Belts, Bulls & Superfans

"**Belts, Bulls & Superfans**" is the fourth episode in Season 1 of ***The Villains of Valley View***. It first aired on June 17, 2022.

## Plot

### Synopsis

When Eva turns Mother’s Day into a gift-giving challenge with consequences, Amy tries to score her the best gift ever but is forced to resort to more villainous tactics to win.

### Full Plot

The episode begins with the Madden Family, Hartley, and Celia in the house's kitchen and dining area. Celia is fixing their broken garbage disposal when she realizes it's broken because someone has been shoving their unpaid parking tickets down the kitchen sink drain. Everyone looks over at Eva but she denies it, considering she doesn't have a state registered driver's license for Texas yet, even though they still think its her because they know she sometimes still drives without her license.

Hartley then tells Celia its okay for her to take a break and relax, since its Mother's Day weekend. But Celia tells Hartley that doing work is how she relaxes sometimes when she's in the mood to keep herself busy. Celia then leaves to go get a longer snake tool for the sink drain. After she leaves, Hartley then tells the Madden Family she needs their help to get her grandmother a gift for Mother's Day and surprise her with it. Vic suggests she just gets her something she'll know Celia will use, but Hartley says she wants it to be more unique and thoughtful.

Eva then asks Hartley what is Mother's Day really all about and why do mothers get gifts for Mother's Day, to which Eva explains that its a day to appreciate mothers and celebrate the importance of a mother's love and her role in a family. Eva says she wants the Madden family to focus more on just getting her gifts, more than the appreciation and the sentimental part. Eva and the Madden Family then explain to Hartley that most supervillains don't celebrate holidays, and that the only holiday they had was Onyx Day, the holiday Onyx created for the League of Villains to celebrate him and shower him with gifts.

Eva then announces she wants the Madden Family to have a competition: whoever gives her the best Mother's Day gift will be declared the "Winner of Mother's Day", and the losers have to spin her "Wheel of Torment." She even says she wants Vic to get her a gift as his wife too, and compete with their kids. Colby then comes in the room and reveals his helmet that goes with his supervillain uniform suit they made for him is *still* stuck on his head. Eva walks over to Colby and says she'll find a way to get the helmet off his head, but reveals the only reason she wants to do so is so he'll be able to participate in the Mother's Day gift competition.

At Valley View High School, Jake and Amy are talking to a fellow classmate, Milo, while he's looking through his locker in the hallway. Jake and Amy are trying to rush Milo who's taking too long. When they step off to the side while waiting for him to finish, Amy tells Jake that she's stressed out about the Mother's Day competition not because of the Wheel of Torment, but because she's never gotten their mom Eva a gift before and she wants it to be special. Jake then tells Amy that she shouldn't worry so much about the gift being special since their mom is vindictive, grouchy, and practically addicted to holding grudges, and that if she wants to worry about a gift being special, she should do that for a normal mom. Amy then says it's because of all those villainous evil qualities that she looks up to Eva so much and wants to make sure her gift is really special.

Jake walks away as Amy then goes back over to Milo and still tries to rush him to get out of his locker and go ahead to their next class. Milo finally finishes and walks away, so that Amy can get to her own locker next to his and hurry up and get her books out. Just as she's doing so, Hartley comes up to Amy and tells her she's excited because she thinks she found a collector of the best superhero memorabilia in the country. Amy angrily asks her where is it and how fast and where she can get a wood chipper so she can destroy it. Hartley then calms her down and says she can get Amy a superhero mask of Eva's arch-nemesis, Monarch, as a gift for Eva so Eva can take her anger out on it and blast it with her electricity and lightning bolt powers. Amy then agrees and says getting her that gift could make Eva feel like she has a battle trophy and make Eva really proud. Amy thanks Hartley for the idea and says Hartley might've actually helped her win their family's Mother's Day gift challenge.

