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Frenemies 2012

Best Friends Become Worst Enemies Overnight

Three groups of best friends think nothing could ever come between them. But when secrets, jealousy, and tough choices get in the way, their friendships are pushed to the breaking point.

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Is this professional or what? Just as soon as you hand me that project. If you want to date her, then we got to update you. Two high school students, Hi and Avalon, create a webazine called Geekly Chic to offer tips on fashion trends and other topics that might interest people around the world.

Despite having only a very few readers on Geekly Chic, the girls still enjoy working on the webazine, and it almost turned them from best friends into frenemies. Because of this, the girls dedicate a section of Geekly Sheep to telling their story and that of other friends who turned into frenemies. Gee, I'd never know you two were best friends. The first story in the section is about a boy named Jake and his best friend, who is a dog named Murray.

One morning, before Jake heads to school, he heads down for breakfast with Murray. While they're eating, Jake asks his mom if the mail has arrived. Jake's mom says it hasn't, and Jake says he's still expecting an award from NASA for his outstanding work in molecular astrophysics. Shortly after, Murray follows Jake out of the house as he leaves for school.

Jake then tells Murray to go back because dogs aren't allowed at the school. Murray looks disappointed, but hey, there's the mailman. Jake spots the mailman and tells his dog to go back home to recycle the junk mail. Murray looks excited and heads into the house to do just this. Later that day in science class, Jake seems to be the only one interested in what the teacher is talking about.

The teacher doesn't like this and he decides to give the students their first class project. He tells them to partner up and create their own personal energy source. One of Jake's friends, Owen, says he'll work with Jake on the project, but Jake says he's not interested because the last time they worked together, he did all the work. Hey, Owen, want to do this project together?

Almost immediately, a popular girl named Julianne comes over to Jake's table to say hi. Jake looks shocked and cannot believe that Julianne is talking to him. Julianne then says she's having trouble picking the right partner for the project because she doesn't want to end up with someone who won't do anything. Jake looks amazed and asks if she would like to be his partner.

Julianne gladly accepts and suggests meeting up later at Jake's house. People who use people are totally lame. Jake looks excited and his friends Owen and EMTT imply that Julianne definitely likes him. Later that day, Julianne heads home with Jake, who introduces her to Murray. Julianne doesn't seem to like dogs, and she doesn't really hide it.

Almost immediately, she gets a call and heads out of the room to answer it. The caller happens to be one of Julianne's friends, who asks why she left school so early. Julianne says she's at Jake's house and her friend asks if there's a sale happening there. Julianne then says she's just using Jake to get a good grade in science.

You can harness energy from cow poop. And her friend seems impressed. After the call ends, Julianne sees Murray behind her, but she just ignores him and walks back into the room to meet Jake. As she's about to take her seat, Murray beats her to it. Jake seems surprised, and Julianne gets him to send Murray away.

Shortly after, while Murray is in the hall, Jake's mom shows up to present him with his NASA certificate. Jake looks very happy, but Julianne seems more interested in whether the certificate is worth anything. Jake's mom eventually asks why Murray is in the hall, and Jake says his dog has just been acting up. Oh, hey, why is Murray in the hall?

Shortly after, Jake takes Murray to the dog park with Julianne, who hides a fashion magazine inside a science magazine to pretend like she's doing research for the project. Murray tries to play with her, but she just throws his ball far away, so he'll be gone for a while. The ball falls next to a girl named Savannah, who admires Murray and says he's cute. Meanwhile, Julianne asks Jake if he won't mind working on the project without her.

Jake looks confused, but Julianne says she cannot think straight around him, so she thinks it might be best for him to work alone. Jake looks happy when he hears this. I'm so embarrassed to even say this to you, Jake. And Julianne offers to be his girlfriend. After he accepts, Murray returns to meet him along with Savannah.

Jake looks pleased to see his dog, and Savannah compliments Murray again. Julianne seems jealous and immediately mentions that Jake is her new boyfriend. Savannah then says goodbye to Murray before leaving on her skateboard, which Jake thinks is cool. The next day, Jake changes his look for school to impress Julianne.

Before he heads out, the male arrives, and as Murray spots a letter from Julianne, he drops it in the water closet. Jake seems pissed and calls Murray a dumb dog. Wait, is that from Julian? Murray, drop it. Murray doesn't look happy about this and he just stares at Jake. Later that day, Julianne heads home with Jake, and when they get to Jake's room, they notice that it's scattered.

