1 00:00:02,219 --> 00:00:04,656 [grand music] 2 00:00:04,743 --> 00:00:08,486 - Fun fact number, uh, 74 about me, 3 00:00:08,573 --> 00:00:10,314 I have an arch nemesis. 4 00:00:10,401 --> 00:00:12,620 His name is Nolan Vaughn, 5 00:00:12,707 --> 00:00:16,276 and we've been waging a prank war since third grade. 6 00:00:16,363 --> 00:00:17,364 [screams] - [laughs] 7 00:00:17,451 --> 00:00:19,018 [loud fart] 8 00:00:19,105 --> 00:00:22,413 - That war has continued to this very day. 9 00:00:22,500 --> 00:00:24,371 - So I switched out Nate's bike wheels 10 00:00:24,458 --> 00:00:27,853 with deep dish pizzas. - Nice one, Nolan. 11 00:00:27,940 --> 00:00:30,203 [laughs] Saucy! 12 00:00:30,290 --> 00:00:32,771 - What is wrong with this thing? 13 00:00:32,858 --> 00:00:35,034 - Oh, come on. Just open the locker. 14 00:00:35,121 --> 00:00:38,124 - [grunts] Finally! Stupid locker. 15 00:00:38,211 --> 00:00:41,084 After school, move all my stuff into your locker. 16 00:00:41,171 --> 00:00:43,912 - Whatever you say, Nolan. 17 00:00:43,999 --> 00:00:45,958 - Hold it! This was supposed to-- 18 00:00:46,045 --> 00:00:49,135 [groans] Why didn't it-- - [chuckles] 19 00:00:49,222 --> 00:00:50,005 [electronic beep] 20 00:00:50,093 --> 00:00:51,616 [explosion] - Ah! 21 00:00:51,703 --> 00:00:52,834 [grunts] 22 00:00:52,921 --> 00:00:54,749 [laughter] - You got glued! 23 00:00:54,836 --> 00:00:56,925 - Security! [snaps fingers] 24 00:00:57,012 --> 00:00:58,275 - This isn't over, Nolan! 25 00:00:58,362 --> 00:00:59,363 What--what are you looking at? 26 00:00:59,450 --> 00:01:01,539 Haven't you seen a clown chicken before? 27 00:01:01,626 --> 00:01:03,193 I'll be-- [squawks, clucks] 28 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:05,108 [upbeat music] 29 00:01:05,195 --> 00:01:07,588 - ♪ Don't want to go to school today ♪ 30 00:01:07,675 --> 00:01:10,243 ♪ The sun is red hot and I wanna play ♪ 31 00:01:10,330 --> 00:01:12,985 ♪ But if I get caught they'll make me pay ♪ 32 00:01:13,072 --> 00:01:15,727 ♪ Detention again ♪ - ♪ Big Nate, Big Nate ♪ 33 00:01:15,814 --> 00:01:17,294 - ♪ Math and social studies just ain't my thing ♪ 34 00:01:17,381 --> 00:01:18,773 - ♪ Big Nate, Big Nate ♪ 35 00:01:18,860 --> 00:01:20,819 - ♪ Rocking with my band is where I'm king ♪ 36 00:01:20,906 --> 00:01:25,824 ♪ Stealing the teacher's teeth or bailing on a test ♪ 37 00:01:25,911 --> 00:01:28,348 - ♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh ♪ 38 00:01:28,435 --> 00:01:29,697 ♪ Big Nate ♪ 39 00:01:29,784 --> 00:01:31,221 [loud clang] 40 00:01:31,308 --> 00:01:33,701 [loud crash] 41 00:01:33,788 --> 00:01:35,442 [bell rings] 42 00:01:35,528 --> 00:01:37,879 - Prepare yourselves, young thespians, 43 00:01:37,966 --> 00:01:42,536 for The Mainiactors Acting Competition, 44 00:01:42,623 --> 00:01:45,191 where 11-year-olds partner up to perform 45 00:01:45,278 --> 00:01:49,761 wildly age-inappropriate scenes from the classics! 46 00:01:49,848 --> 00:01:52,155 - What if your age is undefined? 47 00:01:52,242 --> 00:01:53,895 - Oh, you needn't worry, Randall. 48 00:01:53,982 --> 00:01:58,204 I'm sure they make exceptions for prodigies like yourself. 49 00:01:58,290 --> 00:02:01,512 This is a make it or break it opportunity 50 00:02:01,599 --> 00:02:04,297 for all you amateur thespians. 51 00:02:04,384 --> 00:02:07,039 Make it, and you'll be on your way 52 00:02:07,126 --> 00:02:10,521 to a bright, multi-hyphenate career! 53 00:02:10,608 --> 00:02:13,001 Break it, and you'll be living in your parents' basements, 54 00:02:13,088 --> 00:02:15,265 relieving yourselves in a bucket 55 00:02:15,352 --> 00:02:17,354 for the rest of your lives. 56 00:02:17,441 --> 00:02:20,618 Or the life of your bucket. - [chuckles] 57 00:02:20,705 --> 00:02:26,406 - A highly-esteemed actor will judge this year's competition. 58 00:02:26,493 --> 00:02:27,712 - Let me guess. 59 00:02:27,799 --> 00:02:28,800 'Tis you... - 'Tis moi... 60 00:02:28,887 --> 00:02:30,671 both: Lagaze! 61 00:02:30,758 --> 00:02:32,759 [laughs] 62 00:02:32,847 --> 00:02:35,067 Only one young thespian 63 00:02:35,154 --> 00:02:38,157 will be crowned this year's Maniactor. 64 00:02:38,244 --> 00:02:41,769 I recommend you choose your scene partners wisely, 65 00:02:41,856 --> 00:02:44,032 or else. [ominous music] 66 00:02:44,119 --> 00:02:46,034 - Ugh. 67 00:02:46,121 --> 00:02:47,471 - Nolan may have won this round, 68 00:02:47,558 --> 00:02:50,256 but I will win the war! 69 00:02:50,343 --> 00:02:52,258 Teddy, whatcha got? 70 00:02:55,696 --> 00:02:57,307 - Ew. What is that? 71 00:02:57,394 --> 00:02:59,309 - The Butt Bomb 4000. 