Christmas Special

The **Christmas Special** is a pilot for Audrey and Friends.

## Synopsis

It is almost Christmas, and Audrey's parents got divorced as Audrey's dad already got a new girlfriend named Sienna, but Audrey's mother hasn't got a new or old boyfriend, so Audrey asks Stan to help her find a new boyfriend for her while Mona (later renamed to Meena) does her audition for the Jack and the Beanstalk pantomime.

## Plot

The scene begins with Audrey going home with her dog Rounball. Audrey tells the viewer about being named after Audrey Hepburn, who is a famous actress back in the early years as her dad had a major crush on her. Audrey then tells the viewer about how her dad moans about maintenance payments and the price of trainers, which is what the viewer's dad pays the viewer's mom when they break up, and that means that Audrey's parents are almost divorced, which means that the viewer doesn't to be Carol Vorderman to work out that her parents are an item as Audrey told the viewer. So Audrey now lives with her mom and her dog Rounball in a little flat while Audrey's dad is hanging out with his new girlfriend Sienna in his groovy new penthouse apartment which is what Audrey calls her dad's new penthouse apartment, but Audrey's mom wreckons that she'll leave him when his love handles start grazing the floorboards.

It is 10 days before Christmas and her dad calls his daughter Audrey on the phone, now her dad never calls her on the phone because he's much too mean to her as he is always dissing her about the size her phone bill, so Audrey knows that something is up. The scene flashbacks to Audrey calling her dad on the phone as her dad is telling her that he and his new girlfriend Sienna are having an evening Christmas party at his penthouse apartment next Tuesday. Audrey thinks about how she could go swanning off footloose and floss to apartheshire's dad leaving her poor old mother with a fat furball for company when she's just being fired again, before deciding the solution is reality check. She tells her father that she's only coming if she can bring her mother whose name is Valerie in which Audrey's dad had almost divorced with, but Audrey's dad does not want this to be brought up, however, he accepts to have Audrey bring her mother along as he asked her if her mother wants to bring anyone special, and that's when Audrey heard her dad's new girlfriend Sienna, so she says yes as her mother would love to bring her new boyfriend along. But only her mother hasn't got a new boyfriend, or even an old boyfriend, and that's only Audrey and her dog Rounball who is a mangy flea-bitten meat magnet that passes for a dog. With that, Audrey has to find her mother a new boyfriend in 5 days.

The scene cuts to Audrey and her friends Mona and Constance in an internet café called "Net Cafe" as they're trying to find a new boyfriend for Audrey's mother Valerie, however, the chances of Audrey's mother Valerie meeting Mr. Right by Saturday are 5.1 million to 1 as Constance told Audrey. So there must be something they can do, but now Audrey sees that Mona is doing poses as she asks Mona what's with the shapes, and Mona told Audrey that she is preparing for her audition for the *Jack and the Beanstalk* pantomime at the playhouse. Apparently, Mona said to Audrey that Catherine Zeta-Jones was once asked to be a fried egg, so she is practicing trees just in case. Later, Constance finds something in the book that may sound like Audrey's mom, in which the description is telling single mothers that hundreds of eligible bachelors are just a click away if single mothers are feeling like they're wasting their lives waiting for the right man, but Mona interrupts Audrey and Stan by singing what's saying in the book, so Audrey and Constance told her to be quiet, but then Mona now noticed that her audition for the *Jack and the Beanstalk* panto is in 5 minutes, which means that this could be her big break. Constance heard that the *Jack and the Beanstalk* panto is starring Australian soap opera actor Larry de Lacy from top Australian soap opera *G'Day* as Constance thought that Larry de Lacy is well fit in the panto. It lead to Mona say that like she didn't spend the whole morning buffing and gargling for fun, so off she goes to the playhouse for her audition for the pantomime.

