Being Human

"Being Human" is the fifty-first episode of Disney Channel Original Series American Dragon: Jake Long.
==Plot==
Jake, as a dragon, is flying over NYC with his friends, Trixie and Spud. He talks over a walkie-talkie to Trixie, who passes it to Spud. Spud presses a button which makes a cowboy dance and then a traffic light turn red. After almost getting caught by the driver, Trixie remarks how she and Spud are alike. Jake tells them to come on, or they won’t get yearbooks. They break into the van and steal three yearbooks.
The next day, Trixie and Spud are very happy about the yearbooks, and Spud tells Trixie how much he likes them. Jake comes over and tells them that, because of "dragon business", he missed Picture Day, a 9th grade dance, and a lot more. Spud reassures him that it’s been slow and if it stays that way, he’ll be able to get some yearbooks signed and attend a Make-Fun-of-Rotwood-Party. Jake gets his hopes up... as Gramps calls to tell him that there’s a magical emergency.
Jake rushes into Gramps’ shop to find out the emergency was only a test. He goes on to explain that he and Fu Dog are attending a three day Dragon Council Meeting. Sun also states that she and Haley would be dragon training with Jake in the meantime. Jake complains that the last week of Middle School is now. Gramps, however refuses to listen, and yells at Fu Dog, who is trying to whack himself with a limbo stick.
Jake rushes to Phys Ed classes to find that everyone is with another person. Spud informs him that they are picking graduations partners. Jake asks if Danika Hunnicutt was open but Trixie says all the girls have been taken. Spud unhelpfully offers him a partner, a CPR dummy. Jake complains that being the American Dragon makes him miss his normal life, before Brad calls for attention. He informs the other students of his prank on Rotwood, an exploding cake, only to get suspended for the rest of Middle School, the rest of the students readily selling him out as the guilty party after he insulted them.
At lunch, the friends talk about Brad. Jake then has an idea, thanks to Spud's perspective of suspension as a vacation over a punishment, and rushes home. Haley checks the rules, confirming such a suspension in the Dragon bylaws, but realizes Jake’s plan and threatens to call their Gramps. Jake convinces her not to, reminding her that she’s next in line if Jake’s plan works. She offers her assistance, but Jake declines, already having a plan in mind- he duplicates Brad's cake prank, giving it to the Dragon Council.
The Dragon Councils decide to reprimand Jake after the cake explodes, and as a result, Jake has his Dragon Chi taken for a week. Jake is excited to actually be a normal human being for one week. Back in NYC, Councilor Chang and her sidekick, Bananas the monkey, reveal their plan to make The Dark Dragon rise again.
Sun is preparing Haley for becoming the American Dragon. Haley claims that, unlike Jake, she won’t let anyone down. Jake is apologizing to Gramps for the cake incident, with Gramps unable to understand how this could happen. Jake says it was a bad recipe and that he would act like a regular human. At Rotwood’s party, he teases his principal, with the other kids saying that the imitation rocks. Haley, on the other hand is practicing her duties. After going through one round, Sun says she needs to do it again... 199 times, that is. Jake and co. are singing at Karaoke Night. At the same time, Haley is late for school and lies to her teacher about why she is late. Later, Haley has to find a troll’s wedding ring. She complains that the troll should be looking for it. At school, Jake loves the attention. After running into Danica Honeycutt, she agrees to be her graduation partner, forgetting their previous encounter (See Siren Says).
That night, Dad remarks how calm Jake is compared to Haley, who is severely stressed out, and some of her grades dropping from her inability to focus. Jake questions if she is buckling from the pressure, which she denies, despite all the evidence to the contrary. Soon afterwards, she gets a call from Sun to tell her Chang is at Magus’ Bazaar.
Chang is trying to find hydra scales and a phoenix feather. Sun and Haley attack them. Bananas pours Essence of Troll on Haley. Eventually, Chang defeats Sun and Banana finds the ingredients, and the two of them escape.
At the shop, half of Haley’s face is exposed to essence of troll in a fight with Bananas, while Chang subdues Song. Fu and Gramps return from the meeting, and Gramps is glad everything’s OK, but Haley still panics about her face, which is disfigured by the essence. In the middle of trying to reassure the girl, Fu, in his research, realizes that hydra scales and a phoenix feather are needed, along with the American Dragon’s chi, to make the Dark Dragon rise again. However, Chang and Bananas don’t know that Haley is the American Dragon, leaving that their target would be Jake.
Jake runs to his house, only to be stopped by Danica Honeycutt. She states that graduation uniforms were handed out early and, she picked one up for him. Danica says that it’s nice to move on. Jake promises to be there, and Danica leaves. Suddenly, Chang arrives. Jak. attempts to fight, forgetting that he’s not a dragon anymore and Chang easily captures him.
Later, Sun and Haley find Jake’s bag on the sidewalk. Gramps announces that Jake should’ve been home hours ago. Haley, panicking, blames herself, and accidentally tells Sun and Gramps of Jake’s plan. Grampa starts to go into a rant about how selfish and immature Jake was, before Haley cuts him off. She blows up at them, informing them that they don't know how hard it is to be the American Dragon, knowing herself as the current holder of the position, and lists all the sacrifices her brother had to make, such as saving the magical creatures no one knew about on a daily basis, lying to his own Dad about who he really is, and saying good-bye to the girl he loves, Rose. She expresses to them it's not selfish to want a few days off for doing such hard work, and snaps at them to step off her brother. She then sheepishly apologizes for her ending as the adults stare at her, incredulously. Gramps sends Sun and Haley to rescue Jake, and remarks that he has something to take care of. 
 
At the construction site shown earlier, Chang has Jake tied to a rock with sphinx hair (she thinks Jake is still a dragon). Jake claims he has somewhere to go, but Chang doesn’t seek to appease him. She pulls out the chi and finishes the potion. However, the Dark Dragon didn’t rise. She works out that Jake is a mere human, without his Dragon chi. Sun and Haley, having arrived, then attack. Haley frees Jake and Sun and Chang fight it out. Trixie calls, saying that Danica’s worried, to which Jake replies that he is a bit busy now, and asks to cover for him. Sun is eventually knocked out. Chang moves to steal Haley’s chi, knocking Jake aside in his efforts to protect her, calling him a pathetic human. Gramps arrives, and informs her that Jake is the American Dragon, retuning his grandsons Dragon chi, a graduation gift from the Council. Jake then turns into a dragon and fights Chang, pressuring the elder dragon. Bananas is about to help out by attacking Jake out with a crane, only to be defeated by Haley. As a result, the two are defeated and they flee to a tunnel, where rocks trap them, but the hook scrapes Jake.
Later, Gramps says he’s cutting dragon training in half, explaining that Jake is only 14 years old and deserves some time to hang with his friends. Sun says that Haley can fill in from time to time, as she had done a good job in her run as the American Dragon, and the four of them fly to the graduation ceremony.
Meanwhile, Jake’s blood falls onto the incomplete potion, with the Dark Dragon rising again.
==Characters in the Yearbook==
*Danika Hunnicutt
*Sun Park
*Professor Hans Rotwood
*Brad Morton
*Vicky Fickling
*Sara Oracle
*Arthur Spudinski
*Trixie Carter
*Mrs. Merker
*Mrs. Rose
*Mr. Carlson
*Mr. Lott
*Mr. Mack
*Kyle Wilkins
*Miss Kinder
*Stacey Wintergrin
*Jake Long
*Dolores Derceto (flashback)
*Huntsboys 88 and 89 (flashback)
*Hobgoblin (mentioned)
Category:American Dragon: Jake Long episodes