BTR Feelings: I Has Them
The glorious arrival of Season 3 (so much fourth wall breaking! Lucy! pony! I loves it) has inspired me to rewatch the show from the beginning again. I've been meaning to go through it for some time and jot down thoughts and favorite lines and general squee, so, um, I did. For the first five episodes, at least!
Big Time Audition
The opening of the pilot is magnificent. I have never seen a show introduce its core characters and their personalities and dynamics so gracefully before. Seriously, in under a minute we know everything we need to know about these boys.
That said, the hair is terrible (oh my GOD, Logan). And seeing James before he'd really developed the James persona is jarring, to say the least. Logan too, though it's subtler.
This show had me at "run by the dumpster, magically appear in the dumpster." My heart is easily won by Droopy Dog shenanigans.
I love how Kelly and Gustavo's relationship has developed. She used to come off as just a very competent assistant, and now she is clearly his bestest friend, and just as ridiculous as everyone else.
"I sing better than a dog!" Don't push it, James.
"Kendall! Do something!" "What? Logan's the genius!" "Yeah, but I panic under pressure and you always come up with the answer." Let's all say our names and primary characteristics!
I get songs from the auditions stuck in my head all the time. "I love life more than anyone, DOO DOO DOO." Also, the "listen here sister"/nun joke always takes me by surprise. What can I say, I'm easy.
Kelly describes herself here as "a desperate talent scout," but I'm pretty sure that's...not her actual job title.
Carlos is trying so hard to sing bad and he still sounds better than James.
TALL, BLOND, AND EYEBROWS YESSSSS.
"STOP. Stop it forever." My most-quoted line from the show? It's probably a three-way tie with "I'm amazing. I'M AMAZING" and "For the drag race. That we're having. Don't forget."
Kendall's first speech! Shut up, Kendall.
AND THEN THEY POP UP FROM BEHIND THE SEATS. AND MRS. MAGIKOWSKI IS THERE TOO. UGH I LOVE THIS SHOOOOOOOW.
Oh you do NOT tell Kendall Knight's friends they have no talent! He will assault you while singing 90s pop songs at you! ...Seriously though Kendall you should probably stop assaulting people.
ONE PRIOR FOR MOONING.
Mama Knight is so unfazed by the boys being brought home by the cops that it must happen fairly frequently. (Like the time Kendall convinced the others to run away with him to go find his dad AUGH WHY DID I THINK THAT.) Also, I get the impression that it's a very small town, which means that the cops know them (they must at least know Carlos!) which is why they all get brought to the Knights' house instead of their own.
Carlos used to have so much hair. Poor Carlos.
"We've traveled to 22 cities." And now they are apparently in the city of Minnesota.
This shopping cart scene is really dickish. They're not usually this awful.
I love how immediately Kendall and Gustavo understand each other. FEELINGS.
CAMILLE <333
They seem to have dropped Lightning the TV Wonder Dog. I guess he's kind of a one-note joke. (They've also dropped Tyler, but considering how very much no longer a cute little kid he was in his last episode, that's not a surprise.)
Old Blonde Jennifer is weird to me now. I prefer New Blonde Jennifer.
Kendall what are those shorts
KENDALL WHAT ARE THOSE POOL SOCKS
"He is great, but not serious. He is serious, but not great. He lost a pet when he was young, and he is still sad. And he is just plain awful." Amazing.
Kendall is my favorite one, and usually I find his smugitude fairly charming, but the more times I watch the pilot the more I want to smack him. Dude, this may not have been your dream, but then you shouldn't have said yes. And you are ruining this for the others for no reason.
"It's a song about no matter what time of day it is, don't you know it's Girl Time! 'Oh, I just woke up. What time is it?' Girl Time. 'Excuse me, sir, do you know what time it is?' Yeah, it's Girl Time." "What if you have a sinus infection? Isn't that Doctor Time?" "No, no! It's still Girl Time!" THAT IS LOGAN'S GREATEST LINE EVER.
Yes, Gustavo, let's do take a look at your wall of platinum records! "Girl Like You, Girl You Are My Girl, Hot Girl, Cold Girl, Girl to My Heart, Yard Squirrel Christmas - I forgot that one was there - Girl Zone, Girl Zone Remix, Girl Cake, and Girl Girl Girl, which sold three million copies and was Number One for FIVE WEEKS!" SHOW YOU ARE MY SHOW. Also, I love that they planted Yard Squirrel Christmas and didn't explain it for a season and a half.
