The following is a transcript for the episode "Steeling Thunder."
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[A drone is hovering with it's camera ready] Clyde: "Okay, Agent Steele…" [Clyde is standing next to a bouncy castle] "..to refresh, Octoflippee and Coltons have infiltrated the birthday party because there's gold hidden in the piñata." [Lincoln is on top of the bouncy, he does up his helmet and grabs a rope] "After your line, swing down and judo kick these bad guys." [Flip and Nacho, who are playing said bad guys, walk up] "Flip, let's talk about your motivation." Flip: "Eh, the fifty bucks you're paying me is all the motivation I need." [The camera closes in on Agent Steele] Lincoln:[To the audience] "Our school's having a film festival, so Clyde and I are submitting a movie. This movie." Lynn: "Comin' through!" [Just then, Lynn zooms past Clyde, Flip and Nacho on her skates] Clyde: "Lynn, please! This is a hot set!" [Lynn just ignores Clyde and zooms past him again] "I knew I should have sprung for security. And we're rolling people." Lincoln:[As Agent Steele] "Take one more step with that piñata Octo Flippee and I'll have to…" [Slips on the bouncy and instinctively grabs the rope, but falls and bounces off the edge of the castle, over the drone, and finds himself hanging off the gutters of the second floor of the house] "Ah, help." Clyde: "Oh no, Lincoln." Lynn: "I gotcha, Stinkin'!" [Lynn gets her skates ready and jumps through Vanzilla's windows, spins to where Lola is sunbathing and leaps off the chair, closing it on Lola, bounces off the castle and soars to where her brother is losing his grip] Lincoln:[Arms trembling] "I can't hold on." [His fingers can't take much more and slide off. Lynn manages to catch him as he falls] Lynn: "Gotcha, bro." [They land safely and Lynns puts down her brother and fixes his helmet] Lincoln: "Thanks for saving me, that was incredible." Clyde: "Yeah, even cooler than the scene we were shooting." Lynn: "No sweat socks." [Returns to her skating. Lincoln and Clyde get an idea] Lincoln: "You thinking what I'm thinking?" [Clyde nods and they go over to Lynn] Lynn:[skating along] "Boom-chicka boom-chicka boom…" Lincoln: "Lynn, can we hire you to be my stunt double? Please? I'll do your homework for as long as you want." Lynn:[Thinks] "Deal! But we've gotta be done by tonight, I'm leaving for a roller derby tournament tomorrow, and you've got a book report to write." Lincoln:[Offers a handshake] "No problem." [They shake hands]
[The day of the film festival arrives. The school is gathered watching a film, most are watching with anticipation, except for Chandler and Trent who just seem to want it to be over. Sad music is playing, the film presently showing is black and white. The film is of a quaint little out on a rainy night, a girl in a puppy onesie looking at the house then she turns away shedding a tear of sadness. She sighs and departs. Andrew, in a cat onesie, looks as she leaves and draws a heart in the foggy window then sheds his own tears and walks away. The word 'FIN' appears on the screen] Voiceover: "The end." [The lights flip on, Lincoln applauds and Clyde is also brought to tears] Clyde: "Aw, it's so tragic they couldn't be together." [Girl Jordan, who is hosting the event, steps up on stage] Girl Jordan: "Hope you enjoyed Ro-meow and Drool-iet by Andrew." [Andrew, who is still in the onesie and licking his paw stands up and takes a bow] "Next up, Steeling Thunder by Clincoln McCloud." [The opening screen for a Clincoln McCloud production shows. Clincoln McCloud are ready for everyone to see their film, and Chandler is ready to see it] Chandler: "Pfft. This should be lame-sauce." [Trent nods in agreement. The film gets started with Lincoln on the wing of Flip's biplane, Flip on the inside] Lincoln: "Give me that piñata, Octo Flippee. This ends now." Flip: "Not going to happen, Agent Chief. The gold's mine." [Starts up the plane] Lincoln:[Wobbles] "Uh-oh, I'm falling!" [Jumps off and goes offscreen. Lynn jumps in dressed as Lincoln was and does a front flip onto the wing as the plane takes off] Clyde:[Whispers to Lincoln] "That was seamless. No one will ever suspect that's Lynn." [Lynn manages to get the window of the plane open and the two fight over the piñata] Flip: "Catch, Nacho! I mean, Claude!" [Throws the piñata to Nacho, who has his own biplane. Lynn jumps right onto Nacho's plane mid air and they fly away as Flip's plane crashes into a tree. Lynn and Nacho squabble over the piñata and both end up falling, during the fall they