Storyboard Director: Sherm Cohen | September 2, 1998 | 047A | 2.57 [28] | |||||||
"Mr. Hyunh Goes Country" | Stark Howell | Steve Viksten & Joseph Purdy | Kurt Dumas & Chris Robertson Storyboard Director: Stark Howell | 047B | |||||||||||
"Dangerous Lumber": Arnold has a lethal baseball bat swing, causing him to unintentionally knock out other players, so he decides never to play the sport again, mere days before a baseball game against the fifth graders. | |||||||||||||||
42 | 3 | "Casa Paradiso" | Steve Socki | Joseph Purdy | Mark O'Hare (also storyboard director) | September 7, 1998 | 050A | N/A | |||||||
"Gerald's Tonsils" | Sherm Cohen & Frank Weiss | Craig Bartlett | Tim Parsons & Chris Robertson Storyboard Director: Sherm Cohen | 050B | |||||||||||
"Casa Paradiso": When an irritated Grandpa Phil decides to sell the boarding house to go live in a condo, Arnold and the boarders try to get him to change his mind. "Gerald's Tonsils": Days before the school's choir recital, Gerald gets a botched tonsillectomy that makes his voice deeper. | |||||||||||||||
43 | 4 | "Arnold's Room" | Tuck Tucker | Joseph Purdy | Miyuki Hoshikawa Storyboard Director: Tuck Tucker | September 9, 1998 | 048A | 2.29 [29] | |||||||
"Helga vs. Big Patty" | Steve Socki & Kelly James | Steve Viksten | Kelly James (also storyboard director) | 048B | |||||||||||
"Arnold's Room": Sid pretends that Arnold's room is his room when he studies with Lorenzo, a rich classmate. "Helga vs. Big Patty": Sixth grade tough girl Big Patty challenges Helga to a fight after Helga cracks mean jokes about her. | |||||||||||||||
44 | 5 | "Stinky Goes Hollywood" | Tuck Tucker | Steve Viksten | Miyuki Hoshikawa Storyboard Director: Tuck Tucker | September 14, 1998 | 043A | 2.36 [30] | |||||||
"Olga Gets Engaged" | Dan Povenmire | Antoinette Stella | Jay Lender Storyboard Director: Dan Povenmire | 043B | |||||||||||
"Stinky Goes Hollywood": Stinky becomes the new Yahoo Soda poster child, until he discovers that he was hired as a joke. "Olga Gets Engaged": Helga's perfect sister, Olga, returns; this time, she's engaged to be married to a man named Doug who smooth-talks his way into letting Big Bob and Miriam marry their perfect daughter. While Helga wants nothing more than to see her sister crash and burn, she soon discovers that Doug has a mistress and is only marrying Olga to sponge off Big Bob by working at his beeper store and must choose to either let Olga ruin her life or stop the wedding from happening. | |||||||||||||||
45 | 6 | "Curly Snaps" | Steve Socki & Kelly James | Joseph Purdy | Chris Robertson Storyboard Director: Kelly James | September 16, 1998 | 042A | N/A | |||||||
"Preteen Scream" "Pre-Teen Scream" | Dan Povenmire | Story by : Dawn Hershey & Michelle Lamoreaux Written by : Joseph Purdy | Jay Lender & Stephan Martiniere Storyboard Director: Dan Povenmire | 042B | |||||||||||
"Curly Snaps": Curly locks himself in the principal's office after being skipped as Ball Monitor, the person who collects kick balls after recess. | |||||||||||||||
46 | 7 | "Grandpa's Birthday" | Sherm Cohen & Steve Socki | Story by : Craig Bartlett, Steve Viksten & Joe Ansolabehere Written by : Craig Bartlett | Tim Parsons & Chris Robertson Storyboard Director: Sherm Cohen | September 28, 1998 | 054A | N/A | |||||||
"Road Trip" | Tuck Tucker | Jonathan Greenberg | Miyuki Hoshikawa Storyboard Director: Tuck Tucker | 054B | |||||||||||
"Grandpa's Birthday": Grandpa thinks he's going to die when he turns 81 because of a "family curse"-every family member before him died at 81. He and Arnold spend the day before his 81st birthday doing all the things Grandpa's wanted to do. "Road Trip": When Bob has to go to a business meeting in Dallas, Miriam and Helga are forced to go on the family road trip by themselves to South Dakota to see Helga's grandmother, which results in Miriam losing her purse, the directions and ends up wrecking the car. | |||||||||||||||
47 | 8 | "Sid's Revenge" | Dan Povenmire | Michelle Lamoreaux | Jay Lender & Steve Lowtwait Storyboard Director: Dan Povenmire | October 7, 1998 | 053A | 2.30 [31] | |||||||
"Roller Coaster" | Larry Leichliter & Christine Kolosov | Joseph Purdy | Aldin Baroza, Carson Kugler, Ted Seko & Rick Hoberg Storyboard Director: Larry Leichliter | 053B | |||||||||||
"Sid's Revenge": Sid swears vengeance with a voodoo doll made out of a bar of soap carved into the form of Principal Wartz for giving him detention for a prank he did not pull, and then believes that he killed him. "Roller Coaster": A roller coaster breaks down while Arnold and Eugene "The Jinx" are at the top of its tallest drop. | |||||||||||||||
48 | 9 | "The Aptitude Test" "Aptitude Test" | Stark Howell | Antoinette Stella | Kurt Dumas Storyboard Director: Stark Howell | October 14, 1998 | 041A | 2.31 [32] | |||||||
"Oskar Gets a Job" | Steve Socki & Kelly James | Steve Viksten | Chris Robertson Storyboard Director: Kelly James | 041B | |||||||||||
"The Aptitude Test": Thanks to an aptitude test mix-up, Helga thinks she's going to be dumb in the future and gives up on her dreams of being creative while Harold discovers that he's a genius. "Oskar Gets a Job": Oskar gets a job as a newspaper carrier to get money to payback a finance, but uses Arnold as cover for his laziness- making excuses as to why he cannot do his job. | |||||||||||||||
49 | 10 | "Arnold Betrays Iggy" | Dan Povenmire | Steve Viksten | Jay Lender & Chris Robertson Storyboard Director: Dan Povenmire | October 19, 1998 | 046A | N/A | |||||||