Later, Audrey and Constance found a website named "Old? Single? Desperate?" and its URL "www.oldsingleanddesperate.com", which is the one-stop shop for the man of a single mother's dreams or nearest non-dream equivalent, and that sounds like Audrey's mother. So Audrey and Constance go on the website to find a new boyfriend for Audrey's mother. Audrey gave information about her mother to Constance, which reveals that Audrey's mother swears blind that she's 33, but she's actually 39, which is Audrey's mother's real age, but Constance said that Audrey's mother would be dead soon at 39 as it is hardly worth it, so Audrey and Stan say that she's 29, and Audrey's mother's hobbies reveals that she whinges a lot about not having a boyfriend, so Audrey and Stan called that "Amateur dramatics", and Audrey's mother also picks her toenails, but on second thought, Audrey told Stan to not mention Audrey's mother picking her toenails, and so they began to press return, but then two boys named Jonny and Dave came, and Jonny asked Audrey and Stan if they're checking up on their horoscopes again. So Audrey told the boys a lie that they're just searching for some makeup tips for applying Britney Spears body glitter to the belly button region as Audrey asked them if they could help her and Stan, but Jonny and Dave do not like the idea of applying Britney Spears body glitter to the belly button region as they thought it was gross, so they began to leave. Constance told Audrey that her telling a lie to the boys was a nice move, and now Audrey and Stan go back to finding a new boyfriend for Audrey's mother, but Audrey thought that this is what she's dreaming, but it's not a dream, it's a nightmare as Stan told Audrey. And so Audrey's mother Valerie's new boyfriend is Mr. Edgar, and Audrey knows that she is going to regret this.

The scene cuts to the kitchen at Audrey's house as Audrey is asking her mother if she could take any man in the world to her father's Christmas party as she also asked her what she would do for a living. Audrey's mother said to Audrey that she would bring a movie star or an oil magnet, but Audrey doesn't like the idea of this, so she asked her mom if she would bring a police officer, a car mechanic, or even a nice teacher to her father's Christmas party. Audrey's mom liked the idea of bringing a teacher to Audrey's dad's party as she told her that she changed her tune, and it made Audrey's mom thought that teachers were the pits, but Audrey told her mom that not all teachers were the pits, but there are quite a few nice teachers at Rudley School as there is a lot to be said for them, which is steady income, long holidays, and loads of corduroy. Audrey's mom is glad to hear Audrey say it as she'll be sure to pass on her comments at parent-teacher evening tomorrow night, but Audrey thinks that it's totally not funny, but now that Audrey's mom came to mention the parent-teacher evening as the scene cuts to what Audrey's prediction would be like for parent-teacher evening would be like as her mom is talking about Audrey's science results on her report card to her new boyfriend Mr. Edgar, but Mr. Edgar told her not to let her talk about Audrey as they have such a short time together, and it made Audrey think that it would be totally gross, but it could just work, so it may need a little help, which leads to Audrey calling Constance about the parent-teacher evening tomorrow night.

The scene cuts to Audrey and Stan in the stage with the sign to the parent-teacher evening at Rudley School, and there they were crashing the parent-teacher evening at Rudley School just so they could make sure Audrey's mom and Mr. Edgar make love together, and Stan had a plan as she has been brewing a bottle of love potion for Mr. Edgar. But Audrey told Stan that love potion is not the solution to this plan as she told her that they're talking real life here and not Harry Pottersville, but then Stan poured the bottle of love potion into Mr. Edgar's mug of tea, and now Audrey and Stan saw that someone is coming, so Stan told Audrey that they have to hide very quick in the cart with tea, mugs and cups. The scene cuts to Audrey's mother pushing the cart with tea, mugs and cups as Audrey and Stan are hiding inside there, and Audrey's mother got Mr. Edgar covered. Mr. Edgar tried to call her Mrs., but Audrey's mother told him that she now goes by Ms. or Miss as she is single, separated and almost divorced with her husband Audrey's dad, so Mr. Edgar tried to call her Ms., but instead calls her Audrey's mom as he told her that if her daughter Audrey spent less time text-messaging her friends and more time grappling with Archimedes Theory, but then when Mr. Edgar drank his mug of tea with Stan's love potion in it, Mr. Edgar began to fall in love with Audrey's mom and told her that she is an attractive woman to him. Audrey's mom told Mr. Edgar to call her Valerie, so Mr. Edgar told Valerie that his first name is Bernard. Stan is happy as she told Audrey that the love potion plan would work for Mr. Edgar and Audrey's mom Valerie, but Audrey asked Stan where she got the love potion recipe, so Stan told Audrey that the love potion recipe was in a magazine, but Audrey's phone suddenly beeped as she got a text from Mona as Mona texted to her that she's got the part in the *Jack and the Beanstalk* pantomime as Mona is bringing Australian soap opera actor Larry de Lacy to Audrey's dad's party. This made Stan think that another bottle of love potion is called for as Stan told Audrey if it would be a good idea for her to make a good pair with Larry de Lacy, but Audrey told Stan to be quiet and listen for a moment as Audrey's mom Valerie was talking to Mr. Edgar about Audrey's dad's evening Christmas party. This made Mr. Edgar interested about the invitation to Audrey's dad's party as he would love to go to the party. And so this plan is a success for Audrey and Stan, but Audrey knows that she and Stan should be quiet in here.

