Surf's Up
When Ami convinces Yumi to join her in a surfing competition, Yumi reluctantly agrees. It isn’t until the girls are hit by a giant wave and stranded at sea that Yumi realizes Ami doesn’t know how to surf.Note: This episode was originally titled "Tsun Ami Yumi", but was pulled after the Indian Ocean tsunami that hit earlier that week. It was planned to be aired on December 31, 2004 (along with the other two episodes), but was replaced with a rerun of "Save the Farm".
Stupid Cupids
When Ami and Yumi come to the conclusion that Kaz is lonely, they decide to set him out on a date and give him a makeover.
Tropes:
- Human Traffic Jam: When Yumi is riding her skateboard while being pulled by Ami who’s on roller blades, she crashes into her back when Ami stops unexpectedly.
- Instantly Proven Wrong: When Yumi asks her to name one good quality Kaz has, she replies that he’s good with animals. Cut to Kaz being attacked by the pigeons he’s feeding.
- Makeover Montage: The girls give Kaz a makeover to help him get a girlfriend.
- The Matchmaker: Ami and Yumi decide to play matchmaker for Kaz because they think he’s lonely.
- Nap Inducing Speech: While Kaz is on his date, he starts to fall asleep while she’s telling him about herself.
- Visible Odor: During the Makeover Montage, Kaz takes off his shoes and the girls run away from the visible stink of his feet.
Brat Attack
When Kaz books Ami and Yumi to play at a spoiled rich kid’s birthday party, they’re totally bummed – and it only gets worse when Kaz sells them to the child’s father for $10 million.
Tropes:
- Babysitting Episode: The girls’ gig quickly turns into a babysitting job as they try to reign in the trouble making child they’ve been sold to.
- Ball Cannon: Timmy shoots Ami and Yumi with tennis balls using an automatic pitcher.
- Birthday Episode: Kaz books a performance for the band at a bratty kid’s birthday party.
- Good-Times Montage: Once they start to teach Timmy how to treat his friends, Ami and Yumi actually start to have a good time with him.
- I Just Want to Have Friends: The girls are about to leave when Timmy starts crying and admits that he just wants some real friends to hang out with.
- Read the Fine Print: When Ami and Yumi argue when Kaz sells them to Timmy, he points out that it was actually in their contract…under a flap….in Russian.
- Spoiled Brat: Timmy, the boy whose birthday party the girls are performing at, throws a fit throughout his entire party despite all the expensive presents he gets.
- Tantrum Throwing: Timmy, at his own birthday party no less, complete with kicking, screaming, and crying.
- Kaz ends up throwing one exactly the same way at the end of the episode.
- Tempting Fate: Ami questions how bad Timmy could really be. Cut to Timmy swinging Yumi’s guitar around his head and throwing it into Ami’s drums.Ami: Apparently, he can be very bad.
