Morning, sweetie.
Are you ready to go to our favorite breakfast place,
Nuttin' But Flapjacks?
It's the only good reason to get up before noon, Daddy.
Why do you guys even like that place?
It truly is nothing but flapjacks.
You have to bring your own butter and syrup.
Because it is our monthly father/daughter tradition.
And we use the leftover pancakes to make masks,
and scare people on the subway.
That's right. Arrgh!
You guys are the pancake-faced monsters?
Hey guys, look what Max is wearing.
Take your jacket off and show 'em.
No, Mom.
Come on. Isn't it bad enough
that I'm trapped inside this little girl body
that doesn't even burp on command?
Max, I'm sorry Justin turned you into a little girl.
You did this to me, too.
And let me tell you, it feels great
not being the only one in trouble for once.
I dug out my favorite Alex-little-girl clothes,
and they fit perfectly.
Oh, come on, show them!
Ohh!
I remember Alex in this outfit.
You're even cuter than she was.
I don't see it.
Aww.
You're so little, with the ooh, and the... aww!
She's just so huggable!
Wow, they really seem to miss
having a little girl in the house.
I'm the little girl in the house, OK?
My dad and I are about to go
on our father/daughter pancake breakfast.
Ho! Look at the pouty face.
Mmm!
Come on, Max, let's go get some breakfast,
and have a man to boy- trapped-in-a-little-girl talk.
Let's go.
But, Dad, what about our pancake breakfast?
We'll do it next month.
Alex, I think you're being replaced as Daddy's little girl.
Please. I am Daddy's little girl.
That is Daddy's little freak.
♪ Everything... ♪
♪ is not... ♪
♪ what it seems ♪
♪ Seems ♪
♪ Well, you know everything's gonna be a breeze ♪
♪ And the end will no doubt justify the means ♪
♪ You can fix any problem with the slightest of ease ♪
♪ Yes, please ♪
♪ But you might find out it'll go to your head ♪
♪ When you write a report on a book you never read ♪
♪ With the snap of your fingers you can make your bed ♪
♪ That's what I said ♪
♪ Everything is not what it seems ♪
♪ When you can get all you wanted in your wildest dreams ♪
♪ You might run into trouble if you go to extremes ♪
♪ Because everything is not what it seems ♪
♪ Be careful not to mess with the balance of things ♪
♪ Because everything is not ♪
♪ What it seems ♪
OK, Alex, check it out.
I found one of my old outfits for Max.
Harper, what are you doing?
He's cute enough already.
Do you think that' fit me though?
Well, look who just made herself
a peanut butter and jealous sandwich.
I'd be upset, but you know I don't make my own sandwiches.
Hey, Max, it's your turn to clean the fryer. Get on it.
Fine. Oh.
Alex, he's just a little girl.
You do it.
Yeah, I'm a little girl.
I can't clean a fryer.
I probably can't do a lot of things anymore.
Right, Daddy? Oh...
He's doing to you exactly what you used to do to me.
Hmm, looks like the little girl shoe
is on the other foot, and it fits well.
All right, Harper.
Let me go teach you how to clean the fryer.
Wait, why me?
Because I'm too busy being jealous.
See, Max? It's not so bad being a little girl.
I got you out of your chores.
OK, what do you want to do next?
Well, I want to go to my karate class,
but I can't go down there with these little hands.
I mean, they look like they belong on a squirrel.
You can still go down.
Just tell them you're a new student.
Justin'll take you.
No, I can't, Dad. That's a bad part of town.
Not a good idea.
Seriously, dude?
Come on, I'll hold your hand if it makes you feel better.
Well, you don't need to hold my hand, little miss,
because I have a panic button on my keychain.
Hey Justin, what's up?
Who's this cute little girl?
What cute little girl? Oh, that cute little girl.
Well, uh, this is our cousin...
From North Dakota.
She lives with us now.
Because her parents went on a long trip...
To South Dakota.
OK, I just wanted to know her name.
Max. Ine.
Maxine is her name.
Maxine?! Come on, that's such a girly name.
Yes, it is. For a little girl.
We gotta go.
Maxine. That sounds an awful lot like Max,
which makes me wonder why he's not here right now.
Oh, for the love of truth and justice,
don't you and Harper have some clogging shindig to go to?
It's called the Gaelic Clog Dancing Exhibit and Luncheon.
D'uh!
Oh, my gosh, I was right?
And I don't want to miss a minute of it. Come on.
Uh, Harper,
you have to make sure that Zeke stays away from here
until we figure out how to turn Maxine back into Max.
OK, but it's not gonna be easy.
He really loves hanging out here. Watch.
Hey, what's taking so long?
The sooner we leave, the sooner we can
come back here and hang out!
Hello, meditating man. Shh!
