List of Big Time Rush episodes

Four hockey players from Minnesota – Kendall Knight (Kendall Schmidt), James Diamond (James Maslow), Carlos Garcia (Carlos Pena, Jr.) and Logan Mitchell (Logan Henderson) – go to an audition so James can become a famous pop star. but they all end up auditioning. When Kendall gets mad at the record producer, Gustavo (Stephen Kramer Glickman), for turning James down, he jumps on the table and starts to sing "the giant turd song" to the producer. To his surprise, the producer picks Kendall to go to L.A. due to his fiery personality but Kendall only agrees if Gustavo brings all the guys and makes them a singing group. He eventually agrees. However in LA, Gustavo had three days to turn them into a successful boy band in order to win the approval of the CEO. However the boys are terrible at dancing, singing, and cooperating. After goofing off and getting firing, the boys go back and work hard, performing "Big Time Rush" to a pleased CEO who wants them to produce a demo CD in three months.

Guest stars: Erin Sanders as Camille, Challen Cates as Mrs. Knight, Rachel Quaintance as Roberta, Ted Garcia as himself, Matt Riedy as Griffin, and Anne Johnson as Mrs. Magicowski

Production: Taped in early 2009, in Hollywood.
Song(s) featured: "Big Time Rush", a preview of the song "Famous" and a preview of the song "City is Ours", "The Giant Turd Song"
Special guest star: Nicole Scherzinger as herself and Fred Tallaksen as Mr. X

The boys get a dose of reality when Kelly tells them they have to go to school at least four hours every day while they live in Los Angeles. While the boys want to go to the fun Palm Woods school, they learn that Gustavo has arranged to have their school located at the recording studio, so they are never far from his grip. The boys do whatever is necessary to take down the "School of Rocque" and go to the Palm Woods school. Meanwhile, an attempt from Mrs. Knight to home school Katie (Ciara Bravo) fails, so she tries to get Katie to act in a commercial to gain entrance in the Palm Woods, with the help of Mr. Bitters.

Guest Starring: Dee Bradley Baker as Mr. Smitty, Roz Witt as Mrs. Chisdak, Tara Strong as Ms. Collins, David Anthony Higgins as Mr. Bitters, Ralph Cole, Jr. as Personal Day Teacher, Maxine Weldon as Laxative Auditioner, Joe Dietl and Jennifer Say Gan as The Audition Holders, Nick Vogels as Elliot, Peggy Flood as Elliot's Mom and Challen Cates as Mrs. Knight

Special Guest Starring: Chris Masters as himself

Song(s) featured: A preview of the song "Famous"

Title Reference: School Of Rock

Note: The original episode debut drew a total of 6.8 million total viewers,^[3] making it the highest rated and most-watched debut for a live-action series among kids, tweens, and total viewers in Nickelodeon history. This was also the first appearance of Mr. Bitters and the first time that Griffin was absent. Also, "Hopeless Housewives" is a parody of Desperate Housewives.

The boys are not thrilled with their boring apartment at the Palm Woods and hatch a plan to improve it when Gustavo creates a fun "fake" living area for them on a soundstage for an upcoming EPK shoot. The guys enlist the help of all their friends at Palm Woods to move all the cool games and gadgets from the set to their apartment.

Special guest star(s): Koji Kataoka as Fujisaki

Guest star(s): Erin Sanders as Camille, Lilli Birdsell as The Set Designer, Matt Riedy as Griffin, David Anthony Higgins as Mr. Bitters and Challen Cates as Mrs. Knight

Song(s) featured: "Big Time Rush"

The record company CEO thinks adding a fifth band member will broaden Big Time Rush's appeal and sticks the guys with a self-proclaimed "bad boy" named "Wayne Wayne", who tries to inject dissension and tension within the group. Ultimately, Gustavo and the guys secretly band together to get him booted out of the band, in a "bad boy-off". Meanwhile, Mrs. Knight gets persuaded that there's an axe maniac on the loose, and forces Katie to play with a girl named Molly, who is later found to be a con actress that's 20 years old and tries to pass herself off as an 11-year-old girl driving in a high speed chase with cops, using Mrs. Knight's rental car, trying to get a job in Hollywood.

Song(s) featured: "City is Ours"
Guest starring: Erin Sanders as Camille, Matt Angel as Wayne Wayne, Matt Riedy as Griffin, Daran Norris as Buddha Bob, Allegra Dawn Fetyko as Molly Finster, Tony Rago and Malcolm Foster Smith as The Police Officers, Ted Garcia as Himself, David Anthony Higgins as Mr. Bitters, Challen Cates as Mrs.Knight and Tanya Chisholm as Kelly

The guys chase the same girl named Jo, causing the band to fight. Meanwhile, James gets an allergic reaction to a body spray and Kelly (Tanya Chisholm) attempts to make him get an allergy shot, Gustavo gets a new personal helper named Freight Train, Katie has to write a report on her biggest hero and writes about Gustavo so she does not have to read anything, and Griffin wants a slow love song for the next song, but Gustavo cannot seem to figure out how to make the song work.

Song(s) featured: "Any Kind of Guy"
Guest starring: Erin Sanders as Camille, Matt Riedy as Griffin, Tiana Madry and Tiera Madry as the Simms Twins, Katelyn Tarver as Jo, Stephen Keys as Freight Train, Lorenzo Lamas as Dr. Hollywood, Rachel DiPillo as Rachael (the other new girl), David Anthony Higgins as Mr. Bitters and Challen Cates as Mrs. Knight Note: This episode aired as part of Nickelodeon's "Super Crush Weekend" lineup, featuring love-themed episodes of Nickelodeon's sitcoms, and also featured new episodes of iCarly (iEnrage Gibby), The Troop (Speed), and True Jackson, VP (True Valentine). This is also the first appearance of Jo (played by Katelyn Tarver) and Freight Train (played by Stephen Keys). There is a reference to the show's creator, Scott Fellows, when one looks closely at the paper Jo is holding, it says his name under "Magic Middle School".

