Dance Like No Mom Is Watching

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Dance Like No Mom Is Watching

Premise:
When Hailey takes on the list item “Get the Top Score at Mega Dance Hero,” she discovers a breakdancing secret from her mom’s past.

Broadcast Information

Airdate
July 1, 2023 (Disney Channel)July 19, 2023 (Disney+)

Production code
108B

Paired with
"Bringing Home the Beacon"

Viewers
TBA

Production Information

Directed by
Leslie Park

Written by
Lindsey Reckis

Storyboard by
Ryan Augustin & Kaden Westbrook

*List of episodes*

— Hailey Banks

"**Dance Like No Mom Is Watching**" is the second segment in the seventh episode of the first season of ***Hailey's On It!***. It is also the thirteenth episode of the season overall. It premiered on July 1, 2023 on Disney Channel.

Plot
Hailey and Scott complete the next item off the list: collect honey from a beehive. While Hailey feels highly accomplished, Beta once again downplays her success and suggests that she try the next item on the list, which is to eat a raw onion. Annoyed at Beta choosing the items on the list, and noticing his glitches, Hailey tells Beta to get an update and leave the next decision up to her. After he leaves, Hailey tells Scott that she is picking a "fun" item on the list which is to get the high score at Mega Dance Hero. Meanwhile, Beta goes into update mode which sends his mind to a virtual spa where he goes to get a relaxing massage.
Hailey goes to U.F. Dough, the pizza place owned by the Denogas, to try out Mega Dance Hero. She is shown to be a pro at the game, but upon reaching the last level, a hip-hop themed stage, she is unable to break the high score as she is incapable of breakdancing and comes in second to the highest scorer Sludge Buzz 37. At the suggestion of Sunny, Hailey checks out an old music video featuring dancer Radical, only to learn that Radical is her mom Patricia. Patricia offers to teach Hailey out to breakdance properly and through rigorous, yet very unusual training, Hailey learns to lean into the spinning, though Patricia leaves to take care of another client.
Hailey returns to the game and once again rises in the ranks until she gets to the last level, where Patricia suddenly arrives, mainly to pick up lunch, but to also see her daughter in action. Hailey plays the final level and finally manages to get the high score, checking another item off her list. Hailey and Scott return to a newly refreshed Beta to the good news, only for him to furiously tell Hailey that she had already completed that task on the list "two years and three days ago", an event that Scott recalls as Hailey got brain freeze. Hailey apologizes for taking Beta for granted and Beta forgives her, but forcing her to eat a raw onion.

Cast
Main Cast* Hailey Banks
* Scott Denoga
* Beta

Additional voices* Patricia Banks
* Sunny Denoga

Trivia
Continuity* Hailey and Scott complete another list item: Number 109.

Other* This episode was originally paired with "Seas the Day," and was also originally the eleventh episode produced alongside it.
* This is the first time where Hailey completed a task that she had already done. Beta tells her that she already did it over two years ago, somewhat bringing into question how much time has passed since the first episode.
* When Hailey plays the Polynesian level in Mega Dance Hero, the avatar is dressed in an outfit similar to Moana's, Auli'i Cravalho's other famous character.

Gallery

References

1. ↑ July 2023 Programming Highlights