Ah-ha-ha!
Just the two super cool dudes that I've been waiting for!
Pick a number between one and 10.
-Three! -No.
Well, the answer was four, so 10 points, Josh!
Ha!
-What's happening? -No idea, but I got 10 points. Ha-ha-ha!
Well, with Diggie in Australia,
I need a new cool best bro to shore up my hallway cred.
So I created a contest.
Jo-Jo's New Cool Best Bro.
What? Yeah!
-I'm in! -Ha-ha! Josh is in!
-Holden, he's already up 10 points. HOLDEN: What?
Crushing it already, ha-ha! Whoo!
But Holden is a super talented musician,
so he might write me a theme song...
Oh, no, that's right, y'all. That's right, I got skills.
♪ Here comes Jo-Jo He's my bro-bro ♪
Oh!
You know, Josh is super famous,
and his enthusiasm is absolutely adorable.
I'm enthusiastic and adorable.
In your face.
Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho, you mean my super talented face.
-Mm. JOEY: Ho-ho-ho...
Fighting over me? That is 10 points each, guys.
Finding a new cool best bro for the Jo-Jo is a go-go!
♪ Better in stereo Better in stereo ♪
-♪ I'm up with the sunshine ♪ -♪ Let's go ♪
-♪ I lace up my high tops ♪ -♪ Oh, no ♪
♪ Slam dunk, ready or not Yeah, show me what you got ♪
-♪ I'm under the spotlight ♪ -♪ Holler ♪
♪ I dare you, come on and follow You dance to your own beat ♪
♪ I'll sing the melody ♪
♪ When you say yeah I say no ♪
♪ When you say stop All I wanna do is go, go, go ♪
♪ You, you The other half of me, me ♪
♪ The half I'll never be ♪
♪ The half that drives me crazy ♪
♪ You, you The better half of me, me ♪
♪ The half I'll always need ♪
♪ But we both know We're better in stereo ♪
You excited to watch your interview with Nancy O'Dell?
Yes, I am!
I'm also really excited that it's just the two of us tonight.
[TABLET RINGS]
[GASPS] Daddy!
PETE [OVER VIDEO]: Hey, sweetie!
I FaceGabbed, so we could watch your interview together.
-Oh, Dad, that's so sweet! -Hey, Mr. Rooney.
Holden's there?
Put the tablet between you. I want ample separation at all times.
[WHISPERING] Okay.
Amply separated, sir.
[INTRO MUSIC PLAYS ON TV]
[ON TV]: Hi, everybody. I'm Nancy O'Dell.
And we are on the set of Voltage with its sizzling star, Liv Rooney.
Hi, everybody!
And we're actually sitting in SkyVolt's clock tower lair.
Yes! Yeah! This is, uh, this is the place where SkyVolt discovers his superpowers.
Well, you know what? It's been so great to talk about SkyVolt,
but let's talk about the real Liv Rooney.
-Oh. -I heard a rumor there is a boyfriend.
Oh. Well, I am very sorry
to disappoint you and the millions of people watching at home, but, um...
But no. I just, you know, I don't really have time for a boyfriend right now.
You heard it here first.
SkyVolt flies solo. Back to you in the studio.
Aah! [CHUCKLES]
Oh, sweetie, you were terrific!
That was great!
Hey, uh, Holden, come down here for a sec.
I'm watching you, buddy.
LIV: Bye!
Dad likes you so much.
Hey, Liv, why, um...?
Why did you lie about us dating?
I just don't wanna put any extra pressure on us.
You know, things have just been going so well
and I think the media would mess all that up.
Yeah, but it just took us so long to start dating,
and I'm excited about us, you know?
I hate the idea of hiding our relationship.
I'm excited about us too, and we're gonna get there,
but right now, all I care about is having a lovely evening with my guy.
-Okay. -Dad texted me.
Told me to plant my keister right between you two lovebirds.
-Oh, oh! Oh, oh... -Oh, no. Sorry.
