6.

“I don’t know if this counts as a hack, but I remember an Alvin and the Chipmunks special (it was basically It’s a Wonderful Life-chipmunk version), but there was a scene where Dave was helping Simon study for a spelling bee or spelling test.”

“Simon was having a hard time keeping ‘principle’ and ‘principal’ straight, and Dave said, ‘Remember, your principal at school is your pal.’ I’m 28 now, and I still think about that when trying to remember which spelling to use.”

—andirants