| Homework & Hidden Talents | |
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| Interior. Austin & Ally Music Factory practice room. | |
| Dez: | The rules are simple. First, we shake up this can of carbonation extreme, the most carbonated drink in the world... |
| Austin: | Then we shut our eyes and mix them up. |
| Dez: | And now, we open them to see who gets sprayed in the face. I'll go first. |
| Austin: | Whew. Me next. Ah! I feel so alive! Your turn, Ally. |
| Ally: | Yeah, I'm not opening that can. |
| Austin: | What? |
| Dez: | Oh, come on! |
| Austin: | That's the whole point! |
| Dez: | Come on! |
| Trish: | Guess who has to do a book report! On some stupid book called, the Lonely Maiden's Journey. This is horrible! What am I supposed to do? |
| Ally: | This might sound a little crazy, but maybe read the book, then write a report about it? |
| Trish: | Eh. Anyone have any better ideas? |
| Dez: | Oh! You could do what I always do... instead of writing book reports, I make a video about the book, and I always get a good grade. |
| Austin: | He lets me act in them. Last week, I got to be Antony and Cleopatra. |
| Dez: | Whoo! |
| Ally: | Why didn't you ask me to be Cleopatra? |
| Dez: | You? |
| Austin: | Well, Trish, maybe Dez can help you with your assignment? |
| Trish: | Huh. That's not a bad idea. Dez can direct, and I can star in it! |
| Dez: | I'm in! Here! Let's celebrate our video with a can of carbonation extreme. |
| Trish: | Wow. That is extreme. |
| Theme Song | |
| Interior. Austin & Ally Music Factory. | |
| Austin: | Wow. That was amazing! Are you waiting for a lesson? |
| Ally: | I hope not. She is way better than me. |
| Violet Hayden: | I know. I'm way better than most people. There's nothing you can teach me. |
| Ally: | Well, I could teach you modesty. |
| Violet: | Well, I don't like to brag, but I'm actually better at modesty than most people, too. |
| Austin: | So, why are you here? |
| Violet: | You're gonna be teaching my sister, Shelby. I'm just dropping her off and setting the bar impossibly high. Good luck, sis. |
| Shelby Hayden: | Bye, Violet. |
| Austin: | Hey, Shelby. Man, if your sister is that good, you must be pretty good, too. |
| Shelby: | Nope. |
| Austin: | Well, I'm sure you've got some understanding of how to play? |
| Shelby: | Nope. |
| Austin: | Have you ever picked up a violin? |
| Shelby: | I tried playing once, but I was so bad my teacher quit after one lesson. |
| Ally: | Well, that's terrible! Your teacher didn't even give you a chance. What an awful, horrible person. |
| Shelby: | My teacher was my sister. |
| Ally: | Oh. But she seemed so nice. |
| Shelby: | I wish I had a musical talent. |
| Ally: | Well, I believe everybody has talent inside them, and with some lessons and practice, I promise I can make you great... Like your sister. |
| Shelby: | You really think you can make me as good as Violet? |
| Ally: | Uh, yeah. |
| Shelby: | I can't wait to start. |
| Ally: | Okay, just fill out this form. |
| Austin: | Can you give us a sec? Ally, what are you doing? You're getting this girl's hopes up. |
| Ally: | I know I can help her! We started the A&A music factory to help people just like Shelby. |
| Austin: | I know, but you promised her she'd be as good as her sister, and you haven't even heard her play. |
| Ally: | She can't be that bad. Okay. Okay. You don't know that's her. |
| Austin: | I'm looking right at her. |
| Interior. Marino High School. | |
| Trish: | This video book report is a great idea, Dez. It combines two of my greatest passions in life... acting... And taking the easy way out. |
| Dez: | So, tell me, what do you know about a Lonely Maiden's Journey? |
| Trish: | I know that it's a book, and I know that I don't want to read it. |
| Dez: | The story opens up on our heroine, Cecilia. The war has just ended, and she must travel by foot to the north with her baby, Scarlet. |