still wrestle over the piñata. Lynn ends up getting it and Nacho lands in the tree. Lynn is dangling from a branch, the piñata caught on the tip of it. The piñata drops and is eaten by an alligator. Lynn jumps down, the alligator sees and moves away as Lynn lands in the water. She grabs the gator by the tail and pulls it back, wrestles it into submission and heimlichs the piñata right out. It lands on the edge of the swamp and Lynn gets out, shakes off some water and disappears behind a tree. The real Lincoln comes out and picks up the piñata] Lincoln: "Gotcha. Hiya!" [Kicks the tree and Flip and Nacho fall out] "Look who dropped in,just in time to do some time." [To the audience] "That means go to prison." [Winks as the film ends. The audience roars with applause as the credits roll, not seeming to be including stunts, Clincoln McCloud are listed under everything. The lights go on and almost everyone cheers even louder, except Chandler and Trent] Girl Jordan: "Well, I think we have a clear winner." [Andrew is hoping it's him] "Steeling Thunder!" [Everyone goes to congratulate Clincoln McCloud, leaving Andrew disappointed. Everyone carried Clincoln McCloud to the stage] Boy Jordan:[With a recorder] "Can I get a quote for the paper? What'd it feel like to jump from two planes?" Lincoln: "Um, I have to be honest." [Suddenly everyone cheers, thinking Lincoln is amazing, it gets harder and harder for Lincoln to admit he didn't do his own stunts] "It… felt incredible!" [Everyone cheers, except for the two sourpusses in the bleachers] Chandler: "Pfft. Big whoop. I've jumped out of planes before." Trent: "You mean the one on the playground?" Chandler: "Shut it, Trent!"
[Later, in the cafeteria, Lincoln and Clyde are walking along when some fans approach] Girl in Purple Shirt: "I'll do your homework!" Yellow Shirt Fan: "Dibs on his algebra!" Student with Lunch Tray: "Have my pudding!" Red Shirt Fan: "No take mine!" Chef Pat: "Wow! Your movie changed my life! Have some extra pizza sticks." [Dumps a whole buckets worth of pizza sticks on Lincoln's tray, Lincoln doesn't complain] Student: "Lincoln, sign my sandwich!" Girl in Purple Shirt: "Sign my face!" [Clyde pulls Lincoln away and they huddle under a table] Clyde: "Lincoln, why did you lie to everyone? I have hives for you." Lincoln: "What? It wasn't completely lying. I did the bounce house stunt." Clyde: "You almost fell off the roof. Lynn jumped from a plane, onto another plane. It's not the same." Lincoln:[Sighs] "I know, and I'm sorry, I just got caught up in the moment. No one has ever looked at me like that before, and look at all these pizza sticks." [Quickly enjoys one] "You remember when I was voted most likely to trip over nothing? Being cool like this is new for me. Maybe we could just go with it for a while." [Smiles at his scratchy friend] Clyde: "Dr. Lopez has encouraged me to let others go on their own journeys." [Some students have gathered around the table] Student:[Gasps] "I found him!" [Pulls Lincoln out and, along with more students bombard Lincoln] Student: "Have my pudding." [Suddenly Liam arrives on Barb swinging a lasso] Liam: "Lincoln, hop on." [Lassos his friend and pulls him onto Barb] "Barb and I'll get you out of here." [Barb gets running and jumps over some students in the hall] Lincoln: "Thanks, Liam, this is so cool." Liam: "Our pleasure. Barb's a big fan. She's got your catchphrase down." [Barb neighs the catchphrase, in horse speak. They arrive at Bolhofner's trailer where more students want photos. Liam pushes through them] "Stand back, folks! He's a human being, too." [A student grabs Lincoln's sleeve as Liam leads Lincoln away and rips it off] Student: "I got his sleeve!" [Lincoln bumps into a desk and Mr. Bolhofner approaches] Mr. Bolhofner: "Okay, everyone, pop quiz time." [Everyone groans] "Everyone, except Loud. You already got an A for the semester. That was some movie! Let's go hang in the teacher's lounge and swap broken bone stories, huh?" Lincoln: "Okay." [They take off and Chandler snaps his pencil in rage]
[Later, in gym class] Coach Keck: "Today, we're runnin' sprints. A lot of 'em." [Everyone groans] "The puke can's in that corner. Except Loud, he's practically a pro athlete." [Lincoln smiles] "You can chill in my coach cave and enjoy the talents of my masseuse, Hans." [Dennis is waiting in the corner of the room with a massage table recliner, pizzas and a TV] Lincoln: "Thanks, but I'll just read comics." [Goes over as Coach blows her whistle at everyone else, who all start sprinting. But Chandler stops to look over at Lincoln, and growls in jealousy. Suddenly Lincoln trips over his feet] Lincoln: "Dang it, not again." [Chandler gasps and thinks] Chandler:[With a smirk] "Very interesting." [Lets out an evil chuckle]
