Luna's Tricky Ticket

Luna's Tricky Ticket is the 9th episode of Season 42.

Summary
When Luna receives two tickets to Anju Shiratori's performance from her parents, she begins to have a hard time choosing between Nancy and Bree, who let that get between their friendship as they try to get her to give either of them the ticket by giving her gifts and doing her lots of favors, only to end up pestering Luna instead.

Plot
The episode begins with Luna walking with two of her friends, Nancy and Bree, while watching Anju Shiratori singing Fortune Carat and dancing in her performance. She is such a glamorous idol, Nancy said dreamily, and Bree adds that she’s very graceful too, as Luna wished that they’d see her perform. It’d be so cool to see her on stage, with all those dazzling effects, sparkling lights, and watching those graceful moves while hearing her singing with that angelic voice. It would be cool to see her sing and dance, especially since she’ll be coming to perform in Disney Junior Town next Friday. Although, the performance was already sold out a few days ago because it seems that the whole town wants to see Anju perform, much to the girls’ dismay, but they hope to see her next year when she comes back as Luna says goodbye to Nancy and Bree, who head home as well.

Later, inside, Luna calls out that she’s home, only to get no response so she going into the kitchen to find her parents, Adolfo and Lumina, were eagerly waiting for their daughter as Luna asks what’s going on. Glancing and smiling at each other, Luna’s parents show her a surprise that they just order online, which were the Anju Shiratori performance tickets, and they begin to explain to her about managing to get some tickets for her and her friend. When Luna asks her parents what they mean about “a friend,” Lumina adds that she and Adolfo only got two tickets so she (Luna) must choose who she will give the ticket to and go with her to the performance. With a nod and a half smile, Luna says okay, although she wasn’t sure who to give the extra ticket to tomorrow.

The next day at the Magical Café, Anju Shiratori is seen on TV, dancing and singing Fortune Carat and Nancy and Bree were watching it and sipping into smooties. Excitedly, Bree asks Nancy if she can believe that Anju will be performing next Friday tonight, singing on stage and, Nancy added enthusiastically, magically transforming the stage into something fantastique as she says that Anju’s one of her favorites, but it was too bad the performance is sold out. She really wanted to go. Just then, Luna bursts through the door and runs to tell her friends that her parents are taking her to the Anju Shiratori performance on this coming Friday, and she has one spare ticket. Nancy and Bree are happy about it, but realize that there are two of them and only one spare performance ticket for either of them, and both of them are Luna's best friends (plus replacement best friends of Romeo and Night Ninja). Soon enough, Nancy and Bree start offering to give Luna things: Nancy would help her practice her ice skating tricks, while Bree would let her borrow her butterfly necklace to wear at the performance if she (Luna) picks her. Luna thanks them, but comments that it would be hard just to pick either one of them, no matter what they give or do for her. The two girls decide to accept that, but they both have plans to get the extra ticket from Luna.

That afternoon, Luna was taking her arctic marble fox kit, Eclipsion, and her moths out for a walk and taking them to the park to play and relax her nerves a bit, just when they saw their friends, Connor, Amaya, and Greg playing at the playground. She calls out hello to them as they waved back to her and let Luna and her pets join them as Greg asks her what's up when he notice the worried look on her face. When asked, Luna explains after taking the Anju Shiratori performance tickets that her parents have given her them, but is having trouble choosing between Nancy and Bree, who might decide to give or do something nice to her just to get the spare ticket. Listening to Luna tell them that reminded Connor, Amaya, and Greg about the time when Owlette and Gekko tried to make Catboy choose between them when he had only two Jayden Housten concert tickets, which distracted them from getting the golden microphone back from Luna when she was a villain. With a small laugh, Luna remembered that too and she had to admit, their song did sounded really good, but now she has a bigger problem to worry about; giving either Nancy or Bree the extra performance ticket. Connor advises to Luna that maybe she can give both the tickets to Nancy and Bree, as she decides that that's not a bad idea, but then asks what about her. After all, she wants to go see Anju Shiratori too, and everyone else, even Connor, Amaya, and Greg since they also got tickets, too. Greg assures Luna that she will think of something, and she hopes that she will soon.