Oh, this is so sweet!
Twenty best bro points for renting us these!
Oh, Holden, isn't this the most fun ever?
Yeah, man. It's... It's super fun.
[SCREECH]
STYLE ::cue()
Why so glum, potential chum? Anything you wanna talk about?
Actually, yeah. Do you have a minute?
Seriously?
Yeah! Yeah, dude. No one's ever opened up to me before.
Something's just been bothering me about my relationship with Liv.
I... I had no idea that dating a celebrity would be this tough.
I mean, we're finally together, and she wants to keep it a secret.
I hear you, Holden.
Ten points for pouring out your soul to me.
I gotta go put that on the bro scoreboard.
Whoo!
Evan, welcome to Goofy Gary's.
Son of a sea captain!
What is this gaming wonderland?
♪ It's Goofy Gary's for family fun The fun time there is never done ♪
Hey, thanks for the ride, Maddie. Now, pretend like you don't know us.
Hey, Gumball Machine! Fancy seeing yous here.
Wanna hang? Whack some moles and whatnot?
Parker, do you know this person
or should I use my Stranger Danger whistle?
No, Evan, this is Dump Truck, my high school friend.
Dump, this is Evan, my middle school friend.
You two have absolutely nothing in common and I like to keep my worlds separate,
so I think that we'll be on our way.
Perhaps there's a common activity that could bring us together.
Like jacks.
I don't do jacks. Too confusing.
Now, are we bouncing a ball or we picking up tiny metal things, you know?
Woo-hoo!
Whoa!
[CLATTERING]
Goofy Gary here! Sign up for Saturday's Slurp Down Showdown!
The first three-person team to slurp down a mega smoothie bucket
will win a Goofy Gary Gaming Card for a month of unlimited gaming!
Woo-hoo!
Only during non-peak hours.
Is this the common activity that can bridge my two worlds together?
I do like to slurp.
This strikes me as serendipitous.
Vocab word. Respect.
Hey, thanks for these glasses straws. They're super romantic.
[CHUCKLES]
The mango really brings out your eyes.
Oh! [LAUGHS]
[SHUTTER CLICKS]
So Liv was lying about not having a boyfriend.
[GASPS]
My weird addiction to chicken cha-cha's really pays off.
Hey, Voltage fans!
Nancy O'Dell here with the scoop on Liv Rooney's secret boyfriend.
He is none other than her Voltage co-star, Josh Wilcox.
Sorry, SkyVolt, my superpower is finding the story.
Well, what?
I mean, you know that's a photo of Josh and Maddie.
That's not me and Josh.
[CHUCKLES] Yeah, I know.
The rest of the world doesn't.
Okay, this is exactly why I wanted to keep us out of the media.
I mean, they twist everything. I just... I'm trying to protect us.
Yes, but now we're not us, Liv.
Now Josh is your guy.
I wanna be your guy.
You are my guy.
I'll fix this. I promise.
Have you guys seen this Nancy O'Dell story? It is just a mess!
Okay, Joey. I'm gonna fix it.
[SCOFFS] You're gonna fix this? How?
Josh went to Goofy Gary's without me.
Holden, you get five points for not being Josh.
JOSH & MADDIE [SINGING]: ♪ Oh, Goofy Gary's for family fun ♪
♪ The fun time there is never done ♪
♪ Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun, fun, fun! ♪
Aww, you guys are so cute together.
JOSH & MADDIE: Really? -No.
You ruined the song that I love.
Nice work, Mosh!
He's not wrong. You did not get the singing gene.
Dude, I know, right?
There is no way anyone could ever mistake me for Liv Rooney.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
Everyone thinks that you're Liv Rooney.
What are you talking about?
Nancy O'Dell took a photo of you when you had your glasses off
and now she's reporting that Josh and I are dating. STYLE ::cue()
MADDIE [IN ENGLISH ACCENT]: [GASPS] You're dating my sister?