"Helga and the Nanny" | Sherm Cohen & Steve Socki | Joseph Purdy | Tim Parsons Storyboard Director: Sherm Cohen | 046B | |||||||||||
"Arnold Betrays Iggy": Arnold gets in trouble for letting it slip that Iggy wears bunny pajamas. "Helga and the Nanny": Bob hires a nanny named Inga to help around the Pataki house, and Helga tries to get the nanny fired. | |||||||||||||||
50 | 11 | "Career Day" | Dan Povenmire | Jonathan Greenberg | Jay Lender Storyboard Director: Dan Povenmire | October 21, 1998 | 049A | N/A | |||||||
"Hey Harold!" "Hey Harold" | Steve Socki & Kelly James | Steve Viksten | Kelly James (also storyboard director) | 049B | |||||||||||
"Career Day": Arnold gets paired with the grouchy Jolly Olly Man as part of Career Day, while Helga gets paired with a police officer, Gerald with a fire-fighter and Phoebe with Ernie at the demolition site. The other kids think it is the best job, as he gets to be around ice cream all day. Arnold helps the Jolly Olly man be nicer to his customers and please his boss, who happens to be his dad- whose just as grumpy. "Hey Harold!": Harold is invited to Rhonda's party, though he does not want to go as he thinks nobody will dance with him. While there, he dances with and befriends the female bully, Big Patty, who also had nobody to dance with. The two spend the next day together hanging out, much to the teasing of Stinky and Sid, who begin to tease him by saying he is smitten with her. They already tease Big Patty for being "big and dumb", which upsets Harold. | |||||||||||||||
51 | 12 | "Best Man" | Sherm Cohen & Christine Kolosov | Steve Viksten | Tim Parsons & Chris Robertson Storyboard Director: Sherm Cohen | November 2, 1998 | 052A | 2.38 [33] | |||||||
"Cool Party" | Dan Povenmire | Craig Bartlett | Bob Foster, Jay Lender & Steve Lowtwait Storyboard Director: Dan Povenmire | 052B | |||||||||||
"Best Man": Coach Wittenberg assigns Arnold the duty of best man at his second wedding to his ex-wife, Tish Wittenberg, while Helga is assigned to be the maid of honor. "Cool Party": Rhonda holds a cool-people-only party at her house. In retaliation, Arnold and his friends hold a "geek" party on the roof of his boarding house further up the street, leaving Rhonda's party deserted as the cool-party is boring and only about Rhonda. | |||||||||||||||
52 | 13 | "Arnold & Lila" | Steve Socki | Steve Viksten | Mark O'Hare & Edgar Larrazabal Storyboard Director: Steve Socki | November 11, 1998 | 055A | N/A | |||||||
"Grand Prix" | Stark Howell & Larry Leichliter | Joseph Purdy | Kurt Dumas & Celia Kendrick Storyboard Director: Stark Howell | 055B | |||||||||||
"Arnold & Lila": Arnold gets more attention than he bargained for from Lila after Helga writes "Arnold Loves Lila" on the wall, first writing "Arnold Loves Helga," making the other girls believe Arnold wrote the graffiti. "Grand Prix": The kids compete in a grand prix race against each other. | |||||||||||||||
53 | 14 | "Arnold's Thanksgiving" | Larry Leichliter | Story by : Craig Bartlett, Steve Viksten, Joseph Purdy & Antoinette Stella Written by : Craig Bartlett, Joseph Purdy & Steve Viksten | Kelly James, Chris Robertson & Caesar Martinez Storyboard Directors: Kelly James & Tuck Tucker | November 18, 1998 | 056A | 2.51 [34] | |||||||
056B | |||||||||||||||
Arnold and Helga are sick of their families' Thanksgiving traditions. Arnold's grandma confuses Thanksgiving with Fourth of July and vice versa, so his Thanksgiving meal consists of hotdogs and watching fireworks. When the others will not help him convince Gertie otherwise, he leaves. Helga is upset that her family ignores her, even on Thanksgiving, with Olga forcing everyone to help with the meal, then taking all the credit. Miriam ignores Helga's handmade centerpiece in favor of Olga's, and Big Bob just wants to watch the football game. Helga leaves when her family puts her down for having nothing to be thankful for. They meet and go to Mr. Simmons', only to realize that, compared to Thanksgiving with his family, theirs are not so bad after all. Arnold returns to a turkey and fireworks, Helga returns to a frantic family, who are on the phone with the police and making flyers to find her. | |||||||||||||||
54 | 15 | "Helga's Show" | Stark Howell | Steve Viksten | Kurt Dumas Storyboard Director: Stark Howell | November 23, 1998 | 058A | 2.35 [35] | |||||||
"The Flood" | Christine Kolosov | Antoinette Stella | Kurt Dumas & Mark O'Hare Storyboard Director: Larry Leichliter | 058B | |||||||||||
"Helga's Show": Helga's stand-up jokes about the kids in school offends them. "The Flood": The town is flooded and Arnold's class is trapped in the school. | |||||||||||||||
55 | 16 | "Part Time Friends" | Stark Howell & Juli Murphy-Hashiguchi | Joseph Purdy | Tricia Garcia & Kelly James Storyboard Director: Stark Howell | November 30, 1998 | 019A | N/A | |||||||
"Biosquare" "Bio-Square" | Kelly James & Steve Socki | Jordana Arkin | Tricia Garcia & Melissa Suber Storyboard Director: Kelly James | 026A | |||||||||||
"Part Time Friends": Arnold is okay with working with Gerald at Mrs. Vitello's flower shop after she's injured and puts Gerald in charge, but not with working for Gerald, which causes the friendship to hit a snag and Arnold quits. Note: This episode was released on the VHS of "Hey Arnold!: Partners" on July 28, 1998, before it aired on television. "Biosquare": As a science assignment, Arnold and Helga have to work together, and get along with each other, for 24 hours in the Sunset Arms greenhouse when they become locked inside. | |||||||||||||||
