S1 E1 - Downtown as Fruits

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.

Oct 7, 1996 • 12m

S1 E2 - Eugene's Bike

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

Oct 7, 1996 • 12m

S1 E3 - The Little Pink Book

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.

Oct 9, 1996 • 12m

S1 E4 - Field Trip

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.

Oct 9, 1996 • 12m

S1 E5 - Arnold's Hat

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.

Oct 14, 1996 • 12m

S1 E6 - Stoop Kid

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.

Oct 14, 1996 • 12m

S1 E7 - Helga's Makeover

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.

Oct 16, 1996 • 12m

S1 E8 - The Old Building

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?

Oct 16, 1996 • 12m

S1 E9 - 6th Grade Girls

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.

Nov 4, 1996 • 12m

S1 E10 - The Baseball

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.

Nov 4, 1996 • 12m

S1 E11 - Heat

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.

Nov 11, 1996 • 12m

S1 E12 - Snow

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."

Nov 11, 1996 • 12m

S1 E13 - Operation Ruthless

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

Nov 18, 1996 • 12m

S1 E14 - The Vacant Lot

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.

Nov 18, 1996 • 12m

S1 E15 - The List

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.

Nov 25, 1996 • 12m

S1 E16 - Haunted Train

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.

Nov 25, 1996 • 12m

S1 E17 - Mugged

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.

Dec 2, 1996 • 12m

S1 E18 - Roughin' It

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.

Dec 2, 1996 • 12m

S1 E19 - Door #16

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

Dec 9, 1996 • 12m

S1 E20 - Arnold as Cupid

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.

Dec 9, 1996 • 12m

S1 E21 - Arnold's Christmas

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

Dec 14, 1996 • 25m

S1 E22 - Benchwarmer

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

Dec 16, 1996 • 11m

S1 E23 - Cool Jerk

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

Dec 16, 1996 • 11m

S1 E24 - Das Subway

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

Dec 23, 1996 • 11m

S1 E25 - Wheezin' Ed

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

Dec 23, 1996 • 11m

S1 E26 - Arnold the Tutor

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

Dec 30, 1996 • 11m

S1 E27 - Gerald Comes Over

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

Dec 30, 1996 • 11m

S1 E28 - Spelling Bee

Arnold and Helga compete on a Spelling Bee contest.

Jan 6, 1997 • 11m

S1 E29 - Pigeon Man

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

Jan 6, 1997 • 11m

S1 E30 - Olga Comes Home

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

Jan 13, 1997 • 11m

S1 E31 - Sally's Comet

Arnold and Gerald must turn off all the lights in the city if they want to see Sally's Comet.

Jan 13, 1997 • 11m

S1 E32 - Abner Come Home

Arnold must find a way to recover his pig pet Abner after he runs away.

Jan 20, 1997 • 11m

S1 E33 - The Sewer King

Arnold loses Grandpa's watch inside the sewers, so he must retrieve from The Sewer King.

Jan 20, 1997 • 11m

S1 E34 - False Alarm

Eugene is accused of pulling the fire alarm. In the school court, the jury thinks Eugene is guilty except for Arnold, who believes there is a shadow of a doubt.

Jan 27, 1997 • 11m

S1 E35 - World Records

The kids try to get in the book of world records so much that they would do anything, including most people on a one-person bike and the longest game of Crack-The-Whip.

Jan 27, 1997 • 11m

S1 E36 - Magic Show

Arnold has a magic show and he makes a disappearing act and uses Helga as the person disappearing. Helga decides to play a trick and literally disappears. She bumps into a pole and has a dream on how the world would have been if she's gone.

Feb 3, 1997 • 11m

S1 E37 - 24 Hours to Live

Arnold hits Harold with a baseball, so Harold promises Arnold that he'll beat him the next day.

Feb 3, 1997 • 11m

S1 E38 - Arnold's Valentine

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, it's Helga in disguise) – only for the real Cecile to suddenly appear and Arnold to discover what Ruth is really like.

Feb 14, 1997 • 24m