Cool Jerk/Trivia

Episode	Trivia	Goofs	Quotes	Transcript	Gallery	Credits

• Carlos Alazraqui voices Frankie G.. He also voices other Nicktoons such as the titular character of Rocko's Modern Life and Winslow in CatDog.
• Max Casella voices two of Frankie's friends.
• Arnold prefers pinball to video games.
• Frankie G. calls Arnold "Triangle face"; however, Arnold's head is the shape of a half circle.
• Gerald has a siren noise-maker that once belonged to his grandfather.
• When one of the gangsters hears the siren, he shouts out, "Cherry tops!", which is cockney rhyming slang for "cops".
• Helga was the only kid to not admire Frankie-G. as she simply just glares at him implying that like Gerald, she knew about Frankie's true colors.
• Morals:
  • Be careful who you make new friends with.
  • Don't talk to or accept anything from strangers, even if they seem nice.
  • Don't let new friends make you forget your old ones.
  • Listen more to those who are the closest to you.

Cultural References

• The episode's title is a reference to the 1966 song "Cool Jerk" by The Capitols.
• When Harold hurts his nose playing dodgeball, Helga calls him "Rudolph", in reference to the character of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.
• Frankie G. is a parody of "Fonzie" from the TV series Happy Days.
• Next to the entrance to Frankie G.'s apartment there is graffiti saying "The Irons!" with a head below it which has a similar look to Iron Maiden's mascot Eddie on their debut album.
• The character Chas comes from the film Performance.
• Frankie G. high fives a man in his apartment wearing a combat jacket and mohawk similar to Travis Bickle from the film Taxi Driver.
• Frankie G. takes Arnold to a motorcycle-themed movie called The Wild One. This is an actual 1953 film, starring Marlon Brando and Lee Marvin.
• The water tower at the end says "LOWTWATER". Steve Lowtwait is a layout designer on the show.