Dune Buggy (''Drake & Josh'')

"Dune Buggy" is the second episode of the first season of the Nickelodeon sitcom Drake & Josh. The episode first aired on January 18, 2004.^[1]

Plot

The episode opens as Josh is flipping channels on the TV and Drake is doing his homework in the kitchen. Josh complains to the viewers about how Drake gets away with everything while Drake eats cake with his hands, drinks milk from the carton, and wipes his hands on the curtains. Drake is the lead singer and guitarist of his own band and his drummer, Scottie, has a brother named Trevor, who plans to give Drake and Josh a dune buggy. Drake gets a call from Trevor, saying that he was lost. Drake tells Trevor to tell him what he saw around him, but when Drake opens the garage door, he finds Trevor standing in front of it. Trevor then brings in the dune buggy, but the buggy was wrecked because Trevor had "fixed it up."

Josh starts to look up information on how to repair a dune buggy. Drake rushes him and repeatedly hits him with a pillow. Josh tries to throw the pillow at Drake, but Drake ducks and the pillow hits a bottle of root beer that was on the TV by accident as Josh believes that Audrey and Walter are going to be upset at them. Drake convinces Josh to lie about the TV. Later, Audrey discovers that the TV's not working. After finding out what happened, Audrey grounds Josh for lying and forces Josh to do chores around the house. Josh successfully repairs the dune buggy, but Walter and Audrey forbid Drake and Josh from driving it because it's dangerous, they're too young, they don't have driver's licenses, the buggy is not street legal, and it doesn't have turn signals. Later, Drake tries to convince Josh to let the two of them secretly take the buggy out for a spin before Walter and Audrey come home. Josh refuses, because he is already grounded for what he just did. Later, Drake is sitting in the buggy, fantasizing about an adventure with a cute girl. Trevor comes and sees the buggy. Drake says that he'll take them out for a spin if Trevor doesn't mention this to Josh, Audrey, or Walter. Drake and Trevor drive away, but they run into a tree.

Trevor is uninjured, but Drake has bad sprains and serious bruising on his hip and around his rib cage. The doctor suggests that if he stays in bed for a few weeks, he will be all better. Drake covers the dune buggy with a sheet and puts makeup over his cuts. Later, Drake has to try to act casual when Walter makes him carry Megan up the stairs after she fell asleep. Then, Josh gets a call from the emergency room Drake was in and they said that he left his wallet there. Eventually, Josh finds out what happened. To get revenge, Josh tricks Walter into wrestling Drake to the ground. Drake brings Josh to their room and Josh tells him what happened. Drake doesn't want Josh to tell Audrey and Walter what happened, so Josh has Drake tell them. Drake doesn't want this either, but Josh said that all he ever cares about is getting away with everything and that he spent days working on the dune buggy and he wrecked it. Josh goes to fix the dune buggy again, making Drake feel guilty. Eventually, Drake confesses and Walter and Audrey ground Drake for two weeks, much to Josh and Megan's delight. However, Drake ends up liking it because to him, it meant, "Two weeks laying in bed, no school, playing a little guitar, watching a little TV..." Josh is also forced to give Drake what he wants, possibly for making his father wrestle Drake while he was injured.

Episode Notes

This is Trevor's only episode appearance on the show, although he is mentioned on other episodes.

Cast

• Drake Bell as Drake Parker: step-brother of Josh and brother of Megan.
• Josh Peck as Josh Nichols: step-brother of Drake and Megan.
• Miranda Cosgrove as Megan Parker: sister of Drake and step-sister of Josh.
• Nancy Sullivan as Audrey Parker-Nichols: mother of Drake and Megan and stepmother of Josh and wife of Walter.
• Jonathan Goldstein as Walter Nichols: stepfather of Drake and Megan and father of Josh and husband of Audrey.

Guest Stars

• Taran Killam as Trevor: Drake's drummer's brother, who gives Drake and Josh a dune buggy.

Production

The episode aired on January 18, 2004 and was followed by "Believe Me, Brother" on January 25th.

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