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Hey Arnold! (1996)

Animation · Comedy · Family

The daily life of Arnold--a fourth-grader with a wild imagination, street smarts and a head shaped like a football.

IMDb rating
7.6 (39,886 votes)
Episode average
7.5 -0.1 vs IMDb
Seasons
5
Streaming (US)
Paramount+
Language
EN
Type
TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 5 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1996)

7.86 avg 21 episodes 7.3 → 8.0 24 min avg

Ep 0: 7.3 · 143 votesEp 1: 7.8 · 452 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 344 votesEp 3: 8.1 · 372 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 322 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 318 votesEp 6: 8.3 · 340 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 283 votesEp 8: 8.2 · 320 votesEp 9: 7.7 · 270 votesEp 10: 7.2 · 255 votesEp 11: 9.4 · 687 votesEp 12: 7.4 · 254 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 258 votesEp 14: 7.5 · 238 votesEp 15: 8.9 · 407 votesEp 16: 7.8 · 251 votesEp 17: 7.3 · 228 votesEp 18: 7.5 · 232 votesEp 19: 7.6 · 232 votesEp 20: 8.0 · 284 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
0Official Unaired Pilot7.3143
1Downtown as Fruits/Eugene's Bike7.8452
2The Little Pink Book/Field Trip7.8344
3Arnold's Hat/Stoop Kid8.1372
4Helga's Makeover/The Old Building7.7322
56th Grade Girls/The Baseball7.8318
6Heat/Snow8.3340
7Operation Ruthless/The Vacant Lot8.0283
8The List/Haunted Train8.2320
9Mugged/Roughin' It7.7270
10Door #16/Arnold as Cupid7.2255
11Arnold's Christmas9.4687
12Benchwarmer/Cool Jerk7.4254
13Das Subway/Wheezin' Ed7.8258
14Tutoring Torvald/Gerald Comes Over7.5238
15Spelling Bee/Pigeon Man8.9407
16Olga Comes Home/Sally's Comet7.8251
17Abner Come Home/The Sewer King7.3228
18False Alarm/World Records7.5232
19Magic Show/24 Hours to Live7.6232
20Arnold's Valentine8.0284

Season 2 (1997)

7.58 avg 20 episodes 7.7 → 7.6 24 min avg

Ep 1: 7.7 · 209 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 211 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 200 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 194 votesEp 5: 7.4 · 185 votesEp 6: 7.5 · 192 votesEp 7: 8.3 · 273 votesEp 8: 7.4 · 185 votesEp 9: 7.5 · 182 votesEp 10: 7.5 · 187 votesEp 11: 7.4 · 170 votesEp 12: 7.4 · 180 votesEp 13: 7.6 · 186 votesEp 14: 7.4 · 201 votesEp 15: 7.7 · 191 votesEp 16: 7.7 · 196 votesEp 17: 7.8 · 209 votesEp 18: 7.5 · 180 votesEp 19: 7.5 · 172 votesEp 20: 7.6 · 160 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Save the Tree/New Teacher7.7209
2Helga's Love Potion/Gerald's Secret7.5211
3The Big Scoop/Harold's Kitty7.6200
4Longest Monday/Eugene's Pet7.5194
5Monkey Business/Big Caesar7.4185
6Ransom/Ms. Perfect7.5192
7Arnold's Halloween8.3273
8Arnold Saves Sid/Hookey7.4185
9Freeze Frame/Phoebe Cheats7.5182
10Mudbowl/Gerald Moves Out7.5187
11The High Life/Best Friends7.4170
12Steely Phil/Quantity Time7.4180
13Eating Contest/Rhonda's Glasses7.6186
14Helga's Boyfriend/Crush on Teacher7.4201
15Hall Monitor/Harold's Bar Mitzvah7.7191
16Coach Wittenberg/Four-Eyed Jack7.7196
17Eugene Goes Bad/What's Opera, Arnold?7.8209
18Tour de Pond/Teachers' Strike7.5180
19Part Time Friends/Biosquare7.5172
20Runaway Float/Partners7.6160

Season 3 (1998)

