01x07 - We Can Be Heroes, Sort Of

[bunniefuu]

[playing rock music]

♪ ♪

- Whoa, whoa, whoa,
hold up, hold up, hold up.

If we're gonna win
Battle of the Bands,

we got to rock
that stage.

It's all about showmanship.

Ladies and gentlemen,
Freddy on the drums!

[all cheering]

- Yeah.

- I love it.
Lawrence on the keys!

[all cheering]

- Yeah.
Yeah.

Oh! h* h* h*!

Lawrence von Butthoven.

Tomika, rock out
front and center!

[all cheering]
- [playing bass]

- Tomika!

Tomika.

[playing bass]

Or rock out crouched
behind that speaker.

- Mm!
- Tomika.

Tomika.

- [screeches]
- Oh!

Tomika.
- Okay.

- What's going on?
Why are you hiding back there?

- Some of us don't need
to draw attention to ourselves.

- Summer
on the tambourine!

Check it out.
I'm literally on the tambourine.

Ha!

- And some of us do.

- Come on, Tomika,
get into it.

A-all the rock legends have
their signature moves.

Uh, Mick Jagger has
his Rooster Strut.

And Miley Cyrus has
her twerk.

- Okay.
- Mm.

- And Dewey Finn has
the Speaker Straddle.

- If it keeps you from twerking,
go for it.

- It's a move I created
for my short-lived

and poorly-named band,
The Everlasting.

- Careful, Mr. Finn.

- Chillax, I'm just trying
to prove a point

about showmanship
to Tomika.

[all yelling]

all: Mr. Finn!
- Oh!

- Uh, I think
I've made my point.

- [grunts]

- [groans]

- ♪ Stop tellin' me
to read between the lines ♪

♪ It all adds up
to one thing ♪

- Five, four, three,
two, one.

- ♪ If you think you're gonna
lose your cool ♪

♪ Well, sometimes you gotta
break the rules ♪

♪ Hey, show me what you know,
give it up to rock 'n' roll ♪

♪ 'Cause we ain't
gonna stop ♪

♪ ♪

♪ If you're feeling like
you're gettin' schooled ♪

♪ There's an answer
right in front of you ♪

♪ Hey, show me what you know,
give it up to rock 'n' roll ♪

♪ 'Cause we ain't
gonna stop ♪

- ♪ Hey! ♪
- ♪ Are you ready to rock? ♪

[rock music]

- Tomika, wait.
Wait up.

- Still hurting
from your fall?

- Fall?
I don't recall any fall,

just a k*ller rock move
that I totally meant to do.

Tomika, you're usually
so confident when you play,

and we need you to be
at your best

if we're going to win
Battle of the Bands.

What's going on?

- My brothers filmed me
practicing at home

and put it
on the Internet.

It turns out I make funny faces
when I play.

- All the great basses
suffer from bass face.

I bet you look cool.

[goat bleating effect]

I was insanely wrong.

Who cares?

- They made another one.

[elephant trumpeting effect]

- [giggles]

That's not funny.

- And this.

[burping effect]

- I can't believe you actually
came to school today.

- Thanks, Mr. Finn.
You're a sensitive soul.

- So your brothers made
a dumb video.

- It's not the video.
It's not even

that all my brothers' friends
have seen it.

It's that this is
how I look when I play,

like a total doofus.

I can't let people see me
that way anymore.

- [scoffs]
My point is you're fearless

on the skateboard.
Bring that to your rock.

Who's your favorite artist?

- I'm totally
into Demi Lovato.

- Perfect.
Demi Lovato was shy,

but when she got
onstage,

she transformed herself
into a confident rocker.

Now she owns it.
Be like her.

- I don't know
if I can do it.

- Trust me, Tomika.
I know Demi Lovato--

- Wh--really?
You know Demi Lovato?

- Well, I meant that--

- That is so cool!

- It is?

Yeah, it is cool that
I know Demi Lovato.

So are you gonna start rocking
like Demi Lovato?

Who I totally know.

- I guess I can try.

- That's the spirit.
I'm gonna call Demi

and tell her
all about you.

- [squeals]

- Who is Demi Lovato?

[rock music]

♪ ♪

- Whoa.
Cool new style.

- Thanks, Zack.

I went with the superhero
underwear today.

