0:00:31 > 0:00:35It's Thursday morning, I'm hugging my worst enemy,
0:00:35 > 0:00:39and I'm about to make the whole school hate me on purpose.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41How do these things keep on happening to me?
0:00:41 > 0:00:45'It'll make more sense if we go back to when it all began.'
0:00:46 > 0:00:51Wow! Westbrook Academy headmaster of the month! What an honour.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55He's just given himself that award.
0:00:55 > 0:01:01On the subject of contests, a seat on Westbrook's school council -
0:01:01 > 0:01:05admirably chaired by Ms Adolf - has become vacant.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09Candidates will campaign for the next two days followed by...
0:01:09 > 0:01:10Speeches? Speeches?!
0:01:10 > 0:01:11Did I agree to speeches?
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Apparently there'll be speeches on Thursday,
0:01:16 > 0:01:18followed by a vote.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Anyone who wants to take part should sign up with Ms Adolf
0:01:21 > 0:01:24after assembly. Dismissed.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31Wow, school council? What kind of supergeek would sign up for that?
0:01:34 > 0:01:37Emily on the school council! Is that a good idea?
0:01:37 > 0:01:39I can think of a worse one.
0:01:39 > 0:01:40No way!
0:01:40 > 0:01:42We can't let McKelty win.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46Just imagine what that monster would do with actual power.
0:01:54 > 0:01:55Yuck!
0:01:56 > 0:01:58I hate the taste of shoe polish.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03That would make more sense if you knew what I was imagining.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Anyway, McKelty must be stopped.
0:02:08 > 0:02:09I want to be on school council.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Hey, that is great, Hank. You're going to make a great councillor -
0:02:12 > 0:02:15- you have got so much compassion. - Thanks.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17- No.- What do you mean, no? - Why no?
0:02:17 > 0:02:21Putting aside my own personal feelings on the inadequacies
0:02:21 > 0:02:24of democracy as a political system,
0:02:24 > 0:02:26the headmaster said you were to sign up at the end of assembly.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29- No, he didn't. - I'm sorry.
0:02:29 > 0:02:34No, he didn't. What Mr Joy said was students can sign up AFTER assembly
0:02:34 > 0:02:38and you will notice by my watch, it's after assembly.
0:02:38 > 0:02:39That's not what he meant.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Yeah, but that's what he said.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Very well. Congratulations, Mr Zipzer,
0:02:45 > 0:02:48you are now a candidate for election to school council.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57- You're standing for school council?! - Mm-hmm.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01- Against McKelty?! - Yep. What's for dinner?
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Both our kids running for election, just like their old dad.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Oh, here we go...
0:03:06 > 0:03:09I ran for secretary of my college crossword club.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13Came a very honourable third. Need a hand?
0:03:13 > 0:03:15No. Not unless you can make sense of this anomaly.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17I'm running some data on my chances of winning.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19And?
0:03:19 > 0:03:21It says I'll only get two votes.
0:03:21 > 0:03:22Sounds a bit high to me.
0:03:22 > 0:03:23I don't know why you're so smug.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26According to my projections you're still coming second place to McKelty.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Haven't even started my campaign yet.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31I've got some amazing ideas, see?
0:03:31 > 0:03:34The Vote-inator. It lets you vote ten times at the same time.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Congratulations, you've just revolutionised electoral fraud.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45I'll dig out some old campaign stuff
0:03:45 > 0:03:47and we'll smash those McKeltys together.
0:03:47 > 0:03:48Stan, can we have a chat?
0:03:48 > 0:03:51- I've got some badges in here somewhere.- Stan, I really think...
0:03:51 > 0:03:52Posters! You need posters!
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Stan!
0:03:54 > 0:03:55STAN!
0:03:57 > 0:04:01I think it's best if maybe we don't interfere this time.
0:04:01 > 0:04:02Eh? Why not?
0:04:02 > 0:04:03Well, you know...
