I've been wanting to ask Cami out for so long.
[Alice] Angle grinder.
I mean, what's a better first date than homecoming?
I don't know.
Sunset in Santoríni?
A picnic in Paris?
Breakfast in Tuscany?
Yeah, I gotta talk to Moms about
leaving those romance novels on the back of the toilet.
What you doing at school so early?
Alice is helping me set up my dance proposal
because I am asking Cami to homecoming.
-Small problem with that-- -[chuckles] Yeah, no. Excuse you.
I designed this system myself.
When Cami opens her locker,
there'll be lights, music, and a confetti cannon.
I thought of everything.
Except there's no homecoming dance.
That's on you.
Wait, but this Friday is homecoming. There are signs everywhere.
Do any of them say "dance"?
There's no dance!
-Alice, you gotta stop this. -Okay, okay, okay.
-[Alice] Too late! -[Booker] Oh, no, no.
[Alice] Stop!
-[gasps] -[dance music playing]
What is going on?
Okay, at least she doesn't know I had anything to do with it.
Hey, Cami! It's me, Booker.
Will you go to the homecoming dance with me
Again, this is B-B-B-B-Booker asking you to the homecoming dance.
You didn't tell me about the puppet.
Hey, you ordered the surprise package.
Surprise!
♪ Ha ha! Let me tell you something ♪
♪ Had my vision all worked out ♪
-♪ But then life had other plans ♪ - Tell 'em, Mom ♪
♪ It's crazy when things Turn upside down ♪
♪ But you gotta get up And take that chance ♪
-♪ A new city, I'm finding my way ♪ - It's gonna take some time ♪
-♪ Yeah, we're gonna be okay ♪ -♪ You know I got it, right? ♪
♪ It might be wild But you know that we make it work ♪
♪ We're just fam caught up In a crazy world, come on! ♪
-♪ It's Raven's Home ♪ -♪ We get loud! ♪
-♪ Yeah, Raven's Home ♪ -♪ It's our crowd! ♪
♪ Might be tough But together we make it look good ♪
♪ Down for each other like family should ♪
-♪ It's Raven's Home ♪ -♪ When it's tough ♪
-♪ Yeah, Raven's Home ♪ -♪ We got love ♪
♪ 'Cause no matter the weather You know we gonna shine ♪
♪ There for each other You know it's our time ♪
[laughs] Yep, that's us.
I don't get it.
What kind of school doesn't have a homecoming dance?
Ours. Principal Rivera banned them when she took over.
But I'm supposed to take Cami to a dance.
I saw it.
Saw it?
Girl, not like "saw it." [chuckles]
More like, um-- More like envisioned it.
Not like "envision" like "a vision" though 'cause I'm not psychic.
Oh, I know. If you were,
you wouldn't have put that freaky puppet show in Cami's locker.
You didn't have to say "freaky."
You know, I'm glad we don't have a homecoming dance. It's always the same.
Popular kids choose the decorations, the music, the theme,
and the rest of us are expected to show up and dance like sheep
at a kind of barnyard party where the cows are in charge.
We gotta get you to more parties.
Booker!
You're not gonna believe what I just heard.
Cami told Susan P., who told Susan R., who told Susan D.--
Susan D.? She moved to Florida.
-Which Susan am I thinking of? -No, what did Cami say?
That she would've said yes if there was a homecoming dance to go to.
-But what if there was? -Yeah, but there's not.
-But what if there was? -Just tell him what you're thinking.
We can throw an unofficial homecoming dance at the Chill Grill.
And then I could take Cami.
Wait, that's a great idea.
We'll be in charge.
We can choose the decorations and the music and the theme.
Finally, our day has come.
Vive la sheep!
Man, this is perfect.
Now that we have our own dance, I can ask Cami.
And I can wait till the last minute to ask someone and show up alone.
Dad, Dad, relax. Everything is under control.
Have a good time with Grandma.
Yes, yes. I do know how irritating parents can be as they get older.
Yeah, I was talking about you.
