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Helga's Makeover
Helga isn't invited to Rhonda's slumber party because everybody figures she's not into "girls stuff",
so she takes on a new hairstyle, dress, and image (right out of a magazine) to show the other girls how much of
a girl she can be
Written by Rachel Lipman
Storyboard Direction by Kelly James
Animation Direction by Juli Murphy-Hashiguchi
Storyboard Artist: Tricia Garcia
Cast:
Arnold - Toran Caudell
Gerald - Jamil W. Smith
Helga, Sheena (uncredited) - Francesca Marie Smith
Phoebe - Anndi L. McAfee
Eugene - Christopher J. Castile
Harold - Justin Shenkarow
Nadine - Lauren Robinson
Rhonda - Olivia Hack
Sid - Sam Gifaldi
Miriam Pataki, Yolanda - Kath E. Soucie
Mrs. Johanssen (credited as "Johanson") - Shari Belafonte
- When the classroom is first shown, Sheena is sitting in the front row, and the
first two desks against the wall near the door are occupied by Curly and Eugene, but then Helga is in front of
Sheena, and Gerald and Arnold are sitting where Curly and Eugene were shown
- What kind of magazine doesn't have its price on it somewhere?
- Helga's new look includes having two eyebrows; she plucks out the middle of her
one large one
- Some of the girls shown at the party when Rhonda makes fun of Helga aren't there
during the makeovers
- Something you don't see every day: Phoebe without her glasses (she has to really
squint her eyes without them)
- Something else you don't see every day: fingernails (you can see Helga's real
fingernails as she puts on her fake ones)
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Considering how much money
Rhonda's parents have, you would think they could afford
something better than a rotary dial phone, but there's one
in the kitchen
- When the boys are getting ready to crash the party, Sid can be seen without his
hat; his hair is all stringy (like it is in "Wheezin' Ed", but unlike in "Heat")
- All of the girls' feet are drawn with three toes; in the last scene, Harold's
have four
- No wonder Rhonda was stomping on the tomatoes in "World Records": she
has the flattest feet around (and how does she - or Sheena or Helga, for that matter - manage to fit
into her shoes?)
- Helga walks by the "Law Office of Garcia, James A."; Tricia Garcia
is the storyboard artist for this episode
- Helga says that "we're already taller than the boys", but Nadine and
Phoebe aren't
- Harold's "The horror! The horror!" comes from the book Heart of Darkness, which was made into the movie
Apocalypse Now
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The Old Building
It's a tradition for a wrecking ball operator to invite his son to his 500th demolition, so childless Ernie invites
Arnold, but the target is an abandoned theater Grandma doesn't want torn down and replaced with a new multi-screen
theater
Written by Rachel Lipman and Steve Viksten
Storyboard Direction by Kelly James
Animation Direction by Jamie Mitchell
Storyboard Artist: Tricia Garcia
Cast:
Arnold - Toran Caudell
Grandpa, Rico - Dan Castellaneta
Grandma, Mayor - Tress MacNeille
Ernie - Dom Irrera
Dino Spumoni - Rick Corso
- The wrecking balls are named Big Bertha, Black Thunder, T. Minnie Martoonis,
Judgement Day, and The Terminator (although "Judgement Day" is a British spelling; the USA spelling is
"Judgment Day")
- The settings on the wrecking ball: Ready, Get Set, Smash, Ravage, Damage, Wreck,
Pulp
- Arnold is taller than Ernie
- Back in "the old days", Grandma was a blonde
- Grandma's sign and Ernie's model say Circle Theater, but the building itself
says Circle Theatre
- The Circle Theatre doesn't appear to be much of a theater; even in its heyday,
there didn't appear to be any stage or seats, other than at the tables
Song Lyrics to "Smashed" (also called "You Broke My Heart")
Darling, you left my heart
In pieces on the floor
So tell me why shouldn't I
Break some things of yours?
I'll smash your lamp, the antique chair,
That stupid thing you always wear;
I'll smash a vase, the radio,
Those little teacups from Limoge;
Your wacky paintings on the walls;
Darling - POW - I'll smash 'em all;
Lover, it's just a game;
Cupid can take the blame;
I'll take the place apart,
But don't worry - I won't smash your heart!
(spoken after the song: ) Not me - maybe some other clown, but I'm not gonna smash your heart, baby -
you're talkin' to Dino over here
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