The Great Doheny

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The Great Doheny
Season 4, Episode 6
Air date	November 12, 2006
Production Code	404
Written by	Matt Fleckenstein
Directed by	Adam Weissman
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The Great Doheny is the 6th episode of the fourth season of Drake & Josh, and the forty-third episode overall.

Synopsis

Drake and Josh meet The Great Doheny, a famous magician who needs to pull his biggest trick ever to get back into the limelight.

Plot

In the opening intro, Josh was doing a magic trick by breaking a bottle to the head while Drake was at the Premiere kissing a girl.

Josh's favorite magician, Henry Doheny, appears at the Premiere Theater as he is in San Diego for the grand opening of a new burger restaurant and becomes acquainted with Drake and Josh. When Henry tells Josh nobody wants him around anymore, he also reveals that he is not in town for the opening of the burger restaurant, and he only went there because he had a coupon and reveals that he is also homeless. Mr. Doheny then stays with Drake and Josh until he gets his feet back on the ground.

At night, Drake is angry that Henry will be sleeping in their room. Walter and Henry come in, as Walter is begging for a magic trick. Mr. Doheny then makes Walter bald, much to his enjoyment. As Henry has sleep apnea, he shows Josh his sleep apnea machine that he uses to not snore, though it makes a loud noise. Drake wants to hit him with a baseball bat, but Josh prevents him from doing so. Josh then pitches an idea to Drake to get Mr. Doheny popular again by doing a magic show. The boys then pitch the idea to Mr. Doheny, who is unsure about doing the show, but eventually agrees when Josh says they will help him. When the boys leave for school, Megan comes in and privately pitches an idea to him. At the show, Mr. Doheny gets inside the "Box of Impalement" and Drake and Josh shove swords into him. Josh points to a spot onstage where Mr. Doheny should appear, but when only a cloud of smoke appears, the two quickly pull the swords out to check on Mr. Doheny. Josh asks a doctor in the audience to check Mr. Doheny's pulse and she declares him dead. At the funeral, during the eulogy, Henry comes back to life explaining the no pulse was his trick and he did not let Drake and Josh in on the trick to make their reactions authentic. He then does the "Transparent Trousers" trick on Drake and Josh.

At the end, Mr. Doheny returns to the house and having found his success yet again, announces he signed a five-year deal with Nero's Castle in Las Vegas, performing there to the tune of $4 million. As parting gifts, Megan gets a check for $50,000 for suggesting the trick in the first place, while Drake and Josh only get yo-yos. Before Mr. Doheny leaves, Walter asks him if he could have his hair back.

During the end credits, Mr. Doheny gets ready to give Walter his hair back. However, Mr. Doheny leaves straight to Las Vegas and he tells Walter to buy a wig leaving him bald, much to his satisfaction.

Cast

• Drake Bell as Drake Parker
• Josh Peck as Josh Nichols
• Jonathan Goldstein as Walter Nichols
• Miranda Cosgrove as Megan Parker
• Yvette Nicole Brown as Helen Dubois
• Steve Tom as Henry Doheny
• Dianna Agron as Lexi
• Patrick Thomas O'Brien as Minister
• Adrienne Zi as Dr. Lonsway

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Trivia

• Audrey is absent in this episode.
• This episode was written by Matt Fleckenstein and directed by Adam Weissman.
• Cookie the Bunny belongs to Dan Schneider in real life. She has appeared in iCarly numerous times and appeared in the Zoey 101 episodes "Spring Break-Up" and "Lola Likes Chase". As well as in The Amanda Show opening in which Amanda's appendix was bothering her and after a doctor ripped it out, the doctor rips out Cookie the Bunny who was apparently stuck inside of Amanda's appendix.
• Henry Doheny is a parody of the Hungarian/Jewish illusionist, Harry Houdini.
• At the beginning of the episode, Drake is telling his friends at the Premiere about the time he had a cast. He could have been referring to the events of Paging Dr. Drake, as he had a cast in that episode.
• Towards the end of the episode, Henry Doheny mentions he recently signed a five-year contract with Nero's Castle in Las Vegas. Nero's Castle is likely a parody and allusion to Caesars Palace, an actual casino in Las Vegas.
• In a rare moment, Drake could be more agreed with than Josh on dealing with Mr. Doheny, as he was a bad guest and annoyed Drake, and did not thank them fairly for their hospitality by only gifting them yo-yos while Megan gets a $50,000 check and a pet bunny.

Goofs

• Megan got a bunny from Mr. Doheny, but the bunny does not appear in any future episodes. It’s possible her parents either couldn’t afford to buy things for her, or it may have passed away after this episode.
• Drake was dating Carly in the last episode, but he is seen making out with another girl in the intro and yet dating a different girl in the middle of the episode. They may have broken up, but they are still dating in The Storm. Drake either cheated on Carly, or vice versa, or they got back together. It is also possible they were taking a break and seeing new people during the duration of this episode.
• Henry makes Walter bald, but he is still seen with hair in future episodes. He may have gotten a wig or waited to grow his hair back, unless Mr. Doheny actually gave Walter his hair back after the episode ended.