Bye. [chuckles]
Hey, Lazlo, how you doing?
Raven, I'm attractive, right?
Uh-huh. To someone, I'm sure.
Well, then why am I not getting any Bloinks?
Lazlo, this is a family restaurant.
No, I mean Bloinks. The new dating app.
Yeah, I've been on it for two weeks, and haven't gotten a single match.
Oh. Let me see. Uh, "I'm a balding, middle-aged line cook with sleep apnea
-and six cats." -Six cats.
No Bloinks, huh? Imagine that.
I just wanted to be honest.
Honest is good. It is.
Uh, but this is just a little too honest, Lazlo.
Okay, you have to sell yourself.
What is interesting about Lazlo?
Oh. Uh.
Well, I've been 6'4" since the third grade because my family has long bones.
Oh, okay. We can, um-- We can call that "statuesque."
-What else? -Well, I have a middle name,
but my parents never told me what it was.
"Mysterious." Ah, I like that.
What else? Any honors or, like, accomplishments?
Nah-- Oh! In high school, I won Most Interesting Belly Button.
"Award-winning."
Ah! Okay, okay, how's this?
"I'm a statuesque, mysterious, award-winning chef
with a normal amount of cats."
Yeah? There you go.
Uh, Raven, it feels kinda dishonest.
Well, at the beginning of any relationship,
people always embellish a little bit.
Think of it more like, uh, creating a better truth.
Ooh. A better truth. I like that.
-Good, 'cause I got a harsh truth for you. -Yeah.
That profile pic? All nose and all forehead.
But don't worry about it.
We're gonna get you a new one to go along with that new profile.
[shutter clicking]
[groans] I don't know if that's the camera or the lighting.
No, it's my face.
Oh. All right, well, I'll just work some computer magic on it.
Ah. Raven, you have a lot of free time, don't you?
Way too much. Bye.
Hey, Mom, we need a homecoming dance.
Hey, Cam. No.
It's not fair. Every school has one.
Then go to theirs.
Mom, be serious.
-What do you have against dances? -[sighs]
I knew someday I'd have to tell you this story.
The year was 2003,
-the night of homecoming. -[dance music plays]
[Alana] My outfit was slammin', and my peeps were in the hizzy.
All except one.
Mike, it's Alana.
Muffy and Loca are here with their dates. Where are you?
Alana! [shouting] What's up?
What do you want, Baxter?
[whines] What's the 411 on your date?
You said he was all that
-and a bag of chips. -[sighs]
Chillax. He's just running late, okay?
Ooh, standing you up at homecoming? Sounds like a real bust-a move.
[scoffs] Talk to the hand, Baxter.
You know I have a very strict no scrubs policy.
Whatevs. Come on, Devon! I wanna get jiggy with it.
Oh.
[Alana] But he did stand me up.
And that's why, when I became principal, I banned homecoming dances,
so no fly shawty would ever get dissed again.
You guys used to talk weird.
Mom, you can't let getting ghosted by some basic bae leave you shook.
No cap.
And we talked weird?
Maybe you're right. [sighs]
-Maybe it's time for me to let this go -Yeah.
and put myself out there.
You know what? Have your dance.
[gasps]
Yes! Thank you!
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
[laughs]
Your mom's pretty on fleek, right?
Oh, please-- Please don't do that.
Hey, you guys! Everyone's talking about our dance!
Vive la sheep!
What? It's catchy.
Oh! That reminds me.
Ivy, I just want you to know, even though I'm playing the homecoming game,
I'm the second string quarterback,
so I'll still be available to deejay the dance.
No. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
-I never said you could deejay. -Oh.
-What are your qualifications? -I've got two turntables and a microphone.
-And I'm free. -That'll work.
Later.
Hey, girl, let me holler at you for a minute.
You still wanna take me to homecoming?
You're way ahead of me, okay.
[Alana on PA] Attention, Bayside. Tomorrow night in the gym,
my daughter, Cami, will be hosting an official homecoming dance.
Wait. I thought she didn't allow dances.
