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- First appearance of Mr. Simmons.
- Mr. Simmons likes gardening.
- Harold's last name is revealed to be Berman while Curly's real first name is revealed to be Thaddeus.
- Lieutenant Major Goose also appears in the episode "Veterans Day".
- When Helga has on the truth crown and insults Arnold, the entire class laughs, even Arnold.
- When the class burst out of the classroom, Arnold stops and starts to feel bad for Mr. Simmons as his teacher stares at the school's window sad and heartbroken.
- This episode establishes that Miss Slovak has quit teaching to pursue a career as a professional golfer, but through deviations between production order and airing order, "Runaway Float", "Crush on Teacher", "Teachers' Strike" and "Biosquare" held over from Season 1 and "Arnold Saves Sid" from Season 2 were aired after that episode, creating continuity errors in the airing order.
- When the class began acting up and not obeying Mr. Simmons the kids were missing out on how much fun they would have and the new things that the class would learn with Mr. Simmons in later episodes. The class stop obeying Mr. Simmons once again and leave the classroom while they were stranded in school in '"The Flood".
- Moral: Respect and obey your new teacher.
Cultural References[]
- The Walter Charles Walter poem that Mr. Simmons reads in class is a parody of William Carlos Williams' poem, This is Just to Say.
- Gerald's poem is similar to Alan Ginsberg's Howl.
- When the students question Lieutenant Major Goose why are certain things so, Curly says, "Why do fools fall in love?". This is a reference to the 1956 song "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" by Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers.