Don't you close your eyes, a big surprise is coming!
I am up to something!
I'll visualize and organize a prank that you cannot imagine!
My name is Andy, everybody knows me!
What's with the swangster? Nobody's better!
My name is Andy, everybody knows me!
What's with the swangster? Nobody's better!
Over here, check this out!
Sweet, eh? I really can't think of anything that could ruin this moment.
Andy! You're dead!
Well, almost anything.
It started a few days back with Jen watching that stupid School Groove on TV.
Yeah! Isn't School Groove the coolest?
The coolest show on television?
Yeah!
You know, this show is like a mental laxative.
You keep watching, then pretty soon, your mind is in the toilet.
Gross!
No, your taste in music is gross.
And your perfume.
Did skunks die to make that?
Shut up, dweeb!
Hey, give me that!
What you've all been waiting to find out,
the School Groove National High School Dance Competition
will be held at and broadcast live from
East Geckle School, Alberta!
So get ready,
East Geckle School,
cause we're gonna be there next week to heat things up!
We're outta here! Peace, kids!
Take it away, Doodle-yo!
I gotta call Terry!
And I gotta call Danny!
Did you hear?
They're having the School Groove Dance Competition at our school!
I know! Isn't that amazing?
Did you hear?
They're having the School Groove Dance Competition at our school!
Yeah, isn't that amazing?
My dream to go on TV
and wow everyone with my dance moves
is finally gonna come true!
That would be too cool!
Hey, my dream to go on TV
and wow everyone with my pranks
can finally come true!
That would be too cool!
This is the opportunity I've been waiting for!
And in the category for outstanding pranking
during a major dance competition on live TV,
the winner is...
Andy Larkin!
This is definitely the opportunity I've been waiting for!
Oh, man, that's right!
I kept a brick of rotten cheese inside it
for six months at the bottom of a gym locker at the Y.
I named him Stinkus Craptilius.
Oh, my work here is done.
Let's retire to a good observation point.
Did you figure out the prank you're gonna pull yet?
No, but it has to be something special.
It's not every day one is on TV.
Wow, if I were in your shoes,
knowing that hundreds of thousands of people
will be seeing it,
I'd really be feeling the pressure.
I, Andy Larkin, the world's greatest prankster,
don't know the meaning of the word!
Here we go!
Ugh!
Get off me!
Time to do the dirty laundry.
Hey, Jen.
Wanna be my dance partner?
You bet.
It's just like my dream.
Uh, sorry to rain on your parade, Jen,
but if Andy is the dork that he is 24-7,
wouldn't it stand to reason that he'd try a prank
at the dance competition?
Your dream could turn into a nightmare.
I'd like to remind you all that the gym will be closed
while the floor is being re-varnished for the dance.
One more thing.
This competition is being broadcast live
to the whole country,
so everyone has to be on their best behavior,
or I'll cancel the whole thing.
And, Larkin, that means you.
That is all.
What?
Thanks for the reminder, girls.
There's no way Andy Larkin is gonna make a fool
out of me and my school in front of the entire country.
You're welcome, Mr. DeRosa.
But it wouldn't hurt to take out a little insurance.
Would Peter Lick and Andrew Leach come to my office...
now?
Hey, didn't you hear me?
No!
Hey, didn't your mother tell you it's rude to stare?
Everyone is so up for this dance competition,
it's gonna be impossible to pull off a prank
with them watching you like a hawk.
Just because DeRosa tells me not to prank
and the whole school looks like they'll murder me if I do...
If you do one thing to screw up this dance,
I'll make you wish you'd never been born.
And that goes for your little friend, too.
And just because my sister threatens me with bodily harm...
If you mess up this dance, Larkin,
the world won't be big enough for you to hide.
I didn't know you two liked to shake your booty.
The only thing that we'll be shaking is your throat, Larkin.
Yeah, DeRosa deputized us to make sure you don't,
you know, get near the school during the dance competition.
And we get detention if we fail.
We're gonna be on you like, you know, stink on a moose.
Oh, is that what that is?
Hmm...
Not only do I get to pull off a prank on TV,
but Lick and Leech end up in detention.
I gotta go for it!
Well, when you put it like that...
