Next round. Speed, Lash, you want to be heroes or villains?
- Villains. - Yeah.
Oh, there's a surprise.
Who do you want to beat next?
All right. We'll take little Stronghold
and, let's see...
And we pick Peace.
Remember when we used real citizens?
Yes. Yes.
Hothead, Stronghold.
You're the heroes.
Hey!
Get your head in the game.
Three minutes to immobilize your opponents
- and save the citizen. - Save me.
- Ready. - Save me.
Set.
Battle!
What now, Peace?
Hey! Coach, that's a foul.
- Call something on that. - Save me. Save me.
Watch it, hothead!
What? No. Wait.
No. Wait.
Hey!
Save the citizen.
- Save me. - You are so dead.
Save me.
The vortex sucks away the oxygen.
No oxygen, no flame.
Come on!
Save me.
Five! Four!
Three! Two! One! Yeah!
Time!
She's alive!
Heroes win.
Speed, Lash, hit the showers.
Where's my boy?
- Will! - Will!
- Yo, we're right here. - Here.
I can't believe you won Save the Citizen as a freshman.
That's never been done before.
You topped Mom's best score in pinball? Get out of here.
- That's hilarious. - There they are.
- Gwen? - Hey.
Oh, Dad, this is Gwen Grayson.
Gwen Grayson, this is Dad.
Mr. Stronghold, it's such an honor.
I'm sorry to barge in like this.
Not at all. Will and I were just hanging. Chilling.
Honey, Gwen is a Technopath,
and she's offered to help Will with his science homework.
And she's a senior.
I know we said we were gonna work
on that antigravity stuff tomorrow, but something came up.
- Can we can do it tonight? - Sure. Yeah.
On one condition, Gwen. You join us for dinner.
Oh, no, no, I couldn't intrude.
- Oh, yes, you can. - You must.
OK. Well, thanks.
- So should we get started? - Certainly.
Well, she's gorgeous.
And she fixed the disposal.
Really?
There we were, in the middle of nowhere.
She's like, "I can't change a tire. I can only change the weather."
I'm like, "Can you at least make it stop raining?"
I'll give him a few more minutes.
So, Gwen, do we know your parents?
I don't think so, Mrs. Stronghold. Dad went inactive a few years ago.
Lets Mom do all the work now, huh?
Mom passed away when I was a baby.
So I did have an ulterior motive in coming here tonight.
Will may have told you I'm the head of the homecoming committee?
He most certainly did not.
Well, I was wondering if you'd consider attending the dance.
- We would love to chaperone. - Sure.
That's very nice, Mrs. Stronghold, but no.
We were hoping that you'd be the guests of honor
and receive the award for Heroes of the Year.
Still working on that?
- Hey. - Hey.
We go to school together.
- You're Stronghold's friend. - Yeah.
Yeah.
You want me to heat that up for you?
You're not supposed to use your powers outside of school.
I was just gonna stick it in the microwave.
I was supposed to be meeting Will here, but...
You want to sit down?
I think I can spare a minute.
Oh, look, hon.
What's his name? Kid with the gravity.
- Lance, I think. Lance something. - Yeah.
Oh, my gosh, look. There's Boomer.
- He had a mullet? - Oh, God.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Remember her?
- She was a weird one. - Oh, yeah. Sue Tenny.
Disappeared right before graduation.
Why is that?
No one ever really knew. Some say she was recruiting villains at the school.
Others say she was smoking in the girls' room.
Nightmare. All right. Speaking of villains, there's one of the worst.
- Baron Battle. - Warren's dad?
Always swore he'd have his revenge on me.
And he totally stole the lead in Oklahoma!
You have to stop caring about that.
- It's a long time ago. - Hon.
- I don't wanna talk about it. - You deserved it. You did.
There was this time in first grade.
Know how you grow lima beans in school?
Will couldn't figure out why mine was growing quickly.
It was driving him crazy. So finally I took mercy on him,
and I told him about my powers, and we've been best friends ever since.
And falling for him, was that before or after the lima beans?
What? I am not in love with Will Strong...
- Is it that obvious? - Yeah.
Great.
- So, why don't you tell him? - I was gonna ask him to homecoming,
but there's two problems.
He likes somebody else, and she's perfect.
