Love with a Side of Pain

Love with a Side of Pain is the 1st episode of Season 1 of The Rocking Rattlecages (TV series). This is the 1st episode of the show.

Sypnosis
Miranda, Carrie and Kitty must impress movie star Richie Groovystein to get their music into his new movie trailer, Love Another Day. They have to impress her at her new premiere and rock the drive-in.

Characters

 * Miranda Lostgrove (debut)
 * Carrie Peterson (debut)
 * Kitty Hiroshimi (debut)
 * Danny Lostgrove (debut)
 * Suzanne Sweet (debut)
 * Movie Announcer (debut)
 * Ophelia Perkins (debut)
 * Stephen McKeaton (debut)
 * Maggie Lickerson (debut)
 * Belle Ackerman (debut)
 * Devin Rowland (debut)

Quotes

 * Miranda Lostgrove: Dudes! We need to find Richie Groovystein at the premiere tonight. The future of the band depends on it!


 * Danny Lostgrove: Forget it. That extra ticket is staying with me.
 * Maggie Lickerson: Can I have it?
 * Danny Lostgrove: I've got a better idea! Find your own!
 * (Maggie dejectedly gets out of the car)
 * Maggie Lickerson: Oh.


 * Miranda Lostgrove: Hey Suz, you going to Richie's movie premiere?
 * Suzanne Sweet: I'd love to, Miranda! But I can't. I'm just going to wait for the book.
 * Miranda Lostgrove: But movies always come out after the book.
 * Suzanne Sweet: I never lose the waiting game.


 * Danny Lostgrove: Ugh! I'm getting all grody. This is the VIPits! Ugh! Movie it! Super fantastic snack king coming through! Hello!
 * (Danny makes it to Richie Groovystein's limo)
 * Danny Lostgrove: I'm definitely Richie's soon to be BFF.
 * (Richie takes the snacks without Danny even being able to see him)
 * Danny Lostgrove: What? I don't even get the chance to meet Richie? After getting him all those stupid snacks? I even paid for them myself with Maggie's cash!

Songs

 * Loving It, Loving It!

Trivia

 * This is the first episode of The Rocking Rattlecages (TV series).
 * This is the first episode to reveal that Carrie has a crush on Devin.
 * Kitty broke the fourth wall in this episode. When Kitty sees Danny shove everybody at the drive-in movie theater in a rush, she told the viewers, "Danny certainly has a major attitude problem. Don't you guys agree?".
 * Miranda also broke the fourth wall as well, quoting "whip pan", which cued a whip pan to Danny.
 * Running Gag: The characters breaking the fourth wall.

Cultural References

 * The title of this episode is a pun on the popular children's book or a 2009 movie "Cloudy with a Chance of Meat Balls". Miranda Cosgrove, Miranda Lostgrove's voice actress, sung the song "Raining Sunshine" at the end of the movie. Miranda Lostgrove herself would later sing the song in the episode "Rainy Days Make Boring Days", with Carrie and Kitty providing backing vocals for the song.
 * Jitter is an obvious parody on Twitter.
 * Amazing Rivers Mall is a parody of Great Lakes Mall.
 * The Rocking Rattlecages were carrying a cardboard van while moving it by walking. This is similar to how in The Flintstones, whenever people drive cars, they carry the cars with them and use their feet to move.
 * Miranda held her guitar in the air and it irradiated lightning. She dramatically quoted "By the power of Rock... The Rocking Rattlecages UNITE!" This is an allusion to He-Man and his iconic action of holding his sword in the air in the same fashion, and saying "By the power of Grayskull... I have the power!"

Production Notes

 * This episode was originally going to be called "Movie Theater Rock!".
 * This episode is often mistaken for the first episode because it was the first episode to air on TV. However, "Battle of the Bands" is actually the first episode because it was the pilot and Todd Kauffman and Mark Thornton sold the show with it.
 * This episode first aired on a two-episode per block along with "A Scary Day to Remember."