56 | 17 | "Phoebe Takes the Fall" | Larry Leichliter & Tuck Tucker | Joseph Purdy | Sam Flemming, Miyuki Hoshikawa & Caesar Martinez Storyboard Director: Tuck Tucker | December 7, 1998 | 051A | N/A | |||||||
"The Pig War" | Dan Povenmire | Craig Bartlett | Jay Lender & Steve Lowtwait Storyboard Director: Dan Povenmire | 051B | |||||||||||
"Phoebe Takes the Fall": Helga demands that Phoebe lose a quiz competition to impress her competitive father. | |||||||||||||||
57 | 18 | "Crabby Author" | Sherm Cohen & Larry Leichliter | Steve L. Hayes | Tim Parsons Storyboard Director: Sherm Cohen | December 28, 1998 | 044A | N/A | |||||||
"Rich Kid" | Larry Leichliter & Christine Kolosov | Joseph Purdy | Mark O'Hare & Richard Walsh Storyboard Director: Larry Leichliter | 044B | |||||||||||
"Crabby Author": While doing a school report on his favorite author, Agatha Caulfield, Arnold discovers that she's not as cheerful and whimsical as her stories. Guest star: Rose Marie as Agatha Caulfield Note: Despite this being his introduction episode, Lorenzo had already appeared in various season 3 episodes predating this one, due to the series airing out of order. | |||||||||||||||
58 | 19 | "Girl Trouble" | Sherm Cohen & Frank Weiss | Story by : Sherm Cohen & Craig Bartlett Written by : Craig Bartlett | Tim Parsons Storyboard Director: Sherm Cohen | January 4, 1999 | 057A | N/A | |||||||
"School Dance" | Stark Howell | Steve Viksten | Kurt Dumas Storyboard Director: Stark Howell | 057B | |||||||||||
"Girl Trouble": Arnold snaps at school after Helga tries his patience once too often, causing him to pour paint on her after she pours some on him. He learns that Grandpa had a female bully at his age who was much like Helga. "School Dance": Arnold is in charge of the school dance. He books has-been singer Dino Spumoni, and when he sings a depressing "good-bye" song, all fingers point at Arnold, especially Rhonda and Helga. | |||||||||||||||
59 | 20 | "School Play" | Steve Socki | Steve Viksten | Kelly James, Jay Lender & Steve Lowtwait Storyboard Directors: Kelly James & Dan Povenmire | March 8, 1999 | 059A | 2.61 [36] | |||||||
059B | |||||||||||||||
After hearing that Arnold is Romeo in the school play of Romeo and Juliet , Helga does everything she can to get the part of Juliet and kiss him. |
No. overall | No. in season | Title [lower-alpha 1] | Animation Director(s) | Written by | Storyboard by | Original air date [8] | Prod. code [2] [5] [6] | Viewers (millions) | |||||||
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60 | 1 | "Full Moon" | Frank Weiss | Steve Viksten | Kurt Dumas & Caesar Martinez Storyboard Director: Mario Piluso | March 10, 1999 | 063A | N/A | |||||||
"Student Teacher" "Ms. Pataki, Student Teacher" | Michelle Lamoreaux & Steve Viksten | Chris Robertson Storyboard Director: Chris Headrick | 063B | ||||||||||||
"Full Moon": Harold, Stinky and Sid accidentally frame Arnold for mooning Principal Wartz, despite him being an innocent bystander. | |||||||||||||||
61 | 2 | "Big Gino" | Christine Kolosov | Joseph Purdy | Carson Kugler Storyboard Director: Tim Parsons | March 15, 1999 | 064A | N/A | |||||||
"Jamie O in Love" "Jamie O in Luv" | Story by : Danica Ivancevic, Steve Viksten & Michelle Lamoreaux Written by : Michelle Lamoreaux | Jay Lender Storyboard Director: Mike Svayko | 064B | ||||||||||||
"Big Gino": After Sid works off a debt with loan shark Big Gino, the two become friends, but when Sid is told to give Arnold a swirlie, he has to choose between the two. "Jamie O in Love": Gerald's older brother Jamie O has a sudden burst of kindness when he finds a girlfriend, but Arnold and Gerald soon find out that the girl is just using Jamie O. Gerald is conflicted between telling his brother the truth, risking Jamie O to go back to his mean nature, or keeping it a secret and take advantage of his brother's kindness. | |||||||||||||||
62 | 3 | "Eugene's Birthday" | Christine Kolosov | Craig Bartlett | Tim Parsons Storyboard Director: Sherm Cohen | March 17, 1999 | 061A | 2.55 [37] (HH) [lower-alpha 2] | |||||||
"Stinky's Pumpkin" | Frank Weiss | Joseph Purdy | Kurt Dumas Storyboard Director: Mario Piluso | 061B | |||||||||||
"Eugene's Birthday": After losing Eugene's birthday party invitations, Arnold feels obliged to throw him another party, but it does not work out. | |||||||||||||||
63 | 4 | "The Beeper Queen" "Pataki Role Reversal" "Beeper Queen" | Frank Weiss | Michelle Lamoreaux | Chris Robertson Storyboard Director: Chris Headrick | March 29, 1999 | 065A | 2.23 [38] (HH) [lower-alpha 2] | |||||||
"Oskar Can't Read?" "Oskar Reads" | Joseph Purdy | Kurt Dumas & Ted Seko Storyboard Director: Chris Headrick | 065B | ||||||||||||
"The Beeper Queen": After Bob pops his spine, Miriam runs Big Bob's Beepers. At first the job turns her into an attentive mother, packing lunches for Helga, driving her to school, and helping her with homework. She soon gets in over her head and forgets about her family. Helga must help her come to her senses. "Oskar Can't Read?": Arnold finds out that Oskar is illiterate and tries to teach him to read. The final test is to take Oskar to the other side of town and he must find his way home, with only a map and written directions. | |||||||||||||||
64 | 5 | "Dinner for Four" | Frank Weiss | Steve Viksten | Chris Robertson Storyboard Director: Chris Headrick | March 31, 1999 | 062A | 2.22 [38] (HH) [lower-alpha 2] | |||||||
