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Eugene Goes Bad
When Eugene sees that the actor who portrays his favorite TV character, "The Abdicator", doesn't do his
own stunts and acts like a prima donna on the set, he decides that there's no use in being good, and turns into
a bad kid
Written by Steve Viksten
Storyboard Direction by Tuck Tucker
Animation Direction by Larry Leichliter
Storyboard Artist: John Flagg
Cast:
Arnold - Phillip Van Dyke
Gerald - Jamil Smith
Eugene - Ben Diskin (credited as "Disken")
Principal Wartz, The Abdicator's enemy - David Wohl
The Abdicator, the director - Maurice LaMarche
Little kid - Jeremy Lelliott
The Abdicator's agent - Kath E. Soucie
- Yes, "abdicator" really does mean "someone who gives up"
- ...so why name a superhero that?
- The actor who plays "The Abdicator" is named Maurice; what a coincidence -
so is the actor who does the voice (and for you British readers, "Maurice" is always pronounced with
accent on the second syllable in the USA; when the accent is on the first syllable, it's spelled "Morris")
- Eugene already knows what happens when you pull a false fire alarm; he went through
it (even though he was innocent) in "False Alarm"
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What's Opera, Arnold?
On a field trip to the opera, Arnold dreams he and Ruth are the main characters in Carmen, with Helga breaking things up as Brünnhilde from Die
Walküre
Written by Craig Bartlett
Storyboard Direction by Dan Povenmire
Animation Direction by Steve Socki
(At the start of the story, Dan Povenmire has a "Directed By" credit, and Steve Socki has an "Animation
Directed By" credit)
Storyboard Artist: Sherm Cohen
Cast:
Arnold (speaking) - Phillip Van Dyke
Arnold (singing) - Toran Caudell
Gerald - Jamil Smith
Helga - Francesca Marie Smith
Phoebe - Anndi McAfee
Brainy, Mr. Packenham - Craig Bartlett
Curly - Adam Wylie
Eugene - Ben Diskin (credited as "Disken")
Harold - Justin Shenkarow
Rhonda - Olivia Hack
Sid - Sam Gifaldi
Stinky - Christopher Walberg
Ruth - Lacey Chabert
- This story is so good, it gets its own page: Click Here for the complete story, with all of
the words to the songs (including the "Rap Carmen" at the end), plus the quick version of the real story
of Carmen
- Both Toran Caudell and Phillip Van Dyke voice Arnold in this story; Toran does
the singing while Phillip does the speaking
- Lacey Chabert (Party of Five) returns as Ruth...and after hearing her sing, you probably won't be surprised to hear
that she was not only a "junior vocalist" contestant on Star
Search but a finalist as well
- Credit Where Credit Is Due: this episode has a couple of credits that don't appear
in other episodes - Music Editing & Programming (Steven R. Galloway) and (music) Transcription & Orchestration
(John Perkins)
- The story's title, as well as Gerald's reference to "spear and magic helmet",
refer to the Bugs Bunny cartoon "What's Opera, Doc?"
- Helga's "viking" character isn't in Carmen, but from Richard Wagner's Die Walküre (that's German for "The Valkyries")
- One of the posters the music teacher points to says "RING"; actually,
"The Ring of the Nibelung" is a series of four operas by Richard Wagner - "The Rhinegold",
"The Valkyries" (which is the one the music comes from, as well as Helga's "viking" appearance),
"Siegfried", and "The Twilight of the Gods"
- The music teacher's version of "The Ride of the Valkyries" ended before
the music is supposed to end
- Ruth is talking to Maria and Connie (from "6th Grade Girls") at the
opera
- Apparently, this episode takes place before Valentine's Day, as Arnold still
likes Ruth
- When the curtain rises for Carmen, the music being played is actually for the overture (which is done before the curtain
rises); it's also played in Act 4
- Gerald never actually
sings; all of his lines are spoken. According to Dan
Povenmire, he believes it's because the voice "loses all of
its attitude" when Gerald is singing
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