"Okay, kids, I've got a great new project for us!" Mr. Shuester bounded into the choir room with his arms full of boxes.
Kurt rolled his eyes and Mercedes sighed as everyone watched Mr. Shu putting empty boxes around the floor. "Now what has he thought up to 'keep us on our toes'?" Mercedes muttered to her best friend.
"Okay, Kurt and Rachel, come down here!" Mr Schu chirped happily and rubbed his hands together. "Now stand right...here!"
"Um...you're making us stand in a box? Mr. Schuster, while I am always happy to participate in projects to strengthen us as a grou--"
"This is stupid, Mr. Shu." Kurt interrupted Rachel, who huffed and crossed her arms.
"Trust me, kids, It will all make sense soon, this is just a visual aid. You'll love it!"
Mr Schuester finally had the kids arranged to his liking in the assorted boxes. "Okay, so here, we have Kurt and Rachel, our two broadway divas." He moved to the next box. "Mercedes, our R & B diva...Finn, our classic rock div—um, guy...Puck and Artie, our guitar guys...Quinn, our, um, singing about prayer and preaching girl"...he stared blankly for a moment at everyone else, crowded around one box each with one foot inside it. "And here we have the, um, back up singers..."
Mr. Shue's voice dwindled off uncertainly as Mike whispered to Tina, "Seriously? I don't even get a dancing guy box?" Tina just shrugged in reply. She had leads in songs, and she still didn't rate as more than a "backup singer"
Mr. Shuester brightened up as he proudly announced,"Your assignment for next week is...to get out of the box!" Everyone groaned as he continued happily, "I want all of you to stretch your wings, explore music outside your comfort zone and show me what you can do! Borrow each other's music, check songs out online, listen to your parent's music! Let me see how versatile you really are!"
"Mr. Shuester, I strongly feel that I am quite capable and versatile, and am up for any challenge, but I am insulted by the innuendo that you think I am in a box!"
Mr. Schu sighed as her turned to face Rachel. "I know you are very confident in your abilities, and you have every reason to be." He said soothingly. "I bet if you think about it, you'll be able to show us something we've never seen from Rachel Berry!"
Shue turned back to face everyone as he announced, "You can team up in duets and groups, as long as the song performed is out of the box for everyone performing!"
Next week, everyone was again waiting for Shue so they could show him how "out of the box" they could be. Finally Shue showed up, grinning goofily and smelling lightly of antiseptic. Everyone looked at each other knowingly and smirked.
"Okay, so who wants to go first?"
"We do!" Artie said and Tina bounced next to him. Everyone settled in their seats as they took the floor and put on long blonde wigs to laughter.
Hi Barbie
Hi Ken!
Do you wanna go for a ride?
Sure Ken!
Jump In...
Everyone burts into laughter watching Artie twirl his long blonde curls and flutter his eye lashes at Tina as he sang "Barbie's" lines while Tina sang "Ken's" in reply.
I'm a barbie girl, in the barbie world I'm a barbie girl, in the barbie world I'm a blond bimbo girl, in the fantasy world (uu-oooh-u) I'm a barbie girl, in the barbie world Come on Barbie, let's go party! Make me walk, make me talk, do whatever you please Come on Barbie, let's go party! I'm a barbie girl, in the barbie world I'm a barbie girl, in the barbie world Come on Barbie, let's go party! Oh, I'm having so much fun!
Life in plastic, it's fantastic!
you can brush my hair, undress me everywhere
Imagination, life is your creation
Come on Barbie, let's go party!
Life in plastic, it's fantastic!
you can brush my hair, undress me everywhere
Imagination, life is your creation
Dress me up, make it tight, I'm your dolly
You're my doll, rock'n'roll, feel the glamour in pink,
kiss me here, touch me there, hanky panky...
You can touch, you can play, if you say: "I'm always yours"
Life in plastic, it's fantastic!
you can brush my hair, undress me everywhere
Imagination, life is your creation
(Ah-ah-ah-yeah)
Come on Barbie, let's go party!
(uu-oooh-u)
Come on Barbie, let's go party!
(Ah-ah-ah-yeah)
Come on Barbie, let's go party!
(uu-oooh-u)
I can act like a star, I can beg on my knees
Come jump in, bimbo friend, let us do it again,
hit the town, fool around, let's go party
You can touch, you can play, if you say: "I'm always yours"
You can touch, you can play, if you say: "I'm always yours"
(Ah-ah-ah-yeah)
Come on Barbie, let's go party!
(uu-oooh-u)
Come on Barbie, let's go party!
(Ah-ah-ah-yeah)
Come on Barbie, let's go party!
(uu-oooh-u)
Life in plastic, it's fantastic!
you can brush my hair, undress me everywhere
Imagination, life is your creation
Life in plastic, it's fantastic!
you can brush my hair, undress me everywhere
Imagination, life is your creation
(Ah-ah-ah-yeah)
Come on Barbie, let's go party!
(uu-oooh-u)
Come on Barbie, let's go party!
(Ah-ah-ah-yeah)
Come on Barbie, let's go party!
(uu-oooh-u)
Well Barbie, we're just getting started
Oh, I love you Ken!
Everyone stood to clap and cheer when Tina ended the song in Artie's lap kissing him on the cheek.
"All right, guys, that was super! Who wants to go next?" Mr. Schu