"Phoebe Skips" | Christine Kolosov | Michelle Lamoreaux | Jay Lender Storyboard Director: Mike Svayko | 062B | |||||||||||
"Dinner for Four": Helga wants to show Arnold that she can be as sophisticated as Lila is by taking him, Gerald, and Phoebe out to dinner with a coupon she won. She devises a plan to get out of paying when she discovers they're at the wrong restaurant. "Phoebe Skips": Phoebe is promoted to the sixth grade, but ignores Helga when she tells Phoebe that her new so-called "friends" are just using her to do their homework. She learns the hard way when a younger girl is also moved up to 6th grade, and her "friends" ditch Phoebe for the new girl. Phoebe runs crying to Helga, who welcomes Phoebe back and plots to get back at the older girls. | |||||||||||||||
65 | 6 | "Helga's Parrot" | Frank Weiss | Story by : Michelle Lamoreaux & Joseph Purdy Written by : Antoinette Stella | Caesar Martinez Storyboard Director: Kurt Dumas | April 5, 1999 | 067A | N/A | |||||||
"Chocolate Turtles" | Christine Kolosov | Craig Bartlett | Jay Lender & Miyuki Hoshikawa Storyboard Director: Mike Svayko | 067B | |||||||||||
"Helga's Parrot": A sleep-talking Helga confides into Bob's parrot about her love for Arnold. The next day, the parrot flies into Arnold's window, and it is up to Helga to get it. "Chocolate Turtles": Crisis strikes when Gerald's little sister, Timberly, eats a stock of chocolate turtles that he and Arnold are supposed to sell for a local scout organization. | |||||||||||||||
66 | 7 | "Love and Cheese" "Operation Lila-Less" | Frank Weiss | Steve Viksten | Kurt Dumas Storyboard Director: Mario Piluso | April 7, 1999 | 068B | N/A | |||||||
"Weighing Harold" "Fat Camp" | Christine Kolosov | Aldin Baroza & Miyuki Hoshikawa Storyboard Director: Chris Robertson | 068A | ||||||||||||
"Love and Cheese": Helga tries to separate Arnold from Lila while at the annual Cheese Fair. "Weighing Harold": Harold, after discovering his friends think he is obese, decides to go on a weight-loss cruise. When he comes back, though, he is noticeably larger. | |||||||||||||||
67 | 8 | "Back to School" | Frank Weiss | Story by : Joe Ansolabehere, Steve Viksten & Craig Bartlett Written by : Craig Bartlett | Kurt Dumas & Caesar Martinez Storyboard Director: Mario Piluso | September 11, 1999 | 072A | N/A | |||||||
"Egg Story" "The Egg" | Celia Bonaduce, Michelle Lamoreaux & Steve Viksten | Ted Seko Storyboard Director: Chris Headrick | 072B | ||||||||||||
"Back to School": After Grandpa tells Arnold that he never got his grade school diploma, Arnold convinces him to come to go back to school at P.S. 118. "Egg Story": Arnold and Helga must care for an egg for a school project about parenting. Meanwhile, Rhonda and Harold are project partners and must also take care of an egg. | |||||||||||||||
68 | 9 | "It Girl" | Christine Kolosov | Jonathan Greenberg | Carson Kugler Storyboard Director: Tim Parsons | September 18, 1999 | 069A | N/A | |||||||
"Deconstructing Arnold" | Frank Weiss | Michelle Lamoreaux | Ted Seko Storyboard Director: Chris Headrick | 069B | |||||||||||
"It Girl": Helga becomes a model, but she quits after she gets irritated at everyone dressing like her. | |||||||||||||||
69 | 10 | "Grudge Match" | Frank Weiss | Joseph Purdy | Caesar Martinez Storyboard Director: Kurt Dumas | September 25, 1999 | 070A | N/A | |||||||
"Polishing Rhonda" | Christine Kolosov | Michelle Lamoreaux | Carson Kugler Storyboard Director: Tim Parsons | 070B | |||||||||||
"Grudge Match": After getting in a car accident, Bob and Grandpa Phil face off on the golf green, with the loser having to pay for the damage to both cars. "Polishing Rhonda": Rhonda attends a finishing school after a fight with Big Patty, but is far from impressive with her snobby attitude. Realizing her name and money will not help her, she seeks help from fellow student Big Patty, who has been excelling in the school with her politeness and humble nature. | |||||||||||||||
70 | 11 | "Weird Cousin" | Christine Kolosov | Michelle Lamoreaux & Steve Viksten | Aldin Baroza & Miyuki Hoshikawa Storyboard Director: Chris Robertson | October 9, 1999 | 073A | N/A | |||||||
"Baby Oskar" | Frank Weiss | Steve Viksten | Ted Seko Storyboard Directors: Chris Headrick & Tuck Tucker | 073B | |||||||||||
"Weird Cousin": Arnold's boring country cousin, Arnie, comes to visit. Lila immediately falls for him and them begin to spend time together, making Arnold jealous. Arnie however, has an interest in Helga. "Baby Oskar": Oskar has to take care of his infant cousin-in-law (also named Oskar), while his mother, Nancy is away. He complains about the baby getting all of Suzie's attention, which irritates her. When she is called off to work, it is Oskar's job to look after the infant. He begins to bond with the baby, and takes matters into his own hands when the baby appears ill. | |||||||||||||||
71 | 12 | "Grandpa's Sister" | Christine Kolosov | Craig Bartlett | Caesar Martinez Storyboard Director: Tim Parsons | October 16, 1999 | 076B | N/A | |||||||
"Synchronized Swimming" | Joseph Purdy | Aldin Baroza & Miyuki Hoshikawa Storyboard Director: Chris Robertson | 076A | ||||||||||||
"Grandpa's Sister": Phil's twin sister, Mitzi comes for a visit, bringing along an unsettled conflict between them. | |||||||||||||||
72 | 13 | "Helga Sleepwalks" | Christine Kolosov | Michelle Lamoreaux | Aldin Baroza & Miyuki Hoshikawa Storyboard Director: Chris Robertson | October 23, 1999 | 074B | N/A | |||||||
