- Comin' in hot with pretzels.
- [loudly] Hi, Lex!
- Wait, you're not watching "Karaoke Kickoff"
without me, are you?
- [loudly] I'm watching "Karaoke Kickoff."
- You were supposed to wait.
- [loudly] Yeah, I love this show.
- Presley!
Presley!
- [normal volume] Why are you shouting?
- [sighs]
We were supposed to watch "Karaoke Kickoff" together.
- I couldn't help it.
"Karaoke Kickoff" is my favorite
local singing competition and my best shot at fame.
- Hey, don't say that.
You and I are gonna get famous
once we figure out how to breed a puppy with a kitten.
- Look, puppens are never gonna happen.
We've tried everything.
But I'm sorry I started without you.
- Apology accepted.
But only if you press play right now.
- Welcome back!
Please give a big, "Karaoke Kickoff" welcome
to our next contestant, Jamie Bullock!
[cheers and applause]
- [off-key] ♪ I won't cry ♪
♪ 'Cause I'm leaving today ♪
♪ Love's gone away and I don't have to stay ♪
♪ It's not me It's not-- ♪
- She's gonna get the foot.
- Yeah, definitely gonna get the foot.
all: You get the foot!
- ♪ Fall down-- ♪
[screams]
- I do love the foot,
but I feel bad for the singers who get kicked off the stage.
- It helps if you don't think of them as people.
- Remember, you can buy the same
amazing karaoke machine we use.
Now, you may have heard of
other brands of karaoke machines like that one.
[all booing]
- You know what I say to them.
all: You get the foot!
[buzzer blares]
[cheers and applause]
- Say bye-bye
and buy one of our official karaoke machines.
And who knows?
You might get to join me on this stage!
[cheers and applause]
- If we buy that karaoke machine with our KidDING money,
I could practice, get on the show, and then boom!
Local fame.
- Well, we did already pay Tedward back this week,
but let's talk it over with Munchy when he gets here.
- Good idea. - The karaoke machine is here!
- You already bought it?
- I know, we should've talked to you.
- Yeah, you should've.
But since it's here, I go first.
- Munchy, what are you gonna sing?
- I'm gonna start a Munchy original called
"Toasters are Boxes of Magic."
♪ Toasters are boxes of magic ♪
♪ They're fun to use when stuck in traffic ♪
♪ Toast! ♪
- Great song for a great appliance.
- [gasps] It looks just like the one on the show.
Let's try it out.
It's not working.
- It says it requires 75 AA batteries.
- Well, that's not fair.
Rowan didn't mention anything about needing batteries.
- I know what'll calm you down:
some sweet, sweet karaoke
that's just 75 batteries away.
[upbeat music]
- Marshmallow test number 47.
Come on, put the marshmallow in the hot chocolate.
No!
You have made a very powerful enemy.
- Bored, bored, bored, bored, bored.
I'm so bored!
Come outside and play a game with me.
- I'm a little busy with this--
- Okay, hide-and-seek it is.
I'll hide first. - Good idea.
- [giggling]
- one, two, three.
[door closes]
Marshmallow test number 48.
♪ ♪
- 73, 74, 75.
- This reminds me of feeding my old lizard,
except instead of batteries, it was crickets.
- All right, let's fire it up.
[resonant startup chime]
[oohs and ahhs]
- Lex, crank the volume!
[plastic crunches] - What?
The knob broke off. This is unacceptable.
First, the batteries and now, the knob.
- Allow me to make everything better.
[switch clicks]
[music playing]
- Is that "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"?
- Yeah, but all the lyrics are messed up.
- No, it's just in Norwegian.
You guys didn't know I was born in Oslo, Norway?
#CitizenOfTheWorld.
- Come on. Play the song I want.
[electrical sizzling]
- Presley, back away from the machine.
- Why?
- Because in every action movie,
that's the sound a machine makes before it blows up!
[electrical sizzling]
- This thing is a piece of junk.
Rowan Van Doren scammed us.
This reminds me of when I saved up for a Lettuce Patch Doll.
- Oh, no. - Oh, here we go.
- I opened the package and the doll...
all: Had no head.
- I wrote to the company, but...
all: They didn't care.
- And that is why I refused to get scammed again.
- Okay, Lex, this is way different.
This is Rowan Van Doren we're talking about.
If he knew about this machine, he'd be as upset as you.
