06x13 - Drop it Like it's Hot!

[bunniefuu]

♪ ♪

Oh no, have we been robbed?

I guess saying I locked the door

is different than actually doing it.

No, Nikki. Ever since
House of Raven premiered,

people have been obsessed with my designs!

Look at all of my packages!

I have sold out of everything
I have ever made.

The woman downstairs even wanted
to buy the shirt off my back.

You're not gonna sell it to her, are you?

Oh, of course not.

Without the matching skirt. [squeals]

Raven, this is the perfect
moment to do a drop.

No, drops are for big designers.

That's how they become big designers.

They create an exclusive item,
release it at a specific time,

and everyone goes crazy.

Suddenly, you're rich, famous,

and giving your assistant an assistant.

Ooh, rich and famous.

And if my assistant had an assistant,

then I'd actually have
an assistant. Let's do it!

[theme music playing]

♪ Ha, ha! Lemme tell ya somethin' ♪

♪ Had my vision all worked out ♪

♪ But then life had other plans ♪

♪ Tell 'em, Mom ♪

♪ It's crazy when things
turn upside down ♪

♪ But ya gotta get up
and take that chance ♪

♪ New city, I’m finding my way ♪

♪ It’s gonna take some time ♪

-♪ Yeah, we're gonna be okay ♪
-♪ Ya know I got you, right? ♪

♪ It might be wild, but ya
know that we make it work ♪

♪ We're just fam
caught up in a crazy world ♪

-♪ C'mon! ♪
-♪ 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 ♪

♪ 'Cos no matter the weather,
ya know we gon' shine ♪

♪ There for each other,
ya know it's our time ♪

[Raven laughing]

Yep! That's us.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

-[ratcheting]
-You know, if I'd known

we were gonna build an engine
in shop class, I wouldn't have

gone through all that trouble
to get one for my car.

Yeah, but if you didn't fix up Janine,

think about all the things
we would have missed, huh?

Going to Blimpo's with Cuda...

Chasing my giant Blimpo's burger...

Driving across town to go
to the original Blimpo's!

Do we go to Blimpo's too much?

-Nah.
-Nah.

Hey, I'm thinking we might
finish this thing tomorrow.

Man.

Our last big senior year project
before college.

It's the end of an era.

-Hey, hand me the pliers.
-Yeah.

Will, uh, Biglarry pliers do?

[scoffs] Yeah, sure, I guess.

-Hammer!
-[scrapes hammer]

Biglarry hammer.

-[clanks]
-[sighs] Wrench!

[straining] [gasps] Biglarry wrench...

[straining] Oh... Dude... [gasps]

This isn't a Biglarry wrench.

This is Big Larry's wrench!

And pliers! And hammer!

Nobody touches Big Larry's tools.

Didn't you see the sign?

We have to get these tools
back to Big Larry

-before he realizes we took them.
-Yeah.

-[whispers] I think he knows.
-Run!

♪ ♪

[quiet restaurant chatter]

-MAN: Mm...
-WOMAN: Mm...

-MEN [louder]: Mm...
-WOMEN [louder]: Mm...

-MEN [loudest]: Mm...
-WOMEN [loudest]: Mm...

Mm, no, I-I don't need
to be here for this.

Pop-Pop, I don't know what
you're feeding those people,

but the sounds they're making
are highly disturbing.

Today's special is my banana pudding.

People drive for miles around
just to get a taste.

Don't they know I'm trying
to do homework out there?

Well, it's a restaurant, Alice, so no.

Hope I have more sugar.

If I don't get another batch made,

customers are gonna riot.

Riot? [scoffs] Over pudding?

Oh, you weren't alive for
the Pudding Riots of '06.

I saw things, Alice.

Things a chef should never see.

Okay. Sugar, sugar...

[loud snapping]

[quiet squeal]

[gasps] Forgot Dave put
the mouse traps up on top!

Why would he put them up there?!

So I wouldn't snap my fingers!

[squeals]

♪ ♪

Raven! How's this sound
for the drop announcement?

"Tomorrow at 2:00, Raven drops her pants."

You don't-- you don't hear
how that sounds?

What? You're Raven,
the event is tomorrow at 2:00,

and you're making pants you're gonna drop.

No, no, it sounds like

I'm not going to be wearing any pants.

I'm trying to showcase my business, Nikki,

not my business...

Sorry. I'm just so excited for the drop.

Can I have a little peek
at what you're making?

Yes, but it's not done,
so be gentle. [clears throat]

What do you think?

-That is so last week.
-Hey!

No, you made that same design last week.

I did.

Oh no, am I running out of ideas?

You know, whenever I'm in a creative rut,

I like to get out of the office.

Oh, well, you must be in a creative rut

seven to eight times a day.

