Bea Stays in the Picture

“Bea Stays in the Picture” is the pilot episode of the animated Disney Channel Original Series "Fish Hooks". The episode first aired on Friday September 3, 2010. It was shown as sneak preview of the series, before it officially premiered on September 24, 2010. The episode is written and directed by Maxwell Atoms, with the story by Tim McKeon. The episode is also storyboarded by Maxwell Atoms.

Plot
The episode opens up at the Bud’s Pets and Used Cameras pet store, home to fish friends Milo (Kyle Massey), Oscar (Justin Roiland), Bea (Chelsea Staub) and many other animals. Today is Freshwater High’s picture day, and Bea is extremely nervous, while Milo and Oscar remain calm, as Milo mentions that they have done this every year. Bea over exaggerates and states that picture day in high school is the most important day in her life. Bea states that her high school picture will follow her even five years away at a screening of her first blockbuster movie, in a special Pre-Show Movie Trivia game. Yearbook editor, Clamantha, keeps the line of students moving fast, causing each picture to turn out bad. For his picture, Milo makes himself appear to be a comedian of some sort, while Oscar’s picture gets a bad glare. Bea’s picture does not turn out the way she would have liked it too and freaks out.

Bea then decides to stay after school to find and eventually destroy her picture. While Bea searches Clamantha’s locker, she discovers that Clamantha is madly in love with Oscar, due to her having pictures and other stuff of Oscar in her locker. Clamantha then enters the Yearbook Office, where Bea suspects her photos are in. Headphone Joe misleads them to believe that Clamantha will never come out of the office, so Bea gets an idea. Oscar lies to Clamantha that he saw a shiny thing in the hallway and she follows him, as Bea and Milo, dressed as spies, sneak into the Yearbook Office to begin their plan. When they enter, they learn that the Yearbook Office is specially locked for Clamantha and requires a special five-letter code for anyone to enter the main room.

After Milo fails to bust the door down, Bea calls Oscar using Milo’s cell phone, only to discover that Oscar has ended up on a date with Clamantha. The password is soon revealed to Be Oscar’s name. Milo and Bea soon enter the Yearbook Club room and face many dangerous obstacles until they finally arrive at the photos. After searching through the group of photos, Bea reveals her, and it turns out that her photo turned out to be a regular photo. Bea states the negatives of her picture until Milo mentions that not only her picture is beautiful, but she is too. Bea states that it is not the picture of a movie star, and Milo states that she saved him while going through the obstacles and nothing is going to stop her. Bea thanks Milo for his help, and Milo states that he loves adventures, but he was mainly worried about his brother. The two soon realize that Oscar is still on a date with Clamantha.

Meanwhile, Oscar and Clamantha are sitting together in a car, at Lovers Tank, watching an eclipse. Clamantha tries to get Oscar to kiss her, as he tries to escape the locked car, when suddenly Bea and Milo arrive. Bea states that Clamantha is with “her man”, causing Clamantha to believe Oscar is dating Bea, and she soon kicks him out of her car, and Oscar is soon saved. Clamantha then crazily drives off as Milo arrives wearing his comedic headwear, trying to scare Clamantha into not coming back. Oscar then gets happy that Bea named him her boyfriend, but then she reveals that she was just acting. Oscar then states he is going to act like the day never happened, and Bea and Milo agree with him. The friends hug and walk off as Oscar mentions that they really shouldn’t mention the day again. Then the Freshwater High Yearbook opens, revealing Oscar, Bea and Milo’s pictures amongst their classmates, ending with a close-up of Bea’s perfect picture.

The episode ends with a snake and a mouse watching the fish, stating that the fish are just like them, only ‘underwater’. The mouse suggests that the fish are boring and that they should watch the tarantula instead, and the snake ‘turns off’ the fish, causing the lights to turn off in the fish tanks and Oscar getting injured in a way. The tarantula then engages in playing the guitar, causing the mouse to happily cheer.

Reception
The episode aired as a preview after the Disney Channel US premiere of Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam, and the episode brought in 5.2million.

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