Later after a chat with her friends, Eclipsion telepathically asks Luna who she'll give the ticket to as she massages her temple, saying that she still can't decide. It's a tough choice and both Nancy and Bree are both her best friends since they moved into Disney Junior Town last summer, and she can't bear seeing either one of them disappointed when she picks either of them. Then one of Luna's moths tells her that she'd better pick one soon, because it and the other moths have already seen Nancy and Bree coming towards her, Eclipsion, and them right now! Stopping, Luna awkwardly smiles and gives her two friends a quick wave as they replied hello before Nancy asks her if she's made her decision yet. Scratching the back of her head, Luna admits that she hasn't yet but is still thinking about, although she can't think on an empty stomach when she hears her stomach growling, as her moths giggled. Linking her arm around Luna's, Nancy offers to walk with her and order a nice lunch just when Bree linked her arm around Luna's other arm and soon, she has a hard time trying to walk with her two friends linking their arms around her.

At home at dinnertime, Luna's parents could see that their daughter had barely finished polishing off her plate of food as Lumina asks her if everything's okay, although Luna replied with a fake smile that everything's fine, but mentions about the ticket and how both her friends and next door neighbors wanting to go see the performance when she only has one spare ticket, as she anxiously asks who should go with her on Friday. Adolfo and Lumina exchanged worried glances and Eclipsion looks up from his dish bowl when he stopped eating as there was silence, then Adolfo suggests to Luna that maybe she can give both the tickets to her friends and set the performance out, but Luna instead gets bewildered by that suggestion as Adolfo adds that she’d hate to see either of them upset about not going. Without realizing it, Luna replied in a curt tone that she’s been waiting all her life to watch her favorite idol perform. Then as she saw the shocked looks on her parents faces, Luna settles down with a sigh and excuses herself as she goes upstairs to rest. With a sigh, Adolfo hopes that Luna will feel better as Lumina assures him softly that she (Luna) will, if she can decide who can go with her.

The next day, her parents have already left for work and Luna was up and early for the weekend as she was heading to the bathroom to brush her teeth and shower after feeding her moths and Eclipsion when suddenly, Nancy bursts through the bathroom door to say "Bonjour!", which is also French for good morning, and Luna asks her surprisingly what she was doing in her house so early in the morning as Nancy explains that she was passing by until she gets a thought about getting her best friend's toothbrush ready as she hands Luna her Sailor Moon-themed toothbrush with toothpaste on the bristle. Luna with her eyebrow raised, thanks Nancy but adds that she doesn't have to do that when she should've done it herself. But before she could finish saying something else, Nancy says that she doesn't have to thank her as she prompts Luna to brush and wash up while she goes into the kitchen to make them a fancy breakfast.

Shrugging, Luna goes into the bathroom but not before hearing Nancy sing about getting the extra ticket to the performance on Friday night. As she was finished, Luna finds Bree in the kitchen, making homemade cinnamon muffins and hand squeezed orange juice. When asked, Bree explains that she thought about stopping by to make her best friend a nice and very sweet breakfast treat to start the day, just as Luna thanks her but says that she (Bree) didn't have to do that when she was just gonna have a croissant, a bowl of cereal, and a glass of moonberry milk for breakfast, just as she also says that she thought that Nancy was gonna make breakfast, just to see that Nancy is sitting at the table with her cheek on her palm and was pouting. Bree prompts Luna to just sit down and enjoy her muffins while she goes to get the fresh squeeze orange juice that she made for her. As Bree goes to get the juice, Luna hears Nancy muttering about Bree trying to get the extra performance ticket from her (Luna).

Just as Bree arrives back with the orange juice, she trips over Nancy’s leg and orange juice spills everywhere, even on Luna who was soaked until she shook herself dry. Slightly annoyed with her friends, Luna tells them that she’ll just take her breakfast on the go as she takes one of the cinnamon muffins and a carton of milk before going out as she says to Nancy and Bree that she knows that they want the ticket so much, but buttering her up won’t help. She hasn’t decided yet as she walks away from her house, eating her muffin and drinking her milk from a straw.

