The following is a transcript for the episode "Love Me Tenor."
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[Late at night, the Action News Team is heading home on foot.] Lincoln: "Another perfect afternoon and Gus's Games and Grub." [sighs] "Those amazing garlic knots..." [burps] Clyde: "The amazing games..." Zach:[holding a giant alien plushie] "The amazing prizes..." Rusty: "I still can't believe you used all your tickets on that." [laughs] Zach:[pretends the alien is talking to him] "What's that, General Blork?" [pretends it's still talking] "Wow, you're so right. After the invasion, we'll see if Rusty's still laughing." [angrily glares at him] [Rusty nervously chuckles at that threat.] Liam: "Hold up, fellers." [uses his tongue to feel around his mouth] "I think I lost my retainer again. Oh, dang. I bet I left it on the table." Lincoln: "Let's go back and get it before Gus accidentally tosses it." [They start to head back, only for Rusty to run into General Blork. He sheepishly grins as Zach smiles at the prank.]
[They make it to Gus's and find out it's closed.] Lincoln: "Ugh. We're too late. It's closed." [Suddenly they hear someone singing inside.]
???: ♫ I'm all alone ♫ ♫ Nobody near me ♫ ♫ No one's around ♫ ♫ No one can hear me ♫
Clyde: "Yeah, but somebody's in there singing opera." Liam: "Can't be Gus, y'all. He don't even talk that there good."
???: ♫ Turn off the light ♫ ♫ And grab the tickets ♫ ♫ No one's around ♫ ♫ Except the crickets ♫
Stella:[gasps] "It must be a burglar." Lincoln: "Nobody messes with Games and Grub on our watch." [They burst into Gus's to find a shadowy silhouette sneaking around with a bag and collecting money and tokens from the games.]
???: ♫ Collect the quarters ♫ ♫ The tens and twenties ♫ ♫ Take all the dollars ♫ ♫ Take all the moneys ♫
[The Action News Team nods in agreement and sneak off.]
♫ I'm all alone ♫ ♫ Nobody near me ♫ ♫ I'm all alone-- ♫
[They lunge at the figure and beat him up until the lights turn on, revealing him to be none other than...] Action News Team: "Gus?!" Gus: "Jeez, what's up with the sneak attack?" Clyde: "Sorry, Gus. We thought you were a burglar." [realizes] "Hold on, that was your buttery-smooth voice we heard?" Liam: "Heck, who woulda thunk you were a professional opera singer guy?" Gus: "Oh, no. I'm no pro. Opera's just a secret passion of mine. Has been ever since I was a teeny weeny pepperoncini. I always dreamed to sing on a big opera stage." [He fantasizes himself on stage, vocalizing to Rossini's "Largo al factotum"] Fantasy Gus: "♫ La, la-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la, la, la... ♫" [His performance nets him massive amounts of applause, bowing as roses from the audience land on stage. Back to reality.] Gus:[sighs] "But it never happened." Zach: "Why not?" Gus: "Would you believe I'm too shy to sing in front of other people. I only cut loose when I'm alone." Lincoln: "Hey, I bet we can help you get over your shyness. I mean, it's the least we could do after all you've done for us." [Gus perks up] Clyde: "Gus, we'll have you on stage faster than you can say, 'One artisanal pizza to go, hold the anchovies, add sun-dried tomatoes.' What do you say?" Gus: "Well, I say, facciamolo." [The Action News Team blink in confusion] "That's Italian for, 'Let's do it.'" [They cheer]
[The Loud House backyard. Clyde is leading a blindfolded Gus] Clyde: "Dr. Lopez says to overcome shyness, you need to take baby steps. Or as she calls them, toddler tiptoes." [Clyde leads Gus onto a stage and removes the blindfold. Gus sees that he's in front of a makeshift audience consisting of Lola's stuffed animals, General Blork, Tanya, and even Nugget the Narwhal.] Lincoln: "Now you can sing for people without singing for people." Gus:[touched] "Oh, you kids are the best. Well, Gus, here goes nothing." [He takes a deep breath and prepares to sing, only to freeze and make a sheepish smile.] Clyde: "All right, Gus, that's a start. You tipped the first toe." [The other kids start cheering]
[Jean Juan's French Mex Buffet; Mr. Grouse is doing karaoke]
Mr. Grouse: ♫ Detroit, Lansing ♫ ♫ Town to town, I'm prancing ♫ ♫ This is what we call the Michigan Strut! ♫
