The trophy was voiced by Carol Kane, who's probably best known for being Simka on Taxi and Allison Portchnik in Annie Hall.
The poem Phoebe steals isn’t an actual Emily Dickinson poem. It was written by the show's writers.
Cultural References[]
The face of the Emily Dickinson trophy is reminiscent of a henohenomoheji, where the features are drawn with Japanese hiragana characters.
The sign in Phoebe's room says "CARPE UNUM", which means "seize the one" in Latin. It’s a play on the much more common Latin phrase "carpe diem," which means "seize the day."
Phoebe has a poster in her room that says "Tacoma's Killer Whale Marine Park". This could be a reference to Tacoma, Washington's marine park.
Phoebe's table lamp has a drawing of Mount Rushmore on it.
Story Analysis[]
Despite his bullying behavior, Harold was one of the students who was named Citizen of the Month alongside Gerald and Nadine.
Misc[]
This episode is similar to an episode in the TV series The Facts of Life, where Blair cheats on a poetry assignment by copying a poem by Emily Dickinson, and it ends up finishing in third place in a New York statewide poetry competition.
