A Chinese Girl’s Celebration

**A Chinese Girl’s Celebration** is the eighteenth episode of season 2, and the thirty eighth episode of *The Friendly World’s Princesses*.

## Summary

It’s Lunar New Year and both of Melissa’s rich paternal cousins from China, Liu and Mingxia, had transferred to Disney Junior High School on her birthday today.

## Plot

The episode begins at Disney Junior High School where Mr. Pistoles is announcing to his class that they have two new girls from China who will become new students, the two girls are revealed to be Liu and Mingxia Chang, two of Melissa’s paternal cousins. Liu introduces herself and Mingxia, who is texting friends on her iDisney, to the whole class, as Melissa asks Shan-Tang if he knows them to which he explains he remembers them. Liu warns Mingia to put away her iDisney and introduce herself too or she will tell their parents on her, so the latter responds by putting it away and sitting in the new desks. Mr. Pistoles reminds Melissa of her seventeenth birthday tomorrow and that he and the rest of the school heard about it, much to her and Shan-Tang’s surprise. Liu and Mingxia offer to help with the gifts along with the special ceremony.

Later at lunch, Cindy, Silvia, Beatrix, and the others had heard about Melissa’s birthday. Kamila explains she heard other students whisper about it and Beatrix finds out that Melissa could be the same age as her, Jouhana, and Ayuka, who wonders what gift they should bring her as tomorrow is also Chinese New Year. Juliette hopes the party serves vegan food, but Kaori tells her not to worry as she’s told the caterers that the former is a vegetarian. Jouhana tells her cousin the Melissa had reunited with her paternal cousins whose names mean “willow tree” and “bright halo” in Chinese. Cindy reassures Hideko who agrees with Jouhana about Mingxia’s personality and attitude. Silvia asks if everyone is ready to prepare the ceremony on time for Chinese New Year to which everyone agrees on.

The next day, Liu wakes up from bed and gets dressed to meet her family for breakfast while Mingxia is woken up by one of the family’s maids Nanny Eleanor, who reminds her of breakfast time. At breakfast, Liu and Mingxia are seen with their family at the table, Liu perfectly dressed for Melissa’s birthday party and having pancakes and the latter having nothing but lumpy potatoes as a humiliating punishment for her behavior from yesterday. Liu greets their parents and younger siblings, who ask if she’s excited for Melissa’s party to which she is.

Later, Melissa, now dressed as a formal Chinese lady, is surprised with the party by her friends, Shan-Tang, Liu, and another Chinese boy named Li-Jie, whom Liu says is her boyfriend, while Shan-Tang says that it’s also Year of the Tiger today. Melissa thanks everyone while Liu and her boyfriend kiss during the party, ending the episode.

## Cast

* Erica Lindbeck as Cindy Sykes
* Jodi Benson as Silvia Wagner
* Kate Micucci as Beatrix Bailey
* Tara Strong as Melissa Chang, Nanny Eleanor
* Kimiko Glenn as Emma Gonzales-Sandiago, Ayuka Nakagawa
* Aubrey K. Miller as Juliette Robinson
* Gina Rodriguez as Kamila Sutherland-West
* Billy West as Shan-Tang Zhao
* Ashley Johnson as Liu Chang
* Kelly Osbourne as Mingxia Chang
* Haley Tju as Kaori Kagura
* Ashlyn Hudden as Jouhana Miura
* Meghan Strange as Hideko Shimizu
* Arturo De Pel as Mr. Pistoles
* Ben Schwartz as Li-Jie Chao
* TBA as Aunt Jia
* TBA as Uncle Tao

## Music in the episode

* Fluffing a Duck is played in the beginning of the episode.
* Sneaky Snitch is played in the scene of Nanny Eleanor asking Mingxia to come out of her room for breakfast.
* TBA is played in the end of the episode.

## Trivia

* Melissa turns seventeen in this episode, with her zodiac sign being a
	+ Surprisingly, her birthday is revealed to be on lunar new year.
* Emma, Juliette, and Kamila surprisingly maintain their current season 2 looks in this episode.
* One of Melissa’s cousins Liu is revealed to have a boyfriend named Li-Jie, the two lovers share their kiss at the end of the episode.