Rockstar Status

"Rockstar Status" is the third episode of the Disney+ series American Born Chinese.
==Synopsis==
Jin must decide between impressing his soccer teammates and helping Wei-Chen on his heavenly quest.
==Plot==
Sun Wukong and Guanyin meet at a Chinese buffet to discuss what is happening. Guanyin has placed a lot of faith in Wei-Chen to find the fourth scroll, but Wukong is still incredulous to it. He agrees to allow Wei-Chen to stay with her for one week, but if anything were to happen, he will come and pick up Wei-Chen and take him back home.
Jin has a strange dream about Wei-Chen and the Kugo Ren action figure before waking up and heading to school. He joins his fellow teammates at a pep rally where he spots Wei-Chen and suddenly remembers his fight with Zhu Bajie. Wei-Chen finally reveals that he is the son of the Monkey King and that he came to Earth after having a dream about a crane, the school's mascot. While Jin is able to fathom it, he reluctantly agrees to meet with Guanyin after school at five. However, Travis comes by and invites Jin to a pool party they are holding at his house, which he ends up agreeing to.
Christine is seeing her herbalist Ni Yang where she tells her that she has a headache due to her recent troubles. She speaks with Melly, Ni's granddaughter, and aspiring musician who reveals that their store is closing due to the lack of income and the increase in rent. Christine opts to buy a whole case of their herbs to be safe. Later while working at the church, she reveals to the other women the case of herbs and they offer to buy them off of her. While reluctant, she agrees to sell them. Soon afterwards, she gives the money to Melly while turning down having a cut, but Melly tells her that they would need more to stay afloat. When Melly reveals that they have a lot more herbs, Christine says her headache is gone.
At Guanyin's apartment, Wei-Chen awaits for Jin to arrive, believing that he will indeed show up. When he fails to come around five, Guanyin suggests that he openly pursue a real friendship with Jin and tells him to go out and look for him, to which he complies. Later, Niu Mowang, the Bull Demon, appears and asks Guanyin to join him, but she refuses, mocking him by reflecting a small mirror in front of him. The two fight, with Mowang showing his true form and shattering the mirror. Mowang leaves with Guanyin warning him about harming Wei-Chen. Once he disappears, Guanyin notices that a piece of the shattered mirror is gone.
Jin arrives at the party where he apologizes to Travis for attacking him earlier, though he easily forgives him. Jin has fun at the party and manages to speak to Amelia who informs him that the other guys plan to do something with him. Jin reveals facts about himself such as his dislike towards root beer and birds and him knowing the lyrics to "Despacito". As Jin attempts to leave, he is coaxed into taking part in the "Chump Run" where the older soccer teammates have the new players perform a series of actions with the winner getting a pair of golden cleats.
Jin heads to school to meet with Anuj and perform his first task which is to wear something stupid. Anuj gives him Pikachu pajamas and he heads off to the next task, continuously sending photos and videos to confirm each one. He must sing "Despacito" and dance in public, steal coins from a fountain, befriend a parrot, chug a liter of root beer, and finally must TP their rival school's statue of a bear. Jin goes to the church to get toilet paper and runs into Wei-Chen who agrees to help him on the condition that he eventually come meet Guanyin.
Wei-Chen uses the Jingu Bang to help wrap the statue in toilet paper and Jin ends up having fun with him. Afterwards, Jin gets a message confirming that he has won the golden cleats. Wei-Chen tells Jin to go and meet with his friends about it and that he can meet Guanyin later. As soon as Jin leaves however, Mowang appears and steals the Jingu Bang. Jin returns home with the golden cleats declaring that he had a good day with Christine also telling Jin that her day was good too.
Wei-Chen returns to the apartment where Wukong, Bajie and Sha Wujing (Sandy), are waiting to take him home. Guanyin reluctantly sees them off. Elsewhere, Mowang has the Jingu Bang and places the mirror piece into the end of it.
==Cast==
===Main===
* Ben Wang as Jin Wang
* Yeo Yann Yann as Christine Wang
* Chin Han as Simon Wang
* Ke Huy Quan as Jamie Yao / Freddy Wong
* Jimmy Liu as Sun Wei-Chen
* Sydney Taylor as Amelia Taylor
* Daniel Wu as Sun Wukong / The Monkey King
* Michelle Yeoh as Guanyin
===Guest starring===
* Mahi Alam as Anuj
* Stony Blyden as Andy
* David Bloom as Josh
* Justin Jarzombek as Travis
* Nicolas Cantu as Barry
* Leonard Wu as Niu Mowang / Bull Demon
* Brian Le as Zhu Bajie / Pigsy
* Josh Duvendeck as Marty K. Morris / Danny
* Larry Bates as Coach Garrett
* Lisa Lu as Ni Yang
===Co-starring===
* Jessica Ma as Melly
* Lee Chen as Mrs. Fan
* Celeste Den as Mrs. Liu
* Debbie Fan as Mrs. Tsai
* Mardy Ma as Mrs. Chin
* Xiaoshuang Fan as Sha Wujing / Sandy
==Trivia==
*The title is said by one of Jin's teammates who compares their sudden rise in popularity.
*Jin is wearing, obvious to all, Pikachu pajamas from the Pokémon series.
==Gallery==
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Category:American Born Chinese episodes