| Trish: | Uh, this is a giant sausage. |
| Dez: | Yeah. We can't afford a real baby... Or lunch, and I am starving. Give me Scarlet. Mmm. That is good sausage baby. Let's start with the crying scene. I'll just grab some onions. |
| Trish: | Oh, I'm an amazing actress. I don't need onions to help me cry. |
| Dez: | Oh, no. In this scene, you're crying because the villagers are throwing onions at you to get you off their property. And action! |
| Interior. Austin & Ally Music Factory practice room. | |
| Ally: | The key is to have a soft, delicate touch. Now, you try. |
| Shelby: | Okay. Delicate. |
| Ally: | Uh, maybe... Even more delicate than that. |
| Austin: | How's it going in here? |
| Ally: | Good. So good. This girl has a lot of potential. Stay right there. We're gonna... I don't want you to hear Shelby until she's totally perfected her technique. |
| Austin: | Well, from downstairs, her technique sounds like two raccoons fighting in a dumpster. |
| Ally: | Stop being so negative. I can get her there. In fact, I'll bet you I can have her concert ready by the next friends and family night. |
| Austin: | Oh, really? |
| Ally: | Sure, and if I fail, I'll make you a five-foot pancake. |
| Austin: | Like the one we saw on that TV show, America's Biggest Breakfast Foods? |
| Ally: | Yup. |
| Austin: | Okay. And what do you want if you win? |
| Ally: | Huh. I hadn't really thought about it, but I guess, off the top of my head, maybe... This beautiful, one-of-a-kind, designer sterling silver necklace with a moon charm pendant from Jilly & Sons. |
| Austin: | Off the top of your head, huh? |
| Ally: | I'll email you the info, 'cause you're going down! Downtown! 'Cause, uh... That's where the jewelry store is. |
| Shelby: | Uh, where do you keep the violin glue? |
| Interior. Mall of Miami. | |
| Trish: | It has been three long days since I have set foot on land, and I am sitting on this block of ice, freezing my buns off! And if the director doesn't yell cut in five seconds, I'm gonna... |
| Dez: | Cut! Trish, none of that is in the script. |
| Trish: | But I can't feel my legs. I know you said using real ice is more professional, but can we please use the fake stuff? |
| Dez: | I'm sorry. My watch must be broken, 'cause I had no idea it was amateur hour! |
| Trish: | I'm freezing! I've been sitting on this block of ice for two hours! |
| Dez: | Well, Cecilia was stuck on the iceberg for two days! Did she complain? |
| Trish: | I don't know! I didn't read the book! Look, we've been doing crazy stunts all day. Isn't there a scene where I'm laying down, taking a nap, or something? |
| Dez: | Fine. Let's do the desert scene. All you have to do is lie down on the sand... |
| Trish: | Oh, sounds good. I can do that. |
| Dez: | Then I cover you with these live tarantulas! |
| Trish: | Aah! |
| Dez: | Ooh! Good scream, but I think you can do better. Live tarantulas! |
| Trish: | Aah! |
| Dez: | That's the one. |
| Interior. Austin & Ally Music Factory. | |
| Austin: | So, I've got all my dance students ready for friends and family night. What do you think of this dance move? |
| Ally: | Not bad. Speaking of friends and family night, Shelby's been getting a lot better at violin. Listen. Shelby, show him what you got. |
| Austin: | Huh. Wow. That's really good for just a week. |
| Violet: | Pfft! Really good? You should see what I could do after one week. Oh, and you can! Because it's still online. |
| Shelby: | Here we go. |
| Austin: | "Three-year-old girl wows crowd at Carnegie Hall." |
| Ally: | How did you get your little toddler fingers to move so fast? |
| Violet: | Well, I did have the best teacher... me! I'm self-taught! |
| Shelby: | Okay. We get it. You're the talented one, and I'm not. I don't even know why I bother trying. I quit. |
| Ally: | Wha... Shelby, wait! |
