Austin & Ally (2011–2016): Season 4, Episode 16 - Rejection & Rocketships - full transcript

Guys, I just found out that my Harvard
interview is going to happen here,

so I need to showcase my
proudest achievements.

Like being runner-up in a macaroni
necklace making contest when you were six?

I'll put that one
back in the box.

You can use my trophy.

It's for world's best son.

My dad got it for my brother.

You don't have a brother.

Aww, that makes it extra sad.

I can't believe you already
have an interview.

College applications
aren't due for months.



I applied for early admission.

Harvard has been my dream
school since I've been little.

My mom went there, and I want
to follow in her footsteps.

Well, you're a shoo-in.
You have straight A's,

perfect attendance, not to mention
all of your musical achievements.

Plus, you're adorable.

That junk means
nothing to Harvard.

The only kid from our school
to get accepted last year

climbed mount Kilimanjaro, then
wrote a best-seller about it,

then adapted it into a
movie and starred in it.

And he was waitlisted.

Ooh, I know how you can
impress your interviewer.

You could invent something,

like a magic box with wheels
that drives you places.



A car?

Oh. Well, what about a machine that
you type on that knows everything?

A computer?

Oh. Well, what about something you eat
that's round and filled with jelly?

A jelly donut, like the
one you're holding?

Oh.

Well, I guess everything
has been invented...

And you're never going
to college, Ally.

Oh, hey, Trish.

I'm prepping for my
Harvard interview.

Which looks smarter...
this one or this one?

Mm, they both look dumb, because
you don't need glasses.

And they don't even
have any lenses.

Guys, we have some
terrible news.

Are you sitting down for this?

Our favorite ride
is being shut down.

"The star ship."

We used to ride it
every day as kids.

Only the bravest astronauts
would make it back alive.

It's the scariest, best, most
exciting ride in the world,

and we have to go on it again before
they close it down forever. Come on.

Ta-dah!

This is the scariest, best, most
exciting ride in the world?

Uh, yeah. Whoo!

I guess it was a little more
terrifying when we were kids.

I guess it was a little bigger too.
It must have shrunk.

Astro-Austin and
astro-Dez blasting off!

Whee!

Whee!

Whee!

Whee! Whee!

My interviewer will
be here any minute,

and I'm trying to make a
list of my accomplishments.

Why isn't this pen working?

Because it's a carrot.

I'm freaking out.

Interviews are easy.

Just make up a bunch of stuff
about yourself that sounds good.

That's what I always do.

But I don't want to lie.

It's not lying.

It's just saying stuff
that isn't true.

How do you think I
always get hired?

I don't speak mandarin, I can't
type 200 words per minute,

and I certainly don't
work well with others.

Ally?

You must be miss Jackson.

Please, you can call me Sydney.

Great.

And you can call me Ally.

Oh, you already did.

Look at us, bantering.

So, Ally, tell me
about yourself.

How long have you
been playing music?

Since I was two.

No, 35.

No, kangaroo. Wait,
that's not even a number.

Sorry to interrupt, but Ally's
lifetime achievement award

from the vice president
just arrived.

Do you want me to hang it up

with the rest of your
lifetime achievement awards?

Wow.

A lifetime achievement award,
and from the vice president.

Well, not the vice
president vice president.

More like the vice
vice president...

Of Florida.

Now please, Trish, no
more interruptions.

So, Ally, tell me about
your music factory.

So I know you said no
more interruptions,

but the Einstein foundation is on the
phone with an emergency math problem

that only you can solve.

Hello, Einstein foundation.

Hmm, well, the answer
is obviously 39.

No, you're the smartest.

No, you're the smartest.

No, you're the smartest.

No, you're the smartest.

You know what, Austin? You
should apply to Harvard.

You really think I'd have
a chance of getting in?

Oh, not the Harvard
Ally's applying to.

I mean "Harvvard"
with two "v's."

It's an online college.
They'll take anyone.

Dez, I don't want to
think about that.

Let's just enjoy the
time we have left

on the star ship before
it closes forever.

You're right. Just think
of all the little kids

who won't be able to make
happy memories on this ride.

Yeah, like us.

We want to make some
happy memories.

Scram, you! We called dibs.

Hey, remember when we made that
best friend adventure challenge,

to see if we could ride this
thing 100 times in a row?

100 times?

Some of us have never
even ridden it one time.

Of course I remember. We
never made it through.

Something always got in the
way, mostly our bedtimes

and the fact that you
always missed your mommy.

Now is our chance
to make it to 100

before they close
the ride forever.

Great. I came prepared.

