| |
 |
1st Season first aired - October 7, 1996
Downtown as Fruits, Eugene's Bike, Operation Ruthless, The Vacant Lot, Heat, Snow, Mugged, Roughin' It, Das Subway, Wheezin' Ed, Helga's Makeover, The Old Building, 6th Grade Girls, The Baseball, Benchwarmer, The Cool Jerk, Door #16, Arnold as Cupid, Tutoring Torvald, Gerald Comes Over, Spelling Bee, Pigeon Man, The Little Pink Book, Field Trip, Abner Come Home, The Sewer King, False Alarm, World Records, Magic Show, 24 Hours to Live, Arnold's Hat, Stoop Kid, The List, The Haunted Train |
|
Downtown as Fruits - Arnold
and Gerald decide to skip Helga's Four Food Groups play by riding
the bus a while, but they end up becoming stuck downtown - as
a strawberry and a banana.
|
Eugene's Bike - Once again,
Arnold manages to give Eugene bad luck, this time by accidentally
ruining Eugene's brand new bike. Arnold tries to make up
for all the times he's caused Eugene bad luck by spending a day
with him without anything bad happening, but even that doesn't
go so good.
|
Operation Ruthless - Helga
finds out about Arnold's love for Ruth and his plans to meet her
at the Annual Cheese Fair, and Helga makes sure Ruth will never
meet him, in a plan known as "Operation Ruthless".
|
The Vacant Lot - Arnold
and Gerald finally find a place to play baseball, and after cleaning
it up find that the adults have taken charge of what took them
so long to get.
|
Heat - A heat wave hits
the city, and Arnold and Gerald try to find a way to get cool,
which is nearly impossible considering long lines at the theater,
crowded warm-water pools, and an ice cream man who charges $20
for a snow cone.
|
Snow - It's the first snow
of the season, and Arnold is looking forward to playing in the
snow, but Grandpa needs help taking care of the boarding house.
|
Mugged - After Arnold is
mugged on the street, Grandma teaches him martial arts, but Arnold
gets carried away with it.
|
Roughin' It - Grandpa takes
Arnold and Gerald camping the "real" way, but Big Bob Pataki,
Helga, and Phoebe camp beside them in their RV. Arnold and
Gerald have a terrible time camping in their tent until the group
gets lost on the trail and Grandpa's survival teaching leads Arnold
and Gerald toward the camp site.
|
Das Subway - The kids are
late getting home from a movie and Arnold decides to take the
subway. Things are fine until the subway becomes stuck under
the tunnel, and things get a little hectic.
|
Wheezin' Ed - The kids
search for a treasure, in caves that are known to be haunted by
Wheezin' Ed. They don't find any treasure, but they do find
the site of a counterfeit penny operation.
|
Helga's Makeover - After
Helga isn't invited to Rhonda's sleepover, she decides to become
"one of the girls" by giving herself a makeover.
|
The Old Building - Arnold
promises to help Grandma save the Circle Theater, after promising
Ernie he'd help knock it down for Ernie's 500th demolition.
|
6th Grade Girls - Arnold
and Gerald are invited to a dance by 6th grade girls, not knowing
that the girls invited them to make their boyfriends jealous.
|
The Baseball - Arnold's
favorite baseball player, Mickey Kaline, is about to retire, and
Arnold's determined to go to his last game.
|
Benchwarmer - Arnold and Gerald
are on the YMMA's basketball team, and Coach Wittenberg teaches
the team to always pass the ball to his son Tucker. Arnold
teaches Tucker how to do free-throw shots, only to find he still
hogs all the credit.
|
The Cool Jerk - Arnold
starts hanging around with Frankie G., who's known for his coolness,
but then Arnold finds out Frankie's not as cool as he thought
he was.
|
Door #16 - Arnold is left
with a package for Mr. Smith, and him and Gerald search throughout
the city for someone they know nothing about.
|
Arnold as Cupid - After
Oskar and Suzie get into a fight, Arnold is determined to get
them back together before Oskar drives him crazy.
|
Tutoring Torvald -Arnold
is assigned to tutor Torvald, a 13 year old in 4th grade, in math,
but all Torvald wants to do is bully the others around.
|
Gerald Comes Over - Gerald
comes over to the boarding house, but with rent collecting, pet
chickens, fights, a very private border and a role-playing grandma,
Arnold feels a little embarrassed about his "extended family."
|
Spelling Bee - Arnold and
Helga are both in the Spelling Bee, and Helga is pressured to
win by her father, her sister's past spelling bee, and the fact
that Arnold's her competitor.
|
Pigeon Man - Arnold takes
his sick pigeon to the Pigeon Man, a guy who the other kids think
is a freak because his only friends are birds.
|
The Little Pink Book -
Helga loses her pink book, which she uses to write love poems
about Arnold, and it gets into Arnold and Gerald's hands. Helga
has to get it back before Arnold gets to the last page (where
she signed it), and sneaks into his room to get it.
|
Field Trip - The class
goes on a field trip to the aquarium, anxious to see Lock Jaw,
but they find out it's only an old graffiti-covered turtle, and
Arnold and Grandma try to set it free.
|
Abner Come Home - Arnold's
pet pig Abner runs away, and Arnold lures him back with Abner's
favorite thing, garbage.
|
The Sewer King - Arnold
accidentally drops his grandpa's watch into a manhole, and goes
in it to get the watch back. There he and Gerald meet the
Sewer King, who wants to keep the watch as his royal icon.
|
False Alarm - Eugene is
suspected of pulling the fire alarm, and it's up to a student
jury to vote on the verdict, but Arnold's the only one who believes
Eugene could be innocent.
|
World Records - Arnold
is determined to get into the World Book of Records, and he gets
all the kids involved.
|
Magic Show - During Arnold's
magic show, he makes Helga disappear by putting her in a box,
but Helga sneaks out. After running into a post, she has
a dream that she really disappeared, and no one missed her.
|
24 Hours to Live - After
Arnold accidentally hits Harold in the face with a baseball, Helga
persuades Harold to wait until the next day to fight him. Meanwhile,
Helga reminds Arnold every second how long his has to live.
|
Arnold's Hat - Helga is
determined to get Arnold's hat in order to complete a sculpture
she's making of him (made out of his chewed gum). When Arnold
won't go out of his room without his hat, Helga tries to get it
back, which is on it's way to the dump.
|
Stoop Kid - Gerald tells
the legend of Stoop Kid, a kid who lives on his stoop and harasses
the passers-by without ever leaving. When Arnold proves
Stoop Kid's afraid to leave his stoop, he helps him try to get
off.
|
The List - Arnold is determined
to do everything on the list for a kid's perfect Saturday, but
his perfect day turns into a nightmare.
|
The Haunted Train - Grandpa
tells the kids about the legend of the Haunted Train, and Arnold,
Gerald, and Helga go to the train station the night the Haunted
Train arrives to prove who's scared and if it's a true story.
|
|
|
|
