Fillmore's catchphrase of "Disco." makes a lot more sense when you realize "disco" is Latin for "I learn."
In "Field Trip of the Just", the suspect is disguised in a South Carolina costume during the final chase, and at one point bumps into someone who asks "Yo, South Carolina, what's the rush? You seceding from the Union or something?" South Carolina was the first state to secede during The American Civil War.
The Noodle Incident cited by Vallejo which caused Principal Folsom to extend diplomatic immunity to children of diplomats was called the "Swiss Banking Incident". Swiss banks, due to the country's neutrality, are notorious for having strict privacy laws that make them very appealing to criminal or corrupt interests.
Tony's last name, Clementina, could be a reference to Clementia, the Roman Goddess of forgiveness and redemption, the latter of which is important to his character in his episode.
Robin sounds like 'robbing', which goes with the entire character of the Red Robins.
When Alistair, a 'psychic', goes to find Lobstee, it seems he uses his "powers" to figure out where to go at several forks in his path. However, a rewatch reveals that every pick is actually just the path logically more likely to be where someone would hide a lobster they were trying to keep alive, such as the wet dock over the dry dock.
Also, Alistair states to a bunch of reporters that he's 'going to find Lobstee', and he is the one to find Lobstee at the end of the episode. Is it a coincidence, or is he actually a psychic, just without it being blatantly obvious?
The specific dessert Wilbur is carrying at the beginning of "A Dark Score Evened" isn't just a means to establish him as a Sweet Baker; it's also a good metaphor for the lesson of the episode. While tiramisu gets its signature taste from coffee, it's meant to have said flavor in moderation via the ladyfingers *dipped* in coffee; however, if coffee is added with too heavy a hand, it throws off the flavor palette, overpowering the other ingredients and replacing them with a bitterness that even people who like the taste of coffee would find excessive or even outright unpleasant. Similarly, while the desire or even the act of fighting back against bullying is fine and good, even clearly supported by Fillmore, the *way* the Bully get their payback is overpowering and results in them looking like the bullies they're claiming to fight, ruining their cause.
The plot of 'Cry, The Beloved Mascot' is likely a reference to the first Ace Ventura movie, as it features a marine animal mascot being stolen right before a huge game. But who is the Ace Ventura expy? Well, despite not nearly being shown as being into animals as much as Ace is, it's Alistair. He acts extremely dramatic and flamboyant, and while he might be described as an antagonist/anti-hero at first, there is a certain vibe about him that is similar to Ace, one which none of the other characters show.
How was Harrison aware of the location of missing retainers and/or the future scheduling of corned beef and cabbage days? It can't be information easily accessible to a low-ranking journalist like himself, because then a good number of people would know about it prior and that'd defeat the purpose of Alistair supposedly being psychic.
When Wayne appears in Ingrid's introduction episode to say goodbye to his old school and Fillmore, he's a confident young man who has a strong sense of right and wrong and is directly responsible for Fillmore's Heel–Face Turn and in the epilogue, appears set to have a dynamic similar to Fillmore and Ingrid's with Emily. When he reappears in "South of Friendship, North of Honor", he's utterly broken and looks the other way no matter what the rest of his new Safety Patrol does and Emily has transferred out. What the heck happened?!
While a lot of the action in this show is Played for Laughs, when you really think about it, there are numerous occasions where officers, suspects and civilians alike could have gotten hurt or even killed. And even some "harmless" events, such as the papermacheing of a bully in the girls' bathroom, are shown to be legitimately traumatizing for the victims.
It was already taken extremely seriously in the show proper, but in the same episode, Frank got in trouble because he got the suspect they were chasing covered in a soup that he had an allergy to. The kid apparently came out alright, but depending on how severe the allergy was, such a thing could have been potentially fatal.
And then there's things like the stink bomb from the pilot; while all that apparently happened was a big stink and a bunch of freaked out students, improperly made stink bombs could produce toxic gas and can potentially cause fires since they are made with flammable compounds.
A for-want-of-a-nail type of horror; it's all but stated that if Wayne hadn't given Fillmore the chance he did, Fillmore would have stayed a delinquent. The fallout of this change would have likely included at least the following, in no particular order
A) Parnassus would have succeeded in getting Ingrid expelled, which would have led into her likely never changing her delinquent ways.
B) Tony Clementia would have been booked and likely expelled for stealing the library books, which never would have been recovered in full.
C) Lobstee would have never been found and X would have lost against Gilby for the first time in a decade because neither Fillmore nor Ingrid would be there to inspire Alistair to have his Heel–Face Turn. Plus, Vern's career as editor-in-chief would have been ruined, not to mention that he would likely be thought of as the scum of X Middle School, possibly even being harassed and bullied by his peers into transferring to another school, like what happened with Wayne's old partner. That is if Principal Folsom didn't flat-out expel him, considering with how admittedly biased and strict she can be when it comes to situations particularly personal to her. Losing to a rival school for the first time in a decade would likely be one of them. Also, considering how disorderly everyone got over Lobstee's disappearance, it's probable that most would push for expulsion just to get him out of their school.
D) Tina and Toby's smoit stash would never have been recovered and their relationship would have been over, with Toby's reputation trashed utterly.
E) Francine would have succeeded in ruining Vallejo's career and Vallejo and Frank's friendship would have been beyond recovery (and in the best case scenario, that's because neither of them are in either the position or headspace to reconcile and it's entirely feasible that Francine could have miscalculated the risks of her "lock Vallejo in the dungeon of my ice palace in midwinter in Minnesota" plan badly enough to kill Vallejo, forcing Frank to live with the guilt of his former best friend dying at the hands of his sister).
F) Linus Santiago would have been booked for the robotic dog's disappearance and said dog would have likely never been recovered
G) Thrift would have likely destroyed Wayne, who would have never had the encouragement or reason to stand up to his crooked sheriff and might have even been forced to actually be involved in the corruption instead of just looking the other way.
I) Mina would likely have succeeded in throwing the Metal Shop Crew under the bus for the scooter thefts, crippling or even outright dismantling the patrol and rendering the crew's efforts to get money for Ebeneezer's surgery All for Nothing, leaving their reputations and quite possibly their relationship with Doc in shambles.
While the episode doesn't draw attention to it, "The Shreds Fell Like Snowflakes" not only implies that after getting kicked off the patrol, Frank wound up severely bullied but has him outright state that Drowning His Sorrows in video games and junk food "beats playing a punching bag for a bunch of clueless clods." So Frank was forced to choose between destroying himself and letting people brutalize him on at least a regular basis.