0:04:03 > 0:04:06the kids are growing up. They need to start making their own mistakes.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10Let them mess up this election without our help.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12You two know we can hear you, right?
0:04:12 > 0:04:14You're really not that far away.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Vote Hank Zipzer on Thursday
0:04:22 > 0:04:25and I promise I'll stop shaking your hands.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Vote Emily Zipzer for more homework, shorter break-times
0:04:28 > 0:04:29and a longer school day.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Are you sure this is all you want to do? Shake hands?
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Yeah, it's more than enough.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38Look, I'm up against McKelty and Emily, not Simone Green.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41I love that shirt.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43You wouldn't stand a chance.
0:04:43 > 0:04:44How can a year seven be so cool?
0:04:44 > 0:04:46She scares me.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47I was expecting more from you -
0:04:47 > 0:04:50fireworks that spell out "Vote Hank"' or something.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52- Trust me, it'll be... - HORN HONKS
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Vote McKelty, the name that you can trust.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57That name again - McKelty.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Vote McKelty for free sweets every day.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08That name again - McKelty.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11- Oh...- My...- Golf cart!
0:05:11 > 0:05:14Free sweets! Now THAT is how you win an election.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16McKelty means business.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18My place. Tonight. Brainstorm.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Mr Rock! They said I'd find you here.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Ah, Miss Zipzer!
0:05:27 > 0:05:29What do you think of my new wheels?
0:05:29 > 0:05:32My first confiscation. Pretty great, huh?
0:05:32 > 0:05:33Very nice.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35What can I do for you?
0:05:35 > 0:05:39People like you. You're...popular,
0:05:39 > 0:05:42and I was wondering how you do it.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Well, the first thing I do is I don't try to be popular.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49- Right...- Not everybody's going to love you in this world,
0:05:49 > 0:05:52but if you make one new friend a day, by the end of the year
0:05:52 > 0:05:56you're going to have a wheelbarrow full of Christmas cards.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58365.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00366 if it was a leap year.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02You are so smart.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05But what if you've only got 46 and a half hours?
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Be yourself, be authentic.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11You will be surprised how many people want to be your friend...
0:06:11 > 0:06:12and vote for you.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16OK, great advice. Thanks, sir.
0:06:16 > 0:06:17You're welcome.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Plan B it is then.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Simone Green, meet your new best friend.
0:06:37 > 0:06:38Write it down!
0:06:38 > 0:06:40No, I am not writing down "Hank you very much".
0:06:40 > 0:06:41Why not?
0:06:41 > 0:06:42One, it's rubbish,
0:06:42 > 0:06:45two, it's not going to help you get elected
0:06:45 > 0:06:47and three... Those two reasons are enough!
0:06:47 > 0:06:49There's no right answers in a brainstorm.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Don't you mean there aren't any WRONG answers in a brainstorm?
0:06:52 > 0:06:53What did I just say?
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Right, I'm going home to see if there's any dinner left.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59- Hey, Frankie. - Ah! Mr Zipzer!
0:06:59 > 0:07:00How's it going?
0:07:00 > 0:07:02I'm off to bed for a read. I'm nearly finished.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Have you got to the bit where Lance, the heart-throb vampire,
0:07:04 > 0:07:06- sacrifices himself for love? - No.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Oh, sorry.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10OK, night, kids. Night, Stan.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12And no interfering in the election.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14No, of course not, love. Night!
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Dad, we need ideas for this election.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19The best we've got so far is getting Ashley's mum
0:07:19 > 0:07:22and dad to stitch "Vote Hank" into their patients.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24That would DEFINITELY get my vote.
0:07:24 > 0:07:25Dad, help me!
0:07:25 > 0:07:27No, I have already promised your mum...
0:07:27 > 0:07:29- Dad, please! - Hank, I'd love to help but...
0:07:29 > 0:07:33Please, Dad. If you don't help us then Nick McKelty will win.
0:07:36 > 0:07:37OK, follow me.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Wow! This is...