But, a change of scenery
is not a bad idea.

Okay, Nikki, listen!
I am going to work from home,

but just to be safe,
why don't you postpone the drop

until I come up with an amazing design?

Got it. Working from home today,
postpone the drop.

You need to write that down?

Raven, I think I can remember two things.

Okay, good. Well, then, can you--

I said "two things."

Right? You right.
Just, uh, call me if anything comes up.

[suitcase rattling]

Working from home today.
Postpone the drop.

Working from home today.
Postpone the drop...

[phone ringing]

Raven Baxter Designs.

Oh no, I'm sorry.
She's working from the postpone.

Well, I don't care
if it doesn't make sense.

That's what she said, like, word for word.

[slams receiver]

What was I supposed to do?
[gasps] Oh, right.

[typing]

"Drop from Raven's home today."

And post it.

[scoffs] Write it down. Yeah.

Okay! What am I, 30?

[notifications dinging]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

BOOKER: I'm telling you, Ivy,

it's the most amazing thing
you've ever seen.

-A car engine?
-That Neil and I made

with our friendship!

Yeah, but the school
gave you the supplies,

and the directions, and a teacher

to help you if you needed it, right?

Yeah, but they didn't
give us our friendship.

That part was all us. [laughs]

I'm telling you, when you see this thing,

you're gonna be like-- [screams]

No, no, no, no, no!

What happened, girl?

Who hurt you?

Who would do this to your project?

-[metal scrapes]
-[grunts]

-Big Larry.
-Oh, you know

you're not supposed to be
touching Big Larry's tools.

He got them from his dad. Huge Larry.

♪ ♪

Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow...

Pop-Pop! Pop-Pop! Pop-Pop!

There's no way you can make
your pudding like that.

I have to! I'm the only one who knows how!

Pretty soon, the customers
are gonna be so angry,

they're gonna be throwing mashed potatoes.

Why are they throwing mashed potatoes?

Because we will be out of pudding.

Well, let me help you.
I can be your hands.

Just tell me the recipe.

There is none.
I just feel my way through it.

It's like jazz, but for pudding.

Yeah, that's not gonna work for me. Uh...

Okay! New plan!

I'll use my laser scanner to
figure out the ingredients,

and then, I'll be able to replicate

your banana pudding
down to the last molecule.

-Where are you going?
-To harvest a specimen.

What?

I'm gon' go snag someone's pudding.

♪ ♪

Okay, this is it.
Something fresh. Something new.

Something no one's ever seen before.

Dang it! I'm sketching what I'm wearing!

Come on! You can do this.

You can do this.
J-Just think of a new design.

[sighs] Come on, muse, where are you?

[knocking]

That was quick.

-[crowd chattering]
-[gasps]

Y-You're Raven Baxter,
the famous designer!

The star of House of Raven!
Everything you do is amazing.

Well, if you're trying
to sell me magazines,

sweetheart, it's working.

No, we're all huge fans!
We're here for the drop!

I'm sorry, why y'all think
the drop is today at my house?

Out of my way. I'm her assistant.

That's why.

Raven, are you having a party
and you didn't invite me?

That's so vicious. I kinda love it.

Get in here. We're not having a party.

Could you guys excuse me for one second?

They're here for the drop.
Nikki, I told you to cancel it.

-I did.
-[typing]

Oh no. I canceled my manicure.

That's going to be impossible
to reschedule.

You told me you could remember two things.

I didn't say for how long.

Never mind. I'll take care of it myself.

[crowd chatter]

Hi, everyone.

-I'm sorry, but there's been a mistake.
-[shushing]

-The drop is canceled.
-[disappointed groans]

I'm not falling for that!
They tried to pull

the same thing last week on
the drop for Bernardo Pukeman,

and now, I'm dripping in Puke! [laughs]

CROWD: Drop! Drop! Drop! Drop! Drop!

Hey, hey, hey! Back up! Back up! Back up!

♪ ♪

-[restaurant chatter]
-There he is.

Neil's gonna be crushed when he finds out

what happened to our engine.

You better let me handle this.

Oh, hey, guys. What's up?

[cheerfully] Hey, Neil! Whatchu doing?

[coyly] Um, just ordered some fries.

Oh, fries! What kind?

[French accent] French.

-French! Now, that's fancy--
-Just tell him.

Look, Big Larry destroyed your engine.

He did. Tore it to pieces, man,

but I promise you. I will avenge her

by throwing Larry a very nasty side-eye.

Oh. Well, that's fine.
Yeah, we'll just start over.

What? Why are you so calm?

We spent weeks working on this project.

We'll barely be able to finish it before
the end of the semester.

Well, then we better get to work, huh?

I say we get to the high school
right now and get started.

Yeah, we'll-- we'll have some laughs.

