- ¶
- [groans] Do you always have to be by my locker?
- Max, that's Cherry's locker.
- Oh, you're right.
Oooh, a muffin! [laughs]
- Hey, guys.
- Ah, don't hurt me! I'll put it back!
- [locker door slams]
- Oh, this. Yeah.
It belongs to my older brother, Perry.
I accidentally grabbed it on the way out this morning.
- How did you "accidentally" do that?
- I thought it was my back scratcher.
- Let's focus on the weirder thing here.
You have an older brother?
- Cherry has five brothers. - Yep.
- Perry, Harry, Terry, Barry and John Cena.
- I think you made that last one up.
- Perry is training to become a hockey pro
and live in Canada.
- And John is a very popular professional wrestler.
- John Cena is not your brother!
- Anyway, Perry's in town because they're honoring him
by hanging his old hockey jersey up at the local skating rink.
- Ah, hockey...
I coulda gone pro, if it wasn't for one thing.
- PHOEBE: You've never played.
- Yeah, that's the one thing.
See ya.
- I can't believe I finally get to meet the famous Perry.
- Yep, everybody loves Perry the Great.
But whenever he's around, I become Cherry the Who?
- You always say that. It can't be that bad.
- Oh, it's worse.
One time our parents came to pick us up from summer camp--
took Perry home and forgot me.
- How far did they get before they realized?
- January.
- Hey, Cherry! - Hey, Coach Shimeck.
- I wanna talk to you about how well you did
on your health class exam.
- See? Nobody forgot about you.
- I'm so proud of-- Holy hockey sticks, it's Perry!
- STUDENTS: [chanting "Perry! Perry!"]
- So, about my exam?
- Who are you?
- STUDENTS: [chanting continues]
- Right back at you.
[chanting] Strangers! Strangers! Strangers!
Hey, Cherry.
- Hey, Perry. This is my bestie.
- Hi. Um...I'm Boebe.
Uh, Moebe.
Phoebe. [laughs]
That's me. It's nice to meet me.
I mean, you.
- It's very nice to meet you.
- [electrical zap] - Whoa!
Feel that spark?
- It's called static electricity.
Here's your hockey back. Bye.
Do you see what I'm talking about?
He walks into a room
and everything becomes all about him.
- Cherry, don't be silly.
It's not all about Perry.
- COACH SHIMECK: Attention, students!
Perry is in the quad! I repeat, Perry is in the quad!
- STUDENTS: [excited chatter]
- So, you think John Cena's your brother.
That's interesting.
- ¶
- [bottles thud]
- You guys are on fire!
- What are the kiddos up to?
- Well, isn't it obvious? They're...
- [bottles thud] - They're...
Yeah, I have no idea what they're doing.
- We're bottle flipping.
- Ha! Ah! Bottle flipping.
You know, I coulda gone pro, if it wasn't for one thing.
- You've never played. - That's the one thing.
So, explain this game real quick, so I can beat ya.
- First, you take a bottle that's half full.
Or is it half empty?
Whoa-a-a-a-a...
- Billy, stop. Nora, go.
- The goal is to flip the bottle into the air
and have it land upright...
- [bottle thuds] - ...like this.
- Wow, you guys are really talented.
Why is this a thing?
- Let's go look it up online.
- So, all you do is toss a bottle in the air?
How hard can that be?
- Actually, it's pretty hard.
- Well, by the law of older brothers,
I'm better than you at everything.
- Oh, yeah? Race you to Texas!
[zooming]
I win, pardner!
- I meant better than you at games.
Observe.
[exhales]
- [bottle thuds]
- You used to beat them, buddy.
[whooshing]
- Billy, we've finally found a game
we're better at than Max.
- Pssst! Yeah, right. Not a chance.
This table isn't even level.
- Fine. Then why don't you try it at the kitchen island?
- Sure.
Watch and learn...
- [bottle thuds]
- ...that this island is also not level.
- It'll probably be impossible for us to do this, then.
- [bottles thud]
- Boom!
- [palm slap]
- Stupid boom! Stupid game!
- Oh, I'm sorry.
Is that mumbling your way of saying
we're better than you?
- You will never hear that.
I'm takin' you down to rematch town.
- Oh, is that your excuseville?
- Race you to excuseville!
[zooming]
- I don't know where he's going, but...
I hope he comes back.
- Oh, Phoebe!
You know how I love singing while I eat ice cream.
- Yes. I love watching you
and making sure you don't choke.
- Well, they just opened up
a new karaoke ice cream club downtown.
It's called... I Scream, You Scream
Really Loudly Into a Microphone!