0:07:49 > 0:07:51- Weird? - ..amazing!
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Oh, you ain't seen nothing yet.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Get comfy - we'll be here a while.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Hank? Hank? Hank?
0:08:02 > 0:08:04HANK!
0:08:04 > 0:08:07- Where's Frankie and Ashley? - They gave up around midnight.
0:08:07 > 0:08:08Wimps! What do you think?
0:08:08 > 0:08:10What happened to not interfering?
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Oh, come on. The boy was going to lose to McKelty.
0:08:13 > 0:08:14Sometimes there's a value to losing,
0:08:14 > 0:08:16especially if you lose for the right reasons.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20That's just something people say to losers to make them feel better.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22- Ah, the cakes! - Cakes?
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Oh, yeah, for Hank to give out.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26I was going to ice "Vote Zipzer" on them.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Once I'd learnt to, you know, ice.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- Morning. - Morning, Emily.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34What are you wear...?
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Er... Do not interfere. Do not interfere.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38- Is it fancy dress day at school? - Hank!
0:08:38 > 0:08:40- What? - Shhh!
0:08:40 > 0:08:42- But...- Enough! - But...- Finito!
0:08:43 > 0:08:44Not to worry, you can always
0:08:44 > 0:08:47pick up some unburnt pastries at the deli, can't he, love?
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Erm, yeah.
0:08:49 > 0:08:50Um, and you, Emily.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52No ,thank you.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54I won't join a political culture that uses bribery to win votes.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56You look different, love. New glasses?
0:08:59 > 0:09:00What?
0:09:04 > 0:09:08And I'm thinking, "I like Harry but I really like Kieron."
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Kieron is fit!
0:09:10 > 0:09:14But then I'm thinking, "Do I like Kieron? Cos his dancing is lame!"
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Yeah. That boy's a fool, you know.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20And then I'm thinking, "I don't like no boys in that band.
0:09:20 > 0:09:21"They're over!"
0:09:21 > 0:09:23They're done.
0:09:23 > 0:09:24Finito.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30So, anyway, I bought this well nice top the other day.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34Finito?
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Who's Finito?
0:09:43 > 0:09:47No campaigning in the corridor! Move along!
0:09:47 > 0:09:50I said move along! Grr...
0:09:51 > 0:09:53I am a little stuck.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Three-point turn didn't turn out so well.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58I'd heard rumours but I didn't think even you would be ridiculous
0:09:58 > 0:10:01enough to be travelling around school on a golf cart.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02You should get one!
0:10:02 > 0:10:05You can go from the staffroom to your classroom in no time flat.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08That is provided ,of course, you didn't have to turn around
0:10:08 > 0:10:11- because you forgot your maracas. - I wouldn't dream of it.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13No, of course not. A woman of your stature
0:10:13 > 0:10:15would never travel without her maracas.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18You made that sound like a compliment
0:10:18 > 0:10:21but I know full well it wasn't.
0:10:21 > 0:10:22Good day, Mr Rock.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24How about a little help here?
0:10:24 > 0:10:25No!
0:10:25 > 0:10:30Vote McKelty. Vote McKelty. Only the best can give YOU the best.
0:10:30 > 0:10:31Vote McKelty on Thursday.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Free pastries. Free pastries.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Don't forget to vote!
0:10:35 > 0:10:39Take it easy! There's plenty more where these came from.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Dad, he's putting up more of a fight that we thought.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45'Need I remind you that you're a McKelty, Nicholas.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47- 'McKeltys don't lose to Zipzers.' - Yes, sir.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49'You do whatever it takes, but win!'
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Do you know what I would really love right now?
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Cheesy chips.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Yeah! Cheesy chips are wicked.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Cheesy chips...
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Be nice to blow out biology and go shopping.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09Double biology? Double boring.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52They should have some magazines in the library, you know.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Something interesting to read for a change.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57They should put a TV in there.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Yes!
