Headscratchers / Pepper Ann

• In the episode "In Support of"...
  • What the coach really meant by "Support" was someone spotting them. We see someone holding onto another person and standing on the trampoline. Wouldn't they get bounced around too?
  • Why did they have to find someone to spot them specifically? When we did activities that required support like that, the gym teacher would assign someone to support them specifically to teach teamwork and avoid people going to their friends over and over again.
  • Also, why didn't the teacher specify in the first place that she meant a support buddy?
    • One possibility, which would explain a lot of things in general, is that it's due to Pepper Ann's short attention span. She is constantly day dreaming and zoning out, so it might be that she just picked up on the word "support" and her one track mind ran with it. The teacher might have given a more proper explanation while PA simply wasn't listening.
• It's stated in "Nicky Gone Bad" that Nicky brought 'grilled ahi, vegetables, and chai' to lunch for the last six years, but Ahi Tuna is insanely high in mercury. Why hasn't Nicky been affected by severe mercury poisoning?
• Why do post '97 episodes still say '97 in the calendars?