The scene finally cuts to Audrey's dad's penthouse apartment as Constance asked Mr. Edgar if he is enjoying the Christmas party, so Mr. Edgar told Stan that he's enjoying the party so very much. Audrey's mom Valerie told Mr. Edgar to come here, so Mr. Edgar told Audrey and Stan that he has to hang out with Valerie for a moment. Audrey doesn't know why though, but first dates always make her nervous, especially when it's her mother, but Stan told Audrey that Valerie and Mr. Edgar getting on well. This made Audrey predict about her mom Valerie and Mr. Edgar's marriage, which made Audrey panic. Stan told Audrey what's up with Valerie and Mr. Edgar's marriage, and Audrey told Constance that this has gone totally too far as Audrey asked her when does the love potion on Mr. Edgar wear off. Constance didn't know when the love potion will wear off as she asked Audrey if she could phone her friend, but Audrey told Stan to pass her the antidote, Stan asked what antitode though, and that made Audrey frustrated. Constance told Audrey to take a chill pill as a second bottle of love potion will cancel the first one, Audrey asked Stan if she is sure about it, and Stan told Audrey that she is "sure-ish" about it, so Audrey told Stan to give the second bottle of love potion to her, but Stan only got one and that's for her and Larry de Lacy. When Larry de Lacy comes to the party, it made Constance fall in love with her. But Audrey told Stan something important about the love potion on Mr. Edgar as Audrey could end up with Mr. Edgar as his new dad if they don't stop this love potion solution on him, but surely that's more important than Stan getting to snog Larry de Lacy. This made Stan worried and confused, but Audrey told Stan to give the love potion to her, but Stan asked Audrey if she can ask the audience that she would use the love potion for her and Larry de Lacy, but Audrey told Stan that she still needs the love potion for Mr. Edgar to cancel the relationship with Audrey's mom Valerie, and this made Constance know that Audrey is right as she decides to give the love potion to Audrey to cancel Mr. Edgar's relationship with Audrey's mom Valerie, but suddenly, Rounball jumped and made Constance accidentally throw and drop the love potion on the floor. It made Audrey shocked about Rounball, Constance shocked about Mr. Edgar, and Mona shocked about Larry de Lacy. The scene later cuts to Rounball falling in love with Mr. Edgar, and it made Mr. Edgar told Audrey that her dog Rounball is doing so with him as he actually doesn't like dogs, so it made Mr. Edgar think that he needs to lie down. The result on Mr. Edgar's end of his relationship with Audrey's mom Valerie made Audrey happy, however Stan was worried as Mona was mad that it also worked on Larry de Lacy to and it made Stan thought that it was blatant for Larry de Lacy to fall in love with Audrey's mom Valerie, and this made Audrey predict her mom Valerie and Larry de Lacy's marriage, which made Audrey worry about the marriage that is about to happen.

As the credits roll, Audrey asks Mona what part she got in the *Jack and the Beanstalk* panto, Mona thought that everybody has to start somewhere, Audrey told Mona to fess up, so Mona told Audrey that she got the part as the back end of the cow, and then Audrey and Mona laugh as Constance said that even Jennifer Lopez had to start somewhere, but Stan told Audrey that maybe she never played the back end of the cow, but Audrey told Stan to mind herself that Mona's got the bum for the cow, which Audrey and Stan laugh over.

