Grid Iron Glory

Grid Iron Glory is the second half of the 9th episode of Alex Adventure.

Plot
The episode begins with Alex dragging Brad to football tryouts despite the fact that he doesn't want to because the Tremorton High Quakers haven't won in five years, and that the only good player is Jacques, the star quarterback, who is a really big jerk. Unfortunately for Brad he makes the team, while Alex didn't make the cheerleading squad. However, when a football comes Alex's way and Jacques asks him to throw it back, he throws it at a blindingly high speed, impressing the football coach who makes Alex the new starting quarterback and cuts Jacques from the team, much to his dismay. As Alex and Brad walk through the hallway, Alex asks Brad to quiz him on the playbook at lunch, but Brad says he's overreacting and that he can't make the team any worse. Then the cheerleaders tell Alex that it's his fault Jacques was cut from the football team and that he transferred over to Poly Tech, and that made Alex even more worried, but Brad told him that Poly Tech doesn't have any sports teams. On his first game of the season, Alex leads the Tremorton Quakers to their first victory in five years, and then he suddenly has many fans, but Brad tells him that they'll stay his fans so long as he keeps winning. Alex subsequently leads the Quakers to more victories which climaxes in the District Championship with Poly Tech and they get brutally beaten, but then Brad figures out that Jacques has been feeding the nerds instructions from the sidelines and manages to disable his headset, leaving the nerds helpless against Alex. After the season concludes, Alex decides to hang it up.

Quotes
Alex: Wow, look at all the friends I have! (waving to everyone at school while he walks down the hall)

Brad: Those are not your friends, they are your fans.

Coach: (to Alex) Congratulations, you're our new quarterback.

Jacque: Hey, what about me?

Coach: Think of it this way, Jacque. You'll have more time to sign autographs now that you're cut.

Jacque: CUT?! Grr...

Brad: (after tripping over his helmet and falling flat on his back at football try-outs) So I guess I didn't make the cut?

Coach: Did you black out?

Brad: No.

Coach: Great ... you're on the team.

Alex: Are we the only ones left?

Brad: All that's left standing.

Alex: But, what about Dominelli?

Brad: Broken scapula.

Alex: Thomas?

Brad: They ripped his lips off.

Alex: Sanchez?

Brad: Fractured toe.

Alex: Parkins?

Brad: Inner-cranial dislocation.

Alex: Lopez?

Brad: Real bad owwie.

Alex: Cruz?

Brad: Comatose. But he wasn't much of a talker anyway.

(after seeing Jacque's mechanical dog run by)

Dogcatcher: (in a western accent) Christmas bonus, here I come!

Trivia

 * In all levels of professional and amateur football, pushing a teammate across the field is illegal.
 * Alex's jersey number, 9, is a reference to him being HA-9.

Home media

 * Nick Picks: Vol. 2
 * Brightest Children's Favourites
 * Alex Adventure - Season One