Season One Episode Four

The fourth episode takes place during the Crumplebottom Academy student council elections.

## Main Plot

Sean Romeo is doing homework when her mom walks in. She notices a crumpled up piece of paper on the table. It's a flyer for the Crumplebottom Academy student council elections! Sean says she's not interested, despite her involvement with local politics, as a protestor and helping out her city councilman dad. She doesn't want to participate in any school-sanctioned activities. Some rich kid was probably going to win anyway.

Meanwhile, Ezra McDaniels is reciting his campaign speech to front of Clover Reynolds. He's really feeling the pressure to win the race for eighth grade president because his late father was a state senator.

The next day, at school, Ezra catches Sean signing up for student council. He says he's surprised, because she didn't normally participate in extracurricular activities.

At lunch, Ezra talks to Yuri, Clover, and Harvey about his new opponent. He says he's nervous. Yuri and Clover convince Ezra to host a campaign party while his mom is away.

That night at dinner, Sean reveals to her father that she's running for eighth grade president. He thinks it's a bad idea. She's different than her snobby classmates, and if she thinks she'll be able to make real changes, then she's naive.

Sean is just hanging out when she sees a video on Simstagram of Ezra's campaign party. She decides to crash the party and give Ezra a piece of her mind. At the party, Clover steals some liquor from Ezra's mom's bar. When Sean arrives, Ezra is busy trying to take care of Clover. Sean confronts Ezra and brings his late father into the fight, saying that as a senator he wasn't actually interacting with the people he was making decisions for. Sean decides to write a speech that would destroy Ezra's character.

At the campaign assembly, Sean is ready to deliver her cruel speech, but after hearing Genevieve attack Dante, she has a change of heart. Then, Ezra tells the crowd that he thinks Sean is a worthy opponent and that either candidate is a good choice. Sean has to give a speech from her heart, and says that while she's not rich, popular, or a genius, she cares about her fellow students and would think of each and every one of them when making decisions.

Ezra ends up winning the election! Sean is disappointed and does not congratulate him. But, she does accept his offer to become the vice president.

## Subplots

Genevieve Diaz prints out posters with her face on them. She's running for 7th grade president, and it doesn't hurt that her dad is one of the most famous soccer players in Sim Nation.

At lunch, Freddie and Dante Bollinger chat with Joey Moreno about how unfair the election is. Genevieve was running unopposed, and her winning would set an unfair precedent for the rest of their Crumplebottom careers. Freddie and Joey convince Dante to sign up. They'll help him with posters and his campaign speech! Dante and Freddie's older sister Holland thinks it's a bad idea for Dante to run. She thinks he should just lay low.

At cheerleading practice, Alaska informs Genevieve that she has competition. Dante is running against her now! Genevieve is not happy.

When it comes time for the campaign speeches, Dante gives a humorous and good natures speech while Genevieve slanders Dante's character, citing his un-matching socks and lack of extracurricular activities as proof that he can't be a part of student government. Genevieve's ad hominem attacks make Holland so mad that she leaves the theater.

Genevieve ends up winning the election, despite her mean speech. When Holland goes to find Dante, she finds out that he's in the principal's office. Apparently, someone drew mustaches all over Genevieve's posters, and he was being blamed. But the truth is, it was Holland who drew the illicit facial hair! Holland comes clean, but it still cost Dante the election, and Holland gets a month of detention. Dante isn't mad, though. He's happy that his sister stood up for him!

## Quotes

* " What's that smell?." - Genevieve
 "The smell of success?" - Patina"Ugh no, I think the wood shop students are soldering again."- Genevieve
* "The lunch lady said this grilled cheese had four kinds of cheese in it, but I can only taste three." - Harvey"That is truly fascinating." - Yuri
* "Presidents have to give speeches. And speaking in front of crowds makes me throw up. But you're able to speak in front of crowds without regurgitating!" - Freddie to Dante
* "I'm not scared of Genevieve. She's like 4 feet tall." - Dante"I'm scared of her." - Freddie
* "Clo, tell me why you smell like my mom's book club when they let loose?" - Ezra
* "Did you know that last year we held two separate fundraisers for the Willow Creek Yacht Club regatta?" - Ezra
* "If my mom AND Holland aren't gonna be home for dinner, that means I can have frozen macaroni and cheese!" - Freddie

## Trivia

* Sean once got into an argument with the mayor of Sim City, Griffin Campbell.
* Ezra references party juice, the drink of choice for The Sims 2-4 universities.