Degrassi Mention: Camille auditioned for Degrassi in a cheer leading uniform so, it is implied that she might have been auditioning for the part of Marisol Lewis or a member of the Power Squad (Cheer leading Squad).

When Gustavo goes away for a few days to check out a new boyband called "The Windmills", the guys "mansion sit" for him much to Gustavo's dismay. After much discussion with Kelly, Gustavo allows the boys to "mansion sit" but they must follow his rules or else they are fired. Once at the mansion the guys think it will be an easy task, but what seems like a task they can handle soon turns into a "big time disaster" as things don't go according to plan. Meanwhile with Kendall and the guys away, Mrs Knight starts to fell less needed by her children, so Katie decides to help her mother out by pretending to be sick.

Song(s) featured: "Famous" and "City is Ours"

Guest starring: Stephen Keys as Freight Train (shown in a flashback), Eric Nelsen, A.J. Mendoza, Kamen EdwardsWindmills and Challen Cates as Mrs. Knight

The boys are at the Palm Woods, severely injured. Camille asked them why they look so beat up if they just got their picture in Pop Tiger. The boys show their entire flashback from beginning to end: The boys were having their very first photo shoot as Big Time Rush. However, with Gustavo and Kelly doing community service for vandalizing Matthew McConaughey's mailbox, Griffin took over and makes them "space matadors with stuffy puppies". A simple photo shoot becomes a race for time and the perfect shot. Meanwhile, Katie and her mom are determined to get an autograph from teen hunk Dak Zevon, and Mrs. Knight starts to go a little nuts when the security guards are mean to Katie, so she (Mrs. Knight) gets all the fans of Dak and tries to barricade the door to Dak's recording room.

Song(s) featured:: Multiple brief previews of the song "Halfway There"
Guest starring: Erin Sanders as Camille, Curt Hansen as Dak Zevon, Matt Riedy as Griffin, William Romeo as Security Guard #1, Jack Kennedy as Security Guard #2, Karen Strassman and Dominic Flores as The Corrections Officers, Jack Walsh (Actor) as "Gums", Alex Barad as Pop Tiger Mesenger, Carlos Alazraqui as Photographer Marcos and Challen Cates as Mrs. Knight

The boys are relieved to finally be able to spend some time apart after finding out that Gustavo is taking the day off. Logan is determined to get into a math lecture taught by Phoebe Nachee, but is disappointed when he finds out that the lecture is at an all girls school. Carlos panics when he realizes his helmet is missing, but gets a surprise visit from his father, a policeman, who accompanies him on the mission to retrieve his helmet. James decides to spend his day off trying to set off his acting career with the help of Camille. Kendall is desperate to spend time with his crush, Jo, but is discouraged when she continuously reminds him she has a boyfriend. However, when Katie finds out that Jo does not have a boyfriend, she tells Kendall, and he is determined to get the truth out of her.

Guest starring: Erin Sanders as Camille, Maggie Henry as Phoebe Nachee, Erik Estrada as Officer Garcia, Katelyn Tarver as Jo, Daran Norris as Buddha Bob, Raquel Bell as Guard, Taylar Hollomon as Phoebe Nachee Fan, Diane Robin as Casting Director, Parker Young as Travis David Anthony Higgins as Mr. Bitters, and Challen Cates as Mrs. Knight.

The guys, who desperately want to remain in L.A., have to pass the greenlight of their demos for that to happen, after Kelly tells them they will be forced to head back to Minnesota if they do not get their CDs greenlighted. Mercedes Griffin, Griffins daughter, comes and pretends to be the "secret someone who picks the demos". They soon find out that the demos are picked by a chimpanzee, so they try to bribe it to pick Big Time Rush. Meanwhile, Mrs. Knight tries to be assistant manager to stay at Palm Woods for Katie's sake.

Song(s) featured: "Big Time Rush", "Any Kind of Guy", "Famous", "Halfway There"
Guest star(s): Carlie Casey as Mercedes Griffin, Matt Riedy as Griffin, James Arnold Taylor as Regional Manager Taylor, Daran Norris as Buddha Bob, Chris Mordetzky as himself (shown for half a second in a flashback) David Anthony Higgins as Mr. Bitters, Grace Lee as Old Assistant Manager, Kevin "Repo" Thomas as The 3K Resident (a.k.a "The Angry Giant") and Challen Cates as Mrs. Knight

When the boys find out they are not invited to their own party at Rocque Records, they decide to throw their own in the Palm Woods, since Mrs. Knight and Katie are off to San Diego, even though Mr. Bitters does not allow it. They call the party a 'social gathering', since there is no rule forbidding them, and the boys agree on only inviting 3 friends each. Kendall invites Jo, as his 'guest-friend-person-thing', while James invites the 3 hottest girls on his phone. It is unknown who Logan invited. Carlos cannot decide and ends up inviting the first 3 contacts on his phone and one of them is 'All Contacts' (Carlos thought it was "Al Contacts", thus inviting his whole phone). During the "social gathering," everybody in Carlos phone is now in the party which causes a big problem. Soon, Bitters is hunting for their party, so Kendall and Jo try to stop him before the boys get "3 strikes" and are thrown out of the Palm Woods. Both Camille and Mercedes arrive at the party trying to spend some time with Logan which causes a problem for him.

