Max to the Future

- Sure I'll join your squad, Taylor Swift.

Oh. Geez. Oh.

Ah, shake it off, Max. It's just Phoebe.

Congratulations.

You actually found a sound more annoying than your voice.

- It's patrol time, teammate.

We're trying to join

to most elite superhero group in the world,

and the Z Force does not sleep in.

- It's 4:30 a.m.! - I know.

We're a half an hour late.

Did you even notice the schedule I made you?

Your schedule is insane.

You only gave me one bathroom break a day.

Exactly.

Here's your diaper. See you upstairs.

- Right behind you, partner.

Colosso, you know what to do.

Help you with your diaper?

No.

Hit "snooze."

Oh.

Good night.

Good night, sweet prince.

Stop being creepy.

I'm sorry, Phoebe, the lair got locked down

and I was forced to go back to sleep for three hours.

That was yesterday!

- Huh. No wonder I feel so refreshed.

Time for breakfast.

- Max, the schedule clearly states we're brunch people now.

Two meals in one.

Efficiency equals Z Force.

- I wanna get into Z Force, too, but the answer is not brunch

and diapers--although these are surprisingly comfy.

- Okay, well, what are you doing to help our team, huh?

I bet you didn't even buy

the training equipment we saved up for.

- See, that's where you're wrong.

You bought them?

- No, just felt good to say you're wrong.

- Come on, the Z Force is tracking our performance.

And training on flour sack punching bags

doesn't exactly look good.

- I have flour in bad places.

- That didn't happen during training.

I don't know why he's covered in flour.

Relax, Phoebe.

I didn't get that training equipment because I got

something else that's guaranteed to get us into Z Force--

our very own team headquarters.

- You spent all of our training equipment money on a treehouse?

- Phoebe, treehouses are for kids.

It's a tree fort.

- Max, we don't need this thing.

Our house is already like a giant headquarters

with free WiFi.

- But this place has aerial surveillance views,

and is private, and--

Wait, mom and dad don't charge you for WiFi?

- Okay, Max, you can't just use our money

to buy a headquarters without asking me.

- Well, you can't schedule every second of my life.

I need sleep.

All this doesn't just happen, you know?

- Uh-oh. I just realized something.

Oh, the smell?

Yeah, I think there's a dead squirrel in here somewhere.

No.

We make a terrible team.

That is not true.

If it were, why would I give you my last yogurt stick?

Oh, thanks.

Ugh!

What flavor is this?

Expired.

You're right, we do make a terrible team.

¶

¶ 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 ¶¶

¶

- So today revealed our team has a few wrinkles to iron out.

A few?

Our team has more wrinkles than an old lady in a tanning salon.

Worst summer job ever.

- But joining the Z Force has always been a dream of mine,

and if being your teammate is the only way to

make that happen, then I'll do anything to make it work.

Me, too.

Unless it means doing things for you, with you, or near you.

- Pretty sure it's a bad attitude

that got you fired from the Tanny Granny.

Oh, we are officially hopeless.

Have no fear...

Thunder Man is here!

- And where there's thunder, there's Electress!

- Why are you guys in your supersuits?

- We're suited up because we're about to save you two

from blowing your chance at the Z Force.

And it's laundry day.

Now, as life mates and superhero partners,

we know a lot about building a successful team.

- In fact, we put out a self-help book in the '90s

called "Smells Like Team Spirit."

- How come we've never seen it?

That's why.

So what do you say?

Let us help you two become the team we know you can be.

- I mean, hey, if it'll help our chances

of getting in the Z Force, it's worth a shot.

I agree.

I'm just not gonna read any books.

- Oh, good thing it comes with an instructional video.

- Please tell me there's room in your schedule

to make fun of Mom and Dad?

- You're gonna have to skip brushing your teeth,

but we can make it work.

Ugh!

You expect me to eat this slop?!

- I don't cook it. I just dump it.

Ugh!

You know, back when Max was evil,

he used to steal me fresh vegetables

from all the neighbors' gardens.

Well, Max is good now,

and no one's stealing vegetables for you,

so just eat your canned succotash.

You know what?

You all succotash!

Hey, you guys.

Will you tell me if I'm gonna hit the table?

You hit the table.

- Billy, why aren't you using your new backpack?

- A nice kid at school borrowed it--

along with my lunch money and math homework.

That's not good.

- Yeah, especially for the poor kid

who stole your math homework.

- No, I meant it's not good that you're so gullible.

What's gullible?

- There's a raccoon in your shorts.

- Aah, get it out!

That's gullible.

It means you're easily tricked.

I am not.

The raccoon's back.

Aah!

- Oh, so it's funny when you do it.

Well, well, well.

Sounds like Gulli-Billy might be my ticket to veggie town.

Ach! Ach! This food is all succ and no tash.

Ugh!

- Now, you've watched the teambuilding video

critics called "a super-powered joyride."

That quote's from you.

- The point is you're now ready for teambuilding exercises!

- Any time you're a bad teammate, Nora will zap you.

- Ow!

- I could tell you weren't thinking about the team.

- Now, your first exercise will really put the art in partner.

- This puts the stupid in stupid.

- Now, you'll each take turns painting.

Soon you'll have a beautiful piece of art

representing your team.

- Okay. Guess I'll go first.

- Uh, Phoebe? Allow me.

You have the art skills of a howler monkey.

- Wow. Hey, you are remarkably good at that.

But it's my turn.

- Hold on. I'm on a roll.

- No, come on, Max. It's my turn.

And...done.

Ha ha!

Now this says team.

You painted your face.

- Yeah, well, can't spell "team" without "me."

- Ow!

- This is better than the free WiFi.

- When it comes to teams, the word "mine" should be avoided,

which is why we've turned our driveway into a minefield!

Nice wordplay, Dad.

Also, won't we blow up?

- No. These are smoke mines.

And they're perfectly safe.

- We'll give you a two-second peek

at the map of where the mines are located.