Spring Fling

Spring Fling
Season 1, Episode 9
Production Information
Director	Steve Hoefer
Writer	Steve Holland
Prod code	107
Airdate	March 13, 2005
Episode Chronology
Previous	Quinn's Date
Next	Backpack

Spring Fling is the ninth episode of Season 1 of the Nickelodeon TV series Zoey 101. It originally aired on March 13, 2005.

Plot

Zoey, Dana, and Nicole join the Spring Fling committee in hopes of booking Drake Bell to perform at the event. Upon learning his performance fee is $5,000, the girls organize a fundraiser but fall short of their goal. A wealthy PCA alumnus offers to cover the remaining cost if they wash his beloved car. While doing so, the car accidentally rolls into a lamppost and is damaged. The girls use most of their funds to repair it. Although they still don’t have enough money, Drake Bell is impressed by Zoey's custom T-shirt design and agrees to perform for free in exchange for it. The episode ends with the students enjoying Drake Bell's performance of "Highway to Nowhere" at the Spring Fling celebration.

Meanwhile, Quinn conducts an experiment on Dustin, recording his behavior at various stages of sleep deprivation. To keep him awake, she equips him with a wristwatch that delivers a small electric shock whenever he starts to fall asleep. Eventually fed up, Dustin removes the device, drops it into a drink to destroy it, and falls asleep on the grass.

Trivia

• Matthew Underwood (Logan Reese) does not appear in this episode.
• In streaming and production order, this is the seventh episode of Season 1.
• The song Drake Bell performs at the Spring Fling, "Highway to Nowhere," is featured on the Zoey 101: Music Mix soundtrack.
• Clips of Drake Bell performing "Highway to Nowhere" in this episode were later reused in the Drake & Josh TV movie Drake & Josh Go Hollywood.
• Drake Bell is a recurring actor in Dan Schneider-created series. He was a cast member on The Amanda Show, co-starred in Drake & Josh, made a cameo in a blooper segment on iCarly, and appeared in the Victorious episode “April Fools Blank.”
• Chris Hardwick has a minor role in this episode as Garth Berman. He previously appeared in Dan Schneider’s UPN series Guys Like Us and would later gain prominence as the host of The Nerdist Podcast.

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Cast

Main

• Jamie Lynn Spears as Zoey Brooks
• Paul Butcher as Dustin Brooks
• Sean Flynn as Chase Matthews
• Kristin Herrera as Dana Cruz
• Christopher Massey as Michael Barret
• Alexa Nikolas as Nicole Bristow
• Erin Sanders as Quinn Pensky

Minor

• Chris Hardwick as Garth Berman
• Steve Monroe as Joe the Mechanic

Guest Starring

• Drake Bell as himself