[The diners cheer as he takes a bow and leaves the stage. Tyler goes up to the mic] Tyler: "That was Grouse, bringing down the house. Next up, Gus. Everyone make a fuss!" [More applause. The Action News Team and Gus are at a table] Clyde: "OK, Gus. Toddler tiptoe number two: Performing for real people." Gus:[nervous] "Yeah, I--I don't think I'm ready for karaoke, you guys." Stella: "Relax. It's all-you-can-eat crepe taco night. Nobody will even notice you up there on stage." [Gus shudders with stage fright. Stella, Clyde, and Rusty then grab him and try to drag him out of his seat, but Gus holds onto his seat. Eventually, Clyde and Rusty get Gus out of his seat and drag him on stage.] Clyde:[nudges Gus] "Tiptoes." [Leaves with Rusty as Verdi's "La donna é mobile" begins playing. Gus clears his throat, but all that comes out of his mouth is a voice crack, getting the diners' attention away from their crepe tacos. Freezing from the attention, Gus bolts from the stage, but Lincoln blocks the doors. He then sprints for the windows, but Stella blocks the way. With no choice in the matter, he ducks behind a potted plant.] Lincoln: "You don't have to do it all alone, Gus. We'll sing with you." [Gus is still apprehensive of the idea.]
[Later, Lincoln, Stella, and Gus are on stage]
Lincoln: ♫ You can do it, Gus ♫ Stella: ♫ Come out and sing with us ♫ Gus: ♫ I will try ♫ Lincoln and Stella: ♫ He will try ♫ Gus: ♫ I will try to sing one song ♫
[Lincoln and Stella nod at each other and leave the stage, confident Gus is beginning to overcome his stage fright.]
♫ I think my jitters are depleting ♫ ♫ And my panic is receding ♫ ♫ My embarrassment is going ♫ ♫ And my confidence is growing ♫
[Cut to Gus singing at a fountain at Royal Woods Mall, then at the Seas of Cheese at Dairyland, then a grocery store, and finally at the Royal Woods Opera.]
♫ I've been afraid of this so long ♫ ♫ And in the span of just one song ♫ ♫ My distrust no longer lingers ♫ ♫ And I'm now an opera singer! ♫
[The audience at the opera cheers and throws roses at Gus. Roses fall as the screen transitions.]
[The following evening, the Action News Team--with Zach pushing General Blork in a stroller--are walking to Gus's.] Liam: "Okay, y'all. Now that Gus is cured of his shyness, we've got to find my retainer. Mee-Maw's gettin' mighty suspicious. I've been using a bunch of mushed-up fruit leather." [Reaches into his mouth and pulls it out, which disgusts Clyde and Stella] Lincoln:[He stops sharply and gasps, then the others land on him in a dust cloud.] "Look!" [The camera pans to Gus's, which has been changed into an opera house named "Augusto's Opera 'n Antipasto". A bunch of people in fancy dress arrive in limousines and enter the building.] Clyde: "Augusto's Opera 'n Antipasto? What happened to the Games and Grub?" [The group follows a couple into the opera house, and once inside, they gasp. The couple are standing at a caviar bar and chuckling, there are stands of seats in front of a stage, and there is an orchestra inside the ball pit. The cello player is struck repeatedly in the face by the violinist, and the camera pans to Gus, who is dressed in a tuxedo.] Gus: "Mi-mi mi-mi-mi. La-la la-la-la." Stella: "Gus!" [She and the others approach him.] "The place looks...different." [nervously chuckles] Gus: "You like it? You see, now that I'm able to sing in front of people, I said to myself, 'Gus, why not turn the old Games and Grub into an opera house?' Then myself said back, 'Yeah, let's go for it.' Well, it's showtime." [to "himself"] "Break a leg up there, Gus!" [back to himself] "Oh, thanks there, Gus." [He walks away, leaving the kids horrified.] Liam: "What?! No more garlic knots?!" Rusty: "No more games?!" Zach: "No more prizes?! Now I'll never have the tickets to get General Blork the slap bracelet he wants." Lincoln: "Guys, look. It stinks losing the Games and Grub, but if it means a lot to Gus, well, maybe we ought to give his new place a shot. Who knows, we might like it." [There is the sound of a man clearing his throat, and the camera pans up to a maître d'.] Maître D': "Augusto's has a strict dress code. Follow me." [He leads the gang away.]
