04x12 - Chasing Zoey
Posted: 03/28/24 20:15
WOMAN: Are you ready?
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ I know you see me
standing here ♪
♪ Do I look good,
my dear? ♪
♪ Do I look good today? ♪
♪ Today, today ♪
♪ Ooh ooh ooh ♪
♪ I'm just another
kind of girl ♪
♪ And you want
to see my world ♪
♪ So come and run away ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ If you wanna play ♪
♪ Come and play today ♪
♪ Let's just get away, yeah ♪
♪ I will make you see ♪
♪ All of the things ♪
♪ That you can be ♪
♪ Believe in yourself ♪
♪ Come follow me ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
[indistinct chatter]
- Okay.
Fingers in.
[beeping]
- Oh, hey, Zo-eeey!
Ah!
- Interesting hello.
- We're playing
shock roulette.
- Shock roulette?
- Yeah.
You just stick
your finger in the hole,
press the button,
then someone gets
a horrible electric shock.
- Except on rare occasions
when everyone gets it.
- The quad shock.
- Wow.
I'll pass.
- Baby.
- So, guess what I'm doing
this summer.
- Uh...
- You're gonna wrestle
panda bears
on a Mississippi riverboat.
- What are you doing
this summer?
- Okay. My dad knows
this guy who manages
the Chamberlet Hotel
on Maui.
- [gasps] Isn't that where
all the celebrities stay
when they go to Hawaii?
- Yes.
And I get to work there
as a cabana girl
for the whole summer.
- That's awesome!
- Yay!
- And I can invite a friend.
- I'm a friend.
- You wanna do it?
- Yeah, but I can't.
My mom's making me get
a part-time job
tutoring some kids.
- What kids?
- I don't know.
Stupid ones?
Hey.
Let's play again.
Come on, Zoey.
It's fun.
- Okay.
- Here we go.
[beeping]
- Why don't you ask
your cute boyfriend
to go to Hawaii with you
for the summer?
- He works for his uncle
every summer.
- Hardware store.
You know, hammers, paint,
copper piping.
It's a thrill-a-minute.
[all screaming]
- This game is horrible.
- The worst.
- Let's play again.
- Okay.
- Yes.
[beeping]
- Michael,
where are you taking me?
- Just keep
your eyes closed.
No peeking.
- Hey, Michael.
- Hey, man!
- Ow!
- Ooh, sorry, sorry.
This way.
Keep your eyes closed.
Okay.
Open.
- What?
Someone abandoned an old car?
- Abandoned?
It's a classic.
My dad gave it to me.
- Oh.
- Check it out.
[laughs]
♪ ♪
- You know how to drive
a stick shift?
- Not yet.
But I'm gonna learn,
and then I'm gonna drive you
to the prom in it.
- But the prom
is right over there.
- I will drive you.
- Okay.
- All right.
I gotta start practicin'.
I'll begin with the super cool
"jump and sit."
- Impressive.
- Yep.
[engine turns over]
[chuckles]
[engine revving,
tires squeal]
I-I got it.
[engine turns over]
Ha.
- Bye.
[tires squeal]
- [sighs]
- ♪ She makes me crazy ♪
- Quinn, Quinn, Quinn,
Quinn, Quinn!
- What?
- Ms. Kipper made me
head of the prom committee.
I'm in charge of the whole prom.
- That's awesome.
- Will you do
everything for me?
- No.
- Oh, boo.
- I'll work
on the prom committee.
- Awesome.
Go do my laundry.
- No. I meant I wanted to help
you with prom stuff.
- You will be.
By doing my laundry,
you're freeing up my time
to work on the prom.
- Oh.
Well, that makes sense.
- Good.
Run along.
Okay.
Later.
- Where are you goin'?
- Take a nap.
- Hey.
- Ew.
- Hi.
I got a date to the prom.
- Already?
Who?
- Mandy Franklin.
- Mandy F--
Come on.
- What?
- How could you ask
Mandy Franklin to the prom?
- You said we should both
ask somebody else to the prom
so no one will suspect
we're dating.
- Shh. Yes.
But you're not taking
Make-Out Mandy.
Go cancel her.
- Oh, come on.
I have to get your approval
on who I ask?
- Absolutely!
- Okay.
Then you have to get
my approval on who you ask.
- Fine.
You're so irritating
sometimes.
- Wanna go make-out?
- Yes.
[giggles]
Get your bag!
Come on!
- Okay.
- Okay, okay.
Clutch in.
First gear.
Yeah!
[screaming]
[crash]
All right, car.
I'm gonna learn
to drive you, understand?
- You seem frustrated.
Why?
- Uh...
'Cause I'm tryin'
to drive a stick shift.
- Trying and failing.
- Okay.
Who are you?
- I'm Mr. Takato.
I teach mathematics
to the seventh and eighth
graders here at PCA.
- Oh.
Well, that's very nice, but--
- You want to drive
stick shift?
- Yeah, but--
- You wish me to teach you?
- Uh...
Sure. Yeah.
- You will do everything I say,
exactly as I instruct?
- Okay.
- Say yes.
- Yes.
- Then I will teach you
to drive stick shift.
- Then I will move
the tree off my car.
- Please.
- All right.
MAN: ♪ Good-bye to love ♪
♪ It never seems so far away ♪
♪ Give it-- ♪
- Hello.
- You scared me.
- Good.
Now I can comfort you.
Shh.
It's okay.
You're safe now.
- [laughs]
Where have you been
all night?
I texted you,
like, five times.
- I was on the phone
with my uncle.
- Hardware Hank?
- Not anymore.
He sold it.
- He sold his hardware store?
- Yup.
And guess what that means.
- No more free hammers?
- I can go with you
to Hawaii this summer.
- Really?
Wow.
- And here's
some more good news.
- What's this?
Oh, my God.
What'd you do?
- You like it?
- I love it.
What's this for?
- I don't know.
I was thinkin' maybe your neck?
- Come on. Seriously.
Why'd you buy me this?
- Because I--
I--uh--
Read what it says
on the back.
MAN: ♪ We can change ♪
♪ If you just
want to change ♪
- It says, "I love you."
MAN: ♪ Whoa, yeah ♪
♪ Whoa-oh-oh ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Oh ♪
[girls screaming]
- I'm thirsty.
- Okay. You are being
way too casual about this.
One of the hottest guys at PCA
just gave you a necklace
and told you he loves you
at the same time.
- They make
Apple Berry Blix now?
Apples aren't berries.
- Oh.
- What's with you?
- Don't you love James back?
- Well, yeah, I think.
- Okay.
I know what's going on here.
- Do you?
- You're in "I love you" shock.
- Oh, God.
- Quinn?
- Oh, absolutely.
It's a teen girl thing.
I read about it
on highschoolcrazy.com.
- Oh, yeah.
I saw that.
Zoey, come look.
- Okay.
Highschoolcrazy.com.
- I love this site.
- Oh.
Okay, there.
Click on "I love you shock."
- I know what to do.
- See, Zoey?
There it is.
[door shuts]
- Are you ready?
- Sure.
Yeah.
Let's drive.
What?
- You cannot learn
to drive a stick shift
until you learn to drive
a stick shift.
- What does--
I don't even know
what you just said.
I mean, stick shift--
What's that?
- A wooden bowl containing
tuna, mayonnaise, and onions.
- And?
- Mix it.
- Mix it?
- I want you to make
tuna salad.
- But why?
- Mix the tuna.
Your right hand.
- Okay.
Right hand.