Oh, how could you?
JOSH & MADDIE [NORMAL VOICE]: End scene.
[LAUGHING]
Josh is teaching me acting.
I can't believe you guys get paid for this stuff. It's so dumb.
Well, I'm glad that you two are taking this so well.
Um, I'm gonna talk to Nancy to clear things up.
-All right. Uh, I gotta go. -Okay.
-Today was fun. -Yeah, it was so fun!
I'm gonna call Nancy right now.
[GASPS]
-Don't call her. -Why?
[SIGHS]
Because Diggie doesn't know that I'm dating anybody,
and if you say that that was me with Josh,
then he's gonna find out over the Internet,
and that's really crummy.
Just please let me tell him myself.
Um, Maddie, I promised Holden...
Liv, please?
Okay.
I can wait until you talk to Diggie. I guess Holden will understand.
Could you just do me one quick favor? Just take out your phone.
Yeah. Yeah, of course.
Yeah, it's not a big... Just...
Wha...? [CLATTERING]
My phone had to be avenged.
-And is this your card? -No.
Because this one is.
[GASPS]
Oh! It is!
Twenty points for close up magic, Josh!
How could I stay mad at you?
[DOOR OPENS]
Ooh, a deck of cards?
The wonders of the Rooney house are endless.
Josh is showing me magic tricks.
He's competing with Holden to be my new cool best bro!
Making two guys who are much cooler than you compete to be your friend?
Seems like the greatest magic trick of all.
See you.
Oh, good. Evan, you're here.
Where else would I be?
My mom says when you make a commitment, you need to stick to it, and I'm sticking.
Okay, so what's this doohickey gotta do with us winning the Slurp Down Showdown?
Okay, the key to winning is to slurp as fast as possible
without getting a brain freeze.
So I invented Dr. P's Brain Freeze Slurp-o-meter.
Gumball Machine, who's this Dr. P?
It's his middle school nickname.
Mine's Vampire because I bit a kid.
Gumball, you have another nickname, and you never said nothing?
It's like I don't even know you.
Okay, can we please practice for the Slurp Down?
Sure, Dr. P.
As he's slurping, the machine is blowing colder and colder air.
[SLURPING]
[BEEPING]
Hey, you gotta pace your slurping
and stay out of the blue brain freeze zone.
Slow down.
[BEEPING AND ALARM BLARES]
[SCREAMS]
Brain freeze!
That was funny.
[DOORBELL CHIMES]
Hello, my handsome date!
-Hello, my gorgeous gal! -Hi!
Are you ready for a night of dinner and dancing?
Yes, I am.
Um, just really quickly before we go,
I wanna talk to you about this Nancy O'Dell thing.
Oh. Did you clear it up?
No, not exactly. Um, Maddie actually asked me not to.
Why?
She doesn't want Diggie to know that she's dating somebody new,
so she's trying to protect his feelings.
[STAMMERING] Um, okay.
What about my feelings?
I care about your feelings.
It's just Maddie's my sister,
and if she needs me to do something for her, I'm going to.
Mm-hmm.
But come on. Who cares about what the media thinks about us, you know?
We know what we have.
Do we?
What?
-Are you seriously upset about this? -Yeah.
Yeah, Liv, I am.
You promised you'd fix this.
And I will, just not right now.
But when?
It always seems like I'm waiting for something.
You know?
First, it was Andie, and then it was Voltage,
and now it's Maddie's feelings and somehow Diggie's feelings.
There's always something more important than our relationship STYLE ::cue()
and I'm supposed to just stand by and be okay with it?
Holden, I really care about you,
but I care about a lot of things in my life.
And that's one of the reasons why I like you so much.
I want this relationship to be my everything,
and you might just want this to be...
one of your things.
What are you saying?
Maybe it just isn't our time.
-Holden. -Liv...
I can't do this.
We need to break up.
[DOOR OPENS]
[SOBS]
[LIV SOBBING]
I am so sorry, Liv.
