The Bigger Picture

**The Bigger Picture** is the eighth episode of the first season of Dreamzzz - Trials of the Dream Chasers.

## Synopsis

*The Nightmare King takes advantage of Logan's weakness in wanting to please the other Dream Guardians and manipulates him.*

**Extended**: *Backs to the wall with a surprise math test and the opening round of the Sheep Week games, Mateo and his friends track down their math teacher, Ms. Putnam, in the Dream World to find the test's answer sheet. But it turns out that within sweet little Ms. Putnam is a ginormous inner rage just waiting to be let loose.*

## Plot

At Francis B. Wooley Middle School, Mateo shows Izzie a comic of their adventures in the Dream World that she finds awesome, and believes he should show it to the others, or even Zoey, but he is unsure. Dallas and The Wolves then taunt them about their upcoming Sheep Week match between The Destroyers, making them curious as to who they are as well as being short handed. When Logan tries to tell them something, Julie Putnam and Coach Jeffries soon arrive and tells everyone to get to class before the latter confiscates Logan's sports drink, and was then convinced by how it'll make him feel like a tyrannosaurus. Pondering, he accidentally bumps into Julie, saying he didn't see her, due to her short stature.

In class, Julie tries to get everyone to listen to classical music, and was annoyed at Logan playing heavy music on his phone that she made a surprising outburst to get them to listen. She then tells them to concentrate on the test, telling them to study hard if they want to practice early for Sheep Week. At lunch, they ponder on how to study for the test and who'll join the Dream Chasers for their Sheep Week team as Logan managed to tell them he wants back in to prove his loyalty, and they accept. Izzie then shows them a poster for a club called Insomniacs, apparently consisting of victims of the Nightmare King. With lunch over and mocked by Dallas again, they then spot Mr. Oz, having bumped into Julie himself, talk with her about their dreams. Logan then comes up with a plan to get the test answers from Julie in the Dream World so they can get more practice for Sheep Week, to which they all accept.

They discover Julie likes to dream of school before they enter it to find many items floating around, including Izzie's friend, Beth, before they make a plan to split up and search for Julie, with Mateo, having spotted Zoey in her normal attire, goes alone, Izzie decides to investigate the Insomniac club, and Logan and Cooper travelling in a pair. Mateo eventually finds Zoey in the auditorium, playing electric guitar and was amazed by her talent, only to be caught by Zian. Logan and Cooper come across a glowing Coach Jeffries, who is acting like a tyrannosaurus and is obsessed with drinking Rad Radioactive before chasing the two, having spotted Logan with one when he grabbed it by the entrance. Izzie searches Julie's classroom, but doesn't find it before spotting Nova passing by and follows her. Logan and Cooper end up splitting up with Jeffries going after Cooper when the former gave him the drink. Logan soon comes across 'Lance' before voicing his anger at how the code he gave him was a bug in the Cyber Realm, 'Lance' claimed he done it before and had no problem. He then started to tally the many times Logan screwed up before mentioning Lunia's Hourglass, which he claims to know a guy and can get it fixed. Cooper manages to lose Jeffries by tossing the drink away and went to hide in the library, where he finds Julie reading and listening to classical music. As he was about to talk to her, Logan bursts in, turns the music off, claims he didn't see her, swipes the test answer sheet, and gives her a mocking rap before she became enraged, took back the sheet, and grows giant, asking if he can see her now before Logan and Cooper take off with the giant Julie chasing them, kicking Jeffries aside in the process.

Zian brings Mateo to Zoey, who was annoyed at his intention before learning he couldn't tell her in the Waking World that he wants to know about her and be her friend. Complying, Zoey tells Mateo how she once lived in California and use to be in a band, until the Night Hunter took everything from her and is safer to be alone. Mateo tells how he also wanted to be alone, but if he didn't he wouldn't have had the guts to speak to her. Before they could talk more, they hear a noise outside. Izzie finds Nova in a classroom with more students, drawing the Nightmare King's symbol on the blackboard before Mateo passes by and she moves to follow him. They all regroup to see the giant Julie chasing them before they exit the school, where they come across Zoey and Zian, who, upon learning their intentions, chews them out for going to her in the first place, just as Julie came out, scaring everyone. Hiding behind Señor Tortuga, the Dream Chasers try to think of a way to calm Julie down before Mrs. Castillo tells them they need to see the bigger picture, making them realize Julie deserves to be seen. Mateo and Logan ride Z-Blob in drone mode and try to tell Julie, who was climbing a building, that they see her, but after Logan makes another rap, it makes her more upset and swats them away. Zoey and Zian manage to catch them and believe that not only should she be seen, she should be heard. Coming up with a plan, the Dream Chasers, with help from Mr. Hopper, bring Julie to a stretch of road where they had dream crafted a giant piano that she steps on and starts to play on it, until she reached the end of it. Mrs. Castillo then begins a round of applause, calming Julie down to regress her back to her normal size while Cooper managed to grab the answer sheet.

The following morning, Mateo was surprised to be greeted by a smiling Zoey before taking his seat as Julie comes in, feeling revigorated from her dream that she wrote a new test, shocking everyone. Later that day, at the track, the Dream Chasers, noting they had failed the test, wait for their turn in Sheep Week while concerned about The Destroyers and were surprised to see Jeffries frightened by a passing Julie before he announces the start of Sheep Week. After a team's elimination, it was the Dream Chasers' turn at tetherball, Logan wishing he stuck with The Wolves, until they meet The Destroyers, a bunch of nerds, that they easily defeat because they had no skill. While celebrating their victory, Cooper reveals he hasn't forgiven Logan for the whole idea before the latter tells Mateo and Izzie he hopes to get a second chance.

## Appearances

### Characters

#### Cast (in alphabetical order)

* Coach Jeffries - Adam Nurada
* Cooper - Mike Taylor
* Dallas - Jesse Moss
* Izzie - Larissa Dias
* Lance - Adam Kirschner
* Logan - Vincent Tong
* Ms. Putnam - Tabitha St. Germain
* Mateo - Marcos Cardenas
* Mr. Oz - Brian Drummond
* Mrs. Castillo - Maria del Mar
* Nightmare King - Brian Drummond
* Nova - Maryke Hendrikse
* Susan - Laara Sadiq
* Zoey - Sarah Jeffery

## Trivia

* Throughout the whole episode, Cooper doesn't wear gloves in the Dream World.
* The classical piece playing on the phonograph near the end of the episode is Antonio Vivaldi's 'Winter' from The Four Seasons.