Poor Dreadlocks McSoundguy is sweeping up in the back there. That shouldn't have to be your job, dude!
Gustavo sings better than 75% of the band at this point. Also I get his little kiss-off song stuck in my head all the time too.
"He wanted to turn us into his trained dancing dogs." "Rich and famous dancing dogs!" "He's got a point." "Oh, so you're siding with James now." "No! I - maybe. Kinda. Yes?" UGH SO MUCH GOOD CHARACTERIZATION. BTR has better character work in the pilot than most shows have in their whole run.
"Carlos can't sing!" And then he unleashes beautiful harmonies on the Turd Song. Okay, show. (And James oversings all over everyone, and Logan stands there and tries to make it look like he's actually singing. He's not.)
"Big Time Rush. It's a song about four hockey players from Minnesota who have an amazing opportunity in front of them." NO IT'S NOT.
FEELINGS
God, they are so much better at being a boy band now. GOOD JOB SWEETIES ILU SO MUUUUUCH
Big Time Cribs
This is such a solid episode. And so much Kendall schemery! I love those episodes the most.
So this whole thing is supposed to be an ad for the ultimate teen crib, right? Who exactly is the audience? Teens who have complete control over the decor of their entire apartment? Those don't exist.
"Oh, and do some interviews. You know, why they love to sing, why they wear that helmet..." Hee.
"Camille!" "What?" "We need to borrow your acting." "Sure." <333
"Oh, our little Logie. So pessimistic." "So scared of everything." "And so hot." Awww, the beginning of Camille's crush! And the beginning of Logan being not even the slightest bit interested.
I love that after the backdrop of Gustavo's terrible beach scene falls down that one stagehand is still valiantly waving the fake seagull around. That guy is earning his $6.50 an hour.
"Is the eyeblack really necessary?" "No, but the music really sets the tone, don't you think?" HEARTS FOREVER.
Yeah, after the pilot and this episode I was alllll about the Kendall/Logan. And then I watched the show some more and got over it.
AND THEN: BANDANNA MAN. James you are my James!
I love that Logan's idea of "fun in the new crib" consists of spinning around on the barstool. Logan, get a life.
I love their sad little Charlie Brown walks.
I love how many of my comments start with "I love..."
Big Time School of Rocque
I don't dislike this episode, but...it's just kind of there. I think it's the "pretending to eat vomit" scene that puts me off? I can't even watch it, honestly. On the other hand, I loooove the chaotic climactic scene. (Longtime readers know my fondness for comedy goats.)
Do we think Katie's skipped a couple of grades? I'm not sure most sixth/seventh graders would be studying negative integers and the Peloponnesian War (although I also don't think they're as mindbogglingly difficult as Mama Knight is making them out to be).
I love any Tiny Toons scheme. You know, when a character says "Follow my lead" and they all do something completely ridiculous that shouldn't be possible to convey via generic phrases like "Follow my lead"? Those are the best.
"Hey, you got a demo? I bet it's hot." "No, no, I flung those all into the ocean." lololol
TRAVELMOOSE.NET
"Does a bear poop in the forest? It does if it takes Poopanucil!"
PRINCIPAL ROCQUE'S OFFICE LOLOLOL. Why does Gustavo's commitment to playing principal make me laugh so hard?
"Mine had globe beach balls." "Mine had pool pie." "Mine had a low student-teacher ratio." ILU Logan.
This is how great this show is at continuity: every time they show a bag of chips after this episode, it's O' Chippigans.
"I win! I'm gonna laugh and leave victorious now!"
Annnnd Mama Knight shows us that the Knight Family Rageful Protectiveness is not something Kendall and Katie got from their dad.
"The day I let them beat me is the day I is that a goat?" Yes. Yes it is, Gustavo. Because I wrote this show in the future somehow.
I think Kelly suddenly wearing a Goats shirt and cheering is what pushes this scene into pure sublime chaos. AND I LOVE IT.
Big Time Bad Boy
This was the first episode I really loved. Like, I liked the first three, but something about the very on-the-nose parody of boy bands + Kendall teaming up with Gustavo because of how Gustavo is his dad + everything Wayne Wayne chooses to be = JESS LOSES HER MIND. It used to be my gateway episode for new viewers, but Kendall is really kind of intolerable for much of it, so I've switched to Crib. It's still my favorite early episode, though. (By which I mean the first disc of the DVD set. Disc 2 is when the show hits its stride - every single episode on that disc is perfection.)
