Gotcha Day is the twenty-fifth episode of the first season of Jessie. It first aired on August 24, 2012 to 4.44 million viewers.
Plot
The Ross family puts Jessie in charge of decorations for Zuri's "Gotcha Day", the anniversary of her adoption. She wants to make it special and be creative, so she plans an African-themed party, however, she realizes this is a mistake and tries to fix it with unicorns and zebras. Meanwhile, Luke and Ravi tell the stories of when they were adopted. However, Jessie accidentally tells Ravi a secret that the family has been keeping from him, which is that Christina and Morgan were expecting to adopt a baby when they adopted Ravi. Hearing this, Ravi asked Emma and Luke if what Jessie was saying was true as they whistle in an attempt to deny it. Realizing the truth, Ravi gets upset while Jessie tried to comfort him and apologizes for getting him upset. When Christina and Morgan show up at home, Ravi confronts them about keeping this secret from him and goes to his room upset, even though they tried to get him to come back in order to explain everything. Christina and Morgan get mad at Jessie for revealing this secret, but they forgive her when they realize that she didn't mean to tell Ravi and was possibly explained as to what happened with their older kids help. After resolving things with Jessie, Christina and Morgan with the gang, except Zuri and Bertram, went to talk with Ravi as they explain everything to him and apologize for not telling him the truth right away. Hearing the truth and his importance to the family, Ravi forgives his family. In the end, everyone celebrates Zuri's gotcha day.
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
Recurring Cast
Guest Cast
- Cienna Salles-Cunha as Young Emma
- Sawyer Ever as Young Luke
Trivia
- Zuri was wearing the same clothes from Cattle Calls & Scary Walls.
- This is the first time the word “adopted” had been said on the show.
- This was the 17th episode produced, but it aired as the 25th.
- It is revealed that Luke was born and adopted from Detroit.
- This is Christina’s last appearance in season one.
- It is revealed that Zuri was born in Uganda.
- Morgan and Christina return in this episode.
- When Ravi suggests making a double rainbow all the way, it could be a reference to the Internet phenomenon Double Rainbow.
- We learn from this episode that Jessie received a "D" in her drama class due to her sad face looking more like she was constipated.
- This is one of the few episodes Morgan and Christina appear in.
- This episode marks Morgan's last appearance on the show, he will continue to be mentioned throughout the show.
- It is revealed that Ravi was adopted a couple of months ago.
- The singer Eminem was mentioned.
- It is revealed that Ravi was born in 2001.
- It is revealed that Ravi was adopted in 2011, which makes him 10 years old.
- Mrs. Chesterfield was mentioned but not seen.
- It's revealed that Christina & Morgan thought that Ravi was actually a baby.
- It's revealed that Zuri was adopted in April.
- This is the first appearance of Zuri’s new pet named Zeebee.
- This is the last episode to air in August of 2012.
- Bertram telling Mr. Kipling if he has kids, “he will make omelettes out of them” which foreshadows the events of the next episode.
- This is the last episode in which “Mr. Kipling” is referred as so for an entire episode.
- Ravi is revealed to be from the province Gujarat, of northwestern India, which is the home of the last Asiatic lions (they are slightly smaller than African lions). He makes a subtle reference to this, but doesn't go into detail about it.
Goofs
- When Christina hands Jessie the paper if you look closely, it is clearly blank.
- In the background on the elevator, you can see a sign that says "Happy Birthday" but in the rest of the episode, it is not there.
- When Emma told Luke "Stop telling people you threw me into the sun", she stood up, in the next shot Emma was sitting, and in the shot after, she was standing again.
- Jessie said her drama teacher gave her a D, but in New York, New Nanny Jessie was said to have straight A's.
- Unless maybe she lied about getting straight A's to look good.
- Or she forgot that she got a D.
- Unless maybe she lied about getting straight A's to look good.
Gallery
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Transcript
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