I found that other thread after I posted this one... sorry 'bout that.
As for the boy and the girl... I was taking a phone call during the little exchange between the two kids, but they definitely said "Let's take them both" or something like that. Plus the preview for next week's show made it look like Tolliver had caught onto something.
And yeah, I always thought Piston Honda was an underrated Punch-Out character, with his eyebrow wiggle move and all.