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Hey, Tia, smell me.

Excuse me?

Go ahead, take a sip.

What do you smell?

Uh, Tamera, this is gonna sound crazy, but you kind of smell like a new car.

Bingo!

It's new scents. It's called Carfume.

According to this ad, it's the one smell boys can't resist.

Oh, that's really stupid, Tamera.

Quick, put some on me.

More, more, more, more.

Yeah, yeah.

Hi.

Mira, it's working.

Man, we gotta subscribe to this magazine.

Go.

Hey, where are they going?

Ugh, we should have known.

Look.

Cheerleaders.

Look at all the cute guys.

Yeah, and they don't even have to smell like a Buick.

Look at those girls. What's the big deal?

So they're popular.

And beautiful.

And never without a date. Who would want to be a cheerleader?

Me!

Everybody knows.

I got to work on more.

Snack time.

I smell popcorn.

Congratulate me, Ray. I'm going to pop my way to the top.

Hey, it's about time you got a new line of work. I mean, that sad little cart at

the mall was belly up from day one.

I mean, like, who's going to say, forget about that fancy boutique. I'm going to

buy my new outfit from the push cart lady.

I haven't given up on the cart, Ray.

I'm using popcorn as a gimmick to attract new customers.

According to Little Business Magazine, fresh popcorn is the smell that turns

women on.

Really? Boy, that Orville Redenbacher must have been one happy bunny.

I'm serious, Ray.

I just gotta make it. It's now or never. I'm not gonna be 25 forever.

Me why?

You're talking like you are.

Dad, cheerleading tryouts start tomorrow.

Yeah, we're going to go out for the squat.

You are?

Why do you want to be cheerleaders?

Oh, I get it.

Boys.

Boys? Yeah, no way.

We're doing it because we, uh... Because we, uh... Uh, me too. Hey, looks really

good to those all -girl colleges we're applying to.

Forget about this cheerleading thing.

But, Dad, cheerleaders rule the school.

Yeah, we have to work so hard for everything we get.

Cheerleaders have it easy.

Not as easy as you think.

Well, what do you know about it? Well, I... Nothing.

Look, it's just that, you know, I don't want them to get disappointed. That

competition would be kind of stiff.

Well, the only stiff around here is you.

This sort of thing is fun for girls.

Ooh, I just love wearing those tight little sweaters and those short little

skates.

you were a cheerleader.

I wasn't. I just love wearing those tight little sweaters.

Okay, girls, show me what you got.

Okay, I'll go first.

Something is missing here.

Here, stand next to yourself.

Are you going to teach us some cheerleading routines?

Yeah, can you teach us how to do a split?

Sure, if you drive me to the hospital afterwards.

Any fool can wave a pom -pom. What you girls need is a little something extra,

like a gimmick.

And you already got one going.

Like what?

Like that. That twin thing.

Yeah, look at you. Everybody knows the best things in life come in twos.

Earrings, shoes, pizza.

Uh, Mom, pizzas don't come in twos. Oh, they do when I order them.

Sit down, girl. Sit down.

You just work that twin thing.

You stay side by side, and you have those judges eating out of your

little hand. Mom, you really think it's going to work? Oh, sure it will.

A gimmick always gives you a leg up on the competition.

Take me.

I'm going to work tomorrow with a brand new gimmick, making popcorn.

Oh, I just know that Fashions by Lisa will be hotter than ever.

Hi, Lisa.

How was your day?

My business caught fire.

Oh, well, congratulations.

What's that?

All that's left of Fashions by Lisa. I knocked over the hot popcorn oil in her.

You ever see a back draft in person?

Lisa, I'm sorry. I mean, are you okay? You weren't hurt, were you? No, I'm

Let me show you my fall line.

This is a three -piece business suit with matching scar.

This is a flawless evening gown.

This... I don't know what this is. I just hope it's water.

Oh, Lisa, I'm sorry.

Hey.

You know what I do when I'm feeling a little depressed?

Walk around for three days in your bathrobe and whine like my mother.

No. What I do is I make a little list of all the things I like about me.

Well, that ought to fill up a post -it.

Honey, I'm serious.

You do a lot of things well. You should make a list. Go ahead, try it.

Well, I am a good mama.

You sure?

And you always come through for those girls.

Yeah. Yeah, I do. Don't I?

Hi, I'm Tia. And I'm Tamara.

Notice anything?

Yeah. Whoever sold you those outfits lied twice.

Man, if I didn't want to be her, I'd slap her.

Okay, now.

Miss Jody's going to demonstrate a simple little routine. Then you're all

to do it. Okay?

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

Come on. Yeah.

Tamera, just don't worry. I'm sure they'll give us plenty of time to

I'll just wait right...

And this is your squad.

C squad?

What's that?

Principal's idea. He thinks everyone who tries out should get a shot, no matter

how lame they are.

Well, who else is on our team?

Meet the C squad.

the insurance company say?

Plenty. Not only are they not paying my claim, they changed my policy from no

fault to my fault.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Nope, nope, nope, no pity, no pity. I am moving on.

I mean, a free fire like that happens once in a million years.

I'm not going to let it get me down.

I'm not going to get in my way. And you know what I always say, if you can't

stand the heat, just get on out of the kitchen.