- No.
Up, down,
over,
up, down.
- Up, down, up--
- Over.
- Over, up, down.
- Again.
- Up, down, over, up, down.
Up, down, over, up, down.
- Stir the tuna.
- Up, down, over, up, down.
- Stir the tuna
with your soul.
- With my soul.
Up, down, over,
up, down.
[upbeat music]
[horn honks]
- Okay.
What about that girl there?
- Absolutely not.
No way are you taking her
to the prom.
- Why?
- She's way too pretty.
- Oh, don't be a baby.
- All right.
If you get to go with her,
I get to go with...him.
- You're not going to the dance
with Shirtless Dave.
- Okay.
Then what about, uh...
- Hi.
- Whoa.
- Hi.
- Hello.
- Have you guys
seen Zoey today?
- Yeah. Why?
- Sure.
- 'Cause we usually meet
at the coffee cart
in the morning,
and she wasn't there,
and she hasn't checked her
voicemail or texted me all day.
- Well, bye.
- I can always
count on you for help.
- [chuckles]
- Yeah.
- Now will you just let me pick
a date for the prom already?
- No.
- But you said--
- We'll never agree
if we pick our own dates.
So why don't we pick
each others?
- What, you mean, you pick
my date and I pick yours?
- Yeah, that way you'll
be okay with whoever I take
and I'll be okay
with whoever you take.
- Okay.
I guess that's fair.
Can I at least give you an idea
of who I'd like to take?
- Sure.
- See those twins
over there?
- Yes.
Which one do you want?
- Both.
Ow!
♪ ♪
[Eastern music]
♪ ♪
- This feels nasty.
And I don't get this.
I don't get this at all.
- Keep stomping the grapes.
- But I want to learn
to drive a stick shift.
- This tuna fish
is excellent.
- Thanks.
- Slow down!
Move your feet rhythmically.
Left, right,
left, right,
left,
right.
- Yeah, yeah.
Left, right, left, right.
You said you were gonna teach me
to drive a stick shift.
And now I've spend almost
two days doing nothing
but making you tuna fish salad
in a square bowl
and grape juice
with my bare feet.
- Silence!
You are ready.
♪ ♪
- Now what?
- Put your key in the slot
then twist it.
[engine turns over]
Now drive this car.
- I don't know how to drive
a stick shift.
- Stomp the grapes.
- But--
- Stir the tuna!
Stomp the grapes.
Stir the tuna.
MAN: ♪ Whatever turns you on ♪
- Stomp the grapes.
Stir the tuna!
- [chuckles]
Hey, I'm drivin'.
- Indeed.
Stomp the grapes.
Stir the tuna.
- Hey, this is fun!
- Grapes.
- Grapes.
- Tuna fish.
- Tuna fish.
[laughter]
MAN: ♪ Whatever turns you on ♪
♪ Whatever, whatever ♪
♪ Whatever turns you on ♪
- I'm drivin'!
Whoo-hoo!
[honks horn]
♪ ♪
- Okay. I put Stacey in charge
of prom decorations,
food, snacks, and beverages
and booking the band.
- And what are you doing?
- I'm telling Stacey
what to do.
Now, you can
either be in charge
of getting
the photographer or ice.
- Ice?
- You know, frozen water.
Keeps drinks cold.
Often comes in cube form.
- Yeah. Thanks.
But, I don't wanna help
with the prom.
- Why not?
- I'm just not that in to it.
- But this is your first
big dance with James.
- So?
- So you were all excited
about it two weeks ago.
- And now, I'm--
- [clears throat]
- Hey, Zoey.
- Hi.
- Hey, James.
- Where have you been
the past two days?
- I've been around.
- Uh, not around me.
- I'll see you, guys, later.
- Nice necklace.
- This?
I've had it like forever.
- I know.
So why do I feel like
you don't want me around?
- Come on,
you're my boyfriend.
Why would I won't you around?
- Good question.
So you wanna get some dinner
at Sushi Rox?
I'll play you a cool drum solo
with my chopsticks.
- Yeah.
I got a ton of homework
and the whole ice thing
for the prom.
- So you will to the ice?
- Yes.
- Yay.
- Right.
So maybe tomorrow night?
- I'll call you later.
[gentle music]
♪ ♪
- No.
- You have to.
- Quinn.
- Our deal was
I get to pick your date
to the prom
and you get to pick mine.
Now go ask her.
- Hey, Stacey.
- Oh, Logan.
Hi. Eeh.
- Uh, you got
a date to the prom?
- Well, no.
But look, I'm building
one enormous cotton swab
outta lots of regular
cotton swabs.
- Yeah.
So do you wanna go
to the prom with me?
Feel free to say no.
- Yes. Yes.
Yes!
My first prom,
and with Logan Reese.
I gotta go shave my toes.
Only my big ones grow hair.
Ah!
Mrs. Stacey Reese.
- [sighs]
- It won't be that bad.
- Yeah, sure.
Now...
let's talk
about your prom date.
- Would you like to go
to the prom with me?
- Okay. But only 'cause
you're my sister's friend.
- Thanks.
[somber music]
♪ ♪
WOMAN: ♪ Every now and then
I write but never send ♪
♪ A letter off to you ♪
♪ Sometimes when I sleep ♪
♪ ♪
- You know,
they're not gonna pop.
- Hey.
- Finish your homework?
- Homework?
- Yeah.
Earlier you said you'd--
- Oh, yeah.
I finished it a while ago.
- Cool.
So...wanna break up?
- What?
- It wasn't that easy
to say the first time.
Do I have to say it again?
- Why do you wanna
break up with me?
- I didn't say I did.
I asked you if you did.
- Okay, what's going on?
- You tell me.
Come on, Saturday night
I gave you a necklace
that said I love you.
Since then
you've barely talked to me.
And when you did,
you didn't exactly say it back.
- I'm sorry.
- It's okay.
- I don't want you to hate me.
- I don't hate you.
Didn't you read
the necklace?
I meant it.
I do love you,
whether you're my girlfriend
or just my friend.
- Okay.
Now you're making me hate you.
- How am I--
- 'Cause you're awesome.
You're like the nicest,
coolest guy I've ever met.
Look, James, when
you gave me that necklace--
- Come on. Things were
getting weird between us
before I gave you
the necklace.
You wanna tell me why?
- I don't know.
There's just...
something in the way.
I can't figure it out.
- I get it.
Look, I'm not mad
or anything like that.
I want us to be friends.
- I do too.
- Good.
WOMAN: ♪ It's just you ♪
♪ Who tears me in two ♪
♪ Yeah it's you ♪
♪ Oh, it's you ♪
- Keep it.
WOMAN: ♪ It's you
that I'd lie for ♪
♪ You that I'd die for ♪
♪ But I've got to move on ♪
♪ Without you ♪
♪ Well, it's time
to move on ♪
♪ Without you ♪
♪ I've just got to move on ♪
♪ Got to move on ♪
♪ Without you ♪
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
- Okay.
What do you think?
Am I prom ready?
- Yeah, but don't you think that
dress is a little too sexy
for your date, Dustin?
- Dustin's very mature
for his age.
- Yeah. I hear his bedtime
got moved up to 8:15.
- Everybody dressed?
- Yeah.
- Pretty much.
- What's up, hot stuff?
- Just getting ready,
equally hot stuff.
- So before
we go to the prom,
you and I are going to
Pete and Sam's for dinner.
- I love Pete and Sam's.
- I know.
- We're not going.
- Why?
