That Girl Lay Lay - Granny Fae Fae & Lay Lay (S1E13)

That Girl Lay Lay – Season 1 - Episode 13 – Granny Fae Fae & Lay Lay

Trish obsesses over beating Marky at a dance game. When Lay Lay lands in the principal's office, Sadie puts on a special performance to bail her out.

Runtime (min)	23
Air Date	2021-12-16
Genres	Comedy
TV Rating	TV-G
Network(s)	Nickelodeon

Storyline

In this episode, Trish becomes fixated on defeating her brother Marky at a popular dance video game, channeling all her energy into mastering the moves and strategies needed to claim victory. Her competitive drive takes center stage as she practices relentlessly, determined to prove herself against Marky's skills. The sibling rivalry provides comedic moments as Trish's obsession grows and the stakes of their gaming showdown escalate.

Meanwhile, Lay Lay finds herself in trouble at school and ends up in the principal's office facing potential consequences. When the situation looks dire, Sadie steps in with a creative solution, putting on a special performance designed to help Lay Lay out of her predicament. Sadie's quick thinking and willingness to support her friend demonstrates the strength of their bond, while Lay Lay learns an important lesson about accountability and the value of having loyal friends who will stand by you when things go wrong.

What kids learn

This episode teaches children about the importance of healthy competition and knowing when competitive drive crosses into unhealthy obsession. Through Trish's storyline, young viewers can observe how fixating too intensely on winning can affect behavior and relationships. The episode provides an opportunity for kids to reflect on their own competitive instincts and consider whether they're playing games and competing for fun or letting the desire to win overshadow everything else.

The episode also explores themes of friendship, loyalty, and taking responsibility for one's actions. When Lay Lay faces consequences at school, children see that actions have repercussions and that being sent to the principal's office is a serious matter. Sadie's willingness to help her friend demonstrates what true friendship looks like—showing up for people when they need support, even when it requires personal effort or creativity.

Additionally, kids learn about problem-solving and using their unique talents to help others. Sadie's performance showcases how thinking outside the box and leveraging individual strengths can sometimes resolve difficult situations. The episode encourages children to be resourceful, supportive friends while also understanding the importance of facing consequences and learning from mistakes.

Parents' top 5 questions

Question	Answer
Is Trish's obsession with beating her brother at the game portrayed as positive or negative?	The episode frames Trish's intense fixation on defeating Marky as excessive, using her behavior to illustrate how healthy competition can tip into unhealthy obsession. While wanting to win isn't inherently wrong, the storyline shows the downsides of letting competitive drive consume you. This provides a good conversation starter about balance, sportsmanship, and playing games for enjoyment rather than solely for victory.
What does Lay Lay do to end up in the principal's office?	The episode establishes that Lay Lay lands in trouble at school and faces the principal, but the specific infraction that leads to this consequence is part of the episode's unfolding story. The focus is less on the exact rule broken and more on how Lay Lay handles being in trouble and how her friend Sadie responds to help her navigate the situation.
Does Sadie's performance actually get Lay Lay out of trouble, and is that a good message?	Sadie puts on a special performance to help bail Lay Lay out of her predicament with the principal. While the episode uses this as a comedic and creative plot device, it also provides an opportunity to discuss with kids that real-world consequences typically can't be avoided through performances or clever tricks. Parents can use this moment to reinforce that taking responsibility is important, even when friends want to help.
Are there any inappropriate jokes or language in this episode?	This episode maintains the show's typical family-friendly tone with age-appropriate humor suitable for the target elementary and middle-school audience. The comedy centers on sibling rivalry, school situations, and friendship dynamics without relying on crude jokes or inappropriate language. The content aligns with Nickelodeon's standards for children's programming, making it accessible for young viewers.
What positive friendship lessons can my child take from this episode?	The episode highlights how true friends show up for each other during difficult times. Sadie's willingness to use her talents to help Lay Lay demonstrates loyalty, creativity, and supportive friendship. Children can learn that being a good friend means offering help when someone is struggling, using your unique abilities to support others, and standing by friends even when they've made mistakes or poor choices.