[After school, Lincoln and Clyde are walking home, with a wagon full of Lincoln's fan's admiration towards him] Lincoln: "Being a celebrity's awesome. So far, I see no downside." Clyde:[Still unsure] "It's his journey, it's his journey." [Suddenly, Chandler bombards them in his bike] Chandler: "Well, if it isn't Lincoln Liar." Lincoln: "Ugh, what do you want, Chandler?" Chandler: "I don't think you did any of that cool stuff in your dumb movie. You couldn't jump from a plane I saw you trip over nothing in the gym." Lincoln:[Who knows Chandler's right] "I-I don't know what you're talking about." [Leans on his elbow, even though there's nothing for him to lean against, he falls over again] Chandler: "I'm gonna prove you're lying." [Bikes off, in the direction he came from] Clyde: "Ah, doesn't he have anything better to do? And why is he headed that way? His house is by the sewage plant." Lincoln: "We'd better find out." Clyde: "Oh, I'm getting hives again."
[Back at the school, Chandler is at the library's workstation, unaware that Lincoln and Clyde are spying on him. Chandler opens a video file in his personal folder labeled ClincolnMcloud.mov, which is right above a document called Lincoln_EXPOSED.doc, the video file is Steeling Thunder] Lincoln: "He pulled up our movie, how?" Clyde: "I uploaded it to the school's database for feedback. The general consensus is it's a hard hitting thriller with stunts that'll melt your eyeballs." [Chandler is going through the movie frame by frame] Lincoln:[Gasps] "He's looking for evidence that it wasn't me." Clyde: "Ha, good luck to him with our seamless editing he won't find a thing." [Not as seamless as he thinks. Chandler has gotten to Agent Steel landing in the swamp, just as Lynn is grabbing the alligator her bangs show under the wig, they disappear once Lynn pulls the gator back but not quickly enough for Chandler not to notice and rewind and zoom in for a better look] Chandler:[Who can't wait to expose Lincoln] "Ha, gotcha." [The boys also see their mistake and gasp. Chandler does some typing and prints something out. Lincoln and Clyde duck out of sight just as the printer, which is right below them, prints out the documents, which Chandler retrieves with no clue he was being watched. Clyde picks up a single document Chandler dropped and reads] Clyde: "Lincoln LAMEsauce is a LIAR, hosted by Chandler. Come see the PROOF! Screening in the lunchroom! Oh no!" Lincoln: "We have to make sure no one sees that clip." [Which isn't too hard. They simply go over to the computer, open Chandler's folder, scroll through his files until they find ClincolnMcloud.mov and Lincoln_EXPOSED.doc and drag them right into the trash] "Phew. Okay, I deleted everything." [Suddenly the boys notice another file] "Woah, Clyde, look what else I found." [They are surprised at first, look at each other, then snicker like they're about to do something diabolical]
THE NEXT DAY [Emma, Chloe, Sophia and more students are gathered in the cafeteria as Chandler gets on a table in front of a projector screen with pride. Lincoln and Clyde join the audience with unbothered faces] Chandler: "Welcome to the main event, soon you'll see that Lincoln Loud is a liar. He didn't jump out of any planes, watch this." [Turns on the projector, but instead of the evidence, the whole school gets shown a video of Chandler's first pony ride] Young Chandler:[Dressed as a cowboy with his knees at his chest and tears in his eyes] "I'm scared. I'm scared! It's going too fast." [Whimpers, even though the pony is barely moving. The whole audience starts laughing as Chandler's dumbfoundedness turns to shock] Chandler:[More horrified than when he was riding the pony] "Guh! What?! Who switched the videos?" [Tries to shut it off but has to get closer. Chandler gets on the table and turns off the projector just as the waterworks start, then he looks back at his own audience in shame] Student: "Get a grip, Chandler." Chandler:[Madder than ever] "Fine! Forget the video. I've got an even better idea. If he really did those stunts he should be able to do them again." [Gets closer to Lincoln] "Right?" Lincoln: "Uh, what's that, now?" Chandler: "After school I'll have everything set up and then we can see you do it in real life." [Everyone loves the idea] Clyde:[Meekly] "This journey is now an express train to my nightmares."