Who's dropped by to intimidate me now?
Uh, I was just wondering if you were going to the dance?
Oh, sorry, I...
I didn't know it was you.
Yeah, I'll be at the dance.
Great! I'll see you there, then. Bye!
Uh...
So, assuming you can get within a kilometer of the place,
what's the prank gonna be?
The prank? It's, uh, gonna be, uh...
Yes?
Well, I can't think of anything right now.
I mean, I can think of pranks, but none of them are good enough.
Wait a sec, partner.
I know what this is about.
She's about five feet high and says things like,
Oh, I was just wondering if you were going to the dance.
You don't want a prank because Lori will be there.
For a little guy, Danny sure is perceptive.
No way. Nothing gets between me and my art.
I just can't think of anything.
Well, what about that cheese in the sock?
I bet that could clear a room pretty fast.
This is TV we're talking about. It has to be amazing!
And the $20,000 prank is...
It is, uh...
Hmm?
Nah-ha-ha.
But for some reason, I have absolutely nothing.
Oh, sorry. Are you okay?
Give me a minute.
I'm a bit preoccupied right now.
I just know that Andy will try to ruin the dance with me.
I can't wait for the stupid, idiotic lame-o prank.
You gotta focus, Jen.
Or I'm in serious trouble.
It's no use!
I can't get that stupid brother of mine off my mind!
We're never gonna get it together unless we make sure Andy doesn't prank the dance!
I wasn't going to mention this, Jen,
but drastic times call for drastic measures.
There's that store in the mall that sells
all kinds of surveillance equipment.
If we get one of those tiny tracking devices,
we'd know where he was all the time.
Are you suggesting we spy on my brother?
Well, uh...
What are we waiting for? Let's go!
Attention!
Will the student who left his shorts
lying in the middle of the basketball court
please come and pick them up,
as the gym floor is about to be varnished?
Fool!
Do you think Larkin's gonna pull a prank?
Nah, even he wouldn't be that stupid.
I bet you five bucks he dies...
That's what I like about school.
No peer pressure.
I heard he's gonna cause a blackout in the area
so the TV cameras don't work.
No way.
I heard that he's gonna re-record all the music in the city
with rude lyrics and banjo accompaniment.
You're both wrong.
Andy's going to fill the entire gym with fish heads.
The cost of that many fish heads is totally prohibitive.
I should know. I've done the math.
I have to admit, I'm worried about you.
Usually by this time, you'd already be staging the prank.
Oh, I've got pranks.
They're just not good enough.
Replacing everyone's right shoe with a left one
so they all look pigeon-toed?
Too predictable.
Inviting a motorcycle gang to the dance?
Too dangerous.
Not doing anything at all
and letting everyone get paranoid to the point of hysteria?
I must admit, that's working so far,
but not because I planned it.
So, what are you gonna do?
When I find out, you'll be the first to know.
Come on, let's get out of here.
So he can't come up with anything.
Nice.
The pranking well has, you know, finally run dry.
Let's report to Principal DeRosa.
Hey, guys, there's some people here
who want to see two guys using one bad joke.
Let's go to the bathroom stall.
What'd you do that for?
I panicked.
You're an idiot.
Who you calling an idiot?
Huh?
Hey, let go of me.
Perfect.
Ugh.
She really thinks she can stay one step ahead of me.
So sad.
This is the coolest day ever.
Just think, later this evening,
we'll all be dancing on TV.
Speaking of which, let's try out the routine.
Uh-oh.
Jen, you're driving me nuts.
If you can't get this right,
we're gonna be a laughing stock.
Sorry, Craig.
I'm still nervous about my stupid brother
and any evil plan he may have.
Relax, Jen.
Remember, we will know exactly where he is at all times.
Right now, he's...
Mom said you needed towels.
Is that your routine?
Because that looked painful.
You don't know the half of it.
Why don't you guys try something simple?
Simple doesn't win competitions.
If you don't risk everything,
you don't have a chance.
You guys don't stand a chance
because you are simple.
Let me at him!
Come on, Jen.
We just need to focus.
The show starts in less than 12 hours.
Just keep your eye on that monitor.
Whoa!
I know what you're thinking.
