“ | I would never work for a store that treats their employees like a garbage. | ” |
—Summer to Cricket
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Minimum Wage is the sixth episode in Season 3 of School of Rock. It premiered on August 12, 2017, to 1.00 million viewers.[1]
Plot[]
Summer tries to get a job at her favorite store in the mall to earn money for a new phone, but the job is offered to Tomika instead.
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
- Breanna Yde as Tomika
- Ricardo Hurtado as Freddy Huerta
- Jade Pettyjohn as Summer Hathaway
- Lance Lim as Zack Kwan
- Aidan Miner as Lawrence Dooley
- Tony Cavalero as Dewey Finn
Minor Cast[]
Guest Cast[]
- Chelsea Ricketts as Cricket
- Jason Michael Snow as the Mall Pianist
Absent Cast[]
Trivia[]
- Jama Williamson, who portrays Principal Mullins, makes her second absence in Season 3.
- JoJo Siwa, who plays Audrey, makes her first appearance in this episode. She makes her second in Not Afraid making her a minor character.
- This episode aired right after JoJo Siwa's ‘JoJo Siwa: My World Tour’.
- This is the first episode where Tomika and Summer have a fallout. This is similar to a Nicky, Ricky, Dicky, and Dawn episode, where Dawn and Mae have a fallout.
- Summer, Tomika, Freddy, and Lawrence get their first jobs.
- They all quit their jobs before the episode ends.
- It is revealed that, Summer has been taking guitar lessons from Mr. Finn for weeks.
- Summer and Tomika's friendship song is "You're My Best Friend" by Queen. They (and Lawrence) perform it at different points in the episode.
- The title is a reference to "Minimum Wage" by The Expendables.
- This is the last episode to air before the Season 3 mini-hiatus begun. The hiatus lasted for three months, after the next episode, Heroes and Villains, aired on November 18, 2017.
- This is the second episode, in Season 3, where Tomika has a fallout with one or more of her friends.
Songs[]
- "You're My Best Friend" by Queen