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Hey Arnold! Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
19 Episodes 1998 - 1998
Episode 1
Helga Blabs It All/Harold the Butcher
Mon, Aug 31, 199824 mins
Helga Blabs It All: While medicated on laughing gas, Helga calls Arnold and leaves an embarrassing message on his answering machine. When the laughing gas wears off, she realizes what she did and goes on a mission to delete the message before Arnold hears it, but it won't be easy. Harold the Butcher: After Harold steals a ham from Mr. Green's shop, he starts working there in the afternoons for one week as punishment, but soon realizes that he loves being a butcher.
Episode 2
Dangerous Lumber/Mr. Hyunh Goes Country
Wed, Sep 2, 199825 mins
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.
Episode 3
Casa Paradiso/Gerald's Tonsils
Wed, Oct 21, 199824 mins
Casa Paradiso: Tired of the boarders' complaints and snarkiness, Grandpa plans to sell the boarding house and move to a tropical resort with Arnold and Grandma. Will Arnold and the boarders be able to convince Grandpa to keep the boarding house before it's too late? Gerald's Tonsils: Gerald's voice is deepened after having his tonsils out, just a few days before the school recital.
Episode 4
Arnold's Room/Helga vs. Big Patty
Mon, Sep 7, 199824 mins
Arnold lends Sid his room for one evening, but the arrangement backfires when Sid keeps on borrowing the room. / Helga and Patty (the big girl) face off.
Episode 5
Stinky Goes Hollywood/Olga Gets Engaged
Wed, Sep 9, 199824 mins
Stinky's simple life changes after he becomes the surprise new spokesman for Ya-Hoo Soda. / Olga brings home her surprise fiancee who wins over everyone except Helga.
Episode 6
Curly Snaps/Pre-Teen Scream
Mon, Sep 14, 199824 mins
Curly Snaps: Curly's dream is to become the Ball Monitor, but when that duty is mistakenly handed to Sid, Curly snaps, steals the school's kickballs and locks himself in Principal Wartz's office. Pre-Teen Scream: Phoebe wins a chance to meet her favorite singer-songwriter, Ronnie Matthews, only to find out that he doesn't really write or sing his own songs.
Episode 7
Grandpa's Birthday/Road Trip
Mon, Nov 9, 199824 mins
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.
Episode 8
Sid's Revenge/Roller Coaster
Mon, Nov 2, 199825 mins
Sid's Revenge: Principal Wartz gives Sid detention for an prank he did not commit, so Sid attempts to get revenge by making a voodoo soap doll of Principal Wartz. After several incidents appear to indicate that his revenge doll has caused Wartz's death, Arnold tries to convince him that they were nothing but a series of coincidences. Roller Coaster: Eugene wants to ride with the gang, but they all think he's a jinx and won't go with him except Arnold, so he decides to break the cycle of pain and rides with Eugene, to prove that he's not a jinx, but while on the roller coaster, it breaks down and they are stuck at the top of its tallest drop.
Episode 9
The Aptitude Test/Oskar Gets a Job
Wed, Sep 16, 199824 mins
The Aptitude Test: Helga thinks she's dim because she failed an aptitude test at school, only to discover she received Harold's test score, and vice versa. Oskar Gets a Job: A financial predicament forces Oskar to get a job delivering papers, but he makes excuses so that Arnold can do the work for him.
Episode 10
Arnold Betrays Iggy/Helga and the Nanny
Wed, Sep 23, 199824 mins
Arnold Betrays Iggy: When Arnold sees Iggy wearing bunny pajamas, he promises he won't tell anybody - but when Sid and Stinky guess, Iggy refuses to forgive Arnold. Helga and the Nanny: Big Bob hires a nanny to take care of Helga after his wife has to do community service, but when Helga feels that Inga ruins her life, she tries to get rid of her. Helga succeeds, but is forced to come to terms with her character.
Episode 11
Career Day/Hey Harold!
Wed, Oct 14, 199824 mins
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.
Episode 12
Best Man/Cool Party
Wed, Oct 28, 199824 mins
Best Man: Coach Wittenberg wants to remarry Tish Wittenberg and asks Arnold to be his best man. The coach cares about winning almost as much as his wife, and Arnold teaches him that sometimes he has to make a few sacrifices. Cool Party: Rhonda has a party and only invites the cool kids. Arnold attends, but realizes her party is only for snobs.
Episode 13
Arnold & Lila/Grand Prix
Wed, Nov 18, 199824 mins
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.
Episode 14
Arnold's Thanksgiving
Mon, Nov 23, 199824 mins
Arnold decides to leave the boarding house because his grandmother is mixing up Thanksgiving with the Fourth of July. Helga on the other hand leaves her house because she refuses to say anything thankful. Both Arnold and Helga try to find the true meaning of Thanksgiving. They try to watch the Mayflower re-enactment but the ship crashes onto a bridge and the fire department must rescue the re-enactors. Arnold and Helga decide to spend Thanksgiving with Mr. Simmons but his loved ones start bickering. Arnold and Helga head home, they are able to enjoy their Thanksgiving with their respective loved ones. Gertie soon begins to set off the fireworks.
Episode 15
Helga's Show/The Flood
Mon, Nov 30, 199824 mins
Helga's Show: Helga performs a stand-up comedy routine at P.S. 118, but when she starts imitating her classmates, they get angry at her and start ignoring her. She sees what's going on and stops doing stand-up comedy, but her classmates think that her new act stinks. The Flood: Mr. Simmons's class gets stuck at PS 118 during a flood, and the kids have a fight and start to get a little restless. Arnold tries to pull the class together and work as a team. It all works out at the end when the class both pull Mr. Simmons, who was stuck on a near broken ladder, and Helga, who was pulled down with him after trying to help pull him back up with her hands. Meanwhile, Grandpa attempts to save the children, and Oskar hopes to make a quick buck from this.
Episode 16
Phoebe Takes the Fall/The Pig War
Mon, Oct 26, 199824 mins
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.
Episode 17
Crabby Author/Rich Kid
Wed, Sep 30, 199824 mins
Crabby Author: Arnold is eager to do a book report, and decides to do it on his favorite author, Agatha Caulfield, who turns out to be the opposite of who Arnold thought she was. Rich Kid: A serious, rich kid named Lorenzo joins P.S. 118's 4th grade class, so Arnold and the other kids try to teach him not to worry about his schedules and appointments so much, and just have fun.
Episode 18
Girl Trouble/School Dance
Mon, Dec 14, 199824 mins
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.
Episode 19
School Play
Mon, Dec 21, 199825 mins
A reluctant Arnold, after Mr. Simmons begged him, gets the part of Romeo in the school play. But getting the part of Juliet is the talented Rhonda, with several girls as her understudies. Seeing her chance to finally kiss Arnold, Helga schemes to get the part of Juliet. Even if she has to tell someone her personal secret.