Song(s) featured: "City is Ours", "Halfway There", "Any Kind of Guy", "Big Time Rush", and a preview of the song "Famous"

The boys have been breaking things while having too much fun at the Palm Woods and Gustavo has had enough. Rather than covering for them, Gustavo decides to teach the guys a lesson by making them get jobs to pay off $2,000.30 for the damages. Gustavo puts the boys on Freight Train's "No-Swim list" so they cannot swim in the Palmwoods pool until they pay all of the money back. Carlos becomes Gustavo's production assistant, while James attempts to become a model with Katie as his manager. At first, Logan and Kendall were going to be sign spinners. However, they get fired and start a babysitting service, which was not as easy as they expected. Eventually, Kendall and Logan make the kids wash cars. When Carlos is getting a coffee for Gustavo using an automated coffee maker C.A.L. (very likely a parody of H.A.L.), it makes a coffee with foam, and when it asks Carlos if he wants more foam, C.A.L. keeps on squirting more and more foam until the kitchen is full of it and more and proclaims it wants to cover the Earth in foam. The boys eventually pay Gustavo back his money, but then, people come storming in asking who will pay for setting up an illegal daycare service in the Palm Woods, using Palm Woods rags and towels, James' wardrobe, the coffee machine, and foam removal. Gustavo gets angry and wrecks his studio. Griffin sees this and asks him to pay him back the exact same amount of money the boys get fined. The episode ends with Gustavo, Kelly, and the boys washing cars.

Song(s) featured: "City is Ours", an acoustic piano preview of "This is Our Someday", and a preview of the song "Famous"
Guest starring: Stephen Keys as Freight Train, Rob Paulsen as C.A.L., David Anthony Higgins as Mr. Bitters, Darren Schnase as Cuda Photographer, Erica Shaffer as Wendell's Mom, Evan Lake Schelton as Wendell, Melisa LeGree as Lead Stylist, Matt Riedy as Griffin, and Challen Cates as Mrs. Knight

The boys must impress a well-known blogger, Deke whose words can control their career. They are going to be spending a "Day with Deke" very soon, so Gustavo hires people to train the boys to have a good "Day with Deke". When the interview starts, 5 minutes later, Deke writes a bad review, and the boys must figure out how to change his mind about them for a good review before he posts it through a series of traps. Meanwhile, Gustavo gets a "Scuttlebutter" account and sends out a Scutbut that he hate Brussels, the capital of Belgium. (He meant to type that he hates Brussel Sprouts)

Guest starring: Matthew Moy as Deke, Rachel Quaintance as Roberta, Ted Garcia as Himself, Reece Kirk as Jean-Luc Varn Darn, Clyde Yasuhara as Mr. Fong, Ahmed Best as one of the preparation crew for My Day With Deke and David Anthony Higgins as Mr. Bitters

Gustavo's mansion becomes flooded, so he decides to live with the boys at the Palm Woods until it's unflooded. However, the boys want him to leave as soon as possible and will do whatever it takes to make him leave. Meanwhile, Carlos and Mr. Bitters are trying to prove that there is a ghost in the Palm Woods, while Logan is there to prove him wrong.

Song(s) featured: "Stuck", "Big Time Rush", "City is Ours", "Shot in the Dark"
Guest starring: Katelyn Tarver as Jo, Rachel DiPillo as Rachael, Tristin Mays as Stephanie King, Keith Pillow as Mr. King, David Anthony Higgins as Mr. Bitters and Challen Cates as Mrs. Knight

The kids at the Palm Woods are organizing their first school dance, and the boys of Big Time Rush have secured the perfect location, Gustavo's recording studio. However there is a catch, the guys have to perform one of their songs during the evening. Now on top of having to get the perfect date, the guys have the added pressure of giving their first performance in front of a live audience. Kendall and Katie attempt to find their mom a perfect date, during which Kendall forgets to ask Jo to the dance, instead asking her to do preparations for the dance. The Jennifers all take Carlos under different personas after rejecting all the guys who asked them including Carlos (Carlos being the coolest, but still out of their league) and a nerdy kid. Logan tries to find the courage to ask Camille, but keeps failing miserably. James in his attempts to help out Logan accidentally asks out numerous girls including Rachael.

Song(s) featured: "Stuck" and "City is Ours"
Special guest star: Fabio Lanzoni as himself
Guest starring: Erin Sanders as Camille, Katelyn Tarver as Jo, Rachel DiPillo as Rachael, Keith Allan as Pitchman Tristin Mays as Stephanie, Tara Strong as Miss Collins, Fred Tallaksen as Mr. X, David Anthony Higgins as Mr. Bitters and Challen Cates as Mrs. Knight

The boys are told to stay away from Jordin Sparks while she stays at the Palm Woods and records a new song at Rocque Records. As they try to protect her, they only give her bad luck, eventually pushing her down a well and when Kendall tries to help her, Jo catches him and thinks he is cheating on her.

Special guest star: Jordin Sparks as herself
Guest starring: Katelyn Tarver as Jo, Phil LaMarr as Hawk, Phillipi Sparks Jr. as himself, Merry Simkins as Sunblock Mom and David Anthony Higgins as Mr. Bitters
Absent: Ciara Bravo as Katie Knight
Song(s) featured: "Count On You"

A heatwave strikes Hollywood and James starts to use tanning spray that's supposedly "mangerine" to the point of his skin looking orange. The boys find out that James has "Hollywood Fever" from Camille and when Gustavo sees this, he tells Kendall, Logan, and Carlos to fix James, or he will fire and replace him. Kendall, Logan, and Carlos go on a mission to get rid of the his tanning spray by chasing him around with water-guns. While on the mission, Carlos finds out that one of the Jennifers went away so he joins their group and also catches Hollywood fever. Meanwhile, while Logan looks for James in Palm Woods Park, he runs into Guitar Dude who gives him a set of bongos and tells him to chill out, catching the fever and losing his uptight edge in the process.

Song(s) featured: "Stuck", a preview of "Any Kind of Guy" and "Famous"
Guest starring: Erin Sanders as Camille, Daran Norris as Buddha Bob, Hira Ambrosino as Psychiatrist, Joe Thornton, Jr. as The Health Inspector and David Anthony Higgins as Mr. Bitters

The boys learn that Camille is leaving the Palm Woods unless she gets a part in an acting job, and must help her, eventually promising everyone a part in their upcoming music video. But Gustavo said Camille cannot be in the video, and Big Time Rush tell everyone that they can be in the video. They gotta figure out how to get everyone in the video, and Marcos tries to direct the music video but Gustavo will not let him. They stole Mr. Bitter's car for the video themselves, including all the people they promise and Marcos is directing, and the video's amazing. Gustavo asks Mr. Bitters to sell his car, and makes it Big Time Rush Mobile.