[Soon, the kids are all wearing tight tuxedos, and General Blork has a bowtie and a top hat.] Liam: "Anybody else's collar feel a little tight?" Stella:[choking] "Tiny bit." [The button pops off of Stella's collar and ricochets off the strobe lights, a man's top hat, and it hits the maître d'.] Maître D': "Ow!" [He throws his dish of caviar into the air, and it lands on the head of the audience member next to him.] Opera Woman: "Oh, my!" [The man who was splattered growls, and the Action News Team watches in horror at the accident. They grin sheepishly, and they are hurried to their seats by the maître d' as the show begins. Gus stands onstage as a spotlight shines on him, and he begins singing opera in Italian.] Lincoln: "Okay, let's just sit back and enjoy some opera." TWO HOURS LATER [Gus is still singing, but Lincoln is no longer enjoying it. Rusty and Liam are also feeling twitchy.] THREE HOURS LATER [Lincoln, Rusty, and Liam are sleeping, but Gus is still singing.] Lincoln:[pries open his eye] "Is it over?" [He sees that Gus is not stopping, and he groans in distress.] Stella: "If this was still the Games and Grub, we'd be playing games right now." Zach:[glances at General Blork] "Ah, I know something we could play. Right, General Blork?" [The kids begin playing volleyball with General Blork, but he hits the other audience members.] Woman: "Hey!" Man: "What?" [He lands on Liam's head, knocking off the top hat of the audience member next to him, to the annoyance of the man and woman.] Maître D':[clears his throat] "Our posted rules of etiquette very clearly state: No playing volleyball with inflatable aliens!" [The camera pans to the sign.]
[The Action News Team and General Blork are sitting outside, and they sigh. It is still shown to be evening after five hours.] Rusty: "Well dawgs, we gave Augusto's a shot, and we do not like it." Liam: "I'm just a simple man. All I want is a life of gamin' and grubbin'." Lincoln: "I can't believe Gus did this to us!" Clyde: "And after all we've done for him!" Rusty: "I say we get him to switch back." Zach: "Why would he? Everything is going great in there." Stella:[gets an idea] "But...what if it wasn't?"
[The scene cuts to inside Augusto's. Hoses have been put into the caviar platters, which go under the curtain. Stella and Clyde put a blaster attached to the hose with a one-minute timer on a stool next to the stands. The screen zooms out and reveals a large mixer filled with meatballs and marinara sauce as well. They meet up with the others.] Stella:[reveals a remote control] "Okay, I connected timers to the marinara mixers and the caviar hoses, and they're all synchronized. So now we start the countdown and watch Augusto's go down!" [Stella presses the green button on the remote control, and the kids cackle mischievously. But suddenly, a spotlight shines upon them.] Gus: "I'd like to dedicate this next song to some very special friends of mine. Now I'm no poeta as we say in Italian, but I took a stab at writing my own opera song to show them how I feel." [Stella and Lincoln gasp in horror, and the music begins.]
Gus: ♫ My six dear friends I must thank ♫ ♫ Friends that I know would not break me ♫ ♫ When I wallow in sweet entourage ♫ ♫ And they'd never commit sabotage ♫
[Gus's song moves the Action News Team to tears, feeling shameful for their actions.] Clyde:[crying] "Listen to that. It's so thoughtful!" Lincoln:[sighs] "We can't do this to Gus! Turn off the timer, Stella." [Stella is about to turn it off, but the maître d' snatches it away before she can, leaving the kids horrified.] Maître D': "I told you children, no games!" [He places it inside a bowl of caviar, and the button pops out. The kids gasp in horror, now unable to stop their plan from unfolding.]
