Are You Cooler Than a 5th Grader?

“	That doll dresses better than I do!	”
	— Jessie talking to Zuri.

Are You Cooler Than a 5th Grader?
Season 1
Episode 10
Information
Air date	January 20, 2012
Writer(s)	Valerie Ahern & Christian McLaughlin
Director	Kevin Chamberlin
Episode Guide
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Are You Cooler Than a 5th Grader? is the tenth episode in the first season of JESSIE. It aired on January 20, 2012. This episode was seen by 3.3 million people.

Plot

Ravi deals with the trials and tribulations of adjusting to his new American school. After taking Jessie's advice, he starts acting like Luke in order to fit in with the crowd.

Zuri learns the value of a dollar when, and against the wishes of Chesterfield they set up a lemonade stand in the lobby of their building. Meanwhile, Emma gets new high heel shoes and wears them to school, even though Jessie told her not to, and ends up not being able to walk and going to the nurse 3 times.

Cast

• Debby Ryan as Jessie Prescott
• Peyton List as Emma Ross
• Cameron Boyce as Luke Ross
• Karan Brar as Ravi Ross
• Skai Jackson as Zuri Ross
• Kevin Chamberlin as Bertram Winkle

Guest Stars

• Carolyn Hennesy as Rhoda Chesterfield
• Brandon James as Dale Davenport
• Jace Norman as Finch

Quotes

Finch: How do you even know him? Luke: I don't, really. He's my dad's... friend's... cousin's... dog's... neighbor. Ravi: Wickets are almost in! (metal clangs, water spraying) Luke: Oh no, you busted a sprinkler pipe! Finch: Oh, great, Luke! Your dad's friend's cousin's dog's neighbor just flooded our field! Let's go, guys. Ravi: (water sloshing) Hello? Guys? Are we now playing hide and go seek? I am afraid they are now playing hide from the geek.

Jessie: That doll dresses better than I do! Zuri: You said it, I didn't.

Luke: (in an Indian accent) Wait! I am the one who insulted your womanly mustache! Ravi: No, it was me. Luke: It was me, I tell you.

Jessie: Noses are overrated anyway. Just ask Voldemort! Zuri: Don't say his name!

Jessie: There, how does that look (puts up sign on lemonade stand) Zuri: Is that supposed to be my handwriting? Because I know which way my E's go.

Jessie: (To Emma) You're gonna have to do your duty in flats. Luke: You said doody. Jessie: Get dressed.

Trivia

• The episode title is an allusion to the hit TV show, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader.
• This is the first episode to be directed by Kevin Chamberlin, who portrays Bertram.
• Dale Davenport says to one of the students he bullies in the hallway, "Your body is a temple, DON'T MAKE ME KNOCK IT DOWN!!!" This may have been an allusion to the Biblical scripture of 1 Corinthians 6:19. 
• Luke's underwear appears in this episode. He wears green boxers. 
• It is possible that Dale Davenport got his last name from the hit Disney XD show, Lab Rats.

Goofs

• In this episode, Ravi says that he can finally go to school, but in the first episode New York, New Nanny, he and the others was waiting for the school bus when Jessie throws the lunch boxes at them.

Transcript

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