Pilot (''Drake & Josh'')

"Pilot" is the first episode of the first season of the Nickelodeon sitcom Drake & Josh. The episode first aired on January 11, 2004.

Plot

The episode opens as Drake Parker and Josh Nichols introduce themselves in separate video segments, with Josh and Drake alternating. The episode begins with Walter Nichols, Josh's father, kissing Audrey Parker, Drake's mother. Drake comes home to see Walter and Audrey kissing. Drake shudders, walks up to them, and blows a whistle, causing them to scream and jump apart. Josh bursts out of the kitchen, brandishing a mop. Drake doesn't know why Josh was there and not at his house, so Audrey tells Drake to get Megan. When Megan comes down the stairs, Walter and Audrey reveal to Drake and Megan that they are getting married. Josh already knows this and is happy, but Drake can't believe this.

Also, Josh would be moving into Drake's room. Drake is even more unhappy about this because Drake thinks Josh is goofy. Drake criticizes the school newspaper, including an advice column belonging to Ms. Nancy. He then goes to play basketball, but when he gets downstairs, Audrey makes Drake go back upstairs to ask Josh if he wanted to play. However, when Drake returns to the bedroom, he finds Josh dressed in a wig, dress, and heels. Josh reveals to Drake that he's Ms. Nancy. Drake laughs hysterically about this, but Josh says that he can't write good advice without the dress. Drake can't understand why Josh thought he couldn't write good advice while wearing pants and tells Josh that not dressing like a lady was good advice. He then sees a letter from a girl Drake had a crush on: Tiffany Margolis. He reads the letter and it said that Tiffany wished her boyfriend, Buck, would write her a romantic poem, bring her flowers, or cook her a romantic dinner. Drake wants to "help" Tiffany out with her problem and tells Josh that if he doesn't let Drake "help" Tiffany, he would tell the whole world that Josh was Ms. Nancy. Josh doesn't think Drake is that evil, so Drake proves Josh wrong by leaning out the window and yelling, "PEOPLE OF THE WORLD, LISTEN UP! JOSH NICHOLS IS MISS--". But Josh slams the window on Drake's spine before he can finish. Josh pulls Drake back inside and finally lets Drake "help" Tiffany. At school, Drake purposely walks up to Tiffany and pretends to be writing a romantic poem. Drake then tells Tiffany that he's going to go download a recipe off the internet and that he cooks while he's not picking flowers. They introduce themselves and Drake gets a dinner date with Tiffany. That night, Megan secretly puts hot sauce on Drake and Josh's food and drink. Before Drake and Josh eat, Drake blackmails Josh into making dinner for him and Tiffany. They eat their food and drink their soda. Josh ends up dousing himself with the flower vase and Drake ends up diving in the fish tank. Drake and Josh jump out the window and take turns spraying themselves with the hose. Megan closes and locks the window. Josh secretly fixes ravioli for Drake and Tiffany and Drake takes the credit. Drake goes to get some dessert and Josh sits down with Tiffany. Then, Buck arrives, thinking that Josh was the one Tiffany was on a date with. He challenges Josh to a fight at 3:00 on Monday.

Josh is furious with Drake, so he and Josh pay a sensei to teach Josh karate. At first, Josh is terrible, not being able to break a piece of wood and losing matches to little girls. However, he starts to get the hang of it. However, at the fight, Josh gets knocked unconscious with one punch. Later, Drake hides Josh's Ms. Nancy costume. Josh calls Drake "the worst stepbrother ever," but Drake asks Josh what he would say if someone said they had to wear a dress in order to give good advice. Josh says that he would say that good advice comes from the heart and what's inside you, not the clothes you wear. Drake criticizes this, but Josh says that that was good advice. Drake points out that in that case, Josh had given good advice while wearing pants. Josh thanks Drake for pointing this out and apologizes for calling Drake a bad stepbrother. Then, Drake apologizes for blackmailing Josh. However, he says that they're not friends anymore; they're brothers.

A credits scene shows Tiffany telling Buck that she was dating Drake and the angry jock punches Drake while he was checking up on Josh.

Episode Notes

This is Drake, Josh, Megan, Walter, and Audrey's first appearance on the show. This is Buck and Tiffany's only appearance on the show. Josh's karate teacher appears again in "First Crush".

Cast

• Drake Bell as Drake Parker: brother of Megan and son of Audrey Parker.
• Josh Peck as Josh Nichols: son of Walter Nichols.
• Miranda Cosgrove as Megan Parker: sister of Drake.
• Nancy Sullivan as Audrey Parker: mother of Drake and Megan.
• Jonathan Goldstein as Walter Nichols: father of Josh.

Guest Stars

• Julie Gonzalo as Tiffany Margolis: a girl that Drake likes.
• Joey Medicino as Buck: Tiffany's boyfriend
• Toshi Toda as Josh's karate teacher: Josh's sensei who attempts to teach him how to fight off an attacker using karate

Production

The episode was filmed in July 2003 and aired on January 11, 2004. "Pilot" was followed by "Dune Buggy" on January 18th.

Music

Drake Bell sang the theme song for the first time.

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