- Prove it. Let's go to the studio.
- The television studio? Yeah, let's go right now.
- No, I meant to fight back and get a refund.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That, too.
- Okay, let's go to "Karaoke Kickoff."
- [gasps] Great idea.
Rowan's a bigtime music producer.
I can sell him one of my songs, like...
♪ My name is Munchy ♪
♪ I spoiled my lunchy ♪
♪ 'Cause I put too many snacks in my tum-chy ♪
- That's the perfect song to sing on the way to the studio.
Let's go. - Yeah.
all: ♪ My name is Munchy ♪
♪ I spoiled my lunchy ♪
♪ 'Cause I put too many snacks in my tum-chy ♪
- ♪ I got you, got me, we got this ♪
♪ I like the odds when we're side-by-side ♪
♪ I like the sound of that ♪
♪ Oh, we're taking off, gonna do this right ♪
♪ I like the sound of that ♪
♪ And when things go up in flames, we're on it ♪
♪ 'Cause I got you, got me, we got this ♪
- Farewell, karaoke machine. You were junky, but beautiful.
- Put the lid back! all: [screaming]
- Dad, what are you doing?
- Shh, I'm playing hide-and-seek with Fisher.
I've been hiding here all day. I'm killing it.
Ooh, karaoke.
- It's broken, Presley's dad.
- We're on our way to the "Karaoke Kickoff" studio.
- Yeah.
We are not leaving until Rowan Van Doren
gives us our money back.
- But don't worry, I have a plan.
How could anyone say no to this face?
- Oh, hey, Fisher. Cool robot arm.
Hey, robot arm. Beep, boop, bop.
- Don't talk to it.
It won't listen, so it's going in the trash.
- Let's go to "Karaoke Kickoff."
all: ♪ My name is Munchy ♪
♪ I spoiled my lunchy ♪
♪ 'Cause I put too many snacks in my tum-chy ♪
- Hey, Dad.
- Fisher, you found me!
Man, I love playing with my boy.
- Jeez, I've been too focused on my work lately, haven't I?
Hey, bud.
If you could do anything with me right now, what would it be?
- I'd sing karaoke on this machine,
but Munchy said it's broken.
- Well, let's bring it inside and I'll get my tools.
- Yes!
Right behind you!
♪ ♪
- Wow, can you believe this?
Don't let me lose my cool.
Ahh! There's the foot!
- And there's the real karaoke machine they use on the show.
It looks just like ours except, you know, it isn't smoking.
- Just remember why we're here.
- To get on the show. - To sell Rowan a song.
- No and no.
To get a refund
and to make sure other kids don't get scammed.
- Don't worry.
I'm sure we're not gonna have any problems.
Rowan's the best.
- Hey! Are you an idiot?
I asked you to stir my oat milk latte
counter-clockwise.
This is clearly a clockwise-stirred drink!
- Sorry, sir. - I don't need you to be sorry.
I need you to be better!
- Rowan, can we get a word with you, please?
- Perhaps several words strung together in song form?
- I don't have time for selfies.
We have a live show to prepare for.
Okay, maybe one selfie, but no touching.
- We are not here for a selfie.
We bought one of your karaoke machines and it doesn't work,
so we want our money back or else.
- Oh, will you excuse us for a moment?
You can't talk to Rowan Van Doren like that.
He's Rowan Van Doren.
- So what? He's just a guy.
- No, he's a famous guy. His time is extremely valuable.
- So it's a song about toast. It's super-relatable.
Goes like this.
♪ Toasters are boxes of magic ♪
♪ They're fun to use when stuck in traffic ♪
♪ Toast! ♪
♪ ♪
- [singing in Norwegian]
- Uh, Dad, I fixed it.
You don't have to sing "Twinkle, Twinkle"
in Norwegian anymore.
- But I want to. That's my jam.
- Why is that your jam?
- Well, remember how I used to be a singer
on a Norwegian cruise ship?
- No, I'm pretty sure I would've remembered that.
- The year was 1994.
Each night on the cruise ship, my big closing number
was "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star."
The Norse are a little behind us music-wise.
But, Fisher, I was good.
- What happened?
Did you meet Mom and give up the dream?
- No, I got fired for stealing crab cakes.
- Is it weird that I want to see your show?
- No, I've often described myself as weirdly intriguing.
- Hey, we can post it online so Mom can see it at work.