| Violet: | So, you want to see the video again? Of course you do. |
| Interior. Austin & Ally Music Factory practice room. | |
| Ally: | If you're here for your pancake, I didn't make it yet. I had to special order an extra large griddle. |
| Austin: | I don't care about the pancake. Delicious, fluffy, five-foot pancake... |
| Ally: | Ugh. I can't believe Shelby quit. I tried so hard. |
| Austin: | And you were making a lot of progress. I really thought you'd pull it off. |
| Ally: | Then why did you bring in this huge pad of butter? |
| Austin: | I was just teasing. I'm sorry. But... Here. I got you this. |
| Ally: | Austin! You got me the moon necklace? And you added a sun. |
| Austin: | Yeah. That's you and me... Austin Moon, Ally daw-sun. |
| Ally: | Aww, thanks, Austin. But... I lost the bet. |
| Austin: | It doesn't matter. I bought you this because I believe in you. Look at the back. |
| Ally: | "I believe in you, and together, we can go fart." |
| Austin: | They ran out of room. It was supposed to say, "together, we can go farther than the moon." |
| Ally: | Aww. I still feel so bad about Shelby. |
| Austin: | Yeah. |
| Ally: | What can we do? |
| Austin: | Hey. Maybe we can teach her something besides the violin? |
| Ally: | That's a great idea! If we can find that thing that she's good at, she'll stop comparing herself to her sister. |
| Austin: | When you were working with her, did you notice any hidden talents? |
| Ally: | Uh, she's good at breaking things? |
| Interior. Austin & Ally Music Factory. | |
| Trish: | Help! Oh! |
| Austin and Ally: | Trish? |
| Trish: | Can you guys help me! Oh, hurry up! Oh, I'm getting really dizzy. Ugh. Oh, oh... |
| Ally: | Okay... |
| Trish: | Slowly. Slowly, still spinning. Slowly. Ugh. |
| Ally: | I got you, I got you. |
| Trish: | The room is still spinning. |
| Ally: | Oh, here you go. Wait, look what Austin got me. |
| Trish: | Seriously? |
| Ally: | Sorry. |
| Austin: | Why were you hanging up there? |
| Trish: | Dez hung me up here for my video book report, then that doof realized he forgot the baby at school. |
| Ally: | You left a baby at school? |
| Trish: | It's a sausage baby. Don't ask. |
| Ally: | Wait, I thought your book report was on a Lonely Maiden's Journey? |
| Trish: | It is. This is the part where the baby, played by a sausage, accidentally crawls out of the helicopter, then the maiden, played by yours truly, jumps out to rescue her. |
| Austin: | Cool. |
| Ally: | What? You know none of that stuff happens in the book, right? |
| Trish: | Excuse me? |
| Ally: | Yeah. You have the book right here. It takes place right after the civil war. They didn't even have helicopters then. |
| Trish: | Wait... Does Cecilia get stuck on an iceberg? Does she get attacked by tarantulas? Fall down an elevator shaft? Dodge exploding hockey pucks? Get her leg stuck in the toilet? |
| Austin: | This sounds like the best book ever! |
| Ally: | Except none of that stuff happens. |
| Trish: | Dez! Give me that! Whoa. Still kind of dizzy. Oh. |
| Ally: | Oh! |
| Austin: | Good. Shelby, you're here! |
| Shelby: | I got your message. I don't know why you called. I told you, I'm done taking violin lessons. |
| Ally: | That's what we want to talk to you about. |
| Austin: | Just because your sister's good at violin, doesn't mean you have to be. Maybe you're talented at something else. |
| Shelby: | You think so? |
| Ally: | Yeah! But... like, the flute! |
| Austin: | Ooh, or the guitar! |
| Ally: | Uh, maybe the clarinet? |
| Austin: | Or saxophone? |
| Ally: | What about piano? |
| Austin: | Or songwriting? |
| Ally: | I mean, there's lots of different ways to express yourself musically. |
| Austin: | There's gotta be something here that she's good at. |
| Ally: | Uh... Maybe I... |
| Austin: | Um... |
| Ally: | Dance. |
| Austin: | Or trumpet! |
| Ally: | Shelby, you're a really good dancer! |
