The following is a transcript for the episode "Out of Step."
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[A crowd is cheering at Sunset Canyon. Bernie is the announcer for the Grandma & Grandson Dance Contest. The contestants are Nana Gayle & Clyde, Lincoln & Myrtle and Scoots & a bag of potatoes] Bernie: "Thank you all for attending the semi-finals of our Grandmother/Grandson Dance Contest." [Takes out a sheet of paper] "And the winners are… Nana Gayle and Clyde McBride!" [Clyde and Gayle are surprised and hug each other and stomping their feet in glee] Lincoln: "Way to go, Clyde! Congratulations guys! Your dance moves are amazing." Clyde: "Thanks, buddy. We call that last one the McBride Slide." [He and Gayle demonstrate] Nana Gayle: "It sure wasn't easy to beat you and your Gran Gran." Lincoln: "Ah, thank you. We just weren't able to execute the Myrtle Hurdle." [Flashback to Lincoln dancing andMyrtle leaping into his arms, unfortunately Lincoln is not strong enough to hold Myrtle over his head. Lincoln shudders at the memory] "So are you guys ready to represent Sunset Canyon at the city finals?" Clyde: "You bet! We've been dreaming of those first prize massage chairs." [He and Nana Gayle lean back, imagining the massage chairs, then remember their not sitting in them yet and fall over] Nana Gayle: "We just have to beat the finalists from Twilight Towers." Clyde: "I'm not one for tooting my own horn, but I think we have this one in the bag. I mean, who can our competition even be?"
[At the next competition, Clyde's competition is doing up his bowtie. Unfortunately, it's the one person who hates Clyde and his friends more than anyone.] Clyde:[Gasps] "Chandler?" Nana Gayle: "You know that young man?" Clyde: "That's Chandler McCann, he's a bad apple. Uh-oh, they're coming over." Chandler:[Acting oddly gentleman-like] "Hey, McBride. looks like we're facing off in the dance final. This is my grandma." [Waves his own grandma over] Gran McCann:[Surprisingly friendly] "Hi there, Gran McCann." Nana Gayle: "Hi, Nana Gayle." [About to shake her hand when Clyde stops her] Clyde: "NO! She probably has a joy buzzer or an ink squirter or maybe even a finger trap." Gran McCann: "Nope, just arthritis." [Chuckles] "Oh I understand why you don't trust me. I know about my grandson's reputation. But I told Chandler that I won't tolerate any funny business during this competition." Chandler:[Nonchalantly] "Yeah, chill out, McBride. I'm always on my best behavior when I'm with my gran." Nana Gayle: "Well, that's a relief." Chandler:[Walks up offering a handshake] "What do you say, Clyde, fair and square? May the best team win?" [Clyde takes a good look at Chandler's extended hand] Clyde:[Shakes it] "Deal."
[A few hours later, everything is set up at the high school auditorium] Announcer: "Welcome to the finals of the Royal Woods grandmother grandson Dance Competition." [The Louds, Myrtle included, and MBrides are present] "Here's your host and judge, Mrs. Bernardo." [Mrs. B struts on stage] Mrs. Bernardo: "Thank you. It's an honor to be hosting the dance finals. The rules of the competition are simple. There are two rounds. Today our finalists will dance the tango, the jitterbug, and the Irish clock dance. And tomorrow they'll return to perform the final dance, the waltz! Now, for the first dance today, the tango!"
[Round One: The Tango. Chandler puts a rose in his mouth and they begin. Clyde is watching from backstage and gets nervous] Clyde: "Wow, Chandler and Gran McCann are good dancers." Nana Gayle: "They may be, but I have a secret weapon for us. Mint tea, it really boosts the energy." [Gives Clyde a cup. They drink and Gayle grows really jazzed up] Nana Gayle: "Whoo! Let's do this!"
[Spikes her cup while Clyde nervously chuckles. Meanwhile, Chandler and Gran McCann complete their tango the crowd cheers] Mrs. Bernardo: "Yes, yes, very good. Spotlight back on me, please!" [The lighting person shuts off the spotlight in the McCanns and relights it over Mrs. Bernardo] "I award you a perfect ten." [The crowd cheers and the McCanns high-five] "Now, please welcome to the stage Nana Gayle and Clyde McBride!" [The crowd cheers as the spotlight shines on the McBrides, ready to do their own tango. They start but suddenly start slipping, on the suddenly greasy stage floor. They slide right past Mrs. Bernardo and off the stage] Clyde: "We're okay." [They return covered in pink powder] "The makeup table stopped us." Mrs. Bernardo: "I'm sorry to say your score is a zero." [The crowd groans] Gran McCann: "Aw, wait. It wasn't their fault, your honor. There's clearly a puddle of oil right here." Chandler: "You should let them start over." Clyde:[A little perplexed] "Wait, you're helping us?" Mrs. Bernardo:[Actually buying Chandler being nice to Clyde] "Ooh as much as we love to see good sportsmanship like this, there are no do-overs. And onto the second dance, the jitterbug."
