Athledecamathalon

### Synopsis:

The gang participates in a school event that combines both the academic and athletic decathlon.

## Paired with

"Secrets and Pies"

**"Athledecamathalon"** is the 14th episode in the first season of *Milo Murphy's Law*.

Milo and his class get unpleasantly surprised when they hear from Mr. Drako that, due to school budget costs, the school has had to combine the scholastic and athletic decathlons in in one single decathlon . To make matters worse, this was told to them at the very last-minute, while the team of their rival school was told months beforehand and therefore came fully prepared for it.

## Plot

Milo and his comrades are surprised to learn that their school's academic and athletic decathlons have been combined into one single event, named the Athledecamathalon, by Kyle Drako, who also oversees the event. To their chagrin, the mixed group of athletes and academics find that the opposing team has been aware of the event for three months, leaving them fully prepared. As a result, they quickly take the lead in the competition, quickly leaving Milo's team in the dust. Meanwhile, Martin and Brigette Murphy come to the school to drop off some items for Milo (including his lunch and body armor) and end up searching for a Soccer trophy Martin won in his youth.

Thanks to Murphy's Law the field on which the students are competing on is left in ruins near the end, though Milo is confident that this can actually improve the group's chances due to his own experience with such setbacks. The two teams then face the final event, making their way over the field to various computer terminals in order to answer questions. Little by little the teams are worn down until only Milo and the other team's captain remains, with Milo triumphing due to Melissa's knowledge of trivia. Meanwhile, Martin inadvertently causes some damage to the school while on his search for the trophy, and he and Brigette leave before more is caused, stopping to watch Milo's victory.

## Transcript

*For a full transcript of **"Athledecamathalon"**, click here.*

## Songs

* "You're the Best Remaining"
* "Athledecamathalon"

## Notes

### International Airings

* March 23, 2017 (*Disney Channel Latin America*)
* April 23, 2017 (Disney Channel Japan)
* June 2, 2017 (Southeast Asia)
* June 3, 2017 (HUngary)
* August 6, 2017 (Disney Channel Israel)

### Trivia

* This is the first episode to have a one-word title.
* Melissa knows the blood type of each American president.
* Wendy is never named in this episode but was named in the press releases.
* Vincent Martella was credited in this episode, despite Bradley not having any lines.
	+ Also, Bradley is seen for the first time since "Sunny Side Up".
* The school has some unbreakable windows from when Martin attended.
* Chad believes that Mr. Drako is a vampire.
* In Milo's flashback of his family watching a game show just as the power goes out, Sara is seen wearing the outfit she wore in "Family Vacation".
	+ Additionally, during said flashback, the quiz game show layout and jingle is similar to the *Jeopardy!*
* Diogee is absent for the second time. ("The Wilder West")
* There are six Middletown Middle School Middlemen but only five are ever seen at one time. Wendy, the brunette girl and the blonde boy alternate in and out from scene to scene when the Middlemen are introduced, for the remainder of the episode the blond boy disappears.
* When Milo's team is celebrating their victory, Zack's left foot is superimposed on top of his right foot.
* During the Javelin geography contest, South Sudan is still seen as part of Sudan.
* In the crowd of people cheering for the Geckos at the end there are recoloured character templates of Martin, Brigette, Wendy, and the dark haired Middlemen girl.

### Locations

* Danville
	+ Jefferson County Middle School
		- Hallway
		- Mr. Drako's room
		- Football Feild

### Cast and Characters

* Al Yankovic as Milo Murphy
* Sabrina Carpenter as Melissa Chase
* Mekai Curtis as Zack Underwood, Rock Band (credited as additional voices)
* Kate Micucci as Sara Murphy (Appears in flashback(s))
* Diedrich Bader as Martin Murphy
* Pamela Adlon as Brigette Murphy, Cherlyn (credited as additional voices)
* Mackenzie Phillips as Elizabeth Milder, Middlemen (credited as additional voices)
* Greg Cipes as Mort Schaeffer, Middlemen (credited as additional voices)
* Vincent Martella as Bradley Nicholson (Non-speaking cameo)

### Additional voices

* Jeff "Swampy" Marsh as Game Show Host
* Django Marsh as Chad Van Coff
* Landry Bender as Wendy
* Michael Culross as Kyle Drako
* Scott Peterson as Scott (Speaking cameo)
* Dan Povenmire as History Teacher
* Amanda Lopez (Cameo)

## References

1. ↑ https://www.gyerek-vilag.tk/2017/05/a-disney-csatorna-juniusi-ujdonsagai.html
2. ↑ Disney Channel PR‏: "Game on! @landrybender guest stars as Wendy, Milo's opponent in a school event, in tomorrow's new episode of #MiloMurphysLaw on #DisneyXD"