Fashion Shows & First Impressions

Austin's New Crush is the 13th in Season 3 of Austin & Ally. This was the twelfth episode to be filmed in Season 3. It aired on June 29, 2014. The episode earned 2.1 million views on it's premiere night.

Overview
Austin must prove that he’s not shallow to impress a girl he wants to take on a date.

Episode Summary
Having been one month since Gavin and Ally started dating, they are off celebrating their one month anniversary. Austin is still shown to be slightly upset about them dating, but decides that he is ready to move on from his songwriter. In an attempt to set Austin up, Dez reveals that Carrie has a great sister. However, upon seeing a picture of her that doesn't quite seem attractive to Austin, he rejects the idea of ever getting together with Carrie's sister.

Later on at the beach, Austin runs into a girl named Piper and decides to ask her out on a date. However at Sonic Boom the next day when Piper comes along and Austin introduces her to the rest of the gang, he discovers that Piper is really Carrie's sister. Dez reveals to her that Austin did not like her upon first sight and Austin discovers the picture he saw was of one taken on Nerd Day at school. Piper is upset that Austin would be so quick to judge and cancels the date, thinking that he is shallow.

In an attempt to make it up to Piper, Austin writes Piper a small poem and makes her carrot-based foods as well as telling her that he would do anything for her. Piper tells Austin that she doesn't believe in various basic things such as bottled water, clothes, soap, toothpaste, and hair products. This leaves Austin filthy as it is, still wanting to go out with Piper, but to no avail has she let him yet. Dez then realizes that there is an upcoming fashion show that showcases clothing based on a very special bird and figures that Piper would hate this kind of thing. Austin decides that he should protest, or rather, try to ruin the show as a statement for Piper, to which he thinks she will love.

Meanwhile, Trish is able to get Ally in that very fashion show, who gets the chance to become a model as well, showcasing a dress that is made of fallen feathers of an endangered bird. Though, Ally is a bit clumsy walking on heels and isn't quite the best model in the world, they decide that they should work on some of her modeling techniques and walks.

Trish and Gavin help Ally train for her model debut, but the two are not so impressed with what Ally has come up with. The three model walks she shows off do not seem as great as she thought they would be as shown by the reactions of Trish and Gavin.

Prior to the fashion show, Dez goes over to Trish, Carrie, and Piper, telling them about the plan Austin has to ruin it. Upon hearing this, Trish remembers that Ally is the starring model in the fashion show, leaving the four to run to the show, as Piper also made Austin give up his phone, due to her "disbelief" in technology. Piper also reveals that she was testing Austin all along to see how far he would go for her and realizes that he is genuinely a great guy as they rush to the show.

At the fashion show, Ally is already on the runway and the four reach Austin within seconds of what is about to happen to Ally and the rest of the models. Austin's plan was to drop buckets of paint all over the models to ruin the show. Since Austin is not able to stop the timer, he goes through the crowd and ends up pushing Ally off the stage in order to save her from the humiliation.

Afterwards, Piper admits to Austin about how she was testing him and now knows that he isn't so bad of a guy after all. They start over and agree on a date. Ally then confronts Austin, to which Austin first apologizes to Ally about ruining the show. But, her model debut specifically is not what Ally wanted to talk to Austin about. Ally tells him that she thinks it's sweet that Austin would go out of his ways for a girl and is happy for him.

Songs Featured

 * Can't Do It Without You (theme song)

Main Cast

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

Guest Cast

 * Hayley Erin as Piper
 * Cameron Jebo as Gavin Young
 * Hannah Kat Jones as Carrie
 * Harry Van Gorkum as Armand Bianchi

Trivia

 * This episode marks the first appearance of Piper.
 * This is the second appearance of Gavin.
 * It is revealed that Carrie is Piper's sister.
 * Austin starts dating Piper in this episode.
 * This episode first aired on Disney Channel Australia on March 12, 2014.
 * It was revealed that Carrie goes to a knitting class.
 * This is the second appearance of Carrie.
 * This episode is also known as "Austin's New Crush".
 * It was revealed that Piper is vegan.
 * This is the second episode to have "New Crush" in the title, the first being Hunks & Homecoming (also known as "Ally's New Crush).
 * The title refers to Ally being the lead model in a fashion show, and Austin trying to make a good first impression on Piper, and to impress her.
 * As of this episode, all four main characters are dating someone.
 * Ally is shown to not be very good at walking on the runway, when Gavin and Trish make fun of her and when she trips and falls on Austin.
 * Since Ally and Gavin mention they've been dating for a month, that means a month has passed since the last episode.
 * The color of the paint was yellow and ironically Ross' favorite color is yellow.