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Season

Season #	Episode #	Episode Name
1	1	Out The App Sadie makes a wish that turns her affirmation app avatar into Lay Lay, a lively new friend who motivates Sadie to run for student council president.
1	2	Lay Lay Lies Lies Sadie teaches Lay Lay about white lies after she keeps it too real at a family dinner. Marky seizes an opportunity to make quick cash at a burger spot.
1	3	You-Go-Girl-Kart Sadie asks Lay Lay to keep a low profile... until Lay Lay joins the auto club and sparks competition. Marky and Jeremy team up for a brilliant invention.
1	4	Lay Lay the Legendary Lay Lay leans on her avatar powers to master tricks at magic camp with Sadie and Jeremy. Later, Lay Lay discovers she can pull a disappearing act.
1	5	Ha-Lay-Lay-Ween On Halloween, Sadie and Lay Lay have a spooky school sleepover to prove Old Man Packer isn't real. Marky helps Woody when Woody gets stuck in a coffin.
1	6	BoomBox Burger Bop Trish and Bryce worry they've lost their edge when they learn their burger jingle is being replaced. Can a new sound help boost their confidence?
1	7	Ha-Lay-Lay-Lujah A guilty Lay Lay starts feeling the heat when she accompanies the Alexanders to church. Sadie sets out to become a junior deacon.
1	8	That Dude Dylan Lay Lay enters a rap battle at the BoomBox Burger and tries to get dirt on her competitor. Marky feels the blues after selling his favorite toy.
1	9	Mozzarella Heads Trish helps a rhythmless Jeremy learn how to play an instrument. Lay Lay and Sadie take a job performing as clowns, which has Marky seeing dollar signs.
1	10	Lay Lay & Sadie's Big Hair Adventure Trish comes to the rescue when a sticky prank leaves Sadie and Lay Lay with a huge hair crisis. Marky accidentally lets scorpions loose — in the house.
1	11	Make Room for Lay Lay Bryce strives for victory in a cornhole tournament against a pair of old bullies. Lay Lay and Sadie's tastes clash while designing a room makeover.
1	12	Fa-La-La-La-La-La-La-Lay-La Marky tries to profit off of Jeremy's wrapping skills. After a gift-giving fumble, Sadie and Lay Lay go on a mission to perform a Christmas miracle.
1	13	Granny Fae Fae & Lay Lay Trish obsesses over beating Marky at a dance game. When Lay Lay lands in the principal's office, Sadie puts on a special performance to bail her out.