This is Maxine.
Shh!
She'd like to sign up for one of your classes.
In my dojo, we do not sign up for class,
we become... the class.
Class? There is no one here.
Regardless, can Maxine become the class?
Of course.
After she proves she is worthy.
Please take off your... shoes.
It's a dojo, dude.
Don't call me "dude."
Whoo! You still have Max's feet.
Thanks for noticing my foot stink.
I call it "fink."
My hours of meditation
prevent me from smelling that... fink.
Now, remember, Maxine,
karate is not a way to fight,
but a means to find inner peace, as I have.
Please demonstrate where karate is in you.
Would you mind helping?
I, uh, I don't fight girls.
It's not something that I do.
If you and I were to throw down...
I know you got a black belt...
Whoa! Hey!
Yes! A little girl kicking butt?
Gotta love that!
Let's see what else you got.
Where is your inner peace, meditation man?!
And I call this last move,
"payback for naming me Maxine."
Yes!
I don't know what's worse. The fink or the pain.
Thanks for taking me to the clogging festival, Zeke.
No problem.
Sorry you took that clog to the nog.
That's why they have that yellow line around the dancers.
You shouldn't have stepped on it.
No, wait! Stop!
Yeah, you can't go in there.
Why not? We always hang out at the sub shop.
Well, maybe we should try something new,
like hanging out at the produce stand.
Yeah. Oh, no.
Mr. Chung doesn't like it when I buy one grape at a time.
And why should I overeat?
Wait, stop!
It's closed.
Now it's closed.
No, no, no! Stop! You really can't go in there.
Why not?
Because... Because, um...
Mr. and Mrs. Russo hate you!
What? They hate me?
Are you sure?
Aw, of course, you're sure!
Why would you say it if it wasn't true?
Wait, Zeke! Come back!
It's family church camp all over again!
Alex, is that shirt
the lady bug skirt you wore to kindergarten?
Oh, is it? Huh!
I just found it in my closet and casually threw it on.
Mija, I know a lot of women
that dress too young for their age,
and it's... it's gross.
Wait a second.
You're making your father's favorite sandwich, huh?
And wearing clothes from when you were little.
Are you trying to get his attention?
No.
And I'd prove it, except I'm in a hurry.
Dad's not gonna love me more if his sandwich is cold.
Hey, Daddy. I made you a sandwich.
And, I put six meatballs in there.
Ohh! I'm impressed.
Mmm!
That is delicious!
Thank you, sweetie. Mm-hmm.
Guess what happened at karate today, Dad.
I used my stinky feet to rearrange Justin's face.
Smell his face.
Oh, there's nothing cuter than a little girl kicking butt.
That's what the sensei said. What is so cute about that?
I can't help it if people think I'm cute.
Watch how I make it work for me.
So... Oh, thank you.
Daddy, do you want to take me out for some ice cream?
Sure, I'm not doing anything.
But, Daddy, you didn't finish
this very delicious sandwich I made you.
I've lost my appetite.
It kind of smells like Justin's face in here.
Come on, sweetie.
All right, that's it.
Max is replacing me as Daddy's little girl,
and I'm not gonna let him get away with it.
Dad didn't even care that that little girl
showed me parts of my body I can only see with a mirror.
So... may I take your order?
Is Mom wearing one of your skirts as a shirt?
Yeah, I don't know where she got that idea from.
Zeke?
What are you doing here?
Oh, just making breakfast for the Russos
to get them to stop hating me.
Oh, good morning, Mr. and Mrs. Russo!
Some breakfast?
Yes, enjoy. Oh, um...
Thanks, Zeke. It's, uh, a surprise.
Oh, look at that.
There's ketchup with my potatoes. Fancy.
Oh, no, the ketchup's mixed in with the eggs!
I am a failure!
Zeke, are you all right?
Of course I'm not all right! You guys hate me.
Harper told me everything.
Harper, can we talk over here, please?
What is Zeke doing here?
You were supposed to keep him away from Maxine.
I tried, but he wouldn't give up.
And I kind of panicked and told him that you guys hate him.
Zeke...
listen.
There's been a misunderstanding.
Huh.
We do not hate you.
Of course, you hate me. And I figured out why.
I'm a taker. I just come in and take, take, take.
I need to be a giver.
Which is why I made you breakfast...
from food that I took from you.
Dang it, aw!
Now, I hate me.
That's it. I'm not gonna leave here
until I get you all to like me.
Oh. What's up, Zekester?
Max used to call me that. Where is Max anyway?
We've got to get Maxine to karate practice.
Oh, ho, ho. I get it.
The old "karate practice" excuse.
Come on, Harper, come with us.
Who knows what you'll tell Zeke next?
But I'm still in my pajamas. Oh! What am I saying?
I wore a rack of lamb hat the other day.