Elsewhere, Vic and Jake are at a bull-riding cowboy ranch-themed restaurant after school about to order something to eat for lunch. In the middle of the restaurant, Vic and Jake notice a mechanical bull and sees a sign that says the best rider will win $500. He then says they can win the money and get Eva a gift so large and so expensive, that regardless of who wins they won't have to spin the Wheel of Torment either way.

Meanwhile, at a certain house, the house of the supposed collector of the superhero memorabilia, Amy and Hartley walk in together and notice it's dark inside and no light switch around. When they fully come inside and close the door, they notice a dark, shadowy figure in the room with a hoodie on, and he has the hood on his head to conceal his face. He then introduces himself in a disguised deep voice until Amy walks over to him and pulls the hood down, revealing the figure to be Milo. He then turns on the lights and reveals he's the collector of the superhero memorabilia because his dad works for the Realm of Heroes and the Masters of the Realm, doing their taxes.

Amy then asks him can they have Monarch's superhero mask, but Milo tells them it's been sold unfortunately. Milo then says instead they can have the supervillian Eva/Surge's Electron Accelerator Belt. Amy then reveals to Hartley that her mom was devastated when she lost that belt and that it'll be the perfect gift for her to get her mom. When she asks the price, Milo says its $1,200. Unwilling to negotiate, he tells them that that is his final price, and that he doesn't want anyone wasting his time if they don't have the money to pay full price.

After Milo leaves, Amy then tells Hartley she wants to steal the belt. Hartley then repudiates the idea, but Amy says she's not taking no for an answer and already has a plan to get away with it and needs Hartley's help. Hartley is scared but Amy calms her down and convinces her to help her out, because she feels like Eva is the rightful owner of it and she deserves to have it. Hartley then distracts Milo as Amy sneaks behind them to steal the belt. When she steals it, she accidentally trips the security alarm as Amy and Hartley run away.

Back at the bull riding cowboy themed restaurant, Vic and Jake sign up for the mechanical bull riding competition. Vic is also running a side hustle collecting money from other competitors as well when he learns he and Jake will be finalists for the bull riding competition and the $500. They then learn Celia is the finalist they're going to be competing against because she's the one with the unbeaten record and most recent championship.

Back at the Madden House, Eva is desperately trying to get the helmet off of Colby's head, but to no avail, and each time she tries to pull and yank it off, she just ends up hurting him more. She even uses her superpowers and a welding torch to try and get the helmet off, but still nothing works. Amy and Hartley then come back with their gift for the Mother's Day competition, and present it to Eva. Eva is overjoyed to see the Electron Accelerator Belt, and asks them how did they get it, to which Amy responds she stole it. Eva says she's proud of her and doesn't even care that she stole it, and then takes it to their secret underground lair.

The doorbell then rings, and when Amy answers it, its Milo. Milo confronts Amy about her and Hartley stealing the belt to which Amy tries to deny it. Milo then says he has an app that can track the electron accelerator belt and that it tracked it to the basement of Amy's house. Amy takes Milo's phone, slams it on the floor and stomps on it, hoping it'll get him to leave them alone. Milo doesn't back down and demands them to take him to the belt in their basement immediately or he'll tell his dad to tell the superheroes he works for.

Hartley pulls Amy aside and says she can't have them risk superheroes showing up at their house and that she should just give Milo the belt back. Amy refuses because of how happy the belt made her mom and decides to concoct another plan. Amy then asks her mom Eva to help her and Hartley lie to Milo so she can get him off their back. Moments later Amy and Hartley lead a blindfolded Milo down the stairs to their basement lair. When they take off the blindfold, they show Milo that they have a memorabilia showroom too–a *supervillain* memorabilia showroom.

Eva pretends to be a bouncer for the showroom and Milo inspects the merchandise in the room. He reveals he has the same tracker app on his electronic wristwatch, and that he knows the electron accelerator belt is still in the room somewhere. He then picks it up seemingly out of mid-air, when he realizes they tried to turn it invisible to keep him from seeing it. Before Milo leaves, they try to stop him from taking the belt back, until he finally agrees to let them have it under the condition that they have to battle him for it. Underestimating him, they say that they could easily destroy him in their sleep, to which Milo then pulls out a large, light-saber-like sword and wields it at them, causing Amy, Hartley, and Eva to tense up in fear.

