Season 2
Episode Guide
Helga's Boyfriend/Crush on Teacher
S2
E1
Nov 5, 1997
Helga hatches a plan to "hire" Stinky to act as her boyfriend in hopes of making Arnold jealous. When Miss Slovak calls in sick, in steps a substitute teacher named Miss Felter and Arnold is instantly smitten.
Hall Monitor/Harold's Bar Mitzvah
S2
E2
Nov 10, 1997
When it's time for Helga to step down as Hall Monitor, she chooses Phoebe as her replacement. As Harold prepares for his Bar Mitzvah, he becomes increasingly nervous.
Coach Wittenberg/Four Eyed Jack
S2
E3
Nov 12, 1997
Arnold and Gerald are so desperate to bowl in an upcoming tournament. Arnold and Gerald stumble upon an old pair of eye glasses which may belong to a deceased boarder named Four-eyed Jack.
Tour de Pond/Teacher's Strike
S2
E4
Nov 24, 1997
After happening upon a snotty rich kid who is legendary for winning the annual toy boat race, Arnold and Gerald decide to enter the race. Fed up with Principal Wartz's budget cuts, the teachers decide to go out on Strike.
Arnold's Valentine
S2
E5
Feb 12, 1997
It's Valentine's Day at school and Arnold and his friends are exchanging Valentine's cards. Arnold anonymously invites sixth grade Ruth to dinner, not really expecting her to show up.
Bio Square/Partners
S2
E6
Dec 1, 1997
For their science fair project Arnold and Gerald planned to lock them selves in Grandpa's dilapidated greenhouse in the back yard for twenty-four hours. Legendary musical duo Dino Spumoni and his partner, Don, have a falling out.
The Big Scoop/Harold's Kitty
S2
E7
Sep 29, 1997
Arnold and Helga are editors of competing school newspapers. Harold softens when he finds a lost cat and then refuses to give it up to its rightful owner. Arnold eventually persuades Harold to give up the kitty.
Arnold Saves Sid/Hookey
S2
E8
Oct 13, 1997
After Arnold saves Sid from injury, Sid devotes himself to paying Arnold back with unending kindness. Arnold and Gerald play hookey but their day is thwarted by intense paranoia.
Ransom/Ms. Perfect
S2
E9
Oct 8, 1997
When Timberly's doll is kidnapped, Gerald and Arnold track it down. A new classmate is tormented by Helga and the other girls, but is eventually accepted.
Monkey Business/Big Caesar
S2
E10
Oct 6, 1997
After being scratched by an organ grinder's monkey, Helga is convinced her days are numbered. Arnold and Gerald attempt to catch the biggest fish in the city pond.
The High Life/Best Friends
S2
E11
Oct 22, 1997
Gerald gets in over his financial head selling a sure-fire product. Rhonda and Nadine have a falling-out over working on a project at school.
The Longest Monday/Eugene's Pet
S2
E12
Oct 1, 1997
Arnold and Gerald must get through the traditional day of hazing 4th graders. After Eugene's pet fish is accidentally killed by Arnold's yo-yo, Arnold vows to get unlucky Eugene a pet that will endure.
Mud Bowl/Gerald Moves Out
S2
E13
Oct 20, 1997
Arnold and the rest of his fourth grade friends play the seemingly unbeatable fifth graders in touch football. Gerald, the middle child in his family, is feeling so neglected that he moves into Arnold's boarding house.
Freeze Frame/Phoebe Cheats
S2
E14
Oct 15, 1997
Arnold and Gerald catch a suspicious man on film and they follow him clue-to-clue. In an effort to win a class poetry contest, Phoebe copies a poem from a book. Thereafter she is haunted by her guilty conscience.
Helga's Love Potion/Gerald's Secret
S2
E15
Sep 24, 1997
Helga experiences a day free of her love/hate obsession. Gerald reveals he can't ride a bike and Arnold helps him overcome his fear and humiliation.
Steely Phil/Quantity Time
S2
E16
Oct 29, 1997
Arnold trains Grandpa to take on his old Chinese checkers nemesis, Robby Fisher. Miriam decides to visit her mother after learning that Big Bob and Helga are on vacation at the same time.
Eating Contest/Rhonda's Glasses
S2
E17
Nov 3, 1997
Like his Grandfather before him, Arnold competes in the annual block party eating contest. After intense training, Fashion and image-aware Rhonda fails the eye chart and gets glasses.
Save the Tree/New Teacher
S2
E18
Sep 22, 1997
The kids find out that Big Bob is planning on cutting down the oldest tree in the neighborhood. Mr. Simmons, a kind, innovative, and inspiring man, is accepted by Arnold and the rest of the class as their new teacher.
Eugene Goes Bad/What's Opera, Arnold?
S2
E19
Nov 17, 1997
Eugene becomes disillusioned about his life after learning that his favorite movie action hero doesn't do his own stunts. Arnold helps him out of his funk. Arnold and the gang go on a class trip to the opera.
Arnold's Halloween
S2
E20
Oct 27, 1997
On a creepy Halloween night, the neighborhood comes down with alien fever when Arnold and Gerald broadcast a mock radio show warning of a spaceship landing.