In his personal life, as his alter ego Peter Parker, Spider-Man tries to ask out Daily Bugle worker Betty Brant to the upcoming fall formal at his high school.

Wayne had written one other episode for The Spectacular Spider-Man before, and Bullock had directed the direct-to-video superhero film Justice League: The New Frontier.

Clancy Brown voiced Rhino for the episode and was cast because the creators felt he could gracefully transition between the character's personalities.

Dr. Otto Octavius is preparing to attach a titanium resin exoskeleton onto Alex O'Hirn's body, modeled after that of a rhinoceros.

Spider-Man has a large scale brawl through the city and soon realizes that Rhino needs to be constantly hydrated in order to fight.

Foswell tells him about L. Thompson Lincoln, a philanthropist who is rumored to be a dangerous crime lord for years.

[3][4][6] The title of the episode follows the "Education of Peter Parker" scheme Greg Weisman, a developer and producer for The Spectacular Spider-Man, created.

The scene featured Rhino looking in a phone book for individuals named "Peter Parker" in the tri-state area.

[8] Weisman and casting director Jamie Thomason each easily picked out Clancy Brown for the role of Rhino.

They each had worked with Brown previously and knew he would be able to "nail it", as he is able to give a "tough, low voice" and "turn on a dime between dangerous and comedic characterizations.

Goldman concluded his review by writing, "It's a testament to this show that it has it exactly right that Peter Parker's everyday, unmasked persona is so integral to the story, and that I actually am very curious how this dance goes.

Elliot was "pleased" with the portrayal of Rhino as an unintelligent brute; he also enjoyed the change of the "Big Man's" identity from that of the comics - where he was a Bugle reporter named Frederic Foswell - and found it humorous to have Foswell be the reporter to tell Peter who the "Big Man" is rumored to be.