Save The Tree / New Teacher - S2-E1
Continuity mistake: New Teacher: Arnold's classroom door vanishes from its door frame in various shots, then the door reappears in its proper place. That door's doorknob also switches between the right side of the door and the left side a few times.
Save The Tree / New Teacher - S2-E1
Continuity mistake: In the beginning of 'Save The Tree', the tree ladder is a distance above the ground. Later on in the episode, when Arnold and his friends go to the tree house for the last time, the ladder is practically touching the ground.
Save The Tree / New Teacher - S2-E1
Continuity mistake: When Harold eats Mr. Simmons' tomato sandwich, there is a red stain from the tomato on Harold's desk. This stain disappears in later shots.
Save The Tree / New Teacher - S2-E1
Continuity mistake: In New Teacher when the principal is telling the class about their new teacher the students switch seats between shots.
Answer: The episode doesn't really elaborate on who the kid was and what his motives were, so its pure speculation as to why he took it. Perhaps the kid could simply want a ball all for himself and decided to just take it, or was simply a rotten kid. The truth is the kid's motives are not important to the story other than it highlights Arnold was having a lot of trouble getting through the list.
Lummie ★