Episode
Good Luck Charlie: Gabe's 12-1/2 Birthday
Overview
Amy and Bob make up for not throwing Gabe his much delayed 12th birthday party by giving him a 12 ½ birthday party, after Gabe promised to be good for a whole week. Unfortunately, Gabe's party falls on the same day as a huge blizzard. Meanwhile, Ivy and Teddy cannot get along with Ivy not liking Teddy's new boyfriend Derek, which causes a rift in their friendship. They go to each other's houses to settle their differences, the same day as the snow storm. Teddy is driven crazy by Ivy's parents Mary Lou and Harry (Ellia English and William Allen Young) while Ivy is having a great time celebrating Gabe's 12-½ birthday. Meanwhile, PJ helps Bob lose a few pounds.
Details
- Series
- Good Luck Charlie
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 11
- Air date
- 2011-05-08
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
Gabe's 12-1/2 Birthday is Episode 11 in Season 2 of Good Luck Charlie. It aired on 2011-05-08. The runtime is 23 min.
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Episode 10: Meet the Parents
Teddy and PJ pose as Gabe's parents as they attend a conference with his elderly teacher, Mrs. Monroe (K Callan). Everything goes well until Mrs. Monroe spots Teddy on a date with her latest crush, Derek (Reid Ewing). Mrs. Monroe thinks that Teddy is "cheating" on her husband. Meanwhile, PJ and Skyler go on their first official date; Bob bets that Amy cannot build Charlie's new playhouse without his help.
Episode 12: The Break Up
Teddy decides to break up with Derek, but has a hard time doing so, due to him continually doing nice things for her. Meanwhile, Amy becomes Gabe's new hockey coach and hurts herself during a practice. PJ finds out that he is being paid less than minimum wage and gets advice from Bob about what he should do, until PJ gets fired for going on strike with the other Kwikki Chikki staff.
More episodes from this season
Episode 9: Teddy's Bear
Amy lets her temper get the best of her when Mr. Piper refuses to admit he was wrong. P.J. decides to have a man to man talk with Skyler's old beau. Charlie's first ballet lesson may be her last after Bob breaks one of the class rules.
Episode 13: Charlie Shakes it Up
Teddy, Amy and Charlie plan a trip to Chicago to visit their rich great-aunt Nell, where they are instead mistaken for the Duncan Sisters, a famous hip-hop dance duo and are taken to the dance studio of "Shake It Up, Chicago". Amy pretends that she, Teddy and Charlie are sisters in order to accomplish her dreams of being on TV, but since they do not know how to dance, they enlist the help of dancers CeCe Jones (Bella Thorne) and Rocky Blue (Zendaya). Back at home, Gabe and PJ hold a yard sale in hopes of raising money while cleaning out the attic, but wind up selling a cat cookie jar with $500 in it to Mrs. Dabney; Bob is obsessed with a TV show, Higgins and Zork.
Episode 8: The Singin' Dancin' Duncans
Amy persuades the family to take part in a benefit for her hospital so she can beat her long-time arch-rival, Fran Culpepper (Devika Parikh). When they prove uncooperative in the rhythmic dancing, Amy hires professional dancers to replace the members of the family except for Charlie. Meanwhile, Teddy's classmate Lynette does not invite her to her party but she invites Ivy. Later, she finds out that Ivy has been making up excuses to go somewhere else and Teddy suspects that Ivy attended the party without her. Also, Gabe and PJ sell "old junk" on the Internet to raise money.
Episode 14: Baby's New Shoes
Teddy uses Gabe and his friend Jake (Tucker Albrizzi) to go see a PG-13-rated movie so she can use it to win an internship at a news station. Meanwhile, Amy buys a pair of heels that cost $400 to go out to a party with and plans on returning them. She puts them away in until Charlie gets a hold of them and ruins the shoes. PJ tries to make amends with a kindergarten classmate after cutting the boy's ponytail.
Episode 7: Battle of the Bands
Teddy and Skyler compete against PJ, Spencer and Emmett in the annual battle of the bands competition at the mall. Teddy then finds out that Skyler and PJ are dating and neither of them want to do the competition any more. Meanwhile, Bob asks Gabe to take a gift back to a rich boy in his class. When Bob goes to the boy's house to return Gabe's gift, he goes back on his word and befriends the boy's father. Also, Amy takes credit for a painting done by Charlie after her art teacher says she has no real talent and that Charlie's painting is a work of art.
Episode 15: Bye Bye Video Diary
As Teddy does the dishes, Charlie has put her laptop inside the dishwasher. Amy finds it inside the washer, meaning all of the video diaries have been deleted. Amy and Teddy stay up all night, reforming the video diaries. However, when PJ arrives back from Kwikki Chikki college, he notifies Teddy that he accidentally took her laptop, meaning that PJ's laptop was captured in the dishwasher. Meanwhile, because PJ has been going to college, Gabe takes over his place. But when he watches a horror movie, he is terrified and refuses to let Charlie sleep in her own room.
Episode 6: A L.A.R.P. in the Park
Teddy babysits Charlie while also attending a larping party with Evan (Matt Prokop), her new crush. After being poked in the eye by Charlie, Amy continues to fake being hurt to stay in the hospital longer. Bob and PJ must re-edit a video of Bob winning an exterminator award after forgetting to thank Amy in his speech.
Episode 16: Monkey Business
Teddy loses a mom's earring while babysitting. Meanwhile, Bob thinks he's won the lottery when Gabe gives him a fake winning ticket.
Episode 5: Duncan vs. Duncan
Teddy and PJ throw a house party while Bob and Amy are on a romantic date. Meanwhile, Amy forces Gabe to accompany Jo to cotillion classes.
Episode 17: PJ in the City
Teddy applies for a job at a trendy teen clothing store where Spencer works. Teddy’s main reason for applying is that she wants a discount on new clothes for her upcoming school photo, however in order to get the job and fit in she needs to get a tan. However the self-tanner she applies goes awry when Charlie gets involved!
Also in the episode Bob chases after PJ after he leaves for New York City when he finds out Skyler has moved there. And, Amy finds herself over-involved in Gabe’s life, inviting a girl over who she thinks he likes, but it’s the wrong girl!