You know what I think?
To let true love remain unspoken
is the quickest route to a heavy heart.
Wow.
That is really deep.
Yeah.
And your lucky numbers are
four, 16, five and 49.
I got to go.
See you around, hippie.
You really didn't have to walk me home.
I did if I wanted to spend any time alone with you.
And, just so you know,
I don't usually hang out all night with my mom and dad.
Your parents are great, Will.
I'm so glad they're coming to homecoming.
Now, if I could only find someone to go with.
You don't have a date for homecoming?
Well, I've gotten a few offers,
but I turned them down.
I'm just waiting for the right guy.
You, Will.
Me?
Oh, hi, Daddy.
Bye, Will.
Bye.
You're not that boy with the six arms, are you?
No, sir. Just two.
- Well, keep them to yourself. - Yes, sir.
Good night, sir.
Yes!
Oh, man. OK. Here you go.
Homecoming. The greatest collection of superteens ever gathered
to dance under one roof, and then we shall have our revenge.
There's only one thing we're missing.
King Kamehamayhem's surfboard?
Darn this joystick!
Right, right. The Pacifier.
Hey, smooth move on the joystick.
Uncle. Uncle. Uncle.
Layla. You're not gonna believe what happened to me last night.
Oh, love these.
"Your loyalties are clear when it comes to friends."
Oh, God.
Oh, I totally spaced.
I'm sorry. I know you must want to kill me.
Actually, just the opposite. I have something to tell you.
- Yeah? - Yeah, but you first.
OK. OK. It's about homecoming.
Really? Me too.
I'm going with Gwen Grayson. Can you believe it?
Me, a freshman, going with the most amazing girl at Sky High.
- That's awesome. - I know.
Morning.
Oh, yeah, I almost forgot. What's your homecoming news?
I'm going too.
Really. Who with?
Who with?
Yeah, who asked you?
Oh, who asked me.
Warren Peace.
Warren Peace? You can't be serious.
Layla, the guy's a psycho.
And he's my biggest enemy.
How could you go with him?
- When did you even start hanging out? - Last night, 8:00, the Paper Lantern.
Hi, Warren.
Did I do or say anything last night
to make you think this is OK?
You're funny. You'll never believe what happened.
I was about to ask Will to homecoming when
I told him I was going with you instead.
I don't remember that being the plan.
- Hey. You did the history homework? - What are you doing?
- It's called sitting. - No one sits here but me.
What'd you get for four? Tigerman was,
A, bitten by a radioactive tiger, or, B, bitten by a regular tiger
and then exposed to radiation.
Hey. Are we eating at Warren's table now?
- I feel extremely dangerous. - Whoa. Whoa.
- Is he bothering you, Magenta? - Try the other way around.
Does anyone else need a date for homecoming?
Warren, you are crazy.
I promise, I'll make this as painless as possible.
So you're not doing this just because you like me or anything.
- You're doing it to get to Stronghold. - Yeah.
Then I'm in.
But I'm not renting a tux.
Hey, if Warren's not here, is this still the tough-guy table?
Yeah, homecoming's stupid.
- So I think I'll go. - Me too.
- What's up, guys? - What up, dude?
What's going on?
- Nothing. - Let's go, Stronghold.
Two days till your Mad Science midterm,
and I am not gonna rest until you can build a ray gun blindfolded.
Hey, cutie. I was just thinking about you.
I cannot wait until homecoming. I'm so excited. I finally...
Never call me cutie.
And is this the trigger?
No, that's the fusion device.
OK. Is? What's this?
That's my phone.
Well, super-strong and psychic.
Hello?
Penny, I can't understand you
when you're all talking at once. OK, better.
What? Oh, no.
- OK, hold on. Let me call you back. - Hurry!
- What's up? - Problem with homecoming decorations.
Penny forgot to order the fog machine, so I might have to build one myself.
Think the committee could stop by?
Oh, I don't know because... my parents are on a distress call,
and they won't be home till late, and I'm not
- supposed to have anyone here. - It's cool.
I was just hoping we could spend a little more time together,
but I guess I'll just see you at school?
Good night, Will.
I... If it's...
If it's only a few people.
Super.
Brian. You're getting cheese all over the walls.