Song(s) featured: "City is Ours"

Guest starring: Erin Sanders as Camille, Carlos Alazraqui as Marcos (who first appears in "Big Time Photo Shoot"), Katelyn Tarver as Jo, Daran Norris as Buddha Bob, David Goldman as Camille's Dad, and David Anthony Higgins as Mr. Bitters
Note: This is the second Big Time Rush episode marketed as a special, the first being Big Time Sparks.

In the eye of their first album release, Griffin, the head of the record label, cancels the album, tour, and concert, forcing them to return to Minnesota, which threatens to break up their life-long friendships. James gets mad and he's got 3 record deal, and joins Hawk, Gustavo's Arch-Rival. Gustavo has to pay back to Griffin $2,000,000 to get back Big Time Rush, and to get them to come back and to finally perform concert. They come back to the LA, and they cannot stay in the Palmwoods again, so they all start living in the Rocque Records "RocqueWoods". James does not want to come back to Big Time Rush so they open an audition for the new James, but they can find anyone and James comes back and they prepare for the concert.

Guest starring: Erin Sanders as Camille, Katelyn Tarver as Jo Taylor, Fred Tallaksen as Mr. X, Sam Stone (actor) as Skippy, Ed Brigadier as Sebastian, Andray Johnson as Executive, Brian McGovern as James' Dad, Matt Riedy as Griffin, Camilla Luddington as Rebecca, Rachel Quaintance as Roberts, Ted Garcia as Himself, Anne E. Johnson, Curt Hansen as Dak Zevon, Challen Cates as Mrs. Knight and Phil LaMarr as Hawk
Song(s) featured: "City is Ours", "This is Our Someday", "Famous", "Big Time Rush", "Halfway There", "The Giant Turd Song", and "Any Kind of Guy"

The boys come back triumphant and tired from their six-week tour, and must catch up on all the schoolwork that they missed because of the tour, in order to maintain their grade averages and attend Rocktoberfest. Kendall and Jo's relationship is put to the test when she lands a part in a new television series, New Town High, and must make out with the male lead, Jett Stetson. Then, Jo tells Kendall that he should forget about her. At the concert BTR sings "Till I forget bout you" and Jo holds a sign saying "I heart Kendall"

Guest starring: Erin Sanders as Camille, Katelyn Tarver as Jo Taylor, Tara Strong as Ms. Collins, David Cade as Jett Stetson, Nick Bush as State Fair Reporter, Thomas Kasp as David, Mahaley Hessam as Sandra, Glenn McCuen as Lil Lee Roth, Matt Riedy as Griffin, David Anthony Higgins as Mr. Bitters and Challen Cates as Mrs. Knight

Notes: This is the first episode to not start but end with the words, "Big Time". This is also the first time a news reporter who's not Ted Garcia appears on the show. This episode aired as part of Nickelodeon's Worldwide Day of Play lineup, which Keke Palmer hosted along with Victoria's Secret, and Isabella Collins an appearance from the boys of Big Time Rush, at 8:30 pm ET right after the premiere of the iCarly episode, "iGet Pranky" 8:00 pm ET, with additional new episodes of True Jackson, VP (The Fifth of Pranktuary ) at 7:30pm ET, and Victorious (Beck's Big Break) at 9:00pm ET.
In the beginning the cowboy said you can see Big Time Crush it was reviled that the episode was in this episode.

The boys get a visit from their clumsy hometown friend, Jenny Tinkler, who happens to be an awesome singer but the world's biggest klutz. The boys get stuck in the middle of helping her dream come true. Meanwhile, James is giving his #1 fan some advice, one of his fans steal his identity and locks James in the basement, but Katie forces him to tell her where James was being held.

Guest starring: Erin Sanders as Camille, Jonathan Brett as Buddy Simmons, Ray Conchado, Ron Ransen and Clint Tauscher as Death Smash, Ted Garcia as Himself, Sammy Jay Wren as Jenny Tinkler, David Anthony Higgins as Mr. Bitters and Seth Robert Dusky as LJ
Song(s) featured: "Famous"

Logan and Camille are finally a couple but while James helps Camille prepare for a movie audition, they get so caught up in the moment, they accidentally kiss, much to Logan's dismay, and Logan and James get into a big fight. This predicament puts their friendship and Logan and Camille's relationship in jeopardy. Meanwhile, Gustavo hires an actress to pretend to be Carlos' first girlfriend so he can learn about heartbreak and sing better in the "Break-up" song Gustavo wants them to sing and Kendall and Jo's busy schedules keep them from seeing each other.

Guest starring: Erin Sanders as Camille, Diandra Newlin as James' Potential Girlfriend, David Anthony Higgins as Mr. Bitters, Mike Carlucci as Jo's Driver, Katelyn Tarver as Jo Taylor, and Chelsea Ricketts as Sasha
Song(s) featured: "Boyfriend", "I Know You Know"

The boys are making their first TV appearance on the local morning show A.M. LA. When it looks like BTR will be bumped from the schedule due to requiring cuts, the guys prove that they will do whatever it takes to make their TV debut happen. Meanwhile, Katie becomes addicted to a DS game, that battles a shebeast, and Gustavo and Kelly are being tested by Griffin, to see if they will keep their studio location. However, Griffin seems to rig it and repeatedly gives them D's, making things look bleak.

