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- Ninety two? That can't be right.

- What's wrong with a 92?

- Nothing. Unless you actually got a 94. See?

- But it's only 2 points. Who cares, right?

- Yeah, you're right, but it couldn't hurt to show Mr. David.

- [Coughing] Grade grubber!

- Are you hungry? I'm hungry!

Let's go to the caf. - Uh, Em, are you okay?

- I'm fine... But you're not.

- What are you talking about? - Grade grubber!

- I'm talking about your rep. - Ah, hold that thought.

I'm just gonna go show this to Mr. David.

I was right. I did get a 94.

Mr. David added wrong.

Kinda funny, seeing as he's our math teacher.

- Grubby...

- Casey, I hate to tell you this, but people are starting to think you're--

- ...a klutz? I know.

- Worse... A grade grubber.

- Please, that is so not me.

Wait, what's a grade grubber?

- Someone who fights for every grade point no matter how well they do.

- And that's... bad?

- Real bad.

♪♪♪

- ♪ Used to be my mother and my sister and me ♪

♪ A happy little family and all right with me ♪

♪ But Mom got married ♪

♪ That's when everything changed ♪

♪ Some things were lost ♪

♪ And others were gained ♪

♪ A new school ♪

♪ A new house ♪

♪ So many changes it makes my head spin ♪

♪ Now I've got a brother who gets under my skin ♪

♪ This is life with Derek ♪

♪ This is life with Derek ♪

♪ This is life with Lizzie, Edwin, George and Nora, ♪

♪ Marti and Casey ♪

♪ Living life with Derek ♪

♪ Living life with Derek ♪

- Getting a reputation for something

you don't deserve isn't fair.

Getting a reputation for something you do deserve

but didn't know you were doing is...

just sad.

So am I really a grade grubber?

Because at my old school doing well was a good thing.

- Here, too.

So I hear.

Listen, not everybody does as well as you do.

So when they see you nitpicking for every grade

when you already got a 92, it just looks...

- Bad. Well, I appreciate you sticking by me.

It must be hard to be friends with someone so unpopular.

- It is...

...not hard at all.

- Well, at least the teachers like me.

Hi, Miss Petrucci!

- Don't worry, Casey. I've already changed your grade

on the self portrait assignment. Your A minus is now an A.

- Thank you.

C'mon it was a self portrait.

How does she know how I think I look?

- Look, if you're cool with having this reputation,

that's cool with me.

- Thanks, you're a good friend.

- So, seriously, what are you gonna do about it?

[ School bell ]

- Mmm... just the dad I wanted to see.

- How much?

- Oh, your money's no good here.

But your signature on this test is.

- Oh, Derek! You failed your English test?

You speak English, don't you?

- Very goodly. - No, this isn't a joke.

I don't want you to fail another grade.

- You failed a grade? Which one?

- Casey! So which one?

- It's okay.

I'm not ashamed. I failed grade one.

- Ha! And you're not ashamed?

How does one fail grade one?

- Derek wouldn't sit still, or quietly,

or leave the girls alone.

- Good times. - Well the good times end now.

You're gonna try harder, right?

- Right!

- Sorry.

- Uh, George. That's it?

- Oh, it's just one test, Nora.

Besides, I didn't care about grades when I was in high school.

- But you went to college, right?

- Oh yeah. And law school.

- And did you ever grub for grades?

- Oh, you mean, like bug the teacher for every last point

on a test when you already got a 99?

Like who does that?

- Casey. Or at least that's what everyone at school says.

- Everyone thinks that? I thought just a couple people did.

- Well I think caring about one's grades should be

celebrated, not ridiculed.

- You did go to high school, right? Ha! Ha!

Ha! Ha! Ha!

Ha...

Ahem! [ Laughing quietly ]

- What ya doin'?

- Making a "not to do" list.

- "Hand in homework on time?

Answer bonus questions on tests?"

You love that stuff.

- I know. But I have to change.

At least for now.

The situation is more serious than I thought.

- Why?

- Because the kids at school think I'm lame.

- Isn't it lame to change just 'cause people say so?

- Normally yes. But this is high school.

And high school's not normal. It's... complicated.

- Is there anything about being a teenager that isn't complicated?

- Not really.

- Okay, just because you slacked off as a kid

and then kicked it into overdrive in college,

does not mean that our children should do the same. Or will!

