Jared the Jealous

**Jared the Jealous** is the fourteenth episode of the eighth season of the Jared & Friends television series.

## Plot/Synopsis

What was a relaxing day in the Posse Lair turns into an uproarious rampage when things are getting really crazy in this mini hip-popera-musical style episode because for Jared's jealousy toward Phil, Maddy Cabral's new boyfriend, somewhat now confirming his secret crush on her. This jealousy gets the better of him when he calls a contest between him and Phil and his new Dance Pod game. They go neck and neck at each other, competing for Cabral's affection, even with Jared being one of the best dancers in the fleet, Phil isn't so bad and he catches up to Jared quickly, much to Jared's chagrin and anger. Jared soon then gets a vision that Phil will win the tiebreaker of the game and win Maddy's heart, and he will be left in the dust, causing him to go over the deep end to win by giving it his all, and he means his all in every last breath and Winx he has, which takes a toll on him by tiring him out because of his clouded judgement and competitiveness, causing him to collapse out of breath.

Theme(s): Friendship, Jealousy, Being Yourself

## Cast of Characters

* Jared

## Music

### Songs

1. J&F Theme
2. Oh No!
3. The Mad Song/When I Get Mad
4. Soldier
5. Why?
6. You So Jealous
7. Lose My Breath
8. Pump It - Black Eyed Peas
9. When I Get Mad
10. Being Me
11. That is What it Means to Be a Friend
12. You Can Count on Me/Best of Friends
13. Everyone is Special
14. I Love You

### Instrumental Background Music

1. Wild and Free
2. Stadium Rave
3. Expressolicious (from Winx Club: Mission Enchantix)
4. Fitty-Fitty
5. Only You

## Trivia/Notes

* This serves as a semi-sequel to Dance Contest in K-W, as shown by their similar plot points and methods
	+ This is supported by the Dance Pod game, which Jared and Professor Tinkerputt built, inspired by the dance contest
	+ In *Race for the Prime Stars*, the dance duel in this episode would be "rehashed" for the Prime Star to get the green Prime Star, except the jealous roles are switched and solidifies the need for this arc between Jared and Phil, highlighting one of Jared's prime weaknesses: being envious and jealous at times
* This episode is similar to Generation: Jared, as shown through Jared's more vindictive and overly impulsive side, as well as his inferiority complex, and how it affects him and others when he doesn't think through what he says or does (and it shows how fragile his ego can be sometimes)
* This episode reveals Jared's overarching secret crush on Cabral, which has been hinted or even outright out in the open, as well as speculated by fans, since Legend of the Lost Treasure
* During the dance duel with Phil, Jared wears his dance contest outfit from *Dance Contest in K-W*, which happens an outfit resembling Lola Cep's dance slam outfit from Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, but of course, it is given a Jared Robinson twist: a colorful basketball jersey over a purple t-shirt, along with his purple rock star sunglasses and his rocker red hat, and bright blue jeans and his famous red high tops. He also wears finger-less gloves. It also has some of the neon elements of the Winx Club Season 8 episode, *Dance Contest on Melody*
* The new song You so Jealous uses the instrumental music track of Ded Presidentz from Extreme Music's Hip Hop 3 album, and is sung in a style similarly used in the songs from MTV's 2001 film, Carmen: A Hip-Hopera, with Jared describing it as 'an classic old-school Destiny's Child-esque rap-singing, speaking to the rhythm style"
* Moral(s):
	+ Be True to Yourself
	+ Envy rots the bones
	+ Don't let your anger get the better of you
	+ Everyone is special
	+ Never count your chickens before they hatch
* It's revealed that Jared practiced his moves for the duel and contest on the Magical Musical Stepping Stones in the indoor garden
* This and select future episodes serve as part of Jared's "Growing Pains" arc in this season, which deals with him growing up out his more childlike state and accept what's happening around him as he grows up and starts college and becoming a young adult
* This has been stated to be one of Jared's favorite episodes thus far, because of the fun dancing and songs they all had to do in the form of a hip-popera and the overall prelude to the Prime Star hunt as well as teaching some of his moves to the others off-screen
* The dance duel music from the Winx Club episode *Dance Contest on Melody* is used during one of the duels and when Jared is practicing on the stepping stones