"Cheat It" is the 10th episode of the Season 3 and the 65 episode of Hannah Montana. It originally aired on March 15, 2009 with 4.4 million viewers.
The title is based on the song "Beat It" by Michael Jackson.
Intro[]
Main Plot[]
Hannah[]
In the beginning we see Hannah posing with Austin Rain at the 15th Annual Teen Scene Awards looking loved up as the reporter calls Austin her new beau. But the moment the cameras are off, Hannah and Austin show their absolute disgust for each other. They are only pretending to be a couple to promote their new duet "Us Isn't Us Without You."
Miley []
In the next scene, we see Miley sticking her chewed gum onto Austin's face in a magazine cover. Lilly jokes about how hot Austin is only to get a look from Miley. The bell rings and Lilly, and the rest of the students who were overfilling the hallways just a moment ago, leave. Miley is ready to leave for class too when she sees Jackson suspiciously trading a paper for some money with a guy. She finds out that he bought test answers and flushes it down the toilet in the girls' bathroom. Jackson tries to follow her but finds himself face to face with a teacher leaving the girls' bathroom and is sent to the principal offices.
Buildup[]
Main Plot[]
Miley[]
In the kitchen, Miley warns Jackson not to cheat again. Jackson agrees and Miley hugs him and tells him how proud she is. However, they have a visitor—the same boy Jackson was receiving the paper from yesterday (Jeff). "Yo dude, try not to lose this one?" Miley realizes that he was still making deals with Jeff, and while Jackson pretends he isn't, Miley knows. Then Jackson points out the hypocrisy of what Miley's doing (as Hannah) by pretending that she's in love with Austin Rain when she's not.
Miley tries arguing that in her case it's different, and after explaining the situation to Lilly, expects Lilly to take her side, but Lily confesses to Miley that she's actually more inclined to side with Jackson. Lily notes that Jackson has a point in what he's saying ("It's hard to take advice from someone who says one thing but does another") and elaborates by adding that while what Jackson's doing is wrong (which even Jackson himself had acknowledged), in his situation, he's really only lying to himself -- but in Miley's situation (as Hannah), she's lying to the entire world about what's going on between her and her "bogus boyfriend" (as Jackson referred to Austin as).
Subplot[]
Robbie Ray is tired after mopping the floor and from general chores. He sees an ad for Señor Steam, and at first doesn't buy the advertising. However when he hears that it comes with a special hair volumizer, he gives it a call and ends up purchasing it—only to find out Rico owns the company since he was 10.
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Trivia[]
- Teen Scene Awars might be a reference to the Nickelodeon awards “Teen Choice Awards”
- The title is based on the song "Beat It" by Michael Jackson.
- The title is due to Jackson trying to cheat on the test.