72 00:02:59,396 --> 00:03:01,398 It provides an immersive fart experience. 73 00:03:01,485 --> 00:03:02,964 - Genius! 74 00:03:03,051 --> 00:03:04,749 Francis, How's that fire ant milking coming along? 75 00:03:04,836 --> 00:03:06,272 - [gasps] Great. 76 00:03:06,359 --> 00:03:08,100 - Everyone must make sacrifices 77 00:03:08,187 --> 00:03:10,494 in the war of awesome versus evil. 78 00:03:10,581 --> 00:03:12,757 - Speaking of the war, what if you called a truce? 79 00:03:12,844 --> 00:03:14,498 - And let Nolan win? 80 00:03:14,585 --> 00:03:16,630 Are you quite mad, good sir? 81 00:03:16,717 --> 00:03:18,284 - Francis has a point, man. 82 00:03:18,371 --> 00:03:20,025 I don't want to waste all my best pranking years 83 00:03:20,112 --> 00:03:21,766 on Nolan. - Yeah. 84 00:03:21,853 --> 00:03:23,507 - Yeah, it's almost intolerable. 85 00:03:23,594 --> 00:03:26,509 - And I have a small twig growing out of my ear. 86 00:03:28,207 --> 00:03:30,035 - That's, uh, great, Chad. 87 00:03:30,122 --> 00:03:32,777 - Thanks! I knew you guys would be happy for me. 88 00:03:32,864 --> 00:03:34,126 - Dee Dee, how about you? 89 00:03:34,213 --> 00:03:35,867 - [groaning] - Uh, Dee Dee? 90 00:03:35,954 --> 00:03:37,347 Dee Dee? What's up? 91 00:03:37,434 --> 00:03:39,610 - Oh, she's got the scene partner blues. 92 00:03:39,697 --> 00:03:42,699 - It's this Mainiactors Acting Competition. 93 00:03:42,787 --> 00:03:45,790 Doctor Lagaze says it's our last chance to make it big, 94 00:03:45,877 --> 00:03:47,747 but I need a showstopping partner. 95 00:03:47,835 --> 00:03:49,446 - Why don't you hold auditions after school? 96 00:03:49,533 --> 00:03:50,882 Maybe someone will surprise you. 97 00:03:50,969 --> 00:03:52,840 - It couldn't hurt. 98 00:03:52,927 --> 00:03:56,148 - Now, I need a scene partner, and I need one pronto. 99 00:03:56,235 --> 00:03:58,759 Who's got that star power stank? 100 00:03:58,846 --> 00:04:01,284 Talk to me, people! 101 00:04:01,371 --> 00:04:03,111 - [inhales] 102 00:04:03,198 --> 00:04:04,896 Would you mind if I started over? 103 00:04:04,983 --> 00:04:07,681 - You haven't said anything yet. 104 00:04:07,768 --> 00:04:10,597 ♪ I wrote the letter in blood red ink to paint 105 00:04:10,684 --> 00:04:13,644 ♪ The picture I was trying to get done with the deep ♪ 106 00:04:13,731 --> 00:04:16,951 ♪ ♪ 107 00:04:17,038 --> 00:04:19,127 - [laughs] 108 00:04:19,214 --> 00:04:21,565 - Uh, what should I do? 109 00:04:21,651 --> 00:04:22,696 - Surprise me. 110 00:04:22,783 --> 00:04:24,263 - [farts] 111 00:04:24,350 --> 00:04:25,786 - Special delivery! 112 00:04:25,873 --> 00:04:29,224 - [hisses] 113 00:04:29,312 --> 00:04:31,531 - [grunting] 114 00:04:32,750 --> 00:04:34,708 - What's up with Brussels sprouts? 115 00:04:34,795 --> 00:04:36,580 We keep telling our parents we don't like them. 116 00:04:36,667 --> 00:04:38,582 Oh, and how about arugula? 117 00:04:38,669 --> 00:04:40,888 Or should I say, a-pew-gula? 118 00:04:40,975 --> 00:04:44,805 ♪ ♪ 119 00:04:44,892 --> 00:04:46,546 [chattering] 120 00:04:46,633 --> 00:04:48,374 - [yells] 121 00:04:48,461 --> 00:04:51,377 - [laughs] 122 00:04:51,464 --> 00:04:54,119 - You'll never out-prank me, Nate Wright! 123 00:04:54,206 --> 00:04:56,948 I'm stronger, I'm smarter-- 124 00:04:57,035 --> 00:04:59,429 - And you stink at snappy comebacks. 125 00:04:59,516 --> 00:05:01,648 - Hmm. Well, I'm rich, too. 126 00:05:01,735 --> 00:05:04,912 I'm way richer than you are. - Pfft, so what? 127 00:05:04,999 --> 00:05:07,306 Besides, I've got something very important 128 00:05:07,393 --> 00:05:08,960 that you will never have. 129 00:05:09,047 --> 00:05:12,137 - What's that? Toe fungus? - Yeah! Uh, no! 130 00:05:12,224 --> 00:05:14,835 I'm talking about friends, jerkweed. 131 00:05:14,922 --> 00:05:16,446 Friends! 132 00:05:16,533 --> 00:05:18,448 [dramatic music] 133 00:05:18,535 --> 00:05:19,840 - I have friend. 134 00:05:19,927 --> 00:05:25,063 He or she or they are just not here right now. 135 00:05:25,150 --> 00:05:27,631 ♪ ♪ 136 00:05:27,718 --> 00:05:28,893 [chuckles] 137 00:05:28,980 --> 00:05:30,329 Friends, huh? 138 00:05:30,416 --> 00:05:32,113 Thanks, Nate Wright. 139 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:36,379 You just handed me the weapon that's going to take you down. 140 00:05:36,466 --> 00:05:38,990 [cackles] 141 00:05:39,730 --> 00:05:43,647 - [sighs] Alas, my acting career is over. 142 00:05:43,734 --> 00:05:45,649 I'm already 11, and I don't even have 143 00:05:45,736 --> 00:05:48,478 a celebrity candle that smells like my teeth. 144 00:05:48,565 --> 00:05:51,481 - Unique New York, round and down, 145 00:05:51,568 --> 00:05:53,351 red rubber baby buggy bumpers. 