7.40 avg 19 episodes 8.1 → 8.4 24 min avg

Ep 1: 8.1 · 211 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 189 votesEp 3: 7.2 · 169 votesEp 4: 7.6 · 178 votesEp 5: 7.5 · 173 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 180 votesEp 7: 7.3 · 175 votesEp 8: 7.0 · 172 votesEp 9: 7.2 · 169 votesEp 10: 5.7 · 267 votesEp 11: 7.8 · 180 votesEp 12: 6.9 · 187 votesEp 13: 7.3 · 170 votesEp 14: 8.1 · 213 votesEp 15: 7.5 · 169 votesEp 16: 7.1 · 162 votesEp 17: 7.6 · 176 votesEp 18: 6.9 · 174 votesEp 19: 8.4 · 211 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Helga Blabs It All/Harold the Butcher8.1211
2Dangerous Lumber/Mr. Hyunh Goes Country7.8189
3Casa Paradiso/Gerald's Tonsils7.2169
4Arnold's Room/Helga vs. Big Patty7.6178
5Stinky Goes Hollywood/Olga Gets Engaged7.5173
6Curly Snaps/Pre-Teen Scream7.6180
7Grandpa's Birthday/Road Trip7.3175
8Sid's Revenge/Roller Coaster7.0172
9The Aptitude Test/Oskar Gets a Job7.2169
10Arnold Betrays Iggy/Helga and the Nanny5.7267
11Career Day/Hey Harold!7.8180
12Best Man/Cool Party6.9187
13Arnold & Lila/Grand Prix7.3170
14Arnold's Thanksgiving8.1213
15Helga's Show/The Flood7.5169
16Phoebe Takes the Fall/The Pig War7.1162
17Crabby Author/Rich Kid7.6176
18Girl Trouble/School Dance6.9174
19School Play8.4211

Season 4 (1999)

7.43 avg 17 episodes 7.0 → 7.6 24 min avg

Ep 1: 7.0 · 166 votesEp 2: 7.1 · 159 votesEp 3: 7.2 · 157 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 159 votesEp 5: 7.3 · 167 votesEp 6: 7.4 · 174 votesEp 7: 7.1 · 160 votesEp 8: 7.1 · 158 votesEp 9: 7.3 · 158 votesEp 10: 7.4 · 151 votesEp 11: 7.3 · 153 votesEp 12: 6.9 · 163 votesEp 13: 7.3 · 162 votesEp 14: 7.9 · 185 votesEp 15: 8.0 · 175 votesEp 16: 9.0 · 319 votesEp 17: 7.6 · 162 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Full Moon/Student Teacher7.0166
2Big Gino/Jamie O in Love7.1159
3Eugene's Birthday/Stinky's Pumpkin7.2157
4The Beeper Queen/Oskar Can't Read?7.4159
5Dinner for Four/Phoebe Skips7.3167
6Helga's Parrot/Chocolate Turtles7.4174
7Love and Cheese/Weighing Harold7.1160
8Back to School/Egg Story7.1158
9It Girl/Deconstructing Arnold7.3158
10Grudge Match/Polishing Rhonda7.4151
11Weird Cousin/Baby Oskar7.3153
12Grandpa's Sister/Synchronized Swimming6.9163
13Helga Sleepwalks/Fighting Families7.3162
14Headless Cabbie/Friday the 13th7.9185
15Veterans Day8.0175
16Helga on the Couch9.0319
17Dino Checks Out7.6162

Season 5 (1998)

7.37 avg 23 episodes 7.4 → 7.0 25 min avg

Ep 1: 7.4 · 168 votesEp 2: 7.6 · 168 votesEp 3: 7.1 · 158 votesEp 4: 6.9 · 152 votesEp 5: 7.0 · 152 votesEp 6: 8.7 · 232 votesEp 7: 7.4 · 151 votesEp 8: 7.2 · 161 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 183 votesEp 10: 7.0 · 164 votesEp 11: 7.3 · 156 votesEp 12: 7.8 · 167 votesEp 13: 7.2 · 150 votesEp 14: 7.5 · 161 votesEp 15: 6.9 · 155 votesEp 16: 8.0 · 174 votesEp 17: 7.2 · 146 votesEp 18: 6.7 · 141 votesEp 19: 8.7 · 257 votesEp 20: 6.9 · 138 votesEp 21: 7.1 · 151 votesEp 22: 7.0 · 145 votesEp 23: 7.0 · 146 votes
Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Monkeyman!/Buses, Bikes, and Subways7.4168
2Helga's Masquerade/Mr. Green Runs7.6168
3Sid the Vampire Slayer/Big Sis7.1158
4Bag of Money/Principal Simmons6.9152
5New Bully on the Block/Phoebe Breaks a Leg7.0152
6Parents Day8.7232
7Helga's Locket/Sid and Germs7.4151
8Suspended/Ernie in Love7.2161
9Summer Love8.0183
10Stuck in a Tree/Rhonda Goes Broke7.0164
11Beaned/Old Iron Man7.3156
12Arnold Visits Arnie/Chocolate Boy7.8167
13Harold vs. Patty/Rich Guy7.2150
14April Fool's Day7.5161
15Gerald's Game/Fishing Trip6.9155
16Married8.0174
17On the Lam/Family Man7.2146
18The Racing Mule/Curly's Girl6.7141
19The Journal8.7257
20Timberly Loves Arnold/Eugene, Eugene!6.9138
21Ghost Bride/Gerald vs. Jamie O.7.1151
22Simmons' Documentary/Big Bob's Crisis7.0145
23Phoebe's Little Problem/Grandpa's Packard7.0146

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