"Fighting Families" | Frank Weiss | Joseph Purdy | Ted Seko Storyboard Director: Chris Headrick | 074A | |||||||||||
"Helga Sleepwalks": After eating pork rinds, Helga sleepwalks, uttering her secret about Arnold as she does so. Guest star: Ryan Seacrest as Fighting Families Host. Note: This episode was dedicated to Mike Bond, who died before this episode aired. | |||||||||||||||
73 | 14 | "Headless Cabbie" "Haunted Taxi" | Christine Kolosov | Joseph Purdy | Tim Parsons Storyboard Director: Sherm Cohen | October 30, 1999 | 066B | 3.25 [39] 2.24 [40] (HH) [lower-alpha 2] | |||||||
"Friday the 13th" | Antoinette Stella | Jay Lender Storyboard Director: Mike Svayko | 066A | ||||||||||||
"Headless Cabbie": Arnold tells an urban legend about a decapitated taxi driver. The gang goes out, only to find the details in the story are becoming real. "Friday the 13th": Arnold and Gerald try to prove superstitions are fictitious, only for it all to backfire on them. | |||||||||||||||
74 | 15 | "Veterans Day" | Christine Kolosov | Steve Viksten | Carson Kugler Storyboard Director: Tim Parsons | November 6, 1999 | 071A | N/A | |||||||
071B | |||||||||||||||
Arnold's Grandpa recalls his adventures as a soldier in the Second World War, outwitting a regiment of Nazis, while Gerald's dad, Martin, remembers his own time serving in Vietnam. Gerald thinks his father is not a real hero, being just a file clerk, while Arnold believes Grandpa is telling another tall tale, especially after Grandpa is called out during his story for claiming he fought and beat up Hitler (which Grandpa does admit he made up). However, both boys are proven wrong when Arnold sees a statue dedicated to his grandpa, and a visitor from Martin's past shows up. | |||||||||||||||
75 | 16 | "Helga on the Couch" "Helga on the Couch, Parts I & II" | Christine Kolosov | Story by : Craig Bartlett & Steve Viksten Written by : Craig Bartlett | Carson Kugler Storyboard Director: Tim Parsons | December 4, 1999 | 078A | N/A | |||||||
078B | |||||||||||||||
A child psychiatrist, Dr. Bliss, shadows students at PS 118, quickly following Helga and noting her behavior, especially towards Arnold. After punching Brainy in the face, Helga is sent to Dr. Bliss's office for an appointment. Helga confides in Dr. Bliss about her social life, family life and her secret crush on Arnold. Guest star: Kathy Baker as Dr. Bliss | |||||||||||||||
76 | 17 | "Dino Checks Out" "Dino Checks Out Parts I & II" | Frank Weiss | Steve Viksten | Miyuki Hoshikawa, Ted Seko & Diane Kredensor Storyboard Director: Tuck Tucker | December 11, 1999 | 079A | N/A | |||||||
079B | |||||||||||||||
Dino Spumoni is found missing and then declared dead after what appears to be a suicide attempt. but Arnold finds out that this is not the case, and he secretly lives in the boarding house, believing that his work will skyrocket in value after his "death". Guest star: Harvey Korman as Don Reynolds Note: The episode begins without the normal opening. | |||||||||||||||
77 | 18 | "Monkeyman!" | Frank Weiss | Craig Bartlett | Kurt Dumas (director) Caesar Martinez | March 4, 2000 | 075A | N/A | |||||||
"Buses, Bikes, and Subways" | Christine Kolosov | Chris Robertson (director) Aldin Baroza & Miyuki Hoshikawa | 075B | ||||||||||||
"Monkeyman!": When Arnold gives the superhero Monkeyman a taste of normal life, he is far too busy to bother helping the weak and downtrodden. He realizes what he has become after Sid is mugged in front of a big party Monkeyman is attending. Guest star: Andy Dick as Monkey Man Note: Despite premiering in 2000, this episode was copyrighted in 1999. | |||||||||||||||
78 | 19 | "Helga's Masquerade" "Helga as Lila" | Frank Weiss | Story by : Michelle Lamoreaux & Steve Viksten Written by : Michelle Lamoreaux | Kurt Dumas (director) Caesar Martinez | March 11, 2000 | 077A | N/A | |||||||
"Mr. Green Runs" "Mr. Green Runs for Office" | Joseph Purdy | 077B | |||||||||||||
"Helga's Masquerade": Helga decides to act like Lila at Rhonda's costume party so Arnold will like her. "Mr. Green Runs": Mr. Green runs for city council after his requests for a large pothole in front of his store be filled up gets ignored. Arnold becomes his campaign manager, but can a butcher win against a politician? |
No. overall | No. in season | Title [lower-alpha 1] | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original air date | Prod. code [2] [6] [7] [41] | Viewers (millions) | |||||||
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79 | 1 | "Sid the Vampire Slayer" | Christine Kolosov (animation) | Michelle Lamoreaux | Kurt Dumas (director) Ted Seko | March 18, 2000 | 081A | N/A | |||||||
"Big Sis" | Story by : Michelle Lamoreaux & Dawn Hershey Written by : Michelle Lamoreaux | 081B | |||||||||||||
"Sid the Vampire Slayer": Sid thinks Stinky is a vampire. "Big Sis": Olga gets into a "Big Sis" program, but her "Lil' Sis" is Lila. | |||||||||||||||
80 | 2 | "Bag of Money" | Christine Kolosov (animation) | Steve Viksten | Tim Parsons (director) Diane Kredensor | April 5, 2000 | 083A | 2.06 [42] (HH) [lower-alpha 2] | |||||||
"Principal Simmons" | Story by : Joseph Purdy & Robert Lamoreaux Written by : Joseph Purdy | 083B | |||||||||||||