## Characters

### Main

* Audrey
* Mona
* Constance

### Supporting

* Rounball
* Valerie
* Audrey's Dad
* Mr. Edgar

### Minor

* Sienna
* Jonny
* Dave
* Larry de Lacy (non-speaking)

## Locations

* Audrey's House
* Jonny and Dave's House (cameo)
* Net Cafe
* Rudley School
* Audrey's Dad's Penthouse Apartment

## Trivia

* There were changes from the pilot for the 2002 series.
	+ The theme song for the pilot is very different as it had an upbeat rock rhythm.
	+ The animation appears to be very cheap compared to the 2002 series.
	+ Meena's name was originally Mona in the pilot until her name was changed to Meena in the 2002 series.
	+ The voice cast was very different as there were 3 voice actors while the 2002 series had more voice actors, the voice cast for the pilot included:
		- Nicola Stapleton as Audrey
		- Kate O'Sullivan as Mona (Meena), Constance, Valerie, Sienna
		- Simon Schatzberger as Audrey's Dad, Bernard Edgar (Mr. Edgar), Jonny, Dave
			* Simon Schatzberger was also credited as Simon Shatzberger in the credits for the pilot.

## Cultural References

* A few celebrities were mentioned in the pilot, including:
	+ Audrey Hepburn (in which the main character Audrey is named after)
	+ Carol Vorderman
	+ Catherine Zeta-Jones
	+ Britney Spears
	+ Jennifer Lopez
* The Teletubbies from the TV show of the same name appeared on Mr. Edgar's mug, and Mr. Edgar also shares the same "Eh-oh!" catchphrase as the Teletubbies.
* Harry Potter was mentioned as Audrey is talking to Constance that they're talking real life and not Harry Pottersville while they were trying to get Mr. Edgar to fall in love with Audrey's mother Valerie.

## Goofs

* When Audrey is walking on the road home with her dog Rounball while she tells the viewer about being named after Audrey Hepburn as her dad had a major crush on her, her right leg slowly freezes for 1 second until it continues to move again.
* When Audrey is walking home with her dog Rounball as she tells the viewer that her dad hangs out with his new girlfriend Sienna in his new penthouse apartment, Audrey's right arm goes into her hair.
* When Audrey is asking the viewer how she could go to her dad's Christmas party to cause trouble while leaving her mom behind at home with Rounball for company when she is just being fired again, part of the outline of Rounball's bone in his mouth cuts off. This happened twice when Audrey is asking the viewer so.
* When Audrey and Constance tell Meena to shut up, Audrey's mouth disappears for a millisecond.
* When Meena says like she didn't spend the whole morning buffing and gargling for fun, her closed eyes were misplaced.
* Constance's head was flipped five times in five scenes:
	+ The scene where Audrey is telling Constance that her mother Valerie picks her toenails as one of her hobbies.
	+ The scene where Audrey and Constance are seeing Audrey's mother Valerie and Mr. Edgar getting together at the parent-teacher evening.
	+ The scene where Audrey is screaming about her mother Valerie getting married with Mr. Edgar.
	+ The scene where Audrey is telling Constance something important about her mother Valerie and Mr. Edgar getting married.
	+ The scene where Audrey is calling Constance's nickname "Stan" the first time to pass her the love potion antidote to cancel Mr. Edgar's relationship with Audrey's mother Valerie.
* When Audrey is telling Constance to not mention her mother Valerie picking her toenails as a hobby, her closed eyes were misplaced.
* When Jonny and Dave walk into the Net Cafe, Jonny's legs appear to be walking on thin air.
* Jonny and Dave's legs were never animated while they were leaving the Net Cafe after Audrey told them a lie that she and Constance were searching for some makeup tips for applying Britney Spears body glitter to the belly button region.
* When Audrey is about to grab her phone to call Constance to sneak into Rudley School for the parent-teacher evening with her, her arms almost fade and disappear.
* When Constance is saying "Someone's coming! Quick, hide!", Audrey's arms disappear.
* Audrey and Constance were misplaced in the back view during the scene where they were hiding in the cart as they see Audrey's mother Valerie and Mr. Edgar getting together.
	+ Audrey was originally placed on the left hiding in the cart before being placed on the right in the back view.
	+ Constance was originally placed on the right hiding in the cart before being placed on the left in the back view.
* Meena's head was also flipped when she is walking between Audrey and Constance and then becomes shocked to see Larry de Lacy being affected by the love potion, it also happened when Meena sees and hears Constance saying that the love potion worked on Larry de Lacy as well after it first worked on Rounball and Mr. Edgar and then gets mad about it. However, her head was flipped back to normal when Audrey worries about her mother Valerie getting married with Larry de Lacy.