17) - A Night (of TV) to Remember 📺🎊🪩
I feel like the hyperfixations of my childhood/early adolescence had collided on the night of May 21st, 2011. On Nickelodeon and Disney Channel, both networks were airing their most popular programs the same night at the same time! Nickelodeon at the time was airing the prom-themed newest episodes of hit series Big Time Rush and Victorious.
In the BTR episode, Big Time Prom King, the guys are determined to win the Prom King title, each for their own reasons. James especially wants to win and brings a Kristen Stewart look-alike for his date. Logan wants to ask Camille to prom but Steve (from the episode of Big Time Crush) is her date (I guess L + C is still on their on again/off again shtick, who knows with them really), Carlos asks out brunette Jennifer, and Kendall & Jo sneak out to Prom since Jo is grounded by her CIA father. Really wild side plots all happening at once, complete with a Prom theme performance montage to the song Nothing Even Matters. @btr-rewatch has you covered if you want to see funny & insightful reviews of BTR episodes in her blog, check that out if you can.
In the Victorious episode, Prom Wrecker, Tori hosts a prom (or Prome, as she would call it) at Hollywood Arts, only the events interferes with Jade's art project. It's one of those episodes, much like Tori Gets Stuck, whenever Beck isn't present in a episode is when Jade is at her absolute unhinged & tries to sabotage Tori's prom. Don't worry, Jade gets her commupance by the end, and Tori, Cat, Andre and the band perform Best Friend's Brother, even in the pouring rain.
Fun fact: a little connection to BTR and Victorious. Andre's prom date appears as Stephanie in BTR season 1 episodes Big Time Terror & Big Time Dance as Carlos' short term love interest. Justice for Stephanie though, she would've been perfect for Carlos and a good addition to the female friend group with Jo & Camille. BTW: the real actress' name is Tristan Mays. She has guest starred in a couple of kids' sitcoms back in the day (e.g. Zeke & Luther, Ned's Declassified, True Jackson VP, Kickin It, amongst others).
As these two new episodes were airing on Nickelodeon, guess what Disney Channel decided to air? Get this: not one, not two, but all three High School Musical films, all sing along versions back to back to back! I don't need to explain the plot of the three films, but just know, they were a huge Disney franchise after Hannah Montana, and was the first time in a while that made me tuned back in to Disney in the early 2010s. The tension between me and the TV remote flipping back and forth, was insane. I even wrote in my Wizards diary just how excited I was seeing all my favorites in one night. In a way, I kinda stemmed my love to these two shows BTR & Victorious in thanks to HSM, with the formula of kids on the road to rockstardom. So to see them airing alongside each other in one night, while also kinda being prom-themed, couldn't be any more fitting and poetic.
Speaking of prom themed, I believe Disney even made a teen movie called Prom released to theaters the same year! No coincidence. I'd never seen the movie upon release, but I remember it being promoted a lot on Disney Channel at the time and seeing the movie in passing on TeenNick in maybe 2013. Truly, it's a night to remember indeed.
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