"But there can only be one bad boy per group, as learned from the Bad Boys experiment of '95." AND THE ALBUM (single?) TITLE. BRILLIANT. BRILL. YANT.
"But we're best friends. We never turn our backs on each other." I admire your commitment to literalism, Kendall, but THAT IS NOT WHAT THAT EXPRESSION MEANS! Seriously, shut so much up.
I've never understood why Katie didn't hang out with Tyler more often (before he got all teenage and terrifying, I mean). She needs a sidekick!
Buddha Bob! I totally ship him and Mama Knight, shut up. Also, the moral of this subplot makes no sense. You shouldn't judge people who look like they might have just murdered other people, because probably they didn't, but definitely judge apparently-sweet little girls? Okay.
"Okay, so you're saying my mom busts me for judging people, and then she goes and judges some guy as an axe maniac, when he's really a plant-cutting donut-eater?" "Yeah, your mom was way off." "Thanks, coppers."
"WASSUP, MAMA KNIGHT?"
I can't decide whether I like Kendall and Katie's teamwork at fooling their mom or Mama Knight's "oh no you didn't" stare at the other boys more. Both so great!
Logan's weird little snapping dance makes me laugh SO HARD. Every time!
And yet James sitting there and quietly mimicking Kendall's every gesture might be the funniest part of this scene. IT'S SO HARD TO PICK!
"And I don't turn my back on my friends." THAT'S NOT WHAT THAT MEANS KENDALL.
"A bad boy is someone parents won't let their daughters date, and I would let my daughter date any one of these boys." And she will! Well, three for four. AND THEN SHE WILL MARRY CARLOS WHAT I SHIP IT
I love the costuming on this show. Katie always looks so cute, and I love that she and Kendall have the same plaid motifs in their wardrobes. IT IS THE TARTAN OF THEIR CLAN.
The first instance of treehats! Aw, that gives me feelings.
"Focus! One of us is gonna get kicked out of the band." "My money's on Logan." "Mean!" lololol
"Hey, look, it's Towel Boy!" "He looks hot." "Better cool him off!" And then they spray him with a hose. Pretty sure Magic Middle School was just gay porn.
"His dad invented Toast-on-a-Rope." <333
"And there's nothing you can do about it. Because you can't stop the Wayne Wayne Train. A chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga okay stop this it's not cool." Favorite line? MAYBE.
"He wants to kick Kendall out of the band!" "Really? I would have bet on Logan." "Hahahaha well you would have lost!" LOLOLOL
DO YOU SEE THAT POSTER IN THE MIDDLE THERE DO YOU SEE IT??? I C WUT U DID THERE VIACOM
"We'll need cool code names! I'll be: the Falcon." "I'll be: the Snowman." LOGAN WHAT ARE YOU EVEN ILU BB
"Gustavo, we can come up with a plan." "Ooh, they are really good at plans." THEY ARE. I LOVE THIS EPISODE SO MUCH.
"Mom, I'm headed to the pool! In my jeans and t-shirt!" I know these people are from Minnesota, but they really have no idea how to dress for poolside adventures.
KATIE AND HER FUTURE STEPDAD. Shut up I'm normal.
"So you got rid of Kendall? My money was on Logan." "Oh, why does everyone keep saying that?" LOLOLOL
EYELINER IS NOT A BAD BOY THING. Kendall seems to have taken a left turn on Rocky Horror Boulevard.
I like that Dreadlocks McSoundguy is a different actor than in the pilot, but still with dreadlocks. I guess that's a requirement for soundguying?
Kendall, your rapping is terrible. Don't ever do that again.
"Bad boys go where they want." HEEEEEE.
"But I don't want to wear these clothes all the time. And I won't turn my back on my friends." THAT IS STILL NOT WHAT THAT MEANS KENDALL OH MY GOD SHUT UP.
It's blurry, but Kendall's look of ABSOLUTE JOY at getting a compliment from Gustavo makes my heart go pitter-pat.
"Let's get rid of Wayne Wayne" is not a plan.
I get the Ziggle Zaggles song stuck in my head a lot too. ALWAYS EAT YOUR BANANAS.