Special guest star: Ed Begley Jr. as himself

Guest starring: Crista Flanagan as Jane Kennedy, Robert Curtis Brown as Miles Bainbridge, Andrew Patrick Ralston as Teleprompter Guy, Matt Riedy as Griffin, Bashir Gavriel and Kyle S. More as Video Gamers, Shane Yoon as Weatherman and Challen Cates as Mrs. Knight

Song(s) featured: "Til' I Forget About You"

It’s Halloween in Palm Woodsylvania and the monstrous personas of Big Time Rush come to light: James is a vampire, Logan is a zombie who keeps losing his limbs, Carlos is Franken-Carlos and Kendall is a werewolf who is trying to hide his real identity from Jo. James is in love with a vampire slayer (Jeanine Mason) who tries to slay him (in vampire form), and Logan has to devise a plan to keep Lightning from biting his body parts off. Meanwhile, Griffin tells Gustavo that the boys cannot perform on his "Big Night of Fright" unless he turns them into "normals." Gustavo then tests his "Hot Boy Band Machine", which snowballs into a problem.

Guest starring: David Anthony Higgins as Mr. Bitters (ghost form), Katelyn Tarver as Jo Taylor, Jeanine Mason as Muffy the vampire slayer, Matt Riedy as Griffin, Bro-bee from Yo Gabba Gabba! and Challen Cates as Mrs. Knight
Note: This episode marks the debut of the series holiday franchise. Also, this is the third Big Time Rush episode to be marketed as a special. Carlos' rampage scene is a parody of The Incredible Hulk"
The song "Big Night" was played in the end credits of the Nickelodeon movie Best Player. Muffy is a parody of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Note: This episode counts as a holiday special and is the first special in the Big Time Rush holiday special franchise. This episode premiered on October 30th 2011 at 5pm on Nickelodeon (UK & Ireland) and on Nickelodeon Southeast Asia and Nickelodeon Philippines on October 31st a part of Nickelodeon's Planet Scream special.

James and Logan try to buy and resell sneakers. Meanwhile, Jo's publicist wants the press to think that she is dating her co-star Jett, Kendall and Jo must hide their relationship, and doing so requires many different disguises when Kendall just wants to go to the zoo with Jo. Also, Carlos and Katie name themselves Robin and Hoodie, and try to find other ways to get their favorite fruit snacks, fruit smackers after Bitters makes the price insanely high so everyone cannot afford to buy them.
Song(s) featured: "Big Time Rush", "Big Night"
Guest starring: Katelyn Tarver as Jo Taylor, David Cade as Jett Stetson, Stephen Keys as Freight Train, David Anthony Higgins as Mr. Bitters, Beth Dover as Amy (Jo's Publicist) and Challen Cates as Mrs. Knight

The boys hold their annual prank-day contest and the girls at Palm Woods want to participate, so it soon becomes a battle of boys vs. girls. Meanwhile, an awry prank-themed day with Gustavo and Kelly escalates into minor destruction and some violence. Logan becomes Dr. Hollywood's assistant for the day after his eyes got hurt because his own prank backfired on him. At the end, the prank war ended with Kendall and Katie as the champions.

Guest starring: Erin Sanders as Camille, Katelyn Tarver as Jo Taylor, Matt Riedy as Griffin, Tucker Albrizzi as Tyler, David Cade as Jett Stetson, Malia Dawkins as Girl who got pranked, Lorenzo Lamas as Dr. Hollywood, Challen Cates as Mrs. Knight and David Anthony Higgins as Mr. Bitters

The boys are excited to head back to Minnesota for the holidays, but hours before their flight, Griffin, the head of the record label, insists on them recording a Christmas EP, and will not let them leave until it's done. So it looks like they will be spending their first Christmas away from home. After making the first song, Griffin told them the other two songs must be celebrity duets. Then Big Time Rush trying to do the duet with Miranda Cosgrove in Have a Miranda's little Christmas and another duet with Snoop Dogg. Meanwhile, Mrs. Knight attempts to pack up presents and clothes so she does not have to pay a luggage fee and Katie attempts to give a Scrooge-esque Mr. Bitters some holiday cheer.

Special guest star(s): Miranda Cosgrove as herself, Snoop Dogg as himself, Tom Kane as narrator, and Fabio as himself

Guest starring: Erin Sanders as Camille, Challen Cates as Mrs. Knight, David Anthony Higgins as Mr. Bitters, Katelyn Tarver as Jo Taylor, Stacey Moseley as Miranda's Producer, and Matt Riedy as Griffin.

Song(s) featured: "Beautiful Christmas", "All I Want for Christmas", "12 Days of Christmas", "Let’s Stay in Our PJs (All Christmas Long)"

Gustavo is really angry at Big Time Rush and he chases them into the Palmwoods. Big Time Rush ask for help from Buddha Bob, and he does the Himalayan monkey pinch on Gustavo and he becomes so mellow that he writes a horrible song for the New Town High soundtrack. Kelly and Kendall team up to help Gustavo return to his regular, angry self. Meanwhile, Logan downloads a Swagger app on his phone, which increases Logan's swagger and decreases James', causing James to almost "die" from dangerously low swagger counts. Carlos takes advice from a parrot, and when he is about to go on a date with a girl, the parrot tells him he has 24 hours to live, horrifying him and leaving him to live in the bathroom (Panic Room) of the apartment. The boys must now do whatever it takes to get back control of Big Time Rush, and make Gustavo get back to normal before the New Town High producers come and find that he has not written a good song.

Note: This is the first episode where Buddha Bob has a major involvement in the main storyline.

Guest starring: Erin Sanders as Camille, Rob Paulsen as Superparrot, Daran Norris as Buddha Bobb, Jeffrey Ross as a fake record producer, and David Anthony Higgins as Mr. Bitters

Kendall and Jo help Carlos find a date, and Logan flirts with a new girl, Peggy, while he is still confused about his feelings for Camille. James wants to help Katie get closer to her new crush, Kyle, but becomes like an overprotective brother instead. Logan wants to get back together with Camille, but she goes on a date with Steve, and at the end all the boys are alone when they go see a movie they planned to see with their dates.