I talked her into letting me throw one so you could take me.
Ivy's gonna kill me.
-What'd you say? -[stammers] Meet you at 7:00.
So, this morning there was no dance,
and now there are two dances and you promised to be at both?
Yep, pretty much.
-Do you want me to clone you? -You can do that?
No, I'm ten.
I can't believe Cami is throwing her own dance.
She is using her popularity to break the will of the people.
She's really fired up, dude.
We took the bus over here, and now all the drivers are going on strike!
Vive la sheep!
Okay, Ivy, maybe this isn't such a bad thing.
You know, we can just cancel our dance.
Oh, we're not doing that.
We're gonna beat Cami at her own game.
We'll throw a better dance and everyone will come.
But what if somebody really, really wants to go to Cami's dance?
Then I would have no choice but to cut that traitor out of my life forever.
Well, well, we wouldn't want that, would we?
[chuckles] Come on. Let's-- Let's get to work.
- Vive la sheep! - Vive la sheep!
I have a feeling this is going to end [bleating] badly.
-[rapping on door] -Okay, I'm coming, I'm coming.
[grunts] Everything is a disaster.
Thanks to you "fixing" my profile,
-I got a Bloink. -[gasps]
Yeah, Divalicious35 wants to know how I am doing.
How am I supposed to answer that?
-Calm down, Lazlo. It's a good thing. -[breathing heavily]
She just wants to know some stuff about you.
Here, tell her something personal.
Okay. Uh, well, my bacne has cleared up, mostly.
Nah, don't type that.
Why don't you say, um, "I'm good now that I'm talking to you."
Ooh. That is quality stuff. Okay.
[phone beeps]
[chuckles]
Okay, Mama's got a bite.
-[phone beeps] -Ooh.
"Hey there. Wasn't sure if you were going to message me back."
-Ah! [giggles] -[grunts]
Okay, okay, okay! Okay, tell her, um
-"I was just playing hard to get." -Hmm.
"Looks like it worked."
[gasps] Winky face.
Wow, this is steamy.
Yeah, just don't make it weird.
-Just send it, okay? -Oh, okay.
-[phone beeps] -Okay, I see you, Mr. Confident.
"How do I know you're not playing games?"
[phone beeps]
[chuckles]
"I don't have to play games. I won just talking to you."
"I know this might sound crazy,
but I feel like we've known each other for years."
"That's just fate telling us that we're made for each other."
"Have dinner with me. Antonio's. 7:30.
Hasta entonces ."
[laughs]
Oh, yeah, buddy! Still got it. [laughs]
Oh. You can thank me now.
Thank you? For what? A heart attack?
I'm not ready to go on a date.
Oh, I'll get you ready to go on a date.
I am bomb at this dating stuff.
Aren't you divorced?
I didn't say I was bomb at the marriage stuff. That's different.
[no audible dialogue]
Hey, listen, I know this all started
because you wanted to go to a dance with Cami,
but I really appreciate you being here tonight.
Yeah, Ivy, about that--
Sorry I'm late!
The first string quarterback got hurt and so they had to put me in,
and then like an idiot, I threw the winning pass,
and then everybody put me on their shoulders
and carried me around the stadium.
[groans]
It took forever.
So did that story.
I'm gonna get more balloons. [squeals]
Neil, what am I gonna do?
I'm supposed to meet Cami at her dance.
What? You can't do that!
I know, I know, but
Cami.
I never thought of it like that.
Let the people's dance begin!
Booker, the doors.
Step back. You don't wanna get trampled.
Where are the people?
I think I know where they are.
- Hey, Bayside! -[music playing]
I'm coming to you from the official homecoming dance.
And guess what? I've got a live band.
Everyone's here. Why aren't you
[cheers]
Ivy, you okay?
Absolutely. Would you excuse me for a moment?
-[Ivy shouts] -[utensils clatter]
Just checking. It would be bad if I left, right?
Oh, don't you leave me here alone.
Lazlo, hurry up! We wanna see!
Wow!
