Wild Ride

**Wild Ride** is the nineteenth episode of season one, and the 19th episode overall of the Comedies for Kids series *WildSide*. It first aired on November 23, 2011.

This episode was the eighteenth episode to be filmed in Season 1. Primary production took place between May 9-13, 2011.

## Overview

Rachel buys a new car, which prompts her friends into brainstorming ways to use it. The friends end up going with Rachel's idea: to spend the day hiking. The day ends up in disaster, especially when the friends are targeted by out-of-control birds and a ditch of quicksand.

## Continuity

* In Wild Pilot, Gary mentions that he had over $10,000 saved up. In this episode we see all of that money in his backpack.
* The mall that Justice mentions frequently in this episode previously appeared in Wild Soup Seller.

## Future References (contains spoilers)

* In Wild and Wet, it is revealed that all of the characters took two hour long showers following the events of this episode.
* The way the friends vote on their destination is used again in Wild Dream Come True.
* In this episode, April is revealed to be a fan of the song Wild, Wild West (the show's theme song). We later learn that Rachel is a fan of it in WildSide Joins the E.G.G. Plant.
* Dean mentions the events of this episode in Wild Weather.
* The friends pay a visit to the camping portion of the woods in Wild Bigfoot. A couple of scenes are similar to scenes to this episode as well regarding the friends getting lost.
* A few scenes from this episode are featured as flashbacks in Wild and Bad Memories:
	+ Rachel stepping out under the rock following the birds' ambush and getting pooped on one last time is displayed in Rachel's bad memories.
	+ Justice getting pooped on for the first time is displayed in Justice's bad memories.
	+ Gary (and Rachel) getting stuck in quicksand is displayed in Gary and Dean's combined bad memories.

## Cast

### **Main Cast**

* Sierra McCormick as Rachel Norman
* Chloe Moretz as Justice Leonardo
* Kyle Massey as Gary Fisherman
* Zachary Gordon as Dean Ford
* Rebecca Graham as April Haden

## Trivia

* This is one of the rare episodes that doesn't feature any recurring characters or guest stars.
* This is the first episode that mentions the P-Pad by its name.
* It is revealed that Rachel got her driver's license at the age of 11, and she was taught by her father.
* In the original script, April was supposed to get stuck in quicksand instead of Justice. This was changed at the last minute due to Rebecca Graham having a cold during the episode's production.
* The friends' proposals for the final road trip destination were (in order):
	+ April: Colorado State School
	+ Justice: The mall
	+ Gary: The American treasury building
	+ Dean: The science museum (specifically its new solar system exhibit)
	+ Rachel: Hiking in the woods
* The compass app on Rachel's P-Pad costed her $40.
* Running gags: Rachel's compass app displaying both south-east and south-west and Justice saying "This wouldn't have happened if we were at the mall!" in response to something bad happening.

## Goofs

* It is illegal and impossible for Rachel to have a driver's license and car given her age.