- All I'm saying is that you're overreacting.

- No, we need to be more than parents, we need to be... we need to be role models.

- Oh, please! We're parents, not professional athletes.

Besides, our kids are doing fine.

Really.

[ Mooing ]

- What's up, Smarti?

- Playing with my cow, Smerek.

- How come it sounds like you?

- I taught it to.

[ Mooing ]

- Oh, it's got a voice recording chip. Swizzle!

Quack, quack!

- But cows moo.

- Yeah, but it's funnier when cows quack! Get it?

[ Laughs ]

[ Quack! Quack! ]

- Did you say something Marti?

- No. My cow quacked.

- Oh. The cow quacked.

- This is a disaster, Paul!

Everyone thinks I'm a grade grubber!

- Ha! Ha! Ha! You mean like those annoying kids

who are always begging for every mark... Ha, ha!

I, I'm sure you're not. - Oh, but I am.

And who knew it was such a big deal?

You know at my private school, grade grubbing was socially acceptable!

Even encouraged! - Really?

- No, but I was popular there.

- And you're not popular here?

- Here? Derek's popular.

Sometimes I wish I could be like him:

slack my way through school, not care about my grades.

- Really?

- No, not really. But I'm still the new kid in school.

I don't want people thinking I'm a loser.

- You know, this reminds me of an old computer science joke -

let me tell ya about it.

So this guy, he calls tech support and he says:

"Tech support, tech support!

My computer keeps crashing every single time I hit

enter! What should I do?"

So tech support says: "Stop hitting enter."

- Hum! Well that's the funniest computer science joke

I've ever heard, but... that relates to me how?

- Well, maybe your problem can be solved that simply:

stop the grubbing.

- Stop the grubbing.

- Hum-hum.

- Not bad. But... maybe I can do more.

Unless... I do less.

[ Laughs ]

- Hey Grubby! Shouldn't you be begging for bonus marks?

[Imitating her]: "Oh Mr. Davis, I think you added wrong.

I got a hundred and five not a hundred!"

[ Laughs ]

- You, you don't sound like that. Your voice is way lower.

- It's okay. Because I will never grub again!

- You're not quitting school are you?

- No. But I am gonna change. I'm gonna start slacking!

A little. Think more Derek, less Casey.

- No, seriously, what are you gonna do?

- I am serious. Take, for example,

the reading we were supposed to do for French.

- There was reading? - Oui.

And I didn't do it. Even if there is a quiz.

- There's a quiz?

- Ninety six?! This can't be right!

There's no way I got more than a 90!

Stupid multiple choice tests!

- You failed too?

- [A student]: What's her problem?

- Mr. Venturi, I believe you have something for me?

- Oh yeah, uh... Signed, sealed and delivered.

- Good. I'm afraid I have something for you.

That's another F, Derek.

You need at least a 90 on the group English assignment

to avoid failing my class.

- I've only been in this school for one semester

and I've already gone from klutzilla to grub.

- Well did you really think slacking on one French test

was gonna change your reputation?

- Yes! So what do I do now?

- So what am I supposed to do now?

I can't just fail another grade!

- Sorry, man. Maybe we can work together on the English project?

- Thanks, Sam. But I don't think both of us failing English is the answer.

- Well, I guess you're just going to have to work

really, really hard on this.

[ Laughs ]

- No, no, seriously. I need a plan.

- Seriously I need a plan.

Has to be more than just slacking on one test.

It has to be a public display of failure.

Man, this is gonna be hard.

- How about our group project for English?

- That's perfect!

If everyone sees me fail miserably then my grade grubbing

reputation will be ruined!

But how can I make sure I fail?

Emily, will you be my partner? - Hey!

- C'mon it's like that time that I helped you pass

that chemistry test, only different.

- Sorry, Casey. As much as I'd like to fail for a friend,

my marks cannot take the hit.

- Who would fail without caring?

- But how can I get a 90 without trying?

- Of course! - Of course!

Hey, Grub!

Mr. Patterson assigned partners

for the English assignment.

- Really? - Really.

And guess who you got? Me!

- Really? - Really.

- Oh no. I guess we have to work together.

- Yeah, I guess so.

[Thinking]: Sucker!

- [Thinking]: Sweet!

- Tsk, tsk, tsk!

Playing with Marti's dolls! Hope you asked her first.

