I Am Hannah, Hear Me Croak

"I Am Hannah, Hear Me Croak" is the fifth episode of Season 2. 
== Plot ==
Hannah sings too many encores at her concert, straining her voice. Miley wakes up the day after the concert and finds that her voice is gone. Robby Ray suggests that she not talk for a week and use a whiteboard to write out what she wants to say. During that week, Oliver and Lilly (unintentionally) embarrass Miley.
After a week, her voice is better, and she's able to sing at her concert that night. During the concert, she sings fine until one point in her song "Life's What You Make It", she starts singing badly--it's decided then that Miley should see a doctor.
When a doctor does come to their home, the doctor explains to Miley that in order to preserve her singing career as Hannah Montana, she'll have to undergo a special surgery for it. The doctor and Robby both try to assure Miley that she's in good hands, as the doctor performing the surgery is one of the best doctors in the country and the chances of something going wrong are extremely slim. But Miley still worries, and while she's sleeping that night, she has a nightmare that her voice doesn't get better and, with her singing career gone, no one cares about her anymore. She is reduced to the position of a poorly treated servant girl, table, and coat rack, while Jackson has become a rock star called "Bucky Kentucky" who receives all of Lilly and Oliver's attention.
Miley and Jackson's late mother (played by Brooke Shields) then appears in the dream and tells her that her friends will be with her no matter what, since they were friends with her long before she even became Hannah Montana. Her friends and brother come back into her dream and reassure her as well, with Jackson reminding her that he's a terrible singer and, overall, isn't nearly as musically talented as she and their dad are.
Robbie comes back into the dream as well, and as Miley's talking to Jackson and the others, Mrs. Stewart gets mad at her husband for the dream -- Robby had given some hot chocolate right before she went to bed and his wife chews him out for it, as having sugar before bed has always given her nightmares. In the end, Miley has the surgery done and her career as Hannah Montana is ultimately saved.
==Trivia==
*When Miley and Lilly are at the beach Lilly tickles Miley’s sides to get her to spit out a lollipop from her mouth. In real life, Miley's biggest no-no is tickling her. She revealed this in the Hannah Montana 2-Disc Special Edition Soundtrack.
*At the end of the episode Miley and Brooke Shields sing a snippet of "You and Me Together". The full version can be heard on the Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus
*The song "Life's What You Make It" is played three times in this episode.
* Goof: When Miley was talking to her dad Jackson was there, but in the next scene he was gone, and in the next scene, he is back.
*This is the first appearance of Miley and Jackson's mom.
*Bucky Kentucky is an obvious spoof of Hannah Montana. 
*Miley's outfit resembles the Classic Disney Movie, Cinderella.
*It can be inferred that Miley misses her mom.
*While the specialty of the doctor performing Miley's surgery is never revealed, he could be some kind of otolaryngologist (aka, an "Ear/Nose/Throat" doctor), since the surgery Miley underwent was (presumably) some kind of throat surgery. 
*The title is a reference to the Helen Reddy song, "I Am Woman", which includes the lyric "I am woman, hear me roar".
==Quotes==
:Oliver: Wow, a week without talking. You know, that's gotta be tough for a girl. Now guys, we're different. I don't need to talk. I could not talk for a month and it wouldn't bother me at all. But girls? Talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, "Hey, Sally, nice capris." "Oh, I love your purse." (reads what Miley wrote on the whiteboard) Oh, now that's just rude.
:Miley: Daddy, there was a one in a million chance that you'd be a rock star and that happened. There was a one in a million chance that I'd be a pop star and that happened. Face it, this family's one in a million central!
:Mr. Corelli: "Four score and seven years ago..." is the beginning to what famous speech? (Oliver slides down in his seat) Keep sliding, Oken, I can still see you! Miley! Make me smiley! 
:Lilly: I got this one. (takes Miley's whiteboard) "Bettyburg's address. Oh, you mean Betty Burg's address. Who's Betty Burg? (Miley glares) Well, the only other thing on here is "I-heart-Dex" but I'm not gonna read that with him sitting right there! Oops!
:Lilly: [as she and Miley hug] Oh, it's so good to hear your voice again!
:Miley: [angrily] "I heart Dex"?!
:Lilly: [desperately] The last thing you want to do is overwork it!
:Miley: "Betty Burg's Address"?!
:Oliver: Oh man, did you make her look dumb!
:Miley: "Just plant one on her right now, big boy"?!
:Oliver: Oh, like you weren't thinking it!
:Jackson: Besides, what do you think's gonna happen? Just as the surgery's about to start, a meteor hits a bus. The bus drives into a hot dog stand, a giant neon wiener flies into the power lines, the lights go off in the operating room, and the next thing you know, you're spending the rest of your life singing like Aunt Pearl after she swallowed that kazoo! Remember? [Starts making kazoo noises.]
:Miley: Oh no. I'm never gonna be Hannah Montana again, all because of a giant wiener! [Runs upstairs.]
:Miley: Daddy, what if something goes wrong with the surgery, and I can't be Hannah Montana anymore?
:Robbie: Well, I guess you'll have to pack your things and get out! (pauses) Darlin', that's not gonna happen.
:Miley: How do you know?
:Robbie: 'Cause there's some things a daddy just knows. Like, I know the sun's gonna come up tomorrow. I know Uncle Earl's never gonna be an underwear model, and I know your voice is gonna be just fine.
:Oliver: [to Jackson/Bucky Kentucky] Dude, dude, dude, dude, you rock!!
:Lilly: [screaming] I LOVE YOU!!
:Miley: Guys! What are you doing? It’s Jackson.
:Oliver: I’m sorry, did you hear something?
:Lilly: Yeah. It sounds like a washed up pop star! (laughing)
:Robbie: Let’s go kids. We’re gonna be late for Bucky’s big concert. The limo’s waiting.
:Jackson: Last one in’s a Miley! (laughing)
==Continuity==
*Although it's already been established that Jackson and Miley's mother passed away (and it's implied that she died of some kind of terminal illness) no pictures or videos of her appeared on the show prior to this episode. However, Miley has a picture of her next to her bed.
*Mr. Corelli, who was one of Miley's teachers in season one appears and has moved on to teach at their high school.
==Production and critical response==
As the last episode of Hannah Montana's Freshman High-Five this episode premiered on Friday of the week. It placed 7 in cable viewing in the United States with 4.07 million viewers and 2.8 million households
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Category:2007