Julianne also notices that Murray tore apart of the letter she sent to Jake. She looks pissed and tells Jake to get rid of Murray if he still wants to be with her. Jake seems nervous and tells Julianne not to worry much because he'll yell at Murray. After he leaves the room, Julianne still seems pissed and says she'll have to get rid of the dog if Jake won't do it.

Just then, she picks up Jake's NASA certificate and leaves with it. You better send him to the pound before I pound him. The next morning, Julianne sprays her perfume on the certificate and drops it off at Jake's house. When Murray sees it, he smells the perfume and assumes that it's another letter from Julianne.

He then chews a part of it and drops it inside the water closet. Jake looks shocked to see this and his mom also asks why Murray would do something like that. Jake insults Murray and sends him away and the dog leaves the house. He eventually bumps into Savannah who offers to take him home.

When they get there, she finds a picture of Jake in the school yearbook and says she has always had a crush on him. Mark this page cuz I like Jake. Elsewhere, Jake dries the certificate and notices that it smells nice. As he looks confused, his mom shows up and says she thinks Murray ran away.

Jake says he doesn't care, but his mom tells him not to forget that Murray is his best friend. Jake says he and Murray are now enemies and his mom looks disappointed. She then asks why he's working on the class project alone even though Julianne is his partner. Jake says it's what guys do for their girlfriends, but his mom doesn't respond to this.

I don't know. I guess it depends on what guys do for their dog. The next day at school, Savannah hears Julianne calling someone else her boyfriend, and this leaves her shocked. She then realizes that Julianne tricks boys into becoming her boyfriend so they can do her assignments for her.

Elsewhere, Owen and EMTT see a message from Savannah on Jake's locker, saying she found Murray. The boys look confused and ask Jake what's happening. He then explains what Murray did, but his friends don't think Murray would deliberately hurt him. Jake then remembers the nice smell on the certificate and realizes that Julianne set Murray up.

That's it. That's why I smelled perfume on my award. He then confronts Julianne, but she says she loves Murray and is sad that he isn't coming back hopefully. Jake looks shocked and says he cannot believe Julianne used him. Elsewhere, Murray misses Jake and decides to head to the school to find him.

Meanwhile, Julianne tells Jake that she doesn't know what he's talking about. When she sees that Jake has finished their project, she says he's the best boyfriend in the world. Almost immediately, Savannah comes in with Julianne's other boyfriends, and this leaves Julianne speechless. I can't when you're staring at me like I did something wrong.

She eventually says she didn't do anything wrong, and that Savannah is just a weird girl. Jake says Savannah is awesome and that he's done with Julianne. Julianne says he cannot do that until he has handed the project to her. Jake says he doesn't even care about it. And as he gives it to her, Murray runs into the classroom and knocks it to the ground.

Julianne looks annoyed, but Murray just scares her away. Jake then apologizes for what he did and says that no girl will come between him and Murray again ever again. Elsewhere, Harley sends an email to a company named Burns Publications about Geekly Chic. After telling Avalon about it, the girls look excited because it's a chance for them to become popular.

Following this, the girls head to school with Halie's brother, Kendall, who has a car. When the girls arrive at school, they meet a boy named Walker, who is the senior editor of the school's paper. Walker says he knows the girls paid for an ad in the school paper, but he won't publish anything about it because he doesn't think Geekly Chic is good enough. Erdo, I hardly know you.

The girls look shocked and Avalon stands up to Walker and shows him their business card. As he looks at it and holds it up, Avalon takes a picture of him and sends it to everyone at the school to make it seem like Walker is endorsing Geekly Chic. Walker looks disappointed, but the girls just walk away. Avalon then says that Hi will have to learn to stand up to people like Walker in the future.

Hi says she won't be able to do that because she gets flushed around people. She adds that she would like to stick to writing for Geekly Chic while Avalon does the talking. You could actually put one of these cards on every locker in the whole school. Shortly after, while the girls are in the library, Hi gets a call from the owner of Burns Publications, Sheree, who tells her to come to New York tomorrow for a meeting.

