The Legend of Wheezin' Ed was "guest-animated" by illustrator Chris Robertson.
Mark Hamill once again stars in Hey Arnold!, but this time as a policeman. He previously voiced Grubby in the paired episode "Das Subway".
Nickelodeon shows at that time period weren't allowed to take God's name in vain in their shows. Instead of saying just "God" when Harold found a jelly bean, He says "Praise Thor, the thunder god!"
Cultural References[]
This episode is a parody of the 1985 film The Goonies, where a group of kids go after the long-lost treasure of a legendary pirate.
Gerald mentions the "time of Prohibition", making one of the rare times alcohol is indirectly mentioned on a kids' show.
The jellybean trail that Arnold leaves in the cave that was supposed to help him and his friends find a way out is a parody of the Brothers Grimm fairy-tale Hansel and Gretel.
In the tale, Hansel leaves a trail of breadcrumbs so he and Gretel could find their way home, but the trail gets eaten by birds. In the episode, the jellybean trail gets eaten by Harold.
The scene where the kids are running from Harold as he "rolls" out of the tunnel is a reference to the iconic scene from 1981 film Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark.
"Marumba Rights" is a reference to the "Miranda warning", often referred as the "Miranda Rights".
The name comes from the Miranda vs. Arizona Supreme Court decision which made the reading of rights of apprehended suspects mandatory in the US.
Continuity[]
This would mark the 3rd appearance of Vic and Morrie as antagonists, though after this episode their roles would be basically reduced to cameos for the remainder of the series.
Story Analysis[]
The Legend of Wheezin' Ed is remembered by all fans to be the most disturbing, and the episode containing the creepiest scene in the entire show (presumably the scene during Gerald's storytelling, when a man exploring the caves comes across human skulls, on top of which candles are placed, stuck on pikes).
