The Girl with the Dragon Snafu

The gong has a variety of uses in China.

Allow me to demonstrate the most obvious one--

to wake someone up.

- I'm up! I'm up! I'm up!

Even with all that crusty drool all over his face,

he's still adorable.

Sarah, as your friend, I have to tell you

that gong would treat you better than my brother would.

This week's assignment is to break into groups

and do a presentation on Chinese culture.

Yes! I love working in groups.

Only because it's less work for you.

Yeah, more like no work.

Now to find a group of nerds to call my own.

All right, I know you're not talking about my group,

because we are not nerds.

Come on, Phoebe, all aboard the "A"-plus train!

Choo-choo!

You're right, you're not nerds,

you're clearly dweebs.

Yeah, call us whatever you want,

there is no other group I'd rather be in.

Be in our group, Phoebe.

Except that one!

Ha...

Two groups. One girl.

What will Phoebe do?

Get out of my face, Max.

Will she go with Winnie, the popular girl

she's been trying to be friends with for a year?

Or will she stay with Sarah and board

the boring train to Dweebville?

Well, I mean, Sarah is my friend.

Winnie could be your friend, too,

and not make you dress up like you're going to

a third-grader's birthday party.

Oh, we should send a picture of us

to the yearbook for the selfie page.

Say "China!"

China! -

I can't believe Phoebe ditched us.

Now who are we gonna get?

Hey, Sarah, can I join your-- - MAX:

Ooh!

What's up, group?

Heard your train needs a caboose.

Choo-choo!

Hey, Sarah, look, I'm so sorry I'm not with you guys.

It's just that Winnie's group really needs me.

And you get it, don't you?

Sure, I get it--you're hoppin' off the "A"-plus train.

Good luck on the "D"-plus bus.

Guys, I am really excited about this group.

You feelin' the love, Tyler?

You stole my bike last week.

Hey, I did you a favor.

That thing fell apart the moment I busted it.

Sarah, I don't think Max is gonna do much.

Why would you say that? - Because he's leaving.

Max! Get back here!

Look, you'll always be my bae.

But you need to take this project as seriously

as I take our forbidden love.

Believe me, I want the "A," too.

That's the only reason I joined this group.

Great! So, what's your idea for the project?

Uh, I don't know. What's yours?

Build a Chinese dragon. - Me, too, bae!

So, I was thinking after school

we could work on our project at the library.

Oooh, is that the new club downtown?

No, it's the place we go to learn things.

Phoebe's right. We'll meet at the mall.

That's not what I said. - Yay, the mall.

All right, let's check our "to-do" list.

First thing-- write a "to-do" list.

Did it! -

All right, then I'll fix the dishwasher.

I can pick up dry cleaning.

I'll mow the lawn. The only other thing is--

- BOTH: Fix the floorboards.

Oh, Billy! Are you okay?

The house ate my legs!

You just fell in the floor that dad was supposed to fix.

Sorry, buddy, I've just been busy.

I don't think you've been that busy.

That chandelier's been sitting in its box so long

that it's turned into an end table!

Okay, I'll just put it on the "to-do" list--

right after "ground Nora for being sassy."

Yeah, you kids have no idea how hard we work around here.

Is that why we had a salt and pepper sandwich

for dinner last night?

We didn't have time to go shopping.

Oh, is that a new necklace?

I meant food shopping.

Cut her some slack.

Your clothes are clean and the house is spotless.

Mm-hm. - Is it, Dad? Is it?

So, you two think it's so easy to cook, clean,

repair things and do everything else

while you two just enjoy your little lives?

Kind of. - I think so.

Okay, so you can take care of the house

and try to do better while we enjoy our little lives.

Fine, but if we do better running this house,

then we get to be in charge around here from now on.

We'll tell you what to eat, when to go to bed,

and ground you for being sassy.

Deal--and when you fail, you two will finally appreciate

what your father and I do around here.

Including making really great lists.

Uh, is pull your son out of the sinkhole

on that "great" list?

No, but I will add it.

We are nailing this dragon, guys.

You know, Max, we've been doing this for a couple of days

and I'm not sure I've seen you leave that chair.

Oh, Ernie...

It's Evan. - Let's agree to disagree.

Max, Evan's right. You need to do your part.

But it's getting hot,

so if you want to put on a tank top, that's fine.

Wow, guys, your dragon looks awesome.

I'm impressed. - You're impressed?

What? You didn't think

we could do something so cool without you?

No, no, I'm just surprised Max hasn't dragged you down.

His nickname around our house is "dead weight."

Don't listen to her, Sarah.

She's jealous 'cause our group works so well together.

Ernie, refill!

So, how's your group coming along?

It's going great.

I mean, all those girls wanna do is work, work, work.

You forgot all the clothes you bought at the mall.

Thanks, Winnie.

These are for research.

Haven't you ever heard of the Great Mall of China?

No.

Well, don't you feel silly.

Uh-oh, my cheeks are tingling.

That means it's gonna rain-- or this glue contains shellfish!

I should have never said "Hi" to you in the fourth grade.

Max, we have to leave, so after the paper mache dries,

can you put it in the garage? - On it.

Maybe we should come back and put it away ourselves.

Tyler, Max said he'll do it.

Would someone with dimples you could swim in let us down?

Guys, relax. I'm not an idiot.

I'll bring our dragon inside before it rains.

I should wake Max up

and tell him that paper dragon's out there.

Wow, it's really rainin'.

Wait, did I forget something?

Nope. Go back to bed.

I'm a bad, bad bunny.

- Mm-hm.

Hank, what are you doing?

The kids fixed the floorboards.

It's perfect. I can't believe it.

This must have taken them all night.

Do I smell bacon? - HANK:

Apple hickory with a hint of maple.

Ten pieces.

No, nine. Someone's eating it!

Wow, kids, breakfast, too?

When did you find time to do all this?

Got up early and just did it.

We work best in the morning, you know,

when you two are sleeping in.

Well, this is all very nice.

Too bad I was in the mood for pancakes.

Please, it's gonna take a lot more than a fixed floor

and a hot breakfast to impress us, am I right, Hank?

The syrup is warm.

Warm!

Look, girls, Phoebe's rocking her new shoes.

Love them!

You know what else you're gonna love?

The project topics I came up with last night.

All stuff we can put together by tomorrow.

Oh, Phoebe, we'll be fine. We'll wing it.

As long as we look good, we'll get a "C".

A "C"? You guys want a "C"?

Oh, my gosh, daddy would be so happy if I got a "C".