Wild School

**Wild School** is the second episode of season one, and the 2nd episode overall of the Comedies for Kids series *WildSide*. It first aired on September 30, 2011.

This episode was the second episode to be filmed in Season 1. Primary production took place between January 10-14, 2011.

## Overview

The friends begin attending Colorado State School and meet the school principal Mr Leopron who has strict rules set in place. During her first science lesson, Justice manages to get her cell phone taken off of her; causing her extreme distress. It is up to her friends to help her get her phone back by breaking into the school at night.

## Episode Summary

The episode starts with Dean pacing around the front part of the living room, and Gary lying on the couch counting a stack of money. Dean finally breaks the silence by attempting to ask Gary a question, however Gary claims that he was too busy counting his money. Dean decides to proceed with his question anyway, and asks him about his opinion on a new song he wrote; written about Rachel. He then promises to pay Gary later, and proceeds to begin singing the song. At the end of his performance, Rachel enters the room, and begins to grow curious about who the song was about. Dean quickly denies that it wasn't about her, which causes Rachel to quickly change the subject. Rachel reminds the boys that it was their first day at their new school, and encourages them to get ready. She then asks Gary about April's whereabouts, and the boys proceed to go up to their rooms to get dressed.

After the opening credits, the five friends are shown entering the front door to their new school for the first time. Justice makes a few negative comments about her hatred towards school, before the group are greeted by their school principal, Mr. Leopron. Mr. Leopron introduces himself, hands the friends their student manuals, and directs them to their new lockers. He provides the friends the task of selecting their own lockers, and everyone except Justice agrees to do so. Justice instead decides to text on her cell phone, which is immediately pulled up by Mr. Leopron. Mr. Leopron reminds Justice about the school rules regarding cell phones, and tells her to put it away. Justice then discovers her locker location, and Mr. Leopron leaves the friends alone to prepare for their next class. Justice begins to protest to Rachel about the school rules, however Rachel chooses to ignore her. The viewers also quickly learn that Rachel, Dean, and Justice were scheduled to be in the same science class, and Rachel and Dean proceed to head there.

Rachel and Dean enter their new science classroom to a room full of students. They are also greeted by their science teacher, Mr. Gray, who instructs them to take their seats. Mr. Gray then encourages the two to introduce themselves to the class, and they do. After their introductions, Mr. Gray questions the two about the whereabouts of Justice. A split second later, Justice appears in the corridor outside of the science classroom; screaming insults to a cafeteria staff member. After the argument she finally enters the classroom, but refuses to make eye-contact with Mr. Gray or any of the other students. Mr. Gray then decides to assign his class some textbook work. This prompts Justice to put her feet up on her desk and pull out her cell phone to text. Mr. Gray reminds Justice about the school rules regarding feet-on-furniture and cell phone, and Justice responds by attempting to prove her innocence. She tells Mr. Gray that her cell phone was a calculator, and at first, Mr. Gray believes her and tells her to put it away. Justice refuses to, which prompts him to take her cell phone off of her for one week. Justice responds by letting out a loud scream, and attempts to persuade him to give it back to her in a muffled tone. In response, Mr. Gray decides to keep Justice's cell phone for two weeks, and Justice appears absolutely distraught as a result.

Rachel and Dean (along with Justice) meet up with Gary after class, and tell him about Justice's cell phone incident and how upset it made her feel. Gary reassures the friends that by the end of the school day, Justice would be "over" the ordeal. The scene then cuts to after school, where Justice tells her friends that she isn't "over" the ordeal, and responds by sulking into the couch. Dean and Rachel attempt to cheer her up, with very little success. Finally, Rachel suddenly gets the idea to sneak into the school, steal Justice's cell phone, and switch it with her own phone that has the same protective case on it. All of the friends seem eager on the idea, and the friends soon change into "stealthy" outfits. A brief montage is shown of the friends showing off these outfits, although the montage is quickly interrupted by Justice, who wanted the situation "over with".

When the friends arrive at the school that night, Rachel tells April to wait in the taxi cab. She then outlines her plan to the rest of her friends - that her and Justice were going to sneak into the school and switch the phones out, and that the boys were going to stand at the front door of the school and keep watch.