Aw, this is worse than I thought!
I'm driving you away from your own home!
Oh, man!
Alex, there's nothing in these books to change Max back.
What are you doing? This fly is driving me crazy.
Just use the flyswatter spell.
What?! There is a spell for that?
There's a spell for everything except how to change
our little brother back into himself.
Fly swat now rot.
That was awesome!
Ew, there's fly guts.
Get it off me.
I don't know what to do, Alex.
There's nothing in any of these books
that says anything about reversing what we did to Max.
Reverse? Well, then, that's what we should do.
Do the spells, but in reverse.
I'll do the spell you did, and you do the spell I did.
, I don't know. Colliding spells can be unpredictable.
He could end up as something gross, like a...
ogre.
I'm cool with that.
I am too, let's do it.
Zeke! Hey, guys!
Just helping your parents out with the laundry.
Hey Justin, these Captain Jim Bob Sherwood boxers
look like they've seen their last mission.
I have been looking for those!
Alex...
If Zeke is here when Maxine gets home,
we won't be able to cast the spell on her.
Are you guys whispering about me?
No, no.
Oh, I get it. You guys don't want me here, either.
You hate me, too!
I don't hate you. We're buddies.
Oh, buddies?
I thought we were best friends.
Now we're downgraded to buddies?
That's it.
I'm not leaving here until I get you all to like me.
Well, I'm not gonna like you until you leave.
I'm at a crossroads here.
Wait, I know!
I'll win you guys over with a song from my heart.
That's really not necessary.
♪ We were the best of friends you and I ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ You miss me I love you so much ♪
New plan. We go to the dojo
and cast the spell on Maxine there.
♪ Why don't you Why don't you ♪
♪ Love me anymore? ♪
Go, go!
Ho, ho, ho! Great technique, Maxine. Good job.
OK, who's next?
Hmm?
You.
Oh, see, I'm not in the class.
These are just pajamas.
That look an awful lot like a karate uniform.
You are the chosen one.
OK, just so we're clear,
the only reason I'm putting this on
is 'cause it matches my outfit, so...
Begin your journey.
No, no, wait!
Yeah!
That's Daddy's little girl!
I hope the sensei doesn't mistake me for a young student.
Yeah.
There she is.
Shoes!
Actually, it's a sandal that could be mistaken as a heel.
Come on!
What are you guys doing here?
We rushed over here because we think we have a way to change you back.
Really? OK, let's do it.
'Cause Mom wants me to get my ears pierced later,
and I'm starting to like the idea.
Hippety hop, let go of my top.
No, this can't be. We made it worse.
Pigtails?
Lollipop!
You didn't change me back, you made me cuter.
Get ready.
Because "Maxine" is gonna be your cutest nightmare.
Ever.
Hi, Mommy! Hi, Daddy!
There she is.
Our little girl gets cuter by the minute!
The pigtails are adorable, honey!
Our next match is Maxine versus Lilly Bell.
Oh, no. I'd rather tangle it up
with one of those guys.
I don't even have... I don't fight girls.
You do now.
I got a butt concussion!
Someone should squash her like a bug.
A fly is a bug, right?
Yeah. Got it.
Fly swat now rot.
Swat! Swat! Swat! Swat!
Yes!
Ladies and gentlemen,
that's a little something I like to call ka-Ra-tay.
How can you do that to a little girl?
She is not a little girl!
I know she looks like a little girl, OK,
but she's not. Nope.
And... And there are...
Whoo, you are upset.
Shoes on the mat!
Maxine, honey? Are you OK?
She's still a little groggy.
Wait, hand me one of her shoes.
I'm good!
All right. She's OK, everybody. She's OK!
I'm glad your little girl's OK.
Hey, Alex, can we talk?
Why? Maxine in bed already?
OK, look.
I'm sorry for getting so caught up with Maxine.
It's just because she reminded me of you.
I'm sorry I got jealous.
It's just seeing Max as a little girl
makes me realize that I'm not anymore.
Hey, you're always gonna be my little girl, sweetie.
Thanks, Daddy.
Look what I got.
Pancakes!
That's awesome!
Hey, guys, what's going on up here?
We're pancake-faced monsters!
We want syrup!
Zeke, the Russos told me
they have something they want to tell you.
Zeke, we did hate you.
I knew it. Why are you doing this?
But you won us back.
You're back in, best friend.
Oh, man, yes! I knew I could do it!
You know what won us over?
Your song.
You should sing it for Maxine.
No, I don't think so.
Well, think again. It goes like this.
♪ You liked me ♪ Stop.
♪ I liked you ♪ Oh, my God. Stop! Stop!
♪ We were the best of friends ♪
♪ Best of friends, best of friends you and I ♪
♪ You and I and everybody together ♪