146 00:05:53,439 --> 00:05:56,660 [vocalizing] 147 00:05:56,747 --> 00:05:57,835 Hey, what do you think you're doing? 148 00:05:57,922 --> 00:05:59,924 - Uh, me? I was--nothing. 149 00:06:00,011 --> 00:06:04,145 I just happened to overhear your, um, your-- 150 00:06:04,232 --> 00:06:08,062 - I was doing vocal warm ups. - Yeah, but why? 151 00:06:08,149 --> 00:06:10,848 - Isn't it obvious? I'm getting my voice nice and ready 152 00:06:10,935 --> 00:06:13,633 for the Mainiactors Acting competish. Ever heard of it? 153 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:16,114 - Since when did you get into theater? 154 00:06:16,201 --> 00:06:18,508 - Oh, I've always been a thespian-- 155 00:06:18,595 --> 00:06:20,945 that means actor-- it runs in my blood. 156 00:06:21,032 --> 00:06:22,294 - [groans] 157 00:06:22,381 --> 00:06:23,643 - [dramatically] Can't you see, Margaret? 158 00:06:23,730 --> 00:06:25,950 It's this place that's tearing us apart! 159 00:06:26,037 --> 00:06:27,865 You think I like leaving you every night? 160 00:06:27,952 --> 00:06:31,695 I can't help it! And I am ashamed, Margaret. 161 00:06:31,782 --> 00:06:34,437 [crying] I am ashamed! 162 00:06:34,524 --> 00:06:37,788 - He's actually good. [groans] 163 00:06:37,875 --> 00:06:40,181 - OK, I called this emergency meeting 164 00:06:40,268 --> 00:06:42,532 to discuss my next move in the ongoing 165 00:06:42,619 --> 00:06:45,273 Nate versus Nolan prank war. Now, what I'm thinking is-- 166 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:47,232 uh, hang on. Where's Dee Dee? 167 00:06:47,319 --> 00:06:49,887 - She's in the auditorium rehearsing with Nolan. 168 00:06:49,974 --> 00:06:51,323 And spoiler alert. 169 00:06:51,410 --> 00:06:53,760 Their chemistry, it is sizzling! 170 00:06:53,847 --> 00:06:55,327 both: What? 171 00:06:55,414 --> 00:06:57,634 - Dee Dee's making dra-magic with my arch enemy? 172 00:06:57,721 --> 00:06:58,939 What is she thinking? 173 00:06:59,026 --> 00:07:01,115 Don't worry, Amy. I'll take care of this. 174 00:07:01,202 --> 00:07:02,465 - Don't do it on my behalf. 175 00:07:02,552 --> 00:07:04,771 I don't want to be a helicopter girlfriend. 176 00:07:04,858 --> 00:07:06,033 Yes, I do. I'll go with you. 177 00:07:10,995 --> 00:07:13,040 - [dramatically] Where were you, Howard? 178 00:07:13,127 --> 00:07:15,478 - What do you care, Margaret? I'm home now. 179 00:07:15,565 --> 00:07:18,263 - [gasps] So it is true! 180 00:07:18,350 --> 00:07:22,006 - Hey, Nate. Nice theater. Sike! 181 00:07:22,093 --> 00:07:24,095 - Nate, it's, uh-- not what it looks like. 182 00:07:24,182 --> 00:07:25,618 - [laughs] 183 00:07:25,705 --> 00:07:27,620 It's exactly what it looks like. 184 00:07:27,707 --> 00:07:29,448 - OK, not helping. 185 00:07:29,535 --> 00:07:31,058 Amy, what are you doing here? 186 00:07:31,145 --> 00:07:34,235 - I should be asking myself the same question. 187 00:07:34,322 --> 00:07:35,541 That came out wrong. 188 00:07:35,628 --> 00:07:37,021 - Dee Dee, what gives? 189 00:07:37,108 --> 00:07:38,544 How come you're contorting with the enemy? 190 00:07:38,631 --> 00:07:42,069 - Nolan's not the enemy. He's a really good actor. 191 00:07:42,156 --> 00:07:44,245 And I'm--well, I'm thinking of partnering with him 192 00:07:44,332 --> 00:07:45,595 for the Mainiactors competition. 193 00:07:45,682 --> 00:07:47,726 [dramatic music] 194 00:07:47,814 --> 00:07:50,164 - You cannot be serious. 195 00:07:50,250 --> 00:07:52,471 - I could have a real chance of winning! 196 00:07:52,558 --> 00:07:53,907 - Is there a problem, milady? 197 00:07:53,994 --> 00:07:56,301 - Whoa, guy. Who are you calling "milady"? 198 00:07:56,388 --> 00:07:59,347 - No, there's no problem. They were just leaving. 199 00:07:59,434 --> 00:08:00,697 - Fine! We'll leave. 200 00:08:00,784 --> 00:08:02,307 But I'll be watching you, Nolan. 201 00:08:02,394 --> 00:08:04,614 And I've got my eye on you like a hawk. 202 00:08:04,701 --> 00:08:07,225 Ca-caw! [grunts] 203 00:08:07,312 --> 00:08:09,096 Like a hawk! 204 00:08:09,183 --> 00:08:11,359 - [screams] All good. 205 00:08:11,446 --> 00:08:13,840 - Ca-caw, caw! 206 00:08:13,927 --> 00:08:15,581 - I'm so glad you decided to join me 207 00:08:15,668 --> 00:08:17,278 and my friends tonight, Dee Dee. 208 00:08:17,365 --> 00:08:18,453 - No offense, Nolan, 209 00:08:18,541 --> 00:08:20,064 but I didn't really know you had friends. 210 00:08:20,151 --> 00:08:22,936 - [laughs] Hashtag harsh! But fair. 211 00:08:23,023 --> 00:08:25,852 I suppose I am a bit of a lone wolf. 212 00:08:25,939 --> 00:08:28,289 But you haven't met the real Nolan. 