- I'm not playing. I just want to make sure Marti's

got her animals straight. Hey! Marti!

- [Marti]: Yeah, dad?

- Yeah, can you come here for a second?

- Who said you could play with my animals?

- Do you know what this is?

- A dog. - Hum-hum.

And what does a doggy say?

- Nothing because dogs can't talk.

- Ha, ha! Kid makes a good point.

- Yeah, but what kind of sound does it make?

- Oh, I get it!

A dog: oink, oink!

- How does a pig sound?

- Mooo!

- And a cat?

- Cockadoodledoo!

- So how's our English presentation going?

- Please, you don't really care.

- Of course not.

But... you have done something right?

- Yeah. I made this sandwich.

- What are you doing?

- I'm about to watch cartoons and eat a sandwich.

- Yeah, but it's after dinner.

Don't you usually study like all night?

- She's changing 'cause she's lame.

- Oh, I see. - Edwin!

- I wasn't in your chair.

- Shouldn't you go to the library or something? - For what?

- Our project.

- Dude, you need to chill. Grab some couch.

- What's with the outfit?

- Oh, it's the slacker chic look.

Part of my new image.

- Okay! So I hear you're working

with Derek on the English presentation.

That is perfect! You are guaranteed to fail!

- I know! Can you believe Mr. Patterson put us together?

- What are you talking about? Mr. Patterson didn't assign partners.

- What? But why would Derek lie to work with me?

- I don't know.

Unless he wanted a good grade.

- Uh, please, Derek doesn't care about his grades.

And when everyone sees us fail this English project,

they'll think I don't care either!

- Cay, is that fair to Derek?

- Fair? After what he's done to me?

Um, yeah... And crush or no crush, you can't say anything to him!

- Fine. But are you sure you have to do this

and dress like this?

- Hey Emily. Hey Grubby!

- Oooh, diss!

- Yeah, you do. - I know, but it's not easy.

Took all my willpower not to work last night.

I had to hide my books around the house.

- Hey Derek. Uh...

Do you need a hand?

- No. Uh, have you seen Casey?

Marti found her books under the sofa.

- She found them? - Yeah.

Uh, what's going on?

- Nothing...

It's all good. I'll just give her her books and...

okay, bye.

- Nora, I gotta talk to you.

I've been thinking.

We got a problem.

- You've gotta be more specific Georgie. Ah!

- It's Marti. Now, maybe, maybe

I haven't been on top of things.

Ah, what if she fails grade one like her brother?

- You know, it's good that you're taking an interest,

but just because Marti thinks a cow quacks.

- And a dog oinks.

- A dog oinks. - Hum-hum.

And, like she skips every second letter

when she says the alphabet. Yeah, it's like:

A, C, E, G, I...

- That's weird.

- Alright Casey, why aren't you working on our project?

- Because I'm learning about ten ways to clearer skin.

- You know, you're not fooling anybody with your lame

new look and your 'I don't care about my grades' act.

- And you're not fooling anybody with your

'I do want to work' act.

- How do you know I'm acting?

- Please.

I know you thought you'd get an easy A working with me.

- And you thought you could use me

to lose your grub rep.

- So what if I did?

The Grub stops here. You're on your own.

- So you're not gonna do any work?

- Mmm... maybe just a... a little reading.

[ Kisses ]

[ Crashing sound ]

- Look, I'm desperate. This presentation has to be ready

for tomorrow and...

you're my only hope.

- Derek, you're my brother.

Of course I'd be happy to offer my assistance.

I'm there for you.

One hundred dollars please.

- [Together]: ♪ Old Macdonald had a farm ♪

♪ E, I, E, I, O. ♪

♪ And on that farm he had a... ♪

- Pig!

- ♪ E, I, E, O... With a... ♪

- Ribbit, ribbit!

- Ahhh!

- Marti... froggies ribbit and pigs oink.

- Yeah, and a cow doesn't oink, it quacks.

- Moos. - Moos.

- But Derek said that cows quack.

I like his way better.

- Derek taught you that?

- He taught me that and he also taught me how to count:

One, two, eight,

nine, six...

Isn't it funny?

- Funny?

Derek!

- Percy Shelley was a romantic poet.

You're sure her name isn't Shelley Percy?

- Yeah. Percy's a man.

- Really? - Hum-hum.