You know how hard it was
to get reservations?
- We have to get to the prom.
- We'll be at
the prom on time.
- No.
On time is for losers.
I wanna be fashionably late.
- I'm taking you
to Pete and Sam's,
and we'll get to the prom
perfectly late, all right?
- All right.
- Be more psyched.
- All right!
- Good girl.
- Hey, Vince.
- Hey, Zoey.
- Later, Vince.
- Later, Zoey.
- A dress just landed on me.
Ooh, and a strapless bra.
- Put that stuff on.
- With these shoes.
- Okay, for, like, the 97th
time, I'm not going to the prom.
- Just 'cause
you broke up with James
doesn't mean you have to be
the only person at PCA
who's not gonna be there.
- Lots of people
are going dateless.
- Yeah.
Firewire and, uh...
Firewire.
- That weird Swedish kid
that smells like meat.
- Yeah.
- Will you guys
just go have fun?
- Not without you.
- Why couldn't you
have broken up with James
after the prom?
- Why'd you break up
with him at all?
- He's awesome.
- I know James is awesome,
and I know you think
I was stupid
to break up with him.
And maybe you're right.
But I did it.
And now, it's done.
Oh, my God.
Those shoes are cute.
- Then wear them to the prom.
- Not happening!
- Zoey, something's
bothering you.
- Yeah.
If you figure out what it is,
let me know.
- [sighs]
This is so bad.
- Logan Reese,
prepare for the most
spectacular night
of your life.
Let's rock this prom!
Argh!
Whoo!
- [groans]
- I'm here.
- Oh, hi, Dustin.
- I know I'm supposed
to bring you a flower,
but I forgot, so here.
- Wow.
A Canadian dollar.
I'll be ready in a sec.
- What are these?
- Give me that.
These are small
spherical expl*sives
I made out of plutronium.
- What do they do?
- This is so embarrassing.
- What?
- Going to the prom
without dates.
- I could have gotten a date
if I wanted.
- Who?
[screaming]
- Awesome!
[all coughing]
- Come on.
Let's go to the prom.
- What was that?
- I don't know.
- I do.
Remember "Doomsday" comic book
issue number three?
- The end of the world.
- Qwanfar said,
"The end of the world
"will be signaled
by a series of small,
mysterious explosions."
- Black Doomsday has begun.
- According to Qwanfar,
the only survivors will be those
who dwell in the wilderness.
- Let's go!
[all screaming]
MAN: The Pacific
Coast Academy prom
will officially begin
in one hour.
Please sign in
at the registration desk
with Mr. Bender.
[horn honks]
♪ ♪
- My lady.
[laughs]
You didn't think
I could do it, did you?
- No, I did not think
you can learn
how to drive a stick shift
that well, that fast.
- I owe it all to Mr. Takato.
Stirrin' tuna fish,
stomping grapes.
The man's
a stick shiftin' genius.
- How come I've never heard
of this teacher before?
- I told you.
He's a lower school teacher.
- Okay.
- This is so uncomfortable.
- Would you quit complainin'?
Ha! You fell off.
- Yes.
Wasn't that hilarious?
- [laughs]
Your date brought you
to the prom on a bicycle?
[laughs]
That's hilarious.
- Hey, Dustin, is there
a lower school teacher
named Mr. Takato?
- I never heard of him.
But, hey, did you see Quinn
fall off my bike?
[laughter]
- Let's go dance.
♪ ♪
[indistinct chatter]
- Lisa, Michael, Quinn!
- Hey, guys.
- Stacey!
Nice to see you
with your date.
- Yeah, that's right.
- I can't believe you made me
come here with Dustin.
- Oh. And I'm having
a blast with Stacey.
- Maybe we should have just
come here together.
- And let everyone know
we like each other?
- No. I couldn't take
the abuse we'd get.
- Me neither.
- Logie, come on.
- I'm coming!
- [grunts]
- Look, I promise,
sometime tonight,
we'll find a way to sneak off
and be together.
- I like you.
- Logan, what's the holdup,
buttercup?
- I was just telling Quinn
how much I don't like her.
- Yes, you're such a jerk.
- Let's go, Dillsen.
- Sure thing, Reese.
- [sighs]
- What happened back there?
I woke up on the ground
and some janitor
was trying
to steal my wallet.
- Wah.
♪ ♪
MAN: ♪ I'm lookin'
for answers ♪
♪ But I'm already late ♪
♪ You say you need me ♪
♪ One more... ♪
- Oh. Hey, Zoey.
- Hi.
- One sec.
Aren't you going to the prom?
- No. I don't have a date.
- I'll be your date.
- You're taking Martha.
- I'll get rid of her.
- Jeremiah.
- Yes?
- Go.
- All right.
MAN:
♪ Like you're so unaware ♪
♪ You're looking for answers ♪
♪ But you're already there ♪
♪ I turn around
and I see little baby ♪
♪ That you've gone away ♪
♪ ♪
- Gidget. Gidget. Gidget!
Look, what do you
want from me?
[sniffs]
Well, then why didn't you say
that before we got married?
- Hey, what time is it?
DRIVER: Oh, oh, oh, okay.
No.
- Quarter to eight.
- Perfect.
DRIVER: Your mother's an animal!
Animal!
Yeah, okay, well,
if your ex-boyfriend
is so rich and successful,
then maybe you should
have married him.
Gidget.
Gidget! Gidget!
- Yikes.
- You don't want me
to be a cab driver?
You want me to go
to community college?
Fine.
I'll go right now.
[tires squeal]
You hear that?
I'm not a cab driver anymore.
No, no, no--
Here go the keys.
You happy?
Animal!
- Ahh!
DRIVER: [yelling]
- He's leaving.
- Yeah, I see that.
- But we have to get
to the prom.
- Yeah, I understand
the conflict here.
Hey, buddy! Would you
please come back here?
- No!
I gotta go register
for classes!
[rock music]
♪ ♪
- All right, fellow PCA
students and faculty.
My friend Lola was supposed
to kick off this prom tonight,
but she's a little late.
So here I go.
Who's ready?
[all cheering]
Then let's prom it up!
[cheers and applause]
[rock music]
- ♪ A little good advice ♪
♪ To get you
through the day ♪
♪ The more you let her go ♪
♪ The less she walks away ♪
♪ I'll never
waste your time ♪
♪ Say it wasn't true ♪
♪ It blows my m-m-mind ♪
♪ The things
we're living through ♪
♪ Help me wake up ♪
♪ Break my fall ♪
[quirky music]
♪ ♪
[owl hoots]
- I'm guessing you didn't find
the keys to the cab.
- No.
But I found an old guitar.
- [sighs]
You promised if I let you
take me to dinner,
we'd get to the prom
before 8:30.
I knew it was a bad idea
to go out to dinner
which is why I tried
to talk you out of--
- Uh...
- What?
- Uh...
- [screams]
Oh, my God!
[screaming]
- ♪ Gonna be a while tonight ♪
♪ And I know you're with me ♪
♪ But I need you
in my sight ♪
♪ So say you can be ♪
- [blows]
♪ 'Cause missing you
is like... ♪
- What are you doing?
- I was blowing in your ear.
I read that boys like that.
- You got my ear all wet.
- One second.
Let me swab it for you.
- This may be
the weirdest moment of my life.
- So when I was in fourth
grade, I figured out
I can make noises that sound
like animals underwater.
Listen.
[making animal noises]
♪ ♪
- I mean, when Mr. Takato
first had me stirring
the tuna fish,
I thought,
"Okay, this guy
is off his nut."
