- "What woman has a mustache other than your grandmother?"
- ―Drake to Josh
| Playing the Field | |
| Season 3, Episode 6 | |
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| Air date | June 4, 2005 USA
October 11, 2005 Canada |
| Written by | Dan Schneider |
| Directed by | Roger Christiansen |
| Episode Guide | |
| Previous: The Affair |
Next: Helen's Surgery |
Playing the Field is the sixth episode of the third season of Drake & Josh.
Plot
Drake fears that he may soon break up with Tori (Torrey DeVitto), his most recent girlfriend. When he wants to win her love back again, Drake finds out Tori is already seeing other boys, so he goes on a date with another girl, Liza Tupper, to make Tori jealous. Josh also grows a mustache, but nobody approves of it. Megan makes jokes about it and Mindy gives Josh a razor to shave his mustache. Eventually, Mindy pays Megan $30 to shave off Josh's mustache while he sleeps. Megan is caught by Drake in the act, and is only able to shave off half of it. This leads Josh to fill in the other half with Magic Marker with the help of Mindy, making him look ridiculous.
Cast
- Drake Bell as Drake Parker
- Josh Peck as Josh Nichols
- Miranda Cosgrove as Megan Parker
- Allison Scagliotti as Mindy Crenshaw
- Jake Farrow as Gavin Mitchell
- Sofia Sokolov as Liza Tupper
- Torrey DeVitto as Tori
- Ryan Alvarez as Robbie
- Jason Maves as Brent
Trivia
- Audrey and Walter do not appear in this episode.
- This is Torrey DeVitto's second appearance in the series, she previously guest starred in Season 2's "Driver's License" as Denise Woods.
- Tori mentions the episode title when she says something like "I've been playing the field".
- This episode might be a reference to the Full House episode, "Stephanie Plays the Field".
- This is the only episode where Josh has a mustache.
- When Drake mentions Willy Wonka to Josh, he reveals that from Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory.
- Liza is later mentioned in Dr. Phyllis Show, which reveals she is the daughter of the show's titular host.
- This episode was featured, on a special podcast called Drinking' Josh. Listen to archives here
Goofs
- In the opening sequence when Drake and Josh speak to the camera, Josh says that his pet turtle, Sheldon passed away when he was in third grade. However in the episode, Two Idiots and a Baby when Josh is dangling from the gutter, you hear Josh say that he was in this situation because he didn't feed Sheldon in kindergarten, causing Sheldon to pass on.
- When Megan woke up Drake, she could’ve just told Drake that she was shaving Josh’s mustache off because Drake does not approve of the mustache either, so Drake might have let Megan continue shaving it off.
- Megan's Prank: Shaving half of Josh's mustache
