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Hey Arnold! Season 2 Episode 18

Tour de Pond / Teacher's Strike

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AIRED: 11/24/97

Tour de Pond:
History repeats itself when Arnold and Gerald enter the annual toy boat race against Rex the rich kid. The same race that Rex's grandfather cheated Grandpa Phil out of winning years ago. Will the good guys win this time?

Teacher's Strike:
The teachers are on strike, so there's no school! Arnold and Gerald are over the moon until they find out they'll have make up the missed days in summer school. Suddenly, it's time for action!

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first episode i have seen in this series

9.6

By anime1023, Dec 21, 2007

this is the first episodes i have seen in this series and this is why i kept on seeing this series the episode "Teachers strike" was a very funny episode and the other episode was even better then the episode this episode was a good episode for the season and even made hte season more and more better i like the episode about that rich kid cause when he was racing arnold with the boats it was exciting and i like it when people race. The episode "teachers strike" was good but i like the other episode better so all fans of this show should watch this episode and i give this episode a 9.6/10moreless
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Very good episode.

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By dumb_person1, Apr 06, 2007

This episode was a good one and I really enjoyed watching it because it was cool the way they compete in a boat contest and the part of where the boat's got stuck in a whirlpoll in looked cool and all and specially Arnold's boat that got wind and succeeded the contest in looked great I enjoyed that part and when Arnold's and Rex's grandparents got into a fight and fell into the pond it looked funny. Also the other episode was a good one and I really enjoyed watching it also because Rhonda made a party for the rich kids in which I think it was completely unfair but then they go to Arnold's party and everything returns to normal and the party looked awesome in my opinion of it.moreless
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Dan Butler	Mr. Simmons/Lila's Dad (1997+)
Francesca Smith	Helga G. Pataki/Camp Fire Lass/Gloria/Sheena
Tress MacNeille	Arnold's Grandma/Miss Slovak/Arnold's Mother
Dom Irrera	Ernie
Christopher Castile	Eugene (First episodes)
Sam Gifaldi	Sid/Robert/Billy

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Cast & Crew: RECURRING AND GUESTS

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Joey Stinson	Rex Smythe-Higgins III	Guest Star
Tony Jay	Rex Smythe-Higgins	Guest Star
Daniel Stern	Mr. Packenham	Guest Star
Dan Castellaneta	Arnold's Grandpa (Phil)/Sheena's Uncle Earl/The Jolly Olly Ice Cream Man/Dr. Murray Steiglitz/Nick Vermicelli	Recurring Role
John Mariano	Vic/Morrie	Recurring Role
Craig Bartlett	Brainy/Abner/Nashville Ned/Arnold's Father/Mr. Packenham/Many More	Recurring Role

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TRIVIA (3)
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- In Teacher's Strike, Stinky mentions that their regular dismissal time is supposed to be 2:45. However, later episodes have shown the dismissal time to be 3:00.
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- The kinds of coffee Mindy offered:
  Mocha Java, Java Mocha, Arabian Mocha, Krakatoan Estate Java, Zimbabwe, Sumatra, Antigua, Guatemala, Kenya, Hawaiian Kona, Kona Koala, Walla Walla, Dark Roast, Light Roast, and Dark Light Roast.
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- Nitpick: None of the kids wear bowling shoes at the bowling alley.
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QUOTES (4)
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- Teachers: No chalk, no teachers! No chalk, no teachers!
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- Principal Wartz: Where are you children going?
  Arnold: Back to school.
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- Grandpa Phil: We beated Smith Higgins! We beated Smith Higgins!
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- Gerald: There are teachers everywhere!
  Harold: It's like one of those horror movies!
  Helga: Except for the fact it's real, pink boy!
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NOTES (10)
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- The closing credits for this episode has a different jazzy theme, and has Principal Wartz saying "Slippage" at several parts, inspired by a related gag in the middle of the episode.
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- Character Debut: Rex Smith Higgins.
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- The teachers' protest cheer: "No chalk - no teachers!"
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- The protest in "Teacher's Strike" mainly revolves around coffee and the lack of chalk.
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- This episode airs after New Teacher but features Ms. Slovak. This is because the episode was held over from Season One.
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- Rex Smith Higgins and Rex Smith Higgins III will be seen again in "The Pig War" in Season 3.
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- The episode name "Tour de Pond" is probably based on the bike race, Tour de France.
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- This episode introduces many of the other teachers at P.S. 118. Including Mr. Pakinham and Ms. Oberman.
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- "Tour de Pond" was made into a Nick.com game.
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- In "Tutoring Torvald," we see Torvald's mom. In "Teacher's Strike," when they enter the corner store, the cashier is Torvald's mom.
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ALLUSIONS (2)
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- Episode Title: Tour de Pond
  This could be an allusion to the famous bike tour, the Tour de France.
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- Showdown
  The showdown between Rex and Arnold is similiar to the showdown in the 1989 Tour de France between Greg Lemond and Laurent Fignon, which Lemond won.
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