Cheeting Ambition

**#CheetingAmbition** is the sixth episode of DC Super Hero Girls All-Star Continuity, and is the 84th episode overall.

## Plot

In Metropolis, the annual Miss Metropolis beauty pageant is taking place, where the twelve participants who are ranked as the best will advance to the state pageants. Finalists remaining to participate in the next phase include Barbi Minerva and Diana Prince. Karen is happy for her friend and proud of her for advancing to the state pageants, and tells Diana that she is sure she will win state. For her part, Barbi is proud of herself, and her manager, Sebastian Ballesteros, praises her for having also advanced to state and is confident that she will win so easily. This only inflates Barbi's ego, and she assures Sebastian that her victory is more than assured.

At her house, Barbi is in her room combing her hair. Then she receives several messages from her friends congratulating her on going to the state pageants. Barbi thanks them and tells them that she's sure to wow the judges with her charm. They all agree with Barbi, also believing that she is going to win state. However, the message that disconcerts Barbi is that of Alexis, because although she does congratulate her like the others, she replies to Barbi that she shouldn't trust herself so much, since Diana is going to participate too and the new rivals are a tough match. Barbi is incredulous with her response, assuring her that her victory is assured, but Alexis warns her to put her feet on the ground, that what she says is serious, and that if she continues to inflate her ego more someone else will win the state pageants sooner o later. But Barbi insists to her that she is going to win.

A week later, the state pageant begins and the finalists arrive to participate in it, including Diana and Barbi. During the presentation of the finalists, Barbi notices who is in the pageant and discovers that one of them is Diana Prince, with whom she shows her envy. However, the problem comes for her when she realizes the history of her other rivals and understands that they are a tough match. Sebastian arrives and asks Barbi to come with him to take her to her dressing room.

In her dressing room, Barbi tells Sebastian that the rivals she had to compete with turn out to have a better track record than her, and now she knows that they are a tough match. Her manager agrees, so they both start to figure out how to win the state pageant. Finally, Sebastian suggests that the only way to win is to get your hands dirty, and Barbi hearing that seems fine with his idea, so she cheats by secretly ruining her rivals' modeling, causing the judges to disqualify the contestants. Karen, who realizes what is happening, goes to Barbi and she complains to her for causing the contestants to be disqualified through cheating, but Barbi tells her that it is not her business to meddle in what is not convenient for her.

Karen insists to Barbi that she can't play dirty, but instead of paying attention, Barbi calls Mr. Ballesteros, her manager, and asks him to get Karen out of her sight, contemptuously calling her "weak and insignificant bee". Sebastian pulls Karen out, warning her not to mess with his star or he will get Diana disqualified on purpose. Knowing she has to stop them, Karen transforms into Bumblebee, and makes several attempts to reveal the charade they are committing, but is stopped by Sebastian and time and time again she fails to reveal their foul play to win.

Finally, the last contestants to remain are Diana and Barbi. When Barbi's turn ends and it's Diana's turn, Barbi then wishes Diana the best of luck, and Diana thanks her despite their differences, unaware that Barbi is preparing for her finishing move. As Diana heads down the catwalk, Barbi goes to the switches and is about to get Diana disqualified. But Bumblebee arrives in time and pushes Barbi onto the catwalk, telling the audience and the judges that Barbi was cheating. Upset about what Bumblebee just did, Sebastian looks for his phone to call his agent, but can't find it. Bumblebee asks her "were you looking for this?", and she shows him his phone (it turns out that when Sebastian was pulling Bumblebee outside, she had inadvertently taken his phone and recorded all what he said).

Sebastian tells her to return his phone, but Bumblebee denies it, showing the judges what she recorded of his plan to disqualify Diana. The judges believe Bumblebee, and automatically disqualify Barbi. Two security guards take Sebastian to get him out, and Barbi storms back to her dressing room in a rage. The judges declare Diana Prince the winner of the beauty pageant. Nevertheless, Barbi refuses to lose and turns into the Cheetah, and begins attacking the guests. Then she tries to attack the judges, but they are protected by Bumblebee. Cheetah and Bumblebee fight each other, and soon Bumblebee is subdued by Cheetah, who damages her armor. About to swipe her across the face, Cheetah is stopped by Diana. She bravely fought against the Cheetah, and ends up defeating her. Everyone cheers for Diana and Bumblebee, so Diana officially wins the pageant.

In her house, Karen congratulates her friend on winning, but Diana tells her she couldn't have done it without help. The two girls hug, and Karen tells Diana that if Hippolyta had been in the pageant, she would be proud of her. Diana then remembers it and says it's true, so she'll write her achievement. In Themyscira, Hippolyta receives her daughter's message, which includes a photo of Diana and Karen with the contest trophy. And upon learning of Diana's achievement, she was happy, feeling proud of her daughter.

## Characters

* Bumblebee
* Cheetah
* Sebastian Ballesteros *(debut)*
* Wonder Woman
* Hippolyta
* Catwoman *(text message only)*
* Poison Ivy *(text message only)*
* Star Sapphire *(text message only)*
* Livewire *(text message only)*
* Giganta *(text message only)*
* Punchline *(text message only)*

## Casting

* Kimberly Brooks as Karen Beecher/Bumblebee
* Tara Strong as Barbi Minerva/Cheetah, Fashion judge
* Khary Payton as Sebastian Ballesteros
* Grey DeLisle Griffin as Diana Prince, Fashion judge
* Cree Summer as Queen Hippolyta
* Fred Tatasciore as Commentator 1
* Jason Spisak as Fasion judge
* Roxana Ortega as Commentator 2

## Trivia

* This episode marks the debut of Sebastian Ballesteros in the series.

### Continuity

* This episode takes place after "Seven Deadly Girls" as it is shown here that Barbi and her friends meet Punchline and she is on their team.

### References

* The episode title makes a pun on the villain's name and the phrase "cheating ambition".