- Cool. But there's no microphone here,
so you don't have to scream yet.
- Oh.
Oh, my mom's calling.
Hey, Mom.
But, no, I don't wanna--
Fine.
[chanting] Perry! Perry! Perry!
- FEMALE VOICE: Alert! Alert!
Cherry's brother Perry approaching.
- Cherry's Perry? Cherry's Perry?
- Should I call a doctor?
Your heart just skipped a beat.
- No.
And "mute." - [doorbell rings]
- [monitor descends]
- Oh, hey there. [laughs]
- Hey, Boebe Moebe.
- Ha, ha, ha.
So glad you remembered me embarrassing myself.
- Oh, no way. It was super sweet.
- Oh? Well, in that case...
follow Moebe. [laughing]
What's up? You looking for Cherry?
- Actually, I came to see you.
- Me? Why? Me?
I mean...
Cool. Cool. Cool.
- I was wondering if you wanna hang tomorrow night.
Just us. - Like a date?
- Like a date. - Like a yes.
- Great. See you tomorrow.
- Okay. [laughing]
[squeals]
She shoots, she scores!
She takes out the hockey words.
- Did I hear Perry? - Yeah, you just missed him.
You'll never guess what he wanted.
- To ask you out. - Wow, that's a good guess.
- I knew it!
I thought I saw him being all flirty
with you at school.
And what did his face look like
when you said you would never go out with him?
- Uh...
- Ooh, it was that bad?
Oh, he must have been so surprised
that somebody turned him down.
- So surprised.
- Thank you for not dating him. - Yeah.
- We both know how that would go.
- Yeah. I mean, I do, but, well, how...
how do you think it would go?
- You date Perry,
he becomes all you can think about,
until you forget me, like everyone else.
- Oh...
- Just the thought of it breaks my heart.
- Sure...well...
it's a good thing I turned down that date, then.
- FEMALE VOICE: Reminder.
Phoebe has a date tomorrow with--
- I will unplug you!
- [monitor descending]
- ¶
¶ What you see ¶
¶ Is not what you get ¶
¶ Livin' our lives with a secret ¶
¶ We fit right in ¶
¶ Bet you never guessed ¶
¶ 'Cause we're livin' our lives ¶
¶ Just like all the rest ¶
¶ A picture perfect family ¶
¶ Is what we try to be ¶
¶ Look closer, you might see ¶
¶ The crazy things we do ¶
¶ This isn't make believe ¶
¶ It's our reality ¶
¶ Just your average family ¶
¶ Trying to be normal and stay out of trouble ¶
¶ Livin' a double life ¶¶
- ¶
- All right, Chloe,
you ready for my world-famous grilled cheese a la Hank?
- Thanks, Daddy.
Bye, Daddy. [whooshing]
- Chloe! One's for me! One's for me!
- I have a problem. - Oh, honey, what's wrong?
- Chloe stole my sandwich! - Not you, our child.
- Okay, so, Cherry's brother came to town.
- Yeah, we know.
- BOTH: [chanting Perry! Perry! Perry!]
- Wait, you guys are fans, too?
- Yeah. #parents4perry.
- Whoa-whoa!
- Okay, well, he asked me out,
and then later Cherry said not to date him,
after I already said yes.
- Well, why doesn't Cherry want you to date him?
- Well, she's felt overshadowed by Perry her whole life,
and now she's worried that if I date him,
I'll forget about her, too.
- Well, if Cherry's that worried, you have to say no.
- That was my initial reaction, too,
but then I thought, I could just go on the date with Perry,
and make sure I don't forget about Cherry
with the help of these.
Cherry sunglasses.
This Cherry-patterned dress,
and...
a bag of cherries.
- Those are grapes. - I know.
Cherries are expensive.
- Well, your plan sounds like a great idea.
- Really? - Sure.
If you wanna destroy your friendship with Cherry.
- I was afraid you'd say that.
Guess I was just trying to fool myself.
Okay, I will cancel my date with Perry
and hang out with my best friend.
- Oh, I'm proud of you, Phoebe.
But, uh, before you break Perry's heart,
could you get him to sign this...
and this...
and this. - Hank!
- Don't forget the hockey stick.
- ¶
- Okay, this is the one. I can feel it.
- [bottles thudding]
- It's 'cause we're inside.
- [whimsical music]
- It's 'cause we're outside.
- [whimsical music continues]
- It's 'cause we're inside after being outside.
- [whimsical music continues]
- Wait, Max. I think I know the problem.
You're terrible!
- Yeah, Max, you haven't landed it 37 times.
- Just admit that we're better than you at bottle flipping.