Liam: "Them sabotages are about to go off!" [The screen pans to the timer, which counts down to 10 seconds and is about to shoot caviar.] Zach:[horrified] "Whadda we do?" Lincoln: "There's only one thing we can do..." [glares determinedly] "We have to take the hits ourselves."
Gus: ♫ My friends ♫ ♫ You helped me shed my fear of singing ♫ ♫ In front of crowds ♫
[The timer goes off, and the mixer begins spinning very fast and flinging meatballs and sauce. The caviar blaster shoots caviar, but Lincoln jumps in front of it and is blasted across the room by the caviar. At the same time, Clyde is consuming the caviar from another hose on the opposite side of the room. But it overstuffs his cheeks and flows out of his nose.]
♫ My friends ♫ ♫ I want to sing this song about you ♫ ♫ To make you proud ♫
[Meatballs fly from the mixers. Liam, Rusty, Zach, and Stella jump in front of them and get hit by them, to the audience's shock. Gus continues singing, completely unaware of what is happening.]
♫ Thank you, thank you ♫ ♫ You helped me sing my song ♫ ♫ Now I know I'm just where I belong ♫ ♫ I know I'm safe because my friends would never ♫ ♫ Plot behind my back ♫
[One of the hoses is still blasting caviar, and the maître d' walks over to it.] Maître D': "I told these children, no--" [The blaster aims at him and blasts him away with caviar.]
Gus: ♫ Thank you Lincoln, Stella, Rusty, ♫ ♫ Clyde, Liam, and Zach ♫
[The Action News Team collapse in exhaustion. Gus opens his eyes and gasps at the sight, but the audience nonetheless cheers and throws him roses.] Audience Member: "Bravo! Bravo!" [Lincoln wakes up and notices the audience giving Gus a standing ovation despite the performance, then he turns to Gus, who frowns.]
[After the show, the Action News Team are standing outside cleaning up with sponges and Q-tips. Gus angrily comes outside.] Gus: "Okay, somebody start talking. What was that all about?" Liam: "We rigged up your opera joint 'cause we wanted it to go belly-up." Lincoln: "But we realized how selfish we were being, so we decided to take the sabotages ourselves." Stella: "We're so sorry. It's just that we really miss the Games and Grub. It was our home away from home." Clyde: "Yeah, it was the one place in this mixed-up world where we could just relax and be kids." Gus:[shocked and disappointed with himself as well] "Wow, jeez Gus, you didn't even consider how much the G and G meant to the kids." [He sighs, but suddenly gets an idea.] "Hey, you know what, I think I know a compromise." ONE WEEK LATER [Gus has turned the opera house back into the Games and Grub, but also with the opera stage and stands. As the scene cuts to inside, the Action News Team are all wearing ponchos.] Gus:[via loudspeaker] "Ladies and gentlemen, Gus's Games and Grub proudly presents our monthly performance of Tears of Marinara." Lincoln: "Okay guys, it's showtime!" [They put on their hoods and run over to the stage, where Gus is standing. Gus smiles at his friends as he performs a reprise of "My Friends".]
Gus: ♫ My friends ♫ ♫ You helped me shed my fear of singing ♫ ♫ In front of crowds ♫
[A fountain behind him shoots marinara sauce, and the Action News Team jumps in front of meatballs that are flung at them.]
♫ My friends ♫ ♫ I want to sing this song about you ♫ ♫ To make you proud ♫
[A meatball lands in front of Rusty, and it has Liam's retainer.] Rusty: "Liam!" [takes it and gives it to him] "I found your retainer!"
Gus: ♫ Thank you, thank you ♫ ♫ You helped me sing my song ♫
[Liam takes it, then he is hit by a meatball into the wall. He opens his mouth and smiles, showing his retainer back in place. The screen irises out on him and the episode ends as Gus finishes his song.]
♫ Thank you Lincoln, Stella, Rusty, ♫ ♫ Clyde, Liam, and Zach ♫