0:12:03 > 0:12:06Something of an improvement, I'd say, Zipzer.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Yeah, I'd say so too! Cheers, Nick.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20OK, who wants cannoli?
0:12:20 > 0:12:22And can we count on your vote tomorrow?
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Move. Move it.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Mr Zipzer...
0:12:26 > 0:12:29I see you're attempting to bribe your way to election victory.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31No! It's not a bribery...
0:12:31 > 0:12:33I don't care - hand one over.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35HANK SIGHS
0:12:37 > 0:12:38Mmm...
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Aaaah!
0:12:44 > 0:12:48So! Much! Chilli!
0:12:48 > 0:12:50So much chilli!
0:12:50 > 0:12:52There's so much chilli!
0:12:52 > 0:12:54You, hand me the fire extinguisher!
0:12:54 > 0:12:56My mouth is burning.
0:12:56 > 0:12:57Ah!
0:12:59 > 0:13:01HE WHEEZES
0:13:03 > 0:13:05McKelty! He'll do anything to win this thing.
0:13:11 > 0:13:12That's it!
0:13:12 > 0:13:15I'm sorry, Mr Joy, but you've failed
0:13:15 > 0:13:17the Vote Zipzer Hot Cannoli Challenge.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Who will be the first to conquer the Italian inferno?
0:13:22 > 0:13:26Nice one, Zipzer. Nail that speech tomorrow and this election's yours.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29The speech! I knew I was forgetting something.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Can we help you?
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Yeah, I was thinking, I'm running for school council...like, whatever.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Bo-ring.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Totally, but I was thinking, I may as well try and win it
0:13:55 > 0:13:56and get some cool stuff done.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Like, if I can be bothered.
0:13:58 > 0:13:59What kind of cool stuff?
0:13:59 > 0:14:03Well, I was thinking there should be cheesy chips, like, every day.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Even though they're full of saturated fats which has been
0:14:06 > 0:14:09linked to a high risk of cardiovascular disease...
0:14:09 > 0:14:11But, like, whatevs.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13What else?
0:14:13 > 0:14:16I think we should do double shopping instead of double biology.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20Well, you've got my vote, whatever your name is.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Take a seat. Move up, Adele.
0:14:31 > 0:14:32Cool cart.
0:14:32 > 0:14:37Thanks. Listen, between you and me, it hates wheelies.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Do you have any idea what this is for?
0:14:39 > 0:14:40Nope.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Neither do I.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45So, how can I help the future Councillor Zipzer?
0:14:45 > 0:14:50Well, I've got this speech tomorrow for the election campaign...
0:14:50 > 0:14:53And you've waited all this time to start writing it?
0:14:54 > 0:14:57That sounds so unlike you, Hank(!)
0:14:58 > 0:15:00All right, let me ask you a question.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Why do you want to be on the student council?
0:15:02 > 0:15:04- OK, sure.- Mm-hmm.
0:15:11 > 0:15:12That's worrying.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Struggling? OK, let's try another one.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Why did you sign up in the first place?
0:15:16 > 0:15:18To beat McKelty.
0:15:18 > 0:15:19Good. Give me another reason.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Ah. This sounds like when I wanted to be in a band
0:15:24 > 0:15:29and I thought that it meant making music and changing people's lives.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31What was it really about?
0:15:32 > 0:15:33- WHISPERED:- The parties.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Hank, it is important that you know -
0:15:38 > 0:15:40do you really want to do this?
0:15:43 > 0:15:45HANK SIGHS
0:15:58 > 0:16:00What's going on?
0:16:00 > 0:16:02This bedroom is so, like, lame.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Oh, I see.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Is this about having your new little friend come round?
0:16:06 > 0:16:10Simone Green isn't little. She's totes wicked.
0:16:10 > 0:16:11"Wicked"?
0:16:11 > 0:16:15Totally wicked and, more importantly, really popular.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Huh? Why's that important?
