Hey Arnold! - Series 3 - Episode 1
After the results of an aptitude test are announced, Harold gains self-confidence and Helga feels dumber. Arnold is instrumental in persuading Oskar to actually get off his butt and get a temporary job.
Episodes: 20 | Released: 1998 | Certificate: U | Genre: Animated | Director:
Actors: Francesca Smith
, Dan Castellaneta
, Jamil Walker Smith
, Toran Caudell
, Spencer Klein
, Phillip Van Dyke
After the results of an aptitude test are announced, Harold gains self-confidence and Helga feels dumber. Arnold is instrumental in persuading Oskar to actually get off his butt and get a temporary job.
Curly gets enraged after a minor playground mix-up. He locks himself in the principal's office and refuses to come out. Phoebe has a secret crush on a pop star.
Stinky's simple life changes after he becomes the surprise new spokesman for Ya-Hoo Soda. / Olga brings home her surprise fiancée who wins over everyone except Helga.
Arnold seeks out his favorite author who turns out to be quite opposite of her sweet and sentimental books. A rich kid joins Arnold's class. Arnold and the gang tell him what life in the big city is really like.
While feeling the effects of laughing gas, Helga leaves a confessional message of love on Arnold's phone machine. After Harold shoplifts some meat from the butcher shop, he is sentenced to work off his punishment.
Arnold accidentally breaks a promise he made to Iggy and must deal with the consequences. Big Bob hires a nanny for Helga. Helga fights the nanny at her own game and forces her to leave.
Arnold becomes a hot (and dangerous) hitter. He keeps injuring people everytime he swings the bat. Afraid of hurting more people, Arnold refuses to play ball. / Arnold & Gerald manage the career of the most unlikely country-and-western singer, Mr. Hyunh.
Arnold becomes a hot (and dangerous) hitter. He keeps injuring people everytime he swings the bat. Afraid of hurting more people, Arnold refuses to play ball. Arnold & Gerald manage the career of the most unlikely country-and-western singer, Mr. Hyunh.
All the kids are paired with adults with interesting jobs except Arnold, who is forced to spend time with the Jolly Olly Man. Harold believes it's his life's calling to become a butcher, but he slowly drives Mr. Greene, the butcher, crazy.
Grandpa becomes tired of dealing with the boarding house and decides to sell. Arnold has to convince him otherwise. Gerald has his tonsils removed before a big concert and must come to grips with the fact that his voice has changed.
Phoebe agrees to take a dive so that Helga can win a competition, but she comes to regret her decision. The boys engage in a recreation of a historical battle, only this time their prized pig is in danger of losing his life.
The Coach wants to remarry Tish and asks Arnold to be his best man. Rhonda has a party and only invites the cool kids. Arnold attends, but realizes her party is only for snobs.
After Arnold accidentally embarasses Sid, Sid seeks revenge. Eugene wants to ride with the gang, but they all think he's a jinx and won't go with him. Arnold decides to break the cycle of pain and rides with Eugene, but they get stuck.
Grandpa thinks he's going to die soon because no one in his family ever made it past his age. He prepares to die, and Arnold tries to convince him that life is still worth living. Helga and Miriam get stuck on the road together with no money.
Helga, lost in a love reverie, writes "Arnold loves Helga" on a wall, but changes the name to "Lila" when the kids approach. The kids all try to outdo each other in a city-wide go-cart race.
Arnold is fed up with the bickering amongst the boarders and sets out to find the true meaning of the holiday.
Arnold tells Grandpa he's tired of dealing with Helga's nonsense. Grandpa tells Arnold a story about a girl he had to deal with when he was a kid. Arnold is in charge of finding entertainment for the school dance and chooses Dino Spumoni.
Helga does a standup routine at a school function and proceeds to insult all of her friends. A flood strands the kids at school overnight and they reveal some of their most private thoughts and feelings.
Arnold and Helga perform a "Romeo and Juliet"- type play for a school production.
At the Parent's Day competition, Arnold learns that even though he doesn't have "real" parents, his grandparents are just as good as everyone else's parents.