Big Time Love Song
I always forget Love Song exists, or something? I mean, it did introduce us to 'Cuda, which is great, and Jo, which is even better, although she doesn't have a lot of personality in this episode. But eh, it's just kind of there.
Savannah Jayde's hair is so freaking gorgeous I can't even.
Someday James is going to be the official face of 'Cuda, and it will be the greatest day of his life.
Logan needs to read a magazine to figure out how to impress the ladies, and completely misreads what kind of British accent they find attractive. Yes, yes, this seems right to me.
"Do you really admire me?" "No, but if I picked Eleanor Roosevelt I'd have to read a bunch of stuff." "Smart." Love it.
I love Camille so much. "One Tree Hill?" "Yeah, let's go with that."
Also really enjoying Bitters standing there watching them with amusement but not getting any lines.
"Was Camille a good kisser?" "I was...pleasantly surprised." Yes, Logan, I see your overwhelming passion.
"Aw, hockey pucks!" They definitely need to use that more often.
"This looks weird, right?"
This was the episode where Becky and I realized how much better at singing (and everything) Carlos is. Listen to him! CARLOS DO ALL THE SINGING ALWAYS EVER.
"You do know that stuff was recalled for causing severe allergic reactions, right?" Aw, Camille is so concerned because of how she's secretly in love with James and they're gonna get married! *terrible whirling eyes*
Oh dear, Logan. I do have to give him props for getting so much better, but this isn't just reedy, it's way off-key. They couldn't dub him singing it properly?
Whereas Carlos is just lovely. CARLOS. <3
And Kendall just sings like that guy in your math class who plays guitar and sings pretty okay.
Interesting contrast between Jo, who makes up a boyfriend back home to get the guys to stop fighting over her, and Lucy, who just refuses to deal with their shit. (P.S. Boys, stop bothering girls who say no, okay?)
"You told me you didn't have a boyfriend." "I don't, but I can't deal with that every day." "Boys are stupid." AND THEN THEY ARE BEFFIES.
Fans in the BTR universe must be so confused by their music videos. Also, "Any Kind of Guy" is not a terrible song, or maybe I'm just inured to bad BTR songs by now - it's just the autotuning and Logan's "YES I WILL YES I WILL" that ruins it.
The random New Girl in the stinger actually appears in Terror as well, and I think one other episode. Way to milk that walk-on role, girl!
And I will conclude with my favorite behind the scenes pic ever:
Big Time Audition
The opening of the pilot is magnificent. I have never seen a show introduce its core characters and their personalities and dynamics so gracefully before. Seriously, in under a minute we know everything we need to know about these boys.
That said, the hair is terrible (oh my GOD, Logan). And seeing James before he'd really developed the James persona is jarring, to say the least. Logan too, though it's subtler.
This show had me at "run by the dumpster, magically appear in the dumpster." My heart is easily won by Droopy Dog shenanigans.
I love how Kelly and Gustavo's relationship has developed. She used to come off as just a very competent assistant, and now she is clearly his bestest friend, and just as ridiculous as everyone else.
"I sing better than a dog!" Don't push it, James.
"Kendall! Do something!" "What? Logan's the genius!" "Yeah, but I panic under pressure and you always come up with the answer." Let's all say our names and primary characteristics!
I get songs from the auditions stuck in my head all the time. "I love life more than anyone, DOO DOO DOO." Also, the "listen here sister"/nun joke always takes me by surprise. What can I say, I'm easy.
Kelly describes herself here as "a desperate talent scout," but I'm pretty sure that's...not her actual job title.
Carlos is trying so hard to sing bad and he still sounds better than James.
TALL, BLOND, AND EYEBROWS YESSSSS.
"STOP. Stop it forever." My most-quoted line from the show? It's probably a three-way tie with "I'm amazing. I'M AMAZING" and "For the drag race. That we're having. Don't forget."
Kendall's first speech! Shut up, Kendall.
AND THEN THEY POP UP FROM BEHIND THE SEATS. AND MRS. MAGIKOWSKI IS THERE TOO. UGH I LOVE THIS SHOOOOOOOW.
Oh you do NOT tell Kendall Knight's friends they have no talent! He will assault you while singing 90s pop songs at you! ...Seriously though Kendall you should probably stop assaulting people.
ONE PRIOR FOR MOONING.