0:16:17 > 0:16:20If Simone Green likes me then her crew will vote for me
0:16:20 > 0:16:24and if her crew vote for me, then that school council seat is mine.
0:16:24 > 0:16:25But that's...
0:16:25 > 0:16:27No.
0:16:27 > 0:16:28Don't interfere, don't interfere.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Because of her I'm, like, actually ahead of McKelty in the polls!
0:16:31 > 0:16:36If she enjoys tonight, I'm on that school council fo' sho'.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38Fo' sho'? What has happened to you, Emily?
0:16:38 > 0:16:40You sound...silly.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Whatever. Chill, Mum. Yeah?
0:16:42 > 0:16:44OK, whoever you are, sit down!
0:16:44 > 0:16:46- But... - Sit down.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54Sweetheart, if you have to pretend to be somebody else to win
0:16:54 > 0:16:58the election, then you're not really winning, are you?
0:16:58 > 0:16:59Someone else is.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01What happened to not interfering?
0:17:02 > 0:17:05And YOU can stop looking at me like that.
0:17:07 > 0:17:08What about...
0:17:08 > 0:17:12Vote Hank for less homework,
0:17:12 > 0:17:14no school uniform and, erm...
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Two lunch breaks!
0:17:16 > 0:17:17Yes!
0:17:17 > 0:17:20I'll draw three sandwiches on a cue card to help you remember.
0:17:20 > 0:17:21Three?
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Yeah. One extra for me.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Hiya. Do you need any help with your speech?
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Emily keeps telling me to go away...I think.
0:17:28 > 0:17:29No, we're good thanks, Dad.
0:17:29 > 0:17:30Oh, OK.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34Oh, listen, I've got something for you - it's my lucky pen.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36I used this bad boy the first time that I...
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Completed a crossword?
0:17:38 > 0:17:40..fished my lucky pants out from behind the radiator.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43I want you to have it tomorrow when you get on that stage
0:17:43 > 0:17:45and you beat Nick McKelty, OK?
0:17:45 > 0:17:46OK. Thanks, Dad.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Don't chew the end of it.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50I definitely won't.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52And this is where I, like, hang.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55- It's kind of all right. - Thanks!
0:17:55 > 0:17:56Or whatevs.
0:17:56 > 0:17:57You like him?
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Yeah. He's great, isn't he?
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Well, he WAS great. Like, last week.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05What's this?
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Oh, it's nothing. It's...
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Is that your lizard?
0:18:10 > 0:18:12Course not... That lizard is totally lame!
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Oh, I can't do this. Yes, Katherine is my lizard!
0:18:21 > 0:18:23She's my friend and I love her more than anything
0:18:23 > 0:18:25and now you hate me because you think I'm a geek, don't you?
0:18:25 > 0:18:27No, she's cool.
0:18:28 > 0:18:29Really?
0:18:43 > 0:18:46OK... Speech time.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49I'd wish you luck, but I don't think you need it.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Luck... My Dad's pen! I must've dropped it!
0:18:53 > 0:18:55I'll be right back.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00Hey, Simone. What was Emily's place like?
0:19:00 > 0:19:02I'll bet it was proper lame.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05No, man, it was all right.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16I know I've let the family down, Dad,
0:19:16 > 0:19:20but there's just no way I can win the election now.
0:19:20 > 0:19:21I'm sorry.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24Hello? Dad?
0:19:25 > 0:19:26Dad?
0:19:30 > 0:19:32Happy now, Zipzer?
0:19:39 > 0:19:44You have no idea what it's like to have a parent that puts you
0:19:44 > 0:19:45under so much pressure to succeed.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47I've got a pretty good idea.
0:19:49 > 0:19:50No, really succeed.
0:19:53 > 0:19:58I wanted to win this election so he might, you know, like me.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04HE SNIFFLES
0:20:06 > 0:20:07Wow!
0:20:07 > 0:20:11I'm not sure I've ever wanted anything as much as he wants this.