- We can't actually see
your underwear.

- You can see it
in my confident strut.

- Hey, Summer.

- Tomika,
I love your hair.

- Thanks.
I've decided to stop hiding

and be more like my hero,
Demi Lovato.

- Well, it's working.
You look like a total rock star.

I wish I could
pull that off.

- You can.
Pull.

- [laughs]

- You just got
rock-star-ed.

♪ You make me... ♪
both: ♪ Glo-o-ow ♪

♪ But I cover up
won't let it sho-o-ow ♪

♪ So I-- ♪

[rock music]

- Well, it says here
I was wrong.

Lightning is actually frozen
moisture colliding,

creating a static charge,

and not, as I had
previously stated,

two angels
in a fist fight.

Hmm.

Oh, let's put the books away
and hit The Rolling Stones hard.

- Guys, I was thinking
that maybe

instead of playing
"Under My Thumb,"

we could change it up
a little bit.

- Oh, What's this?

- Sheet music for Demi Lovato's
"Heart Attack."

- Sweet!

Wait, it's cool for dudes
to like Demi Lovato, right?

- Yeah.

- Sweet!

- If it makes Tomika look good,
it makes the band look good.

Me, I look good
either way.

- Let's do this.

- Yeah!
My booty's ready to jam.

[keyboard flourish]

- Thanks, guys.
Follow my lead.

- Let's do this!

- ♪ So I'm
puttin' my defenses up ♪

♪ 'Cause I don't wanna
fall in love ♪

♪ If I ever did that ♪

♪ I think I'd have
a heart attack ♪

[all cheering]
- [laughs]

That's what I've been
looking for.

- Tomika, you kicked
that song's butt.

- All I needed to do was
be more like Demi.

Maybe you could take a video
of us and send it to her.

Mr. Finn is friends
with Demi Lovato.

- What?
- No way, that's so cool!

- My mom knows the guy

from the light-up slippers
commercial.

- Oh, the guy
with the slippers?

- No, the one who falls
down the stairs.

- Wait, do you actually
hang out with her?

- Uh, sure, you know,
whenever she's in town.

- Demi Lovato's in town
this week.

- We're in town this week!

- No way.
She is?

- Yeah, she's playing
Texas Memorial.

- She is.
I knew that.

- Mr. Finn, get her
to come see us play.

- That would be the coolest
thing you've ever done!

Can you?

- Yeah, I can do

the coolest thing
I've ever done.

- Yeah!
- Man, no reason to believe

this isn't gonna happen.

[rock music]

- [clears throat]

- Welcome to the Saint Teresa
Hotel, can I help you?

- Hi, I'm friends
with Demi Lovato,

but I forgot
her room number.

Could you please
give it to me?

- I'm sorry,
I'm not allowed to give out

guests' personal
information.

- Mm.

How about now?

- Sir, this is a prescription
for a fungal medicine.

- I'm gonna need that.

Come on, man,
what's the room number?

- Mr. Finn?

- Lawrence,
what are you doing here?

- Our house is being
fumigated for termites,

so we're staying here.

- I'm sorry about that.

- No, it's the best thing
that ever happened to me.

They give you
a free robe,

and you get a new shampoo
every day

whether you take a shower
or not.

Want some?
- No--pomegranate?

- What are you doing here?

- I'm trying to figure out

what room my friend
is staying in.

- I'm in 812.

- Lawrence, don't you have
anything better to do?

- No.
I've got 15 minutes

until my mom and I have
our couples massage.

- Hmm.
- Sir, there's no one

under the name
Demi Lovato.

- She's obviously using
a fake name

so regular fans,
not close friends like me,

don't bug her.
I'll have to guess.

- You're her friend; why
don't you call her and ask her?

- More fun to guess.

Is there a "Demi Roboto"
staying here?

- No one's checked in
under that name.

- How about "Lemi Cravato"?
- Nope.

- "Stemmy Avocado"?
- No.

- Marjorie Weinstein?
I like this game.

- Stop acting silly.

"Cray Cray McFakeName"?

- Security!

- Security?
They said the shampoo's free.

You're on your own,
Mr. Finn.

[rock music]

[playing Demi Lovato's
"Heart Attack"]

- ♪ Never put my love
out on the line ♪

♪ Never said yes
to the right guy ♪

No, hold on, hold on.