Larry, do you have to be a two-ton rock right now?
Please, just power down.
Guys, guys, guys, guys. Guys, the floor.
Gwen, you said this was supposed to be homecoming committee.
This is the homecoming committee.
OK, OK, so a few extra people showed up.
But Will, you're popular. That's what happens.
Every kid in Hero class is here.
How am I gonna get this place cleaned in time?
Here. Come with me.
OK. So, what's on your mind?
- My friends. - What about them? They're all here.
Oh, you mean the sidekicks.
I think I'm just gonna call Zach and Layla,
tell them to come over here because...
Will? You are such a nice guy.
But, honestly, do you think they'd have fun?
With this crowd? I mean, don't you think they'd feel a little awkward?
- No. I think they'd be OK. - Trust me.
They'd be miserable.
- Whoa! - Hey!
Sorry. Just looking for a bucket.
I wish there was somewhere we could go to be alone.
Wow. This is incredible.
Yep. Well, when you spend your whole life
kicking butt and taking names, I guess you make a lot of memories.
Well, maybe we should make a few of our own.
What's she doing here?
Isn't it past her bedtime?
Will? Could you go get me a diet caffeine-free orange soda?
Anything for you.
- Who invited a sidekick? - Yeah, what's she doing here?
Leaving.
Where's Will?
Honestly? Avoiding you.
Look. Will knows you have a crush on him.
- He does? - Everyone does.
Will's too nice to tell you he's not interested. Not that you take a hint.
I mean, hello? He's going to homecoming with me.
He threw a party and didn't invite you.
You're just embarrassing him. You're just embarrassing yourself.
OK. I understand.
And when you see Will again,
can you tell him that I never want to talk to him again?
I'll give him the message.
Layla.
Layla. Layla. Layla.
Layla!
Have fun with Gwen. You two deserve each other.
- Gwen. - Oh, thanks, Will.
What did you say to Layla?
Nothing. I mean, I just told her the truth.
You're a hero, she's a sidekick.
- She was holding you back. - What?
Why would you do that? Layla's been my best friend since first grade.
You've got new friends now, and I think you need to figure out
whether you want to hang with us or with those losers.
- Come on. Let's go. - No, forget it.
I'm not going anywhere with you, not now or not to homecoming.
Might as well just find yourself a new date, Gwen.
You're dumping me?
Whoa, whoa, whoa, let's get something straight, OK?
You do not dump me! Not the night before the dance.
Sorry, Gwen. I just did.
You're dumped.
You know, that's it. Everyone, out!
Party's over!
Don't stop on our account.
Your father and I fly to Europe for two hours,
- and you throw a party? - Unbelievable.
When I reach the count of three, I want everyone out of this house!
Son, I'm only going to ask you this...
Dad, I swear, I didn't plan this.
All right. That's good enough for me.
Steve. I've got half a mind not to let him go to homecoming.
That's fine. I'm not going anyway.
Your mom said she had "half a mind."
Will, you have to go to the homecoming dance.
We all have to because we're introducing the world to the Stronghold Three,
the greatest family of superheroes mankind has ever known.
- Did something happen, Will? - I don't want to talk about it.
Well, we're gonna talk about it because...
...we promised Gwen we'd go to the dance.
And when a Stronghold makes a promise, son,
that promise is kept.
I promise you, Dad, I'm not going.
Hello? Layla? Pick up, Layla.
Pick up, pick up, pick up.
Fine, don't pick up. It's me.
I'm going to the Paper Lantern. If you get this message, meet me.
- You said that? - True story.
- You're so funny. - I love life.
Thanks, Boom, for inviting me.
Layla. Layla, just pick up.
In case you didn't get my earlier messages, I'm at the Paper Lantern...
Message box full.
- What are you doing here? - I'm looking for Layla.
- Do you know where she is? - How should I know?
- You're taking her to homecoming. - Oh, yeah. Right.
You don't have to worry about me ruining your night.
- And why is that? - Because I'm not going.
Well, that sucks.
Because we're only going together to make you jealous.
Dude, you're so stupid.
- She's totally into you. - Not after tonight.
I wouldn't be surprised if Layla or any of the guys
- ever want to talk to me again. - Yeah.
You must have been a real jerk.
Because no matter what I do, I can't get them to stop talking to me.