Oh, breakups are hard.
But brought along some old friends to make it easier.
We have the punching pillow. Ooh! To let the anger out.
And we have the hugging pillow to let the sadness out.
And their helpful, new friend, the "look who's gonna be okay" pillow.
Who's in the mirror, Liv?
-Me. -That's who's gonna be okay.
This is all my fault.
I never should have stopped you from calling Nancy O'Dell.
I'm sorry.
But you can... I mean, you can call and fix this, right?
And then, you and Holden can get back together.
[VOICE BREAKING] No.
[SNIFFLES] No, because Holden was right.
I have way too much going on in my life to give him what he needs right now.
It's really not your fault, Maddie. It's my fault.
[SOBBING SOFTLY]
It is nobody's fault, Liv.
Sometimes you date someone, and it doesn't work out.
-Yeah. -Yes, it hurts.
-But eventually, you'll feel better. -Mom.
[GROANS]
Guys, how am I ever gonna choose between Josh and Holden?
Holden and I broke up.
Josh it is.
Let the Slurp Down Showdown begin!
[WACKY WHISTLE BLOWING]
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
Go! Slurp, slurp, slurp, slurp, slurp, slurp, slurp!
Hey, sorry I'm late. Don't take any points away.
You don't need any more points, new cool best bro!
What? I won! Yes!
Winner, winner, chicken cha-cha dinner.
Now, let's get our Goofy Gary on.
BOTH: ♪ Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo ♪
Aah! Brain freeze!
Go on without me, little dudes! I'm no good to you anymore.
-Why are we here again? -Because you needed cheering up.
Oh, and the Slurp Down is also sick!
[GIGGLES]
[CROWD GROANS]
Aah! Brain freeze!
Come on, Vampire!
Open up that abnormally petite esophagus!
Slurp till you burp!
[BURPS] We win! I'm a bad man!
[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]
Okay, that was kind of awesome.
-Thanks, Maddie. -Right?
I never miss it.
Uh, why don't you go find us a table, and I'll go grab some menus?
-Okay. -Okay.
Diggie?
Hey, Rooney.
[STAMMERS] Why...?
You were supposed to be in Australia for two more months!
I know, and I was.
But then, I saw this picture of you dating this Josh guy.
That was Liv.
-I... -No, it wasn't. STYLE ::cue()
I know it was you, Maddie.
I saw you with someone else and I just...
Maddie, I came back for you.
Whoa.
BOTH: ♪ Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo ♪
[GASPS] Diggie!
It's you! It's you, Diggie! It's always been you!
My original cool best bro!
Oh!
Let's go make up for lost time!
Maddie, what is Diggie doing here?
He saw that photo with me and Josh.
You were supposed to explain that to him.
You didn't tell him?
I couldn't do it.
He came back for me.
But you wanna be with Josh, right?
[SIGHS]
Or do you wanna be with Diggie?
Maddie?
-Holden! HOLDEN: Hey.
[STAMMERS] Hi. I wasn't expecting to see you.
Okay, that's clearly not true. I'm sitting on your porch swing.
Yeah.
Why?
Well, um...
It's because I wasn't sure if an ex-boyfriend rings the doorbell or knocks,
So I sat down to think about it.
For, like, an hour.
Well...
to be fair, I have driven by your house six times today.
-Oh. Oh. -Yeah.
I was about to go make it seven.
[BOTH CHUCKLING]
I brought you a breakup cake. I mean, an apology cake.
It's actually a chocolate lava cake. Um...
I just...
I feel bad about how everything came out.
I really do too.
I don't think you were wrong though.
I think we're just on really different pages right now.
Yeah.
I just hope that we can be friends again someday.
Yes. I would love that.
[BOTH CHUCKLING]
Well, I should go.
Oh, um, real quick, don't let Joey eat any of that cake.
I didn't win the best bro contest, so he's kind of on my list.
[BOTH CHUCKLING]
Seriously. Don't.