Season 1

E1. Downtown as Fruits

Oct 7, 1996 · 12m

Not looking forward to performing in Helga's "The Four Food Groups" musical, Arnold and Gerald decide to take the bus a few stops too many, but end up stuck downtown.

E2. Eugene's Bike

Oct 7, 1996 · 12m

When Arnold accidentally ruins Eugene's new bike, he takes Eugene out on a day of fun, thinking that "every geek deserves his day".

E3. The Little Pink Book

Oct 9, 1996 · 12m

When Helga loses her pink book, full of love poems about Arnold on the bus, it ends up in Arnold's hands. Now Helga must get it back before Arnold figures out who wrote the poems.

E4. Field Trip

Oct 9, 1996 · 12m

The kids are really looking forward to their field trip to the aquarium - especially when they remember the scary Lock Jaw from their last trip. But, when they get there, they see that Lock Jaw isn't really that scary. Arnold notices how neglected the old turtle looks, and returns later with Grandma to set it free.

E5. Arnold's Hat

Oct 14, 1996 · 12m

An obsessed Helga steals Arnold's hat to complete her shrine to Arnold, which is hidden in the back of her closet. But, she notices how miserable Arnold is without his hat, and decides to give it back to him.

E6. Stoop Kid

Oct 14, 1996 · 12m

Arnold's hat lands on the stoop of "Stoop Kid," - a bully who has lived his whole life on his stoop, and is highly protective of it. But, when it's Arnold's fault that Stoop Kid becomes the joke of the city, he must help Stoop Kid face his biggest fear - leaving his stoop for the first time.

E7. Helga's Makeover

Oct 16, 1996 · 12m

Helga is annoyed when Rhonda doesn't invite her to her slumber party - everybody assumes that "girly" parties aren't Helga's style. So, Helga is determined to prove her wrong, and gets a makeover.

E8. The Old Building

Oct 16, 1996 · 12m

Arnold is asked by his Grandma to help save an old building, and then asked by Ernie to help knock the building down! Who will Arnold decide to go along with? How can he get out of this tricky situation?

E9. 6th Grade Girls

Nov 4, 1996 · 12m

Two girls from the sixth grade who are tired of the way that their boyfriends treat them, decide to take Arnold and Gerald to the school dance, but only to make their boyfriends jealous.

E10. The Baseball

Nov 4, 1996 · 12m

Arnold's favorite baseball player is playing his last game, so he decides to go and see his last game. The only problem is that he winds up with terrible seats.

E11. Heat

Nov 11, 1996 · 12m

Arnold has a really bad day - the city is suffering from a heatwave, and whatever he does, Arnold just can't seem to get cool.

E12. Snow

Nov 11, 1996 · 12m

Snow hits the city and Arnold can't wait to get out and have some fun... but wait, there's chores to be done... and when there done Arnold has the time of his life playing Hockey with the "crew."

E13. Operation Ruthless

Nov 18, 1996 · 12m

At the Annual Cheese Fair, Helga tries her best to keep Arnold well away from Ruth - a girl who Arnold has a crush on.

E14. The Vacant Lot

Nov 18, 1996 · 12m

Arnold and friends decide to clear out a vacant lot to play baseball on, but the adults take over it, and use it for their own reasons.

E15. The List

Nov 25, 1996 · 12m

Arnold attempts to do something that no other kid has done before - completing the entire list of a kid's perfect Saturday! But, unfortunately, things don't go quite to plan.

E16. Haunted Train

Nov 25, 1996 · 12m

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.

E17. Mugged

Dec 2, 1996 · 12m

When Arnold gets mugged in the street, Grandma teaches him how to defend himself, but the training and fighting starts to get to his head.

E18. Roughin' It

Dec 2, 1996 · 12m

Grandpa, Arnold, and Gerald are all going on an old fashioned camping trip... until Big Bob, Helga, and Phoebe show up with luxurious camping equipment.

E19. Door #16

Dec 9, 1996 · 12m

All of the boarders get very curious to what is inside the very personal Mr. Smith's package.

E20. Arnold as Cupid

Dec 9, 1996 · 12m

Oskar gets kicked out of Suzie's room when they get into an argument, so Arnold tries to get them back together when Oskar moves into Arnold's room.

E21. Arnold's Christmas

Dec 14, 1996 · 25m

While Helga tries to find the perfect gift for Arnold, Arnold tries to find Mr Hyunh's long-lost daughter.

E22. Benchwarmer

Dec 16, 1996 · 11m

Arnold has trouble with the basketball coach and his favored son.

E23. Cool Jerk

Dec 16, 1996 · 11m

An older cool guy befriends Arnold, but Arnold realizes that he is really a shoplifter.

E24. Das Subway

Dec 23, 1996 · 11m

Arnold and the gang have no choice but to take the subway home after dark.

E25. Wheezin' Ed

Dec 23, 1996 · 11m

Arnold and the gang set out on a quest to find the hidden treasure of the mysterious "Wheezin' Ed" on Elk Island.

E26. Arnold the Tutor

Dec 30, 1996 · 11m

Arnold is given the assignment to tutor Torvald, the meanest, toughest kid in Arnold's math class, for the big math test on Friday.

E27. Gerald Comes Over

Dec 30, 1996 · 11m

Gerald goes to Arnold's place to meet the other residents.

E28. Spelling Bee

Jan 6, 1997 · 11m

Arnold and Helga compete on a Spelling Bee contest.

E29. Pigeon Man

Jan 6, 1997 · 11m

When Arnold's pigeon gets sick, he takes it to "Pigeon Man", a person surrounded by pigeons who lives in a rooftop.

E30. Olga Comes Home

Jan 13, 1997 · 11m

Helga decides to give her talented sister Olga a taste of reality by changing her grade in her report card.