And then when he had me
stomping the grapes--
- There is no Mr. Takato!
- What?
Why would I make up--
- Hey.
I hear you got a new car?
- Oh, God.
- That's right.
It's a stick shift,
which I now know how to drive.
- I'm gonna go get some punch.
- Bring me back some.
So where's Brooke?
- She dumped me.
She said I'm not exciting.
Can you believe that?
- No, I can't.
- So come show me
your new car.
- Okay.
♪ ♪
- And now there's mud on it!
Ugh!
[groaning, grunting]
Ooh.
[screams]
Well, this is exactly how
I wanted to spend my prom.
- Think of this as an adventure
that no one wants to be on.
- Get him!
[all yelling]
- [screams]
- What was that about?
- Are you okay?
- Yeah, I'm fine.
Get up.
- Sorry.
- Get up.
- We thought
you were the evil ones.
- Evil ones?
- What are you guys
nerding on about?
- Black Doomsday?
- The end of the world.
- Are we the only survivors?
- The world hasn't ended.
- We just had lasagna.
- The world is not doo-med?
- Do you wanna know
what's doo-med?
Prom night is doo-med.
- Lola.
- It is!
My dress is ruined,
the dance is half over,
and Zoey is
not even going--
- How come Zoey
is not going?
- She and James broke up.
- Zoey has no date?
- You can't ask her.
I'm way better friends
with Zoey.
- But what if the world
does end?
- If it's gonna end,
let it end after
I've danced with Zoey.
- Not if I get there first!
- [yelling indistinctly]
[all yelling indistinctly]
[screaming]
- Now what?
- Follow the nerds.
[somber music]
♪ ♪
[phone rings]
- Hello?
CHASE: Hey, Zo.
- Chase.
How's England?
CHASE: Oh, you know,
boiled food,
people driving on the wrong
side of the street.
You've seen movies.
- I have.
CHASE: How are you doin'?
- Um, okay, sorta.
CHASE: Sorta?
That doesn't sound
very Zoeyish.
- Yeah, well, I haven't had
the best week.
CHASE: Oh.
Well, what's wrong?
- I don't know.
CHASE: Wait.
I thought PCA was having
their prom tonight?
- We are.
I blew it off.
CHASE: How come?
- Because I didn't wanna go
by myself.
CHASE: Ohhh.
Then turn around.
[sweeping music]
♪ ♪
- Chase.
Chase!
- Ahh!
[thud]
[quirky music]
♪ ♪
I'm all right.
I'm okay.
I just lost my balance!
Concrete!
Ow! Ow!
- Chase!
Are you okay?
- I think so.
- Your arm's bleeding.
- It's okay.
I think I lost all feeling
in this arm anyway.
- Can you feel this?
- Kind of.
[gentle music]
♪ ♪
- How about this?
♪ ♪
- Yeah, I felt that.
- Good.
- Nice wheels.
- Yep.
Wanna take it for a spin?
- Oh, I don't know
how to drive a stick shift.
- Wanna learn?
WOMAN: ♪ Back to the zero ♪
♪ Back to square one ♪
♪ Back to the train wreck
of the ones... ♪
- You smell so good,
like cinnamon sticks.
- Uh, thanks?
- Let's see if your lips
taste like cinnamon sticks.
- Ahh!
[sputtering]
- What's wrong?
- I don't wanna kiss you!
- Why wouldn't you
wanna kiss me?
My lips are moist.
- Because I love Quinn!
[music stops, crowd gasps]
- Wh-what?
- You love Quinn?
- That's right!
I love Quinn Pensky!
- And I love Logan Reese!
[crowd awws]
- You used me?
[music swells]
♪ ♪
- Hey!
♪ ♪
- [sobbing]
- Stir the tuna.
- Why do you keep saying that?
- Stomp the grapes.
- And that?
- [sobbing]
[tires squeal]
[both screaming]
- You hit Stacey.
- [groans]
- Stacey!
- He made me drive
a stick shift.
- Oh, he grape'd
when he should have tuna'd.
Stacey, say somethin'.
- What struck me?
Something slammed
into my side.
Ooh, I'm gonna be
seriously sore.
- Did you hear her?
- Yeah.
- Stacey's "S"s sound normal.
- Say something else.
- My name is Stacey Dillsen,
and I'm from Swampscott,
Massachusetts.
[gasps]
Oh, my God!
My "S"s sound perfect!
My sister Susanne
is a staff sergeant
at St. Steven's hospital
in Mississippi.
[cheers and applause]
- Oh, yeah!
- I can't believe it.
- I know!
She talks perfectly now.
Chase, she talks
perfectly now.
Chase!
- Michael!
[laughter]
- Chase.
- All right, all right.
Don't break my boyfriend.
- Your-your-your-
your boyfriend?
- Yeah, we just got done--
- Chase!
What-what--
Chase!
Chase! Chase!
- All right,
can we all go dance now
before the prom is over?
- Yeah, let's dance!
- Let's dance.
I--but wait.
I gotta move my car first.
I'll meet you there in sec.
Chase!
[horn honks]
- Let's dance.
MAN: ♪ Where I do go ♪
♪ Now that I know ♪
♪ This is who ♪
♪ I'm always going to be ♪
[music stops]
Mr. Takato?
- Hello, Michael.
- Would you please
come tell my girlfriend
that you really work
here at PCA
and that you thought me
to drive a stick shift?
- Oh, I can't do that.
- Why not?
- Because I do not exist.
[clicks tongue]
[mystical music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ You and me ♪
♪ Hanging out ♪
♪ Talking about everything ♪
♪ You and me ♪
♪ Just hanging out ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
- Here we go!
- ♪ Here we go ♪
♪ Everybody come together ♪
- Come on.
- ♪ Here we go ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
- Michael.
- ♪ You and me ♪
♪ Figured out ♪
♪ What this life's all about ♪
♪ Could we make it fun ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
- Got any plans
for the summer?
- Nope. Why?
- Do you wanna spend it
with me in Hawaii?
- Hawaii?
You and me all summer?
- Mm-hmm.
- Yes!
- ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ You and me, you and me ♪
♪ Hanging out, hanging out ♪
♪ Talking about,
talking about ♪
♪ Everything, everything ♪
♪ You and me, you and me ♪
♪ Just hanging out,
hanging out ♪
- Oh, Zoey is with Chase.
- Ohh.
- Hey, there's a girl.
- And her foot's stuck
in the fence.
- [yelling indistinctly]
[all yelling]
- ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
[cheers and applause]
- I'm here!
- It's my fault we're late.
- Did we miss anything good?
- Nah, you didn't miss much.
- Nothing important.
- Oh, good, 'cause--
Chase!
- Give me the love.
- I'm gonna give you
some love.
[cheering]
- Yes.
- Yes!
♪ ♪
- Well, let's dance!
- ♪ I told you 20 times ♪
♪ I need to be with you ♪
♪ You're always on my mind ♪
- Yeah, baby.
MAN: ♪ You gotta feel it too ♪
♪ I wanna treat you right ♪
♪ And be a family ♪
♪ Well every day and night ♪
♪ That's where I wanna be ♪
WOMAN: ♪ If you wanna play ♪
♪ Come and play today ♪
♪ Let's just get away, yeah ♪
♪ I will make you see ♪
♪ All of the things ♪
♪ That you can be ♪
♪ Believe in yourself ♪
♪ Come follow me ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
[ding]
MAN: Mmm.