Thanks.
- Hey, you want to dance? - No.
Me neither.
Hey there, Layla.
You look like you could use a drink.
- No, thanks. - Oh, don't worry.
The bubbles are just ginger ale.
The guys at this school are jerks.
Thanks a lot.
I thought you weren't gonna rent a tux.
It's my dad's. He doesn't have much use for it in solitary.
Cheese cube?
We're taking off now, hon.
Still time to change your mind and come with us.
No, I don't think so.
Mom, you ever feel like you messed something up so bad
you'll never be able to fix it?
People make mistakes, Will. That's what high school's about.
Heck, that's what life's about. The key is to learn from them.
I hope my friends see it that way.
A true friend, you'd be surprised at how understanding they can be.
Thanks.
Do me a favor? Put this away for me.
Your father was trying to sneak it under his cape.
He's convinced everyone at homecoming wants to reminisce.
- I bet. Will do. - Love you.
Have fun.
That's weird.
Gwen?
Oh, no.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
I got to get to Sky High.
Josie, wait.
We can't unveil the Stronghold Three without Will.
It's just... It's just not the same.
- Maybe we should fly home. - We really don't need another award.
Welcome, Commander and Jetstream.
Good evening. First, a quick announcement.
The owner of the blue cold fusion-powered jet pack,
you left your lights on.
Sorry. Sorry. Excuse me. Sorry.
And now, please help me welcome the head of the homecoming committee,
the girl who made all this possible, Gwen Grayson.
Thank you, Principal Powers.
And a very special thank you goes to our guests of honor
and the recipients of our first-ever Hero of the Year award,
the Commander and Jetstream.
To mark this occasion, we planned a special tribute
to the most powerful super-being ever to walk the halls of Sky High.
Me!
Commander?
Royal Pain is a girl?
Yes, I'm a girl, you idiot.
How I ever lost to a fool like you I'll never know.
Now prepare to be pacified.
Do you honestly think
you can kill me with that little toy gun of yours?
My dear Commander, who said anything about killing you?
Josie! I've always...
Rock-a-bye, baby.
What'd I miss?
Boomer, get the kids out of here!
Hothead, find an exit.
Get as many people out as you can.
I'll slow her down...
Thanks again for the lift, Ron.
Now, if I'm not back in 30 minutes...
Come in after you. Got it.
I was gonna say go get help.
Go get help. Got it. Now get in there.
Sorry.
Where the heck are we?
- Warren, how about a torch? - If you want to get barbecued.
Ladies, if I may.
Then all the reindeer loved him
- Way to glow, Zach. - Thanks, man.
What's up, kid?
- You'll never believe this. Gwen... - Is Royal Pain's daughter.
- And she... - Stole the Pacifier.
- Right. - And she turned everybody
into babies, including your parents.
OK. That I didn't know.
This is more than the great Will Stronghold can handle.
She's right. It's gonna take all of us.
All of who? You and Warren? The rest of us are only sidekicks.
Just because you have powers, that doesn't make you a hero.
Sometimes it just makes you a jerk.
Makes me a jerk. I guess what I'm trying to say is...
We get it. You've been a jerk.
Layla,
in case my homecoming date ends up killing me tonight,
I just want you to know...
Isn't that sweet?
I hate sweet.
You guys are a part of this too?
- Why am I not surprised? - Go take care of Gwen.
We'll handle these clowns.
Go.
"While pushing down on the infant restraint,
pinch the two straps together." Pinch.
- Royal, pinch. - Pinch what? Restraint A or B?
Now you just calm down. Let's go back to one.
Come back and fight. You...
Sidekick, aren't you gonna fight back?
I don't believe in using powers for violence.
I don't believe you even have any powers.
Go, Penny. Beat Layla. Go, Penny. Beat Layla.
You can't hide forever, sidekick.
No way.
Sucks for you.
I take you back, my dear Commander,
to your senior year at Sky High,
a time before anyone knew what a Technopath was.
So a brilliant but misunderstood girl named Sue Tenny
was written off as a science geek and stuck in Sidekick class.
She hatched a plan, so daring, so visionary,
to start her very own Supervillain Academy
and raise a generation of heroes from scratch as villains.