[Round Two: The Jitterbug. The McCanns are up first and do very well. The crowd cheers as they finish] Mrs. Bernardo: "Another stunning performance." [Clears her throat and the spotlight is given back to her] "And my score is another perfect ten!" [Everyone cheers as the McCanns walk off the stage] "Now please welcome back the McBrides!" [The spotlight shines on the McBrides again as they start their routine, when suddenly the floorboards spring up and hit them both in the face. Dazed, they stumble off the stage] Nana Gayle: "We're okay! The audience broke our fall!" Mrs. Bernardo: "Well, that looks terribly painful. Also painful, your score: zero." Chandler: "But Mrs Bernardo, just look at these loose floorboards. Clearly the McBrides deserve another chance." Mrs. Bernardo: "So sorry. Rules are rules. And now the final dance of the day, the Irish clog dance!"
[Round Three: Irish Clog Dance. Once again, the McCanns nail their routine] Mrs. Bernardo: "Just simply marvelous, McCanns!" [The spotlight shines on her again] "My score… say it with me everyone…" Everyone: "A perfect ten!" [The McCanns are delighted and walk off stage] Mrs. Bernardo: "Please help me welcome back Clyde and Nana Gayle!" [The spotlight shines on them again, they start clogging but suddenly don't feel the stage floor. They realize there's an open trap door beneath them and fall in, landing with a big green splash] Clyde: "We're okay." [They climb out] "The janitor's bucket of dirty mop water broke our fall." Mrs. Bernardo: "Tsk, tsk, tsk." [Pridefully shows them their score, which looks like a ten, with a rather messy-looking one, pleasing the McBrides] "Oops, I think that's a leftover smudge of balsamic from my salad." [Licks it off, making the score a zero] "Mmm, delicious." [The McBrides groan] Gran McCann: "That doesn't seem fair since there was an open trap door on the stage." Mrs. Bernardo: "Fair would be me getting paid double for being emcee and judge, don't you think?" [Smiles with crazy eyes] "But fear not, the McBride's can still make a comeback tomorrow!"
[Later, the McBrides are icing their bruises] Clyde:[Groans] "Today was a disaster. Talks about a streak of bad luck." [Suddenly they hear laughter] Chandler:[Offscreen] "Those McBrides are real McBozos." [Clyde and Gayle listen outside the dressing room door] "They totally fell for that crud about us not cheating. And now all we have to do is sabotage 'em again tomorrow, and those massage chairs are all ours." [They laugh, unaware the McBrides now know. They storm away growling] Nana Gayle: "Those little weasels!" Clyde: "I knew Chandler would cheat!" [Thinks] "Well, I guess we had no choice. We'll just have to cheat right back." Nana Gayle:[Shakes her grandson's shoulders] "Clyde! Get a hold of yourself! We can't stoop to their level! If we're going to win those massage chairs for Sunset Canyon, we need to do it fair and square. That's the McBride way." Clyde: "You're right. But that doesn't mean we can't show Mrs. B that those Cheating McCheaters are, uh, cheating! We just need some proof."
[Later, at Shoulda Coulda Wooda, which is having a sale, the McBrides peek inside the window, Clyde with his phone] Clyde:[Gasps] "Look! There he is." [Chandler goes up to the register, with some rather unusual purchases] "Pipes and sandbags? That fiend!" [They duck out of sight. Later, at Pet Pals, the McBrides peer through a fish tank] Clerk: "A whole box of bats, gonna be a heck of a party." Chandler: "You have no idea." [The McBrides are watching when a parrot screeches at them] Nana Gayle: "Quiet, you!" [Closes the cover on the cage. They look back. Chandler and the clerk think they heard something] Clyde: "Quick, hide!" [They duck behind the cage, Chandler looks around, but shrugs it off] "We need to get to the theater first so we can film Chandler and his liar-liar-pants-on-fire grandmother booby trapping the stage."