The girls look excited because it's a big opportunity for them, and they start preparing to leave for New York. The next day, the girls arrive at the company and meet Sheree, who says she really likes Geekly Chic. She adds that she would love to buy the webazine and use it for her company. The girls look excited, but Sheree says she'll only be taking Halley on board because she's Geekly Chic's editor-inchief.

I called this meeting with Hi Brandon. Avalon looks confused and says she's the co-editor, but Sheree insists that she can only take one of them. The girls don't understand this, but Sheree says she can leave the spot open for them to compete. She adds that they both have one week to come up with the first story for Geekly Chic's first issue.

She says she'll pick the person who comes up with the best story, and the girls look disappointed. The next day, while the girls are sitting together in the cafeteria, Harley suddenly comes up with the idea of interviewing a French singer named Jean Frank, who is coming to America for his first show. Avalon says it will be a great story because Jean Frank is an upcoming singer who could become famous after his show. Halley says it's her story, but Avalon says she thought about it, too.

As they argue over who will interview Jean Frank first, Kendall says it won't be either of them because the tickets to John Frank's show are sold out. Following this, the girls start hustling to find someone who has a ticket. Interestingly, Walker knows someone close to John Frank and he offers to help Avalon because he likes her. Walker, that that's amazing.

I think the next day at school, Avalon tells Hari that she'll be interviewing Jean Frank first because she has contacted him after getting his number from Walker. Hi looks disappointed and steals Avalon's phone so she can call Jean Frank and get him to put the ticket in her name. Walker sees Halley doing this and reports her to Avalon, who isn't happy about what her friend did. On the day of the concert, Avalon breaks into Kendall's car and changes the GPS language to Uru.

After this, she heads to the concert venue and pretends to be Harley because the free ticket from Jean Frank is in Halie's name. Meanwhile, Harley gets ready to leave for the concert with Kendall, but they realize that the car's GPS is now in Udo. Harley looks annoyed, but eventually gets Kendall to use a map to find the concert venue. When they get there, Harley sneaks into John Frank's changing room while Avalon is interviewing him.

Gene Frank looks confused, but as the girls start fighting, he drops his French accent and tells them to stop. The girls look shocked and realize that he's not French. Jean Frank then confesses that he just adopted the French accent because he thought it would be cool. Johnny Frankuski is back.

The girls don't think it's right, and they advise him to be himself because that's [snorts] the only way he'll be able to inspire his fans. Jean Frank agrees to do this and the girls interview him together. The next day, they head to Burns Publications to show Sheree their joint article. She seems impressed, but asks why they came with only one article when she asked for two.

The girls then mention that they don't want to compete for the spot because they're best friends. Sheree doesn't seem to care and she says she won't be working with them. The next day, when the girls arrive at school, they meet Walker, who says he was impressed by how they handled the situation. He then says he has spoken to someone at a popular TV show called Teens Now who wants to do a huge story on Geekly Chic and the girls.

This makes the girls happy and Avalon thanks Walker by hugging him. Later that day, the girls watch their story on TV and as this gets them more readers, they look pleased. What's wrong with wanting to share something with your best friend? Elsewhere, Savannah gets ready for school and is unable to eat breakfast because her brothers left her nothing.

She looks unhappy and complains to her dad about how tough it is to live with her brothers. Her dad feels sorry for her and gives her some money for breakfast and to buy whatever she wants at the mall. As she leaves the house, she sees Jake and Murray. Interestingly, she still gets nervous when she sees Jake and she accidentally falls into a bush while skating.

After Jake leaves, Savannah gets back up and pats Murray before heading to school. Coincidentally, a girl named Emma passes the neighborhood in her limo and admires Murray, who looks shocked because Emma resembles Savannah. In the limo, Emma tells her butler, Peberly, that she wants a dog, but he says her parents won't approve. Later that day, Emma heads to the mall and bumps into Savannah at a fashion store.

The girls realize that they look alike and this leaves them shocked because they aren't even twins. Pimberly also sees them and looks amazed. The girls eventually decide to talk for a while at a nearby restaurant. And Emma says it's really nice that Savannah has three brothers and a dog.

I'm so sorry for the misunderstanding, Miss. Savannah says Murray isn't hers and that he belongs to a boy she has a crush on. Emma says she has always wanted other siblings and a pet. But Savannah believes Emma's life is much better because she has a limousine and a personal butler.

