Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp

Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp
Distributed by	Nickelodeon Original Movie
Directed by	Drake Bell Steve Hoefer
Starring	Drake Bell Josh Peck Nancy Sullivan Jonathan Goldstein Miranda Cosgrove Jerry Trainor Yvette Nicole Brown
Music by	Backhouse Mike
Country	United States
Language	English
Release date	August 3, 2007
Running time	48 Minutes (+ Commercials; 60 Minutes)

Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp is the second movie in the Drake & Josh movie series based on the Drake & Josh TV show. It was the most watched television movie on Nickelodeon with an exact 7.80 million viewers,until iCarly: iGo to Japan broke the record. The record was won again by Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh. The movie was aired during a Drake & Josh marathon called Drake vs. Josh weekend.

Although Nickelodeon promoted this episode as movie, it is actually a two-part episode, as it contained a laugh track. In the first shot of "The Premier" one of the movie listings is called "Now She's Carly". This was hinting at Miranda Cosgrove's new series iCarly.

Production

A new Drake & Josh movie aired on August 3, 2007 during Drake & Josh weekend. This movie was intended to be the series finale, but because Nickelodeon did not air the final episodes chronologically, "Helicopter" and "Dance Contest" were aired after. The series was briefly revived for the made-for-TV Movie Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh more than a year later.

Plot

Drake performs a song called, "Makes Me Happy" for a music deal. While at Spin City Records, they agree to put Drake's song on a commercial that will air during the Super Bowl. In the meantime, Helen's getting married and her grandmother, Lula, comes to stay at Drake and Josh's house for a week, forcing Megan to share the boys' room.

Helen then announces the new assistant manager, who turns out to be Mindy Crenshaw. Josh is very upset that he didn't get the job, and accuses Mindy of constantly trying to one-up him, which she denies. While at the recording studio at Spin City Records, Josh doesn't read the contract at all, mesmerized by massive shrimp ("It's prawn"). Josh inadvertently signs away the creativity rights to Drake's song. The producers remix -- and completely ruin -- Drake's song, turning it into, as Drake puts it, "horrible bubblegum pop garbage-y badness". Furious with Josh for his mistake, Drake fires him as manager, then hatches a plan for revenge: planting fruit flies in the producer's car. He tells Josh that when people play dirty, sometimes, you have to play dirty back.

Still trying to fix his mistake, Josh returns to Spin City Records. After being told there is no way the company will use Drake's original song, Josh decides to take Drake's advice and switches the ruined song with the original song as it is being picked up. The plan succeeds, and Drake's version of "Makes Me Happy" plays on the commercial, much to Drake's delight (he forgives Josh for this), but with a price. Right after the commercial airs, Josh receives a call from Alan Krim, the producer. By switching the songs, Josh has broken a legally binding contract, and not only is the record company is planning to sue the boys for $5 million, the two could also go to prison.

While at work, Josh realizes that Mindy did not take the job as assistant manager because she needed the extra money; she did it in order to spend time with Josh. Then the boys go to Spin City Records and just as they think they are going to jail, it turns out that instead, Drake's song becomes a number one hit. The manager tells him they had to scam them, otherwise Drake wouldn't be popular. They are free of all charges and Alan Krim is fired for trying to ruin Drake's song.

At Helen's wedding, amidst a few small disasters, Josh and Mindy get back together. Mindy has quit her job and Josh becomes the new assistant manager. Drake also rehires him as his manager. Then Drake performs his number one hit song to the whole crowd. Afterwards, Drake and Josh return home to find shrimp sent over from Nick Matteo. Megan and her friends have eaten all but one, which causes Drake and Josh to fight over it, mimicking a similar scene from The Amanda Show, which is shown during the credits.

Cast

Character	Actor/Actress
Drake Parker	Drake Bell
Josh Nichols	Josh Peck
Megan Parker	Miranda Cosgrove
Audrey Parker	Nancy Sullivan
Walter Nichols	Jonathan Goldstein
Mindy Crenshaw	Allison Scagliotti-Smith
Eric Blonnowitz	Scott Halberstadt
Craig Ramirez	Alec Medlock
Helen	Yvette Nicole Brown
Crazy Steve	Jerry Trainor
Leah	Cathy Shim
Molly	Alysse Cepeda
Collete	Brenda Vivian
Alan Krim	Joseph Will
Nick Matteo	Jay Bontatibus

Music

Drake Bell made a music video to Makes Me Happy, and it became the single for the movie.

External links

• Drake vs Josh weekend