It's pretty good,
but I think we can do better.

- We've done it 15 times.
I love you,

but Tambourine Summer
wants to hurt you.

- We just need to work
a little harder

to get Demi Lovato's sound.

Zack, you need
more distortion,

Freddy, hit those toms
with drama,

and Lawrence,
you're too loud.

- I'm not even playing.

- I mean your breathing.

- But I have to breathe.

- Do you?

- [inhales deeply]

- Come on, Tomika,
we're trying our best.

- Maybe it's our look.

Demi's band wears cool outfits
and disco ball helmets,

and in her video
she has wind machines,

steam geysers,
and covers herself in ink.

We would look so amazing
doing that.

♪ Puttin' my defenses up ♪

♪ 'Cause I don't wanna
fall in love ♪

♪ If I ever did that ♪

♪ I think I'd have
a heart attack ♪

♪ You make me glo-o-ow ♪

♪ But I cover up
won't let it sho-o-ow ♪

♪ So I'm
puttin' my defenses up ♪

♪ 'Cause I don't wanna
fall in love ♪

♪ If I ever did that ♪

♪ I think I'd have
a heart atta-a-ack ♪

♪ I think I'd have
a heart atta-a-ack ♪

♪ I think I'd have
a heart attack ♪

Let's just do that.

- [gasping
and panting]

Nope, gotta breathe.

- Eh.

[rock music]

- [laughs]
Dude, you look ridiculous.

- You're wearing
the same thing.

- Oh, yeah.

- Come on, guys, I think
these helmets look cool.

I look like a disco cop.

You have the right to remain...
dancing! Ah!

- Where's Tomika?

[horror movie music]

[water splashing]

- I really hope
that's Tomika.

I saw a horror movie
about giant sewer rats

and it did not end well
for anyone.

- Ready?
Here we go.

- I think the wind machine
is set too high!

- What?

- I said I think
the wind machine

is set too high!

- The wind machine's
not set too high!

It's perfect!

[fast rock music]

♪ ♪

- Whoo.
Okay,

pretty good for our first try.
Let's do it again.

- Are you nuts?

- You're pushing us
too hard!

- Demi Lovato's band
doesn't complain like this.

- We're not her band!
We're School of Rock,

and we're not comfortable
doing this.

Or that.

Or that.

- Tomika,
this is too much.

- We're not
at the Lovato level yet.

I'm just trying
to make us better.

- This doesn't feel
better to me.

Look what you've done
to my hair.

Phew!
Fixed it.

- Fine.
You guys don't deserve

to play a song
as great as "Heart Attack."

I'm outta here.

And I'm bringing my ink
with me.

Mm-kay.

[strains]

I'll grab that later.

- Tomika,
where are you--

Look at this mess!

We're all cleaning this up
right now.

Hey, what's this remote control
doing here?

- Mr. Finn, no!
- No!

- Oh,
that's what that does.

[rock music]

- Any room for me?

- It's kinda tight.
- Well, there's room

if we just--
- Mm!

- There's no room.
Sorry.

- Hey, guys.
- Hey.

- Oh, I know
what's going on,

and I think there's
an apology in order.

- You mean it?

- I told you guys
she'd come around.

I'm so proud of you,
Tomeeks.

- I accept your apology,

and I forgive you all
for not being good enough.

- Less proud.

- You forgive us?

- Of course.
So we're good, right?

I can sit at the table?

- You sure can.

- Guys,
when you have a plan

that everybody's
supposed to leave,

you're supposed to tell
everybody!

This is really embarrassing.

- So we're not good.

[rock music]

- Mr. Finn,
can I talk to you?

- Is it important?
Because I'm on my way

to the men's room.

- It's just I'm so upset.

- All right.

- I don't understand why
everyone is so mad at me.

- Look, you've been
riding the band pretty hard.

People get kicked out
for that kind of a thing.

- Really?

- Maybe you're trying too hard
to be like Demi Lovato.

- But you told me to.

You said it would help me
be less self-conscious

after my brothers made
that embarrassing video.

And it does,
but I can't be Demi

if the band won't be
Demi's band.

- I didn't mean be
exactly like Demi.

I meant be brave like her
but still be Tomika.