213 00:08:28,375 --> 00:08:29,682 [tires screech] 214 00:08:32,250 --> 00:08:33,337 - [gasps] 215 00:08:33,424 --> 00:08:34,818 [laughter] 216 00:08:34,904 --> 00:08:36,950 - Attention people! 217 00:08:37,037 --> 00:08:39,692 I want you to meet my fellow actor and... 218 00:08:39,779 --> 00:08:41,128 [clears throat] 219 00:08:41,215 --> 00:08:43,174 hopefully, my new scene partner, 220 00:08:43,260 --> 00:08:45,785 Dee Dee Holloway! 221 00:08:45,872 --> 00:08:47,657 [all chattering] 222 00:08:47,744 --> 00:08:49,615 - Hi, I'm Cassandra. 223 00:08:49,702 --> 00:08:51,878 I got my first acting job in utero 224 00:08:51,965 --> 00:08:54,011 doing a prenatal vitamin commercial. 225 00:08:54,098 --> 00:08:55,708 Now I'm playing Baguette Number Two 226 00:08:55,795 --> 00:08:58,276 in "Les Misérables" on Broadway. 227 00:08:58,363 --> 00:09:01,322 - Oh, sacré bleu!Broadway! Like, for real? 228 00:09:02,846 --> 00:09:05,196 Huh? Eh? - Oh! 229 00:09:05,283 --> 00:09:07,590 - Uh, sorry. What are you doing? 230 00:09:07,677 --> 00:09:10,636 - I'm mirroring you! [laughs] 231 00:09:10,723 --> 00:09:12,682 It's an acting exercise. 232 00:09:12,769 --> 00:09:15,249 both: Whoa! This is cool! 233 00:09:15,336 --> 00:09:17,338 Jinx! Double jinx! 234 00:09:17,425 --> 00:09:18,949 [both laugh] 235 00:09:19,036 --> 00:09:20,559 - Tell me about your career, Dee Dee. 236 00:09:20,646 --> 00:09:21,952 What's your latest project? 237 00:09:22,039 --> 00:09:24,389 - Oh, um, I was in a commercial. 238 00:09:24,476 --> 00:09:26,347 - That's where I recognized you from! 239 00:09:26,434 --> 00:09:30,221 ♪ Don't cast your thunder asunder ♪ 240 00:09:30,308 --> 00:09:34,138 - Here's some roses just because! 241 00:09:34,225 --> 00:09:35,966 - Oh, thank you. 242 00:09:36,053 --> 00:09:38,446 Wow, Nolan, your friends are so cool, 243 00:09:38,533 --> 00:09:40,666 and serious about acting. 244 00:09:40,753 --> 00:09:42,320 - I know. We're the real deal. 245 00:09:42,407 --> 00:09:44,452 Aren't you glad you picked me as your scene partner? 246 00:09:44,539 --> 00:09:48,500 - I think I may have misjudged you, Nolan. 247 00:09:48,587 --> 00:09:50,023 [dramatic music] 248 00:09:50,110 --> 00:09:52,243 - I can't tell if this is a theater group 249 00:09:52,330 --> 00:09:54,506 or a holiday I don't know about. 250 00:09:54,593 --> 00:09:55,899 - Oh, I like those. 251 00:09:55,986 --> 00:09:57,857 Gram has one where she sneaks into my room 252 00:09:57,944 --> 00:10:00,425 on the 5th of September and screams. 253 00:10:00,512 --> 00:10:01,731 She calls it... 254 00:10:01,818 --> 00:10:04,472 [in guttural voice] "Chad." 255 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:05,560 - [shudders] 256 00:10:05,648 --> 00:10:07,388 - This is serious, guys. 257 00:10:07,475 --> 00:10:09,608 Dee Dee is being brainwashed by Nolan! 258 00:10:09,695 --> 00:10:12,350 - I don't know, Nate. She seems really happy. 259 00:10:12,437 --> 00:10:14,395 - [groans] - Nate's right. 260 00:10:14,482 --> 00:10:16,267 Not to be all "I'm from New York," 261 00:10:16,354 --> 00:10:18,748 but I'm from New York, so I know theater kids. 262 00:10:18,835 --> 00:10:22,360 And I didn't hear one show tune or see anyone crying on cue. 263 00:10:22,447 --> 00:10:25,232 - Exactly. Which means it's time we do a little research 264 00:10:25,319 --> 00:10:28,061 on Nolan's theater friends. 265 00:10:28,148 --> 00:10:29,715 - Zip! - Zap! 266 00:10:29,802 --> 00:10:30,847 - Zop! 267 00:10:30,934 --> 00:10:33,066 [laughter] 268 00:10:33,153 --> 00:10:36,113 - Ooh, [indistinct] 269 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:39,812 - What? This Cassandra kid is 23 years old! 270 00:10:39,899 --> 00:10:41,553 - Guys, listen to this! 271 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:43,250 "Scene one, Nolan's. 272 00:10:43,337 --> 00:10:45,383 "Nolan introduces Dee Dee to his theater friends. 273 00:10:45,470 --> 00:10:47,167 "Scene two, park. 274 00:10:47,254 --> 00:10:49,909 Nolan and Dee Dee play Zip, Zap, Zop with theater friends." 275 00:10:49,996 --> 00:10:51,302 - Holy cow! 276 00:10:51,389 --> 00:10:53,173 They've got everything scripted out. 277 00:10:53,260 --> 00:10:55,262 - It's like Dee Dee's life is a TV show! 278 00:10:55,349 --> 00:10:58,962 - I wonder who plays me? I hope he's hot. 279 00:10:59,049 --> 00:11:02,443 [laughter] - Oh, man, this was so fun. 280 00:11:02,530 --> 00:11:04,532 - Now's our chance. Follow Nolan! 281 00:11:04,619 --> 00:11:08,667 ♪ ♪ 282 00:11:08,754 --> 00:11:10,625 [whistles] 283 00:11:10,713 --> 00:11:11,888 - Ah! 284 00:11:11,975 --> 00:11:13,846 - [shouts, laughs] 285 00:11:16,501 --> 00:11:17,458 - How were we? 286 00:11:17,545 --> 00:11:18,764 - Fully believable. 