Come What Mayhem

- Let's see--Trigonometry, World History, Biology.

- You've got a lot of homework tonight.

- Phoebe, this is homework I'm not doing.

Max, Phoebe, save me!

- Save you? Why would you ask us?

We don't have any powers anymore.

Why? What have you heard?

- Can I at least use your bodies as shields?

From what?

Gideon! - Principal Bradford.

He's mad because I complained

to the School Board about his new shorts.

- What's wrong with his shorts?

Oh! He should always wear pants.

Where are you, Gideon?

I've got a dodgeball with your name on it.

- Bradford being temporary gym teacher's a bad idea.

Of course, Bradford being principal's also a bad idea.

¶ Oh, Gideon... ¶

¶ Come out to play-ay ¶

- Gideon, I know standing up for yourself is hard,

'cause you're such a 'fraidy cat.

- Forget it. I'll hide in here.

- Gideon, are you in your locker?

Don't worry,

I've got water rations in here to last a week.

- You may have won this round, Gideon.

But you still have to face me tomorrow in gym.

Hey!

When's your leg day workout, 'bro?

Your question is your first mistake.

Every day is leg day.

- Is he gone? - No, not yet.

- Ow!

- Phoebe, what are you doing?

I have a plan.

I'm way ahead of ya.

Gonna cut back on cardio, start focusing on the glutes.

- Max, a superhero's job isn't just to save people, right?

It's to help people save themselves.

So, that's what we're gonna do for Gideon.

- Okay, okay. I'm just figuring out excuses

to get outta this.

Relax. You're not even gonna have to do anything.

This baby is gonna do all the work for us.

- And how is Hiddenville's ugliest bracelet gonna help?

- Max, you gave me this bracelet.

As a joke.

- Yeah, well, Gideon doesn't know

that this is just an ordinary bracelet.

Watch.

Hey, Gideon, come on out.

Here, take my hand.

Oh!

- Gideon, I have something to give you.

This is a special bracelet

that always used to give me a little bit of extra strength

when I was a superhero.

I think it'll do the same for you.

- Wow, I kind of feel stronger.

Do I look stronger? Hm?

- How come you're not answering?

Has my strength rendered you speechless?

- The point is now you'll be able to face

Bradford's dodgeballs without fear tomorrow.

- Thanks, Boo. - No problem, just-a-friend.

- Do you really think that bracelet's gonna work?

Hey, it was either that

or give him the ugly shirt you're wearing.

You gave me this shirt.

Yeah. As a joke.

¶

- All right, guys, I want a clean match,

or time out for everybody.

Rock, paper, laser, shoot!

- - Ow!

I've got a good feeling about this next round.

Rock, paper, laser, shoot!

- - Ow!

I've got a good feeling about this next round.

Rock, paper, laser, shoo--

- Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

Absolutely not.

- Yeah, you guys have broken enough stuff

around this house with that game.

That's not true.

We've broken stuff outside the house, too.

- No more rock, paper, laser.

Sorry, guys, but them's the rules.

- Mmm, that's also the name of the movie we're about to see.

"Them's the Rules" starring Vin Diesel

as Jebediah Rules.

"A frontier dentist

who always bites off more than he can chew."

They lost me after...

all of those words.

We're gonna be late.

Uh, kids, we ordered you a pizza.

Thunder couple, away!

There they go...

they're doing a loop...

lost them in a cloud...

and we are officially free to keep playing.

Game on!

- Okay. But I've got a good feeling about this next round.

Alert! Alert!

Pizza Delivery approaching.

Rock, paper, laser, shoot!

- -

Rock, paper, later...

This is bad.

- Jinx. You owe me a new thunder monitor.

Seriously, if you have an extra one,

this is the time to speak up.

- All right, gym rats, I know what you're all thinking.

- That your shorts got shorter!

No, you're thinking,

what's he got behind the sheet?

The rest of your shorts?

No!

I give you the Dodgenovski 3000!

They use this to train Russian dodgeball players.

I use it to hurt people.

- That looks really expensive.

It was.

PS, class trip to DC has been cancelled.

- You think his mother never hugged him or...?

- Now, who should I try it on?

Let's see, which one of you

called the School Board on me?

About my shorts?

Gideon, get over here!

- Phoebe, take as long as you need to mourn me.

But I want you to move on.

- Remember, Gideon, that bracelet will give you

all the strength you need to get through this.

- The bracelet gives me strength,

the bracelet gives me strength,

the bracelet gives me strength.

- Watch, Max, he's goin' out there, not backing down.

It's the first step in Gideon standing up for himself.

- What's step two? Picking up his spleen medicine?

- Gideon, this is for my legs.

They deserve to be seen.

- -

- Aw, shoot, I forgot to turn on the laser sight.

- The red dot's on me, isn't it?

- Not with the bracelet. Believe!

- -

- -

- See? It's working. - No, I'm working.

- -

- -

- -

- Max, you're taking this too far.

You should stop before something bad happens.

- This bracelet gave me superpowers!

- Oh, you mean like that. - Yeah, like that.

¶

¶ What you see ¶

¶ Is not what you get ¶

¶ Livin' our lives with a secret ¶

¶ We fit right in ¶

¶ Bet you never guessed ¶

¶ 'Cause we're livin' our lives ¶

¶ Just like all the rest ¶

¶ A picture perfect family ¶

¶ Is what we try to be ¶

¶ Look closer, you might see ¶

¶ The crazy things we do ¶

¶ This isn't make believe ¶

¶ It's our reality ¶

¶ Just your average family ¶

¶ Trying to be normal and stay out of trouble ¶

¶ Livin' a double life ¶¶

Max, it's all your fault.

- Hey! Don't blame me for something I did.

- I just wanted to help Gideon's confidence by lying to him,

not make him think he has superpowers.

- And I didn't wanna do any of this.

But you were all, blah, blah, blah,

help people help themselves.

Okay, Max, just please do me a favor

and don't use your telekinesis on him anymore.

He's a smart guy.

I'm sure by now, he realizes

he doesn't actually have superpowers.

Behold, my superpowers!

- What I meant was he's not going to do anything stupid.

- With my power bracelet, I can flip off this ledge

without breaking a single super-bone.

What I meant was--

Stop predicting things.

- What was I supposed to do? He was gonna hurt himself.

- Well, yeah, but it was gonna be funny.

- We've gotta get that bracelet back,

or Gideon's gonna keep thinking he has superpowers,

and put himself in danger.

Hey, Gideon, um, look, about that bracelet--