Note: This episode is a part of Nickelodeon's "Crush Week". This episode's story line is similar to the one on "Big Time Girlfriends", and this is the first episode where none of the events take place at Rocque Records. This is the first time that Gustavo is absent from an episode and this is Kelly's second time being absent.

Absent: Tanya Chisholm as Kelly Wainwright and Stephen Kramer Glickman as Gustavo Rocque

Song(s) featured: A preview of "Boyfriend"

The boys made a deal with Griffin, if they got a number 1 record, they can go to have a beach party with the other Palm Woods in his beach house in Malibu. When Kendall arrives alone since Jo had to go to reshoot a scene in her show a crazy fan girl, Sandy tries to 'steal' Kendall from Jo, claiming that she is his girlfriend and Sandy posts pictures of both of them, making Jo very jealous and forcing Kendall asking help from the Jennifers which fails. Meanwhile, after surfing, James is saved by a girl, Annie (Gage Golightly) who he believes is a mermaid, and with Camille's help he tries to prove it but also falls in love with her. And Logan and Carlos (who realized the only way to impress the Jennifers was to buy a beach house) search for gold, they find Patchy the Pirate (Tom Kenny) and together they try to find the buried treasure of Scratchy the Pirate by following his many clues. While Katie attempts to become Russell Brand's manager and Mrs Knight attempts to attack the boys with sun lotion.

Note: This is the fourth movie in Big Time Rush. The character Patchy the Pirate (played by Tom Kenny) was featured in all of the SpongeBob SquarePants specials. Tom Kenny also plays the voice of SpongeBob. Also, Kendall and Tad's drag race was a reference to the go cart race in the movie "Heavy Weight". {Booboo Stewart makes a cameo appearance as a dancing teen.

Special guest star(s): Russell Brand as himself, Tom Kenny as Patchy the Pirate, Gage Golightly as Annie

Guest stars: Erin Sanders as Camille, Katelyn Tarver as Jo Taylor, Challen Cates as Mrs. Knight, Jayme Lynn Evans as Sandy, Matt Riedy as Griffin, Rick Gifford as Marvin, June Mock as Russell's Assistant, Mike Carlucci as Jo's Driver, Robert Pine as J.D., Daran Norris as Buddha Bob and Jack DePew as Tad.

When Griffin is releasing the BTR deluxe edition album. Gustavo has to hire songwriters but they end up fighting and cannot write the song. So Gustavo writes the song himself. Kendall, James, Carlos, and Logan want to write their own song, Gustavo doesn't agree with them so the boys want Katie to open a health spa in the Palmwoods so they can write the song while Camille and Buddha Bob keep Gustavo busy. In the song writing process, Kendall and Carlos write a song named "Oh" while James and Logan prefer their song called "Yeah", this creates a fight between the members of the group. After the fight, they realize the song can collaborate and form "Oh" and "Yeah", the song then becomes Oh Yeah and is approved by Griffin.

Guest starring: Erin Sanders as Camille, Daran Norris as Buddha Bob, Dorian Kingi and Trampas Thompson as Jambox and Daryl, David Anthony Higgins as Mr. Bitters (brief cameo appearance) and Matt Riedy as Griffin

Note: Griffin mentions Katy Perry and Maroon 5. In the opening scene, Kendall makes a reference to the nicktoon Fanboy and Chum Chum and Jay-Z. Also, when the songwriters discuss about the hospital they will be sent to, one mentions St. Mario and the other St. Luigi, a reference to the Nintendo Characters Mario and Luigi. Also when Gustavo is breaking out of the cement they play the famous Godzilla roar. Also Camille makes a reference to The Spy Next Door when she said she auditioned for Kung Fu Babysitter.

Griffin orders a reality show about the guys' lives, complete with the audience voting to eliminate one member of BTR. To stay interesting, Carlos and James resort to non-stop fighting, Logan and Camille fake a melodramatic relationship, and Kendall attempts to unplug all the cameras once and for all after one catches him off-guard at the Palm Woods pool. In order to get the show cancelled and keep the group together, the boys must try to prove to Griffin that a reality show is a bad idea.

Guest starring: Erin Sanders as Camille, Joe Souza as Snake Timmons, Challen Cates as Mrs. Knight, Bobby Lee as TJ, Keith Blaney as Fired Executive, Matt Riedy as Griffin

Note: In this episode, Kendall mentions Green Day (this marks the second episode to mention the band) and Lady GaGa. This is also one of the most popular "Big Time Rush" episodes.

When Gustavo begins working with a female pop group called the Kat's Crew, the boys of Big Time Rush get some jealousy when their new single "I Know You Know" is taken by the Kat's Crew. They start a war between each side (Big Time Rush & Kat's Crew), believing that Gustavo will forget about them and cancel Big Time Rush. The guys turn to "Boys in the Attic", Gustavo's first boy band, for some advice: they were also destroyed by a female group named "Angel Angels". In the end Gustavo decides to keep the guys and stop working with the Kat's Crew, but before the girls leave Rocque Records forever, Big Time Rush makes a song and a video with them. Meanwhile, Katie and Mrs. Knight and are trying to find good friends.

Special guest star: Cymphonique Miller as Kat, the lead singer of Kat's Crew

Guest Starring: Fred Tallaksen as Mr. X, Challen Cates as Mrs. Knight, Tucker Albrizzi as Tyler, Danielle Bessler and Cristal Guel as the rest of Kat's Crew, Andrew Bowen as the leader of Boys in the Attic and Daran Norris as Buddha Bob.

Song(s) featured: "I Know You Know"

In a class competition to win one week of no school, things do not go well as Kendall is partnered up with Jett - his big time enemy. Logan ends up with the school bully in which everyone's hopes were gone because everyone wanted to be Logan's partner. Carlos and James partner up but have trouble with figuring out what green project considering that there ideas were taken. Meanwhile, Logan is forced to do all the work for his project. When the bully helps with the roof of the project, he tells Logan that his brain does not work very well around people. Kendall's first green idea, does not work, due to being dangerous. James and Carlos decide to put a cow in every single apartment by cutting down on gas consumption, dairy, and elevator use. On the day of the project, Kendall and Jett still do not have an idea. Kendall finally gets an idea to put Jett in a box, due to Jett being an energy waster. Surprisingly, Kendall and Jett won the week off school. Much to Kendall and Jett's dismay, the two must speak to the governor, thus having to spend an extra week together.

