At lunch, Arnold and Gerald have lunchboxes, and Phoebe is eating sushi with chopsticks.
Big Bob never starts a clearance sale without his lucky belt.
When Helga is playing baseball with her friends, she tells her nanny "Don’t bother me now Edelweiss". This is a reference to the Broadway musical and 1965 movie The Sound of Music, in which Edelweiss is one of the musical's songs. It’s a reference to the musical since at the end of the episode, Helga receives a postcard from her nanny that reads "it is wonderful to be back in the Alps" and The Sound of Music ends with the Von Trapps fleeing over the Alps.
On 10-18-2016, The Splat broadcast this episode with the Klasky-Csupo logo instead of the Snee-Oosh logo.
When Inga holds up Miriam’s repaired antique tablecloth, there are angels on it that look like Helga.
Stinky tells Helga "You look like the girl on the box of hot chocolate" referring to Droste Cocoa.
Morals:
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
While it is important to control someone's attitude, don't try and be a control freak.
The more you push people away, the less likely that people would come and help you.
Though you may get away with your actions, you still have to live with the consequences.