-Looking good, Lazlo! -Yeah, he should.
It's from the "Don't Tell Dad We Took It From His Closet" collection.
I don't know. It doesn't feel like me.
Oh, it's not supposed to feel like you. It's supposed to feel like a better you.
Yeah, but on the inside, I'm still a big nervous mess.
Can your tongue sweat?
-You know, when I'm nervous about a test -Yeah.
I just take a practice test.
Then I'm not so worried about the real one.
A practice date. Alice, that's a great idea!
[imitating Divalicious35] Hi, Lazlo.
Nice to meet you.
I'm Divalicious35,
but I don't look a day over Divalicious29.
I wanna go home.
I do too, but I live here.
[normal voice] You're not going anywhere. I worked too hard to get you this date.
You just have to embody the Lazlo I created.
Yeah, but that guy is cool and sophisticated,
and doesn't use his parents' passwords for streaming accounts.
And his name probably isn't even Lazlo. It's something dangerous like "Laz".
Yes!
Yes! Be Laz.
-Laz? -[whispers] Yes.
Well, yeah, that might work. Oh, should I do an accent?
-[in Swedish accent] Hiya, I'm Laz-- No? -No. Mm-mmm.
Nobody wants to hear that.
Just be cool.
Cool. Okay, uh
[exhales]
[in deep voice] Bonsoir, Divalicious. I'm Laz.
-And may I say, you look breathtaking. -Oh, you may.
I took the liberty of ordering for both of us
for, you see, food is a passion of mine.
Another passion of mine, uh is passion.
[groans] Dates are gross.
No, no. Don't distract him. He's in the zone.
-Right there, Laz, right there. -Yeah.
Stay with the magic. There it is. Now, go!
Go! Don't lose the magic!
-[grunts] I'm coming, Divalicious. -Get it! Ow!
I can't believe Cami did this to me.
Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah, no, we should go to her dance right now and tell her off.
Maybe we should, uh, pick up some flowers.
You know, show her how mad we are.
This is my tenth birthday all over again.
I throw a party, she throws a bigger one and steals all of my guests.
That's what this is about?
What about the people? What about vive la sheep?
Okay, you know, I was just excited to finally beat Cami.
Well
she can have her dance.
We won't be there.
-Yeah! -No.
-Aw. -Yeah.
Look, I wanna go to homecoming with Cami.
Seriously? I thought we were friends.
So, what? You're saying I can either be friends with you or date Cami?
Whoa, whoa. That's not what she's saying.
That is exactly what I'm saying.
And I wouldn't have to tell a real friend that.
A real friend wouldn't make me choose.
[Booker grumbles]
Fine. Go, okay?
I don't need you at my dance anyway.
We're having a great time without you, aren't we, Neil?
[chuckles] I wanna say no, but that weird, twitchy eye thing you're doing
makes me feel like I shouldn't. [chuckles]
[sighs] Come on, Booker, where are you?
[dance music playing]
Wait, wait, Mom. Where are you going? You're supposed to chaperone.
[laughs] Forget that.
I'm meeting my date at Antonio's in 20 minutes.
If anyone asks, I'm in my office, okay?
Waiting for someone?
[sighs] Just my date.
-But I think he might be blowing me off. -[chuckles]
-Anybody who'd blow you off is crazy. -Oh, he's crazy.
-Crazy about you. -[giggles]
Okay, if you're done being cute, let's go get our pictures taken.
Uh, uh, bad news, baby. [chuckles]
I'm never done being cute.
-Okay, that's enough. -Yeah, I felt like I was pushing it.
Auntie Rae, you've read this thing.
What does Eliza's father have against the stable boy?
Oh.
You're too young to be reading this.
I gotta stop leaving these things on the back of the toilet.
What's the big deal? I know all about dating.
Oh. You know about dating? What do you know about dating?
Well, if you want someone to like you,
you just have to make up lies about yourself.
Like, how the stable boy is pretending to be a prince.
Or how you told Lazlo to pretend to be "Laz."
