Fanon:Pranks a Whole Darn Lot!

Pranks a Whole Darn Lot! is the first episode from the Big Nate spin-off series Nate and Randy - Master Pranksters. The episode stars Nate and Randy who, after their parents marry, start pulling massive pranks, costing Nate his long-time friends and winning him new friends from Randy's posse. It will premiere on Nickelodeon and Paramount+ in June 2024.

Plot
It starts with a message appearing on-screen, "Martin and Barbara were not destined for each other...but what if they were? This is where the saga begins..." Then the actual episode begins. Martin and Barbara turn out to have similar interests in common (music, food, etc.), and Martin takes that opportunity to propose to Barbara, which she happily accepts. Barbara calls Randy via phone, whom he and Nate are walking outside in the night and arguing. She tells him to come home with Nate and that she and Martin have exciting news. Back home, Martin and Barbara tell Nate, Randy, and Ellen the exciting news; Martin and Barbara are getting married. Nate and Randy hear the news in horror.

So Martin and Barbara end up marrying. Nate and Randy are upset that their worst nightmare came true. Ellen is happy to have a more complete family, despite the trouble the two boys cause.

Some time has passed since the marriage, into the start of Summer, and Nate and Randy are still upset about being stepbrothers. They walk out on the streets again until they find a pile of fake throw-up on the road. Randy picks it up, which grosses Nate out, and tells Nate to hide behind a bush. They hide, and Randy gives Nate the fake throw-up, which doesn't feel as gross at it looks, telling Nate to throw it at an unsuspecting passerby. Nate isn't too sure about that idea, especially since the next passerby is Dee Dee, but he decides to do it. Nate throws the fake throw-up at Dee Dee without being seen, while Randy makes a fake retching sound. The fake throw-up lands on Dee Dee's head, causing her to scream and run off. Once she's gone, Nate and Randy burst out laughing, and the two boys form a pranking friendship.

So Nate and Randy end up becoming a duo of pranksters, pulling extraordinary pranks on people without getting caught, like a more hardcore and rebellious Phineas and Ferb. Whenever Ellen sees Nate and Randy doing their pranks, she tries to reveal their shenanigans to their parents (mostly Martin), similar to Phineas and Ferb's sister Candace. However, Nate and Randy hide their tracks very well, so their parents don't see it, leaving Ellen frustrated.

Then during the state fair, Nate and Randy thought of the most insane idea; taking a rollercoaster on a joyride through their city. Nate calls his friends Francis, Teddy, Chad, and Dee Dee, inviting them to ride the rollercoaster with him and Randy. They modify part of a rollercoaster track so the rollercoaster would go off the track and later back in the track. Randy adds a steering wheel to the front cart.

Nate, his friends, and Randy ride the rollercoaster, which then reaches the broken end of the track and starts going all over the city, through busy roads, construction sites, buildings, etc. They eventually make it back on the track, and once it's all over, Nate's friends are more shaken than if they went on a regular rollercoaster ride. Chad, suffering from motion sickness, throws up on Dee Dee, which causes her to faint due to the earlier fake throw-up trauma.

Once they're all off, Nate and Randy fix the track before Ellen, who saw the runaway rollercoaster while trying to cross the street from her friends' house, could show it to Martin and Barbara. After Ellen, Martin, and Barbara head home, Francis, Teddy, Chad, Dee Dee are mad at Nate for helping Randy with that dangerous prank that could've gotten them all killed, saying that Randy has always been a bully. Nate snaps back at them that Randy is an awesome stepbrother, and that Nate's friends don't deserve to live in the same world as them. With that, Francis wedgies Nate and knees him in the oompa-loompas, removing Nate from the friend group who all storm off, though Nate does not care.

Despite Nate's newfound apathy against his earlier friend group, he felt a bit bad for that harsh argument, but Randy praises that argument and thanks Nate for standing up for him. Just then, Randy's posse (Matt, Brandon, Jamie, Josh, Philip) arrives, and congratulate Nate for that amazing prank that they've witnessed, accepting him into the posse. Brad and Bentley also show up, telling Nate and Randy what awesome pranksters they are. The episode ends with Nate and Randy giving each other a fist-bump as the series title appears on-screen.

Cast

 * Ben Giroux as Nate Wright
 * Nik Dodani as Randy Betancourt
 * Dove Cameron as Ellen Wright
 * Rob Delaney as Martin Wright
 * Nasim Pedrad as Barbara
 * Daniel MK Cohen as Francis Pope
 * Arnie Pantoja as Teddy Ortiz
 * Charlie Schlatter as Chad Applewhite
 * Bryce Charles as Dee Dee Holloway
 * Chester Rushing as Zeff
 * Ben Schwartz as Matt
 * Beck Bennett as Brandon
 * Zeno Robinson as Jamie
 * Jack McBrayer as Josh
 * Thomas Middleditch as Philip
 * Jack Black as Brad Gunter
 * Danny Jacobs as Merle Lazenbean/Bentley Carter

Songs featured

 * Maroon 5 - Memories (during Martin and Barbara's wedding)
 * Nate and Randy - Master Pranksters theme song (extended version) (during Nate and Randy's pranking spree montage)
 * RichaadEB, Christina Vee - Bad Apple!! (during the runaway rollercoaster ride)

All songs are instrumental versions.

Transcript
Pranks a Whole Darn Lot!/Transcript

Trivia

 * The first minute of the episode (after the opening message) is taken from "Randy's Mom Has Got It Goin' On" (17:00 - 18:05).