[After school at Tall Timbers Park Lincoln and Clyde are at a picnic bench trying to find a way out of this mess] Clyde: "Lincoln, what do we do? Should we call Lynn and see if she can rush home from her tournament?" [Lincoln contemplates that but it's too late, everyone is wheeling in Flip's plane, all super excited] Lincoln:[Sighs] "No, I brought this on myself, I never should have lied in the first place." [Sighs] "It's time to come clean." [Goes over to the plane, gets on the wing and clears his throat] "Excuse me, there's something I need to say. I- Woah." [Trips on his feet again and lands over the front of the wing] Flip: "That's the signal, he's in position." [Presses the buttons] "Into the sky, Nach." [Everyone cheers as the plane revs up] Lincoln: "No, no, no, no, no, no!" [The plane takes off with Lincoln on the wing screaming his lungs out. He bangs on the plane window] "Flip! Let me in!" [Flip tries to lower the window but he can't] Flip: "Sorry, chief, window's jammed. You gotta jump." Lincoln: "Can't you just land!?" Flip:[Slides a parachute through the window] "I can try but there's a seventy to a hundred and twenty percent chance you fall off in the process." [Gives Lincoln a helmet] "Ain't too good with numbers." [Lincoln looks down and gulps] Lincoln:[Has no choice] "Fine." [Lincoln straps on the parachute and looks over the wing. A very worried Clyde joins the crowd of astonished middle schoolers, who are far too below to see the look of pure terror on Lincoln's face. Lincoln stands up with a brave face and jumps, he screams at first until he deploys the chute, immediately relieving his nerves] "That wasn't so bad." [But there's still the matter of Nacho's plane which immediately intercepts his fall and starts doing loops. The audience is amazed but Lincoln is terrified. Nacho keeps spinning, until Lincoln goes flying straight up. Lincoln lands back on the plane's wing, the plane wobbles and Lincoln falls, his parachute getting snagged on the wing, Lincoln is free falling. Luckily he's close enough to the swamp that lands unhurt, but as soon as he sees the alligator he immediately gets out. Lincoln is relieved it's finally over and lets himself fall forward. Clyde is the first to approach his best friend to see if he's okay] Clyde: "Lincoln!" [Gasps] Lincoln: "Clyde, am I alive?" Clyde: "Yeah, it looks like it." Lincoln:[Relieved] "Good, cause I still gotta tell everyone the truth." Clyde:[Who really doesn't mind anymore] "I don't know, maybe falling out of a plane was punishment enough. Besides, you kinda did do the stunts." [Lincoln shakes the water off and realizes he did do the stunts] Lincoln: "Huh, I guess you're right, but believe me I'm never gonna lie, embellish or exaggerate ever again." Clyde: "Well, I won't hold you to that, buddy." [Everyone else, who still think Lincoln also did the stunts in his movie, gathers around to congratulate Lincoln. Chandler is still really angry, having practically proven Lincoln did do the stunts, and glares at Lincoln, while Trent is excitedly holding a pocket notebook] Chandler:[Finally ready to give up] "Whatever, come on, let's get out of here." Trent: "But I wanna get an autograph." [Chandler grabs his dopey sidekick and pulls him away. Everyone is still praising Lincoln] Lincoln:[Chuckles] "Thanks everyone, but my stunt days are over." [Everyone is disappointed] Mr. Bolhofner:[Offscreen] "I'll take the gig." [Everyone looks up and sees Mr. Bolhofner in the tree] "Just watch this." [Jumps down and tackles the alligator. He wrestles it even more impressively than Lynn did. Lincoln and Clyde are excited] Clyde: "Okay, he's hired." [Lincoln nods]
