Superstar Prank Patrol Down Under

Today, Nicoletta joins the Prank Patrol.

Her mission, to become a superstar singer with a hit pop song.

Everyone in the world knows about her except her friend Bec.

But that's about to change today.

Here we go.

# Here they come, they're on a roll

# Where they'll strike nobody knows

# If you have a point to prove

# They'll make a plan and see it through

# They'll sign you up to join their crew

# Scotty and the Ninjas too

# Here we go - come on, join the Prank Patrol. #

Here we go.

-Are you Nicoletta?

-Yeah.

-Are you ready to make your prank come true?

-Yeah.

Well, you are the newest member of the Prank Patrol.

Oh, grapes? I love grapes!

You'll be needing this. That's your prank badge.

-Thanks.

-You'll also need this. That's your prank jacket.

And I'll be needing to eat one of these.

-Hey, Mum, is it sweet if we go pranking?

-Yeah, sure. Have fun.

Thank you very much.

Put it here, little brother. Let's go.

We've got heaps to do. Bring the grapes! Are you crazy?

See you, Mum. See you, brother.

This is a Nicoletta.

She describes herself as funny, happy and easily excitable.

She loves singing, dancing and acting.

When not performing, you'll find her playing soccer

or her clarinet.

Hi, I'm Nicoletta and I need Prank Patrol's help

to prank my friend Rebecca.

When she gets the giggles there's no stopping.

Nicoletta wants to prank her friend Bec

because she has a really good sense of humour

and once Bec gets the giggles, there's no stopping her.

Bec also plays the clarinet and loves to ride her scooter.

Hey, save some for me!

Ah. There's only one left.

-Sorry, Nicoletta. We'll get more later.

-OK.

So this is our spy van.

This is where we're going to plan your prank. Who's the target?

I'm pranking my friend Bec.

She's really gullible and when she starts laughing,

she doesn't stop. It's really funny.

Have you got any ideas for a prank?

I want something pretty massive.

Massive. Yes, I reckon we've got something massive

in our prank files. Shall we check it out?

-OK.

-Let's have a look.

That's weird.

Usually there's a Post-it Note from my mum.

Actually, your mum told me to give you this for lunch.

-Where did you get this?

-Your mum gave it to me.

I don't think it's mine.

She gave it to me.

Oh, pineapple. I like pineapple. But it's not mine.

I swear it's not mine. All right, so, does she like music?

Yes, she loves music.

If Bec loves music, I reckon she'll love this prank.

-Shall we check it out?

-OK.

OK, cool. So this is it, Superstar. I love this one.

So the blueprint for this prank is

you have become a huge pop star, with fans all over the world,

and you're releasing a new single that people from your age

to grandparents absolutely love.

But you've kept it a secret.

Nobody knows that you are the star behind this song.

-Sound good?

-Yeah, sounds awesome.

So you'll be living two lives.

You're going to have Nicoletta by day.

By night, you're this superstar singer.

I'm going to get my friend Kayne from Studio 3

to come in and interview you, ask you questions,

but right now we need to sort out your superstar name, your alter ego.

-What should it be?

-Um, maybe Nicky?

Nicky - I love it. It's like one of those one-name names.

Kind of like Madonna, Bono...

and Scotty!

-Are you digging it?

-Yes.

Oh, yes! All right, Nicoletta, we've got our plan sorted.

Now we need to turn you into a famous superstar.

Ninjas!

Can we stop by the grape shop? And then roll!

If we're going to pretend Nicoletta is famous,

she's going to have to be everywhere.

Magazines, TV, movies, billboards.

Igor is a photographer and he's going to help us

turn Nicoletta into a superstar.

But before we get started,

we need to give Nicoletta a superstar makeover.

-Nicoletta, this is Igor.

-Hi.

-Hi.

-He's a photographer.

He's done lots of stuff for advertising and fashion

all over the world with lots of gorgeous models.

Magazines, billboards... You name it, Igor's done it.

So what do you have in store today?

I've got lots of great ideas for us today.

-So let's take you to the stylist and get you dressed up.

-OK.

Sweet!

OK, the secret to making you look fabulous - hair gel.

And my own label, Rockstar Tar, gives your hair the shape and hold

that they use in cyclone-resistant houses. It's fantastic.

So you just get a little bit

and you put it on before it sets.

-No thanks, Scotty.

-Yeah, no, Scotty. We have other ideas.

We're going to keep her make-up nice and natural,

maybe some earrings, and a fabulous hairdo.

-So...off you go.

-You sure?

-Yeah, yeah. Bye, bye, bye.

Your call.

SCOTTY STRUGGLES AND STRAINS

Whilst Nicoletta gets on with her superstar makeover,

I've got some rather... pressing issues.

Ha! Sorted! That is some hair gel!

Smiling, looking straight at the camera...

To sell the idea that Nicoletta is a superstar,

Bec will need to see her On the cover of a magazine.

But not a real magazine. Igor will choose one of the photos

and create a fake magazine cover celebrating Nicoletta's -

oh, excuse me - Nicky's superstardom.

Nicoletta, the camera is loving you.

Bit of tiger. Give me a bit of tiger, go on. Go, "arrrr!"

That's good.

Ugh!

Scotty, get out of there.

OK, Nicoletta.

CLATTERING

One of the photos is going to be used for a CD cover

and the other is going to be used for a magazine cover.

Nicoletta is out to prank her best friend, Bec,

into making her think she's a secret superstar.

She's got the look and all she needs now

is the right song to pull it off.

We're at a recording studio to record Nicoletta's -

oh, excuse me - Nicky's hit song.

And Fab, a pop star in his own right, is going to help us do that.

Hey, Nicoletta, this is Fabio, also known as Fab because he's fabulous.

-Hi, Nicoletta.

-Hi.

So, anyway, this is where dreams are made

and this is where Fab is going to record your very own song.

Hey, Fab, I was wondering if you need back-up singers, because

I've been waiting to dust these pipes of mine off.

Check this out. It's called The Hair Gel Yell.

-# La. #

-GUITAR TWANGS

Perfect.

HE STRUMS OUT OF TUNE

I've been working hard for the hair product.

So I can slick this hair of mine into shape.

And say, "Baby, will you be mine?"

-Hair gel yell...

-OK, OK.

Very interesting. I'll think about it.

You'll think about it? Sweet!

Right, time to get down to business.

-OK, Nicoletta, can you hear us OK in there?

-Yep.

OK, great. Let's do one, shall we?

# My friends think I don't really care

# But I like to... #

So we've got the backing tracks down already.

Nicoletta just needs to put the lyrics down to her hit song.

# I like to play it close to the heart. #

Nailed it!

Whoa.

HE WOLF WHISTLES

Yeah, how you going?

Who's the best prankster?

You're the best prankster. No, you're the best.

Huh?!

Ninjas!

IT SQUEAKS

TYRES SCREECH

Argh! Argh!

DOG BARKS

HE GASPS

Huh?

Argh!

Argh!

Argh!

Argh!

Latest Prank Patrol member Nicoletta is about to prank her best friend,

Bec, into thinking she's secretly hit the top of the pop charts.

Next, of course, it's a surprise celebrity interview.

You are a huge star, now, Nicoletta.

Oh, excuse me - Nicky.

With stardom comes a price. Do you know what that is?

-No, what's that?

-Crazed fans!

There's a huge mob of fans here waiting to tear us both down

but I'll take care of this. All right, guys.

There's nothing to see here.

We're not doing any autographs.

Thank you. Here we go. Sorry, guys.

Star coming through.

That was a close one!

Scotty, can you take that wig off, too?

Oh, classic, Nicoletta.

So, Kayne, my good friend from Studio 3,

he's going to meet us but he's gone fishing

so he said he'd make it by the prank but fingers crossed he makes it.

-Scotty!

-Kayne?

-Scotty!

-Kayne!

-Oh, Kayne!

-Settle down. I told you about that.

-It's Kayne!

-G'day. I'm Kayne. Yeah, fishing's off.

I'm here for the prank. Let's do it.

You are a legend. So, Kayne's going to be interviewing you, Nicoletta,

as Nicky and also he's here to surprise Bec as well.

-Does that sound pretty cool?

-It's awesome.

Guys, we're all good to go.

Kayne, you can have the honours, my man.

Really? Release the ninjas!

-Hey, thanks for lending me the suit. It looks great.

-What?

-Thanks, man.

The blueprint for Nicoletta's prank is a bogus magazine cover...

..a hit song...

..Kayne, the ABC3 TV celebrity,

and a mob of screaming fans,

to make Bec think Nicoletta is a superstar singer.

She'll get really, really shocked when she sees a magazine cover

with me on it and a CD.

She'll think, like, "Why haven't you told me or anything?"

Hi, Nicoletta. Hope you have lots of fun pranking Bec,

and I hope it's an awesome experience for both of you.

Nicoletta, you've always had an awesome voice so no doubt

Bec will believe that you're a true superstar. Good luck.

It's prank time!

With Kayne in place and ready to go,

it's time to get this prank under way.

And here come Nicoletta and Bec, right on cue.

Excuse me, I've never been in a music store

that hasn't had music.

-Can you get some tunes happening?

-Ah, yeah - sorry.

-The stereo, there's a wire that's broken.

-Oh.

Yeah, so it's not playing.

-That's a shame. Spewing.

-That's OK.

Looks like Bec has recognised Kayne.

I swear it's him. I swear it's him.

Go on, girls. Don't be shy.

Let's go, come on. Come on. Bec, come on.

Bec, you have to. Come on, Bec.

Please, Bec. Come with me!

It's fine. It's fine. Come on.

Bec, come on. I'll go.

Excuse me, are you...

You are. Are you Nicky?

My name is Nicoletta, not Nicky.

Yeah, Nicky, Nicoletta... You're THE Nicky, yeah?

-Er, no.

-Yes, yes you are.

You're Nicky! You're Nicky.

You're the superstar Nicky. You are.

-I have no idea.

-Of course you are.

Who's your friend? Hey.

-You're Kayne. I remember you.

-Yeah, yeah.

-From ABC3?

-Yeah.

-Told you!

Is your Mum proud?

Does anyone know what he's talking about?

-Proud of what? I've no idea.

-Like, everything that you've achieved.

-Um...

-I have no idea what's going on.

Me neither, don't worry.

Sorry, I don't want to freak you out. Like, I just... This is Nicky.

-You know Nicky, like...

-Yeah, I guess. She's my friend.

How long have you guys been friends? It's crazy.

-A long time, I guess.

-A long time?

-Yeah.

-So you'd be, like... You'd be pretty stoked

about how good she is and how well she's doing?

-Yeah, I guess.

-Of course... I guess?!

Like, I'd love to just get an interview, if you are THE Nicky,

but, you know, like, all right.

OK, I'll do it. I don't mind.

Just for Studio 3. I'll be two seconds.

-OK.

-Just wait here. Cool.

-What is happening?

-No idea. I'm really scared, it's freaking me out.

-I told you it was Kayne from Studio 3!

-I don't know what's happening!

How would I know? I've just walked in.

THE Nicky. So get down here. Let's get this interview.

All right. Get down here.

-Yeah - do whatever.

-I think it's OK.

-Right, see you.

All right, sweet. So, Michael, my cameraman, is going to come down.

I don't know, is there anything...

Obviously, you've done interviews before.

-I haven't done any interviews...

-Yeah(!) I love how you just pretend.

-Are you crazy? Sorry.

-I'm not crazy. You'll do it?

I have no idea what you're talking about, though.

You know... You know what...

Hang on. Do you have Nicky's CD?

Yeah, I've got it. It's just over there.

-Yes, on your left.

-Where?

-Straight down there. Underneath...

-Aha!

-Yeah.

-Yes!

-What's going on?

-I do not know!

As if you're not Nicky. You're telling me that that's not you?

I do not know what's going on!

That's not you?

It's probably just a lookalike.

You know what? Seriously, when you walked in

I thought I recognised you. I thought I recognised you!

Thank you very much. If that's not you, then that's a crazy twin

and that is definitely you.

Probably... It's not me, I swear. It's not me, I promise you.

-You're telling me that's not you?!

-It's not me.

-It does look like you.

-It's not me though!

-Perfect! I told you!

-I thought I recognised you.

-This is cool as!

-Please.

Please, can you do this interview?

-Please?

-Hmmm.

-Look!

As if that's not you!

-Check that out!

-Yeah, that's pretty cool. That's you.

Fine, OK, I'll do it.

I've no idea what you're talking about, but I'll do it.

-Oh, my god!

-Michael, Michael.

-Do you know what's going on?

-I've no idea what's going on.

All right. OK, Michael, can you stand about there.

This is the Nicky.

This is THE Nicky.

-How good is this?

-I'm not anyone, so I can just stand over here.

That's just her friend.

But we'll get Nicky on the interview. I'm so nervous.

-If your mum comes in, she's going to freak.

-Just get the play on.

Bec, if you can stand over there, because...

'Time for Nicoletta to come clean to Bec.'

OK, Bec, I'll tell you the truth, OK?

I won a talent show and I sort of...

I didn't realise it was going to be on in Australia, though. But...yeah.

I haven't told anyone.

But because I didn't realise it was being shown in Australia,

I didn't really even know about the CD or anything.

What's going on?

I've no idea. It was a TV talent show. I did it ages ago.

It's only coming out now. I did it, like...

They're not supposed to be selling them in Australia.

'It looks like Bec is finding the whole thing a bit overwhelming.'

If you can just stand here for us.

-OK.

-Just a couple of questions and we'll go from there. Cool?

All right. So, three, two...

Hey, guys. Kayne from Studio 3.

You'll never guess, I'm down at the record store on my lunch break

and I have the one and only Nicky with me -

superstar Nicky! How are you doing?

-I'm good. Yeah. A bit surprised, but...

-A bit surprised.

How's life been since you hit superstardom?

Yeah, it's been good.

So, your career has completely taken off, it's sky-rocketed.

What does it feel like?

Erm...

It feels good, I guess.

You guess? OK. What about, for the guys at home,

is there any advice, any tips you can give the guys at home?

Maybe, meditation, I don't know.

Meditation, I love a bit of meditation.

-Yeah. I don't know.

-Right.

Thanks so much, Nicky.

And hopefully, maybe one day we'll have you in the studio.

All right, sweet.

So, cut there, just for a second. Cut rolling. Thank you so much.

What I might do... Are you OK?

I might get you in, as her friend, just ask a few questions,

Are you cool with that? Yeah.

So, we're down here at the record store, obviously with Nicky.

-We've got one of her friends, Bec, is it?

-Yeah.

-Bec, say hi to the guys.

-Hi.

So what's it like being a superstar's friend?

It's pretty good, I guess.

It's pretty good, you guess?!

So, has she changed much since the whole thing?

Well, I didn't know what was going on...

You didn't know?! Have you known her since prep?

Yeah, but I didn't know about this.

-You didn't know that she...?

-I didn't tell anyone.

You haven't told anyone?!

Dude, you have a massive following, and you had no idea?

-Yeah, I...

-So what does that feel like?!

-I don't know.

-It's a bit crazy?

-Yeah, it's a bit crazy.

-Perfect.

All right, thanks heaps, Bec.

All right, what do you think of her song?

I haven't heard it.

-You haven't heard her song?

-Well, I didn't know about it. So...

-You haven't heard her song?! Do you want to hear it?

-Sure.

Is that OK, if we play it?

Would love to play it, but it's...broken.

Yeah, OK.

I've got it. I've actually fixed one of the wires on there.

-Have you really?

-Yeah.

-Can we play Nicky's CD?

-I can play it.

-It would be awesome for the fans.

Can we keep the tape rolling...

There's some people outside.

Wow. Dude, your fans!

This is crazy!

I didn't even know it was like...Australia.

Let's get a little bit more of this footage as well.

They're going crazy.

All right, so, if you could...

-Can you just play the song.

-I had no idea!

-You must get this all time.

-No.

This has never happened to me before.

-NICKY'S CD PLAYS

-Maybe after, just for me,

can you sign this for me as well?

-Listen to the song.

-Oh, my God, there's more people.

How good is this, Bec?

This is my favourite track!

I love this one.

# They think I like to play a part

# Take it to the top... #

Here we go.

-How good is this?

-It's pretty good.

It is good, huh? No wonder it went massive.

'Uh-oh! It looks like the fans have finally found their way in.'

All right, guys, just be careful.

Hi, Nicky! Nicky, can I grab your autograph?

I've got a book in here. "To Joy."

-OK.

-Are you guys excited?

-Yes! Thank you.

Thank you. Nicky!

-Can you take a photo with me?

-OK.

Now I'm in the photo.

I'm actually touching Nicky!

'That's kind of creepy.'

-I can give you some more room with Nicky.

-What? No!

'Oh, who is that great-looking guy?'

This is awesome.

'I think it's time for things to get even weirder.'

I think I recognise you as well?

Me? What?

What?! What you talking about?

I know you. Oh, yeah!

You're Bec!

Oh, my...

You're Bec, can you please sign it, please, please?

This is weird. I was just going to say you're a family friend.

What have you done? Who is she? Like, what have you done?

-Me?

-Nicky, what's going on with this?

-I'm not quite sure.

-What's going on?

Do you have anything to say?

Bec, I just wanted to say, you've been pranked!

CHEERING

You've been taken in by the Prank Patrol!

Bec, you've just been pranked by your friend, Nicky, or Nicoletta!

It depends what you want to call her now.

And you've been taking by the Prank Patrol, so congratulations!

-How was that?

-It was pretty cool.

-What did you think was going on?

I had no idea what was going on.

Did you think she was a star at the end?

A little bit. I was a bit freaked out for a moment there.

When the fans started arriving, there was only four

and then there started to be more and more and more

and they were screaming and I was just like, "Aaah".

That's how I wanted the prank to go. It was really funny.

I might prank her back but I'll have to think of a good one.

I'm not really interested in becoming a superstar,

because that seems really freaky, with strangers coming up to you.

When I saw the CD and then the magazine and then the song,

-I was just like...

-It's all legitimate?

-Yeah.

-What about Kayne, did you recognise Kayne?

-Yeah, that was a bit weird.

It was quite funny when Kayne was interviewing.

-She got so scared, she wanted to leave. So funny.

-Look at that!

CHEERING

Thank you. Thank you very much, Scott is leaving the building. Woo!

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