Mama Knight is so unfazed by the boys being brought home by the cops that it must happen fairly frequently. (Like the time Kendall convinced the others to run away with him to go find his dad AUGH WHY DID I THINK THAT.) Also, I get the impression that it's a very small town, which means that the cops know them (they must at least know Carlos!) which is why they all get brought to the Knights' house instead of their own.
Carlos used to have so much hair. Poor Carlos.
"We've traveled to 22 cities." And now they are apparently in the city of Minnesota.
This shopping cart scene is really dickish. They're not usually this awful.
I love how immediately Kendall and Gustavo understand each other. FEELINGS.
CAMILLE <333
They seem to have dropped Lightning the TV Wonder Dog. I guess he's kind of a one-note joke. (They've also dropped Tyler, but considering how very much no longer a cute little kid he was in his last episode, that's not a surprise.)
Old Blonde Jennifer is weird to me now. I prefer New Blonde Jennifer.
Kendall what are those shorts
KENDALL WHAT ARE THOSE POOL SOCKS
"He is great, but not serious. He is serious, but not great. He lost a pet when he was young, and he is still sad. And he is just plain awful." Amazing.
Kendall is my favorite one, and usually I find his smugitude fairly charming, but the more times I watch the pilot the more I want to smack him. Dude, this may not have been your dream, but then you shouldn't have said yes. And you are ruining this for the others for no reason.
"It's a song about no matter what time of day it is, don't you know it's Girl Time! 'Oh, I just woke up. What time is it?' Girl Time. 'Excuse me, sir, do you know what time it is?' Yeah, it's Girl Time." "What if you have a sinus infection? Isn't that Doctor Time?" "No, no! It's still Girl Time!" THAT IS LOGAN'S GREATEST LINE EVER.
Yes, Gustavo, let's do take a look at your wall of platinum records! "Girl Like You, Girl You Are My Girl, Hot Girl, Cold Girl, Girl to My Heart, Yard Squirrel Christmas - I forgot that one was there - Girl Zone, Girl Zone Remix, Girl Cake, and Girl Girl Girl, which sold three million copies and was Number One for FIVE WEEKS!" SHOW YOU ARE MY SHOW. Also, I love that they planted Yard Squirrel Christmas and didn't explain it for a season and a half.
Poor Dreadlocks McSoundguy is sweeping up in the back there. That shouldn't have to be your job, dude!
Gustavo sings better than 75% of the band at this point. Also I get his little kiss-off song stuck in my head all the time too.
"He wanted to turn us into his trained dancing dogs." "Rich and famous dancing dogs!" "He's got a point." "Oh, so you're siding with James now." "No! I - maybe. Kinda. Yes?" UGH SO MUCH GOOD CHARACTERIZATION. BTR has better character work in the pilot than most shows have in their whole run.
"Carlos can't sing!" And then he unleashes beautiful harmonies on the Turd Song. Okay, show. (And James oversings all over everyone, and Logan stands there and tries to make it look like he's actually singing. He's not.)
"Big Time Rush. It's a song about four hockey players from Minnesota who have an amazing opportunity in front of them." NO IT'S NOT.
FEELINGS
God, they are so much better at being a boy band now. GOOD JOB SWEETIES ILU SO MUUUUUCH
Big Time Cribs
This is such a solid episode. And so much Kendall schemery! I love those episodes the most.
So this whole thing is supposed to be an ad for the ultimate teen crib, right? Who exactly is the audience? Teens who have complete control over the decor of their entire apartment? Those don't exist.
"Oh, and do some interviews. You know, why they love to sing, why they wear that helmet..." Hee.
"Camille!" "What?" "We need to borrow your acting." "Sure." <333
"Oh, our little Logie. So pessimistic." "So scared of everything." "And so hot." Awww, the beginning of Camille's crush! And the beginning of Logan being not even the slightest bit interested.
I love that after the backdrop of Gustavo's terrible beach scene falls down that one stagehand is still valiantly waving the fake seagull around. That guy is earning his $6.50 an hour.
"Is the eyeblack really necessary?" "No, but the music really sets the tone, don't you think?" HEARTS FOREVER.
Yeah, after the pilot and this episode I was alllll about the Kendall/Logan. And then I watched the show some more and got over it.
AND THEN: BANDANNA MAN. James you are my James!
I love that Logan's idea of "fun in the new crib" consists of spinning around on the barstool. Logan, get a life.
I love their sad little Charlie Brown walks.
I love how many of my comments start with "I love..."
