Degrassi // Season 1

Parent's Day: Part 2

Scene IV

Toby: J.T., come on. You've got to come up with an anti-parents plan.

J.T.: What does it look like I'm doing?

Toby: Uh... planting seeds for a massive heart attack?

J.T.: To plot evil, I need energy.

Ashley: Hey. You're just the person I was looking for. Your mom's a casting agent, right?

Toby: Yeah, so?

Terri: So, is she coming to Parent's Day?

Toby: Thank you for reminding me.

Ashley: Is that a yes?

Toby: Yeah? Why?

Ashley: No reason.

J.T.: What was that about?

Toby: I have no idea.

Manny: It's not like people really think about it.

Emma: That's the thing. They don't want us to think. They want us to become brain dead NAK robots.

Toby: What's with her?

Manny: NAK rage. Kind of like road rage.

Emma: And the announcements, they have commercials. They are trying to buy our brand loyalty in homeroom.

J.T.: Emma? Who are you talking to?

Emma: I could talk. Or I could take action.

J.T.: Imagine being her for a day.

Scene V

Spinner: Okay, so then the guy goes, "What are you gonna do for a face when the monkey wants its butt back?" (laughs) What, you don't get it? The guy has a face like a monkey's butt?

Paige: Spinner, do you think Ashley's prettier than me?

Spinner: What?

Paige: Because she's thinking about getting an agent.

Spinner: Oh, Ashley's getting an agent? I could totally see her on TV.

Paige: What? And you couldn't see me?

Spinner: I didn't say that.

Paige: So, you think I could get an agent too, right?

Spinner: Yeah, sure. Why not? Okay, so back to my joke. So then the guy goes- Wait, is that the right way? Yeah. No. Yeah, yeah. So, then, the guy goes-

Scene VI

Emma: Mr. Raditch, could I talk to you about this morning's NAK broadcast?

Mr. Raditch: I'm all ears.

Emma: NAK is totally biased. This morning they tell us squeegee kids suck. And then they tell us what kind of running shoes to buy? It's wrong!

Mr. Raditch: Have you seen the new computers in the media immersion lab? Eighteen computers thanks to NAK. In exchange, we show their morning broadcast.

Emma: Whatever they want to report? But that's bribery.

Mr. Raditch: No. That's eighteen new computers we wouldn't have otherwise. The parents voted for it. Remember, not everyone at Degrassi has a computer at home. But, if you feel strongly about it, write an opinion piece. Make sure you get it in by four o'clock. Make the Parent's Day edition.

Emma: Four o'clock today?

Mr. Raditch: Think you can do it?

Scene VII

Ashley: So, I signed us up for the welcoming committee, Terri. Which means I'll be the first person Toby's mother sees.

Terri: Great.

Paige: Unless she sees me first.

Ashley: What?

Paige: Well, I am helping out tomorrow.

Ashley: Since when?

Paige: Ashley, you asked me like three weeks ago to volunteer, remember? Anyway, see you two later.

Manny: I can't believe the principal is asking you to do this. You're like attacking the school.

Emma: I know. It's very cool.

Manny: I'll stand.

Emma: Okay, so let's try to imagine. You're a squeegee kid.

Manny: Okay, I'm a squeegee kid.

Emma: So how does it feel being compared to a cockroach?

Manny: I'd say, hey, preppy kids. Get off my case. We're people too.

Sean: Oh, please.

Emma: Could- We need the chair... Talk about negative energy.

Toby: Emma's right. I can whine or I can do something about Parent's Day.

J.T.: Okay. So, what are you gonna do?

Toby: Convince my parents that there's no need to show up. Okay, I downloaded the logo from the Degrassi website. Then, I scan Mr. Simpson's signature from the last letter he sent home. It's a masterpiece.

J.T.: Masterpiece for insanity. Okay, parents don't have to come because of your exemplary performance in all of your scholastic pursuits.

Toby: Translation: I'm acting school. It's all in the details, my friend. This'll work. It has to.