Burglaries & Boobytraps

Burglaries & Boobytraps is the 13th episode in Season 1 of Austin & Ally. It aired on April 15, 2012.

Overview:
When there's a thief on the loose in the mall, Ally and Trish come up with ideas to catch him. But when the clues all point off to Austin, they have to confront him and Dez, learning that Austin was framed. They find out that the thief steals from stores in alphabetical order.

Episode Summary:
Austin skips out on practice with Ally to go to a Bruno Mars concert, leaving Ally to stay behind. She gets frustrated with how much Austin skips practice, so Austin borrows the new guitar in Sonic Boom to have it autographed by Bruno Mars to make up for it. However, Ally notices that the guitar is gone, and she looks at the security camera to see who took it, and sees it was Austin. With a mall thief going around, Trish and Ally assumed Austin was the mall thief, but Ally wanted to hear it from Austin before she turned him in. Ally confronts Austin, but he denies it and tells her he just went to get it autographed. Trish turns Austin in before knowing that he only took it to get it autographed, leaving them to catch the real thief to clear Austin's name. They find out that the thief steals from stores in alphabetical order. Ally and Trish set up a bird cage to catch him, and Dez sets up a giant mouse trap. Dez gets trapped on the mouse trap, so Ally and Trish try to help him, but Ally accidentally sets off her trap and she and Trish get stuck in the bird cage. The thief comes and attempts to steal the piano, and almost got away with it, until Austin comes out of the piano, knocking the thief out in the process. He was in the piano to catch the thief, but there was a blanket in there, and he fell asleep. The thief turned out to be the mall delivery guy, because no one tips him. At the end of the episode, Austin gives Ally a calendar for all the times she wants to practice with him, and he said that he'll always be there when she needs him. Trish shares her rewards for catching the theif with the rest, but gives them the really small and inexpensive stuff while keeping the big stuff, like the flat-screen TV, the laptop, and the trip to Hawaii, for herself.

Main cast

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

Guest stars

 * Jeff Blumas Statue Guy
 * Ithamar Enriquez as Delivery Man/Alphabet Bandit
 * [http://Jim Jim Hoffmaster] as Pete
 * Greg Workswick as Billl
 * Andy Milder as Lester
 * Mike Hennessey as Computer Store Owner (uncredited)

Links:

 * Part 1
 * Part 2
 * Part 3
 * Part 4
 * Part 5
 * Part 6
 * Part 7
 * Part 8
 * Part 9
 * Part 10
 * Part 11
 * Part 12

Trivia:

 * This episode was a part of Disney Channel's Whodunnit? Weekend, airing April 13-15, 2012. It also 267px-Tumblr_m2mbfd2NYX1qeewuqo1_500.pngred new episodes from shows such as JESSIE, A.N.T. Farm, Shake It Up and Fish Hooks.
 * It is revealed that Austin's middle name is Monica.
 * This episode premiered to 3.3 million viewers.
 * When Dez is stuck to the mouse trap he is wearing a top with a QR code on and if it is read it says Dez Gee. It is unknown if this is his name or if its a nickname.
 * Trish was hired and most likely fired from The Yarn Barn.
 * The blanket that Trish knitted is a recurring object in this episode. It has been featured at least 3 times.
 * This episode title refers to the numerous burglaries taking place in the Mall of Miami, and Ally, Trish, and Dez getting caught in their own boobytraps they set up to catch the thief.
 * Areas where Dez was stuck before, on the glue trap, when he came out to meet Austin after he caught the thief, he wasn't stuck in the same places.