- Ooh, and my old shipmates could see it, too.
- Then I guess we're gonna do this.
- Are we gonna do this?
- Yeah, I just said--
- Are we really gonna do this?
- Just take a yes.
- [laughing] Yes!
♪ ♪
- And this is the part where the harmony kicks in.
♪ Toast, toast, toast ♪
- Okay, let me handle this.
Mr. Van Doren, I am your biggest fan.
Could you please give us our money back?
And we'll be on our way.
Before you answer, let me add this.
- How could I say no to that face?
Like this: no.
- Rowan, either give us our money back
or we'll tell everyone that you're a fraud.
- Hmm, I have another idea.
How would you all like to audition to be on my show?
- I would literally scream till I passed out.
Is this happening?
I need to know if I should start screaming.
- Please take your places center stage.
- [screams] I can't believe we're auditioning!
- So what should we sing?
My toaster song? My tum-chy song?
A mashup?
- I've been waiting for this moment my whole life.
- I've been waiting for this moment since I met you.
You get the foot!
[buzzer blares]
[screaming]
Bye, bye, bye.
Oh.
This is awkward.
My giant foot seems to have missed you.
Would you mind throwing yourself off the stage?
- It would be my pleasure.
[screams]
[screaming]
- Are you okay? - Yes!
Where's Munchy?
- Whee!
- Where are we? - I'll tell you.
[screaming]
[all screaming]
- ♪ Yeah ♪
What?
This could still be a part of the audition.
- Someone get the lights.
all: Whoa.
- Sorry, we turned the lights off right before you got here
to sing "Happy Birthday" to Hasty.
- Welcome to The Cellar.
- But Jamie Bullock?
We just saw you get kicked off the show.
- Yup, still got a bruise from the foot.
- Wait, you're all former contestants.
- Yeah, everyone down here got kicked off.
- What--hey, you're Sapphire. Season three, episode one.
- Oh, yeah. You sang "Old Town Road"
and didn't even make it to "road" before you got the foot.
- Best eight seconds of my life.
- [gasps]
There's Hasty Delaney, season three episode six.
You got robbed.
- Thank you.
I always love hearing from my fans.
- But what are you doing down here?
- Building karaoke machines. See?
- [gasps]
That monster Rowan trapped you down here
and is forcing you to build karaoke machines?
- Trapped? No.
The exit's right over there.
It leads into the basement of a Sbarro's.
- Why do you keep coming back?
- Rowan says if we build enough machines,
we get another chance to sing on the show.
- Well, how many do you have to make?
- Not sure.
He says he'll let us know when we get there.
- Until then,
we'll focus on what's really important in life:
doing whatever we can to get back on television.
- But the machines you're making are pieces of junk.
- Oh, we know.
Rowan doesn't care about the quality;
he only cares that we build a lot of them.
- This is outrageous. You are ripping people off.
People like us.
- Rowan told us not to think of you as people.
- We gotta do something. Right, Presley?
- Is this station free?
Because I'm getting on that show.
♪ ♪
- And cue music.
[upbeat music playing]
- [singing in Norwegian]
Nice to see ya.
[singing in Norwegian]
Ha!
[singing in Norwegian]
♪ ♪
[phone ringing]
Ugh, my stupid phone ruined the take!
- It's okay.
The last one we posted was incredible.
[phone ringing]
Hey, someone's calling you from Norway.
I can tell because all the zeroes have lines through them.
- Hallo!
Uh-huh?
Uh-huh, uh-huh?
It's the captain from my old cruise ship.
He saw the video online and wants me back.
- What are you gonna say? - Watch.
I'll only go if I can bring my music producer, Fisher.
Yes, I do insist.
Okay, sounds good. [chuckles]
- What did he say? - He refused.
But you know what?
I'd rather be here with my son
than on some cruise ship in Norway.
- Thanks, Dad. Wanna keep singing?
- [sighs] Cue the music, son.
[upbeat music playing]
[singing in Norwegian]
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
- I got a slice of Hasty's birthday cake.
This place is okay.
- This place is not okay.
Like, can you believe these people?
They're all mindless drones being taken advantage of.
- I know.
Well, my break is over.
- Presley, wait.
You don't want to spend your whole life down here
making karaoke machines.
This place is the worst.
- [gags] Lex is right.
The cake here is awful. It has coconut.
