Chasing Zoey

Chasing Zoey
Season 4, Episode 12–13
Production Information
Director	Steve Hoefer
Writer	Dan Schneider
Prod code	412–413
Airdate	May 2, 2008
Episode Chronology
Previous	Roller Coaster
Next	Zoey 102

Chasing Zoey is the series finale of Zoey 101. It premiered on May 2, 2008, as an hour-long TV movie and comprises the 12th and 13th episodes of Season 4, as well as the 64th and 65th episodes overall. The movie drew 7.3 million viewers, more than doubling the series’ average ratings.

Plot

Lola, Quinn, and James are playing a game called Shock Roulette, which randomly delivers a mild shock to the player’s finger. Zoey arrives and announces she’s been invited to spend the summer in Maui—and can bring one friend along. She joins the game while considering who to invite. Meanwhile, Michael receives a stick-shift car from his dad and plans to drive Lisa to prom in it, despite not knowing how to operate it.

Lola is made head of the prom committee, but she weasels her way out of her responsibilities by tricking Stacey into doing tasks for her. Logan tells Quinn that he plans on attending the prom with Mandy Franklin as a cover, because they were still very secretive about their relationship. Michael tries so hard to drive the stick-shift that he drives it into a tree. He then runs into a man named Mr. Takato, who claims to be a lower school math teacher at PCA. He offers to teach Michael how to drive the car.

That night, James gives Zoey a necklace that says, "I love you - James." He also tells him that his uncle sold the hardware store, so he was free to go to Hawaii with her that summer. When Lola and Quinn see the necklace, they scream. However, Zoey doesn't seem extremely happy. The next day, Mr. Takato arrives, ready to teach Michael how to drive the stick shift. He gives Michael a bowl of tuna, mayonnaise, and onions and makes him mix the tuna with a spoon, using his right hand and moving the spoon in the order: up, down, over, up, down. Also, James can't find Zoey. Then, Mr. Takato makes Michael stomp on grapes in the pattern left, right. Mr. Takato concludes that he is ready to drive a stick shift. He makes Michael control the shift the way he stirred the tuna, and he makes him hit the pedal and the brake the way he stomped on the grapes.

Logan and Quinn agree to choose each other’s prom dates. Meanwhile, James finally finds Zoey, but she seems less enthusiastic around him than before. As part of their deal, Quinn makes Logan ask Stacey to the prom, and she eagerly accepts. To get back at Quinn, Logan makes her ask Dustin to the prom. That night, Zoey and James have a serious conversation. Sensing her recent distance, James asks if she wants to break up. He tells her he loves her regardless of their relationship status. Zoey admits there’s something between them she can’t quite figure out, and they mutually decide to break up but remain friends.

Lola was going to the prom with Vince. Lola and Quinn don't want to go to the prom without Zoey, but Zoey simply won't go. Later, Dustin sees Quinn's small explosives. She demonstrates what they can do, but they explode near some nerds. The nerds believe that that was a sign of the end of the world, and they go hide in the wilderness. After Michael had learned how to drive his stick shift, he and Lisa go to the prom. Meanwhile, Dustin is laughing about when Quinn fell off his bike, so Quinn pinches his elbow, and he passes out. Then, Logan tells Quinn that sometime that night, he'll find a way for them to sneak off and be together. Lola and Vince go to the prom after eating at Pete & Sam's. They go in a cab, but their cab driver was having a huge argument over the phone with his wife, Gidget. He ends up getting so angry, he leaves the cab, throws away his keys, and goes to apply for community college. Lola and Vince leave the van. Vince asks if the driver could come back, but the cab driver refuses.