- Never!
I know what I'm doin' wrong.
I'm flipping with my fingers and not my wrist.
I demand a rematch.
- Unh, we're good.
- What do you mean you're good?
- Well, we have to end this
while we still have a little bit of respect for you.
- Do we really respect him?
- [laughs] Of course not.
- Please play again. - BOTH: Nope!
- Uh, if I lose, you can have whatever you want.
- Really?
- Yes, really.
- We want what's most precious to you
in the entire world.
- My lair?
- I was gonna say your hamburger pillow,
but, sure, we'll take the whole room.
- Max, what are you doing?
This is our playtime buddy bunker.
- Don't worry. I'm gonna win.
And when I do, you two have to declare me
the older brother who's better than you--
for ever and ever, infinity!
- BOTH: Deal!
- Wanna flip a coin to see who goes first?
Just kidding. You stink at flipping.
- If I stink...
how could I...
do this?
- [dramatic music]
¶
- [bottle thuds]
[clatters]
- [electrical zapping]
- Oh, no, my lair's on fire!
- You mean our lair's on fire.
- [blowing frosty air]
- Thanks, Max. Now get your stuff outta here.
You have an hour.
- You guys haven't even flipped yet.
- [bottles thud]
- Fifty-nine minutes!
- ¶
- Hey, Phoebs. - Hey, buddy.
- [palm slap]
- What are you doing here?
I thought our date wasn't until later tonight.
- Yeah, about that, um...
I actually need to call off our date.
- Oh? That's a bummer. Why?
- Uh, it's a little complicated, but, um...
I think it would be better if you and I were just friends.
- Ouch.
It feels weird to get rejected
in front of a "Congratulations Perry" banner.
- PHOEBE: [laughs]
- But, you know, I know you have your reasons.
- Thanks for understanding. I've gotta run.
I'm, uh, meeting Cherry for ice cream and karaoke.
- Have fun.
I'm just gonna hang here and eat this campfire sandwich.
- Oh, graham crackers, peanut butter,
and toasted marshmallow.
It's like having a campfire in your mouth.
Only safer.
- Here. All yours. - Yeah?
[crunching]
Oh, so good! I don't suppose I can have some--
- Hot cocoa?
- Get out of my head!
[laughing] Thank you.
Um, I'm gonna go ahead and take these to go.
I'm sorry, again, about cancelling last minute.
- No worries.
It gives me time to watch that new animated movie
about books that come to life.
- Oh, "Finding Story."
I've been wanting to see that.
- [movie music playing]
- MALE NARRATOR: A lot of people love books.
But not a lot of people know that books...
...love. - BOTH: Awwww...
- ¶
- Colosso, get up here!
We lost the playtime buddy bunker!
- COLOSSO: You lost it!
- Okay, fine, I'm comin' down there to get you.
[heavy thud]
I remember my bed being less floor-like.
- Welcome to the Billy and Nora Better Than Max Museum,
dedicated to kids everywhere
who are better than their older brothers.
- Complimentary water bottle?
- Where's all my stuff?
- Well, we need the space, so, we hired a mover.
- Let's hurry this up. My truck's double-parked.
[whooshing]
- Whatever. I don't need my stuff.
I just need my rabbit.
Come on, Colosso, let's go.
- I could go with you,
or I could work at the museum.
By the way, could I see your ticket, please?
- I don't have a ticket.
- Then get out!
- Max, you can have your lair back,
if you admit what everyone in this house already knows.
- I will never say it.
- Then you're not welcome in our museum.
- Chloe!
- [whooshing]
- I've got one last thing for you to move outside.
- You wouldn't dare.
- [whooshing]
- We dare! - [palm slap]
- MALE NARRATOR: And that's when they knew...
The End...
was just The Beginning.
- Oh, who would have thought
an autobiography and a mystery novel
could fall in love.
- Wanna watch it again with Canadian subtitles?
- You know, I can't help but feeling like
I'm forgetting something.
- Like Cherry? - Yes, like Cherry.
Cherry!
- Are you on a date with my brother?
- No! - Yes!
- Cherry, this is not a date, okay?
It's just two people eatin' campfire sandwiches,
watching a movie together and snuggling.
Oh, no, it's a date.
- Cherry, the date was an accident. I swear.
- It was so romantic, sis.
- Stop confusing her.
- When you missed karaoke, I checked everywhere for you.
I had no idea you were down here
melting the ice with my brother.
- Cherry, listen, the only reason I even came down here
was to tell Perry the date was off.
- Off? When was it on?
- Cherry, please respect my girlfriend.
