California Dreamin'

**California Dreamin'** is the twenty second episode of season four of *The Cleveland Show*. It is the one hundredth episode, overall.

## Synopsis

In the 100th episode special of *The Cleveland Show*, The Brown-Tubbs Family moves to California, so that Cleveland can pursue the the baseball career he intially dreamed of ever since he first left Quahog.

## Plot

As Donna wakes up Cleveland on the anniversary of his meeting her, he only remembers giving up his dream of going to California to be a baseball scout instead of their wedding. Donna decides to treat him to his dream as part of a family trip to California.

Settling into their new apartment in California, Cleveland heads out to the ballpark while Donna confesses that she believes he'll be back to normal after figuring out it's really work. Cleveland gets kicked off the field during a game, and indeed, finds out that it is real work. In Hollywood, the family gets star-struck as Rallo becomes a paparazzi, Junior becomes infatuated with the "superheroes" posing for pictures in front of the Chinese Theatre, Roberta finds a real Hollywood high school where she will be “the new girl” and Donna manages to entertain a bored kid at the grocery and finds she can make big money as “Old McDonna.”

At home, the family tells of their adventures while Cleveland finds his dream just isn't happening for him. Cleveland meets new neighbor Gina, an aspiring actress and confides that things are not working out the way he expected. Junior spots some shoplifters in front of the "superheroes" posing for pictures and when they are no help, decides to gather them into a group of real superheroes. Cleveland decides to make a splash by recruiting professional players from other teams. The manager threatens to fire Cleveland if Donna wasn't holding pictures of him and gives him dirty jobs. While Donna performs, Cleveland calls to complain about his day but she gives him the brush off. Rallo hangs out with the other paparazzi. Gina takes Cleveland out to a small community just like Stoolbend. Seeing his excitement, Gina suggests he should go back home.

Junior and the guys stop a theft. But while on a rooftop, as they hear gunshots and leap off the building, splats are heard and Junior reconsiders the superhero gig. Cleveland finds that Donna's little job has become a big enterprise with multiple “Donna's.”. He suggests they move back until Donna explodes at the help and she refuses to go back home. When Gina asks Cleveland how things worked out, the rest of the family are showing the effects of being in Los Angeles and she suggests Cleveland do whatever it takes to get them to go back home. They arrive one day to see a message Cleveland sent from Stoolbend, showing their friends and what they are missing. They suddenly find they want to go home just as an earthquake strikes. As the walls split, the family finds they were really fooled by a Hollywood production but they are still resolved to go back home. Cleveland congratulates Gina for putting the production together as Cleveland bids goodby to the Dodgers.

## Characters

### Major Roles

* Cleveland Brown
* Donna Tubbs-Brown
* Cleveland Junior
* Roberta Tubbs
* Rallo Tubbs
* Rock Hudson
* Rick Honeycutt
* Gina

### Minor Roles

* Larry the Leopard
* Andre Ethier
* Matt Kemp
* Joey Votto
* Jimmy Rollins
* David Ortiz
* Barron
* Mugger
* Tim the Bear (Cameo)
* Arianna the Bear (Cameo)
* Raymond the Bear (Cameo)
* Lester Krinklesac (Cameo)
* Kendra Krinklesac (Cameo)
* Ernie Krinklesac (Cameo)
* Holt Richter (Cameo)
* Choni Moreno (Cameo)
* Cecilia Moreno (Cameo)
* Marco Moreno (Cameo)
* Dr. Fist (Cameo)
* Terry Kimple (Cameo)
* Gus (Cameo)
* Reverend Jenkins (Cameo)
* Tom Hanks (Cameo)
* Reese Witherspoon (Cameo)
* Alec Baldwin (Non-Speaking Cameo)
* Tyra Banks (Non-Speaking Cameo)
* Mama Franklin (Stan-In)
* Walt (Stand-In)
* Julius (Stand-In)
* Tori (Stand-In)
* Fern Stapleton (Stand-In)
* Coach McFall (Stand-In)
* Federline Jones (Stand-In)
* Mayor Larry Box (Stand-In)
* Angus (Stand-In)
* Gordy (Stand-In)
* Auntie Momma (Stand-In)
* Dee Dee Tubbs (Stand-In)
* Anna Kat (Stand-In)
* Lisa Li (Stand-In)
* Arch (Stand-In)
* Robert Jones (Stand-In)
* Principal Farquhare (Stand-In)
* Yvette (Stand-In)
* Dwayne Meighan (Stand-In)
* Larvell (Stand-In)
* Lloyd Waterman (Stand-In)
* General Richter (Stand-In)
* Mrs. Bailey (Stand-In)
* Gretel (Stand-In)
* Gunther (Stand-In)
* Gary (Stand-In)
* Freddy (Stand-In)
* Mrs. Lowenstein (Mentioned)