At the park, Luna and her three friends Connor, Amaya, and Greg were walking together just as Connor asks Luna if she’s made her decision yet. With a sigh, Luna replies that she’s hasn’t yet and is worried that if she chooses either Nancy or Bree, then the other would be upset. Then just before she could finish what she was saying, Luna sees Nancy coming behind her, Connor, Amaya, and Greg and she asked Luna if she's made her decision yet as Luna splutters no and just before she could reply that she hasn't yet, Nancy cuts her off as she believes that she's decided to give the spare performance ticket to her, but Luna quickly responds that she said no and that she hasn't decided yet as she is still trying to think of it, but just then, Bree appears out of nowhere and declares that Luna is giving her the extra ticket then and just before Luna could respond that she isn't, Nancy blurts out that Luna is taking her, angering Bree, just when the two were about to argue, Greg buts in and says to them that Luna can’t just give the ticket to whoever wants it so badly or asks for it as Amaya tells both of the girls that instead of fighting over the ticket, they need to give their best friend some time to think things through on her own, because this is her own decision not theirs!

Nancy and Bree guessed that Amaya and Greg are right, but are still eagerly wanting Luna to give either of them the spare ticket, as Nancy and Bree begin to have a major argument, giving Luna a big headache and then start to shout at both of them to be quiet already. After she had settled down, Luna tell both Nancy and Bree that her friends are right about making this decision on her own, but for now, she needs to focus on getting some fresh air and some peace and quiet at the Lunar Crater to help her decide, and all she wants to be is alone as she walks away, massaging her forehead! As Luna walked away feeling stressed out already, Connor, Amaya, and Greg saw that Nancy and Bree were now having a rival stare, leaving them worried. This was not going to end well.

At the Lunar Crater, Luna was ready to relax her mind as she sits down, only to sit on some fuchsia yoga mat set down, by none other than Nancy, who startled Luna and she asks through gritted teeth what she was doing as Nancy explains that she thought about making her "best friend" feel comfortable on her relaxing spot by lending her her mother's old yoga mat that she asked her mother if she (Luna) can borrow it. Just then, Bree appears, saying to Nancy that Luna doesn't need a fuchsia yoga mat because she needs a purple mat, since purple is one of her favorite colors, and what better way to help her "best friend" relax in her favorite realm of the Fantasy Forest by lending her a mat with her favorite color, purple? Bree asked, as she sets down the mat and urges Luna to sit down on it. Groaning, Luna tells her friends not to do any favors in order to get the spare ticket, and excuses herself again to be alone for a while as she gets up and walks away, not wanting to relax in the Lunar Crater for now, as she wants to relax at home. At the Magical Cafe, Luna was trying to order what she wants in her parfait, but was having a hard time doing that when Nancy and Bree try to order one for her with only their favorite fruits. Luna thinks that it's just to butter her up again so she can give either one the extra ticket. So Luna decides to go home and make her own parfait as she excuses herself and escapes her friends, who were now having a slight argument about which fruits Luna wants in her parfait, but they begin following her again. Luckily, Luna tricks them into showing them Anju Shiratori over at the Disney Karaoke Shop and she gets away from them quickly.

The next morning, Luna was waking up, feeling refreshed and ready to go out as she gets out of bed, washes herself, and gets dressed. Then feeds her moths and Eclipsion before heading downstairs for breakfast. After finishing, Luna heads out, only to find Nancy and Bree mowing the lawn and washing her parents' car. Ignoring their greetings, Luna sets out and goes to the pet store to buy some more Blue Wilderness puppy food for Eclipsion, but then sees that Nancy is trying to find a food bag for her and Bree was doing the same thing. With rolling eyes, Luna turns away to get the Blue Buffalo Wilderness Puppy Chicken Recipe Grain-Free Dry Dog Food near her and heads to the cash register to purchase her item, but Nancy and Bree were still following her. This was getting ridiculous and Luna was about to get steamed as she was marching away from her friends, who were trying to give her new outfits and accessories for her to wear at the performance, when they finally arrived at the Moonbeams' house.

By the time she gets home, Luna tells Nancy and Bree that she appreciates everything that they've been doing for her and all the gifts they've given her, but before she could finish saying that she hasn't decided yet, Nancy excitedly asks if she's giving the extra performance ticket to her and gives her a tight hug as Luna curtly says no and before she could say something else, Bree also asks excitedly if she's getting the extra performance ticket, just when she and Nancy end up bickering. Luna has finally had enough of the two battling for her friendship and the spare ticket, and tells them after pushing them off her porch that she is going to the Anju Shiratori performance on her own, right before storming back inside her house. After Luna slams the door shut in front of their faces, Nancy and Bree both looked at each other, shamefaced and guilty looking.