We'll tighten some bolts. It'll be great!

Well, he's taking this way better
than you did.

Hm.

Bad news, David. [sighs]

I'm gonna have to take
these bad boys to go.

-What do I owe you?
-[clatters]

That's a bolt.

Like the ones from our engine.

No-- Well, that one, yeah, but that's my--

That one's my lucky bolt.
I-I carry that one everywhere.

Neil, Neil, empty your pockets.

[metal jingling]

I've never seen those before
in my life. Yeah.

Ah! I must be wearing
somebody else's pants!

Neil, did you take apart our engine?

Why would you do that?

I don't know. I just, uh-- [nervous laugh]

I have to go.

[bolts clattering]

-That's messed up.
-I know!

He was gonna let me
side-eye an innocent man.

♪ ♪

Okay! After scanning the pudding,

I know exactly what's in it.

I've got the ingredients.
I just need measuring cups.

Oh, we won't be needing those.

A great chef cooks by feel.

Hm, okay, well, I feel...

like using the measuring cups.

Just toss a skosh of sugar in the bowl.

There. Is that a skosh?

-Mm, not quite. That's more like a smidge.
-[sighs]

How about that?

Nah, that's like a dash.

Whoa, whoa, whoa! You way past skosh!

You getting into buttload territory.

Pop-Pop, recipes work

because they are precise units of measure.

So, let me do this my way.

Why don't you make
like these bananas and split?

Little chef humor
'cause I'm a little chef, so...

♪ ♪

CROWD: Drop! Drop! Drop! Drop! Drop!

I think some of them are leaving.

Oh no, wait. Here come more.

I think they're working in shifts.

It's getting a little crazy out there.

You better call your security guards.

It'll buy us time
to get to the armored car in the alley.

Nikki...

-Boat in the basement?
-Nikki...

Rocket on the roof?

Rocket on the roof?
No one has a rocket on the roof!

Never mind. I know you do.

Okay, I'm not calling security on my fans.

They just wanna see
my exclusive design. [giggles]

-So, you made something.
-[high-pitched] Well, not yet.

-But you have an idea?
-[high-pitched] Well, not yet.

-What are you gonna do?
-I don't know,

but right now, they're outside,
and we're in here.

And as long as it stays
that way, they won't know

that I don't have a design.

-Booker.
-Fine, I'll tell you!

Neil betrayed me!

-I need a hug, Mama!
-Come here.

[Booker crying]

Wait. How did you get in here?

[sobs] The back door.

Wait, did you lock it behind you?

[sobs] Why would I lock it?

Then how would all our friends
just walk right in?

FAN: The back door's open!

They're getting in!

I'm in Raven Baxter's house! Oh!

Where is it? Where's the exclusive item?

Uh, I...

There is an exclusive item, right?

Yeah, but you can't...

you-you can't see it on an empty stomach.

When was the last time
you had a juicy papaya?

I don't think she made
anything for the drop. [scoffs]

-She's a fraud!
-What?

-Livestream her!
-No, no, no, no, no! Listen! Hold up now!

This is-- No. Come on, you guys!

I got the design! It's upstairs!

Let me just go get it, okay?
Booker, what are you doing?

I-I wanna see the design.

[whispers]
There is no design, Booker. Catch up.

Ain't no design.

♪ ♪

-Hey.
-[door shuts]

Hey. How'd you know I was here?

I followed the trail of nuts and bolts.

It was like tracking a poorly built robot.

Why did you take apart
the engine in the first place?

[sighs]

I don't know.

Booker was talking
about our friendship and...

how this is gonna be our last project,

and it made me realize that...

we'll never get to do this again.

I figured if we started over
that maybe we'd have more time.

That actually makes a lot of sense.

Yeah, a lot more sense
than trying to pay for fries

with auto parts.

[sighs] Look.

I know what you're feeling.
It's senior year.

Everything we do is the last.
Last football game.

The last dance. The last big project.

But that's not something to be sad about.

You know, that's what makes them special.

Yeah, but after we graduate,

I mean, we're all gonna go
our separate ways.

You know? I'm gonna miss this place.

-I'm gonna miss you guys.
-Hey.

The three of us are always
gonna be friends, Neil.

No matter where we end up.

[crying]

[crying]

Did you know Big Larry was here?

Oh, good. You can see him, too.

[blows nose]

♪ ♪

-CROWD: Drop! Drop! Drop!
-What are you doing?

I'm trying to find something
to give my fans.

I can't have them calling me a fraud.

[gasps] Oh, hey! Do you think
that they'll believe

that I designed this?

No, no, that's a Blimpo's shirt,
and it's mine.

Ooh! I got it! I got it!
I'll just-- I'll just post

that there's a drop across town!

Oh, man!