## Quotes

**Cleveland**: It's September 7th. Don't tell me you forgot the anniversary of the single most important day in my life.
**Donna**: Oh, honey. I thought you forgot.
**Cleveland**: Forgot? Never! For it was exactly three years ago to the day that I gave up my lifelong dream of moving to LA and being a scout for The Dodgers so that I could stay here in Stoolbend ... with you.

**Cleveland**: Three years ago today, I gave up my dream so that a sad, divorcee and her two at-risk children could have a chance at their dreams.
**Rallo**: Yeah, right. My dream is to have a fat man lie on top of my mom every night.
**Cleveland**: What I do when your mother sleeps is my business.

**Donna**: Happy anniversary! I got you a gift. I'll give you a hint. It's the dream you gave up for me.
**Cleveland**: I'm going back to *Family Guy*? Meh. Tell *FOX* to send that gift right back.

**Donna**: Wow, this is just like *Melroe's Place*. The bad original. Not the terrible remake.

**Cleveland**: Well, since you all did the packing, it's probably best that you do the unpacking.

**Cleveland**: Andre Ethier!? Here you go!
*[Cleveland throws a baseball to Andre Ethier]*
**Andre Ethier**: He-Hey! Aren't you a little old to be a rookie? *[throws the ball back to Cleveland]*
**Cleveland**: Rookie? I don't think so, Ethier. Comin' at ya, Matt Kemp. *[throws it to Matt Kemp]*
**Matt Kemp**: Hey, he just needs to know if he should be worrying about his job.
**Cleveland**: Ha ha.
**Matt Kemp**: Think fast. *[throws the ball at Cleveland and hits him in the knee]*
**Cleveland**: Ow! Son of a bitch! I'll sue you!
**Matt Kemp**: Hey, what the hell?
**Andre Ethier**: Get him!
**Matt Kemp**: Get that fat man off the field!
**Andre Ethier**: Get that fat fool!
*[Security guards tackle Cleveland; Rick Honeycutt enters]*
**Coach Honeycutt**: Damn drunk fans always running on the field during games.
*[It's revealed a game is currently going on]*
**Cleveland**: But Coach Honeycutt, I'm Cleveland Brown! Your new scout!
**Coach Honeycutt**: Who? Oh, yeah. Donna's husband. Mmm, ... Spitball Donna. Your office is with the rest of the scouts. Now get the hell out of here! We've got a game to play!
**Cleveland**: Don't you mean we've got a game to win?
**Coach Honeycutt**: Eh.

**Coach Honeycutt**: We heard there's one kid who throws an okay slider. Kid's last name is Ramirez or Hernandez or ... something racist.

