"Ms. Perfect" is an episode of Hey Arnold!. In this episode, A girl named Lila Sawyer is introduced into the series as a new transfer student at school.
Synopsis[]
After the new girl from the country steals away all the attention, all the girls plan to put "Ms. Perfect" in her place but they realize that she doesn't seem to have a "perfect" life.
Plot[]
A new 4th-grade student has just transferred to school---a girl from the countryside named Lila Sawyer. Helga Pataki and the other girls initially assume that Lila's nothing more than a simple-minded country girl and want her to "see how the cat jumps." But the girls soon realize that they've greatly underestimated Lila: she's as smart as Phoebe, as stylish as Rhonda (Lila had even made her outfit from scratch), and, despite Helga advising her against it, becomes friends with the unnamed lunch lady, which gets Lila an extra dessert with her lunch---this makes the girls very jealous of Lila.
Helga and the other girls decide to teach the new girl a lesson by playing mean pranks on her. The first prank, which involves kiwi-flavored Jell-O, backfires and Helga gets beaten up by a very strong big kid. The second prank, which involves rubbery lunch meat, pickles and a wax apple, also backfires and Helga gets another beating from the same girl. The third (and final) prank finally works, Helga tricks Lila into sitting at a reserved table, Rhonda pulls a string to unhook the corner part of the table where Lila was sitting, and a tray of spinach and rotten fish fell on Lila. The entire student body laughs at her, and Lila runs out of the cafeteria, covered in old spinach and rotten fish feeling absolutely humiliated.
When Lila doesn't come to school the next day, Helga offers to bring her the homework assignment. After school, Helga and the other girls go to Lila's house together. The girls are surprised to discover that Lila's life apparently isn't as perfect as they initially thought---Lila and her father (who's a widower) live in a rather shabby place, and through eavesdropping on Lila and her father's conversation, they discover that Mr. Sawyer's currently unemployed and that he and his daughter are on a limited food supply until he can find a steady job. Helga and the girls feel bad about what they did to Lila and apologize to her for it. Lila accepts their apology, goes to back school and the other girls accept her as a friend.