Eugene Goes Bad/Trivia

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An "abdicator" is someone who willingly gives up.
The Little Kid who looks up to Eugene says that he has to be in bed by 8:30, right after viewing his favorite show "Yo Earnest!", which is a reference to Hey Arnold!. Incidentally, Hey Arnold! was shown on Monday and Wednesday nights at 8:00 PM on Nickelodeon by the time this episode aired.

Eugene's bad look makes him resemble real-life greasers from the 50s.
The Abdicator appears to be based on actor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- The on-screen one-liners appear to be similar to ones given in Total Recall and The Terminator.
- Schwarzenegger also saves a child from falling in Kindergarten Cop (along with that, Eugene's voice actor at the time, Ben Diskin, had a minor role in that movie).
The opening of the track "Eugene Paints It Black" sounds similar to the opening to Black Sabbath's song "Iron Man" and the title of the song is a reference to The Rolling Stones song "Paint it Black".
- The track itself later plays in "Big Gino".

Eugene pulls the fire alarm, something he was accused of doing in "False Alarm", and knocks over a row of bikes, referencing "Eugene's Bike".

A similar plot from this episode would later be used in the Big City Greens episode "Big Trouble".

It is never good to be bad.
Being bad is not always the answer as sometimes you can get carried away.
You don't have to look up to someone and base all morals and values around them.
There's a difference between real life and pretend.
Sometimes, your actions can heavily affect others around you.