List of Austin & Ally episodes

The following is a list of episodes of the Disney Channel original series, Austin & Ally. Created by Kevin Kopelow and Heath Seifert, the show follows the partnership between polar opposites — Austin, an extroverted musician/singer, and Ally, a brilliant yet shy songwriter and their two best friends, Trish and Dez.

Series overview

Season Episodes Originally aired (U.S. dates)
Season premiere Season finale
1 21[1] December 2, 2011 (2011-12-02) (preview)[2]
December 4, 2011 (2011-12-04) (premiere)[3]
TBA

Episode list

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1 1 "Rockers & Writers" Shelley Jensen Kevin Kopelow & Heath Seifert December 2, 2011 (2011-12-02) 5.7[4]

Ally works at Sonic Boom, a music store owned by her parents located at the Mall of Miami. Austin and Ally start off on the wrong foot when Austin ignores signs and does the opposite of what Ally says. He interrupts Ally while she's in her practice room, singing a rough cut of "Double Take". Unbeknownst to Ally, Austin and his best friend Dez "borrow" the song, create a video and post it on the internet, after which it and Austin become a local sensation. After performing the song on "The Helen Show", Helen suggests that Austin return the next day and perform another original song written by him. Austin isn't good at songwriting, and the only solution he can think of is to plead Ally to write another song for him. Ally initially denies, since Austin was the one who'd stolen her song, but later agrees to help him. It takes all night, but they finish writing the song ("Break Down The Walls"), and Austin asks Ally to be there when he performs it. However, when the pianist gets sick, Ally has to fill in. This was all part of Austin's plan to help Ally overcome her stage fright, but it only ends in disaster. By the end, Austin reforms Ally's practice room and the two become partners, along with Dez as director, and Ally's best friend Trish as Austin's manager.

Guest stars: Andy Milder as Lester, Mim Drew as Helen
Notes: Disney advertised this episode as a series preview.[3] The Helen Show is a parody of The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Entertain Me Tonight is a parody of Entertainment Tonight. Guest star Andy Milder is introduced in his recurring role of Ally's father Lester Dawson.

Songs featured: "Double Take" and "Break Down the Walls" 
2 2 "Kangaroos & Chaos" Shelley Jensen Kevin Kopelow & Heath Seifert December 4, 2011 (2011-12-04) 101[5] 4.0[6]

After a month, Austin becomes worried that his career will end and people will forget who he is. Under pressure, Ally scribbles down song lyrics to Austin's new song in illegible handwriting, prompting Dez and Trish to start gathering strange props for the music video, which they think correspond to her lyrics. After the odd collection of musical items, including a kangaroo and a camel, begin arriving, the four quickly work together to resolve the mix-up.

Guest stars: Andy Milder as Lester, Andy Goldenberg as Martin, Hollywood Yates as Facepuncher, Emily Skinner as Mad Dog
Note: Disney advertised this episode as the series premiere.[3]

Song featured: "A Billion Hits" 
3 3 "Secrets & Songbooks"[8] Shelley Jensen Eric Friedman December 11, 2011 (2011-12-11) N/A

Ally loses her songwriting book, which is also her top-secret diary, so she and Trish comb the mall looking for it, unaware that Austin and Dez have already found it and read it, revealing that Ally has a secret crush. When Austin is convinced it’s him, he tries to find a way to make Ally stop crushing on him and let her know they’re just friends, embarrassing himself in the process. When Ally and Trish find out Austin and Dez have read the diary, they plan an elaborate scheme for revenge to teach Austin a lesson. Ally reveals that her crush is actually a boy named Dallas, and the misunderstanding between her and Austin is cleared.

Guest stars: Cole Sand as Nelson, Carlos Santos[7] as Interviewer

Song featured: "Not a Love Song" 
4 4 "Zaliens & Cloud Watchers"[9]
"Zaliens & Sharkodiles"[10]
Shelley Jensen Rick Nyholm January 8, 2012 (2012-01-08) N/A

Ally writes a song that she thinks is awesome, as it is supposed to be about Austin. Austin hears the song and hates it because it's not him at all. During a webcast, Austin tells Ally that he doesn't like the song. They decide they need to get to know each other better so they do activities that each thinks is fun. First, Ally takes Austin with her to her "Cloud Watching Club", which Austin thinks it's boring. Then Austin takes Ally to a horror movie convention, which she thinks is boring. Meanwhile, Dez and Trish discover they both have things in common. Also, Ally steals a goose named Pickles

Guest stars: Matthew Scott Montgomery as Walter, Cole Sand as Nelson

Song featured: "It's Me, It's You" 
5 5 "Bloggers & Butterflies"[11] Shelley Jensen Kevin Kopelow & Heath Seifert January 15, 2012 (2012-01-15) N/A
After Austin realizes he is being followed by an annoying blogger, the gang must find a way to unmask the culprit and put a stop to the silly videos being posted online. Meanwhile, Dez and Trish both get a job at a fish fry restaurant and start frying up everything but fish. 
6 6 "Tickets & Trashbags"[12] Adam Weissman Samantha Silver & Joey Manderino January 16, 2012 (2012-01-16) N/A
Trish books Austin a gig singing at the Miami Internet Music Awards, but when he is only offered one ticket for a guest, Ally, Trish and Dez vie for his attention in order to claim it. After Austin accidentally says yes to each person, they all get upset with him, leaving Austin wondering if he should just go alone 
7 7 "Managers & Meatballs"[13] Adam Weissman Wayne Conley January 29, 2012 (2012-01-29) N/A
Austin gets wooed by a top music manager who wants to get rid of Ally as his songwriter, Trish as his manager and Dez as his music video director and bring in a whole new team. 
"Club Owners & Quinceaneras"[14] Eric Dean Seaton TBA 109 N/A
 
"Songwriting & Starfish"[14] Eric Dean Seaton TBA 110 N/A
 

References

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