STACEY: Thanks, Dan.
We love you.
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ I know you see me
standing here ♪
♪ Do I look good,
my dear? ♪
♪ Do I look good today? ♪
♪ Today, today ♪
♪ Ooh ooh ooh ♪
♪ I'm just another
kind of girl ♪
♪ And you want
to see my world ♪
♪ So come and run away ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ If you wanna play ♪
♪ Come and play today ♪
♪ Let's just get away, yeah ♪
♪ I will make you see ♪
♪ All of the things ♪
♪ That you can be ♪
♪ Believe in yourself ♪
♪ Come follow me ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
[indistinct chatter]
- Okay.
Fingers in.
[beeping]
- Oh, hey, Zo-eeey!
Ah!
- Interesting hello.
- We're playing
shock roulette.
- Shock roulette?
- Yeah.
You just stick
your finger in the hole,
press the button,
then someone gets
a horrible electric shock.
- Except on rare occasions
when everyone gets it.
- The quad shock.
- Wow.
I'll pass.
- Baby.
- So, guess what I'm doing
this summer.
- Uh...
- You're gonna wrestle
panda bears
on a Mississippi riverboat.
- What are you doing
this summer?
- Okay. My dad knows
this guy who manages
the Chamberlet Hotel
on Maui.
- [gasps] Isn't that where
all the celebrities stay
when they go to Hawaii?
- Yes.
And I get to work there
as a cabana girl
for the whole summer.
- That's awesome!
- Yay!
- And I can invite a friend.
- I'm a friend.
- You wanna do it?
- Yeah, but I can't.
My mom's making me get
a part-time job
tutoring some kids.
- What kids?
- I don't know.
Stupid ones?
Hey.
Let's play again.
Come on, Zoey.
It's fun.
- Okay.
- Here we go.
[beeping]
- Why don't you ask
your cute boyfriend
to go to Hawaii with you
for the summer?
- He works for his uncle
every summer.
- Hardware store.
You know, hammers, paint,
copper piping.
It's a thrill-a-minute.
[all screaming]
- This game is horrible.
- The worst.
- Let's play again.
- Okay.
- Yes.
[beeping]
- Michael,
where are you taking me?
- Just keep
your eyes closed.
No peeking.
- Hey, Michael.
- Hey, man!
- Ow!
- Ooh, sorry, sorry.
This way.
Keep your eyes closed.
Okay.
Open.
- What?
Someone abandoned an old car?
- Abandoned?
It's a classic.
My dad gave it to me.
- Oh.
- Check it out.
[laughs]
♪ ♪
- You know how to drive
a stick shift?
- Not yet.
But I'm gonna learn,
and then I'm gonna drive you
to the prom in it.
- But the prom
is right over there.
- I will drive you.
- Okay.
- All right.
I gotta start practicin'.
I'll begin with the super cool
"jump and sit."
- Impressive.
- Yep.
[engine turns over]
[chuckles]
[engine revving,
tires squeal]
I-I got it.
[engine turns over]
Ha.
- Bye.
[tires squeal]
- [sighs]
- ♪ She makes me crazy ♪
- Quinn, Quinn, Quinn,
Quinn, Quinn!
- What?
- Ms. Kipper made me
head of the prom committee.
I'm in charge of the whole prom.
- That's awesome.
- Will you do
everything for me?
- No.
- Oh, boo.
- I'll work
on the prom committee.
- Awesome.
Go do my laundry.
- No. I meant I wanted to help
you with prom stuff.
- You will be.
By doing my laundry,
you're freeing up my time
to work on the prom.
- Oh.
Well, that makes sense.
- Good.
Run along.
Okay.
Later.
- Where are you goin'?
- Take a nap.
- Hey.
- Ew.
- Hi.
I got a date to the prom.
- Already?
Who?
- Mandy Franklin.
- Mandy F--
Come on.
- What?
- How could you ask
Mandy Franklin to the prom?
- You said we should both
ask somebody else to the prom
so no one will suspect
we're dating.
- Shh. Yes.
But you're not taking
Make-Out Mandy.
Go cancel her.
- Oh, come on.
I have to get your approval
on who I ask?
- Absolutely!
- Okay.
Then you have to get
my approval on who you ask.
- Fine.
You're so irritating
sometimes.
- Wanna go make-out?
- Yes.
[giggles]
Get your bag!
Come on!
- Okay.
- Okay, okay.
Clutch in.
First gear.
Yeah!
[screaming]
[crash]
All right, car.
I'm gonna learn
to drive you, understand?
- You seem frustrated.
Why?
- Uh...
'Cause I'm tryin'
to drive a stick shift.
- Trying and failing.
- Okay.
Who are you?
- I'm Mr. Takato.
I teach mathematics
to the seventh and eighth
graders here at PCA.
- Oh.
Well, that's very nice, but--
- You want to drive
stick shift?
- Yeah, but--
- You wish me to teach you?
- Uh...
Sure. Yeah.
- You will do everything I say,
exactly as I instruct?
- Okay.
- Say yes.
- Yes.
- Then I will teach you
to drive stick shift.
- Then I will move
the tree off my car.
- Please.
- All right.
MAN: ♪ Good-bye to love ♪
♪ It never seems so far away ♪
♪ Give it-- ♪
- Hello.
- You scared me.
- Good.
Now I can comfort you.
Shh.
It's okay.
You're safe now.
- [laughs]
Where have you been
all night?
I texted you,
like, five times.
- I was on the phone
with my uncle.
- Hardware Hank?
- Not anymore.
He sold it.
- He sold his hardware store?
- Yup.
And guess what that means.
- No more free hammers?
- I can go with you
to Hawaii this summer.
- Really?
Wow.
- And here's
some more good news.
- What's this?
Oh, my God.
What'd you do?
- You like it?
- I love it.
What's this for?
- I don't know.
I was thinkin' maybe your neck?
- Come on. Seriously.
Why'd you buy me this?
- Because I--
I--uh--
Read what it says
on the back.
MAN: ♪ We can change ♪
♪ If you just
want to change ♪
- It says, "I love you."
MAN: ♪ Whoa, yeah ♪
♪ Whoa-oh-oh ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Oh ♪
[girls screaming]
- I'm thirsty.
- Okay. You are being
way too casual about this.
One of the hottest guys at PCA
just gave you a necklace
and told you he loves you
at the same time.
- They make
Apple Berry Blix now?
Apples aren't berries.
- Oh.
- What's with you?
- Don't you love James back?
- Well, yeah, I think.
- Okay.
I know what's going on here.
- Do you?
- You're in "I love you" shock.
- Oh, God.
- Quinn?
- Oh, absolutely.
It's a teen girl thing.
I read about it
on highschoolcrazy.com.
- Oh, yeah.
I saw that.
Zoey, come look.
- Okay.
Highschoolcrazy.com.
- I love this site.
- Oh.
Okay, there.
Click on "I love you shock."
- I know what to do.
- See, Zoey?
There it is.
[door shuts]
- Are you ready?
- Sure.
Yeah.
Let's drive.
What?
- You cannot learn
to drive a stick shift
until you learn to drive
a stick shift.
- What does--
I don't even know
what you just said.
I mean, stick shift--
What's that?
- A wooden bowl containing
tuna, mayonnaise, and onions.
- And?
- Mix it.
- Mix it?
- I want you to make
tuna salad.
- But why?
- Mix the tuna.
Your right hand.
- Okay.
Right hand.
- No.
Up, down,
over,
up, down.