"Bag of Money": Arnold, Sid and Gerald find a bag filled with money, though they do not know what to do with it, so Arnold is selected to hold onto it for the time being. However, when Arnold inadvertently loses the money on the way home, his friends begin to believe that he actually stole the money, so he must work to prove his innocence. "Principal Simmons": When Mr. Simmons is upset that Principal Wartz is being too tough on the students, Wartz decides to resign and he selects Mr. Simmons to take his place. The newly promoted Principal Simmons decides to make massive reforms to permit the school environment to be more liberal, though will the students at P.S. 118 appreciate his authority? | |||||||||||||||
81 | 3 | "New Bully on the Block" | Frank Weiss (animation) | Craig Bartlett | Carson Kugler (director) Caesar Martinez | April 12, 2000 | 084A | N/A | |||||||
"Phoebe Breaks a Leg" | Michelle Lamoreaux | Chris Robertson (director) Aldin Baroza | 084B | ||||||||||||
"New Bully on the Block": The kids must face two older bullies when a new kid, Ludwig, returns from some time in juvenile hall and challenges Wolfgang for the vacant lot. | |||||||||||||||
82 | 4 | "Helga's Locket" | Frank Weiss (animation) | Joseph Purdy | Chris Robertson (director) Aldin Baroza & Miyuki Hoshikawa | April 19, 2000 | 086A | N/A | |||||||
"Sid and Germs" | Christine Kolosov (animation) | Antoinette Stella | Tim Parsons (director) Diane Kredensor | 086B | |||||||||||
"Helga's Locket": Helga inscribes her name in her Arnold locket. Arnold's grandpa gets a hold of Helga's locket. He thinks it's a wedding anniversary gift from Grandma. So Helga must find a way to get it back before Arnold finds out her secret. "Sid and Germs": Sid becomes obsessed with cleanliness after watching a film on germs. His new obsession with being clean ruins the fourth graders' chances at the Frog Catching match against the 5th graders. | |||||||||||||||
83 | 5 | "Suspended" | Frank Weiss (animation) | Jonathan Greenberg | Chris Robertson (director) Aldin Baroza & Miyuki Hoshikawa | April 26, 2000 | 089A | 2.07 [43] (HH) [lower-alpha 2] | |||||||
"Ernie in Love" | Christine Kolosov (animation) | Steve Viksten | Tim Parsons (director) Diane Kredensor | 089B | |||||||||||
"Suspended": Harold gets suspended and will do anything to get back into school once he grows bored with being at home all day. | |||||||||||||||
84 | 6 | "Parents Day" "Arnold's Parents" | Larry Leichliter & Tuck Tucker | Craig Bartlett & Antoinette Stella | Sherm Cohen & Tuck Tucker (directors) Tim Parsons, Chris Robertson, Caesar Martinez & Jay Lender | May 10, 2000 | 060A | 3.99 [44] 2.71 [45] (HH) [lower-alpha 2] | |||||||
060B | |||||||||||||||
It is time for the school's annual "Parents' Day", a weekend of competition with teams of a kid and their parents. Arnold feels odd about bringing his grandparents, as they are his parents, who he has not seen since he was a baby. After Big Bob calls Arnold an "orphan boy", Arnold asks Grandpa Phil what really happened with his parents, and he finds out that they disappeared after they left the country on a plane, delivering medicine, although they might still be alive. Arnold continues on with Parents' Day, with Phil and Gertie. He realizes even though they are not his parents, they raised him and made him who he is, which is what parents do. Note: This is the last episode with Phillip Van Dyke voicing Arnold. | |||||||||||||||
85 | 7 | "Summer Love" "Beach Story" | Christine Kolosov & Frank Weiss (animation) | Joseph Purdy & Michelle Lamoreaux | Chris Robertson & Kurt Dumas (directors) Aldin Baroza & Caesar Martinez | June 21, 2000 | 080A | 3.04 [46] 1.96 [47] (HH) [lower-alpha 2] | |||||||
080B | |||||||||||||||
When Arnold, the boarders and the Patakis go to the beach, a girl uses Arnold to win a sandcastle competition. Ernie gets buried in the sand. Miriam and Suzie start taking dance lessons from a handsome dance instructor named Carlos. Grandpa Phil thinks he is stuck on an island. Oskar starts using a metal detector to find "treasure". Big Bob gets a bad sunburn. Helga tries to warn Arnold that he is just being used. Guest star: Beverly Mitchell as Summer Note: This is the last episode of the fourth season in production order. | |||||||||||||||
86 | 8 | "Stuck in a Tree" "The Helga Short" | Christine Kolosov (animation) | Joseph Purdy & Steve Viksten | Tim Parsons (director) Miyuki Hoshikawa & Diane Kredensor | January 5, 2001 | 085A | N/A | |||||||
"Rhonda Goes Broke" | Frank Weiss (animation) | Robert Lamoreaux | Carson Kugler (director) Caesar Martinez | 085B | |||||||||||
"Stuck in a Tree": Arnold gets stuck in a tree with Harold and Eugene. "Rhonda Goes Broke": Rhonda's family goes broke and they move into the boarding house. | |||||||||||||||
87 | 9 | "Beaned" | Frank Weiss (animation) | Michelle Lamoreaux | Carson Kugler (director) Caesar Martinez | January 12, 2001 | 087A | N/A | |||||||
"Old Iron Man" "Iron Man" | Jonathan Greenberg | 087B | |||||||||||||
"Beaned": When Helga gets hit with a baseball during a game, she develops a case of amnesia, so Arnold stays with her all day because he feels responsible. The next day, Helga regains her memories, though, when she realizes what Arnold did for her, she decides to continue to play the part of an amnesiac in hopes of spending more time with him. Guest Star: Richard Mulligan as Jimmy Kafka Note: This is Richard Mulligan's final performance in media, as he died 4 months before the episode's release. | |||||||||||||||
88 | 10 | "Arnold Visits Arnie" | Christine Kolosov (animation) | Michelle Lamoreaux | Aldin Baroza (director) Ted Seko | January 26, 2001 | 090A | N/A | |||||||
