Darla's Dream Dance

* First aired: 13 November 1982
* Story by: Doug Booth
* Duration: 11 minutes
== Summary ==
Darla organizes the school dance which has the theme "Heaven on Earth". The boys initially refuse to attend the event, but reluctantly do so, after Alfalfa learns that Waldo is Darla's dream date and Alfafla tries to win her affections. Spanky, Porky and 'Buckwheat are minding the refreshment table but after the punch ends up being spilled, they head to the kitchen and try to find the ingredients used in preparing the punch. They retrieve the ginger ale, but unbeknownst to the boys, a bottle that looks identical to a soda pop bottle flies into the carton of ginger ale - and little do they know it is "devilish" hot sauce.
Later, the punch is prepared, but then the boys learned they had added the hot sauce to the punch and strongly discouraged the patrons from consuming such beverage. Miss Crabtree, the Rascals' teacher, remarks on the good job they are doing, and is interested in having a serving of the punch - but the boys strongly discourage it. Waldo consumes the punch, and is very angry with the boys. Afterwards, Alfalfa and Darla are declared the king and queen of the dance, but a mishap using Buckwheat's cloud-producing machine, which makes the dance have a more heavenly feel, causes flour to eventually spread through the school, and firefighters quickly respond to the scene, assuming the school is on fire. The dream dance turns into disaster, and Darla leaves in disgust, but regardless the boys have fun by having a snowball fight and skating event - using dough created with the water from the firefighters' hose. Miss Crabtree catches the boys in their act of mischief, and as punishment they have to clean up the gym after the dance ends.
== Trivia ==
* When the school dance is under way, Darla wears a grey party dress, and became queen of the dance wearing a crown. She would also wear a queen's headgear - a tiara - in "Pete's Big Break".
* This is the only episode in the series in which Waldo's hair is seen in its entirety without his traditional captain's hat.
* This is one of only three known episodes set at school. The others were "Alfalfa for President" and "Science Fair and Foul". Of the three episodes, this is the only time a teacher at the school appears.
* Miss Crabtree, the female teacher in this episode, bears some resemblance to comedienne Jo Anne Worley, albeit with blue eyes.
* The props at the dance consisted of a gigantic crescent moon, stars, and maybe some planets, and Buckwheat created a machine that produces clouds using flour.
* The German-dubbed version, when aired on Boomerang Germany, has a running time of roughly nine minutes - implying that there may have been some material edited out of the version that was shown on ABC.
== Cast ==
* Julie McWhirter Dees as Alfalfa and Porky
* Scott Menville as Spanky
* Shavar Ross as Buckwheat
* Patty Maloney as Darla
* B. J. Ward as Waldo
== In Other Languages ==
* German: "Der Schulball"
 
Category:The Little Rascals
Category:Little Rascals episodes
Category:TV Episodes
Category:The Funtastic Index