Boyz On Da Run

Boyz On Da Run was a three-part episode made for the short-lived Disney Channel series, Shorty McShorts' Shorts, created by Rob Reger and Brian Brooks.
==Story==
The short focuses on a famous boy band called DBFYC (Da Boyz From Young Culdesac) who've been secretly lip-syncing for years. During one of their concerts, The Synchotron 3000 broke down, causing their secret to be revealed. Now hated by their fans all over the world, the Boyz travel around the world to discover how to sing for real in order to gain the trust of their fans back.
==Part 1==
The short begins as a news anchorman named Rob asks a reporter named Brian Rescrest (a parody of Ryan Seacrest) about hot new boy band DBFYC (Da Boyz From Young Culdesac), to which Brian replies that the boys are going to have their first live world-wide simulcast concert.
While all their fans from around the world chant their name, we then see the boys in the golden office of their manager Stu who tells them that everything needs to be perfect for their performance. The boys also reveal that they have been lip-syncing for so long, they can do it in their sleep. Cory (their master who taught them cool dance moves) tries to get the Boyz to work on their dance moves but Stu tells them they need to get to the concert fast.
After leaving the building, we then see a small montage of them escaping from their fans, leading to the concert where everybody (even the president, who's ignoring the vice-president about the red phone) is waiting for the concert to start. The show opens to their new song "I Would Never Lie to You", but during the concert, the Synchotron 3000 breaks down, revealing that the boys did lie to their fans, who now hate them. The boys run from the angry mob and jump onto a train.
The boys can't believe that their fans hate them, and wish they had listened to Cory. Just then Skylar remembers what Cory said: "No harm to the boys shall come, if together the boy band stick." He begins to sing (with a tape recorder containing one of their songs) and the short ends with the train driving through a thunderstorm.
==Part 2==
In part 2, we see a small recap of the Boyz' performance as Rob (news anchorman from part 1) reports that the boys are missing and that the only way for their fans and the world to heal is if the Boyz are captured. We then see the train that the Boyz jumped onto in the last episode, where the train engineer notices a strange noise and stops the train to find the source of the noise. He then walks up to one of the cars to see the Boyz (excluding Ricky) practicing their dance moves, and asks what they are doing. Frankie pleads the engineer to not kick them out, but he decides to let them stay since he thought they were hobos. The Boyz are thrilled to hear that, until Skylar mentions that they're a boy band, so the engineer kicks them out.
As the Boyz give Skylar angry looks for blowing their cover, Skylar apologizes, but Cameron calls Skylar a "mama's boy" (causing him to call his mother), but Donny stops him, telling the others they need to stick together. Just then Ricky tells the guys he's hungry, and it turns out his bandmates are hungry too. Frankie gets an idea: he claps his hands twice, then looks around to see nothing. He tries again, but still nothing, much to the Boyz' confusion. Frankie then explains that when he usually does that, a plate of finger sandwiches appears, but Cameron tells Frankie that only happens when they are backstage, but they are not backstage anymore since they're hated. Just then Donny spots a diner and the Boyz walk in, but realize they don't have any cash. The waitress mistakes the Boyz for her new staff (because of their white clothes) and takes them into the kitchen, but unfortunately they don't know how to cook. Suddenly Cory (who has taken the form of a dill pickle) tells them, "If it's food you require, then the music shall inspire." The Boyz then start cooking and performing a song-and-dance number called "Diner Dance", not only feeding themselves but feeding all the customers, who applaud their performance.
Just then on the TV, a clip of last night's performance is shown, much to everyone's shock. The president states that the Boyz are now traitors of music and must be captured on the spot. The customers chase the Boyz out of the diner to the desert, where Ricky remarks, "Talk about a 'diner and dash'." The short ends with a magazine with a picture of the Boyz, bearing the caption "to be continued".
==Part 3==
In part 3, we see another small recap of the Boyz' performance as Rob (news anchorman from part 1 & 2) reports that the boys are still missing. Suddenly, he gets a news flash showing that the Boyz are still being chased by the angry mob from the diner. The Boyz end up in Canada, where the mob stops and says they can't go there.
When Frankie asks what Canada is, Cameron explains that Canada is a country, and it's where their last album went quadruple platinum before they became hated worldwide. Cameron realizes they need to go undercover so no one will recognize them. Ricky decides to make disguises out of trash. Donny disguises himself as an astronaut (with a fishbowl on his head), Ricky uses a banana peel as a mustache, Frankie disguises himself as a bald guy (with an old pot on his head), Skylar uses a ring pack as a pair of fake glasses, and Cameron wears a green suit. 
Just then the Boyz are approached by a few Mounties who tell them that they have crossed their border, and while it seems that they are in trouble, it turns out that the Mounties just wanted to welcome them to Canada. A news crew arrives at the border to see the boys being welcomed and given gift bags. Franky suggests they perform a musical number for them. The number ends with Ricky, shirtless and spinning two maple leaves on his chest, which shocks the Mounties, the news crew and even a couple of moose.
Later the Boyz are sent to jail for disrespecting the leaf, and as they are about to eat their meal, they meet their new cellmate, a huge lumberjack who steals their meal. As Frankie telld the Boyz he's starving, suddenly Cory appears (in the form of a rat) and tells the Boyz, "The birds don't wait for the bees, your own powers will sent you free!" Franky tells them to do another musical number. This time Ricky, Skylar, Cameron and Franky form bars and Donny tries to figure out how to escape. The song ends with the Boyz celebrating their freedom, only for Ricky to point out that they only escaped from their disguises.
Suddenly the roommate is surprised to see DBFYC in the cell with them (as he has a tattoo of them on his arm, meaning he doesn't know they are hated by the world). He tells them that he's their biggest fan and shows them that he has mastered some of their moves, ending with him standing on his toes only to have them broken. The Boyz walk backwards and break the wall. Now with a way out, the Boyz escape from prison and make it back across the border into the United States, where they are chased again by the mob. The short ends with the Boyz still running, and Frankie asks Ricky if he really was the one in the mustache.
==Main Characters==
*Donny: Donny is the tallest member with the glasses and white/orange clothes. He speaks with hip-hop slang and uses many hand gestures. He could be considered the de facto leader.
*Frankie: Frankie is the husky member with purple/white clothes. He speaks with a thick Brooklyn accent. He is the most clueless about life without fame.
*Ricky: Ricky is the short Latino member who mostly lip-synced the song "I Would Never Lie to You". He has red/white clothes. He doesn't appear very smart and gets upset easily.
*Skylar: Skylar is the slim member with the white/blue clothes, blond hair, and blue eyes. He is polite and trusting to a fault, which leads to Cameron calling him a "mama's boy" and appears to be the "cutest" member out of all of them and possibly the favorite.
*Cameron: Cameron is the Black member of the group. He has white/green clothes, a bandage on his cheek and platform shoes. He wears a white hat and a green necklace bearing his initial. He is the smartest member of DBFYC.
*Cory: Cory is the master of dance. He tried to get the Boyz to work on their dance moves, until Stu told the boys to get on stage. Cory appears when the Boyz need help. He seems to be able to shapeshift, as he appears in a different form every time he appears.
==List of Songs==
*Boyz on da Run
*I Would Never Lie To You
*Together Forever
*Diner Dance
*Mountie Dance
*Breaking out
==Trivia==
*"Boyz On Da Run" is the only SMS short to have 3 parts. There was going to be a fourth short but because the "Flip Flopped" episode led to controversy, Disney Channel quickly pulled the plug on the series in late May 2007.
*"Boyz On Da Run" is apparently the most well-received trilogy episode of SMS.
Category:Animated shorts