**Cleveland**: What's everybody doing with assorted costumes and props and such?
**Rallo**: I'm a paparazzo. Tonight, I'm covering the Teen Mom Choice Awards.
**Junior**: Batman told me I could hang out with him if I bring him a sandwich and a change of underwear.
**Roberta**: I'm about to tell Jenna and her boyfriend that they have the same dad and she and her dad have the same boyfriend.
**Donna**: And I'm a children's entertainer now, Old MacDonna!
**Rock Hudson**: *[barks]*

**Superman Hobo**: *[screaming at mailbox]* I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FLUSH YOU!

**Cleveland**: I've discovered some players who, with a little polish, I truly believe could be difference-makers. Introducing Joey Votto, Jimmy Rollins, and David Ortiz.
*[Joey Votto, Jimmy Rollins, and David Ortiz enter]*
**David Ortiz**: Hey, good game last week.
**Joey Votto**: Hey, fellas.
**Jimmy Rollins**: I'm Jimmy Rollins.
*[The coaches laugh]*
**Boss of the Coaches**: Cleveland, you do know that these guys are current major league players on other teams.
**Cleveland**: I offered them a billion dollars. Don't make me look like an asshole.
**David Ortiz**: So, there's not a billion dollars? Man, I wish you had told me that because I just bought an aircraft carrier.
**Jimmy Rollins**: An aircraft carrier? *[chuckles]* They'll never take that back.
**Joey Votto**: Next time, sign the credit card bill with your wrong hand so you can tell them it wasn't you.
**Jimmy Rollins**: Good one, Joey. Did you know left-handed pitchers are called Southpaws?

**Joey Votto**: Hey, as long as we're in Los Angeles, wanna go visit the world-famous tarpits?
**David Ortiz**: No.
**Jimmy Rollins**: I went yesterday. It was awesome. There was an ice cream cart. Mmm.
**Cleveland**: I'll go!
**Joey Votto**: No.
**Cleveland**: Aw, but I'll drive!
**Joey Votto**: I'm not riding with a stranger.
**David Ortiz**: Every time you get on an airplane, you're riding with a stranger. You don't know the pilot.
**Jimmy Rollins**: That's a good point.
**Cleveland**: You know what? I don't wanna go. I need to work on my scouting.
**Joey Vatto**: *[laughs]*
**Jimmy Rollins**: Uh, doy!
**David Ortiz**: Ya think?

**Rallo**: So, my guy calls me and says, he said, "Megan Fox's plane is touching down at LAX in an hour." So, you know me, I says to him, I said, "Unless her plane is touching down in 2008, I'm not interested."

**Gina**: I'm gunna take you to my favorite place in Los Angeles.
**Cleveland**: The house where Sharon Tate was killed?

**Cleveland**: Today ... I consider Los Angeles ... to be the worst place ... on the face of the Earth.
## Songs

* Hollywood Swinging
* Old MacDonna

## Trivia

* This is the 100th episode special of *The Cleveland Show*".
* This episode was originally titled "**California Dreamin' (All the Cleves Are Brown)**" before being shortened.
* This episode takes place on Cleveland and Donna's third wedding anniversary.
	+ Cleveland mentions that he and Donna's wedding anniversary is on September 7th, which is the day *The Cleveland Show* first aired, with it's premiere episode, being where he and Donna got married.
* Cleveland breaks the fourth wall, when he assumes that Donna's anniversary gift is to let him go back to *Family Guy* again. He is unenthused, truly not caring for Family Guy anymore.
* Reverend Jenkins slept with an *Olive Garden* waitress.
* Cleveland goes back to his original plan of becoming a baseball scout after leaving Quahog before settling in Stoolbend in the first episode, "Cleveland Moves In".
* This episode features the guest voice actors, Rick Honeycutt, Andre Ethier, Matt Kemp, Joey Votto, Jimmy Rollins, and David Ortiz as themselves, as well as Krysten Ritter as Gina.

### Cultural References

* The title is a reference to the *The Mamas and the Papas* song, "*California Dreamin'*". The original title included "**All the Cleves Are Brown**", which was a reference to the song's lyric, "*All the Leaves Are Brown*".
* Cleveland's trip to the dentist is a reference to *The Shining*.
* Donna compares Hollywood Apts. to *Melroe's Place*.
* Rallo compares Junior running across the street to *Frogger*.
* Cleveland says that he's living the dream-a loca. This is a reference to the song *Living the Vida Loca*.
* Cleveland wonders if he's going to the house in LA, where *Sharon Tate* was killed by *Charles Manson*.