She says she'd do anything to live Emma's life for a week. And Emma says the same thing about Savannah. Almost immediately, Avalon and Hie show up and convince the girls to switch places since it's what they want. The girls look excited and decide to try this for one week. After switching places at the mall, Savannah heads home with Pimberly and enjoys having dinner with Emma's parents, who tell her about Emma's upcoming birthday ball at the country club.

Meanwhile, Emma doesn't enjoy having troublesome brothers who barely leave anything for her to eat. The next morning, a fencing instructor cuts Savannah's sleep short and tells her to get ready for training. After this, Savannah tries to rest, but a ballet instructor shows up for training. This leaves her frustrated and she eventually calls Emma to complain about the switch.

Please don't say another lesson, Pimberly. I can't feel my legs. Emma says she's also fed up and they agree to switch places tomorrow. Almost immediately, Peberly shows up and tells Savannah that she has a date with Emma's boyfriend, Lance. Savannah seems tired of lying, and she tells Pimberly that she's not Emma.

Peberly says he knows, and he promises not to tell anyone. Savannah then heads down to meet Lance, who seems arrogant and tells her that they're going on a polo date. Elsewhere, Jake bumps into Emma and talks about Murray. Emma then realizes that he's the one Savannah talked about, and she says he's cute.

Jake asks if she really thinks so, and she says she does. Jake looks pleased and asks if she would like to go out with him, and she agrees. After this, Emma calls Savannah to give her an update. Savannah looks excited and cannot believe that Jake really likes her. Emma then offers to go on the date to show Savannah that it's not really difficult to talk to Jake.

Savannah agrees and says she'll come to the restaurant to watch them. But a girl can be self-reliant and still be The next day, while Emma and Jake are at a restaurant, they talk about liking each other, and Jake also holds Emma's hand, Savannah looks jealous and throws a napkin at Emma. Jake looks confused, but Emma excuses herself and goes to confront Savannah, who still seems jealous. As the girls fight about this, Savannah says she'll take revenge by getting closer to Lance.

The next day, while Lance and Savannah are walking in the park, they see Emma and Jake playing with Murray. Savannah looks pissed and tries to make Emma jealous, but Jake just seems confused because the girls look alike. He also suggests going on a double date with Savannah and Lance. Emma doesn't seem sure about this, but Savannah says she doesn't mind.

She adds that Jake and Emma can come to her birthday ball. Emma doesn't like the fact that Savannah is now calling it her birthday ball, but she says she'll be there. Lance doesn't mind. Less talking, more hugging. On the day of the party, Jake talks about how much he likes Savannah, and Emma feels guilty for lying to him and pretending to be Savannah.

Meanwhile, Lance tries to make Savannah feel small, and this leaves her disgusted. She asks how Emma even met him, and he says their parents set them up since third grade. Savannah then says she wants to break up with him, and he looks pissed. Just then, Emma brings Jake to meet Savannah, and he realizes that the girls switched places.

Savannah then apologizes to Emma for breaking up with Lance. Emma says it's not a problem because she has always wanted to dump him. When Lance hears this, he looks annoyed and says that Jake stole his girlfriend. As he tries to attack Jake, he bumps into a chocolate stand and ends up embarrassing himself.

Emma's parents look disappointed because the party is ruined, but Avalon and Hie mention that it's just about to start. Following this, a couple of other kids enter the house to celebrate with Emma. She's sweet and kind. And hello. Pemberly also gives Emma a dog and says they'll have to make sure it doesn't mess up the house so that Emma's parents won't have a problem with it.

Emma looks happy and thanks Pimberly before going to dance with her guests. Savannah also dances with Jake and everyone at the party looks happy. Three groups of friends experience challenging situations that put their relationships to the test. Despite initially choosing to fight, they eventually resolve their differences and save their friendships.

This story teaches us that even though friends may disagree, true friendships survive when people are willing to listen, apologize, and do better.

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Frenemies (2012)

TV-G · 87 min · Comedy, Drama, Family · 13 Jan 2012
5.0/106,344 ratings

Three sets of friends deal with the ups and downs of their ever-changing relationships.

Director Daisy von Scherler Mayer

Writers Alexa Young, Dava Savel, Wendy Weiner

Stars Bella Thorne, Zendaya, Mary Mouser

United States · English

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