Now if you'll excuse me,
I've really gotta go.

- I guess I have been
pretty hard on the band.

- Still talking, okay.
[chuckles]

- I should talk to them.

Thanks, Mr. Finn,
for being the one who--

- Gotta go!

Comin'--

- Oh, Mr. Finn,
may I have a moment?

- No.

[rock music]

- Guys, I figured out
what's going on with Tomika.

She's being tough
because she's scared.

- Scared?
She's not scared of anything.

I've seen Tomika grind a rail
down a 50-foot staircase.

- I've seen her go swimming
three minutes after she's eaten.

She's insane!

- Well, she's scared
of looking dumb onstage.

- What, her bass face?
Big deal. [scoffs]

[goat bleating effect]

all: Whoa.

- Yeah.

- That still doesn't give her
the right to push us around.

Right, Zack?

- Huh?
Oh, I wasn't listening.

I'm a little freaked out
by goats.

One ate my pants
at a petting zoo.

- Okay, I'll admit it,
she was out of line.

So now we have
a choice.

We either help Tomika
with her problem,

or we tell her to find
another band.

- So you're telling me
if a goat was here right now,

none of you would be
freaked out?

[rock music]

♪ ♪

- [sighs]

[playing rock music]
Guys, I'm sorry

for how I treated
you all.

I guess--

What's going on?

- Uh, well,
we were just--

- Rehearsing.
Rehearsing without me.

- No--
I mean, yeah, but--

- So I've been kicked out
of the band for being too tough?

Fine.

- No, wait.

Tomika, wait,
come back.

- What's the point?
It's too late.

I know the band
hates me.

- We don't hate you.

The reason we held practice
without you

is because we were
rehearsing your song.

We really wanted
to get it right.

And not as Demi Lovato's band,
but as us.

[playing Demi Lovato's
"Heart Attack"]

♪ ♪

[song ends]

[both chuckle]

- You sound amazing.

You guys did this for me?

- We'd do anything for you.

- That's it,
we've had it up to here!

Let's go, guys.

Are we not doing this?

We spend all day together.

How hard is it
to keep me in the loop?

- Thanks, guys.
I really appreciate this.

And I'm sorry I got
out of control.

- Well?

- Let's do this.

[drum intro]

- ♪ Never put my love
out on the line ♪

♪ Never said yes
to the right guy ♪

♪ Never had trouble
getting what I want ♪

♪ But when it comes to you
I'm never good enough ♪

♪ When I don't care
I can play 'em like a Ken doll ♪

♪ Won't wash my hair ♪

♪ Make 'em bounce
like a basketball ♪

♪ But you make me wanna act
like a girl ♪

♪ Paint my nails
and wear high heels ♪

♪ Yes, you make me
so nervous ♪

♪ That I just can't
hold your hand ♪

♪ You make me glo-o-ow ♪

♪ But I cover up
Won't let it sho-o-ow ♪

♪ So I'm
puttin' my defenses up ♪

- ♪ Puttin' my defenses up ♪

- ♪ 'Cause I don't wanna
fall in love ♪

- ♪ I don't wanna
fall in love ♪

- ♪ If I ever did that ♪

♪ I think I'd have
a heart atta-a-ack ♪

♪ I think I'd have
a heart atta-a-ack ♪

♪ I think I'd have
a heart attack ♪

♪ I think I'd have
a heart attack ♪

♪ I think I'd have
a heart attack ♪

[song ends]

- Yes!

[cheers and applause]

- Hello, kids.
It's me, Demi Lovato.

all: Mr. Finn?

- I had a nightmare
exactly like this once.

- Guys, Demi's not coming.

Truth is,
I don't know her.

- I know her.
- What?

- I met her at the hotel.
We're breakfast buffet buddies.

- Why didn't you
say anything?

- I didn't want to steal
your thunder,

until I realized
you didn't have any thunder.

- Or the legs
for that dress.

- She said we could get
tickets to her show anytime.

- But tonight's anytime.

- Everybody,
to the van!

Hey.

I hope you learned your lesson,
to always be yourself.

- I have.

But this will make sure
I never forget it.

- That's why I do this.

Oh.

I should have gone
with the waterproof mascara.

[sniffs]

Man up, Dewey.

Let's go.

[rock music]