Big Time School of Rocque
I don't dislike this episode, but...it's just kind of there. I think it's the "pretending to eat vomit" scene that puts me off? I can't even watch it, honestly. On the other hand, I loooove the chaotic climactic scene. (Longtime readers know my fondness for comedy goats.)
Do we think Katie's skipped a couple of grades? I'm not sure most sixth/seventh graders would be studying negative integers and the Peloponnesian War (although I also don't think they're as mindbogglingly difficult as Mama Knight is making them out to be).
I love any Tiny Toons scheme. You know, when a character says "Follow my lead" and they all do something completely ridiculous that shouldn't be possible to convey via generic phrases like "Follow my lead"? Those are the best.
"Hey, you got a demo? I bet it's hot." "No, no, I flung those all into the ocean." lololol
TRAVELMOOSE.NET
"Does a bear poop in the forest? It does if it takes Poopanucil!"
PRINCIPAL ROCQUE'S OFFICE LOLOLOL. Why does Gustavo's commitment to playing principal make me laugh so hard?
"Mine had globe beach balls." "Mine had pool pie." "Mine had a low student-teacher ratio." ILU Logan.
This is how great this show is at continuity: every time they show a bag of chips after this episode, it's O' Chippigans.
"I win! I'm gonna laugh and leave victorious now!"
Annnnd Mama Knight shows us that the Knight Family Rageful Protectiveness is not something Kendall and Katie got from their dad.
"The day I let them beat me is the day I is that a goat?" Yes. Yes it is, Gustavo. Because I wrote this show in the future somehow.
I think Kelly suddenly wearing a Goats shirt and cheering is what pushes this scene into pure sublime chaos. AND I LOVE IT.
Big Time Bad Boy
This was the first episode I really loved. Like, I liked the first three, but something about the very on-the-nose parody of boy bands + Kendall teaming up with Gustavo because of how Gustavo is his dad + everything Wayne Wayne chooses to be = JESS LOSES HER MIND. It used to be my gateway episode for new viewers, but Kendall is really kind of intolerable for much of it, so I've switched to Crib. It's still my favorite early episode, though. (By which I mean the first disc of the DVD set. Disc 2 is when the show hits its stride - every single episode on that disc is perfection.)
"But there can only be one bad boy per group, as learned from the Bad Boys experiment of '95." AND THE ALBUM (single?) TITLE. BRILLIANT. BRILL. YANT.
"But we're best friends. We never turn our backs on each other." I admire your commitment to literalism, Kendall, but THAT IS NOT WHAT THAT EXPRESSION MEANS! Seriously, shut so much up.
I've never understood why Katie didn't hang out with Tyler more often (before he got all teenage and terrifying, I mean). She needs a sidekick!
Buddha Bob! I totally ship him and Mama Knight, shut up. Also, the moral of this subplot makes no sense. You shouldn't judge people who look like they might have just murdered other people, because probably they didn't, but definitely judge apparently-sweet little girls? Okay.
"Okay, so you're saying my mom busts me for judging people, and then she goes and judges some guy as an axe maniac, when he's really a plant-cutting donut-eater?" "Yeah, your mom was way off." "Thanks, coppers."
"WASSUP, MAMA KNIGHT?"
I can't decide whether I like Kendall and Katie's teamwork at fooling their mom or Mama Knight's "oh no you didn't" stare at the other boys more. Both so great!
Logan's weird little snapping dance makes me laugh SO HARD. Every time!
And yet James sitting there and quietly mimicking Kendall's every gesture might be the funniest part of this scene. IT'S SO HARD TO PICK!
"And I don't turn my back on my friends." THAT'S NOT WHAT THAT MEANS KENDALL.
"A bad boy is someone parents won't let their daughters date, and I would let my daughter date any one of these boys." And she will! Well, three for four. AND THEN SHE WILL MARRY CARLOS WHAT I SHIP IT
I love the costuming on this show. Katie always looks so cute, and I love that she and Kendall have the same plaid motifs in their wardrobes. IT IS THE TARTAN OF THEIR CLAN.
The first instance of treehats! Aw, that gives me feelings.
"Focus! One of us is gonna get kicked out of the band." "My money's on Logan." "Mean!" lololol
"Hey, look, it's Towel Boy!" "He looks hot." "Better cool him off!" And then they spray him with a hose. Pretty sure Magic Middle School was just gay porn.