- Percy Shelley was a romantic poet who wrote poems

to his wife, Mary. Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein,

which isn't very romantic...

If Frankenstein fought Godzilla, who would win?

This sounds like it was written by a 10 year old!

- Yeah! And it was!

- I want my money back!

- Why, what's wrong with my work?

I think that that is a solid D presentation right there.

- I don't need a D. I need an A!

Now gimme my money!

- Alright, alright. I'll just see where I put it.

No, no, no. No! Bye!

- Edwin! Oh, that is not funny!

- Oh, Derek! [Sarcastic]: What a delight!

- What's wrong with you? - Ah, ha!

What's wrong with YOU?

You taught Marti the wrong animal sounds!

And you taught her how to count wrong!

And an alternate alphabet!

Now, why'd you do that?

- We were just kidding around.

- Do I look like I'm laughing?!

- N... no. - Ah-ha.

- So I guess now's a bad time to talk about me,

uh, possibly... failing... English.

- Yeah, yeah, a very bad time.

You know why? Because failure

is not an option again, Derek.

I'm not gonna bail you out this time.

Okay?

- Okay. - Good.

- Don't work. Don't work.

Don't work.

[ Loud music ]

- [Derek]: Hey, keep it down. I'm trying to work.

[ She stops the music. ]

- Okay, just two more hours, then I can go to bed,

wake up, and publicly fail my English presentation.

- I still don't get why I'm in here.

- Because I can't do this alone.

I've never failed anything before!

- So just do the presentation.

- No! I can't!

And unless you want to be known as the Grade Grubber's sister

when you go to high school, you'll help me.

- No! Don't do it!

- Thanks, Lizzie. You're a good sister.

- So... what should we do now?

- Something to take my mind off working.

We could read.

Look.

A book on Percy Shelley.

- Casey! - "What is a romantic poet?

A romantic poet believes

that all emotional experiences are universal."

Maybe I should take a few notes.

- No! No notes! Just read.

And don't worry, I'll stay up all night if I have to.

- Thanks.

"A poem about imagined love is as real

as a poem written for a true love...

But what is love? Shelley...

...and seek to awaken in all things that are...

...a community with what we experience within ourselves.

Shelley's poetry often has an iambic rhythm..."

[ Lizzie snores. ]

"Which puts people to sleep."

[ Snoring ]

[ Knocking ]

What is it? Lizzie's sleeping.

- It's Derek. I think he's in trouble.

- What kind of trouble?

- I think he's really worried about failing.

- But it's one project. - No, Casey, not the project.

The whole class.

- I don't buy it.

- Well, see for yourself. He's down there.

[ Sigh ] [ Bang! ]

- Are you okay?

- I'm fine.

- Were you working on the presentation?

- Why do you care? - Maybe I could help.

- Forget it. It's too late.

I tried. I failed. Just leave.

- If that's what you want.

[ Sigh ] Wait.

It's not too late. We can do this.

- You don't have to help me.

- I'm not doing it for you. I'm doing it for me.

I tried not to care about my grade, but I failed.

Now let's get to work.

Not up to my usual standards, but under the circumstances,

I think it was a pretty good presentation.

Dressing like Percy and Mary Shelley

definitely pushed it over the top.

- Yeah. It... it was okay.

- Okay?! We got an 89.

Not bad for one night's work.

- But don't you think we deserved a 90?

- Yeah, but who...

[Loudly]: Who cares about one mark?!

- I do. I need you to get us a 90.

- Why? Is this a trick?

- I need one more point to pass the class.

- Really?

- Really. Can you do this? Please?

[ Sigh ]

- Make room for the grub.

- Hey! Not... a word!

[ Talking to the teacher ]

- One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine,

ten, eleven, twelve... How far do you want me to go?

- That's fine Marti.

Well, it's good to know you really do know your numbers.

- I told you I was just joking.

- Marti, it's okay to joke around,

but sometimes jokes go too far.

- Especially Derek's jokes.

So the next time Derek teaches you something,

tell us and we'll let you know if it's funny.

- But Derek says you guys don't know what's funny.

- Well, Derek's wrong.

About a lot of things.

- Yeah, we have a great sense of humour.

[ Farting noise ] [ Laughing ]

- So was that funny?

[ Laughs ]

- Yeah, that's funny.

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[ Laughing ]

- He over blew that one!

[ Laughs ] He did!

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