Guest starring: Erin Sanders as Camille, Challen Cates as Mrs. Knight, Tara Strong as Ms. Collins, Matt Riedy as Griffin, Stefan Van Ray as Ozzy Clark, David Anthony Higgins as Mr. Bitters, Obdul Reid as Obdul (Griffin's assistant), and David Cade as Jett Stetson.

Song(s) featured: "Halfway There"

James' mom, nicknamed the "Estee Lauder of the Midwest" for her successful cosmetics line, arrives at the Palm Woods to bring James home and groom him to take over the family company. The guys have to act fast to save the band, and figure out how to stand up to a woman not used to being told "no".

Special guest star: Lita Ford as herself.

Guest starring: Lisa Rinna as Mrs. Brooke Diamond, Challen Cates as Mrs. Jennifer Knight, Daran Norris as Buddha Bob, Hahn Cho as Angry Resident, Jill-Michele Melean as Mrs. Sylvia Garcia, Holly Wortell as Mrs. Joanne Mitchell, Casey Burke and Mario Lara as Pet Owners, Peggy Miley as Mr. Bitters' Mom, and David Anthony Higgins as Mr. Reginald Bitters.

Song featured: "The Mom Song"

The Palm Woods school is having its annual prom and Kendall, James, Carlos and Logan are all determined to win the title of Prom King and each will do whatever it takes to win. Carlos takes one of the Jennifers, but thinking he took the wrong date, Carlos dumps her, therefore the Jennifers team up again to destroy him. Kendall has to sneak Jo out of her apartment on being grounded, but they both get caught later on by her dad. Logan is jealous when Camille is going to prom with another guy so he tries to make sure James will be Prom King and queen with his date. But James ends up being hunted by three body guards, when trying to get Aubrey Stewart from "The Vampire Stories Chronicles Saga Trilogy". James and Logan both end up winning Prom King and Queen. Logan wins King, while James wins Queen.

Guest starring: Erin Sanders as Camille, Katelyn Tarver as Jo Taylor, Daran Norris as Buddha Bob, Todd Bryant as Lead Bodyguard, Tom Schmidt as Jo's dad, Barnett O'Hara as Guitar Dude, Bryan Cid Borrero as Steve, Denyse Tontz, Kelli Goss, and Savannah Jayde as The Jennifers.

Song(s) featured: "Nothing Even Matters"

Jo is offered a role in a major motion picture that shoots in New Zealand for 3 years. However, she lies to Kendall, saying that she is incapable of doing the movie due to her "New Town High " contract. But when Kendall and Katie check Jo's New Town High contract, it states that ", if offered a role in a major motion picture, she can get out of her contract. Much to Kendall's guilt, he tries to get Jo to break up with him by acting disgusting on their date. Jo then decides to take the role after Kendall convinces her. After her limo leaves, the boys realize that Kendall and Jo forgot their signature "Goodbye Kiss." The boys rush to the airport just before Jo's plane leaves for a proper goodbye.

Guest starring: Katelyn Tarver as Jo Taylor, Christiann Castellanos as Selana, Linda Cevallos as Selana's Manager, Mike Carlucci as Jo's Driver, and Nikea Gamby-Turner as Female Airport Security Worker.

Song(s) featured: "Worldwide"

The guys help Kendall cheer up after his big break up with Jo, in order for him to get prepared for the band's new super huge summer single. When Kendall counters their efforts by saying that they'll never know what he's going through because they've never had their hearts broken, they decide to fix that. So James, Carlos, and Logan each date a girl from the Palmwoods for a few minutes and then try to break up with them to know what it's like. James dates the Jennifers and Logan dates Camille. When Kendall finally cheers up, James is upset because Jennifer broke up with him instead of vice versa, ruining his perfect "never been dumped" record. Carlos is upset because he only spent 12 minutes dating 'red shirted girl' and it was "the best 12 minutes of his life." Meanwhile, Gustavo has writers block while trying to write the band’s summer single that has to “rule the world.”

Guest starring: Erin Sanders as Camille, Denyse Tontz, Kelli Goss, and Savannah Jayde as The Jennifers, Matt Riedy as Griffin.

Song(s) featured: "If I Ruled the World"

The King and Princess of Kerplankistan, the country where Big Time Rush got a #1 record, visit America. However the King plans to have his daughter wed to one of them. James doesn't want to marry her but asks her if he was the one she would've picked, and as he does he gives her a rose, not knowing that such a gesture is a marriage proposal in Kerplankistan. The boys unsuccessfully try to free James. During the wedding, Kendall, Logan, and Carlos enlist the help of the King's 'dirt boy', who is the one the princess really loves, to try to destroy the wedding, for the sake of the band. Meanwhile, Katie discovers that Buddha Bob is actually an immigrant from Canada and that he is about to be sent back; thus, she convinces her mother marry him so he can stay. Along the way, Mrs. Knight discovers that Buddha Bob would be an okay husband. In this episode we find out that Buddah Bob's last name is Poopsalot. However it turns out Mr. Bitters was not longer qualified to give weddings, so it is not official.

Guest starring: Daran Norris as Buddha Bob, Challen Cates as Mrs. Jennifer Knight, Annet Mahendru as Princess Svetlana, Matthew Florida as Dirt Boy, Hamilton Mitchell as Government Agent and David Anthony Higgins as Mr. Bitters.