Starting now. Here we go.

Ride number one.

Whee!

Whee! Whee!

Whee!

Whee!

Whee!

Okay, almost there.

Ride 99.

I'm not gonna make it.

We can do it. We're so close.

Dez, Dez, are you okay?

Maybe that second burrito at lunch
wasn't a great idea, or the third.

I'm sorry.

We came so close, but
I ruined everything.

It's okay, astro-buddy.

We can do it again tomorrow.

Guess whose best friend
got accepted to Harvard?

I got accepted into Harvard?

That's wild. I
didn't even apply.

I'm talking about Ally.

Well, we don't know
I got accepted yet.

I just got my decision letter.

Yeah, but it's the big envelope.

What's the big envelope mean?

The big envelope means that
there's a welcome packet inside,

which means you're accepted.

The small envelope means that
there's no welcome packet inside,

so that's a rejection.

I got the big envelope, so...

That's great.

I wanted to be with you
guys when I open it,

so we could celebrate
this moment together.

Well, what are you waiting for?
Open it.

Open it, open it, open it, open it,
open it, open it, open it, open it.

Okay, okay.

Maybe there's a big envelope
inside the small envelope?

I got rejected.

I think I'm gonna be sick.

Ooh.

Poor Ally.

Getting into Harvard
was her dream.

Apparently the admissions office
said her interview didn't go well,

which is hard to believe, because
we told some pretty great lies.

Well, Ally's always gotten
everything she wanted...

the perfect grades, the perfect
career, the perfect man.

Something had to burst
her bubble eventually.

Okay, now this is weird.

Ally's never been
late to class before.

Ally. Good. You're here.

The teacher was just about
to collect our homework.

Yeah, I didn't do it.

Ha-ha. Very funny.

I'm being serious, dude.

I didn't do the homework.

Trish, what's happening?

I'm scared.

Okay, dude, you dudes
all need to chillax.

Do you feel okay?

I feel better than okay.

I feel, uh, buh-doo-buh-doo.

Buh-doo-buh-what?

Saying words that make
sense is for chumps, dude.

I say "dude" now.

We noticed.

Ally, this isn't you.

It's the new me.

The old me who set goals
and got good grades,

only to have her
dreams dashed...

that girl is gone.

And new Ally is gonna sit at...

The back of the class.

But you always said
the back of the class

is for no-good-nicks
and ne'er-do-wells.

This is not good.

I don't know.

I kind of like this new Ally.

What? Go ahead and teach, dude.

Whee! Whee!

What's wrong? Why aren't
you saying "whee"?

I'm worried about Ally.

Eh, she'll be fine. And we
have bigger fish to fry,

like finishing our best friend adventure
challenge of 100 rides in a row.

We've been here so long,
I think I've lost track.

What number are we at?

109. I've been keeping count.

I thought I told
you to scram, kid.

Wait.

109?

That means we passed 100.
We did it.

Best friend adventure
challenge accomplished.

100!

And nine.

So, now what?

You could get off the ride and
give someone else a turn.

But then we'll never
see it again.

What if we make a new best
friend adventure challenge

to make sure the movers
don't take this ride away?

Yeah, we could attach
ourselves to it.

Good thing I brought this
industrial strength glue...

a classic protester move.

You've got to be kidding me.

You guys are the worst.

Let's see 'em get us
off this ride now.

Yeah.

Maybe we should have checked the
weather before we did this.

Don't worry, buddy.
I've got an umbrella.

It came with the tropical
smoothie I got earlier.

Ally, you can't hide
up here all day.

We have a music factory to run, and
I can't keep covering for you.

I've already skipped
two naps today.

Why would anyone want to take
lessons from a loser like me?

You're not a loser.

But, ugh, what is that smell?

Old pizza and dead dreams.

Ally, I know this
might sounds crazy,

but maybe lying isn't
always a good thing.

I'm not mad.

I'm the one who messed up, but
I don't feel bad about it.

You don't?

Well, good.

Here, I got you this book.

It lists every
college in America.

Did you know there's another
Harvard, spelled with two "v's"?

And you don't even need an
application, just a credit card.

Trish, you don't get it.

The point is Harvard
is just one college.

It's not that big a deal.

Exactly.

College isn't that
big of a deal.

Which is why I've decided not
to go to college at all.

But, Ally...

I changed my mind.

Oh, thank goodness. You're
gonna apply to college?

No, I changed my mind about how much
pizza I'm gonna eat this afternoon.

- Hey, Ally.
- Oh, you got us pizza?

No, this box is empty...

Like my life.

