First episode to feature Phoebe as the central character.
Also first episode where Phoebe shows her villainous role as an antagonist.
This is the first episode that Arnold gets punished.
This is the first and only episode that Gerald gets punished in school.
It’s revealed that Phoebe hates Monster Truck Rallies.
One of the signs Phoebe puts up is "20 steps per minute", which is one step every three seconds.
Production Notes[]
The band music that plays when Helga selects Phoebe for hall monitor is reused from "Runaway Float".
Cultural References[]
In the beginning, Arnold calls Helga "Helga the Horrible", no doubt a reference to the comic strip Hägar the Horrible, whose title character's wife also happens to be named Helga.
Misc[]
There's a SpongeBob SquarePants episode with the same title. In that episode, SpongeBob becomes Hall Monitor at Mrs. Puff's Boating School, and he and Patrick have to catch a maniac, only to realize that SpongeBob is the maniac himself.
Morals[]
Don't think you're a policeman and get too carried away.