Song(s) featured: "If I Ruled the World"

When an eighteen-year-old rocker named Lucy Stone moves into the Palm Woods, James and Carlos compete with each other to see who she will chose as her boyfriend. Meanwhile, Kendall teams up with Gustavo and Kelly to prove to Lucy that Big Time Rush 'rocks' by showing her a rocking new song. Logan becomes obsessed with Camille's new role in an upcoming movie, 'Spy High'; however, while he is helping her rehearse, she takes things too far when she steals all the money from the safe in Bitters' office. In the end Lucy agrees to date both of them, but gets them to break up with her in order to put them in the 'friend zone'. After telling Lucy BTR is going to be on the morning news, BTR, with Gustavo and Kelly, park a huge bus in the middle of a busy downtown intersection and perform their new song "Paralyzed" on the top of the bus, which makes breaking news.

Song(s) featured: "Paralyzed"

Special Guest Star: Malese Jow as Lucy Stone

Guest Starring: Erin Sanders as Camille and David Anthony Higgins as Mr. Bitters

The boys take a stand against Gustavo and refrain from recording a song for their follow-up album because of his harsh management style (such as electric shocks), which they call "striking it to the man". With the help of Katie, the boys write a list of requests (such as ice-cream machines and hot tubs) to Gustavo in exchange for ending their strike, but Gustavo doesn't accept, so the conflict continues. Meanwhile, Mrs. Knight is also striking because Katie says being a mom is an easy job, which leaves Katie to do all the household chores. Gustavo tries to hold auditions to get a new band to sing the song and modify the vocals to sound like BTR. However the boys fend them off from the studio. The boys then plan to upload a music video on the web to get their fans behind their cause; Logan says they can't because Gustavo has the rights to all their songs, but Kendall recalls the one song he doesn't own. So, the boys make a video for "The Giant Turd Song", but when they see how terrible it is, they choose not to upload it. Finally, Katie admits that being a mom is hard work and the boys seek help from Mrs. Knight to reach an agreement with Gustavo. Gustavo and the boys agree, thanks to Mrs. Knight who pressured him into fulfilling some of their demands like giving breaks. Thus the boys sing the new song to Griffin who congratulates them all for the good work. However Griffin then orders them to write a new song at that moment without a break. None of them agree, so they shock Griffin instead, who agrees to give them a break.

Song(s) featured: "The Giant Turd Song", "Superstar"

Guest Starring: Challen Cates as Mrs. Jennifer Knight, Matt Riedy as Griffin.

Four BTR fans win a contest in 'Pop Tiger' magazine to spend a day with one of the guys from Big Time Rush. Kendall's date is a demanding young boy, Bobby, who begins to crush on Katie. After Bobby runs away when Katie tells him to get lost, Kendall, Gustavo and Katie search the Palm Woods for him before finding him in their apartment. Logan's date is an outgoing older woman, Bruna, who's never heard of them before. After breaking up their date after a morning of taxes, Logan changes his mind and end up driving her around LA. James constantly switches dates (Jennette and Tiffany) with Carlos as he continually feels the other girl is better. At the final party, Katie lets Bobby dance with her, Bruna invites her young niece, Muriela, to be Logan's date instead, and both Jennette and Tiffany go with Carlos. James spends his time at the buffet.

Song(s) featured: "Nothing Even Matters"

Hawk steals Big Time Rush's only hard-drive of their second album, the boys, Gustavo and Kelly try to get it back. They go to Hawk Records to retrieve their songs but they end up getting caught and are sent to jail. Fortunately, Kelly manages to bail them out, but they are warned that if they are seen anywhere near Hawk Records, they will be sent to jail again - with no chance of bail. Thus, the boys decide to take on super-hero personas so that technically 'they' will not be near Hawk Records. James becomes 'Bandana Man', Kendall becomes 'The Slapshot', a hockey-based superhero, Carlos becomes 'El Hombre Del Flaming Space Rock Man' (his 'Meteor Man' alter-ego from the first season), Logan becomes 'The Surgeon!', and Gustavo becomes Super Gustavo. Although Kelly decides to become 'Bowlhead'; she was totally against the idea and couldn't find anything better in the pile. Jennifer, Bob, & Katie become Clog Busters.

Song(s) featured: "Blow Your Speakers", "Paralyzed" (mentioned and covered by Zwagger), "Superstar" (mentioned and covered by Zwagger)

Special Guest Stars: Forrest Burnham as Zwagger and Cedric Yarbrough as Chief Lieutenant Officer

When Lucy decides to play a game called "What's the worst thing you've ever done to a person in this room that they don't know about?", James admits to Carlos that he threw away a note that Heather Fox (Elizabeth Gilles), Carlos' camp crush, gave to him which said she liked Carlos because James also liked her at the time. Obligated under the 'Best Friend Code', James finds out Heather is at Colossal Studios filming a commercial. After briefly talking, they agree to catchup. They end up hosting a Camp Wonky Donky day at the Palm Woods for the three of them. Meanwhile, Lucy notices Kendall and Camille sneaking off together and assumes they are dating which freaks Logan out. Also, after Mrs Knight brings a plate full of snicker doodles to the studio, Gustavo and Kelly become obsessed with trying to get the recipe, which Mrs Knight proclaims is a family secret for those over 21. In the end, Heather, as she leaves, gives Carlos a note saying she likes James, which he decides to give to James. Mrs. Knight reveals the recipe is really a pre-made mixture from the store and some sugar. Kendall and Camille have been learning to figureskate, but due to their 'figureskating code' as hockeyplayers, he wanted to keep it a secret. The boys find out and support his efforts, but Kendall and Camille just end up becoming badly hurt at the competition. After another game of truth or dare, the episode ends with the gang chasing angrily after Carlos who had picked truth.

Song(s) featured: "I Love Snicker Doodles"

Special Guest Stars: Elizabeth Gillies as Heather Fox and Malese Jow as Lucy Stone

The boys sit down for a major Hollywood interview. They go back to their greatest moments and reveal pictures and secrets.

Song(s) featured: "If I Ruled the World", "Big Time Rush", "Paralyzed", "Superstar", "Blow Your Speakers", "Worldwide"