Team-A-Rooney

"I'm sorry my plan kinda backfired and blew up in our faces today."

- Liv to Maddie

Team-A-Rooney is the second episode in Season 1 of Liv and Maddie. It first aired on September 15, 2013 to 3.60 million viewers.

Overview
Maddie is named the captain of the girls’ basketball team just as the school principal announces he is cutting funding for the program. Determined to change his mind, Maddie voices her concern to the principal, only to realize her team has abandoned her. Frustrated with her lack of leadership skills, Maddie turns to Liv to help her earn the team’s respect. Meanwhile, Parker and Joey are challenged trying to find a bevy of tarantulas that escaped after Parker brought them home from school, unbeknownst to their mom.

Main Cast

 * Dove Cameron as Liv and Maddie Rooney
 * Joey Bragg as Joey Rooney
 * Tenzing Norgay Trainor as Parker Rooney
 * Kali Rocha as Karen Rooney
 * Benjamin King as Pete Rooney

Recurring Cast

 * Emmy Buckner as Liv #2
 * Shelby Wulfert as Maddie #2
 * Jessica Marie Garcia as Willow
 * Bridget Shergalis as Stains

Guest Cast

 * Amanda Misquez as Cassie
 * Larry Miller as Principal Fickman

Trivia

 * Team-A-Rooney is the first episode about Maddie and her team.
 * Joey calls Liv "Hollywood" in this episode.
 * It was revealed that Joey is in the 9th grade.
 * This episode was the first to not feature Diggie.
 * The opening scene of the episode appears to take place the first morning that Liv is home from Hollywood even though the previous episode, Twin-A-Rooney, took place over several days. This must mean that the opening scene is set sometime before the rest of the episode.
 * This episode was promoted as the series premiere.

Goofs

 * When the tarantulas are crawling up Karen's back, there are 5. However, there were 6 and Parker had found 3 of them, so there could not have been 5 loose.
 * When Stains yells "tarantula" it's very loud but Pete and Karen don't hear it.