Elsewhere at the restaurant, Celia is riding the mechanical bull almost effortlessly until she falls off. The moderator of the competition reveals she has a tie with Vic and Jake. Jake then tells Vic to get on the bull and try to beat Celia's record. Jake then asks the moderator of the competition to turn the mechanical bull up to its maximum setting, and Vic holds on for quite a few seconds until he falls off on his butt. The moderator then announces Celia as the winner to which Jake gives her the $500 prize money as he goes to his father and tries to help him up on his feet.

Back at the house, Amy, Hartley, and Eva realize what they're up against when they learn Milo's sword can shoot lasers out of it at them. Eva tries to shoot an electricity bolt at Milo, but Milo uses the sword to deflect it. Hartley then uses one of the devices to shoot a flame at Milo, but he deflects it back at her, to which Amy uses her sonic blast powers to disintegrate the ball of fire in mid-air. Milo, still oblivious to them using their real powers, thinks they're just using the devices in the lair to fight with him until Eva notices the electron accelerator belt that Milo had isn't even the real belt, and that it's just a knockoff. Milo asks how would she know that, to which Eva explains Monarch shot off the bolt regulator to the real electron belt that "Surge" had, and says a *real* collector would know that.

Colby then comes down the stairs and sees Milo through the visor on his helmet and asks everyone who is he. Milo notices the helmet and says he'd like it if they're willing to sell it or give it to him. Amy then says she'll give him the helmet if he promises not to tell anyone about their supervillain merchandise showroom in their basement. Milo agrees and smiles as Eva tells him the helmet can be his, but she still has to find a way to get it off without hurting Colby too much. Milo then notices a locked latch on the back of the helmet, toggles with it, and the helmet unlocks allowing it to come off easily and effortlessly. Colby then takes it off and gives the helmet to Milo, but angrily complains about all the things they did to him to try and get the helmet off before when if they had paid attention, they could've just used the latch like Milo did.

Later on, Eva talks to Amy on the couch as Colby comes inside the living room. Colby then tells Eva he can't get her any gifts for Mother's Day, but since they finally got the helmet off, his gift to her can be his face being openly visible again. Vic and Jake then come in and Jake gives Eva flowers for Mother's Day. Vic is still in pain from falling off the mechanical bull, and when he explains what happened, Eva says his suffering is good enough of a gift for her. Amy then apologizes to Eva about not being able to get her a gift, but Eva says it's okay and actually reveals she threw the Wheel of Torment away. The episode ends as she then tells Amy she only used the Wheel of Torment to get everyone to get her a gift but never intended on using it, because she thought about what Hartley said about Mother's Day being more about appreciating and celebrating a mother's love and the importance of mothers in a family. Amy then asks Eva if they just had their first real mother-daughter moment to which Eva says yes, and finds it weird.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Isabella Pappas as Amy Madden/Havoc
* Malachi Barton as Colby Madden/Flashform
* Reed Horstmann as Jake Madden/Chaos
* Kayden Muller-Janssen as Hartley
* James Patrick Stuart as Vic Madden/Kraniac
* Lucy Davis as Eva Madden/Surge

### Guest Cast

* Isaiah C. Morgan as Milo Covington
* Henry Alexander Kelly as Johnny aka Bull Attendant

## Trivia

* This episode was filmed on January 20, 2022.
* This is the first episode of the season and series to air out of production order.
* Likely The Giddy Up Ranch is the steakhouse Celia mentioned in Trust No One, as it is implied she has been going there for over forty years.
* Events where Colby's head is stuck in the helmet from The Villain Experience continues in this episode due to Malachi Barton filming his DCOM "*Under Wraps 2*."
* On the wall in the basement, are two swords from the Anime Sword Art Online, the black sword is known as Elucidator while the blue-ish sword is known as the Dark Repulsor.

## Videos

Belts, Bulls & Superfans - The Villains of Valley View - @Disney Channel
## References

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