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Happy Days: Season 4

24 episodes Premiered Sep 21, 1976 Updated Oct 10, 2026
Previously on Happy Days

Season 4 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Happy Days Season 3.
  • ⚡ Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • ⚡ Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • ⚡ Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
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Season 4 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 4: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (21): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S4·E1 Mytharc

Fonzie Loves Pinky (1)

Sep 21, 1976 · 25 min

Fonzie reunites with an old flame, Pinky Tuscadero, who is in town to perform motorcycle stunts at a demolition derby.

S4·E2 Core

Fonzie Loves Pinky (2)

Sep 21, 1976 · 25 min

Fonzie assesses the damage to Pinky's car, and Richie asks Howard to delay the start of the demolition derby.

S4·E3 Core

Fonzie Loves Pinky (3)

Sep 28, 1976 · 25 min

Though he's up against the two Mallachi brothers by himself, Fonzie is able to win the demolition derby. While waiting at the hospital for Pinky to be released, Fonzie tells Richi

S4·E4 Core

A Mind of His Own

Oct 5, 1976 · 25 min

After having been in several fights recently, on the advice of the Cunninghams, Fonzie agrees to see a psychologist.

S4·E5 Core

Fonzie the Father

Oct 19, 1976 · 25 min

Fonzie's friend's pregnant wife stays with Richie at the Cunningham house while the rest of the family is away on vacation.

S4·E6 Core

Fonzie's Hero

Oct 26, 1976 · 25 min

Potsie saves Fonzie from a fire at the garage. Out of gratitude, Fonzie grants Potsie any one favor, and Potsie wants to pal around with the Fonz.

S4·E7 Core

A Place of His Own

Nov 9, 1976 · 25 min

To allow Richie to have a night alone with his girl, Fonzie allows him to use his apartment and claim it as his own. Fonzie needs some rest, so he sleeps in Richie's bed without H

S4·E8 Core

They Shoot Fonzies, Don't They?

Nov 16, 1976 · 25 min

Joanie enlists Fonzie to be her partner for a marathon dance at Arnold's. She desperately wants to outlast cheerleading captain Jill Higgins who had cut Joanie from the squad earli

S4·E9 Core

The Muckrakers

Nov 23, 1976 · 25 min

Richie, wanting to become a tough reporter, sets out to investigate the food at Jefferson High. During his investigation, he discovers that Fonzie is afraid of liver.

S4·E10 Core

A.K.A. the Fonz

Nov 30, 1976 · 25 min

Kirk, the new acting sheriff, tries to exert his power by forcing Fonzie to leave town.

S4·E11 Core

Richie Branches Out

Dec 7, 1976 · 25 min

Richie falls in love with a Wisconsin Cola poster girl and poses as a successful hardware businessman in order to meet her.

S4·E12 Core

Fonzie's Old Lady

Jan 4, 1977 · 25 min

Fonzie meets an older woman whose car he fixed and agrees to meet her the next day for doubles tennis at a country club.

S4·E13 Core

Time Capsule

Jan 11, 1977 · 25 min

Richie and the guys organize a time capsule for a school project. Howard agrees to let them use the vault at his store for the capsule, and Potsie accidentally locks them all insi

S4·E14 Core

The Book of Records

Jan 18, 1977 · 25 min

To get some publicity, Al tries to have someone break a world record at Arnold's. Meanwhile, Fonzie's cousin, Angie, is in town for a visit and proves to be extremely clumsy.

S4·E15 Core

A Shot in the Dark

Jan 25, 1977 · 25 min

Richie makes a lucky shot to win a basketball game and suddenly becomes a big hero.

S4·E16 Core

Marion Rebels

Feb 1, 1977 · 25 min

Not having enough to do now that Richie and Joanie are growing up and because she feels as though she's a slave to Howard, Marion gets a job waitressing at Arnold's.

S4·E17 Core

Graduation (1)

Feb 8, 1977 · 25 min

The guys discover that Fonzie has been going to night school so that he can graduate with them. Marion gave them this information, and she becomes worried that Fonzie will be angry

S4·E18 Core

Graduation (2)

Feb 15, 1977 · 25 min

After passing make-up health exams and getting permission for Fonzie to participate, the guys arrange for aspects of the graduation ceremony to be sped up in order to accomodate th

S4·E19 Core

The Physical

Feb 22, 1977 · 25 min

Richie, Fonzie, Potsie, and Ralph receive notices from the army to report for physicals.

S4·E20 Core

Joanie's Weird Boyfriend

Mar 1, 1977 · 25 min

Thinking her life is dull and that she's always treated like a little kid, Joanie wants to join the Red Devils' gang.

S4·E21 Core

Fonz-How, Inc.

Mar 8, 1977 · 25 min

Howard comes up with the idea for a trash compactor, and Fonzie becomes his partner to help him build it. They become very excited about the success they could achieve and present

S4·E22 Core

Spunky Come Home

Mar 15, 1977 · 25 min

Fonzie gets a dog, and she escapes when Ralph and Potsie accidentally leave the gate open. Ralph tells Fonzie that the dog, Spunky, was stolen.

S4·E23 Mytharc

The Last of the Big Time Malphs

Mar 22, 1977 · 25 min

Ralph takes bets on football games at 10:1 odds. The Green Bay Packers pull out an unexpected win, and Ralph owes a lot of people a lot of money.

S4·E24 Mytharc

Fonzie's Baptism

Mar 29, 1977 · 25 min

After crashing in a stock-car race, Fonzie begins to worry about what will happen when his number comes up. Al suggests Fonzie seek the guidance of his brother, Father Anthony Del

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