Written by Craig Bartlett, Joe Ansolabehere, and Steve Viksten
Storyboard Direction by Tuck Tucker
Animation Direction by Larry Leichliter
Storyboard Artist: John Mathot
Cast:
Arnold, Stinky - Toran Caudell
Helga - Francesca Marie Smith
Gerald, Peapod Kid - Jamil W. Smith
Phoebe - Anndi L. McAfee
Brainy - Craig Bartlett
Curly - Steven Hartman
Eugene - Christopher J. Castile
Harold, Iggy - Justin Shenkarow
Woman fixing flat tire - Joey Paul
Zamboni Jones, other banana guy (Vic), driver with money (Morrie) - John Mariano
Uncredited: Monkeyman
* Look Closely: at the beginning, Iggy can be seen very briefly without his sunglasses
* They must be short of "E"s for the sign outside of the school; there are only two "E"s in "HELGA PATAKI'S FOUR FOOD GROUPS THE MUSICAL", but the "E" in Helga is replaced by a "3"
* Nobody seemed to mind that a couple of nine-year-old kids were carrying around thousands of dollars in cash
* A "Zamboni" is a machine (driven like a car) that remakes the ice on an ice rink; you usually see them between periods at an ice hockey game
* Kinda Sorta Hatless Alert: Arnold wears a different hat when he's downtown, and since I doubt he would have thrown his own hat into the trash, he probably wasn't wearing it under his costume
* Courtney Brewer points out that the man in the banana costume and the driver are Vic and Morrie, who appear in "Arnold As Cupid" and "Wheezin' Ed"; the names "Vic and Morrie" didn't appear in the credits, like they did the other two times
* The boy in the peapod costume appears in other episodes and is always credited as "Peapod Kid"; he's even referred to by that name (the way Chocolate Boy is always called by his nickname as well)
* Right before Arnold and Gerald first appear in costume, Monkeyman (see episode 501) runs by
Song Lyrics
Harold and Eugene's song
I'm a steak, juicy steak, full of fat and protien;
I'm a ham, you know I am, and if you keep kosher, I'm not in your routine!
The closing song
It's fruits, it's fruits, that really makes us toots;
It's fruits, it's fruits, that give us all a hoot!
It's not like other food gorups aren't important;
In fact, you need us all to make your fingernails and eyes and organs-
Fruits, it's fruits, you gotta have your fruits;
That's what the folks with scurvy say;
'Cause it's fruits, us fruits, that really makes us sing;
This is the end of our play!
("Scurvy" is a disease caused by a lack of Vitamin C)
Written by Steve Viksten, Joe Ansolabehere, and Craig Bartlett
Storyboard Direction by Kelly James
Animation Direction by Juli Murphy-Hashiguchi
Storyboard Artist: Tricia Garcia
Cast:
Arnold - Toran Caudell
Helga, Sheena - Francesca Marie Smith
Gerald - Jamil W. Smith
Billy - Sam Gifaldi
Brainy - Craig Bartlett
Eugene - Christopher J. Castile
Hospital orderly - James Keane
* Usually, on a red hand/white body sign, the red part blinks when the light's about to change, but here the white part does
* The "dork parade" consists of Billy, Sheena, Brainy, and Eugene, although Sheena and Eugene "blend into the kid crowd" in other episodes (but Sheena and Eugene, along with Curly and Brainy, are "the geeks" in "Rhonda's Glasses")
* When Eugene locks his bike, he doesn't lock it to the bike rack, nor does he wrap the chain around either tire, so it should be no problem for someone to steal it
* You would think the kids would be happier, since the last day of school must be coming: Flag Day is June 14 (unless there's a separate "state flag" day where Arnold lives)
* Eugene's bike has a "YOOJ" (pronounced like "Eugene" without the "een") license plate
* Uh, let me get this straight - Arnold fixed Eugene's bike without bothering to test ride it to see if, say, the brake cable was missing?
* In the teeter-totter scene, Gerald's shirt is number 3 instead of 33 (obviously a "he's too small for 33 to fit" joke)
* Arnold's hat is darker blue than it should be when he gets out of bed before visiting Eugene at home the first time (it's also dark at the end, but that's because it's dark outside)
* Hatless Alert: when Arnold is fixing Eugene's bike, he's not wearing his hat
* Don't try this at home unless it's absolutely positively necessary: a proper Heimlich maneuver (what Arnold does to stop Eugene from choking) requires putting the two hands together into a ball (and an improperly-done Heimlich can very easily break one of the "victim's" ribs, so you shouldn't try it on anyone who isn't choking)
* Eugene says he almost caught a "Studs McGee" ball, but both the video board and the baseball card says "Spuds McGee"