But first she had to destroy the very institution that dared
to spurn her genius!
And now, so many years later, that plan is complete.
My only regret:
That this may be the finest supervillain speech ever given,
and you don't even know what I'm saying.
But I do.
Look. I'm sorry that my parents destroyed your mom.
Now put my dad down.
No one could defeat Royal Pain.
When the Pacifier exploded, I wasn't destroyed.
I was merely turned into a baby.
Stitches took me and raised me as his daughter.
Daddy's little girl.
I told you never to call me that!
Lunatic.
That's right.
Royal Pain wasn't my mother. Royal Pain is me.
Oh, my God.
I made out with an old lady.
Right here.
Way to go, Popsicle.
Big mistake.
- But I thought you were a sidekick. - I am a sidekick.
Don't leave us here to die.
Royal Pain sabotaged the antigravity device.
The whole school's gonna fall out of the sky.
We only have ten minutes.
Here's the antigravity room.
- Didn't Royal Pain seal every route? - What about this conduit?
Right. You'd have to be like a rat to fit in there.
Oh, great.
This is so stupid.
OK. OK, you're doing great, Magenta. Looks great.
Look at those cute little legs. OK, go about ten feet.
Yeah, there should be a opening on your right.
- Gotcha. - Behind the access panel.
- What? - It leads to the generator.
I'm on it.
Will!
No!
And there goes your last chance of stopping me.
We'll see about that.
Surprised?
- So am I. - You're flying?
That's impossible!
There's only one person authorized to transport superheroes.
That's Ron Wilson, bus driver.
And I'm Ron Wilson, bus driver.
I found the generator, I think.
She has to chew the wire to the scrambler.
Cut the wire to the scrambler.
- The red one. - What?
- Cut the red wire! - There's a lot of red wires down here.
The school is falling.
Chew!
Chew the wire! Chew the wire!
All unpacked. The movers didn't break a thing.
Told you we didn't need that extra insurance.
No, I know.
It's all on you! Hold me! Hold me!
That could have been messy.
Good night.
Chester? Chester?
- Now what? - Beats me.
Perhaps I can be of assistance.
It should only take me a couple of hours to reconfigure the Pacifier.
Mr. Peace, would you please carry me to the Mad Science Lab?
- Sure. - And, Mr. Peace.
Yeah.
Regrettably, I have made boom-boom.
People, if you've already been de-Pacified,
please find your clothes, grab a baby and report to the Science Lab.
Mom? Dad? Guys?
I just want to say sorry because
this whole thing was my fault.
- You can't blame yourself. - Of course not.
How were you to know your girlfriend was a total psychopath?
No, that's not it.
You gave me one rule, and I broke it.
I took her into the sanctum, and that's how she got the Pacifier.
The whole party was a trap.
And so was the homecoming, Will.
We all fell into Royal Pain's trap,
but you defeated her.
You saved Sky High,
- and everyone in her. - I didn't do it by myself.
Excuse me. Steve? Josie?
Though it appears Gwen only came up with this award
as a way to lure you to the dance and your ultimate doom,
still it's inscribed, so...
I'd be honored to accept this "Hero of the Year" award.
But I'm afraid this doesn't belong to us.
It belongs to them.
The sidekicks.
I mean, hero support.
Why don't we just call them what they really are, Josie?
Heroes.
Oh, and Jonathan?
Whatever you're teaching them,
keep teaching them it.
Sure.
What a waste.
I can't do anything more to help you.
I'm not Wonder Woman, you know.
I went through puberty twice for this?
I have de-Pacified all the babies
and destroyed that horrible weapon forever.
Let's boogie.
This is so sweet, I could hurl.
Tell me about it.
- Do you wanna dance? - Yes.
I mean, yeah. Yeah.
Compared to homecoming, the rest of the year was pretty boring.
Gwen and her gang got what they deserved.
Now nobody wants to Save the Citizen.
- Uncle! Uncle! - Relax, I'm kidding.
They do spend a lot of time together.
Oh, yeah, and Ron Wilson, bus driver,
fell into a vat of toxic waste.
He now works for the mayor, defending the city from giant robots.
So in the end, my girlfriend became my archenemy,
my archenemy became my best friend
and my best friend became my girlfriend.
But, hey, that's high school.