Mix Ups & Mistletoes

"Merry Christmas guys!"

- Austin to Ally, Trish and Dez

"Mix Ups & Mistletoes" is the 5th episode in Season 3 of Austin & Ally. It first aired on December 1, 2013. It was the 10th episode to be filmed in Season 3. It was watched by 3.197 million viewers on the night of its premiere.

Overview
Trish is organizing a Kids Club holiday party at which Austin and Ally will perform their original holiday song and distribute Austin Moon dolls, but a mix-up at the toy factory leads to a scramble. Meanwhile, Trish puts Dez and his arch nemesis, Chuck, through a competition to determine who will be a better Santa for the party.

Plot
Trish is organizing a holiday party at Shredder's Beach Club for a group of kids, in hopes of being promoted to 'Party Planner.' Austin and Ally plan to perform a special new song there, as well as distribute the well wanted Austin Moon Doll to all of the kids. Dez and Chuck compete in various tasks and activities to see who will be the party's Santa, while Trish manipulates them into doing her work for her. When they do get the dolls, the delivery man turns out to be a dwarf named Larry, who Dez insists secretly works for Santa Claus, despite his adamant denial. Once the team opens the box they find the dolls come with extra long hair. They end up cutting all of the doll's extra hair off at a doll salon. Chuck and Dez have two final competitions -- who can wrap presents the fastest, and who can lug their sack of presents to the beach club first. Trish and Ally, on their way over, discover an extra Austin Moon doll; they press the button and, instead of singing Double Take, it mimics a baby before 'peeing' on Ally.

Ally and Trish attempt to stop the dolls from being distributed, but it is too late by the time that they get there -- all the kids are stunned and disappointed to see that the Austin Moon doll is not as promised. Chuck and Dez try to cheer them up by acting as Santa; they get into a fight and wreck the party set. Hazel desperately urges Trish to undo the damage caused by the mangled incorrect dolls, after they have fixed the set and Austin and Ally perform I Love Christmas, the children exclaim that the party wasn't a total bust.

As she wanted, Trish gets the promotion -- the only catch is that no extra money comes out of it, only longer working hours. The right dolls finally arrive just in time, and Larry has help from a fat white man in a beard. All four notice his resemblance to Santa Claus, but only Dez approaches the delivery team about it, and Larry continues to deny any ties to jolly ol' St. Nick, only to turn around an have a private conversation with his co-worker revealing that Dez almost found out that he was.

Songs Featured

 * Can't Do It Without You (theme song)
 * I Love Christmas (premiere)

International premieres

 * April 4, 2014 (Spain and Portugal)

Main Cast

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

Recurring Cast

 * John Paul Green as Chuck

Guest Cast

 * Alexa Rose Russo as Hazel
 * Alysah Pizarro as Christmas Kid
 * Nic Noviki as Larry
 * Unknown as Santa Claus

Trivia

 * This is a Christmas episode.
 * This is the second Christmas episode in the show, first was Big Dreams & Big Apples.
 * Austin and Ally perform a new song called I Love Christmas.
 * This is Chuck's fifth appearance in the series.
 * This is Hazel's second appearance in the show.
 * Austin and Ally almost kiss under the mistletoe twice.
 * Dez and Chuck compete against each other again to try to be the best Santa.
 * Trish is still working at Shredder's Beach Club, with Hazel as her boss.
 * Trish and Hazel mention when the pig flew and landed on Ally from the previous episode.
 * Austin tried to kiss Ally three times, but was interrupted every moment.
 * In previous episodes Ally has been seen dancing badly but when she was performing I Love Christmas with Austin, she is seen dancing well showing she may have learned how to dance.
 * On the DisneyChannel.com, the clip of the episode says that this show was originally called Santa Claus & Austin Flaws.
 * This episode reveals Dez can play the saxophone.
 * This episode didn't air at all in the UK, because Beach Clubs & BFFs aired and then Glee Clubs & Glory.

Goofs

 * When Dez and Chuck have the Santa Showdown, in Family & Feuds, when Austin, Ally, Trish, DiDi, Dennis, and Donna play a trick on Dez and Chuck they are trying to break up the feud between the McCoys and Dez's family, it works, and Dez and Chuck become friends.
 * After Austin tries to kiss Ally while they're singing I Love Christmas, he looks stunned/sad while she's singing- however, even though you can tell his mouth isn't moving, you can hear his voice harmonizing with her long before he runs over to her.
 * After the Austin Doll pees on Ally, there's no wet spot on her shirt.

Transcript
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