- BOTH: Quiet, Perry!
- Maybe I'll just see you both at the ceremony tomorrow.
Would this be a weird time for our first kiss?
- Yes!
Cherry, I'm sorry, but this really
is all just some big mistake.
- Mistake?
There must have been some part of you
that wanted to date him.
- Yeah, maybe so.
But now there's a much bigger part of me
that completely regrets it.
- After everything I told you about
feeling overshadowed by Perry,
you forgot about me, just like everyone else.
- Wait, Cherry-- - No!
I am sick of everyone being wrapped up in Perry fever!
Now I'm wrapped up in Perry fever!
- ¶
- [wind gusting] - See? This is great.
Who needs a lair, anyway?
- COLOSSO: [shivering]
Yeah, or feeling in our toes.
- Max, the weatherman says a storm is coming.
- Yeah, just come inside
and tell your baby brother and sister
they're better than you.
- They're not better than me!
[powers whooshing]
We'll stay out here
for the rest of our lives, if we have to.
Right, Colosso? - [crickets chirping]
- Colosso?
- [tapping on window]
Sucker! [laughing]
- Traitor!
At least I still have my sturdy fort.
- [wind gusting]
- You, too, fort?
Stay strong, Max.
- [thunder crashing]
- Oh, who am I kidding?
I'm an indoor hero!
- [rain spattering, thunder crashing]
- [knocking on door] Let me in! It's pouring!
- You know what we wanna hear.
Say it. - Fine.
You guys are extremely lucky at bottle flipping.
- [thunder crashing] - Jeez!
I'll really say it this time.
[panting]
You guys are better than me at bottle flipping, okay?
My little brother and sister are better than me.
- They broke you, baby.
- Why didn't you just say we were better to begin with?
- I don't know. I'm older. I'm supposed to win.
But, I guess you guys can win, too,
sometimes, or whatever. Ugh, gross.
- Well, you've suffered enough.
You can have your lair back.
- Sheesh, I never should have played this stupid game.
- [bottle thuds]
- Guys! I did it! I landed one!
- Didn't see it. - Either did I.
- It's getting sad.
- [sobbing] No-o-o-o-o-o!
- ¶
- There you go. Anything for my fans.
- Oooh! Oh, wait, wait. Just one more thing.
- Dude, you said that eight things ago.
- Cherry, will you stop ignoring me.
Come on. If I could go back and do it again,
I never would have missed karaoke with you.
- Well, you forgot me and you can't unforget
what you forgot, so, forget it.
- Cherry, there has to be something I can do.
- I think you've done enough.
[sighs]
- Honey, everything okay with Cherry?
- No, she's mad at me.
I think I know what I need to do
to make it up to her.
- [heavy sigh]
She dated Perry, didn't she?
- Who can blame her?
- I'm Coach Shimeck, and you're all here to honor
the best hockey player to ever grace the Hiddenville ice!
- CROWD: [chanting Perry! Perry! Perry!]
- We all know his name!
- It's time to hear from the one, the only--
- Hello, I'm Phoebe Thunderman.
Um, I know we're all here to honor Perry,
but, first, I have a few things I need to say
about the MVP in my life.
- She means her Most Valuable Perry.
- No, I mean Cherry.
- All right, can I have the microphone back?
- Look, I know I forgot our plans,
but I would never forget about you.
All of my favorite memories are with you.
Like...like when I moved here,
you were the first person to talk to me.
- Okay, that's enough non-Perry stuff!
- Sorry. Wait.
Remember that time you thought I was sick,
so, you pretended to be me and went to all my classes.
But it turns out it was a Saturday.
- Go, microphone, now!
- Like the time I was having a bad hair day
and you didn't want me to feel alone,
so, you shaved your whole head.
- COACH SHIMECK: Run!
- Or the time Madison wore the same dress
as me to the dance, so, you shaved her head.
- [screaming]
[heavy thud]
- Remember the time we snuck out to that concert and--
Nope. Parents are here. Never mind.
- Give me that!
- The point is, Cherry,
I'm so lucky to have you as my best friend,
and there's nothing in this world
that could ever make me forget you.
- Oh, Phoebe.
I forgive you.
- That was amazing.
Now this is the perfect time for our first kiss.
- Oh, sweet, simple Perry...
we can't be together.
I choose Cherry.
- Huh?
I could really use a cheer up chant right now.
- CROWD: [chanting Perry! Perry! Perry! Perry!]
- Looks like they forgot both of us.
- It doesn't matter--
as long as we never forget each other.
- What was that part about sneaking out
to go to a concert?
- BOTH: We forget!
- ¶