The Buttercup Sister Story

**The Buttercup Sister Story** is an episode of the *Danny and the Brothers* series.

## Plot

After The Buttercup Sisters finish singing "New Attitude" at a concert, The Brothers remind them of a big party at their house before leaving. The producer tells them that someone is here to see them and shows them a gold bracelet. The girls run out the door and see Olivia. Everyone is overjoyed but Olivia asks why the girls ran away, Brittany informs her that they didn't.

Several years ago, Miss Grudge, the owner of the orphanage, was forcing children to sing. Olivia found Eleanor in a cup of water, Jeanette playing with her spider friend Herman, and Brittany in Eva's jewelry box singing (which they are not allowed to do, or Miss Grudge would keep them at the orphanage forever). That night, Miss Grudge makes Olivia scrub the bathroom with the Chipettes' help hoping that they one day can go to America, which Olivia says is a land of opportunity and liberty. After hours of cleaning, Olivia doesn't get any sleep and is forced to give up her charm bracelet so Eva wouldn't tell that the Chipettes sing. After finding out, the girls try to get Olivia's bracelet back, which ends up getting Olivia in trouble and causing them to accidentally reveal who they are. Olivia then gets adopted, but is unable to find the girls. Unbeknownst to her, they've been tied up and locked away by Eva and Miss Grudge, and can only watch as Olivia leaves with her new parents.

Jeanette is the most upset over this and cries that Olivia is gone, so Brittany and Eleanor try to cheer her up by singing "Tomorrow". The girls then decide to break out and start a new life. They get packed and sneak past Miss Grudge and Eva with help from Wendy the Kangaroo. They arrive at New York after stowing away on a cargo ship. The girls' actual view of America is not exactly what Olivia described, in which the streets are paved with asphalt, not gold, and problems are aplenty. The girls decide to audition, but that gets them nowhere. After many failures, they become waitresses while singing "Neutron Dance." After years of working, the girls still were poor and living in the park.

They decide to audition for a singing group in California. After some hard traveling on a bus, the girls make it to California, but they are too late. They try to get the auditioner to listen to them anyway but must follow him. When they catch up to him, they sing "New Attitude". This impresses the auditioner, who convinces his boss to give the Chipettes a recording contract, and thus their first big break.

Back in the present, the Buttercup Sisters go to the Brothers' party with Rebecca. Rebecca says that she is Danny's biggest fan and wants him to tell her all about himself, which he does.

## Characters

* Daisy Griffin
* Luna Griffin
* Cindy Griffin
* Danny Murphy
* Marlon Murphy
* Corey Murphy
* Jeff Murphy
* Rebecca
* Miss Gracey
* Layla
* Wanda the Kangaroo

## Songs

* "New Attitude" originally performed by Patti LaBelle.
* "Tomorrow" originally performed in the musical and film *Annie*.
* "The Neutron Dance" originally performed by the Pointer Sisters.
* "You Are Beautiful" replaces "New Attitude" on DVD.
* "Keep Dancing" replaces "The Neutron Dance" on DVD.

## Trivia

* This is the Buttercup Sisters' counterpart to The Brothers Story, as both function as a backstory episode showing the characters as babies and how they came to be where they are at the series premiere.
* The majority of the songs in this episode are in the 1984 movie Beverly Hills Cop.
* Despite Miss Grudge being Austrailian she appears to have an East London accent while the others have an American one.
* **Goof:** Herman the spider has six legs instead of eight.
* Part of *The Buttercup Sisters: The Glass Slipper Collection* DVD.