Back at PCA, Michael fills in for Lola because she was late. A band called Backflesh performs at the prom. Meanwhile, Vince can't find where the keys were. Logan and Quinn are having a bad time with their date. Mark finds Michael and says that Brooke dumped him for not being exciting. Vince and Lola end up having to walk to the prom. They run into the nerds but when the nerds discover that Zoey didn't have a date, they start running back to PCA. Lola and Vince follow. Then, Chase calls Zoey. At one point, Chase tells Zoey to turn around. She does this and finds Chase on the roof. He then falls off the roof and tumbles down the stairs. They sit down together and kiss. The two feel better and Zoey realizes the reason she could not return James' feelings is because she was in love with Chase all along. At one point in the prom, Stacey kisses Logan. Logan then admits that he loves Quinn. Then, Quinn admits that she loves Logan. After Logan and Quinn kiss, she leaves. Michael was trying to teach Mark how to drive a stick shift and then, he accidentally runs over Stacey. This doesn't really hurt her, and she loses her lisp. Then, Michael finds Chase and they happily hug. Michael parks his car, and he then sees Mr. Takato on a bull. Mr. Takato then reveals to Michael that he doesn't exist. He rides away and then; he vanishes into thin air. At the prom, Zoey and Chase start dancing together and so do Logan and Quinn, Mark and Stacey, and Michael and Lisa. Zoey offers to spend the summer in Hawaii with Chase. Chase says yes. Then, Lola and Vince arrive at the prom. They happily continue the prom.

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Cast

Main cast

• Jamie Lynn Spears as Zoey Brooks
• Paul Butcher as Dustin Brooks
• Austin Butler as James Garrett (Part 1)
• Victoria Justice as Lola Martinez
• Christopher Massey as Michael Barret
• Erin Sanders as Quinn Pensky
• Matthew Underwood as Logan Reese

Co-Starring

• Abby Wilde as Stacey Dillsen
• Jack Salvatore, Jr. as Mark Del Figgalo (Part 2)
• Brando Eaton as Vince Blake (Part 2)
• Lisa Tucker as Lisa Perkins

Guest starring

• Sean Flynn as Chase Matthews (Part 2)

Trivia

• The working title for this episode was "The Dance".
• The website Zoey is browsing before James gives her the necklace is iCarly.com, the website from iCarly, another Dan Schneider series. This is one of many references throughout both series suggesting that Zoey 101 and iCarly exist in the same universe. iCarly.com can also be seen again later in the episode, when Quinn watches Lola leave, just before Logan enters to tell her about his date.
• Dan Schneider makes a cameo appearance as Vince and Lola's cab driver.
• Despite the fact that Stacey loses her lisp in this episode, she has it again in the 2010 iCarly episode iStart a Fanwar.
• The main group (Zoey, Chase, Michael, and Lola) never discovered Logan and Quinn’s relationship during the episode. Dustin was the only main character aware of their announcement, as he was present when they revealed it.
• A clip of this episode was briefly shown in the Drake & Josh movie Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh.
• The Chambrulay Hotel is also mentioned in Drake & Josh Go Hollywood. However, here, the hotel is in Hawaii, but in the Drake & Josh movie, the hotel is in California.
• In the scene where Zoey and James break up, the part where James kisses Zoey on the cheek and leaves the room wasn't originally in the script.
• Sean Flynn reprises his role as Chase in this episode. However, he had short hair, so a special wig was created for him.
• The URL highschoolcrazy.com redirects to iCarly.com.
• Michael's subplot is an obvious parody of The Karate Kid.
• Despite this episode being the series finale, and the last episode of the series in production order, PCA Confidential was the last episode aired in the U.S.
• Backflesh, the band at the prom, first appeared in the iCarly episode iAm Your Biggest Fan.
• The stick shift car Michael drove was a 1967-1969 Chevrolet Camaro.
• Dustin is the only main character who does not appear in the final scene.
• This episode exists in two different versions: a 1-hour version and a 2-part version comprising two 23-minute episodes, with many edits and cuts made to the shortened 2-part episodes.
• Zoey talks with Chase using a PearPhone, marking the first and only appearance of PearPhones in the series. These appear in several other Dan Schneider series such as iCarly, Victorious, and Sam & Cat.
• It is revealed in the 2023 film, Zoey 102, that Chase and Zoey broke up in the summer following the events of this episode.
• Ending tagline: "Thanks, Dan! We love you." - Stacey.
  • This is the only ending tagline in the series to not have been said during the episode.

Goofs

• When the gang is playing Shock Roulette, the Blix drink bottle Zoey is holding keeps changing from her left hand to her right hand every time the camera angle changes throughout the scene.
• When Quinn and Logan were talking about who they wanted to go to prom with, they never considered the idea that their potential dates may have already had dates of their own to go with.

External links

• IMDB's Chasing Zoey