Battle of the Bands (The Naked Brothers Band)
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The Naked Brothers Band: Battle of the Bands is the eleventh overall episode and the second TV movie of Nickelodeon's The Naked Brothers Band. It was released direct-to-DVD on September 4, 2007 and premiered on United States television at 8:00 PM eastern standard time on October 7, 2007.
Summary
The Naked Brothers Band and another band, the L.A. Surfers find themselves competing in a “Band vs. Band” charity event benefiting Little Kids Rock, a nonprofit organization that provides free instruments and lessons to kids in low-income public schools. Rosalina starts to fall for the L.A. Surfers lead singer, Bobby Love, who is based off of singer Johnny Rotten. Nat and Alex learn his false intentions while in the bathroom (Nat and Alex hid in a stall). It annoys Nat that Rosalina likes the opponent lead singer. It turns out that Bobby is just hitting on Rosalina to get to the Naked Brothers Band, and is lying about everything (his British accent, his fear of balloons, not writing his own songs, and his birth name, Robert). Nat and Bobby fight, and declare at a press conference that the charity event is now a competition, and the losing band's proceeds from their next CD goes to the charity.
Cooper and the band apologize for the previous night at a later press conference. Cooper asks the representative of Little Kids Rock, Patty Scoggins (Emily Richardson), if a “huge band in Old Europe” called “The Hunny Bunnies” (actually Mr. Wolff and Betty), could be the opening act for the event. She says that she could see what she could do.
Bobby and his band later try to come up with new songs for the concert. Since Bobby doesn't write his own songs, this is very challenging. He comes up with mediocre songs called “My Feet are so Nice” and “I Love My Hair”. His bandmate's girlfriend, Rita, tells him how silly the songs are, and he just continues to tell her that she's not the boss of the feet or the hair song and that she's not in the band.
Later Nat fails to get Rosalina to believe the truth about Bobby, he and the band make fun of Bobby and her liking Bobby, and she quits. She tells Bobby what happens (what the band thought about him). Bobby notices Rosalina's music from the Naked Brothers band, and throws it in the garbage, and after Rosalina leaves, Bobby steals it.
At the concert, Bobby attacks Nat, only for Alex to defeat him with a mere balloon that a little girl gave to him, even though it was meant for Bobby. She gave it to Alex after Bobby refused the gift and said “I hope your band kicks Bobby's band's butts!” Soon after, Bobby's band plays Nat's new song he stole from Rosalina (known as “L.A”. from the Naked Brothers Band) and she realizes Bobby is fake, and she runs over to the Naked Brothers, hugs Nat and she apologizes to Nat while she's crying. There is a net of balloons above the stage, and Rosalina wishes that “all of the balloons were made of cement” and they would fall on Bobby Love's head. Then, Alex reminds Nat that he's afraid of balloons. Rosalina pulls the rope, releasing the balloons. Balloons fall all over of Bobby's band, which causes him to panic and constantly yell in fear (in a non-British accent) for his mom, and jumps on Pork (his bandmate) screaming “I'm not playing games! They're touching my face!!” Cooper and Patty show the Naked Brothers Band music video “L.A.” on a screen in the wall. Seeing this, the audience and the media realizes he's a fake and the Surfers are disqualified because Bobby stole the lyrics to the song. The Naked Brothers play Nat's new song, “Girl of my Dreams,” dedicated to Rosalina and win the “Battle of the Bands”.
Cast
| Actor | Character | Character overview |
|---|---|---|
| Nathaniel Marvin Wolff (Nat Wolff) | himself | singer/songwriter and keyboardist, occasionally plays guitar |
| Alexander Draper Wolff (Alex Wolff) | himself | drummer in a do-rag |
| David Julian Levi (David Levi) | himself | keyboardist |
| Thomas Batuello | himself | cellist |
| Cooper Pillot | himself | band manager, in a suit and glasses |
| Alexandra Jean DiMeco (Allie DiMeco) | “Rosalina” | bass player |
| Qaasim Middleton | himself | guitarist |
| Michael Wolff | himself | accordion-player, father of Nat and Alex |
| Jessica C. Draper (Jesse Draper) | “Jesse Cook” | band tutor and babysitter |
| Catherine Curtin (Cathy Curtin) | “Betty” | Dad's girlfriend |
| Matt Pinfield | himself | television critic |
| Keli Price | “Bobby Love” | lead singer of the L.A. Surfers |
| Emily Richardson | “Patty Scoggins” | representative for Little Kids Rock |
| Grant Monohon | “Pork” | bassist of the L.A. Surfers |
| Lyle Mackston | himself | drummer of the L.A. Surfers |
| Ty Smith | himself | guitarist of the L.A. Surfers |
Reception
The movie was generally well-received by fans of the show, and it was awarded a 8.3 “great” rating on TV.com.[1] Meanwhile, Common Sense Media awarded it a dim 2 stars, citing an “unrealistic plot”. It also recommends a showing age of 10+ because of some inappropriate content.[2]
It was the number one show for the week of October 6 (for children ages 2-14), with almost 4 million viewers.
References
See also
- The Naked Brothers Band (film), the first movie