287 00:11:18,851 --> 00:11:21,506 Dee Dee didn't suspect a thing. - Yes! 288 00:11:21,593 --> 00:11:25,510 I told my husband I could still play 11 to 15-year-olds. 289 00:11:25,597 --> 00:11:27,947 [bells ring] 290 00:11:28,034 --> 00:11:29,514 - Thanks for the gig, Nolan. 291 00:11:29,601 --> 00:11:31,081 [voice breaking] My career has really dried up 292 00:11:31,168 --> 00:11:32,865 since my voice started changing. 293 00:11:32,952 --> 00:11:35,520 - Ugh, I thought I had my embryonic foot in the door, 294 00:11:35,607 --> 00:11:37,870 but I haven't gotten any acting gigs since. 295 00:11:37,957 --> 00:11:40,743 - Hey, it pays to be friends with Nolan Vaughn. 296 00:11:40,830 --> 00:11:42,222 - Right on. - Yeah, it does. 297 00:11:42,309 --> 00:11:44,485 [camera shutter clicks] 298 00:11:44,572 --> 00:11:48,620 - Well, gang, I think we have all the evidence we need. 299 00:11:49,795 --> 00:11:53,146 It's crystal clear that Nolan is using Dee Dee 300 00:11:53,233 --> 00:11:55,714 as a pawn in our prank war. 301 00:11:55,801 --> 00:11:58,935 Step one, Nolan pretends to be interested in acting. 302 00:11:59,022 --> 00:12:01,415 - [gibberish] - Fake! 303 00:12:01,502 --> 00:12:04,592 - Step two, using actors posing as theater kids, 304 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:07,682 he convinces Dee Dee to be his partner in the competition. 305 00:12:07,770 --> 00:12:10,294 - [gibberish] - [gibberish] 306 00:12:10,381 --> 00:12:11,904 - Fake! 307 00:12:11,991 --> 00:12:13,340 - Step three, during the competition, 308 00:12:13,427 --> 00:12:15,125 he humiliates Dee Dee on stage, 309 00:12:15,212 --> 00:12:17,518 knowing that will lure me out of the audience. 310 00:12:17,605 --> 00:12:19,477 - [gibberish] 311 00:12:19,564 --> 00:12:22,219 [crying] 312 00:12:22,306 --> 00:12:24,177 - Step four, he then proceeds to punk me 313 00:12:24,264 --> 00:12:25,962 in front of a packed auditorium 314 00:12:26,049 --> 00:12:28,791 and declares himself the winner of the prank war. 315 00:12:28,878 --> 00:12:31,532 - [laughs] - [screams] 316 00:12:31,619 --> 00:12:34,187 Ow, my elbow! - It's diabolical. 317 00:12:34,274 --> 00:12:36,624 - Wow. I can't believe Nolan would do that. 318 00:12:36,711 --> 00:12:37,756 [door slams] Ah! 319 00:12:37,843 --> 00:12:39,453 - Do what? - Ooh! 320 00:12:39,540 --> 00:12:40,715 Uh, Dee Dee! 321 00:12:40,803 --> 00:12:42,195 Nolan's friends are really-- 322 00:12:42,282 --> 00:12:44,023 well, they aren't who they say they are. 323 00:12:44,110 --> 00:12:45,590 - What are you talking about? 324 00:12:45,677 --> 00:12:47,461 - We did some digging around in their bags 325 00:12:47,548 --> 00:12:49,202 while you guys were at the park and-- 326 00:12:49,289 --> 00:12:51,770 - Wait, hold up. You guys were spying on me? 327 00:12:51,857 --> 00:12:54,338 - Well, um, yeah, but it was for your own good. 328 00:12:54,425 --> 00:12:56,340 See, it turns out that Nolan was all along-- 329 00:12:56,427 --> 00:12:57,645 - I don't want to hear it. 330 00:12:57,732 --> 00:13:00,387 I can't believe you were spying on me! 331 00:13:00,474 --> 00:13:02,781 - We were worried about you. - Huh. 332 00:13:02,868 --> 00:13:04,783 And what about you, Nate? Were you "worried" about me? 333 00:13:04,870 --> 00:13:07,568 Or were you just obsessed with taking Nolan down? 334 00:13:07,655 --> 00:13:10,267 - Uh, can't I be both? 335 00:13:10,354 --> 00:13:11,703 - I'm going over to Nolan's to rehearse. 336 00:13:11,790 --> 00:13:13,966 Don't follow me! 337 00:13:14,053 --> 00:13:15,794 - I sort of think Dee Dee's right. 338 00:13:15,881 --> 00:13:17,187 We made a mistake. 339 00:13:17,274 --> 00:13:19,276 - Guys, guys, guys, we can't give up now. 340 00:13:19,363 --> 00:13:20,843 Remember who we're dealing with? 341 00:13:20,930 --> 00:13:24,455 Nolan Vaughn. I know how his mind works. 342 00:13:24,542 --> 00:13:26,674 - Dude, enough with all the Nolan Vaughn stuff. 343 00:13:26,761 --> 00:13:27,980 You're obsessed! 344 00:13:28,067 --> 00:13:31,810 Uh, I'm out. - Hmm. 345 00:13:31,897 --> 00:13:34,247 - [scoffs] I'm not obsessed. 346 00:13:34,333 --> 00:13:36,075 But we should probably go over to Nolan's 347 00:13:36,162 --> 00:13:37,381 and track his movements, you know? 348 00:13:37,468 --> 00:13:39,383 Just to make sure that Dee Dee's OK, of course. 349 00:13:39,470 --> 00:13:40,993 - Totally. 350 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:44,170 - Dee Dee, I love the daring choices 351 00:13:44,257 --> 00:13:45,693 you're making in this scene. 