Maybe Likes Jack

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"" is the 10th episode of AniTales, It first aired on Greeny Channel in December 4, 2005, The episode was written by Neil Patrick Harris & Garrett Watts, and directed by Bobby Flay.

Summary
Jack has always been a good sport about living in a tiny alcove in the living room, but he needs to practice and he just cannot seem to find a place except the garage. Emma starts to notice how much Joey needs his own room. Then Jack gets to go on a comedy tour for two weeks, so the family thinks it's a perfect time to get Jack his own place. Since Jack is gone, Emily has to take care of everything Jack had to. When Jack gets back he discovers that they made him his own room in the garage, which includes his old stuff from his mom's house.

Plot
Jack is in the kitchen ironing everyone's clothes. As soon as everyone else gets home, he gives them the good news about being one of many comedians to take part on a 2-week, 16-campus college tour. Everyone is excited about this, except Jack himself because he is afraid that if he takes the gig, he will not be able to take care of the girls during those two weeks, so Emily volunteers to take his place so he can get away from his parents' exterminator business for a while. Everyone else agrees with the decision, and Jack decides to go ahead and press his luck as suggested by the family.

In the meantime, Jack has always been a good sport about living in a tiny alcove in the living room, but when it is time to work on his comedy routine, the toughest part is finding a quiet spot to practice. He starts in the living room, but Ella has to rehearse for her upcoming Honeybee troop meeting. Second, he tries the hallway, but Emily is playing his music and Emma has to do her homework, so she asks her uncle to stop. Third, he tries Zaltman's room, but in his bed is an annoying toy gutting that records every human's voice. When he finally finds a spot, that being the garage, it does not help. As quiet as it can be, it is also cold, and turning on his VW Beetle's heater to warm up the garage will just waste its battery. And when Ella sees him using the car's trunk as his closet – and his "water fountain" routine – he explains the situation, and she explains it to the rest of the family.

Despite these issues, Jack's high spirits are never in short supply, but when the family seems to barely notice his absence when he goes away for the weekend, he begins to wonder if anyone even wants him around anymore. Could there perhaps be an even bigger reason behind the family's recently standoffish behavior? Meanwhile, while everyone else is inside the house, Emma learns the meaning of a "lookout", and even how it works. Mitchell explains that it's to inform the rest of the family as to when Jack is coming, not when he's not coming... and Emma even realizes there's a secret code to all of this. When Mitchells comes home a little late from Aniville High School, Emily complains like a housewife.

When Jack does come home from his two weeks away, the house is as quiet as a mouse. Putting down his bags in the alcove, as usual, he is surprised to see that it's completely empty. He also wonders where everyone else is. Not to worry, and they reveal to Jack that they made him a room, and even how they did it. Jack is still unable to come to terms that where his bedroom is now was where the garage was then, thinks it must've cost a fortune for Mitchell to renovate it. However, Mitchell reminds Jack that he's his best friend, and he did him the best and biggest favor of his life by moving in and helping him raise the girls. Jack is still in awe over his new room, remarks that no one has ever done anything like this for him before, and the best part is, great as the new room is, the greater thing is that the family wants him here. Mitchell asks Jack if he is kidding, but they are not kidding that he's a part of the family. Emily welcomes Jack home and puts him on the day shift. Ella says that Emma can sleep in the alcove, but Ella offers it to Emma Joey then realizes that they were kidding after all. The whole family runs over and tackles Jack on his new bed.

Goofs

 * When Jack is explaining the board to Emily and what all the colored Post-Its mean, he says the green one is Ella's dentist appointment, but if you look at the board there are multiple green Post-Its