"His dad invented Toast-on-a-Rope." <333
"And there's nothing you can do about it. Because you can't stop the Wayne Wayne Train. A chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga okay stop this it's not cool." Favorite line? MAYBE.
"He wants to kick Kendall out of the band!" "Really? I would have bet on Logan." "Hahahaha well you would have lost!" LOLOLOL
DO YOU SEE THAT POSTER IN THE MIDDLE THERE DO YOU SEE IT??? I C WUT U DID THERE VIACOM
"We'll need cool code names! I'll be: the Falcon." "I'll be: the Snowman." LOGAN WHAT ARE YOU EVEN ILU BB
"Gustavo, we can come up with a plan." "Ooh, they are really good at plans." THEY ARE. I LOVE THIS EPISODE SO MUCH.
"Mom, I'm headed to the pool! In my jeans and t-shirt!" I know these people are from Minnesota, but they really have no idea how to dress for poolside adventures.
KATIE AND HER FUTURE STEPDAD. Shut up I'm normal.
"So you got rid of Kendall? My money was on Logan." "Oh, why does everyone keep saying that?" LOLOLOL
EYELINER IS NOT A BAD BOY THING. Kendall seems to have taken a left turn on Rocky Horror Boulevard.
I like that Dreadlocks McSoundguy is a different actor than in the pilot, but still with dreadlocks. I guess that's a requirement for soundguying?
Kendall, your rapping is terrible. Don't ever do that again.
"Bad boys go where they want." HEEEEEE.
"But I don't want to wear these clothes all the time. And I won't turn my back on my friends." THAT IS STILL NOT WHAT THAT MEANS KENDALL OH MY GOD SHUT UP.
It's blurry, but Kendall's look of ABSOLUTE JOY at getting a compliment from Gustavo makes my heart go pitter-pat.
"Let's get rid of Wayne Wayne" is not a plan.
I get the Ziggle Zaggles song stuck in my head a lot too. ALWAYS EAT YOUR BANANAS.
Big Time Love Song
I always forget Love Song exists, or something? I mean, it did introduce us to 'Cuda, which is great, and Jo, which is even better, although she doesn't have a lot of personality in this episode. But eh, it's just kind of there.
Savannah Jayde's hair is so freaking gorgeous I can't even.
Someday James is going to be the official face of 'Cuda, and it will be the greatest day of his life.
Logan needs to read a magazine to figure out how to impress the ladies, and completely misreads what kind of British accent they find attractive. Yes, yes, this seems right to me.
"Do you really admire me?" "No, but if I picked Eleanor Roosevelt I'd have to read a bunch of stuff." "Smart." Love it.
I love Camille so much. "One Tree Hill?" "Yeah, let's go with that."
Also really enjoying Bitters standing there watching them with amusement but not getting any lines.
"Was Camille a good kisser?" "I was...pleasantly surprised." Yes, Logan, I see your overwhelming passion.
"Aw, hockey pucks!" They definitely need to use that more often.
"This looks weird, right?"
This was the episode where Becky and I realized how much better at singing (and everything) Carlos is. Listen to him! CARLOS DO ALL THE SINGING ALWAYS EVER.
"You do know that stuff was recalled for causing severe allergic reactions, right?" Aw, Camille is so concerned because of how she's secretly in love with James and they're gonna get married! *terrible whirling eyes*
Oh dear, Logan. I do have to give him props for getting so much better, but this isn't just reedy, it's way off-key. They couldn't dub him singing it properly?
Whereas Carlos is just lovely. CARLOS. <3
And Kendall just sings like that guy in your math class who plays guitar and sings pretty okay.
Interesting contrast between Jo, who makes up a boyfriend back home to get the guys to stop fighting over her, and Lucy, who just refuses to deal with their shit. (P.S. Boys, stop bothering girls who say no, okay?)
"You told me you didn't have a boyfriend." "I don't, but I can't deal with that every day." "Boys are stupid." AND THEN THEY ARE BEFFIES.
Fans in the BTR universe must be so confused by their music videos. Also, "Any Kind of Guy" is not a terrible song, or maybe I'm just inured to bad BTR songs by now - it's just the autotuning and Logan's "YES I WILL YES I WILL" that ruins it.
The random New Girl in the stinger actually appears in Terror as well, and I think one other episode. Way to milk that walk-on role, girl!
And I will conclude with my favorite behind the scenes pic ever: