Battle of the Bands

"Battle of The Bands"
Season:	1
Production code:	110a
Broadcast:	19
Credits
Written by:	Dani Vetere
Storyboards by:	Joseph S. Scott
Directed by:	Bob Bowen
Broadcast Information
Premiere:	March 20, 2017
Story arc(s)
"Secrets and Pies"
Paired with
"The Math Book"

“	— We're just getting started. — Welcome to Battle of the Bands, Just Getting Started. — That's not what I meant.	”
— Zack Underwood and Shelly

Battle of the Bands is the 19th episode in the first season of Milo Murphy's Law.

Episode Synopsis

Milo, Melissa, Zack, and Mort must learn to overcome their own conflicting concerns in preparation for their first Battle of the Bands competition.

Plot

Milo, Melissa, Zack, and Mort enter a "Battle of the Bands" contest. Due to a misunderstanding, they are entered under the name Just Getting Started. As the rest of the band is setting up, Zack is astonished to learn that his old band, now named The Lumbermaxes, is also taking part in the event. Despite claiming otherwise, Zack starts to feel a sense of rivalry with his former band and then explains their history to his friends. Overcome with a desire to defeat The Lumbermaxes, Zack becomes hostile and demanding towards the members of Just Getting Started.

The contest soon takes off, with Scott and the Undergrounders and the Lumbermaxes performing initially in front of a group of judges that includes Slash. After trying to figure out how he can play all his band-mates' instruments and his own at once, Zack realizes that he's lost sight of what the group came there to do. Just Getting Started then performs and, despite a flooding parking lot and other Murphy's Law hazards, wins the contest. Max then tries to convince Zack to rejoin the Lumbermaxes, but Zack refuses.

Transcript

For a full transcript of "Battle of the Bands", click here.

Song

• "He will be Our Leader"
• "Saw Away at My Heart"
• "A Bumpy Ride Tonight"

Gallery

The image gallery for Battle of the Bands may be viewed here.

Notes

Production Information

• The segment was first released on the Disney XD app prior to its premiere date.

International Airings

• July 7, 2017 (Southeast Asia)
• August 9, 2017 (Disney Channel Israel)

Trivia

• Max has a darker complexion compared to how he appeared in "Secrets and Pies".
• One of the people who got their piercings pulled out in "Worked Day" is seen with a saxophone and with piercings again.
• Melissa, and again later Zack, worries Melissa's bass will go out of tune. It's something of an inside joke, as it is widely accepted basses don't go out of tune. (It could be that she thinks her strings are old and can't afford a new set.)
• There are several Phineas and Ferb extras in the audience such as Pyramid Peggy (with a different hairstyle), Momo (in blue instead of purple), Jeremy's unnamed drummer, and the Debater.
• The checkers players that are thrown around in Rooting for the Enemy and Smooth Opera-tor are seen in the audience.
• Two of the people in Scott's band look like Dan Povenmire (drummer) and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh (man by the campfire).
• Logan is seen with the dog he has in the title sequence.
• The "Flower Duet" music plays when Mort takes a slow-motion dive into the flooded stage.

Allusions

• Phineas and Ferb:
  • Just like the Phineas and Ferb song Trees are Made of Wood, Scott's song "He Shall be Our Leader" only has the title as a line.
  • Zack said that his band performed in the Quad-State Area, where Perry the Platypus was sent in Oh, There You Are, Perry.
• The name of Zack's band, Just Getting Started, may be based off the song by Loverboy with same name.
• While practicing, Zack utters the line "Not quite my tempo." This line was uttered by the character Terence Fletcher, an abusive band instructor in the 2014 acclaimed film Whiplash.

Errors

• When Zack's explanation to Mort about his past connection to The Lumbermaxes is interrupted by the echoing "2016", Milo erroneously claims he had the "reverb" turned all the way up. The effect heard is called "delay".
• When the band is rehearsing, Melissa is seen motioning like she's playing even though there is no bass track heard.
  • She does this again on stage during the intro to A Bumpy Ride Tonight. (The bass doesn't come in until the last few measures of the intro.)
  • Also, she moves her fingers considerably more than would be necessary to produce the bass track that is heard.
• Who is in the audience, and where they are seated, changes from scene to scene.
• When Slash is first introduced, he has a brown Les Paul (similar to his most often used in reality), but for the rest of the episode, he has a purple SG.
  • The last time Slash is seen, his SG has turned brown.
• Just before Just Getting Started plays, Mort's white sleeves are missing.

Locations

• Danville
  • Battle of the Bands Location

Cast and Characters

• Al Yankovic as Milo Murphy
• Mekai Curtis as Zack Underwood
• Sabrina Carpenter as Melissa Chase
• Greg Cipes as Mort Schaeffer
• Olivia Olson as Shelly
• The Lumberzacks
  • Tyler Mann as Max
• Slash ^{(First appearance)}
• Scott and The Undergrounders
  • Scott Peterson as Scott
• Amanda Lopez ^{(Non-speaking cameo)}
• Lydia ^{(Non-speaking cameo)}
• Ms. Whipley ^{(First appearance) (Non-speaking cameo)}
• Mr. Schmidt ^{(First appearance) (Non-speaking cameo)}
• Reflective Randy and the See What You Becomes ^{(First appearance)}

References

Previous: School Dance

Episodes

Next: The Math Book

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Season 1 "Going the Extra Milo" | "Sunny Side Up" | "Rooting for the Enemy" | "The Undergrounders" | "The Doctor Zone Files" "The Note" | "Party of Peril" | "Smooth Opera-tor" | "Worked Day" | "The Wilder West" | "Family Vacation" "Murphy's Lard" | "Secrets and Pies" | "Athledecamathalon" | "The Substitute" | "Time Out" | "We're Going to the Zoo" "School Dance" | "Battle of the Bands" | "The Math Book" | "The Little Engine That Couldn't" | "The Llama Incident" "Missing Milo" | "Star Struck" | "Disaster of My Dreams" | "A Clockwork Origin" | "Perchance to Sleepwalk" "Some Like it Yacht" | "Backward to School Night" | "World Without Milo" | "The Race" | "Love Toboggan" "The Island of Lost Dakotas" | "Fungus Among Us" | "Milo Murphy's Halloween Scream-A-Torium!" | "A Christmas Peril" Season 2 "The Phineas and Ferb Effect" | "Snow Way Out" | "Teacher Feature" | "Picture Day" | "Agee Ientee Diogee" "Game Night" | "Pace Makes Waste" | "Cake 'Splosion!" | "Lady Krillers" | "Doof's Day Out" | "Disco Do-Over" "The Ticking Clock" | "Managing Murphy's Law" | "Field of Screams" | "Spy Little Sister!" | "Milo's Shadow" | "Sick Day" "Freefall" | "Milo's World" | "Dog Walker, Runner, Screamer" | "Now I Am a Murphy" | "Abducting Murphy's Law" "The Goulash Legacy" | "The Dog Who Knew Too Much" | "Adventure Buddies" | "Ride Along Little Doggie" "Look At This Ship" | "Cast Party" | "Safety First" | "Cavendish Unleashed" | "First Impressions" "The Speech and Debate League of Death and Destruction Cross Town Explosion Event‎" "The Mid-Afternoon Snack Club" | "Parks and Wreck" | "Escape" | "Milo in Space" | "Sphere and Loathing in Outer Space"