Season #	Episode #	Episode Name
2	1	Ain’t That a Glitch After Marky discovers Lay Lay’s secret, he takes advantage by having her use her powers to do what he says. But when an overworked Lay Lay starts glitching, Marky and Sadie must fix her before the girls have to perform at an awards show.
2	2	Ain’t That a Glitch After Marky discovers Lay Lay’s secret, he takes advantage by having her use her powers to do what he says. But when an overworked Lay Lay starts glitching, Marky and Sadie must fix her before the girls have to perform at an awards show.
2	3	The Burger Games Lay Lay feels threatened by new student, Cobo. When Cobo applies for a job at BoomBox Burger, Lay Lay pounces on the opportunity to show him up by applying, too. This leads to “The Burger Games,” a competition that puts their skills to the test.
2	4	Lay Lay’s Beauty Shop Day Day It’s Lay Lay and Sadie’s first-time accompanying Trish to her standing appointment at the Beauty Shop. When Lay Lay starts spilling all the tea, she and Sadie are left with a big mess to clean up in order to get Trish un-banned from the salon.
2	5	Lay Lay Gets a Pet Pet When Lay Lay and Sadie see Cobo with a cool pet snake, they decide it’s time for the Alexander family to adopt a unique pet of their own. Lay Lay discovers the perfect furry companion: a wild possum she discovers she’s allergic to!
2	6	Dylan and Rebecca's Cleve-Land-Land Adventure The Alexanders get another visit from Young Dylan, whose cousin Rebecca joins Sadie at the launch event for the new version of their favorite video game, while Dylan enlists Lay Lay to help get his music on the game soundtrack.
2	7	Fami-Lay-Lay-Reunion The family is hosting Bryce’s relatives for the annual Alexander family reunion. Sadie is finally old enough to help in the kitchen. Lay Lay is convinced that a friend of the family’s named Ray Ray is an avatar, just like her.
2	8	Bars It’s East Packer High’s talent show fundraiser and Sadie starts to feel the pressure of running the event. Lay Lay is confident that her song will be a big hit for the show until, she meets a big time music producer who challenges her writing style.
2	9	Freaky Fri-Day-Day A face-swap app causes Lay Lay and Sadie to switch bodies, forcing both girls to live a day in the other’s shoes before they can resolve the issue.
2	10	Lay Lay's Line Line Dance Dance Lay Lay ridicules Sadie's interest in a country music dance competition but feels neglected when Sadie goes to the contest without her.
2	11	Lay Lay's Par-Tay-Tay Determined to make their first party a hit, Lay Lay and Sadie brag to the entire school they’ve booked the Good Newz Girls to perform. Now all they have to do is make the idea a reality.
2	12	How Zelda Got Her Groove Back Back Sadie and Lay Lay are determined to find Principal Willingham a date so she’ll approve a school dance but disagree on who her date should be. Separately, they set out their own match-making missions to prove who is right.
2	13	The App Came Back Lay Lay's avatar creator Ilana visits Sadie with some changes to the app settings, turning Lay Lay's personality negative; Sadie tries to restore her best friend's positivity while convincing the techie not to shut down the app completely.
2	14	The Packer Packer Bowl Bacon becomes the East Packer High football mascot, but when the school's rival steals him as part of a prank, Lay Lay will stop at nothing to get her beloved pig back.
2	15	Sorori-Tay-Tay Trish's college sorority is reuniting for a mother-daughter step contest, and Lay Lay agrees to take over for Sadie, who is locked in a battle with Marky over their personal space.
2	16	Beastie Pie Marky's favorite social media influencer, Beastie Pie, is hosting a gross food-eating competition at BoomBox Burger; when Sadie and Lay Lay overhear Beastie's plans to rig the contest, they work together to convince Marky that Beastie is a fraud.
2	17	Bringing Down the House House Lay Lay and Sadie volunteer to build houses for those in need, but when Sadie is put in charge of all the workers, managing Lay Lay becomes her biggest challenge.
2	18	Bring It On Trying out for the cheerleading squad, Lay Lay and Sadie add their own twists to the routine, but learn that standing out doesn't always work when trying to fit into a team.
2	19	Lay Lay's Little Little Sadie and Lay Lay are assigned a shared Little Buddy, Milaena, and spend the week attempting to create a mini-Sadie and mini-Lay Lay, or Say Lay, instead of learning about what Milaena likes and what makes her unique.
2	20	Judge Lay Lay The Alexander family looks to Lay Lay to cast the deciding vote on family decisions, but the newfound power goes to her head, and one ruling causes a rift between her and Sadie.
2	21	Lay Lay Gets Ready to Rumble Rumble Sadie and Lay Lay are enlisted to help save the school's boxing club and set up a fight between Sadie and Gigi that is sure to draw a crowd.
2	22	Ask Away-Way with Lay Lay As class president, Sadie gets to host the announcements, and Lay Lay comes on the show as the advice expert.
2	23	All I Want for Christmas is Lay Lay After Sadie loses the Christmas spirit and cancels the Holiday pageant, the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future visit to remind her of the true meaning of Christmas.
2	24	Those Girls Lay Lay Lay Lay discovers a new power, she can clone herself! But which Lay Lay is the real one? Sadie and Bryce create a father-daughter viral video together, which brings them new found fame! But will all that attention go to Bryce's head?
2	25	Sooth-Sadie Sadie rediscovers her magic crystal ball, which she believes always reveals the right answer. Wanting to keep Sadie's faith in the crystal ball alive, Lay Lay uses her avatar powers to make it seem that the crystal ball really is magical.
2	26	Lay Lay Goes Away-Way Lay Lay and Sadie help Bryce and Trish celebrate their anniversary by recreating their first date but when the girls accidentally destroy the CD where Bryce confesses his love to Trish, they must think fast on their feet to improvise.
2	27	Out the App 2: E-Lay Lay-tric Boogaloo With Lay Lay's app being updated, Lay Lay is now sucked back into the phone. Sadie and Marky have to try and get her back into the real world before Lay Lay gets stuck there forever, and all before their parents notices she's gone.
2	28	Granny Fae Fae’s Back to Play Play Principal Willingham plans a grandparents' event for Granny Fae Fae; now Sadie and Lay Lay have to try and keep the secret that she is Granny Fae Fae. Not only from Willingham, but from Sadie's grandma as well.
2	29	School of Rap Lay Lay writes a song to help herself study and ends up inspiring the whole class. But when their teacher accuses them of cheating, all because they got the same answer wrong, Lay Lay and Sadie must prove that the entire class didn't cheat.
2	30	One Mo Bo Lay Lay and Sadie get assigned a school project with Cobo. The girls finally get to go over to his house and learn more about him, only for the girls to discover Cobo has a sister, who is even better at being Cobo, than Cobo is.
2	31	Adventures in Parent-Sitting Lay Lay wants to come clean to Trish and Bryce about being an avatar who came out of Sadie's phone. But, when the parents don't believe her, Lay Lay tries to use her powers to prove to them that she's telling the truth.
2	32	Powers to the People Now that the Alexander family knows about her secret, Lay Lay and Sadie are using Lay Lay's powers nonstop. But their parents want Lay Lay to slow down with the powers, and just when Lay Lay thinks she has it under control, her powers start to glitch.
2	33	oothaches & CHOFMA Breaks While Trish helps Lay Lay deal with her fears of the dentist. Lay Lay first time does self dense mode when the dentist tries get a tool near her mouth. Coming back next day, Lay Lay literally floats when they use laughing gas. Meanwhile, Sadie and Marky battle over who will take the blame for their parents' broken award trophy.

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