"Chocolate Boy" | Frank Weiss (animation) | Story by : Steve Viksten & Joseph Purdy Written by : Joseph Purdy | Chris Robertson (director) Miyuki Hoshikawa & Sherm Cohen | 090B | |||||||||||
"Arnold Visits Arnie": Arnold visits his cousin, Arnie, whose friends look remarkably familiar to Arnold's. Arnie's flirtatious girlfriend, Lulu (who looks like Lila), takes an interest in Arnold, while Arnold falls for a kind girl named Hilda (who looks like Helga), who likes Arnie. "Chocolate Boy": After winning a bet against Wolfgang, Chocolate Boy wants to give up chocolate after realizing he is willing to be humiliated to get chocolate. Arnold helps Chocolate Boy, realizing chocolate is his coping mechanism when his nanny left for a far, far away place (Delaware) and a bag of chocolate was her last gift to him. | |||||||||||||||
89 | 11 | "On the Lam" | Christine Kolosov (animation) | Jonathan Greenberg | Aldin Baroza (director) Ted Seko | December 8, 2001 | 093A | N/A | |||||||
"Family Man" | Frank Weiss (animation) | Steve Viksten | Chris Robertson (director) Miyuki Hoshikawa | June 1, 2002 | 093B | 3.74 [48] 3.10 [48] (HH) [lower-alpha 2] | |||||||||
"On the Lam": Stinky, Harold and Sid decide to go on the run after their latest bit of mischief leads them to believe that they blew up a police station. "Family Man": The new owner of the restaurant where Mr. Hyunh works wants to make it a "family restaurant" and wants his new head chef to be a family man, so Mr. Hyunh pretends he has one — with Suzie as his wife, Arnold as his son and Grandpa as his father. | |||||||||||||||
90 | 12 | "Harold vs. Patty" "Harold and Patty Arm Wrestle" | Christine Kolosov (animation) | Story by : Robert Lamoreaux Written by : Michelle Lamoreaux | Tim Parsons (director) Kelly James | February 3, 2002 | 091A | N/A | |||||||
"Rich Guy" "Arnold and the Rich Guy" | Joseph Purdy | Carson Kugler (director) Diane Kredensor & Caesar Martinez | 091B | ||||||||||||
"Harold vs. Patty": After Harold loses to Patty at arm-wrestling, Sid and Stinky won't let him live down the fact he lost to a girl; so in order to regain his stride, Harold seeks Patty out twice: first for a rematch, then to help him retrain. | |||||||||||||||
91 | 13 | "April Fool's Day" | Raymie Muzquiz & Tuck Tucker Christine Kolosov & Don Judge (animation) | Craig Bartlett, Michelle Lamoreaux & Joseph Purdy | Miyuki Hoshikawa & Tim Parsons | April 1, 2002 | 098A | N/A | |||||||
098B | |||||||||||||||
Arnold is sick and tired of being the target of everyone's April Fools jokes, and Helga has targeted Arnold as her practical joke victim for the day. When Helga goes one prank too far, Arnold stages a retaliation and brings in Grandpa's prized practical joke. The joke temporarily blinds Helga, who decides to get back at Arnold for daring to trifle with her by faking blindness and essentially making him her slave. | |||||||||||||||
92 | 14 | "Gerald's Game" | Frank Weiss (animation) | Joseph Purdy | Carson Kugler (director) Caesar Martinez | April 27, 2002 | 082A | 4.07 [49] 2.74 [49] (HH) [lower-alpha 2] | |||||||
"Fishing Trip" | Joseph Purdy & Steve Viksten | Chris Robertson (director) Aldin Baroza & Miyuki Hoshikawa | 082B | ||||||||||||
"Gerald's Game": Gerald is involved with his new favorite game, which Arnold dislikes. Guest star: Davy Jones as himself Note: This episode first aired on Ketnet in Belgium. | |||||||||||||||
93 | 15 | "Married" | Frank Weiss (animation) | Steve Viksten | Aldin Baroza (director) Kelly James & Ted Seko | May 11, 2002 | 096A | N/A | |||||||
096B | |||||||||||||||
Rhonda uses a Cootie-Catcher fortune teller to predict 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, with very different mental pictures: Helga dreams of becoming the President with Arnold as the First Husband, as well as a bedraggled, long-suffering Lila appearing at almost every turn; and meanwhile, Arnold has a nightmare in which he is forced into a crummy job at Big Bob's Beepers, not to mention having to look after his and Helga's football-headed, unibrowed babies while Helga loafs around the house and is still mean to him. | |||||||||||||||
94 | 16 | "The Racing Mule" | Christine Kolosov (animation) | Story by : Michelle Lamoreaux & Steve Viksten Written by : Steve Viksten, Joseph Purdy, Craig Bartlett & Michelle Lamoreaux | Aldin Baroza (director) Ted Seko | January 14, 2004 | 092A | N/A | |||||||
"Curly's Girl" "Hurley's Girl" | Story by : Michelle Lamoreaux, Steve Viksten & Joseph Purdy Written by : Michelle Lamoreaux & Joseph Purdy | Tim Parsons (director) Kelly James | October 14, 2002 | 092B | |||||||||||
"The Racing Mule": Mr. Hyunh, Oskar and Ernie buy a racehorse, which turns out to be a mule. "Curly's Girl": After Rhonda accidentally stains her mother's birthday present – a fur coat – that she wore to her school's art show without her parents' knowledge, Curly tells her that he can use his family's dry-cleaning business to get the stain out. The catch? Simple: Rhonda has to pretend to be Curly's girlfriend for an entire week. | |||||||||||||||
95 | 17 | "The Journal" | Raymie Muzquiz Christine Kolosov (animation) | Craig Bartlett, Michelle Lamoreaux & Joseph Purdy | Ron Brewer, Miyuki Hoshikawa, Tim Parsons, Stephen Sandoval, Dave Smith & Ted Seko | November 11, 2002 | 099–100 (999) | N/A | |||||||
96 | 18 | ||||||||||||||
