Harley Carley Becomes Famous (2013)

**Harley Carley Becomes Famous**, was intended to be the first episode of *The Adventures of Harley Carley*. It entered production some time in 2013, along with The Race. The episode would never be completed, but would be remade into *Harley Carley & Her Friends'* first episode of the same name. The series of which this episode belongs to would be discontinued and the next animated film featuring Harley Carley would be a part of the *Harley Carley* animated series.

### Featuring

* Harley Elizabeth Carley
* Rainbow Bird
* Crazy Legs Crane
* Greg Heffley
* Rowley Jefferson
* Aloysius
* Andy
* Percy the Pencil

## Plot Summary

The episode starts out with Harley explaining to Rainbow Bird that she doesn't have time for him and doesn't wish to have anything to do with him anymore since she had become famous. Rainbow Bird gets upset and cries because he was only wanting to say hello to Harley and believed she was his friend. Rainbow Bird goes to a pond and complains of Harley's behavior to Crazy Legs Crane, a character from the Depatie-Freling series of the same name. In response, Crazy Legs Crane says that he will "take care" of Harley. The camera then cuts to Harley, who is walking down the street with an upturned nose. She passes Greg Heffley and Rowley Johnson, characters from the *Diary of a Wimpy Kid* book series and Aloysius and Andy. Crazy Legs Crane confronts Harley, who punches him in the face causing him to become injured. Percy the Pencil sees everything that occurs and summons everyone in town including a prototype of Dolly in order to confront Harley and force her to apologize for her actions.

## Production and Development

This episode was unscripted, as was every film created by Seth Hamm Productions up until *Harley Carley & Her Friends* went into production. The character's lines were made up as the film was created. Seth Hamm did the voice of Harley and Crazy Legs Crane and Caleb Hamm did the voice of Rainbow Bird. The episode was never completed after the point where Percy the Pencil sees Harley punch Crazy Legs Crane and all of the original footage has been lost. Only the series title card and a few snapshots of some of the scenes from this episode still exist to this day. Frames were drawn using Microsoft Paint and audio recording as well as animation was done in Windows Movie Maker 2.6.

## Remake

This episode was remade into the first episode of *Harley Carley & Her Friends* in 2016. The original plot line was kept the same. However, the role of Crazy Legs Crane was replaced by Mother Rainbow Bird and Greg Heffley, Rowley Jefferson, Aloysius and Andy were also removed from the episode. Percy the Pencil, Harley and Rainbow Bird were all kept in the remade version of this episode and Caleb Hamm also reprised his role as Rainbow Bird. Instead of the entire town confronting Harley and demanding an apology, she is confronted by Father Rainbow Bird, whose claims are then backed up by Percy the Pencil and Bubbles. Dolly is the one who demands the apology from Harley.

In the remake of the episode, Harley belittles Rainbow Bird due to her becoming famous. This makes him cry, just like the original one. The two characters first appear on a mostly brown background, just like the original one but with some added detail to make it look like she was in front of a store that was selling merchandise based on her. Rainbow Bird complains to his mother, who replaces the role of Crazy Legs Crane in the storyline, who then says she will "take care" of Harley. When Mother Rainbow Bird confronts Harley, she is punched in the face and consequently suffers a broken beak. Mother Rainbow Bird complains of Harley's actions to her husband, Father Rainbow Bird, who also tells her he will "handle" this situation. Father Rainbow Bird comes to Harley's house in an attempt to tell her mother what Harley had done. Harley immediately notices Father Rainbow Bird as she is sitting on a porch swing. Harley punches Father Rainbow Bird as well, who also suffers a broken beak. Dolly opens the door, after hearing the commotion, and asks what is going on. Father Rainbow Bird tells Dolly the whole story, resulting in Harley's denial of her own actions. Hearing Harley's denial, Percy the Pencil and Bubbles claim that Harley is lying. Dolly scolds Harley and demands she apologize to the Rainbow Bird family, who then forgive her.