352 00:13:45,780 --> 00:13:47,826 - Thank you, Nolan, but-- 353 00:13:47,913 --> 00:13:50,089 [sighs] - What's wrong? 354 00:13:50,176 --> 00:13:55,007 - Oh, it's just your friends all have such amazing careers. 355 00:13:55,094 --> 00:13:57,053 Me? [groans] 356 00:13:57,140 --> 00:13:59,185 - You will be a bigger star 357 00:13:59,272 --> 00:14:01,187 than all my friends put together. 358 00:14:01,274 --> 00:14:03,363 I promise you, tomorrow, 359 00:14:03,450 --> 00:14:06,845 everyone's going to know the name Dee Dee Holloway. 360 00:14:06,932 --> 00:14:08,455 - Ah! 361 00:14:08,542 --> 00:14:10,893 - Gah! What a phony Nolan is! 362 00:14:10,980 --> 00:14:12,416 Pretending to be Dee Dee's friend 363 00:14:12,503 --> 00:14:14,157 so he can make a fool of her at the competition. 364 00:14:14,244 --> 00:14:15,723 We can't let him get away with it! 365 00:14:15,810 --> 00:14:18,074 - I agree, but Dee Dee knows we suspect him. 366 00:14:18,161 --> 00:14:19,945 If we want to keep an eye on things, 367 00:14:20,032 --> 00:14:21,512 we'll have to go deep undercover. 368 00:14:21,599 --> 00:14:25,603 - No problem. Deepness is my specialty. 369 00:14:25,690 --> 00:14:27,779 - What? 370 00:14:27,866 --> 00:14:33,828 - Welcome to the Mainiactors Regional Acting Competition! 371 00:14:33,916 --> 00:14:35,700 [cheers and applause] 372 00:14:35,787 --> 00:14:37,180 - W--wait! 373 00:14:37,267 --> 00:14:39,269 - [gasps] What's this? 374 00:14:39,356 --> 00:14:42,185 A dramatic entrance? 375 00:14:42,272 --> 00:14:43,751 - We want to be in the competition! 376 00:14:43,838 --> 00:14:46,276 - Ah, yes! 377 00:14:46,363 --> 00:14:49,061 I sense your drive, your hunger, 378 00:14:49,148 --> 00:14:51,324 your desperation. 379 00:14:51,411 --> 00:14:53,283 Congratulations! You're in. 380 00:14:57,940 --> 00:14:59,898 - I'm not leaving you behind! 381 00:14:59,985 --> 00:15:02,466 - I'm already gone, Klausky. [coughs] 382 00:15:02,553 --> 00:15:04,598 Half my torso is spread across Normandy beach. 383 00:15:04,685 --> 00:15:08,037 Just promise me you'll do one thing for me! 384 00:15:08,124 --> 00:15:09,647 - Anything. 385 00:15:09,734 --> 00:15:11,649 - I scooped out my kidney and put it in my right pocket. 386 00:15:11,736 --> 00:15:13,912 [gasps] Make sure my son gets it. 387 00:15:13,999 --> 00:15:15,218 Promise me you'll-- 388 00:15:15,305 --> 00:15:19,222 [choking] 389 00:15:19,309 --> 00:15:23,661 - No! 390 00:15:23,748 --> 00:15:27,578 [cheers and applause] 391 00:15:27,665 --> 00:15:29,188 - Oh! [sniffles] 392 00:15:29,275 --> 00:15:31,364 Nothing like a battlefield scene 393 00:15:31,451 --> 00:15:33,932 to get the waterworks going. 394 00:15:34,019 --> 00:15:36,674 Can you top that, Ms. Holloway? 395 00:15:36,761 --> 00:15:39,242 [western music] 396 00:15:39,329 --> 00:15:42,158 - We've eaten all our rations and-- 397 00:15:42,245 --> 00:15:43,768 [music stops] [chickens clucking] 398 00:15:43,855 --> 00:15:44,464 [sheep baaing] 399 00:15:44,551 --> 00:15:46,336 Line. 400 00:15:46,423 --> 00:15:47,467 - Now we're gonna have to eat each other. 401 00:15:47,554 --> 00:15:50,514 - And now we're going to have to eat each other. 402 00:15:50,601 --> 00:15:51,819 [horse neighing] 403 00:15:51,906 --> 00:15:53,778 [both gnawing] 404 00:15:53,865 --> 00:15:56,520 - Such animal magnetism! 405 00:15:56,607 --> 00:15:58,261 [sneaky music] 406 00:15:58,348 --> 00:15:59,523 - Psst! 407 00:15:59,610 --> 00:16:02,482 ♪ ♪ 408 00:16:02,569 --> 00:16:04,745 - Hey, aren't those Nolan's fake actor friends? 409 00:16:04,832 --> 00:16:07,052 - What's he up to? 410 00:16:07,139 --> 00:16:08,271 - [groans] 411 00:16:08,358 --> 00:16:09,446 - Excuse me, Dee Dee. 412 00:16:09,533 --> 00:16:12,275 I need to...poop. 413 00:16:12,362 --> 00:16:14,538 - I understand. Shed your baggage. 414 00:16:14,625 --> 00:16:17,932 [sneaky music] 415 00:16:18,020 --> 00:16:19,891 - Mm, do you have them? 416 00:16:19,978 --> 00:16:22,894 - Got 'em right here, just like you ordered. 417 00:16:22,981 --> 00:16:23,895 - And what about the... 418 00:16:23,982 --> 00:16:25,940 other items we discussed? 419 00:16:26,028 --> 00:16:27,986 - Ah, here you go, chief. 420 00:16:28,073 --> 00:16:29,770 - But it has to be a surprise. 421 00:16:29,857 --> 00:16:31,685 Don't bring this stuff on stage until I give you the signal. 422 00:16:31,772 --> 00:16:32,904 - 10-4, boss. 423 00:16:32,991 --> 00:16:34,123 She'll never know what hit her. 424 00:16:34,210 --> 00:16:36,777 - [gasps] Did you hear that? 425 00:16:36,864 --> 00:16:38,997 - Nolan's going to hit Dee Dee with whatever's in the box. 426 00:16:39,083 --> 00:16:41,260 - Oh, not today, he's not. 427 00:16:41,347 --> 00:16:43,306 - No, Nate! If we expose Nolan now, 428 00:16:43,393 --> 00:16:44,916 Dee Dee won't be able to do her scene. 