- Up, down, up--
- Over.
- Over, up, down.
- Again.
- Up, down, over, up, down.
Up, down, over, up, down.
- Stir the tuna.
- Up, down, over, up, down.
- Stir the tuna
with your soul.
- With my soul.
Up, down, over,
up, down.
[upbeat music]
[horn honks]
- Okay.
What about that girl there?
- Absolutely not.
No way are you taking her
to the prom.
- Why?
- She's way too pretty.
- Oh, don't be a baby.
- All right.
If you get to go with her,
I get to go with...him.
- You're not going to the dance
with Shirtless Dave.
- Okay.
Then what about, uh...
- Hi.
- Whoa.
- Hi.
- Hello.
- Have you guys
seen Zoey today?
- Yeah. Why?
- Sure.
- 'Cause we usually meet
at the coffee cart
in the morning,
and she wasn't there,
and she hasn't checked her
voicemail or texted me all day.
- Well, bye.
- I can always
count on you for help.
- [chuckles]
- Yeah.
- Now will you just let me pick
a date for the prom already?
- No.
- But you said--
- We'll never agree
if we pick our own dates.
So why don't we pick
each others?
- What, you mean, you pick
my date and I pick yours?
- Yeah, that way you'll
be okay with whoever I take
and I'll be okay
with whoever you take.
- Okay.
I guess that's fair.
Can I at least give you an idea
of who I'd like to take?
- Sure.
- See those twins
over there?
- Yes.
Which one do you want?
- Both.
Ow!
♪ ♪
[Eastern music]
♪ ♪
- This feels nasty.
And I don't get this.
I don't get this at all.
- Keep stomping the grapes.
- But I want to learn
to drive a stick shift.
- This tuna fish
is excellent.
- Thanks.
- Slow down!
Move your feet rhythmically.
Left, right,
left, right,
left,
right.
- Yeah, yeah.
Left, right, left, right.
You said you were gonna teach me
to drive a stick shift.
And now I've spend almost
two days doing nothing
but making you tuna fish salad
in a square bowl
and grape juice
with my bare feet.
- Silence!
You are ready.
♪ ♪
- Now what?
- Put your key in the slot
then twist it.
[engine turns over]
Now drive this car.
- I don't know how to drive
a stick shift.
- Stomp the grapes.
- But--
- Stir the tuna!
Stomp the grapes.
Stir the tuna.
MAN: ♪ Whatever turns you on ♪
- Stomp the grapes.
Stir the tuna!
- [chuckles]
Hey, I'm drivin'.
- Indeed.
Stomp the grapes.
Stir the tuna.
- Hey, this is fun!
- Grapes.
- Grapes.
- Tuna fish.
- Tuna fish.
[laughter]
MAN: ♪ Whatever turns you on ♪
♪ Whatever, whatever ♪
♪ Whatever turns you on ♪
- I'm drivin'!
Whoo-hoo!
[honks horn]
♪ ♪
- Okay. I put Stacey in charge
of prom decorations,
food, snacks, and beverages
and booking the band.
- And what are you doing?
- I'm telling Stacey
what to do.
Now, you can
either be in charge
of getting
the photographer or ice.
- Ice?
- You know, frozen water.
Keeps drinks cold.
Often comes in cube form.
- Yeah. Thanks.
But, I don't wanna help
with the prom.
- Why not?
- I'm just not that in to it.
- But this is your first
big dance with James.
- So?
- So you were all excited
about it two weeks ago.
- And now, I'm--
- [clears throat]
- Hey, Zoey.
- Hi.
- Hey, James.
- Where have you been
the past two days?
- I've been around.
- Uh, not around me.
- I'll see you, guys, later.
- Nice necklace.
- This?
I've had it like forever.
- I know.
So why do I feel like
you don't want me around?
- Come on,
you're my boyfriend.
Why would I won't you around?
- Good question.
So you wanna get some dinner
at Sushi Rox?
I'll play you a cool drum solo
with my chopsticks.
- Yeah.
I got a ton of homework
and the whole ice thing
for the prom.
- So you will to the ice?
- Yes.
- Yay.
- Right.
So maybe tomorrow night?
- I'll call you later.
[gentle music]
♪ ♪
- No.
- You have to.
- Quinn.
- Our deal was
I get to pick your date
to the prom
and you get to pick mine.
Now go ask her.
- Hey, Stacey.
- Oh, Logan.
Hi. Eeh.
- Uh, you got
a date to the prom?
- Well, no.
But look, I'm building
one enormous cotton swab
outta lots of regular
cotton swabs.
- Yeah.
So do you wanna go
to the prom with me?
Feel free to say no.
- Yes. Yes.
Yes!
My first prom,
and with Logan Reese.
I gotta go shave my toes.
Only my big ones grow hair.
Ah!
Mrs. Stacey Reese.
- [sighs]
- It won't be that bad.
- Yeah, sure.
Now...
let's talk
about your prom date.
- Would you like to go
to the prom with me?
- Okay. But only 'cause
you're my sister's friend.
- Thanks.
[somber music]
♪ ♪
WOMAN: ♪ Every now and then
I write but never send ♪
♪ A letter off to you ♪
♪ Sometimes when I sleep ♪
♪ ♪
- You know,
they're not gonna pop.
- Hey.
- Finish your homework?
- Homework?
- Yeah.
Earlier you said you'd--
- Oh, yeah.
I finished it a while ago.
- Cool.
So...wanna break up?
- What?
- It wasn't that easy
to say the first time.
Do I have to say it again?
- Why do you wanna
break up with me?
- I didn't say I did.
I asked you if you did.
- Okay, what's going on?
- You tell me.
Come on, Saturday night
I gave you a necklace
that said I love you.
Since then
you've barely talked to me.
And when you did,
you didn't exactly say it back.
- I'm sorry.
- It's okay.
- I don't want you to hate me.
- I don't hate you.
Didn't you read
the necklace?
I meant it.
I do love you,
whether you're my girlfriend
or just my friend.
- Okay.
Now you're making me hate you.
- How am I--
- 'Cause you're awesome.
You're like the nicest,
coolest guy I've ever met.
Look, James, when
you gave me that necklace--
- Come on. Things were
getting weird between us
before I gave you
the necklace.
You wanna tell me why?
- I don't know.
There's just...
something in the way.
I can't figure it out.
- I get it.
Look, I'm not mad
or anything like that.
I want us to be friends.
- I do too.
- Good.
WOMAN: ♪ It's just you ♪
♪ Who tears me in two ♪
♪ Yeah it's you ♪
♪ Oh, it's you ♪
- Keep it.
WOMAN: ♪ It's you
that I'd lie for ♪
♪ You that I'd die for ♪
♪ But I've got to move on ♪
♪ Without you ♪
♪ Well, it's time
to move on ♪
♪ Without you ♪
♪ I've just got to move on ♪
♪ Got to move on ♪
♪ Without you ♪
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
- Okay.
What do you think?
Am I prom ready?
- Yeah, but don't you think that
dress is a little too sexy
for your date, Dustin?
- Dustin's very mature
for his age.
- Yeah. I hear his bedtime
got moved up to 8:15.
- Everybody dressed?
- Yeah.
- Pretty much.
- What's up, hot stuff?
- Just getting ready,
equally hot stuff.
- So before
we go to the prom,
you and I are going to
Pete and Sam's for dinner.
- I love Pete and Sam's.
- I know.
- We're not going.
- Why?
You know how hard it was
to get reservations?
- We have to get to the prom.