Later, Luna is entering her bedroom and she collapses onto her bed, letting out an exhausted groan, just as Eclipsion and her moths appeared to see her tuckered out as the moths ask her if she's okay, but Luna replied that it's not okay since both Nancy and Bree have been fighting over who gets the ticket that she decided to go to the performance alone. The moths and Eclipsion were in shock as one of the moths asks their friend that she doesn't mean that as Luna replied that she does, because she can't just decide anymore and that she doesn't want to upset either Nancy or Bree because both of them are her best friends as she then has a breakdown. Then, Eclipsion cheers her up with a lick on the cheek as he telepathically tells Luna that it seems that she seems rather happy to be spending time with both of them than just be in some silly performance as Luna replied solemnly that she is, then realizing her mistake, Luna decides to text an apology to both Nancy and Bree for yelling at them, but as she sent the text, she gets no response. Luna lets out a deep sad sigh and sinks into her pillow, then holds up the two tickets above her face.

A few days passed and Luna was still waiting for a response text from either Nancy or Bree or both, but still got nothing. That evening, Adolfo and Lumina enter the room to see their daughter looking down and he asks what's wrong. With a sigh, Luna explains that she's had a rough day with Nancy and Bree, and also explains that they've been fighting over the spare ticket and also trying to get her to give it to them by giving her gifts and doing her favors, that she decided to go to the performance alone. Lumina points out to Luna that Nancy and Bree are her friends, but Luna states that not when they're fighting over something they want which got her so stressed out that she can't make her decision anymore, and it made her feel awful about yelling at them for fighting and telling them that she's not going to take either of them to the performance to see Anju Shiratori sing and dance. After listening, Adolfo nods and Lumina reveals that happened to her and her friends before one time when two of Lumina's friends were fighting over a plane ticket to Paris when they were just as young as Luna and her friends, and Adolfo advises that sometimes when you don't have enough blessings, having more than your friends can make you feel as awful as having to yell at them and telling them that you are going somewhere alone.

Scratching the back of her head, Luna guesses that her parents are right and decides to make things right tomorrow between her, Nancy, and Bree, but then she asks what about the tickets and what she was going to do about them. With a smile, Adolfo prompts Luna to give him the tickets again for that he'll figure out what to do, and this time, his daughter gives them to him before he and Lumina left the room to let Luna sleep.

The next morning, Luna was waiting for Nancy and Bree in the park and she had the two tickets in her hands, but is now worried that they weren't coming at all. Just then, Nancy and Bree came walking towards her and explained that they both got her text, and apologized for being a bit late as Nancy asks Luna what she wants. Gathering up her courage to speak up, Luna admits that she can't just decide who to give the ticket to because both Nancy and Bree are her best friends and she doesn't want to make either of them upset. After listening to that, Nancy and Bree both felt even more bad than on Sunday when they realized how silly they've been acting by fighting over the ticket and buttering Luna up after being so excited about Anju Shiratori's performance, and the two apologized to her for pestering her as Bree apologizes to Nancy for the way she acted and says that Luna, Connor, Amaya, and Greg were right about not fighting over something just because they want it so badly as Nancy apologizes back and says that she doesn't wanna go if her best friend can't go and Bree doesn't want to go either if Nancy can't go. Smiling, Luna forgives them and decides to give both of her friends the tickets and set the performance out, surprising Nancy and Bree as Nancy tells her (Luna) that she doesn't have to do it, just as Luna urges them to take the tickets and promises that she won't feel bad.

After Nancy and Bree take the tickets, they both noticed that Luna was still smiling as Nancy asks her if she's sad about not going to see Anju Shiratori, only then when Luna grinned and revealed from her back, a third performance ticket! With wide eyes, Bree said that she and Nancy thought that the performance was sold out, and so did Luna, but as it turns out, there were still more tickets not sold out yet! The three then group hugged and laughed with joy, so now they can all go see Anju Shiratori!

That evening, Anju Shiratori is already onstage and ready to perform as she begins to dance when the lights were turned on and she begins to sing while twirling, swirling, and showing off her beauty, just right after her special effects and the song ends with piano music, the crowd cheers in applause, ending the episode.

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