429 00:16:45,003 --> 00:16:46,613 She'll lose her chance to win the competition, 430 00:16:46,700 --> 00:16:47,614 and she'll be devastated! 431 00:16:47,701 --> 00:16:49,486 - OK, then, fine. 432 00:16:49,573 --> 00:16:51,792 We'll wait until the very last moment. 433 00:16:51,879 --> 00:16:53,838 - [breathing heavily] 434 00:16:53,925 --> 00:16:56,319 - Finished. I punished that porcelain. 435 00:16:56,406 --> 00:16:58,234 - Um, good. 436 00:16:58,321 --> 00:16:59,670 I think we're up. 437 00:16:59,757 --> 00:17:01,498 [exhales] 438 00:17:03,587 --> 00:17:05,023 [dramatically] Where were you, Howard? 439 00:17:05,110 --> 00:17:06,719 - What do you care, Margaret? 440 00:17:06,806 --> 00:17:08,199 I'm home now. 441 00:17:08,286 --> 00:17:09,984 Ain't that good enough for you? 442 00:17:10,072 --> 00:17:12,639 - You're not fooling anyone, Howard! 443 00:17:12,726 --> 00:17:14,380 Where do you go every night? 444 00:17:14,467 --> 00:17:17,208 - Well, if you're going to keep asking, 445 00:17:17,295 --> 00:17:20,299 I guess I'll have to tell you everything. 446 00:17:20,386 --> 00:17:21,648 - [whispering] What are you doing? 447 00:17:21,735 --> 00:17:23,389 This isn't in the script. 448 00:17:23,476 --> 00:17:26,739 - Margaret, prepare yourself for the surprise of your life. 449 00:17:26,827 --> 00:17:29,047 - Not so fast! 450 00:17:29,134 --> 00:17:31,267 - [gasps] 451 00:17:31,354 --> 00:17:34,226 - Nate? Amy? What are you doing here? 452 00:17:34,313 --> 00:17:35,097 - [whispering] Don't break character, Dee Dee. 453 00:17:35,184 --> 00:17:36,707 Keep the scene going. 454 00:17:36,794 --> 00:17:39,797 [loudly] Who are you two strangers? 455 00:17:39,884 --> 00:17:41,233 - We are, uh-- 456 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:42,843 - The police! - Your neighbors. 457 00:17:42,930 --> 00:17:45,063 - Uh, your police neighbors! 458 00:17:45,150 --> 00:17:47,935 We've come to expose Howard for the scoundrel that he is. 459 00:17:48,022 --> 00:17:52,636 - Howard, what are these police neighbors talking about? 460 00:17:52,723 --> 00:17:55,465 - We're talking about this. - Hey! Give it to me! 461 00:17:55,552 --> 00:17:57,989 - First, you're gonna tell us what's in the box. 462 00:17:58,076 --> 00:17:59,512 [grunts] Hand it over! - No! 463 00:17:59,599 --> 00:18:01,384 [grunts] You fools! 464 00:18:01,471 --> 00:18:03,386 You've ruined everything! 465 00:18:03,473 --> 00:18:06,040 - You thought you were gonna get away with your evil plan. 466 00:18:06,128 --> 00:18:08,652 But you forgot I'm the prank king. 467 00:18:08,739 --> 00:18:11,698 - Ah! Ooh! - [gasps] 468 00:18:11,785 --> 00:18:13,004 Flowers? 469 00:18:13,091 --> 00:18:14,875 Nolan, what is going on? 470 00:18:14,962 --> 00:18:18,531 - Um, I was improvising. They were for you. 471 00:18:18,618 --> 00:18:21,404 - Dee Dee, your acting partner is a fraud. 472 00:18:21,491 --> 00:18:23,319 Those probably aren't even flowers. 473 00:18:23,406 --> 00:18:25,147 Actually, you know what? They could be dynamite. 474 00:18:25,234 --> 00:18:27,975 Duck and cover, everybody! This place is gonna blow! 475 00:18:28,062 --> 00:18:29,934 [audience gasps] - Grenade! 476 00:18:32,197 --> 00:18:34,721 - "Dearest Dee Dee, please be my sweetie. 477 00:18:34,808 --> 00:18:39,422 I had fun in our scene and I think you're so keen"? 478 00:18:39,509 --> 00:18:41,554 - Oh, no. 479 00:18:41,641 --> 00:18:43,687 - W--wait a minute. What's happening right now? 480 00:18:43,774 --> 00:18:45,297 What about our prank war? 481 00:18:45,384 --> 00:18:47,952 - We saw you pay those actors to do your evil bidding. 482 00:18:48,039 --> 00:18:52,783 - I admit, this all started as a plan to take you down, Nate, 483 00:18:52,870 --> 00:18:54,785 by destroying your friendship with Dee Dee. 484 00:18:54,872 --> 00:18:57,701 But you won me over with your passion, 485 00:18:57,788 --> 00:19:00,051 your spirit, your star quality. 486 00:19:00,138 --> 00:19:01,574 - Uh-huh. Keep talking. 487 00:19:01,661 --> 00:19:03,402 - Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on, hold on. 488 00:19:03,489 --> 00:19:04,664 Let me see this. 489 00:19:04,751 --> 00:19:07,145 "But you won me over with your passion, 490 00:19:07,232 --> 00:19:09,278 your spirit, your star quality." 491 00:19:09,365 --> 00:19:11,976 Dee Dee, this jerk is still acting! 492 00:19:12,063 --> 00:19:13,891 This is all part of his plan! [audience gasps] 493 00:19:13,978 --> 00:19:16,372 - And it worked! 