Arnold finds his father's old journal, which tells the story of how his parents met, how they got Abner, his birth, why they went on their "last" trip...and one last surprise... Note: This episode was copyrighted in 2001. These were the final episodes produced; originally designed as a cliffhanger as a lead-in to "The Jungle Movie", a theatrical feature that was cancelled and then revived years later as a two-part television film. [50] Note 2: This episode also exists as a full 47-minute special. | |||||||||||||||
97 | 19 | "Timberly Loves Arnold" | Frank Weiss (animation) | Craig Bartlett | Chris Robertson (director) Caesar Martinez | January 28, 2003 | 097A | N/A | |||||||
"Eugene, Eugene!" | Christine Kolosov (animation) | Craig Bartlett & Michelle Lamoreaux | Chris Robertson (director) Tim Parsons & Steve Lowtwait | 097B | |||||||||||
"Timberly Loves Arnold": Gerald's little sister, Timberly develops a crush on Arnold after he sticks up for her and lets her hang out with them. Arnold is embarrassed at first, but when he finds out that Lila considers this admirable of him, Arnold is content to keep his mouth shut and let the charade continue. | |||||||||||||||
98 | 20 | "Ghost Bride" | Christine Kolosov (animation) | Steve Viksten | Tuck Tucker & Kurt Dumas (directors) Ted Seko | November 11, 2003 | 088A | 2.00 [51] (2-11) [lower-alpha 3] | |||||||
"Gerald vs. Jamie O" | Michelle Lamoreaux | Aldin Baroza (director) Ted Seko | 088B | ||||||||||||
"Ghost Bride": Gerald tells the story of the Ghost Bride, Cynthia Snell and how she brutally murdered her fiancé after he left her waiting at the altar and married her sister, who she also murdered. When the police came to the scene, she was still there, sitting in a rocking chair, in her wedding gown, tossing rice on the bodies as she hummed the Wedding March and before they could arrest her she jumps out of the second-story window and killed herself instantly. She also happens to be buried in the cemetery near the gang's neighborhood and supposedly comes back from the dead every anniversary of the murder. Arnold, Gerald, Eugene, Harold, Sid and Stinky are scared twice by Helga and Curly, each pretending to be the Ghost Bride (Helga because she wanted to get back at the boys for not letting her come with them because she was a girl and Curly because he was jealous he didn't get to tell the story). As punishment, the kids tie up Curly in the crypt, where at the end, he hears the real Cynthia Snell, although it's possible that he was only hallucinating. | |||||||||||||||
99 | 21 | "A Day in the Life of a Classroom" "Simmon's Documentary" | Frank Weiss (animation) | Joseph Purdy | Carson Kugler (director) Caesar Martinez | November 15, 2003 | 095A | N/A | |||||||
"Big Bob's Crisis" | Joseph Purdy & Michelle Lamoreaux | Chris Robertson (director) Caesar Martinez | 095B | ||||||||||||
"A Day in the Life of a Classroom": After Mr. Simmons wins an award, a TV station plans to do a documentary on a normal day in his class; at first, Mr. Simmons just wants to keep it normal, but when Arnold mentions that millions of people will be watching them on TV, Mr. Simmons makes his students rehearse a "perfect" day - scripted, of course. "Big Bob's Crisis": After a day of work where Big Bob is particularly mean and bad-tempered to some of his customers and employee, he suffers what he thinks is a heart attack while at a Texas-style restaurant (turns out it was just gas), but while he was unconscious he had an epiphany and decides to become nicer; when he goes overboard & announces the family will be walking to Oregon to join a commune, Helga takes it into her own hands to get her father back to his old self. | |||||||||||||||
100 | 22 | "Phoebe's Little Problem" | Christine Kolosov (animation) | Michelle Lamoreaux & Steve Viksten | Tim Parsons (director) Kelly James | June 8, 2004 [1] | 094B | N/A | |||||||
"Grandpa's Packard" | Frank Weiss (animation) | Craig Bartlett & Joseph Purdy | Carson Kugler (director) Caesar Martinez & Diane Kredensor | 094A | |||||||||||
"Phoebe's Little Problem": After eating an entire box of Arnold's Grandma's homemade prune cookies on the bus to school, Phoebe accidentally "cuts the cheese" into a microphone while accepting an award; the incident leaves her feeling humiliated, and she resolves not to return to school. "Grandpa's Packard": Grandpa's beloved Packard is stolen while at an antique car show, so Arnold and Grandma have to go detective mode in order to track it down. |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Release date (U.S.) | |
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" Hey Arnold!: The Movie " | Tuck Tucker | Craig Bartlett & Steve Viksten | Miyuki Hoshikawa, Diane Kredensor, Caesar Martinez & Ted Seko | June 28, 2002 | |
Arnold, Gerald and Helga try to save their neighborhood from an evil businessman named Scheck who is trying to demolish their neighborhood to put up a shopping mall. |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original air date (U.S.) | |
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" Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie " | Raymie Muzquiz Stu Livingston (co-director) | Craig Bartlett, Joe Purdy, Laura Sreebny & Justin Charlebois | Miyuki Hoshikawa, Kahee Lim, Steve Lowtwait, Rufino Roy Camacho II, Abby Davies & Jessie Wong | November 24, 2017 | |
Arnold's class wins a field trip to San Lorenzo, the location of his missing parents. He uses this opportunity to get answers and try to find out what happened to them. [52] |
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