Day at the competition,
I haven't come up with a prank,
and it's because of my conflict of interest
involving Lori, right?
Okay, you're right.
What do you want, a cookie?
It can't be.
It is.
Lori is playing touchy-feely
with someone else behind my back.
I should go in there and give them what for.
Grrr!
Maybe I shouldn't be too hasty.
But one thing's for sure.
I wouldn't dance with Lori now if she begged me.
There is now nothing standing between me
and something worthy of the Nobel Prank Prize.
For some reason,
I always get inspiration around places
where there's toilet paper.
Back, back, back.
Yep, that's it.
Back.
There.
That's good.
Hey, aren't you Larkin's kid?
How about giving us a hand with these barrels?
What is this sticky stuff?
Industrial molasses.
Molasses?
I usually put it on pancakes.
Oh, that ain't the same kind of molasses.
Uh, you better go wash your hands
under hot water before it dries.
Well, what happens when it dries?
Oh, it gets to be hard as rock.
You'd have to melt it to get it off.
Once all the obstructions have been removed,
the prank ideas come thick and fast.
Well, that's all of them.
Thanks, kid.
As per requested, this one's yours.
Can you see what Larkin's doing?
Not really.
The smell in here is, you know, making my eyes water.
Shush.
There's somebody coming.
That's the lot.
Take it to the dump.
Danny, wake up.
Get mush and drive over to the paper plant ASAP.
I figured out what to do.
And this one is gonna be a barrel of laughs.
HIHIHI!
Yes!
Uh, your face is green!
Andy!
Oh, no.
With all the dancing, I forgot to check the monitor.
He's over at the paper plant.
Come on.
This isn't the only dying Andy is going to be doing today, theology.
Go, go!
look how fast he's moving knowing him he's probably running away from the police
now to totally confuse them
there you go boy
okay so here's the deal we're gonna spread this molasses all over the dance area
with the help of those fans it'll dry rock hard just like this varnish
but what's the point if it's hard no one will stick to it
ever been on tv i was at the back of the crowd during the local stations on the spot traffic
report once i'm in inside a studio those lights are so hot it's like being a chicken in a roaster
got it in one mush i reckon by the middle of the show things are gonna get pretty gooey around here
brilliant
i can't wait to see you
i can't wait to see the look on everybody's face
he's just in front of us this way
welcome to school groups national dance competition
beat it kids this is my show that's what he thinks
those guys you recommended
did a great job of furnishing the floor
made it
come on you need some makeup
you guys can't go on national television with those green faces
just start the ball rolling our first contestants are the easter championship winners from montreal
veronique and gator
oh yeah
what happened to you two you stink
we were keeping an eye on larkin like you told us to and we hid in these garbage cans
please tell me you didn't lose him
we didn't lose him
thank heavens for that
but we did lose him
but you just said you didn't lose him
well you told us to say that
oh you both earned yourselves a detention
idiot
well you're an idiot
you're an idiot
just shut up
you shut up
wasn't that wonderful
next up is east gackle's own jen larkin and craig bennett
what's wrong with them they look like demented clouds
it must be the lights
speaking of which
perfect
come on let's go
andy i've been looking for you
i thought we could you know dance later
you mean in between dancing with your boyfriend
what are you talking about
the jig's up laurie
i saw you two holding hands in beans and burger earlier
andy you're an idiot
that was danny
it's true
we weren't holding hands
danny had this new sweatshirt on and he asked me to feel the material
danny
sorry for sneaking around andy but i couldn't let a woman come between you and your pranks
but how did you know i would end up at beans and burger
duh you always end up at beans and burger
thank you jen and craig
you might consider easing up on the freaky makeup next time
let's take a break from the individual dances for a while
everybody on the floor
come on
i'm glad you decided not to make the school look bad on national tv with one of your pranks
uh oh
hey we're on tv smile
i'm starting to like this show
what the
i can't move my feet
smile for the camera
i'm sorry all you viewers out there in tv land
but we seem to have a technical problem with the floor
what are you talking about i just had it burnished
what the
larkin you did this you are in so much trouble
go to commercial go go
i learned something here
if you want to succeed in this world you just gotta stick to it
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