I left my phone downstairs.
Booker, let me borrow yours.

-I left mine in my backpack.
-Nikki!

Ugh, mine's dead.

[whooshes]

What are you doing?
We could have recharged it.

You can recharge those?
[scoffs] I just buy new ones.

Oh, I'm starting to understand
why you don't return my calls.

Oh, I'll just give your fans this!

That should get rid of them!

Wait, no, not this!

This is my jean jacket from grade school.

This is, like, the first thing
I've ever designed.

[sighs] I was so excited
to show everybody.

I used to have a million ideas.

Now, look at me.

I can't think of one single design.

Raven.

Do you ever think you think too much?

I mean, I never think.

Sometimes if you don't think,
stuff just works out.

Are you saying I'm too much
in my own head?

I don't know.

Are you saying that
I should get back to basics,

like I did in grade school
when I designed this jacket?

-Again, no idea.

Are you telling me that I just need

to get out of my own way and just do me?

I wouldn't have said it like that,

but, then again, I have no idea
what you're talking about.

You know what?

You might be on to something.
[gasps] I just had a--

Whoa! Mama, Mama,
Nikki don't know about those.

An idea, Booker.

I had an idea. [gasps] Oh!
And there's another one.

Oh! There's another one!
Yes! Yeah! You know what?

Calm down, ideas.
Everybody gonna get their turn.

♪ ♪

See? Looks just like the one you make.

That recipe was
surprisingly easy to crack.

Just like the password
on the parental controls.

-Huh?
-What?

Well, there's nothing left
to do but to taste it.

[spoon tapping]

It's better than yours, right?

Hm...

As good as yours?

Hm...

Is it worse?

All that matters, Alice,

is that you made
your first banana pudding.

[gasps]

Did you just give me
a participation compliment?

Mm-mmm, nah. Lemme taste that.

[sighs]

But I don't get it.

This is an exact replica of your pudding.

I mean, I used every ingredient.

Except for one.

Well, it can't be nanners.

I mean, this thing's crazy with nanners.

It's heart. You have
to cook with your heart.

Look, let's try this again, but this time,

forget the measuring cup.

You have to feel it.

There. Is that a skosh?

What's your heart say?

I think that's a skosh.

Then it is.

I think you're ready for a dollop.

Well, only one way to find out.

[squishing]

[splat]

Uh, you do know you could
have used a spoon for that?

That's not what my heart said.

[giggles]

♪ ♪

CROWD: Drop! Drop! Drop! Drop! Drop!

Who are all these people?

These must be Booker's new friends.

He's already replacing me!

I don't know. They seem too cool
to be Booker's friends.

Okay, see, I know that's
kind of a dig on us,

but, hey, I call it like I see it.

I-I have to explain to him
why I did what I did.

Plus, I promised the big man
that I'd make this right.

Neil, I didn't know you were religious.

What? No, not that big man! Big Larry.

-Oh.
-Yeah.

CROWD: Drop! Drop! Drop! Drop! Drop!

How are we gonna get inside?

Maybe we don't have to. Come on.

♪ ♪

-[sewing machine whirring]
-Wow. She's really in the zone.

She must be. She's using her thigh
as a pincushion.

Don't talk about it.

It's gonna hurt when
the adrenaline wears off.

-NEIL: Booker!
-You guys hear that?

It's the fans. They want Booker.

Sacrifice the child! Buy us some time!

Mom!

-NEIL: Booker, it's Neil!
-Neil?

[birds chirping]

Booker! It's me, Neil!

I know! I can see you!

I'm sorry about destroying our project!

-You see, it turns out, he was--
-I was lashing out

due to a deep-seated fear of the future

and what would become of our friendship.

I guess it was part of
a larger existential crisis

I did not know I was having.

I was gonna say you were
having big feelings,

but that works.

Are you still mad at me?

I could never stay mad at you, alright?

The two of us are best friends.

[clears throat]

The three of us are best friends.

And nothing is ever gonna change that.

I did it! I did it!
I came up with a new design!

-Mom, that's amazing!
-I know!

Look out! The drop's about to drop!

CROWD: Drop! Drop! Drop! Drop! Drop!

Come on! Yes! It's mine!
[laughs] That's right!

N-Zo for the win-zo! [laughs]

See you never, suckers! [laughs]

I mean, I'll probably see
most of you at the next drop.

And, Mom? I'll see you at home? Yeah.

♪ ♪

Wow. This pudding is even better
than the one that you make, Dad.

I mean, it might be as good.

[mouth full] No, this one is
definitely better.

Pop-Pop taught me how to get outta my head

-and cook with my heart.
-[gasps]

I learned how to get outta my head

and sew with my heart.

And I learned you can
recharge a cell phone.

♪ ♪