Lights, Camera, Distraction!

**Lights, Camera, Distraction!** is the seventeenth episode in Season 3 of JESSIE and the 69th episode overall. It aired on July 11, 2014.

## Plot

Jessie recruits the kids to help her direct, shoot and edit her work for a film festival. Things get complicated- will she finish her film in time?

## Cast

### Main

* Debby Ryan as Jessie Prescott
* Peyton List as Emma Ross
* Cameron Boyce as Luke Ross
* Karan Brar as Ravi Ross
* Skai Jackson as Zuri Ross
* Kevin Chamberlin as Bertram Winkle

## *Quotes*

> **Jessie: OK, you can be in it if you can tell me just one of your lines.**Tony: (mouthing very slowly)**Jessie: Thought so.(walks to the elevator)**Tony: Aw, man!
>
> (gasps)**Jessie: That doesn't count.**(Tony looks at Jessie weirdly)

> **Jessie: Seriously, You have a memory of a goldfish.**...........................

> **Jessie: Action! Whoa!**(Jessie falls)
>
> (Tony comes over)**Tony:Oh, mom! What's my line again?**Jessie: Oh, man.**Tony: Sorry, Jessie...Chantal. Who ever you are.**........................

> **Jessie: Action! Whoa!**(Jessie falls)
>
> (Tony at the door doing his job)**Tony: Hey! I'm still on the clock!**...........................

## Trivia

* The episode title is based on the quote "Lights, Camera, Action!".
* Tony returns in this episode.
* Zuni is a parody of Zuri
* Duke is a parody of Luke
* Tavi is a parody of Ravi
* Toby is a parody of Tony
* Chantal is a parody of Jessie
* Tony is a terrible actor
* Jessie wears the same dress she wore in the beginning of New York, New Nanny
* Jessie wears the same "prom dress" she wore in the episode Tempest in a Teacup
* Tony wears the same "prom suit"" he wore on the episode Tempest in a Teacup
* Nicolas Cage was mentioned
* The screen from the screening room was seen in this episode again
* It is revealed that Zuri is ten years old.
* The kids preferences and styles were represented and seen on this episode.
	+ Emma = a sucker for romance/fiction movies
	+ Luke = action and a lover for speed, cars and love
	+ Zuri = loves country, wild west, and old timey stuff
	+ Ravi = Indian, Bollywood stuff
* Zuri wears a tutu in this episode, and it is revealed that she doesn't wear them anymore
* It can be seen that Tony hasn't gotten over Jessie
* Ravi's costume on his epic imagination finale for Jessie's movie is a reference to Jafar from Aladdin.
* The scene with Jessie and Tony hugging is a parody of ***Twilight***.
	+ Ironically, years later, Debby Ryan would go on to play a vampire on the Netflix movie "Night Teeth"
* Luke's car scene with Jessie is a parody of the *James Bond* movies.
	+ Luke also made a reference to this movie by calling himself "Ross, Luke Ross"
* Underneath the Galactopus poster, a name can be seen which is Adam Lapidus Prodcuctions. Adam Lapidus is the writer and director of several episodes.
* Jessie attempted to recreate events from previous episodes, including meeting Tony for the first time (New York, New Nanny), her and Tony's first date (Used Karma) and her and Tony's first kiss in a teacup (Tempest in a Teacup).
	+ In Used Karma, Jessie and Tony had their first date on a park bench and Jessie was wearing a hoodie. In Jessie's recreation however, Jessie and Tony were sitting on a picnic blanket and Jessie wears a dress instead.
* DirecTV mistakenly classified this episode under TV-Y.

## Errors

* Jessie said that Tony's first words to Jessie were "Aw, man. Are you ok?". But, in the pilot episode, Tony says "Woah, You must be a really bad tipper."

## Transcript

*To view the **Lights, Camera, Distraction!** transcript, click here.*

## References

1. ↑ http://www.nickandmore.com/2014/06/26/disney-channels-july-2014-programming-highlights/

## Videos

File:Jessie episode July 11
File:Lights Camera Distraction Behind the Scenes!