Clap Like This

*Season 1,* *Episode 6b*

**"Clap Like This"** is the second segment of the sixth episode (and the twelfth story overall) of *Close Enough*.

## Synopsis

Josh finally sells a video game and gets to experience how the other half lives, while birthday girl Bridgette is forced to get a real job.

## Plot

Josh is at San & Playus headquarters pitching his game "Clap Like This" to two men who seem to be executives.

"Clap Like This" is a sequence-matching VR Game that required the players to actually clap. The two men - Devin and Melso - were ecstatic with what they were seeing. They surprisingly offered Josh 1 million dollars to buy the game off of him via a contract that would be finalized later. The men celebrated Josh's windfall by opening a glass flask of bourbon.

Back at home, everybody had already been notified on Josh's success. Emily and Candice had already bought things for themselves that they had always wanted via credit card. They figured that it would be easy to pay off with Josh's newfound money.

It was around this moment that Josh received his ill-fated phone call from Devin and Melso; they told him that they were actually assistants and did not have the jurisdiction to give anybody any contracts. Ergo there was no deal. Josh became flabbergasted with what he had heard. He had no time to mourn his shoddy attempt at being a mainstream video game developer because his family were on the verge of being driven to credit card debt.

Instead of telling anybody anything; Josh had decided to limit the spending temporarily and try to work a few extra installations at Plugger-Inners. Josh's plan was going swimmingly until he had earned himself a corporately mandated vacation.

Just as things had gotten from bad to worse; Dante inducted Josh into his "off the books" installation business. Josh's convoluted plan was going back on track. Josh later had to attend a voraciously expensive dinner with his family at Napquinne; the restaurant known for preparing meals inside their customers' mouths.

Josh initially attended the dinner but had to bail as he had gotten another installation job. He conjured up an excuse and left for the job. Josh went to Mall Outlet of Forever 23 to adjust a faulty display unit but to his horror; he finds Bridgette strapped to an upright gurney. Even more shockingly he finds out that the mannequins at Forever 23 are sentient and planned to convert humans to mannequin parts.

Bridgette pleaded with Josh to run away while he still could but Josh got himself caught. Josh's family track his phone and follow him to Forever 23 where they get captured in turn. It was at this moment that Josh confessed about his financial condition to his family wherein they replied that they love him whether he is rich or poor.

When all hope seemed lost Josh discovered that prolonged clapping made the mannequins fall apart. Candice just so happened to be playing a mobile and non-VR version of Clap Like This on her tablet. Josh quickly made sense of the situation and instructed Candice to screen share her game to the display units in the shop. All the mannequins then "clapped" themselves to their demise, save one whom Bridgette personally beheaded.

Back at the apartment, Bridgette shows her earned paycheck to her mother, who tells her she is no longer cut off (via Airplane banner), as it turns out she isn't getting payed much. Bridgette takes half.

## Characters

* Josh Singleton
* Bridgette Hashima
* Emily Ramirez
* Mannequins (debut for all)
	+ Quinn
	+ Janet
* Candice
* Alex Dorpenberger
* Ms. Hashima (debut)
* Ezra
* Devin and Melso (debut for both)
* Dante
* Forever 23 Supervisor (debut)
* Rich Kid (debut)
* David Hasselhoff (debut)

## Trivia

* David Hasselhoff makes a guest appearance in this episode as himself.
	+ Hasselhoff is depicted as having has a son in this episode, but he has no male children in real life: only two daughters.
* This episode logically seems to take place before "Robot Tutor", as Candice seems to be unaware of the life-threating situation in which she, her parents, and Bridgette found themselves during this episode.
* *Clap Like This* was also an arcade game shown in J.G. Quintel's previous cartoon, *Regular Show*.
	+ It can be seen in the background in the episode "Just Set Up the Chairs" as one of the many arcade games locked away in a building at the Park.