Rachel's plan soon gets underway, as she and Justice somehow manage to enter the school. Meanwhile on the outside, Gary and Dean are seen guarding the doors until Mr. Gray shows up and asks them about what they were doing. Mr. Gray informs the boys that he was there to collect his bag from his classroom. The two boys then proceed to make up a story as an excuse for Mr. Gray not being allowed to enter the school, but he doesn't believe it. Fortunately for them, Mr. Gray ends up forgetting his keys to his classroom, which makes him go back to his car to get them. When he leaves, Dean speaks to Rachel over a walkie-talkie, and tells her to hurry and grab Mr. Gray's bag on the way out. After the conversation, Rachel and Justice make their way into Mr. Gray's classroom and turn the light on to grab his bag. Rachel tosses Justice her old cell phone to make the switch, and Justice decides to take a moment to reconcile with her cell phone. Rachel then grabs her hand and encourages her to leave the building.

Meanwhile on the outside, Mr. Gray returns, and immediately notices the light on his classroom being turned on. He then begins to question Gary and Dean on it; unfortunately at that moment, Mr. Leopron turns up. The boys reassure the men that they weren't doing anything "suspicious", however at that moment Rachel and Justice walk out the school door. Rachel attempts to persuade the men that her and her friends were innocent, and hands Mr. Gray his bag. Mr. Gray then suspects the friends of stealing Justice's cell phone back, however he finds Rachel's old cell phone in his bag and immediately believes that it was Justice's. He reminds the friends that they were off the hook, and the friends decide to head home.

Back at the house, Rachel, Gary, and Dean, equally remind Justice about the importance of hiding her cell phone from Mr. Gray and Mr. Leopron in school, however she chooses to ignore them. The three friends also proceed to make comments about how much Justice appears to be addicted to her cell phone.

## Future References (contains spoilers)

* The friends' lockers and name plates introduced in this episode are displayed in every future episode that features the school. The name plates disappear by the beginning of Season 3.
* Rachel's cell phone makes a reappearance in Wild Embarrassment.
* Justice's frequent use of her cell phone at school becomes the main catalyst for the events of Wild Addict.
	+ The plot of both episodes are relatively similar, as they both deal with Justice getting her cell phone taken off of her for a strict amount of time, and Justice being present in the school after school hours.
* The gag of Justice pretending her cell phone is a calculator is brought up again by her in Wild Celebration.
* Several events from this episode is shown as flashbacks in Wild and Bad Memories.
	+ Rachel slamming her head on the roof of her locker and being being hit with the classroom door is displayed in Rachel's bad memories.
	+ Justice's over dramatic reaction to getting her cell phone taken off of her is displayed in Justice's bad memories.
	+ The friends getting away with the break in is displayed in Rachel's good memories.
* The order of which the friends stand in their first scene at the school is mirrored during their last scene at the school in Wild Finale.
* Mr Leopron mentions lecturing Justice in the hallway during his goodbye speech in Wild Finale.

## Cast

### Main Cast

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

### Recurring Cast

* David St. James as Mr Leopron
* Andrew Hill Newman as Mr Gray

## Trivia

* This is the second episode to be produced of the series, after Wild Pilot. The episode began production around one month after Wild Pilot was filmed.
* The episode title refers to Colorado State School; the school that the friends attend for the rest of the series.
* This episode marks the first time a song is performed in the show, with Dean's Rap.
* It is revealed that Colorado State School has a student manual, and every new student receives a copy on their first day. The friends also appeared to receive brand new textbooks on their first day, also.
	+ This is the only episode of the series to bring up the student manual.
* Rachel, Justice, and Dean are in the same science class, despite the fact that they are in different grades.
* Mr. Gray is the science teacher as well as the vice principal of Colorado State School.
* The person that Justice was yelling at from the cafeteria could've been Ernie, however this is never confirmed in-episode.
* After Justice screams loudly, images of the school exterior, the city of Denver, and planet Earth can be seen.
* Rachel received her cell phone for her 13th birthday, however she never used it. In fact, her cell phone has no battery in it.
* Rachel appears to be extremely flexible in this episode, as she can be seen doing flips in the school corridor.
* The United Nations is mentioned in this episode.
* Mr. Gray had been teaching at Colorado State School for at least fifteen years.

## Goofs

* Despite the episode title, this episode focuses more on Justice getting her cell phone taken off of her then the school itself.
* In real life, it is impossible for students from different grades to be put in the same class.
* During the break-in scene, a very obvious stunt double is used for Rachel when she's doing the flips in the hallway.