| Shelby: | I don't know. I just like to dance by myself in my room when I'm bored. |
| Austin: | You have real talent. You have to dance at family and friends night. |
| Shelby: | Really? Do you think dancing will impress my sister? |
| Ally: | Oh yeah, it will. |
| Austin: | Come on, let's see what you got. I like that move. Oh, try this one. Yeah! |
| Shelby: | How about this? |
| Austin: | I can do that. I just... Haven't stretched. |
| Interior. Marino High School. | |
| Dez: | All right. Let's shoot the scene where Cecilia gets caught in the mudslide. Why don't you go put on your costume, then I'm gonna cover you in mud. |
| Trish: | You know, I was thinking. Maybe you should play the role of Cecilia in this scene. |
| Dez: | You think? I mean, I knew I had the chops for it, but... waah! Hey! Aah! |
| Trish: | Now, what if after the mudslide, Cecilia goes to a cereal factory? |
| Dez: | I don't know if that's actually in the script. |
| Trish: | And you know what goes great with cereal? Milk. |
| Dez: | Uh... I'm starting to get the feeling that you're upset with me about something. |
| Trish: | I was up all night reading a Lonely Maiden's Journey. None of that stuff you made me do is in that book! |
| Dez: | Oh. That's what this is all about. I was just trying to jazz it up to help you get a good grade. The real book is boring. The maiden doesn't even go on a journey. It's 300 pages of a woman looking out a window watching crops die. Ugh. |
| Trish: | Dez, the journey in the book was clearly a metaphor! The crops dying symbolized the death of an ideal life that may or may not exist. |
| Dez: | Oh. |
| Trish: | You have no idea what I'm talking about, do you? |
| Dez: | No. |
| Trish: | Well, there was a lot of interesting symbolism in the book, and... I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm gonna go write a book report. |
| Dez: | So, does that mean we're not gonna shoot the scene where Cecilia gets a 20-minute foot massage from a handsome Italian sailor? Giovanni! Oh. You can go. I'm sorry. |
| Interior. Austin & Ally Music Factory | |
| Ally: | Great job, Charlie! Whoo! I want to thank everybody for coming out to friends and family night. We have one more special musical performance this evening... Shelby Hayden, with a little help from our very own Austin Moon! |
| Shelby and Austin dance to "Finally Me". | |
| Ally: | Wow! |
| Trish: | That was so amazing! |
| Dez: | So cool! |
| Violet: | Oh, Shelby. I've been the most talented person in this family for my entire life, and now that I've seen you dance, I still am, but I'm happy that you're a close second. |
| Shelby: | So, does this mean you liked it? |
| Violet: | Liked it? I loved it! You're an amazing dancer! |
| Shelby: | I know. I am pretty amazing. Thanks, guys. That was so much fun! Can we do it again? |
| Austin: | You mean right now? Maybe I'll just watch this time. |
| Dez: | I'll take this, buddy. |
| Interior. Austin & Ally Music Factory practice room. | |
| Austin: | This pancake is awesome! This is the greatest thing anyone has ever done for me, even though, technically, I didn't win the bet. |
| Ally: | I know, but... I want to thank you for believing in me. And for thinking we can go fart. |
| Dez: | I didn't get the joke, but you said "fart," so... Aww. |
| Trish: | Guess who got an "A" on her book report. All I had to do was read the book, and then report about it. It was so easy. Who knew? |
| Ally: | Anybody who's ever done a book report? |
| Dez: | Oh, Trish. I showed our video to my film class. They loved your acting! They want you to star in our next project, "Attack of the shark-noceros". |
| Trish: | No thanks. I don't want to be attacked by anything else. |
| Dez: | No. You'd be the shark-noceros. |
| Trish: | Okay, then I'm in! |
| End credits, end of episode | |
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