- We'll be at
the prom on time.
- No.
On time is for losers.
I wanna be fashionably late.
- I'm taking you
to Pete and Sam's,
and we'll get to the prom
perfectly late, all right?
- All right.
- Be more psyched.
- All right!
- Good girl.
- Hey, Vince.
- Hey, Zoey.
- Later, Vince.
- Later, Zoey.
- A dress just landed on me.
Ooh, and a strapless bra.
- Put that stuff on.
- With these shoes.
- Okay, for, like, the 97th
time, I'm not going to the prom.
- Just 'cause
you broke up with James
doesn't mean you have to be
the only person at PCA
who's not gonna be there.
- Lots of people
are going dateless.
- Yeah.
Firewire and, uh...
Firewire.
- That weird Swedish kid
that smells like meat.
- Yeah.
- Will you guys
just go have fun?
- Not without you.
- Why couldn't you
have broken up with James
after the prom?
- Why'd you break up
with him at all?
- He's awesome.
- I know James is awesome,
and I know you think
I was stupid
to break up with him.
And maybe you're right.
But I did it.
And now, it's done.
Oh, my God.
Those shoes are cute.
- Then wear them to the prom.
- Not happening!
- Zoey, something's
bothering you.
- Yeah.
If you figure out what it is,
let me know.
- [sighs]
This is so bad.
- Logan Reese,
prepare for the most
spectacular night
of your life.
Let's rock this prom!
Argh!
Whoo!
- [groans]
- I'm here.
- Oh, hi, Dustin.
- I know I'm supposed
to bring you a flower,
but I forgot, so here.
- Wow.
A Canadian dollar.
I'll be ready in a sec.
- What are these?
- Give me that.
These are small
spherical expl*sives
I made out of plutronium.
- What do they do?
- This is so embarrassing.
- What?
- Going to the prom
without dates.
- I could have gotten a date
if I wanted.
- Who?
[screaming]
- Awesome!
[all coughing]
- Come on.
Let's go to the prom.
- What was that?
- I don't know.
- I do.
Remember "Doomsday" comic book
issue number three?
- The end of the world.
- Qwanfar said,
"The end of the world
"will be signaled
by a series of small,
mysterious explosions."
- Black Doomsday has begun.
- According to Qwanfar,
the only survivors will be those
who dwell in the wilderness.
- Let's go!
[all screaming]
MAN: The Pacific
Coast Academy prom
will officially begin
in one hour.
Please sign in
at the registration desk
with Mr. Bender.
[horn honks]
♪ ♪
- My lady.
[laughs]
You didn't think
I could do it, did you?
- No, I did not think
you can learn
how to drive a stick shift
that well, that fast.
- I owe it all to Mr. Takato.
Stirrin' tuna fish,
stomping grapes.
The man's
a stick shiftin' genius.
- How come I've never heard
of this teacher before?
- I told you.
He's a lower school teacher.
- Okay.
- This is so uncomfortable.
- Would you quit complainin'?
Ha! You fell off.
- Yes.
Wasn't that hilarious?
- [laughs]
Your date brought you
to the prom on a bicycle?
[laughs]
That's hilarious.
- Hey, Dustin, is there
a lower school teacher
named Mr. Takato?
- I never heard of him.
But, hey, did you see Quinn
fall off my bike?
[laughter]
- Let's go dance.
♪ ♪
[indistinct chatter]
- Lisa, Michael, Quinn!
- Hey, guys.
- Stacey!
Nice to see you
with your date.
- Yeah, that's right.
- I can't believe you made me
come here with Dustin.
- Oh. And I'm having
a blast with Stacey.
- Maybe we should have just
come here together.
- And let everyone know
we like each other?
- No. I couldn't take
the abuse we'd get.
- Me neither.
- Logie, come on.
- I'm coming!
- [grunts]
- Look, I promise,
sometime tonight,
we'll find a way to sneak off
and be together.
- I like you.
- Logan, what's the holdup,
buttercup?
- I was just telling Quinn
how much I don't like her.
- Yes, you're such a jerk.
- Let's go, Dillsen.
- Sure thing, Reese.
- [sighs]
- What happened back there?
I woke up on the ground
and some janitor
was trying
to steal my wallet.
- Wah.
♪ ♪
MAN: ♪ I'm lookin'
for answers ♪
♪ But I'm already late ♪
♪ You say you need me ♪
♪ One more... ♪
- Oh. Hey, Zoey.
- Hi.
- One sec.
Aren't you going to the prom?
- No. I don't have a date.
- I'll be your date.
- You're taking Martha.
- I'll get rid of her.
- Jeremiah.
- Yes?
- Go.
- All right.
MAN:
♪ Like you're so unaware ♪
♪ You're looking for answers ♪
♪ But you're already there ♪
♪ I turn around
and I see little baby ♪
♪ That you've gone away ♪
♪ ♪
- Gidget. Gidget. Gidget!
Look, what do you
want from me?
[sniffs]
Well, then why didn't you say
that before we got married?
- Hey, what time is it?
DRIVER: Oh, oh, oh, okay.
No.
- Quarter to eight.
- Perfect.
DRIVER: Your mother's an animal!
Animal!
Yeah, okay, well,
if your ex-boyfriend
is so rich and successful,
then maybe you should
have married him.
Gidget.
Gidget! Gidget!
- Yikes.
- You don't want me
to be a cab driver?
You want me to go
to community college?
Fine.
I'll go right now.
[tires squeal]
You hear that?
I'm not a cab driver anymore.
No, no, no--
Here go the keys.
You happy?
Animal!
- Ahh!
DRIVER: [yelling]
- He's leaving.
- Yeah, I see that.
- But we have to get
to the prom.
- Yeah, I understand
the conflict here.
Hey, buddy! Would you
please come back here?
- No!
I gotta go register
for classes!
[rock music]
♪ ♪
- All right, fellow PCA
students and faculty.
My friend Lola was supposed
to kick off this prom tonight,
but she's a little late.
So here I go.
Who's ready?
[all cheering]
Then let's prom it up!
[cheers and applause]
[rock music]
- ♪ A little good advice ♪
♪ To get you
through the day ♪
♪ The more you let her go ♪
♪ The less she walks away ♪
♪ I'll never
waste your time ♪
♪ Say it wasn't true ♪
♪ It blows my m-m-mind ♪
♪ The things
we're living through ♪
♪ Help me wake up ♪
♪ Break my fall ♪
[quirky music]
♪ ♪
[owl hoots]
- I'm guessing you didn't find
the keys to the cab.
- No.
But I found an old guitar.
- [sighs]
You promised if I let you
take me to dinner,
we'd get to the prom
before 8:30.
I knew it was a bad idea
to go out to dinner
which is why I tried
to talk you out of--
- Uh...
- What?
- Uh...
- [screams]
Oh, my God!
[screaming]
- ♪ Gonna be a while tonight ♪
♪ And I know you're with me ♪
♪ But I need you
in my sight ♪
♪ So say you can be ♪
- [blows]
♪ 'Cause missing you
is like... ♪
- What are you doing?
- I was blowing in your ear.
I read that boys like that.
- You got my ear all wet.
- One second.
Let me swab it for you.
- This may be
the weirdest moment of my life.
- So when I was in fourth
grade, I figured out
I can make noises that sound
like animals underwater.
Listen.
[making animal noises]
♪ ♪
- I mean, when Mr. Takato
first had me stirring
the tuna fish,
I thought,
"Okay, this guy
is off his nut."