0:20:11 > 0:20:12I'm so sorry, Nick.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15I didn't realise it meant so much to you.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21- TANNOY:- All candidates please make their way to the stage.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24All candidates to the stage.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26HE SIGHS
0:20:27 > 0:20:31And so, in closing, I say once again for those who may have missed it
0:20:31 > 0:20:35the first couple of times, join me in making Westbrook the Bestbrook.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Thank you.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42- Did he really say that Bestbrook line five times?- Mmm.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48If you are still awake after that...
0:20:48 > 0:20:52Here's Henry Zipzer with his speech. Let's hope it's quick.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:20:57 > 0:21:01I can't believe that I'm about to do what I'm about to do.
0:21:01 > 0:21:06Thank you. You all know me - Hank Zipzer, class clown.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Always getting in trouble, playing the fool.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Well, enough's enough.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Once I've got your vote I'm going to get this place
0:21:13 > 0:21:15back on the straight and narrow.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18A vote for Hank Zipzer is a vote for more homework,
0:21:18 > 0:21:20shorter break-times and a longer school day.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Why is Hank using my old policies?
0:21:24 > 0:21:28He said something about "not wanting it enough". The boy's gone crazy.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Maybe it's a personality-changing brain virus!
0:21:32 > 0:21:34We've all been coasting for far too long
0:21:34 > 0:21:38and it's high time we started taking care of our education.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42Vote Hank Zipzer - Not Too Cool For School.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44BOOING
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Well, that all went perfectly.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Maybe democracy's got something to be said for it after all.
0:21:54 > 0:21:59Yeah, so like, I've got something I want to, like, say to you...
0:21:59 > 0:22:01I don't actually speak like that.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04And I don't hate school or want cheesy chips.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Or shopping - unless it's for textbooks.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11And I like biology.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13No, I LOVE biology.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17And I really, really love lizards.
0:22:19 > 0:22:20I've been misleading you all.
0:22:20 > 0:22:26And finally the last speech - thank goodness. It's Emily Zipzer.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29I'm pulling out of the race for school council.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Oh, my days!
0:22:31 > 0:22:34Well, nice knowing you, loser.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Do you know what?
0:22:41 > 0:22:42I would like a lizard.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44I want a lizard.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Oh, I want a lizard.
0:22:46 > 0:22:47I really want a lizard.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49Lizards are cool.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59So, obviously Nick McKelty won the seat on the school council...
0:22:59 > 0:23:01much to Frankie and Ashley's dismay.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04I've seen some strange things in my life, Hank,
0:23:04 > 0:23:06but that speech was something else.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09What does it feel like to be a loser, Zipzer?
0:23:09 > 0:23:12Actually, you don't know what it feels like NOT to be a loser.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16Congratulations, Nick. I hope your dad's proud of you now.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20I can't believe you fell for that nonsense. All a total act.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24Ah, Mr McKelty - congratulations on your victory.
0:23:24 > 0:23:25See you on Saturday.
0:23:26 > 0:23:27Saturday, Miss?
0:23:27 > 0:23:31The next school council meeting - every other Saturday, ten till two.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33Full school uniform.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Saturday? Saturday!
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Now THAT is what you call a near miss!
0:23:43 > 0:23:45So, Valentine's, bring it on!
0:23:45 > 0:23:47Is it that time of year already?
0:23:47 > 0:23:49It is Valentine's, Ms A.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Will you be my date to the Valentine dance?
0:23:52 > 0:23:53Yes!
0:23:53 > 0:23:54BEAR: I wuv you!
0:23:54 > 0:23:57- Are you going to the dance together? - Yeah?- I suppose.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Ashley's great. She'd make a wonderful addition to the family.
0:24:00 > 0:24:01I can't go to the dance with you.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04- Uh-oh. - Nice knowing ya, Hank.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06But I thought you liked me?
0:24:06 > 0:24:07I thought you liked me!
0:24:07 > 0:24:10She's a woman who understands how passions can be inflamed.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13The man is completely smitten.