Lisa, get out of the kitchen. Fire!

What's the occasion?

Well, I wanted to give a little victory dinner for the girls.

For what?

Well, now, don't bite my head off, but the girls went out for cheerleading

today, and I just know they're coming back winners because I coached them.

What? Lisa, I don't want them to be cheerleaders. I thought I had talked

out of it.

Not anybody listens to you.

Now, ready girls really want this, and you'll feel good once they come in here

on top of the world.

Did you make the squad?

Oh, we made it all right. Ah, you did.

Yeah, the C -Squad, also known as the Odd Squad.

We're cheer losers.

We perform when the game's over and everyone's heading to the parking lot.

and our gym shorts. They don't even give us uniforms.

Wait, they put our girls on the C -Squad? Our girls?

Well, I don't understand.

What about the twin thing? Didn't that work?

Oh, yeah, it worked all right.

Against us.

I was missing from the twin gimmick. Yeah, twin talent.

Oh, no. You have talent.

Oh, I can still help you. You just need the right chair. Yeah.

Tamara and Tia, we're really glad to see you. If you give us a second chance,

you'll have money in your pants.

my business to the ground. Now I gotta make the girls' dreams go up in smoke.

Lisa, don't feel bad. You did your best.

Yeah.

That's what's so pitiful.

Girls, I can't let you quit.

What would you say if I told you I could turn you into cheerleaders as good as

the varsity?

What are you talking about?

Tamara, I never wanted to tell you this.

I'd hope to take this secret to my grave.

But to see you talk about quitting, well, it leaves me no choice.

You just wait right here.

Bronte, it's a pod person.

No, no, no, no.

It's Ray Campbell. the first and last male cheerleader at Roosevelt High, also

known as Rah -Rah Ray.

Ray, you were a cheerleader?

Dad, you never told me that.

Although I can see why you never mentioned the Rah -Rah Ray part.

Well, the episode is not one of my fond memories.

I joined the squad to get close to this really cute girl I had a crush on, but

the price I had to pay was pretty large.

Yeah, I was teased and bullied and humiliated.

Boy, my dad was really mean.

And the school kids, they were even worse.

I was so upset, I just quit.

Well, you never quit anything.

Right. Not since then.

I was so ashamed that I gave up on something I really wanted that I decided

would never quit again.

I know how much you want to be terrific cheerleaders, so I'm not going to let

you quit either.

Thanks, Ray.

When I'm through, the C -Squad will be the squad to see.

Uh, where do you see the C -Squad?

Now, the purpose of you being here is to become the best C -Squad in the history

of Roosevelt High.

Oh, my!

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait a minute. We're the only C -Squad in the history

Roosevelt High.

Yes, Jasmine. If it helps, I was on the A squad at Wake Watchers camp.

I made top of the pyramid.

Well,

maybe you shouldn't aim quite so high this time.

Okay, the big game is this Saturday night, so we got to clear all this

out here and get to work.

Hey, Ma, would you mind? We need to my room. Oh, sure, baby. I wouldn't want to

get in anybody's way.

We could sure use some help in there.

Yeah, sure, Ray.

Girls have rah -rah -ray.

Why do they need loser Lisa?

Lisa, getting knocked down does not make you a loser.

You only lose by staying down.

All right, then.

That's the way you're going to be.

No skin off my nose, no siree.

Hello. You 18 sports?

Yeah. Look, I need some outfits for some cheerleaders.

No, they don't have to match. They're teenage girls. They don't care what they

look like.

Naugahyde. Yeah, right.

Yeah, right on. I'll take about a half dozen. No, no, no, no. You will not make

Campbell. You will not have those girls looking like a barker lounger.

Come on. They need glitz and glamour. And Mama here, she knows something about

that. But you just... But nothing. I got some cheerleading outfits I gotta whip

up here. Now get, get, get, get.

Okay, then.

Welcome to the team.

Dead shrieks. Can you feel the heat? Can you feel the heat? Can you turn

it up? Can you feel the heat? Can you feel the heat?

Can you turn it up?

Okay, you're on.

Oh, Dad, I don't want to. Please don't make us.

I don't feel good. I should go up and jump so I don't eat every ten minutes.

Come on, girls. I admit that the crowd turned ugly. Especially that guy over

there in the third row. He came ugly, Chuck.

Come on, now. You can do it.

Yeah, you can win this crowd over. All you got to do is duck.

Not unless you quit.

Oh, dear, now listen. Now, I lost my business, my self -respect, and part of

eyebrow. Now, I was down.

I was so down that down looked like up to me.

Then I remembered these wise words.

You don't lose by getting knocked down.

You lose by staying down.

Thanks, Mom.

Cover us, Dad. We're going in.

Oh, I'm really touched. You really took to heart what I said.

You said that?

Welcome to the team.

Uh, thanks, Wendy, but no thanks.

Excuse me?

Let me tell you something, Miss Fang.

A while back, we wanted to be cheerleaders for all the wrong reasons.

But now we know what matters is, is what you put into being a cheerleader. Not

what you can get out of it.

Thanks for the offer, but we're already on a team.

And we're not quitting.

Not ever.

squad, babe. So step.

No problem I wouldn't open that just yet