In the college gym, Donna was dancing to the "Cats Don't Dance" song "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now."
Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen
If you would be so kind
Got someone very special here
She's 'bout to speak her mind...
I gotta song to sing
If you don't like my song I'm gonna sing it anyhow!
I gotta dream in my heart!
Yeah! Nothin's gonna stop us now!
Take 4 and 20 that way
And bake it in a pie
Before you put it in the oven, babe, you know they're gonna fly
Say curiosity killed the cat?
I'm livin' proof that that's a lie!
Now I'm gonna tell you why!
That's when she was joined by a red-haired man
Yeah! Nothin's gonna stop us
Nothin's gonna stop us
Nothin's gonna stop us now!
Nothin's gonna stop us
Nothin's gonna stop us
Nothin's gonna stop us now!
"Nice moves, chick," the man said.
"Hey there. I'm Donna," Donna greeted.
"I'm Scott," the man greeted, "theater major."
"Yeah," Donna replied. "You're Danny in the play version of 'Cats Don't Dance'."
"I play Danny," Scott replied. "The theater is having their rehearsal, and we were wondering if the Hartfeld-famous Donna Solo could come and see us perform."
"I would love that," Donna replied. "All my homework is done."
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Later that day, Donna came in and ran into Iris and Luis. Iris was painting the set while Luis was handling the special effects. Plus they ran into a lovely blonde girl. Donna recognized her as Lindsay Cambria, Hollywood's Modern Temple. "That was me," Lindsay replied. "But by the time I was 15, I lost my contract. They say I was 'getting old'."
"She's like Darla Dimple if she got old," Donna whispered to Danny.
"Okay, guys," informed Luis. "Our director John is going to be here any minute."
"Right now, chap," proclaimed an overweight man with glasses.
"That's John?" asked Donna.
"Yup," Scott replied. "Hartfeld alumni, theater teacher, and director of our play."
"I can't believe it's you," smiled John.
"Yeah, well," Lindsay smiled, "Lindsay Lucky, Hollywood's Modern Temp-"
"I wasn't talking to you," John growled as he looked to Donna. "I was talking to *her* - Donna Solo, Rosewood's sweetheart."
"Yeah, well," Donna smiled, "I don't like to steal the spotlight."
Lindsay got jealous.
"Okay," informed John. "Rehearsal's up. We're at the part where they sing 'Lil Ark Angel'."
Now the people they were so bad
That the Lord made the rain come down
And he washed away the bad cities
And he washed away the bad towns
And all of the people drowned
With the animals it was different
Though some of them drowned, too
The others were just poor animals
And they didn't know what to do!
So...
I built a little boat
As cute as it could be
And I put all the animals two by two
In my little boat on the sea
The moo-cows went...
Moo! Moo!
The piggies went...
Oink! Oink!
And all the little birdies went tweet tweet tweet
In my little boat on the sea!
The doggies went...
Bow-wow! Bow-wow!
The kitty cats went...
Meow!
Meeeoooow!
The lion went.
Roar!
Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow
In my little boat on the sea!
Talkin' 'bout the boat on the sea!
Meow meow meow meow meow meow
Meow-wow-wow
On the sea!
Unfortunately, Scott started stealing Lindsay's attention because of his singing. "Where's my Coconut Juice?" demanded Lindsay as a small Black girl gave her coconut juice.
"I don't mean *actual* coconut juice," sneered Lindsay. "I mean my little sweetie girl."
"Coming, Lindsay," called her butler, Gunther. In his hands was Lindsay's Yorkie, Coconut Juice. "How's my little puppy wuppy?" smiled Lindsay.
"Oh, my, this is awful," Donna said as she rushed to the little girl. "Are you hurt?"
"I'll be fine," the girl answered. "I'm Mattie. I'm sort of Lindsay's new valet."
"But you're just a child," Donna replied.
"That's because my sister wanted me to get some fresh air," explained Mattie.
"Mattie," a Black girl snapped, "I can't believe that Lindsay would do this to you."
"I know, Jazz," replied Mattie,."Maybe being Lindsay's child valet wasn't such a good idea."
"You're only 10 years old," Jazz replied. "We need to do responsibilities sooner or later."
Scott caught the eye at Jazz and winked. Jazz blushed.
"Back to work, folks!" John shouted. "Lindsay is coming out of her temper tantrum."
Note: Most of the actors and crew are named after the actors who played the characters in "Cats Don't Dance." Also, the part where Donna asks Mattie if she's hurt is based on the "SpongeBob SquarePants" episode "Accidents Will Happen," where Mr. Krabs asks his buns if they're alright, but in the beginning, Squidward thought he was talking to him.