Okay, well, for the record, all right,
the stable boy is a prince.
-[gasps] -I know! [giggles]
But you don't learn that until book seven
-Okay. - and you not gonna be reading that one.
And as for Lazlo, well, eh, you know, that's, uh-- It's complicated.
Explain it to me.
Well, it's--
And--
You know, it's-- [sighs]
-Not that complicated, is it? -No.
You messed up, huh?
Yes, okay. Come on. We gotta go save Lazlo before he makes a huge mistake.
-Could we get breadsticks? -Yeah, we can get breadsticks.
-Let's go. -We better.
Say, "You can see us, but you'll never be us."
[shutter clicks]
[sighs]
Booker, why aren't you smiling?
My bad.
That's better?
What's going on?
It's just I really like you.
And that's a problem because
Ivy has this crazy idea that you threw this dance just to ruin hers.
I didn't even know she was planning a dance when I talked my mom into this.
I know. You're not like that.
Like, how you didn't throw your tenth birthday party just to ruin hers.
-Oh, no, I did do that. -What?
Ivy and I were best friends.
Then she transferred to that genius school and just left me here.
I was hurt, so I threw that party to get back at her.
I tried to apologize afterwards, but she wouldn't even talk to me.
Yeah, Ivy can be stubborn.
I guess it's been easier to be enemies than try to fix the friendship.
Well, we need to get you two together so you can talk about this.
Like, right now.
[grunts] You strong.
I'm not leaving. Ivy can come and talk to me.
Did we not just discuss how stubborn she is?
Can we just forget about Ivy and have fun tonight?
Come on. Let's go dance.
[dance music playing]
Wait. If Ivy won't come to this dance, I'ma bring this dance to Ivy.
[conga music playing]
Conga!
-Woo-hoo! [laughs] -Come on, kids. This way.
If we'd just gone to Cami's dance, we'd be having a great time right now.
Maybe it's time you two talked.
[scoffs] I would, if she was speaking to me.
[conga music growing louder]
Do you hear music?
Conga!
Cami?
What are you doing at my dance?
Uh, Cami?
[sighs] Dang it! Stupid conga.
[scoffs] Come on, everybody. Back to the school.
No, Cami.
You and Ivy need to talk.
-I have nothing to say to her. -Yes, you do.
-Well, I have nothing to say to her. -Yes, you do.
[both] It hurt my feelings when you
- ruined my party in 4th grade. - went to that school in 4th grade.
-You tried to apologize -I shouldn't have taken it out on you
- and I'm sorry for being so stubborn. - and I'm sorry for being a jerk.
Did that make any sense to you?
It worked. Don't question it.
Hey, man, we gotta get this party started. Get on your turntables.
Those are just for show. I was just gonna stream it from my phone.
Then do that.
[dance music playing]
Uh
Hey. Thank you for coming back.
I was always coming back.
It's pretty smooth how you tricked me into coming down here.
But I'm really glad that you brought me to this dance.
I knew this was gonna happen.
-Ah! [laughs] -[laughs]
Lazlo, there you are.
Hey, did those kids leave you to clean up this mess?
No, I told them I'd do it. Sweeping's my happy place.
That's sad.
Well, we went to the restaurant, but you weren't there.
Oh. Yeah, I couldn't do it.
I messaged Divalicious and asked her to meet me here.
-I want her to see the real me. -In those pants?
-Auntie Rae. -My bad.
Lazlo, I gave you bad advice.
You deserve someone who really likes you for you.
And I hope that's her.
Oh. Well, I do too. Thank you, Raven.
[sniffs] What smells like garlic?
Well, we may have gotten, uh, dinner at Antonio's.
That place is expensive. Thank goodness Alice ate for free.
Because you made me tell them I was six.
Well, I tried to tell 'em I was six, but they didn't believe me, so
-Divalicious? -HungryHunk?
You don't look like your photo.
I know. It's not what you were expecting.
No.
I like it.
[no audible dialogue]
Alana? Lazlo?
No!
[cries]