[Thaty night, at the auditorium, the McBrides are staking out the stage with their tea] Nana Gayle: "Our mint tea will keep us alert so we won't miss the McCanns when they sneak in here tonight." [They clink their cups. Later, they wake up to Chandler and Gran McCann yelling at them] Chandler: "Hey, McBrides? McBrides!" [The McBrides wake up, and jump up realizing they were asleep] Clyde: "What happened?" Chandler:[Now knowing the McBrides are onto them] "A lot actually. It's morning and the finale's about to start." Nana Gayle: "I don't understand. How did we fall asleep? We had our mint tea." Gran McCann:[Also showing her true colors] "Did you, though?" [Gayle takes a better look at the package, as the label reading mint tea peels off revealing what they really drank] McBrides: "Snoozy time tea?" Gran McCann: "Oh, gee, how did that get there?" Chandler: "Good luck dancing through all the obstacles we set while you were back here snoring." [They walk away laughing. The McBrides sigh] Nana Gayle: "So we have no proof of them cheating, and we now have to dance on a rigged stage. Oh, we're doomed." Clyde:[Realizes something] "Actually, maybe we can still pull this off." Nana Gayle: "But how?" Clyde: "Well, at least we know what to expect on stage. We'll be ready for it. And thanks to the snoozy tea we are well rested." [Gayle likes where Clyde's head is at]
[Mrs. Bernardo starts the show] Mrs. Bernardo: "Greetings, Royal Woods. It's our final dance to determine our winner. Get ready for the waltz!" [The Waltz. The McBrides take the stage] Nana Gayle: "Okay, stay alert." [Clyde winks, they start, when suddenly] "Trap door!" [They almost fall in, when suddenly, Gayle tosses Clyde up and does a split, keeping her from falling in. Clyde leaps with flair. Gayle catches him and releases him flawlessly. Clyde hears something] Clyde: "Pipes!" They jump up and manage to continue their dance on the pipes. They hear a snap] McBrides: "Sandbags!" [They duck and the sandbags smash into each other creating a whirlwind of sand, which the McBrides still overcome. The crowd loves them. Suddenly the McBrides hear chirring. The bats have been released] Clyde: "Nana, quick! The McBride Slide!" [They do the move and Clyde lets Gayle slide across the stage. She rump bumps the bats away as they continue their routine. The bats attack the McCanns but they shoo them away. Chandler, who is out of traps, looks around and sees something. He goes over and Gran McCann is delighted to see Chandler wheel in a giant fan. Chandler turns it on and they cover their ears] "We're doing great, we can still win thi…" [Suddenly, the wind picks up and blows them offstage] Nana Gayle: "We're okay! The brick wall stopped us!"
[Later, the resentful McBrides and the confided McCanns are on stage waiting for the results] Mrs. Bernardo:[Who still thinks the McCanns weren't cheating] "For another flawless performance from Team McCann, it's clear that they are our winners." [The crowd cheers] "And here are your massage chairs!" [The stagehand wheels them out for the delighted McCanns] Chandler:[Gets in Clyde's face, whispers] "Better luck next year, McLosers." Clyde:[Whispers too] "You only won because you cheated." Chandler: "Tell it to our massage chairs, McBozos." [Goes back] "Come on, Gran, let's go home and massage our butts." [Gran McCann begins to wheel the chairs away, when suddenly her dress gets caught under the wheel. The skirt rips and suddenly an inner tube falls out] Gran McCann:[In an oddly young boyish sounding voice] "Uh-oh. I mean…" [Old woman voice] "Ooh, how did that get there?" [Nervously chuckles. Clyde has an idea how it got there and runs for the giant fan, which blows "Gran McCann's" wig right off. Everyone gasps] Clyde:[Runs back] "Busted! That's not Chandler's grandmother. It's his old partner in crime, Trent." [Chandler and Trent nervously smile] Mrs. Bernardo:[Flabbergasted] "Chandler McCann! Where is your actual non-child Grandmother?" Chandler:[Sighs] "Recovering from hip surgery in Scranton." Clyde: "So you've been pretending to be Gran McCann all week?" Trent: "Yeah, we just wanted the massage chairs for when we play video games." Mrs. Bernardo: "Well, bravo to your performance, Trent, but boo to your ethics." [The boys chuckle] "Scoundrels! Congrats, Team McBride, you are the real winners." [Clyde and Nana Gayle hug as the crowd cheers. Chandler and Trent are shocked and watch in horror as the stagehand wheels away their prize] "As for you two, no one disrespects the art of the dance on my watch. You are banned from every dance contest in Royal Woods forever. Now exit stage left." [She brings the giant fan closer and blows the delinquents off the stage. They crash into the brick wall, get crushed by sandbags, and fall into a trap door] Chandler: "Joke's on you! Trent broke my fall!" [Suddenly, their own bats go after them again] "Ah! The bats! Why did I buy so many?" [The end.]
