Zaliens & Cloud Watchers

"Zaliens & Cloud Watchers" is the 4th episode in Season 1 of Austin & Ally. It first aired on January 8th, 2012.

Overview
After Ally writes a song that Austin doesn't think sounds like him, they decide to hang out more with each other  in order to learn what do they do for fun. When things get out of hand they realize that they are opposites but that's what makes things work perfectly. Meanwhile, Trish and Dez realize they have more in common than they thought.

Episode Summary
The episode begins with Austin and Dez playing the xylophone with metal spatulas while hamburgers are cooking on the keys. Ally comes in and announced she finished the song and questioned what they were doing, to which Dez replied with Xylo-Grilling. Austin claims it is a way to combine Austin's music skills with Dez's cooking skills.

Austin holds an open hamburger bun and Dez flips a raw hamburger backward, missing the bun and causing it to stick to the window. Dez then scrapes the burger off the window and offers it to Ally. Trish enters, dressed as a giant slice of cheese with a new job, Cheese Out Of My League. Ally diverts her attention back to Austin and tells him to listen to the song she finished. Austin says he loves and Ally cheers before walking away. As Ally leaves, Austin tells Dez and Trish that he actually hated it. Dez scoops some of his drum-chili onto his burger. When Austin clarifies he didn't like the song, Dez scoops some of his drum-chili onto the mp3, wondering if it will help. Trish is working at Cheese Out Of My League, while Austin and Dez are playing a game of "Go Fish", but with cheese.

Ally writes what she thinks is the best song she ever wrote about Austin. He hears the song and hates it because it's not about him at all. After a webcast, Austin tells Ally that he doesn't like the song. They decide they need to get to know each other better, so they do activities that each other thinks is fun. First, Ally takes Austin with her to her "Cloud Watching Club," but Austin thinks it's boring. He then takes Ally to a horror movie convention which she thinks is boring. Meanwhile, Dez and Trish watch Zaliens 3, a horror movie, and discover that they share some things in common. Ally then takes Austin to the mall pond, and tells him that her inspiration for writing songs comes from Pickles the Goose but then they have to take him away when the pond is turning into a new parking lot.

Featured Songs

 * It's Me, It's You (premiere)
 * Can't Do It Without You (theme song)

Main Cast

 * Ross Lynch as Austin Moon
 * Laura Marano as Ally Dawson
 * Raini Rodriguez as Trish
 * Calum Worthy as Dez

Guest Cast

 * Cole Sand as Nelson
 * Matthew Scott Montgomery as Walter

Trivia

 * Ally broke every rule that was listed on the "POND REMOVAL BEGINS TOMORROW" sign:
 * No writing.
 * No singing.400px-Tumblr_lwl5ygeTEt1qkn9mqo1_500.png
 * No hanging out with Austin.
 * No sitting on benches.
 * No naming geese.
 * No petting geese.
 * No feeding geese.
 * No hanging out.
 * Ally says 'urrr, wrong' when she is cloud-watching with Austin. In fellow Disney Channel show Shake it Up, CeCe says 'urrr, wrong' in an episode.
 * A running gag is whenever Ally is seen from the camcorder's perspective, she tries to duck out of the way.
 * This is the 2nd episode to have a animal. The 1st was Kangaroos & Chaos, the 3rd was Songwriting & Starfish, the 4th was myTAB & My Pet and the 5th was Everglades & Ally-Gators
 * This episode premiered to 3.0 million viewers.
 * When Austin was holding Ally's hand and broke her crayon, the line was unscripted. Ross had accidentally broken it.
 * Some of Ally's original lyrics were "I'm a sensitive guy, sad movies and sunsets make me cry."
 * This is the first episode that doesn't have an alliteration, possibly to emphasize Austin and Ally's differences.
 * Trish is hired and fired from two jobs in this episode, Cheese Out Of My League and T-Shirt World, where she bought herself and Dez shirts of their faces.
 * The episode title refers to Austin and Ally experiencing new things, such as going cloud watching and watching a Zaliens horror movie, to get to know each other better.
 * There was a dance similar to Trish's when she was stalling, in Club Owners & Quinceaneras.
 * A section of this episode was featured in the A Billion Hits music video.
 * This is the first episode that aired in 2012.

Goofs
To see bloopers from Zaliens & Cloud Watchers, click here.