494 00:19:16,459 --> 00:19:20,027 I kept you on stage long enough to do this. 495 00:19:20,114 --> 00:19:22,160 [dramatic music] 496 00:19:22,247 --> 00:19:25,859 - [slow motion] No! 497 00:19:25,946 --> 00:19:27,121 [rope snaps] 498 00:19:27,209 --> 00:19:28,732 - [yells] 499 00:19:28,819 --> 00:19:30,995 - [grunts] 500 00:19:31,082 --> 00:19:33,693 So you only chose me as a scene partner 501 00:19:33,780 --> 00:19:35,869 so you could settle a score with Nate? 502 00:19:35,956 --> 00:19:38,394 - Uh...yeah, basically. 503 00:19:38,481 --> 00:19:41,179 - And Nate, you were so obsessed with 504 00:19:41,266 --> 00:19:43,703 your stupid prank war that you invaded my privacy 505 00:19:43,790 --> 00:19:47,316 and turned my scene into a dumpster fire? 506 00:19:47,403 --> 00:19:50,014 - "Dumpster fire" feels a little extreme. 507 00:19:50,101 --> 00:19:51,320 - Dee Dee, I-- 508 00:19:51,407 --> 00:19:52,973 - Don't get me started on you, girl! 509 00:19:53,060 --> 00:19:56,281 Oh! [exhales deeply] 510 00:19:56,368 --> 00:19:57,891 You know what? You know what? 511 00:19:57,978 --> 00:20:01,504 I don't need some dumb competition to make me a star. 512 00:20:01,591 --> 00:20:03,854 I'll get there on my own! [audience gasps] 513 00:20:03,941 --> 00:20:05,029 I quit! 514 00:20:05,116 --> 00:20:06,857 [distant scream] 515 00:20:08,162 --> 00:20:10,687 - [clapping slowly] 516 00:20:10,774 --> 00:20:13,167 [cheers and applause] 517 00:20:13,255 --> 00:20:14,865 - Wow. 518 00:20:14,952 --> 00:20:19,522 Hey, Dee Dee. I think that's all for you. 519 00:20:19,609 --> 00:20:22,525 - I think we all know who the winner of 520 00:20:22,612 --> 00:20:26,224 tonight's Mainiactors Competition is. 521 00:20:26,311 --> 00:20:27,530 Randy! 522 00:20:27,617 --> 00:20:28,618 - [gasps] 523 00:20:28,705 --> 00:20:30,968 [grand music] 524 00:20:31,055 --> 00:20:32,186 [music stops] 525 00:20:32,274 --> 00:20:34,145 [groans] 526 00:20:34,232 --> 00:20:36,103 - Dee Dee. - [groans] 527 00:20:37,540 --> 00:20:38,758 [door slams] 528 00:20:38,845 --> 00:20:40,282 [cardboard bangs] [groans] 529 00:20:40,369 --> 00:20:41,979 [bell rings] 530 00:20:43,502 --> 00:20:45,635 [grunting] 531 00:20:45,722 --> 00:20:48,681 - Let me get that for you. 532 00:20:48,768 --> 00:20:50,117 - Thanks. 533 00:20:50,204 --> 00:20:51,336 - I'm sorry I didn't trust you, Dee Dee. 534 00:20:51,423 --> 00:20:53,164 You can take care of yourself. 535 00:20:53,251 --> 00:20:56,167 I was being a helicopter girlfriend. 536 00:20:56,254 --> 00:20:58,648 - And I was being a first-rate jerk. 537 00:20:58,735 --> 00:21:00,650 I'm sorry, Dee Dee. You deserve better. 538 00:21:00,737 --> 00:21:01,868 - That's OK, guys. 539 00:21:01,955 --> 00:21:04,218 I realize Dr. Lagaze was wrong anyway. 540 00:21:04,306 --> 00:21:06,177 I'm not behind in my career. 541 00:21:06,264 --> 00:21:07,657 I'm right where I need to be. 542 00:21:07,744 --> 00:21:08,701 [clapping] 543 00:21:08,788 --> 00:21:10,660 - Bravo. 544 00:21:10,747 --> 00:21:12,009 - Ugh. - Ah! 545 00:21:12,096 --> 00:21:13,793 - What do you want? 546 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:18,102 - I just thought I'd drop by to see how heartbroken you are. 547 00:21:18,189 --> 00:21:21,627 After all, for one brief, thrilling moment, 548 00:21:21,714 --> 00:21:23,629 you thought you were about to be my girlfriend. 549 00:21:23,716 --> 00:21:25,327 - [groans] - That wasn't happening. 550 00:21:25,414 --> 00:21:27,590 - And I'm here to let you know 551 00:21:27,677 --> 00:21:30,244 that you may have escaped my sandbag prank, 552 00:21:30,332 --> 00:21:32,116 but our war will never end. 553 00:21:32,203 --> 00:21:36,076 Not until I completely annihilate you. [laughs] 554 00:21:36,163 --> 00:21:37,774 - Yeah, just, uh, hold that thought, Nolan. 555 00:21:37,861 --> 00:21:40,254 I'm sorry. It's just-- [grunts] 556 00:21:40,342 --> 00:21:43,170 The darn thing won't open. - Uh, here, here, let me try. 557 00:21:43,257 --> 00:21:45,608 You just gotta-- [grunts] 558 00:21:45,695 --> 00:21:47,827 - [grunts] Use some elbow grease. 559 00:21:47,914 --> 00:21:49,133 - Oh, this is pathetic. 560 00:21:49,220 --> 00:21:51,048 Just move out of the way. I'll do it. 561 00:21:51,135 --> 00:21:54,007 [shouting] 562 00:21:54,094 --> 00:21:55,618 This is the last time you punk me! 563 00:21:55,705 --> 00:21:57,141 You hear me, Nate Wright? 564 00:21:57,228 --> 00:21:59,622 You're going down! [choking] 565 00:21:59,709 --> 00:22:02,407 - [sighs] I'll miss that guy. - Really? 566 00:22:02,494 --> 00:22:04,061 - No. I was acting. 567 00:22:04,148 --> 00:22:06,063 [laughter] Aw, man. 568 00:22:10,023 --> 00:22:12,722 [upbeat rock music] 569 00:22:12,809 --> 00:22:19,685 ♪ ♪