38 episodes · first aired 1998-08-31
| Still | # | Title | Overview | Air date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Helga Blabs It All 1998-08-31 | While feeling the effects of laughing gas, Helga leaves a confessional message of love on Arnold's phone machine. She then has to get into the boarding house in order to erase the message. | 1998-08-31 | 7.0 | |
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As punishment for shoplifting a ham, Harold is forced to work for Mr. Green at his butcher shop for a week. Later, after his work shift to pay for it is over, he soon learns that he actually likes his new after-school job and doesn't want to stop working there, much to the dismay of Mr. Green. |
| 1998-08-31 |
| 8.0 |
| 03 | Dangerous Lumber 1998-09-02 | Arnold becomes a hot (and dangerous) hitter. He keeps injuring people everytime he swings the bat. Afraid of hurting more people, Arnold refuses to play ball. Mickey Kaline helps him out. | 1998-09-02 | 6.0 |
| 04 | Mr. Hyunh Goes Country 1998-09-02 | Mr. Hyunh has a talent for country singing, so Arnold and Gerald, after recording a CD with him at the local studio, become his managers and make him a big star, much to his dislike. | 1998-09-02 | 8.0 |
| 05 | Casa Paradiso 1998-09-07 | Grandpa becomes tired of dealing with the boarding house and decides to sell. Arnold has to convince him how important it is for everyone to remain in the boarding house and what they would lose if it was sold. | 1998-09-07 | 7.0 |
| 06 | Gerald's Tonsils 1998-09-07 | Gerald's voice is deepened after having his tonsils out, just a few days before the school recital. | 1998-09-07 | 6.0 |
| 07 | Arnold's Room 1998-09-09 | Sid pretends that Arnold's room is his, since he's ashamed of showing his real room to Lorenzo. | 1998-09-09 | 7.0 |
| 08 | Helga vs. Big Patty 1998-09-09 | Patty challenges Helga to a fight after Helga gets on her last nerves by picking on her once too many. | 1998-09-09 | 7.0 |
| 09 | Stinky Goes Hollywood 1998-09-16 | Stinky's simple life changes after he becomes the surprise new spokesman for Ya-Hoo Soda. | 1998-09-16 | 7.0 |
| 10 | Olga Gets Engaged 1998-09-16 | Olga gets engaged to a con man who does not exactly woo Helga as he did the rest of her family, but she decides to let the marriage happen so Olga can be miserable. But she is given a change of heart from Arnold, and attempts to stop it. | 1998-09-16 | 7.0 |
| 11 | Curly Snaps 1998-09-23 | Curly gets enraged after a minor playground mix up. He locks himself in the principal's office and refuses to come out. | 1998-09-23 | 7.0 |
| 12 | Preteen Scream 1998-09-23 | Phoebe wins a chance to meet her favorite singer, only to find out that he doesn't write or sing his own songs. | 1998-09-23 | 6.0 |
| 13 | Grandpa's Birthday 1998-09-30 | 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. | 1998-09-30 | 6.0 |
| 14 | Road Trip 1998-09-30 | When Bob has to go to a business meeting, Miriam and Helga are forced to go on the family road trip by themselves. | 1998-09-30 | 6.0 |
| 15 | Sid's Revenge 1998-10-07 | 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. | 1998-10-07 | 6.0 |
| 16 | Roller Coaster 1998-10-07 | A roller coaster breaks down while Eugene and Arnold are at the top of its tallest drop. | 1998-10-07 | 6.0 |
| 17 | The Aptitude Test 1998-10-14 | After the results of an aptitude test are announced, Harold gains self-confidence and Helga feels dumber. | 1998-10-14 | 5.0 |