- Don't let Rowan take advantage of you
like he's taking advantage of everybody else here.
And if you stay, I would miss you way too much.
I didn't want to have to do this
because I know it's your thing, but...
- How could you say no to that face?
- I can't. - [chuckles]
Well, I'm glad I got through to you.
I don't think anyone else is gonna listen.
- Oh, they're about to.
Munchy, get everyone's attention.
- Butts! Butts! Butts! Butts! [electrical sizzling]
The floor is yours.
- Hey, my friend just taught me a valuable lesson
that you all need to learn.
- Why should we listen to her? She's never been on TV.
- I can't believe I'm saying this,
but there are things more important than being on TV.
[all gasp]
- Presley is right.
No amount of fame is worth putting together
cheap karaoke machines that don't work.
It's not fair.
Let me tell you a story about a Lettuce Patch Doll--
- No, no, no, no, no, no.
I got this.
You guys came on "Karaoke Kickoff"
because of your love of singing.
When was the last time you did that down here?
- I sang "Happy Birthday" to Hasty today
and it felt great.
But then I went back to work.
- Yeah, after you fed him some of that stupid coconut cake.
Be better, people.
- Your voices deserve to be heard.
There's a live episode of "Karaoke Kickoff"
happening right now, so let's go up there and sing.
- But Rowan says we have to keep building machines
to get back on TV.
- He says that,
but has anyone actually gotten back on the show?
- What about Parker? Parker got back on.
- No, I'm still here.
- I guess no one's gotten back on.
- See?
Rowan's tricking you into thinking
you'll get back on the show, but you never will.
- Meanwhile, he's getting rich from selling these machines.
- It's time to stop listening to him
and start listening to your vocal cords.
[all chatter in agreement]
- Let's take over the show. [all cheering]
- Follow me to freedom!
- Should we tell him
we can get to the studio through this door or?
- There's no time.
♪ ♪
- Please welcome our next contestant,
Penelope Peterson!
What are you gonna sing for us, Penelope?
- I'll be singing "How to Hug A Rainbow."
- Okay, get up on that stage! This is your time to shine.
- No, it isn't!
- [yelps]
- What are you two doing here?
- We're about to set the record straight.
- First of all, we would like to apologize
to that little girl we just pushed.
- But this is very important, so I'm sure she'll understand.
- The karaoke machines that Rowan Van Doren sells
are garbage.
- Whoa, hey, hey, hey!
- They're assembled by past contestants
because Rowan promised them a chance to get back on the show.
- But they never do.
- These kids are obviously liars, like all kids.
Get me another contestant!
- You want a contestant? We've got plenty.
- What? What?
[gasping]
- We made it! Everyone follow me!
Oh, you're all here.
- Hey, everyone off my stage! Get back to work!
- Get him!
- No, no touching! No, no!
No, you-- no touching, no touching!
Okay, look!
Is this about getting a refund for your karaoke machine?
'Cause I'm sure we can come to an agreement.
- My friend and I have already come to an agreement on this.
both: You get the foot!
[buzzer blares]
- No, no, no, no, no, no, no!
[cheers and applause]
- Have a piece of coconut cake on me!
- Hey, well, the show is still live
and singing on that stage is your dream.
Go get famous.
- It's not about fame anymore; it's about having fun.
Unless I get famous. Then forget I said that.
Now come sing with me.
[cheers and applause]
- I know the perfect song.
♪ ♪
- ♪ If you're having a bad day ♪
♪ Turn it upside down ♪
♪ Look at it from a new way ♪
♪ And it's not always easy ♪
♪ You gotta get your mind right ♪
both: ♪ 'Cause you're one in a billion ♪
♪ There's just one you, that's a fact, not opinion ♪
♪ Go shine 'cause you're brilliant ♪
♪ And I can see your future's bright ♪
♪ No one else is just like you ♪
♪ So be yourself ♪
♪ Yeah, it's all about our individuality ♪
♪ That's the beauty of the differences in you and me ♪
♪ Yeah, it's all about, it's all about our attitude ♪
♪ 'Cause only I can be me and only you can be you ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Yes, only you can be you ♪
♪ Yes, only you ♪
♪ Only, only me ♪
♪ You hoo ♪
♪ Yes, only you can be you ♪
♪ Only, only me and you ♪
[cheers and applause]
- This is ours now!
Yes! [upbeat music]
♪ ♪