Woohoo Watches: Hey Arnold Season 4
And his name is John-- I mean Woohoo here continuing my project of rewatching and reviewing every episode of Hey Arnold. We're getting close to the end, folks. After finishing Season 3 did I start Season 4, which originally aired from March 1999 to June 2000 (mostly due to a few holdouts airing in S5.) Much like Season 3, S4 has 20 episodes but broken down to 32 11-minute segments and 4 22-minute specials. Also during this season and the next one, the animation was changed to being digitally painted (much like a lot of shows during the late '90s-early '00s.)
As with my last entries, I will be rating the episodes either... Wait, you should know the rating system by now! Sheesh! For many fans, S4 is viewed as the "worst" season of the show so I myself have some low expectations. Will S4 be as bad as most people make it out to be? Let's jump right in...
61a. Eugene's Birthday: Meh | 61b. Stinky's Pumpkin: Good
62a. Dinner for Four: Meh | 62b. Phoebe Skips: Bad
63a. Full Moon: Raspberry | 63b. Student Teacher: Raspberry
64a. Big Gino: Bad | 64b. Jamie O in Love: Meh
65a. The Beeper Queen: Bold | 65b. Oskar Can't Read?: Good
66a. Headless Cabbie: Bold | 66b. Friday the 13th: Meh
67a. Helga's Parrot: Good | 67b. Chocolate Turtles: Bad
68a. Love and Cheese: Raspberry | 68b. Weighing Harold: Bold
69a. It Girl: Good | 69b. Deconstructing Arnold: Bad
70a. Grudge Match: Bold | 70b. Polishing Rhonda: Bold
71s. Veterans Day: Bold
72a. Back to School: Meh | 72b. Egg Story: Bad
73a. Weird Cousin: Bad | 73b. Baby Oskar: Raspberry
74a. Helga Sleepwalks: Good | 74b. Fighting Families: Good
75a.* Monkeyman!: Meh | 75b.* Buses, Bikes, and Subways: Bold
76a. Grandpa's Sister: Good | 76b. Synchronized Swimming: Good
77a.* Helga's Masquerade: Meh | 77b.* Mr. Green Runs: Bold
78s. Helga on the Couch: Bold
79s. Dino Checks Out: Bold
80s.* Summer Love: Bold
...And that was every episode of Hey Arnold Season 4. Bring up the chart!
*sigh... again* Oh have the mighty have fallen... maybe that's a stretch. Season 4 is definitely a very... mixed season. While half of the season was made up of Bold and Good episodes, over a quarter of the season made of Bad and a whopping FOUR Raspberry episodes, more than S2 and S3 combined! Also, during this season is when the show's formula starts getting a little stale. Hell, a few episodes were just rehashes of ones in previous seasons, a practice that some shows do that I absolute hate (though it's not as bad here as in MLP's later seasons.) Now with the negative stuff aside, Season 4 produced quite a few fantastic episodes, including four stellar specials.
Now for S4's rating. I've pondered about this for a bit and, even though the Bold and Good just barely outnumber the rest, the four Raspberry episodes unfortunately give Season 4 a rating of a MEH season.
Onto my Top 5 for this season. I really didn't want to have all the specials take up nearly every slow so I tried really hard to diversify...
- Helga on the Couch
- Veterans Day
- Headless Cabbie
- Buses, Bikes, and Subways
- Grudge Match
Now for the Bottom 5, which was much easier as nearly every entry was a Raspberry episode...
- Student Teacher
- Full Moon
- Love and Cheese
- Baby Oskar
- Egg Story
That pretty much wraps up my review of Hey Arnold Season 4. I can't believe I'm almost to the end. If you're wondering about my rewatch progress, I am almost finished with Season 5 and already watched the 2002 theatrical film. This is Woohoo... doing something involving exiting. Enjoy your Thanksgiving.
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