I'm on my way to return
all my library cards.

Now that I'm not going to college,
what's the point of reading?

Okay, see ya.

Wait, say what now?

Ally, seriously, wait.

I can't chase you. I'm
glued to this rocket.

What?

I know it sounds crazy, but what
you're doing is even crazier.

What's going on with you?

Ever since I got rejected from
Harvard, everything seems pointless.

What's the big deal
about Harvard anyway?

Just because it's the best
school in the country

doesn't mean it's that great.

Going to a college like that
is a life-changing experience.

But isn't your life
already great?

You've got your music
career, the factory, me.

Isn't that pretty good,
especially the me part?

It is.

I guess I just got obsessed with
trying to be the kind of person

Harvard would think is special.

But you are special.

Each of us is a star that takes
our own special journey.

Austin, when did you get
so deep and insightful?

Oh, I was just
reading that sign.

That makes more sense.

You know, I can't
keep fooling myself.

I still love school, and I
still want to go to college.

It's time to get back to
what's important to me.

Thanks for helping
me see that, Austin.

Aww.

Okay, Ally, time for you to go.

I'm gonna go wash my hair

and change into some clothes
that don't smell like pizza.

I think maybe talking about college
has us all a little freaked out.

Maybe that's why we're hanging
out on this ride so much.

Duh.

This ride is a metaphor symbolizing
our fear of growing up.

Seeing Ally go forward
into adulthood,

represented by college, caused
us to regress into childhood,

represented by this
juvenile ride.

What? Ally's not the
only smart one.

We should get off
this thing, Dez.

We've had our fun.

Yeah, we can't hold onto
our childhoods forever.

It's time we blossom, like
two cocooned butterflies,

into grown-up, brave
butterfly men.

How are we gonna
get off this ride?

Our pants are still stuck.

Goodbye, childhood.

Goodbye, pants.

- Hey, guys.
- I'm not crying. You're crying.

You finally got off the ride?

Yep.

You know you left your
pants on it, right?

Yep.

This is astro-Austin and
astro-Dez, signing off.

Here, astro-little-boy.

You deserve this.

Best ride ever, right?

Totally worth the wait?

Eh, not that great.

I'm rich!

I can't believe I got so turned around
in the college admissions process

that I forgot how important
the music factory is to me.

And I'm glad I'm teaching kids,
instead of trying to act like one.

Bubbles.

Miss Jackson, what
are you doing here?

Well, your friend Trish sent me these
letters from your music students.

I may not have met the real
Ally during our interview,

but these letter have given me a
glimpse of who you really are.

Trish, you did this?

Yep.

"Dear Ally," thank you for
always believing in me.

"I want to be just like
you when I grow up."

"Ally is the prettiest, bestest,
"smartestest teacher in the world."

Aww, isn't that the cutestest?

Look, I am sorry about
that interview.

I should have stuck to talking about
the things that I've actually done,

because that's what
I'm really proud of.

You know, you look just
like my aunt ruthie,

but people must tell
you that all the time.

Ignore him. He's a doof, and
people tell him that all the time.

Anyway, Ally, you have turned your
dreams into a flourishing career,

and now you help others achieve
their dreams with your school.

This makes you a very
special young woman.

Thank you.

Which is why I'm here now.

I'd like to offer you a
do-over on your interview.

Really?

- Mm-hmm.
- Wait, right now?

Because I didn't have
any time to prepare.

Maybe that's a good thing.

Are you sure you're
not my aunt ruthie?

Because you have the
exact same whiskers.

Hey, guys. What's up?

Uh...

Your decision letter
from Harvard came.

Sorry, it's the small envelope.

You know what? It's okay.

I was honest in the
interview, and I did my best.

Harvard or no Harvard,
I'm proud of myself.

I got in! I got in!

I'm going to Harvard!

- That's incredible.
- I'm so proud of you.

Guys, I have the
most amazing news.

We do too. Ally
got into Harvard.

Oh, that's pretty good news,
but my news is even better.

Remember how sad we were that
they were closing the star ship?

Well, guess what. They
weren't closing it.

They were just moving it.

Really? After all that?

They moved it right outside
the music factory. Whoo!

Awesome!

I mean, we're grown-up men who don't
care about kiddy rides anymore.

Oh, yeah.

We've blossomed into
beautiful, manly butterflies.

Maybe one little
ride wouldn't hurt.

Yes! Astro-Austin and
astro-Dez are blasting off.

What do you say, astro-Trish?

Want to ride into space?

Why not, astro-Ally?

Hey, kid, give me
back those quarters!

Never!