And then when he had me
stomping the grapes--
- There is no Mr. Takato!
- What?
Why would I make up--
- Hey.
I hear you got a new car?
- Oh, God.
- That's right.
It's a stick shift,
which I now know how to drive.
- I'm gonna go get some punch.
- Bring me back some.
So where's Brooke?
- She dumped me.
She said I'm not exciting.
Can you believe that?
- No, I can't.
- So come show me
your new car.
- Okay.
♪ ♪
- And now there's mud on it!
Ugh!
[groaning, grunting]
Ooh.
[screams]
Well, this is exactly how
I wanted to spend my prom.
- Think of this as an adventure
that no one wants to be on.
- Get him!
[all yelling]
- [screams]
- What was that about?
- Are you okay?
- Yeah, I'm fine.
Get up.
- Sorry.
- Get up.
- We thought
you were the evil ones.
- Evil ones?
- What are you guys
nerding on about?
- Black Doomsday?
- The end of the world.
- Are we the only survivors?
- The world hasn't ended.
- We just had lasagna.
- The world is not doo-med?
- Do you wanna know
what's doo-med?
Prom night is doo-med.
- Lola.
- It is!
My dress is ruined,
the dance is half over,
and Zoey is
not even going--
- How come Zoey
is not going?
- She and James broke up.
- Zoey has no date?
- You can't ask her.
I'm way better friends
with Zoey.
- But what if the world
does end?
- If it's gonna end,
let it end after
I've danced with Zoey.
- Not if I get there first!
- [yelling indistinctly]
[all yelling indistinctly]
[screaming]
- Now what?
- Follow the nerds.
[somber music]
♪ ♪
[phone rings]
- Hello?
CHASE: Hey, Zo.
- Chase.
How's England?
CHASE: Oh, you know,
boiled food,
people driving on the wrong
side of the street.
You've seen movies.
- I have.
CHASE: How are you doin'?
- Um, okay, sorta.
CHASE: Sorta?
That doesn't sound
very Zoeyish.
- Yeah, well, I haven't had
the best week.
CHASE: Oh.
Well, what's wrong?
- I don't know.
CHASE: Wait.
I thought PCA was having
their prom tonight?
- We are.
I blew it off.
CHASE: How come?
- Because I didn't wanna go
by myself.
CHASE: Ohhh.
Then turn around.
[sweeping music]
♪ ♪
- Chase.
Chase!
- Ahh!
[thud]
[quirky music]
♪ ♪
I'm all right.
I'm okay.
I just lost my balance!
Concrete!
Ow! Ow!
- Chase!
Are you okay?
- I think so.
- Your arm's bleeding.
- It's okay.
I think I lost all feeling
in this arm anyway.
- Can you feel this?
- Kind of.
[gentle music]
♪ ♪
- How about this?
♪ ♪
- Yeah, I felt that.
- Good.
- Nice wheels.
- Yep.
Wanna take it for a spin?
- Oh, I don't know
how to drive a stick shift.
- Wanna learn?
WOMAN: ♪ Back to the zero ♪
♪ Back to square one ♪
♪ Back to the train wreck
of the ones... ♪
- You smell so good,
like cinnamon sticks.
- Uh, thanks?
- Let's see if your lips
taste like cinnamon sticks.
- Ahh!
[sputtering]
- What's wrong?
- I don't wanna kiss you!
- Why wouldn't you
wanna kiss me?
My lips are moist.
- Because I love Quinn!
[music stops, crowd gasps]
- Wh-what?
- You love Quinn?
- That's right!
I love Quinn Pensky!
- And I love Logan Reese!
[crowd awws]
- You used me?
[music swells]
♪ ♪
- Hey!
♪ ♪
- [sobbing]
- Stir the tuna.
- Why do you keep saying that?
- Stomp the grapes.
- And that?
- [sobbing]
[tires squeal]
[both screaming]
- You hit Stacey.
- [groans]
- Stacey!
- He made me drive
a stick shift.
- Oh, he grape'd
when he should have tuna'd.
Stacey, say somethin'.
- What struck me?
Something slammed
into my side.
Ooh, I'm gonna be
seriously sore.
- Did you hear her?
- Yeah.
- Stacey's "S"s sound normal.
- Say something else.
- My name is Stacey Dillsen,
and I'm from Swampscott,
Massachusetts.
[gasps]
Oh, my God!
My "S"s sound perfect!
My sister Susanne
is a staff sergeant
at St. Steven's hospital
in Mississippi.
[cheers and applause]
- Oh, yeah!
- I can't believe it.
- I know!
She talks perfectly now.
Chase, she talks
perfectly now.
Chase!
- Michael!
[laughter]
- Chase.
- All right, all right.
Don't break my boyfriend.
- Your-your-your-
your boyfriend?
- Yeah, we just got done--
- Chase!
What-what--
Chase!
Chase! Chase!
- All right,
can we all go dance now
before the prom is over?
- Yeah, let's dance!
- Let's dance.
I--but wait.
I gotta move my car first.
I'll meet you there in sec.
Chase!
[horn honks]
- Let's dance.
MAN: ♪ Where I do go ♪
♪ Now that I know ♪
♪ This is who ♪
♪ I'm always going to be ♪
[music stops]
Mr. Takato?
- Hello, Michael.
- Would you please
come tell my girlfriend
that you really work
here at PCA
and that you thought me
to drive a stick shift?
- Oh, I can't do that.
- Why not?
- Because I do not exist.
[clicks tongue]
[mystical music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ You and me ♪
♪ Hanging out ♪
♪ Talking about everything ♪
♪ You and me ♪
♪ Just hanging out ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
- Here we go!
- ♪ Here we go ♪
♪ Everybody come together ♪
- Come on.
- ♪ Here we go ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
- Michael.
- ♪ You and me ♪
♪ Figured out ♪
♪ What this life's all about ♪
♪ Could we make it fun ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
- Got any plans
for the summer?
- Nope. Why?
- Do you wanna spend it
with me in Hawaii?
- Hawaii?
You and me all summer?
- Mm-hmm.
- Yes!
- ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ You and me, you and me ♪
♪ Hanging out, hanging out ♪
♪ Talking about,
talking about ♪
♪ Everything, everything ♪
♪ You and me, you and me ♪
♪ Just hanging out,
hanging out ♪
- Oh, Zoey is with Chase.
- Ohh.
- Hey, there's a girl.
- And her foot's stuck
in the fence.
- [yelling indistinctly]
[all yelling]
- ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
[cheers and applause]
- I'm here!
- It's my fault we're late.
- Did we miss anything good?
- Nah, you didn't miss much.
- Nothing important.
- Oh, good, 'cause--
Chase!
- Give me the love.
- I'm gonna give you
some love.
[cheering]
- Yes.
- Yes!
♪ ♪
- Well, let's dance!
- ♪ I told you 20 times ♪
♪ I need to be with you ♪
♪ You're always on my mind ♪
- Yeah, baby.
MAN: ♪ You gotta feel it too ♪
♪ I wanna treat you right ♪
♪ And be a family ♪
♪ Well every day and night ♪
♪ That's where I wanna be ♪
WOMAN: ♪ If you wanna play ♪
♪ Come and play today ♪
♪ Let's just get away, yeah ♪
♪ I will make you see ♪
♪ All of the things ♪
♪ That you can be ♪
♪ Believe in yourself ♪
♪ Come follow me ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
[ding]
MAN: Mmm.
STACEY: Thanks, Dan.
We love you.