| 18 | Oskar Gets a Job 1998-10-14 | Oskar gets a job as a newspaper carrier but uses Arnold as cover for his laziness. | 1998-10-14 | 7.0 |
| 19 | Arnold Betrays Iggy 1998-10-19 | Arnold finds out Iggy wears bunny pajamas with feet in them, and Arnold accidentially spills the beans to Sid and Stinky, ruining Iggy's cool image. | 1998-10-19 | 5.5 |
| 20 | Helga and the Nanny 1998-10-19 | Bob hires a nanny to help Miriam around the house, much to Helga's dismay. From this moment on, Helga attempts to scare the nanny away. | 1998-10-19 | 7.0 |
| 21 | Career Day 1998-10-21 | A. All the kids are paired with adults with interesting jobs except Arnold, who is forced to spend time with the Jolly Olly, the Ice Cream Man. | 1998-10-21 | 7.0 |
| 22 | Hey Harold! 1998-10-21 | Harold is invited to Rhonda's party and befriends the female bully, Big Patty. | 1998-10-21 | 8.0 |
| 23 | Best Man 1998-11-02 | The Coach wants to remarry Tish and asks Arnold to be his best man. Along the way, Arnold teaches the coach a thing or two about love and sacrifice. | 1998-11-02 | 6.5 |
| 24 | Cool Party 1998-11-02 | 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. | 1998-11-02 | 7.0 |
| 25 | Arnold & Lila 1998-11-04 | Helga, lost in a love reverie, writes 'Arnold loves Helga' on a wall, but changes the name to 'Lila' when the kids approach. Lila thinks that Arnold loves her until he explains the mistake. Then he falls for Lila and she is forced to break up with him. | 1998-11-04 | 7.0 |
| 26 | Grand Prix 1998-11-04 | The kids compete in a grand prix race against each other. | 1998-11-04 | 6.5 |
| 27 | Arnold's Thanksgiving 1998-11-18 | Arnold and Helga both think they are having the worst Thanksgivings ever. Arnold's Family are celebrating President's Day, and Olga is at the Pataki house. When Arnold and Helga go to Mr. Simmons' house, they discover he has a obnoxious family, so they think their families aren't so bad after all. | 1998-11-18 | 7.5 |
| 28 | Helga's Show 1998-11-25 | Helga tells jokes about her classmates, who take offense to it. | 1998-11-25 | 6.0 |
| 29 | The Flood 1998-11-25 | The town is flooded and Arnold's class is trapped in the school. | 1998-11-25 | 7.0 |
| 30 | Phoebe Takes the Fall 1998-12-07 | P.S. 118 is holding a Spelling Bee, and Helga wants to win one trophy to get out of Olga's shadow, but Pheobe has to back out of the competition for Helga to make it. | 1998-12-07 | 7.0 |
| 31 | The Pig War 1998-12-07 | Arnold, Grandpa, and friends reenact the Pig War. | 1998-12-07 | 6.5 |
| 32 | Part Time Friends 1998-12-07 | 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. | 1998-12-07 | 0.0 |
 | 33 | Biosquare 1998-12-07 | 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. | 1998-12-07 | 8.0 |
| 34 | Crabby Author 1998-12-28 | Arnold has to do a book report, and he decides to do it on his favorite author, Agitha Cawfield, but he sees her bad side when she is very crabby & rude to him. | 1998-12-28 | 7.5 |
| 35 | Rich Kid 1999-01-04 | Lorenzo, a neurotic rich kid, comes to P.S. 118. All the kids try to help him become an average kid. | 1999-01-04 | 7.5 |
| 36 | Girl Trouble 1999-01-04 | Arnold snaps at school after Helga tries his patience once too often. | 1999-01-04 | 7.5 |
| 37 | School Dance 1999-01-04 | 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. | 1999-01-04 | 7.0 |
| 38 | School Play 1999-03-08 | The school is doing the play "Romeo and Juliet". Arnold lands the role as Romeo so Helga will do anything to beat out other girls to get the part of Juliet, so that she can kiss Arnold in the final scene. | 1999-03-08 | 8.0 |
